The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-03-02
PARTY vILLIFIcATIoN DON'T COUNT

The speeches Of Senator Lodge, be-
fore the Massachusetts, legislature, and
Senator Mccormick, on the floor of the
Senate. reviewing the accomplishments
of the first year of the Republican ad-
ministration and analyzing the criticism
of the opposition may be said to have
opened the congressional campaign Of
1922.
Both speeches gave evidence of care
full preparation and were on high plane.
There was no villifcation or abuse of
the opposition in either, merely set
ting down, item by item, of what has
been done by the legislative and execu-
tive branches of the government since
March 4, 1921. Nevertheless. the
speeches, by the marshallng of these
facts, constitute terrific arraignment
Of the Democratic party and it's leaders.
As Senator Mccormick phrased it.:
''The country is coming to know that
the legislative program already written
by this Congress is more far-reaching
and comprises more constructive meas
ures than any written in time of peace
at any one session within the lifetime
Of any of us now living" Senator
Lodge placed especial emphasis upon
this same point in answer to the false
charges of the Democratic speakers
and Democratic newspapers that this
has been ''do nothing" Congress.
Mr.. Lodge was especially pertinent
when he MADE the observation that if
this really were "do nothing" Con-
gress, why are the Democratic leaders
in. the Congress organizing filibusters
and adopting all sorts of obstructive
tactics to delay the Republican majori-
ty in its work? There certainly would
be no need for such determined efforts
at obstruction if the Republican major
ity were doing nothing.
There is every evidence that the
country is ready for frank and decent
exposition of the accomplishments of
the present administration. There is
every evidence that it is becoming
thoroughly disgusted with the low,
vulgar vituperation which streams
forth from the mouths of such Demo
cratic leaders as Harrison and Hefln
in the Senate ard score of Demo
cratic politicians in the House, not to
mention the campaign Of misrepresen-
tatiop which has filled the columns of
Democratic newspapers. The thinking
people Of the country are tired of par
tisan abuse.
Even SO strong a Democratic stomach
as that possessed by the Baltimore Sun
is nauseated at the tactics Of Senators
Helm and Harrison, the spokesmen of
the Democratic party in the Senate.
The Sun, in speaking Of one Of Mr..
Helms latest diatribes, says the
country is tired of senatorial slander, -
which should not longer be tolerated
BY public sentiment
The Democratic scandal mongers and
mud singers have had il all their own
way up to date because the Republi.
cans have been so busy doing work the
country wanted done and which was
necessary to retrieve the nation from
the miserable situation in which eight
years of Democratic ma.administratiou
left it that they had no time TO engage
in debate with Democratic politicians
or take serious .cognizance of loose
charges which were being made by
Democratic speakers and newspapers.
From now on the story is going to be
quite different, The Republicans are
taking the aggressive. They have a
years splendid record of accomplish.
ments behind them. They have moth
ing to apologize for. From now on
when Democratic newspaper yaps
about the 'do nothing" Congress, he
or 1t will be Immediately answered not
m abuse but by citation of the record.
From now on when some Democratic
newspaper, in an effort to drive a
wedge into the Republican party ranks.
makes a charge that Congress has ig.
nored the program outlined by the
President at the beginning of his ad-
ninistration, it will be in order to call
Epon that newspaper for bal Il speei-
heations, first as to wnat legislative
measures the President asked g. ngress
to enact and, second, We, equests
thus made have been lgn a., is a
safe prediction that l. the
congressional elections ratio
charge that this hss b. 10th
ngl' Congress witt b. ehlv
exploded ana viii be isre-
uute as that other rot,c