The New York herald., 1922-03-19
WASHINGTON TIEUP
LAID TO DEMOCRATS
Senator Jones, Extolling Re-
publican Achievements, De-
nOunces Minority's Tactics.
TAX BURDEN LIGHTENED
Majority Record Made in Face
Of Partisanship When Pa
tri0tism Should Rule.
Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
New Work Herald Ttur.a. !

Special Dispatch 10 THE New YonK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. e., March rs.
Senator Jones (wash.) took occasion
TO review in the Senate to-day the rec
ord OF the Republican party during the
past year, saying. I'VE claim Il to be a
success. and that the people approve"
IL Is easy TO denounce," he said, turn
ing to the Democrats 1T Is easy 10
boast. but the people will Judge by the
record and they can be depended upon
10 render a just verdict. Every i'll that
affects the people will be laid at the door
OF the Republicans by the Democrats.
That is politics In this country. There
is entirely too much OF IL. but II cannot
be helped"
After recalling the topsy-turvy condi-
tion of the country following the war.
Senator Jones declared when the Re
publican partN took charge 1T found the
problems of the war made much more
difl1cult by the two years of peace drift
ing" Then he added:
1T is much easier to carry on n war
than 1t is to solve the problems growing
out of it. 1t is not difficult to carry on
war. Partisanship is then cast aside
mind, heart and soul go together to do
one certain thing-whip the enemy The
strong hand of the Government reaches
out and takes the boy from the home
and puts him on the battle front whether
he wants TO go or not. The same strong
aand takes in taxes the money required
to buy supplies of every kind"
Senator Jones went on to say prob
lens in peace time cannot be solved in
that way, but that reason, experience
and Judgment st guide instead Of
power force. He deplored the parti-
sanshiE ai.h des ns in peace time
and a.. af the delay in
dsp0 egislation to the
Dem
"o,.e NotA.ng TO Country.o
They act as il they think they owe
nothing to the country now" he added.
but all to their party. In my judg-
ment we really need an intense patriot
ism more now in solving the problems OF
peace than we did to solve the problem
of war.
"The burdens the people bear come
from the war and from Democratic in
competency. If they are heavy we can
not help it and If they have been light
ened we have done it. The $4,000, ,000,-
900 we spent during the war is the debt
of to-day. We must meet it. No mat
ter how unwise the obligation, no matter
how wasteful the expenditure, we must
fulfill our agreements and pay our
debts"
Defending the delay in passing the
tariff bill Senator Jones pointed out the
necessity for caution not only because
OF the uncertain. unsettled and dis
turbed conditions at home, but on ac-
count of the disturbed condition of ex-
change and business abroad.
Then he told of the passage of reso-
luton declaring "a state of peace be-
tween this country and Germany; OF the
passage of the budget law by which
many millions have already been saved
to the people," and of the reduction of
the regular army. which has cut down
the expenses OF the Government, by
hundreds of millions of dollays
Senator Jones took occasion to aid the
dry cause by Declaring effective enforce
ment legislation for the Eighteenth
Amendment has been provided and,
despite resistance of strongly en-
trenched outlaw traffic. the blessings of
prohibition are being shown more and
more