South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-05
REPUBLICAN RULE
ONLY APOLOGY,
HARRISON STATES
Living Costs Yet High. and
Men Out of Employment,
Senator Declares
DEMOCRATIC VIEW
BY PAT HARRISON.
.....to- I'm. AII..i..innI

IS ASH INffl D4N- 4ItLiI t--f ti al
Of broken promise. m4sreprc
ton. apologies and am absolute iaii-
ure 20 reduce the hiEh cost az living
mark the first year of republican adj
r1iuistration Of the government.
The only achievement The rcpuh-
lican party can possibly claim was the
passage Of legislation az the instance
az the so-caIed agriculture group
p croup made up % democratic and
republican and progressive repubi-
can senator The amendment TO
the war finance corporation act.
granting credits 20 farmers and re-
lIevlug banks holding agricultural
paper. would never have passed had
not tho agricultural group been in
eietent in ifs demand that the mca-
sure De passed.
Bitterly Opposed by President"
This legislation when first suggest
cd was bitterly opposed by Prcs't
Harding and administration forces
iu IN, 'seuato and OE.y accepted
whom tho agriculture group. backed
by the militant democratic minority
forced 90 through the senate. This
legislation isl the single achievement
of The present administration
Those who now claim credit for
t1r results OF tho disarmament CON
ference as an administration achieve
mcnt seem not 10 realize that the
conference was held not because OF
FROST Harding but in spite OF him.
Tho idcl first WAS suggested i'm
c"neretc form iu Article s Of the
- eague Of Nations covenant Sen.
Eorah progressive republican. i'm
frodUccd resolution in the senate
that was champioucd by the united
minority iu congress. calling for such
% conference. 1t was opposed at
first hy Pres't Harding and the re-
publican leadership i'm both house
and senate. 10 was killed twice i'm
committee and only allowed TO bc
Yassed when some progressive col
leagues oil Borah and the militant
democratic minority aroused such "a
storm OF public opinion that the call
ing OF the conference could not hc
denied any longer.
Must Answer For Nhitcwash."
This one year Of republican con
troll Goa congress must answer 90 the
country for the white washing of
Sen Ncwberry. of Michigan. The
republican record OF this purchase
Of public office viii never be over
looked by the people OF America.
Not one single thing has been ac-
complishcd by the administration %
: reduce prices and the cost of liv-
Z ing. a little while ago soldiers We're
: being auctioned ON the block in Bos-
3 ton-mind you-while the president
! was publicly prOclaiming that liv-
: ing conditions were improving Un-
4 der republican rule Nothing has
: been done To alleviate the condition
Z OF 5000. 600 men out of work.
The republican administration
: claims credit for reducing army and
8 navy expenditures. but q mere scan
2 ming of the congressional record
> hows that every single reduction
was forced upon the power I'm com
mand 10y a combination Of progress
4 sive republicans and the united
democratic minority. The reaction
I airy leadership of the republican
i party opposed every single reduction
There has been no revision OF the
tarin-onc OF the loudly boosted
+. promises OF the republican party
one fun year OF administration and
two years OF control i'm congress has
. resulted in absolutely no relief
just recently the agriculture
. group with the democratic side vot-
ing practically unanimous forced
{ through the cooperative marketing
bin 90 relieve farmers this year. The
republican rcactionarics sw u n 3
I aboard this bin because they knew