Iron County register., 1922-09-14
Washington Correspondence.
BY WALLACE BAssFoRD.


rough shedding these days, meeting
with rebuffs from sources never
known to vince in the past when cali
ed on to yield up the ducats. Milton
E. Allies, the treasurer of the Com
mittee, is president of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank of Washington, which is
the representative here of the Ma
tional City Bank of New York, which
of course means that it is one of the
numerous tentacles of that great
financial octupus, j. P. Morgan and
Co. Hence Mr.. Allies is in a pretty
direct sense Mr.. Morgan's repre-
sentative. He was selected because
all of Big Business would recognize
his signature as implying a suggestion
that "you had better come across if
you want to maintain yourselfin good
standing with the head of the Money
bund of America" The principle OF
implied suggestion is we'll understood
in the Republican National Commit
tee-in fact, it was recognized long
before Roosevelt wrote that famous
letter to Hartman in which he said:
"You and I are both practical men,"
The delicate expression yielded $780,
900 in cash. But these diplomatic
maneuvers don't always bring the
cash-there is a revolt on. One of
the most interesting evidences con-
sists of the letter written to Mr.. Allies
the other day by Colonel Charles NJ.
Warner, president of the Warner
Sugar Refining Company, and Of the
Warner Quinlan Asphalt Company, a
man who is we'll past 70 years old and
who has voted the Republican ticket
all of his life. A careful examination
of his letter fails to disclose any in
timation that he intends voting that
ticket this year. He says:
''My Dear Mr.. Allies: I have Your
letter of August 9, in which you ask
my cooperation to secure the cleo
ton of a Republican Congress in
November. l have voted the Repub-
lican ticket for fifty-five years and
have made contributions whenever
requested by the Republican party.
"You ask me if I have observed
that the Democrats, true to form, are
basing their hopes on 'discontent' and
dissatisfaction. Haven't they right
to feel discontented and dissatisfied?
"What has the Republican Congress
done to cheaper the cost of living?
What pledge has it redeemed?
"You are trying to bring the cost of
labor down, but how can you expect
to accomplish this and satisfy the
working man if you keep the cost of
living up? You may think talk this
way because am president of one of
the largest independent cane sugar
refining companies. I plead guilty.
My company is anxious to serve the
consumer Of sugar with cheap article.
am discontented and dissatisfied in
seeing in seeing little clique in Con-
gress passing a tariff wholly unneces-
sary, having no other purpose than to
make the public pay, and for no other
reason than to let certain interests
fatten at the public expense.
II think the people are disgusted
with the present performances Of the
Republican party, as exemplified by
its Administration, and the only way
these Republicans, who are now
drunk with power, can be disciplined,
is to elect Democratic congressman
to Officer
At Washington it is assumed that a
letter such as was addressed to Mr..
Warner is not sent on its way before
having been approved by the "best
minds'' among the Republican man
ayers. 1t would therefore appear as
If the party, as at present controlled,
intends to renominate President Hard
ing two years hence, although at the
National Capitol much concern is felt
over whether he can win if made the
standard bearer again. This concern
finds expression in the statement to
Mr.. Warner that ii Democratic Con-
gress is elected this this fall it will be
hailed as "forerunner OF his (Hard-
ing's) defeat two years hence"
The Honorable Perry w. Howard, q
colored brother from Mississippi, il
holding an appointment as assistant
to, the Attorney General at salary Of
$4,000 per year, but the business Of
prosecuting illegal trusts and mono
poles is 30 slack that his services are
not needed at the Department Of
Justice. Hence, with q fine consid-
Grafton for the real needs Of hard
pressed party, the Attorney Genera
has loaned Mr.. Howard to the Repub-
lican National Committee for the pnr-
pose Of going through Ohio ane
Y Indiana seeking to line up the negro
vote. Increasing education and de-
veloping thinking power are steadily
removing the negro vote from itl