The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-23

guard In Peklng) and tina, tn.
soldiers were patrolling cb,.,So
railroad. What simpler than ~ ~
| off the appropriation for tIeir ,,.ioP
tenance, and thus have n hand ~ W.
own In the international gomez ~
That such legislation migbt ho
infringement OF Mr.. Hardings con-.
stitutional rights counted for notb.
ing with a house bent on maxine a
record In slashing expenditure 40
as TO get votes in November. II was
an opportunity TO make n record
also. Tor statesmanlike acumea In
world affairs. Why, the United
states maintains Zen gunboats on tbe
1ang-tse-Kiang, with a division ~
destroyers and mine-layers IN
Chinese waters! r-hile we are scran'
ping battleships why not scrap tho
appropriations for such service a.
this? Some such argumeT as this
| seems be running through m.
heads of representa- ives in their do.
bates on pending legislation. They|
hame made manifest their intentiop
to reduce the navy. as well n the
army. below the points which OK.
perts have declared were the mini.
mum OF efficiency and security--
points which Mr.. Harding is known
to favor as the To- water-mark and
landmark for our armed strength.
So far as the main points OF tho
republican legislative program are
concerned--and the main points q,
the republican campaign pledges FOR
that matter--the dereliction of con.
gtess is already notorious. Tbe'
president wanted and the party4A,d
promised o reduction in surtaxeJ IN
income, but the reduction was not
made for reasons which will re-echo
through the impending campaign
speeches: the president wanted, and
the party had promised, rlund
tariff according TO republican prn.
ciples, but after Is months Of tinker.
Ing the tariff is still afar off, and
the only thing certain In an uncer.
tain capital seems to that the
farm bloc will succeed in imposing
a duty ,on hides, which, being raw
material, should be exempt unde,
republican principles.
President a "Wrongcd Man"
1t is unnecessary to recite all the
unkindness congress has heaped on
the president, even down TO the bl.
for refunding the allied debt. which
against his wishes, was made s.
rigid as seriously to cripple the com.
mission. Tho country knows thi,
the president is wronged man
The record speaks for itself, and Il
the president were to "go 10 TIE
country" on the issues there is lua
doub. what the outcome would be
so fas as his personal fortunes are
concerned. Politicians who drift
into Washington from time to time
from the grassroots, after an etten-
tive period with their ears to the
ground, all say the same thing that
although there is a lot of impatence
with congress, the wave OF good
feeling on which Mr.. Harding rode
into the White House Is practically
undiminished. IL he gets into a
fight with the house, or with con-
gress as a whole and wants TO
leave 1t to the crowd" there is
little doubt what the verdict will be,
The doubt is as to the breadth and
depth OF his wrath. Is 1t broad
enough 10 overflow his scrupulous
sense OF party loyalty? Is It deep
enough TO drown his aversion to
political fisticuffs?
At almost any moment the shift
ing scene at Washington may reveal
the true inwardness OF this situatip
At any moment the questions may n
answered. And when they are an
swered a flood of light will be
thrown into certain inner recesses o.
Mr.. Harding's spirit.