The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-04-07
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY Wallace Bassford

I in June, 1919, Senator Harding WROTE
a letter to William f. Brewster,
whose office is in the Edison Building
in Chicago, criticiZing Elihu Root for
his stand tayoring the League OF Ma
tions In the letter Harding said, -
/ am perfectly frank to say he has not
been 50 helpful as he might have been
in dealing with this matter If he had
been free from PROFESSIONAL EN-
. TANGLEMENTS which have commit
ted him more or less to the League OF
Nations plan" That could only mean
one thing-that Root was paid AT
torney of some party in interest. ii
Harding knew that to be true-and ne
would be doing a very strange thing
70 make such charge unless he had
. his proOts-why did he appoint him
IS the senior American delegate 10
Tie Arms Conference, which was 10
negotiate treaties among the nations
+ that were principals at the Versailles
/ Conference? A New York paper says
It is because President Harding, back
ed by the international bankers or
New York, seeks the sort of alliance
which Root was paid to advocate. lie
adds that George Harvey was and is
the salaried publicity agent OF }. L.
Morgan d Co., that he was their rep
+ lesentative at the Chicago Convention
and aided greatly in securing the
nomination of Harding. Now he is
Ambassador to England-and Eng
lands fiscal agent in America for
many years past has been that same
lrm OF J. F. Morgan d Co., and ad-
vocates the reunion of the two coun-
a kN- q (IpDTUp
Washington on the bloody field OF
Yorktown. Then came Ambassador
Geddes with 4 newspaper interview
in criticism OF Senator Hiram john
sons attitude on the FOur-power
Treaty, and Harding utters not
word. Could anything be in worse
taste than for the Ambassador OF a
foreign power to do this? For SINH
lar and less offense President Cleve-
land gave Lord Pauncefote his walk
ing papers. Again Harding demon
strates the possession of fist OF
MUSLIN a glove of the same.
Republicans are urging Harding to
get out in the forefront and lead his
party in the coming campaign-he de-
cines 20 exert himself TO save lot
! OF Representative who have neglect
ed every opportunity to aid the country
to get back on its feet. But it is inter
esting to reflect that born leaders OF
men never have to be urged to get
out in front-they are already there.
The country is slowly and natural
ly recovering from its industrial stag
nation. The Republican Congress
elected in the middle of President
Wilson's term would render him no
aid in his efforts to get the country
back on a sound basis; they thought
it god politics to follow Penrose's
suggestion to let the people sweat"
They are still sweating. There are
many thousands who should find no
difficulty standing in line waiting for
a chance to yote> next November, at
ter having stood in line so often at
soup kitchens in the cities, waiting
their turn. Conditions are improving, |
but it is difficult to discover just what
thing this Congress can point to as
having aided in the recovery. 1t has
done nothing, and has done it poorly. .
The country will recover-it always .
has done so-even in spite Of the sort
of craftsmanship at the helm in Con-
gress.
Senator PoindeXter of Washington
has written a long letter to farmer
constituent who had the temerity to
ask him why he voted to seat Newber-
ry when the evidence showed that the
latter had purchased his seat in the
Senate 1t took a good deal of paper
and a whole typewriter ribbon to
make an explanation that was salts
factory to PoindeXter. Then the eco
- oil n4,,. nt n
age stamps, put it in the COMPRESSION
al Record as part OF his remarks" 50
that he could send it all over the State
under his frank. Senator Caraway
rose to ask the Senator why he haG
voted for Newberry after having de-
nCunced Stephenson some years ago
tor having bought a Senate seat. 1t
may be possible that PoindeXter
thought Stephenson hadrgotten his
too cheaply, for he paid less than halt
as much as Newberry-but then, ey-
erything is higher since the war. 1t Is
interesting to note that Senator Car
away is still waiting for PoindeXter
70 explain the way OF it.
/ Miss Alice Robertson, Republican
Representative from oklahoma, says
she favors the present administration
because Harding recognizes God.
Very nice of Harding, but only the
fool does not But is that the real rea-
son why Miss Robertson favors the
administration? No, it is the simple
old reason that she is a Republican
vino votes at the crack of the party
whip, though she is nice, amiable
cid lady who always ran good res
taurant, at which humanitarian en-
ployment she shines better than in
Congress. But its rather nice OF
Harding to turn at times from the fl
nancial gods of Wall Street.
The Democratic Senators, in voting
for the Four-power Treaty, gave the
country an example Of broad states
manship that shows fine contrast
to the attitude of the Republican Sen
ators on the Versailles Treaty. After
all is said and done, the two treaties
are very simlar-they are blood
brothers The latter one is League
of Nations on smaller and somewhat
limited scale 1t was provided for by
the Democratic Congress in the Naval
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