The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-09-29

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 cleo
tions are not far away. But congress
had refused to devise, and enact a
measure which he could approve as
sincere and based on correct financial
principles, SO 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
Fordney and Senator McCumber,
the President on Thursday signed the
tariff bill which bears their names, and
it 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| were withdrawn from government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 devolving
on the commission through the opera
/ tion of the so-called flexible and scien.
| tific provisions of the new law.
Mr.. Harding also signed the Cappers
Tincher act providing for regulation of
trading in futures on grain exchanges.
HAVING accomplished what the Re
- = publican leaders called great
achievements in legislation and ecen-
omy and what their Democratic, rivals
described as nothing, or worse than
nothing, congress wound up its long
session on Friday and adjourned. The
spokesman for the majority especially
| stressed the fact that the national ex
penditure is being reduced at the rate
Of $1,000, 100000 year. They added
that In three years the public debt
has been reduced as much as it was
reduced in fifty years following the
| 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 It be-
| fore the house judiciary committee.
Then that committee calmly and cold
bloodefly Dostponed the hearing until
next December. Mr.. Keller and Mr..
Untermyer were furious, and Sam
Gompers denounced the committees
action as brazen effrontery. The execu-
five council of the. American Fedora
tion OF Labor has set aside October
| / as Impeachment day" for demon
strations against Mr.. Daugherty and
Judge Wilkerson. who granted the in
junction
a FTER % DAYS of furious labor, the
"A rescue crews at Jackson. Cal.