Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-25
CO. p. Has
Built on
Demo Ruin
Senator Watson of Indiana, in
Republican Campaign Key.
note Speech, Flays "Dem.
ocratic Misrule."
Reviews Administration

Indianapolis. Ind. May 4.-Efi-
cien, aud wise management OF the
nations affairs. both domestic and
international, and substantial results
IN relieving ''the evils OF eight years
OF democratic misrule" were claimed
OF the Harding administration in
an address here today by Senator
Watson. republican. Indiana, before
the Indiana republican state conven-
ton.
For years j, has been the custom
OF Indiana republicans to have the
keynote OF the national campaigns
sounded before them, and Senator
Watson's speech, which was dis
cusscd in advance with President
Harding. will be incorporated in the
party literature for the congressional
campaign this fall.
Praises Executive.
Senator Watson praised the ex-
ecutive. legislative and diplomatic
record OF the present administration
and fayed the recent democratic ad-
ministration as "debt-incurring, def
icit-creating. bond-issuing, surplus
scattering. factory-closing, industry
paralyzing, prosperity destroying, So
cial-uphcaving and cataclysm- pro-
ducing."
I'VE are not responsible for all
this waste" he declared. I'VE did
not produce all this wreckage. We
did not incur these debts. We have
not piled up this mountain OF obliga-
tions, and those gentlemen who are
responsible for all this riotous orgy
of extravaganza and all this upset.
ting of industry and unsettling of
financial conditions, now stand and
jeer at US because in IA months we
have not overcome all the evil they
produced in eight years."
Taxes Reduced.
1--WE have not yet accomplished all
that we have set out to do" he con-
tinued. "We have not cured all the
ills and corrected all the mistakes
and overcome all the evils Of eight
years of democratic misrule, but GER
tainly we have taken long strides in
the right direction and, assuredly if
the republican party can not adjust
matters, what hope is there in turn
ing to the organization that caused
all the disaster in the beginning"
Reduction of taxes and appropria-
tions. reorganization of the shipping
board, agricultural relief, the tariff
bill and diplomacy of the present ad-
ministration were emphasized by
Senator Watson.
This administration does not need
an apology" said Senator Watson.
mo administration ever before came
into power confronting such prob
lens of complexity and difficulty as
those which were inherited by Pres
ident Harding and the republican
congress-
Applauded by World.
President Harding's call for the
arms conference, he declared. was
"the largest step toward international
peace with justice the world has
known in all its history" and the
whole World, he said, applauded the
results. The four-power treaty, the
senator said, brought understanding
and assurances for peace.
Declination of the invitation to the
Genoa conference also was COM
-mended by Mr.. Watson, who said it
was political and not an economic
conference.
''The world by this time ought to
understand" he continued. that we
do not intend to become involved in
their political wrangles and that we
are willing to lend aid or give coun-
sci and maintain always SYM
pathetic attitude. yet we will refuse
to be dragged into your financial diff
hculties and we always will decline
to meddle with their national affairs
or to become involved in their age
old rivalries. We do not intend to
get into this confused tumble of Eu-
ropean animosities. This attitude of
the administration meets with the
hearty approval of everybody except
internationalists of most remote
type"
Scores wilson.
In domestic affairs, Senator Wat
son said the Harding administration
stood for full freedom in business
and a recognition of the larger right
Of the individual to contol and oper-
ate his own business affairs
"The new freedom preached by
| Woodrow Wilson was a grotesque
travesty on the very name he
added, while the enfranchisement of
business under Harding is an ac-
complished fact"
Notwithstanding the near ap-
proach to collapse of the monetary
system of nearly every country in
Europe" he continued, I'VE have
balanced our budget. we are living
within our income. we have issued
no bonds and sold no treasury GER
tificates, we have paid off $l000,0 0,000,-
600 Of the public debt. we have re-
duced taxation by S825.000,000 the
first year and $525 100000 more the
second year, we have curtailed gov
ernmental expenses 81 ,600!000,00O
year and are today financially solvent
and commercially sound and on the
upgrade toward a normal resumption
OF American property"
Has Kept Pledges.
Citing the new and fixed charges
from the war, Senator Watson said
there could not be any great reduc-
ton in taxes for a decade or more,
but he contendcd the republican
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