Iron County register., 1922-09-07
Washington Correspondence.
BY WALLACE BAssFoRD.


Washington the conversation turns
sooner or later to the monumental
failure Of the Republican administra-
ton. No one disputes the fact of fail
ure, but there are differences of opin-
ion as to why. Probably the best
reason have heard is that the party
leaders are not trying to give the peo-
pie what they desire and need, but
rather trying to meet their obligations
to the men who put up Harding's
enormous campaign fund and hoping
to be able to mollify the dissatisfied
public on some issues which they will
encourage to como to the front in the
hope that more damaging ones can be
thus kept in the rear. Strangely
enough, it appears to some, they are
willing, as evidenced by their action
in having Secretary Hughes revive
the Newberry scandal. to have that as
an issue, for most men regard the
seating OF man in the Senate after
conviction of bribery as a very serious
stain on the party guilty of such ac-
tion. There can be but one conclu.
sion as to this, as ably pointed out by
Chairman Hull of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee and by Senator
Pomerene, and that is that the Re-
publican leaders are choosing the
least of several evils. They doubtless
believe that many men will be of many
minds about question of moral turpi-
tude, and that most strong party men
will not be driven from their party by
even highly questionable perform
ance done by party supremacy, hence
they would rather risk the Newberry
issue than to fight it out on the great
increases in the cost of living sure
come from the enactment of the high
tariff bill, for they we'll know that the
most sensitive nerve in the average
mans political make-up is the one
that reaches his pocket.book. This
is the issue they fear the most. After
that comes year and half of Hard
ing hard times, accentuated by four
big strikes, which the administration
has been utterly unable to handle. In
truth, their settlement seemed to be
actually delayed and hampered by the
very presence of the President in the
equation; his efforts seemed to be re-
sented by both sides, with neither
side willing that he should be the
mediator. The only time the warning
sides showed evidences of getting to-
gether was after the President got
out, and the soft coal strike was then
settled instanter.
Sir Robert Peel, in the days Of the
high tariff laws in England, before
Golden and Bright converted him,
said, Through an indirect (tariff)
tax, you can tax the coat off mans
back and he will never know what is
hurting him." Probably true at one
time, but now men read and think
and every time man sweetens his
coffee he can reflect on the knowledge
that the price Of the sugar he is using
has been increased third by the
tariff tax placed upon it in order to
force him indirectly to help enrich
others. And what is true of sugar is
true of hundred articles which en-
ter into his everyday life. The Wash
ingJon tailors and clothiers are ad-
vertising the fact that it behooves the
man with a few spare dollars to lay in
a suit or two before the evil days
come, the days when wooden CLOTH
will cost the dealer third more be-
cause of the tariff bounty allowed te
the American Wooden Company witt
its sixty mills and its surplus Of thirty
odd millions, which paid extra divi
dends of 15 per cent recently, and
which is no infant industry in need o.
a nursing bottle.
%l@N have ~ lIUlu Uu0 VI tuO WicO ShO'
that Secretary Hughes has compac
with Harding through which Hughes
is to be the nominee in 1924, and tha
Hughes is staying up nights to cul
tivate Uncle Hiram Johnson in orde
that California may not escape mex
time. 1t will be remembered tina
Hughes started his campaign in 191
with trip across the continent. d
had been Governor Of New York an
well knew what courtesies we're dn
from him to Governor OF sovereig
State. He went to California an
johnson was then Governor of th
State; he was in the same hotel wit
johnson but refused to call ON hin
Result, Hughes failed to carry tb
State, though Johnson, running fc
the Senate on the same ticket, wo
with an enormous majority. Johr
sons friends slaughtered Hughe
The fact is that Hughes lost the Pres
dency and the people escaped his RI
dictionary administration by reason |
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