Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-10
HULL MAKES REPLY
! ON PARTY CONTROL
Points to Republican Support of
Democratic Proposals and to
Radical Candidates.

Washington, Oct. s.-Cordell Hull.
Democratic National Chairman, issued
a statement today in reply to the
charge made by Chairman Adams OF
the Republican National Committee
that a number OF Democratic Sena-
tors who had voted for the Fordney-
McCumber Tariff Bill were appealing
TO the voters for reelection on this
issue. Mr.. Hull called attention TO the
fact that ninety-four Republican
members OF the House deserted their
party and Joined the Democrats in
sustaining the high income surtax
rates.
Following the same line as the Re-
publican Chairman" says the state
ment. ut could be pointed out on the
other hand that when tho Internal Tax
bill as before the House fifty Republi-
can Representatives voted W It'll the
Democrats TO recommit II for further re-
vision. and the entire. Republican
reactionary membership of the Senate
WIS whipped into line to vote for the
Democratic amendment keeping the
higher surtaxes at SO per cent. despite
- BiSo W
10 80 per cent. or to compromise at 40
per cent. to accept other Democratic
amendments. and that ,ninety-four
Republican members of the House
voted with the Democrats to sustain
h Democratic Senate amendments.
Also it might be pointed out that
nine Republican Senators voted with
the Democrats to Gust Newberry.
Speaking of party control of sena-
torial candidates 1t might be asked if
the Republican Party organization
controls Republican Candidate Brook
hart in Iowa. Republican Candidate
Frazier in North Dakota Republican
Candidate Lafollette in Wisconsin and
others. Following the. lines of the
Republican Chairman II might be ask
ed why doesn't the Republican Party
get control of It's candidates and OF
Itself.
THE American people, however.
ave suffered too much at the hands Of
the Republican Congress and Admin
lstration to be In a mood TO consider
such mere detail of party regularity
as issues Of the campaign. No amount
w pei SlilaSe OF CdllOuilaEe lSSulQS
from the Republican national leaders
raj cover up the failure OF that party
10 redeem its pledge OF 1920 TO reduce
the high cost of living or its recent
contrary course in greatly increasing
that cost by the enactment of an I'M
Trecedented protiteers' tariff which is
already causing an advance in most
Ill prices except farm products. ami
which will enrich the manufacturers
10 the extent of 1900, O0o, 600 to S4,-
poo. coo. 900.
Points to Condition Of the Farmer.
The public Will pay the bills entail
- by this unholy system of tariff graft
and robbery will not be thus averted.
SSeither Will the farmer in the wheat
belt, for example. overlook the fact
That the Republican Congress recently
adjourned. leaving him to sell his
wheat below the cost OF production,
1f he sells at all. while he is required
20 pay an astonishingly high level OF
prices for what he buys. In the mean
time, there IS no effort TO prosecute
criminal profteering, as promised in
1920.
Republican national leaders may
shout until the election that Demo.
cratic Senator John Jones voted with
the Administration on this OF tina
isolated question. but the minds OF tn.
voters Will be riveted on the fact tina
virtually the only Internal tax relic
wac given 10 the rich and not to al
classes in just proportion. as wa
promised in 1920; and also on the fac
that under the Republican policy o
commercial isolation. which means n.
policy as TO foreign exchange, credi
Or trade. our international trade struc
ture has almost collapsed. with the re
Fult that IL international commerce
has dried up and our great eurpluse
Of f~oodstuffs. raw materials an,
manufactures remain at home unsold
thereby causing tha great Republican
industrial panic of 1922.
Neither can any sort Of loud Re
publican defamation on the stump o
in the press attract the voters at
tention away from such outstandin,
mistakes and failures OF the natione
edmintsrra tfon, as is shown by the ex
3stence of a gaping Treasury defci
OF near $3.50, 600 900 for this fiscal yea
in the face of wonderful claims @
economy, the failure 10 solve tn
transportation problem, or any phas
OF the problem of the just and peace
ful relationship between capital an
labor. or the Mexican question, or I