The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-28

though the supreme Offering could be
paid for with cash, Is a perversion OF
public funds. a reversal Of the policy
which exalted patriotic service in the
past. and suggests that future defense
is to be inspired by compensation rath.
er than consciousness Of duty to flag
and country"
Whether he was right or wrong In
his course. the President certainly was
courageous. for the pressure brought
to bear on him In favor Of the bonus
bill was tremendous. and the fall elec-
tiOns are not far away. But congress
had refused to devise and enact
measure which he could approve as
sincere and based on correct financial
principles. 30 that the law makers
rather than the chief executive should
bear the Onus Of adverse criticism. The
American Legion and other advocates
Of compensation for the ex-service
men will continue the agitation for
bonus.
TN THE presence of Representative
EOAuuCy Muu oCAAkoA NANSuihDNbb
the President ON Thursday signed the
tariff bill which bears their names, and
1t became effective at midnight. Vast
quantities Of imported merchandise
were withdrawn from government
warehouses just before the new rates
went into effect. and vessels hurried
into port to discharge their cargoes.
Chairman Marvin Of the tariff COM
mission Informed the President that
his forces would have to be tripled In
size because Of the duties dev0lving
on the commission through the opera
tiOn of the so-called flexible and scien-
tilic provisions Of the new law.
Mr.. Harding also signed the Capper-
Tincher act providing for regulation Of
trading in futures ON grain exchanges.
HAvING accomplished what the Re.
"a publican leaders called great
achievements In legislation and econ.
omy and what their Democratic rivals
described a. nothing. OF worse than
nothing. congress wound up it, long
session on Friday and adjourned. The
spokesmen for the majority especially
stressed the fact that the national ex.
penditure Ii being reduced at the rate
Of $1,000. 100000 year. They added
that in three years the public debt
has been reduced a. much n 1t was
reduced In fifty years following tho
Civil war. Senator Harrison. Demo
crat. said the record Of congress was
"a terrible thing to take back to the
people,"
CONGRESSMAN OSCAR KELLER
~ Of Minnesota sustained severe
jolt last week. He was the author Of
the resolution for the Impeachment Of
Attorney General Daugherty. based on
his obtaining the famous injunction
against the striking railway shOpmen.
and also on his alleged failure to en-
force the antitrust laws. Mr.. Keller
had prepared his case and had induced
Samuel Untermyer to present II be.
fore the house judiciary committee.
Then that committee calmly and cold
blootiedly postponed the hearing until
next December. Mr. Keller and Mr..
Untasmyer were furious. and Sam
Gompers denounced the committees
action as braxen eiSrOntery. The execu.
tive council Of the American Fedora.
tion Of Labor has set aside October
I us Impeachment day" for demon.
strstlons nRnInst Mr.. Daugherty und
Judge Wilkerson. who granted the In.
Junction.
A FTER 90 days Of furious labor. the
rescue crews ut jackson. Cnl..
reached the level Of the gold mine In
which ~ miners had been entombed
by II fire. only to find that every ono
of them was dend II was evident
thnt they hnd succumbed to poisonous
gases within few hours.
THE League Of NntIOna In session
L ut Geneva devoted II lot Of time 10
discussing nnvnl disarmament without
getting anywhere. The League MS
semhiy unanimously voted Hungary u
member and II wnS believed Germany
would be- admitted soon. Genernl M.
provni wns given to the manner In
which the mandates for the former
German colonies have been exercised.
including the phosphate monopoly on
the island NJ Nnru. which wns qucs.
toned by the United Stntcs. The Bo.
iivinn deieEnte Informed the assembly
that "grnve dlfsiculties" 'mennced the
relations between Bolivia md Chile
unless the mediation of friendly
power or the arbitration Of the iengus