The Washington times., 1922-11-06
WHAT RIVAL PARTY LEADERS
CLAIM ON EVE OF ELECTION
Republican
By JOHN 7. ADAMS.


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The outcome of the elections to-
morrow is not In doubt. All indica'
tions justify the prediction that the
Republicans win carry both branches
of Congress by majorities Of normal
Republican years.
There IL no mistakinE the senti'
ment OF the country. Voters are
convinced by comparison Of condi'
tions today with those when tho
Republican ADMINISTRATION came into
power that their interests would be
best served by a continuation Of
Republican control of Congress.
Who would have predicted twenty
months ago that the millions of wage
earners then idle would today be
employed at good wages?
Who would have predicted twenty
months ago that industries today
would be operating at capacity?
That farmers and live stock raisers
would be paying off debts and facing
the future with confidence?
q. o. r. Accomplishments.
That savings deposits In banking
institutions and the Postoffice would
have increased tens Of millions Of
dollars?
That Liberty bonds held by over
$4,000 900 American citizens would
have increased In value II per cent.
or $4,000, 900, 900?
Government would have been slash.
cd nearly $4,000 ,000, 900 a year?
That Federal taxes would have
been cut nearly $1,000. 100000 a
year?
That a peace conference of the
greatest powers in the world would
have been held. at which 1t was
agreed to voluntarily scrap more
battleships than have been destroy
ed in all the naval battles of mod.
ern times?
This has not been a spectac acular
campaign because the people being
aware of all these things have made
up their minds that their judgment
was good when they elected a Re-
publican Congress In 1920. They
know the remarkable changes for
the better which have taken place
IN the last twenty months have not
beer accidental.
The policies OF the Republican
Administration have contributed
largely to this improvements. These
policies could not have been put
into effect had there not been CO.
operation between the legislative
and executive branches Of the Gov
ernment. The people are going to
return Republican majority in
both branches Of Congress tomor-
row because they wish n continual
ton Of this cooperation In order
that the constructive work so will
begun may ne carried to completion.
Deadlock Threatened.
They know that in event a Demo.
cratic Congress were elected II
would result In deadlock" of the
entire Governmental machinery.
There would follow two years Of
paralysis. Much Of the good ac-
complished thus far would be lost.
The constructive program now well
under way would be abandoned.
The people know this because
the Democratic party in this cam
paign has not offered a single con-
structive policy for the considera-
tion of the voters. 1t has presented
no semblance of a legislative pro-
gram which 1t would attempt to
enact in the event 1t controlled Con-
gress. 1t has not contributed q
single constructive thought to the
campaign. Its whole attitude is that
Of negation and petty fault finding.
The voters know they can rely
upon the promises made by the
Republican party. In all it's history.
that party has never been compelled
to run away from it's record. 1t
has never found II necessary in one
campaign to repudiate the issues 1t
declared in the previous campaign
to be paramount.
The VOTERS remember the insist
ence Of the Democrats in 1920 that
the United States should become a
participant and a partisan in the
affairs Of Europe by joining the
League Of Nations. The Republi-
can party in 1920 opposed this
nations becoming entangled IN for.
eign jealousies and enmities. The
events which are transpiring in
Europe today leave no doubt as to
the wisdom Of the position of the
Republican party two years ago,
The party maintains the same posi-
ton today These events have so
completely answered the arguments
CT the Democrats in favor Of the
League Of Nations that that party
today has avoided the advocacy ef
our participation In European af-
fairs. in the futile hope the public
would forget Its position in 1920.
The public is not willing to turn