The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-01

senators on the covenant of nations
We do charge, however, and we have
right TO charge in the light of the
nations trade depression, that the fail
ure of this country to cooperate in this
initial move toward a new and perma-
nent international understanding ad
readjustment and the subsequent re-
fusal of the country to cooperate Off
cially with our allied nations in their
subsequent economic conferences have
been largely responsible for our pres
! ent economic and industrial difficult
! ties"
The Washington arms conference
called by President Harding and out
| of which grew the four-power pact and
| the naval limitation agreement was
described by Mr.. VanNuys as the
shadow of the substance" of the
League of Nations
! "Tardy and belated as it may have
! BEEN continued the speaker, the
| Harding administration deserves credit
| for this partial contribution to the
disbandin~ of armies, dismantling of
navies al the substitution of peace
and justice for force and power among
the people of the world And we are
proud that We have a candidate who
! has publicly praised and applauded
! President Harding for this contribution
| to the peace of the world and has
pledged his voice and his vote to all
similar endeavorS
/ Want Tangible Results
I'VE have heard for a year that
| prosperity is just around the corner
! The people of the state and nation
want some tangible evidence of that
| fact. They want some tangible evil
| dence of an earnest and disinterested
effort upon the part of this adminiStra-
| ton to bring that fact to pass.
I'VE are going to ~ehabilitate Amer
| lea just like Ameripl won the war
| by cold, keen, business-Iike methods,
! by fixing detectives and working to
them with mathematical precision.
| This will take leadership, vision and
! courage - something the present ad-
ministration does not possess and will
never possess as long as it makes the
White House the playground of petty,
partisan politics"
: Coupled with the discussion of the
national administration which was
| sandWlched between statements bear
| ing On state affairs, Mr. VanNuys de
| clared the combined expenditures of
Republican national, state, congress
sional and senatorial committees in
the last campaign was $S,100,465, and
! he insisted that the collection of such
vast sums of money by the Republican
party is a national menace"
! In state affairs" said Nh VanNuys,
beginning a more detailed discussion
Of this subject. we charge that most
of the evils from which our common
wealth is suffering today may be
traced to the political administration
of Ex-Governor Goodrich"
Political Patronage
Under Mr.. Goodrich, VanNuys said
the state house becarAe base of
supplies" for political patronage Mr.
Goodrich was accused of becoming
governor under false political pre-
lenses" because, Mr.. Van Nuys said
Mr.. Goodrich did not carry out his
! avowed retrenchment and economy
Governor McCray was said to APE
/ Goodrich policies and continue Good.
rich tactics"
Mr.. Van Nuys charged that in build
ing up political organization, eff
cheney in work had not been consid
cred and that in some parts of In
| diana, he said, "one out of every &c