The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-10-27

O00,000,00O, an amount equivalent TO
the total sum required to run the gov
eminent, and which viii greatly in
crease the present high cost of living.
That this Republican Congress en-
acted tax bill which relieved the big
corporations and multi-mlllionaie tax
payers Of more than half a billion dol
lars, and increased the taxes OF every
small corporation, while granting no
relief to small individual taxpayers.
That Truman II. Newberry was Civ
en- purchased seat In the United
States Senate, with the open support
of President Harding, and was con
demned by the men very who voted to
seat him..
That tho administration Is now fac-
Ing an admitted deficit Of $3.50, O00, 900
for the current fiscal year, which will
be s8b0,000,000 and perhaps 81 ,000,-
100000 before the end OF the year,
while pretending that II was econo-
MIXING and saving money.
That the expenses Of running every
single department Of the government
have been largely increased by this
administration whep fairly compared
with the last Democratic aministra-
ton.
That the last Of the naval oil TO-
serves In Wyoming were secretly lens-
cd by the Secretary Of the Interior TO
subsidiary of the Standard Oil Com
pany, with great loss TO the nation
and the state and TO the United States
navy and the oil-burnlng ships Of the
American Merchant Marine.
That the administration Is now ut
tempting TO put through Legislation to
dispose OF $4,000, 100000 worth Of the
finest merchants ships ahoat for one
tenth Of their cost, to pay $3.50, 1900
bonus to the purchasers, to lend them
$i26,000,000 at 2 per cent and to ex-
empt them from taxation.
That under an executive order Of
President Harding, q midnight raid
was made upon the officials OF the
officials Of the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing, and that men and wo-
men who had won those positions thru
merit were cast into the streets with
suspicion amounting TO the charge
OF dishonesty against them, which has
been disproved, but brought them no
redress.
That this administration has been
characterized by Daughertyism, Nat
Goldsteinism, Laskerism, Fallism and
other isms, resulting In scandals that
constitute Offenses political and moral.
That the Civil Service has been
trampled under foot and supplanted by
the spoil system, and that In some In
stances II Is charged that appointments
have actually been bought and sold.
That special privilege has been en-
throned In matters OF legislation and
that the administration has turned It's
back upon the masses OF the people.
That without exception every piece
OF beneficial Legislation passed by uhis
Congress had the support Of Demo-
Gratis, and much Of the bad Legislation
passed would have been still worse
except for Democratic amendments,
which won the support Of the small
progressive element among Republican
legislators.
That the one boasted achievement Of
the Observation-Disclosures Disarmament
Conference.-The resulted In no bene-
fit. No ships have been scrapped, no
money has been saved and no desired
result achieve. Neither France nor
Italy has ratified the treaties, and
there are many reasons why they do
not intend TO ratify them.
That the present Congress IL not
only inefficient but incompetent, bank
rupt IN leadership, principles and poll
cies.
Thaa tho rraaant aduolnlo "a ra fint, IL