The Democrat-herald., 1922-03-17
this is no child, play.
The psople all know now what

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ri When he charges present hard
ti"n ,s tothe Wilson administers
tin", we will; cnrcena that in him
it =, i'm rance mL not W.lI1i
cu sedntss.
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manufacturers and agriculture in
the grip of depression, but he
shr Md have addt d tina. the se in
dust'ies were not in the grip
,of depression" until after the
elec ton.
He urges the Necessity Of re-
due ng extravagant expenses and
praises the republican party for
doing this very thing"
TITS might be lakea as a joke.
The cutting down of expences
and trying to relieve the. great
ina sses from the grip of depres-
sion" has been the work Of dem
ocrats and the minority republic
cans-in spite of the regular re-
pu b bllcans.
When he raves about the waste.
tui extrdvaSance OF Wilson, this
ar debt necessltating BURDEN
So -. taxation for the next fifty
wears. be should remember the
huge debt piled up on us by the
civil war more than fifty years
ago, a debt OF which it is said it
would take more Of the products
,of labor to pay the balance now
thar it would have taken to pay
the entire debt when created
The finances Of that period
were manipulated by Wall street.
tt.d whether VT were drunk and
broke up the furniture or not, we
are still paying the damage.
He should know that every ad-
dltion TO the army and navy, and
every appropriation for their
support. was voted by practical
ly every member of congress re-
igardless of party. and that this
huge debt. was as much the
work Of republicans as democrats.
Every bond issue and stamp
sale and every other effort to
raise money for the conduct Of
the war were upon the recon :
. mendation of boards and o,m-
mittees selected for this very
purpose. mostly republicans.
:, which makes the "plain facts
;, of the canned editorials SAVIOR
more Of plain blatherskitism to
: hide truth than an effort to re-
= = veal it. Every board and com-
- lnittee appointed to investigate
y and make recommendations
congress acted upon was headed
by republican. and also ma
jority of the committees were
republicans. Gen. Pershinu.
and Admiral Simms were both re-
y pu olicans. and their assistants
II and advisors, Gen. Peyton C.
: March, Maj. Gen George W. Goe-
. tthals. and Maj Gen. E. H. Crowd
u er were all republicans.
Sec. of War. Baker. chose as
. his assistants three republicans,
y and auother republican a. a spe-
&c cal assistant. tn e Emergency
= Fl, ct Corporation was manage d
and controlled absolutely by Chas
u M. Scbawb. q republican. and the
d the War Trade Board establis he'd
by congress was composed Of
three democrats and five repuo-
licans.
u The Council of National De-
fence was composed of five re
u publicans, two democrats and
four independents.
I A republican headed the Air
s Craft board. and another repub
d lican was his first assistant, and
X when complaint was made OF cor
ruption in this department, tue
= urcsident selected Chas. +.
Hughes. the unsuccessful repub.
. ican candidate for president, to
e inves'igato and prosecute.
Frank A. Vanderlip had sole
charge of The War Saving Stamp
campaign. Harry A. GDl field fill
Ell the responsible place Of Fuel
b Admins tration. and Herbert
Hover was at the head of the
food administration, and all were