The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-06-01
WHERE DOES THE
BLAME BELONG !
Administration and Congress Trying u
Shift Blame for Rotten Record

President Harding apparently doesn
Intend 10 accept the verdict that the re-
! cent Republican primaries in Illinois,
4 Indiana and Pennsylvania. where oiu
Guard reactiOnaries went down 10 ne
feat. we're "A population of the eNec'i-
Tive or his administration. for the au-
ADMINISTRATION organs are boldly charging
| that the verdict was a reputation VI
the Republican Congress and not Oh tine
( administration
The Chicago Tribune, the administra-
tratiOn organ of the Middle West. y
/ positively denunciatOry OF the work vi
/ the present Congress. in seeking
| To shield the executive from .
lconsequencrs of the Old Guard defeat.
IL declares that the presidents RECORD
| j. clean and constructive and theh
SAYS: we can hardly say as much Oh
| the present Congress. II Reputation l.
seen ia recent state primaries II l. re-
pudiation not of President Harding DuI
of Congress which has been marked
10y delays chickering's. private interests
Injustice and lack of construction
The cue given 10y the Chicago IT'D
une 10 place all Of the blame upon Con
greSs and relieve the president OF ms
lust share of the responsibility for me
defeat of tine supporters of his admin
i~tration. j. taken W by the president
organ and mOuthpiece. the Washington
Post. which cditorially indOrses the I'M
FASHIONED ufteranCcs of the Tribune 10
the extent of reprinting them with the
added comment that whether the voters
of those states were primarily ANXIOUS
to- rebukc Congress or not, the ehect oi
their vote seems 10 Ice rebuke which
Congress may heed.
After saying that 'the situation III
the Senate at this moment constitutes
an indictment of the good sense OF 'he
Republican party, the Post charees
the Republican Senate with making Il
record of abScnteeism and neglect of
public business which VIII surely return
To plague them" 1t points out that
with sixty Republicans in the Senate
there has not vet been present quo
rum on any roll call during the tariff
discussion. and asks: How can any
Republican senator absent himself from
the Senate at this iuncture and then
ask his constituents 10 re-elect him on
the theory that he has done good ana
faithful serviccE"
The panicky conditions in Republican
affairs has reached the stage where IL II
evident that Congress is to be made the
goat if the administrat ton mOuthpieces
can bring il about. otherwise why this
concerted action on their part in con
trastiug the record Of the president
with that of Congress in "a way that eu-
logizes the executive and condemns the
Congress in language as strong as that
used by Democrats or the general pub
licf
This attitude upon the part Of the adj
organs raises the ques-
fs.sfHH f.r Fanf
Congress will silently bear the sole
blame for the disaster which has over
taken the reactionary wing of the par
ty. and thus admit that 1t is unworthy |
To be further trusted, and at the same |
time permit the president TO escape his |
share of the blame.
Admittedly this is "A Do-NOthing Con- |
gress but might il not have done some /
thing if it had had aggressive and con
structive leadership on the part of the |
presidentE
Admittedly this is no time TO try TO |
revise the tariff, but was IL not Presi- |
dent Harding who insisted that "A tariff /
bill should be passed.
Admittedly the bonus issue and bonus |
bill have been muddled, but has not the |
presidents attitude upon that measure |
been shifting and uncertain from the |
beginnings
Admittedly the tax bill is sad dis !
but was il not an admin |
istratiOn tax bill, and did not the presi- |
dent plead for the kind of "A tax bill the |
voted for2
Admittedly the Republican Senate re- |
duced the dignity and standing of that
body to its lowest level when it seated |
Newberry. but was not Newberry the |
close friend and associate, |
and was the seating of Newberry any |
greater offense in morals than the APP |
pointment of Nat Goldstein or the APP |
pOintment of men indicted with New |
berry to be federal district attorneys in |
the state of Michiganf
These are some Of the questions that |
will inevitably arise IL the Republican |
Congress, now repudiated by the admin |
istration organs. including the one al
ways supposed to speak the presidents
mind, shall decide that the administra-
ton must bear its share of responsible
ity for the Reputation of the reaction