Evening star., 1923-03-07
Politics at Large
BY N. o. MESSENGER

view, discuss and analyze Identical ,
propositions? 1t Is certainly amaz-
ing. Now, take the works and acts
of the Sixty-seventh Congress and
the administration as praised or dis
paraged by respective commenta-
tors. 1t Is all in the point Of view.
Democrats, for instance, looking
back upon the Congress, vision 1t as
if seen through the telescope invert-
ed-a small and even insignificant
figure. Indicating neither majority, |
power nor domination. 1t is drab and
colorless and squirms upon the glass !
as IL mean and crawling thing. Re-
publicans seem to use the same tele-
scope in its magnifiying capacity, |
and to them the late lamented Con-
gress looms large and magnificent. /
Hardly ever has there been its superior.
Just opinion, unbiased politically, |
may be expected TO develop as the |
defenders and detractors get back |
home and on the hustings between !
now and the next election.
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During the summer to come about !
the only issue which the politicians |
will have to discuss at such meetings,
chautauquas or store-box gatherings
they may attend, will be the commits |
SONS and omissions of the Sixty |
seventh Congress. With that pros |
pect in view the democratic and repub- |
| iican leaders in House and senate
and the democratic and republican
national committees have prepared
statistics, arguments, charges and
detenscs for the oratorical equip
after the adjournment the Congress
sional Record S columns will be open
tor the publication of leave to eX
:cnd remarks" secured before ad
JoIlhmcnt. and the whole houndless
universe opens before those who
avail themselves of the privilege.
They say what they please and give
their remarks all the rope of eX-parte
political statements they desire.
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Now, the man In the street, who
perhaps has not followed the debates
in Congress very carefully nor avail
cd himself Of the reviews of it's acts
widely published at the end of the
session will perforce have to fall back
! on the word of his senator or represent
atlN" or the chairman of the party
With which he is afiiliated. If he
should by any chance also read the
uttcranc"s and prUnuncia mentos of
! III" opposition party's spokesmen,
ne IS going 10 find himself IN a deuce
! Of maze and Whrl Of ideas. How
! n" p"oi fellow is going to founder
{" q lHet conclusion is difficult To
SET. II" may conclude in sheer des-
| peratinn mat the best thing for him
10 do is to TAX" the word OF his own
fellow party man and let it go at
| that"
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There is Chairman Hull Of the
q ID 10
from his comments upon the Con-
Sress and the administration. for
| the Legislative and administrative
branches are considered together by
both national chairmen, thinks that
III" combined republican outfit is
#h"ut the worst ever" Chairman
Hull declared that the unwilling
ness ana incapacity of the repubii-
can congress Ional leadership 10 out
line any sort Of program suggested
hy state sInanship offers the chief ex-
PianaIl"n for the extent 10 which the
/ adninistra has been discrcdited.
| From. The beginning III" President
surrendered his leadership except as
10 The ship subsidy and followed that
Of th" republican Congress
"I"Ga rdleSs Of the efforts of re-
publican leaders TO grossly exagger-
ate and magnify different acts Of the
administration, the American people
are accustomed to judge results, and
.h"y have already discerned with ac-
cu"acy the Harding regime during
the past TWO years.
Then Chairman Hull goes on to
launch 4 big bertha of charge. de-
signed u StagEer the neutral reader.
dismay the republican and bring loud
shouts of approval from the democrat.
Not Il single sound economic pol
icy-foreign or domestic-not a sim
Sic definite Affirmative foreign policy
Z IL. i rgTS- ff~s.N Y..
to its credit. With regard to the
really great domestic and foreign
policies, republican reactionary lead
ers for two years have talked, ges-
tured and done nothing, either sound
; or practical The results are 10 be
seen in many failures and broken
promises; of republican .feuds. fac
tiunS. blocS and other irrecorcflable
and discorddnt elements forced into
existence in bitter protest against
: the republican Leadership. No class
Of ncOple-not even the predatory in
tcreStS. which have a Strangle hold on
the present administrations, is at al!
satisfied with the first two years of
Harding"
Tossing q blooming bouquet at the
previous administration of the coun-
try by the democratic party, Chair
man HUI concludes.
Every class Of persons and Of
legitimate business now realizes only
too we'll how surprisingly better
were their respective conditions and
! those of the world during 1919 and
1920 under democratic rule, than
they have been during the two years
of Harding and 'normalcy."
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Comes next the republican national
committee with a pronunciamento
from headquarters in this city. Re-
publican stalwarts who may have
been discoura ged and appalled, by the
democratic national chairman's ar
ri,ignment of their Congress and
President Will lift up their hearts.
The republican managers start out
boldly with Il fiat-tooted declaration,
delivered with a punch:
The SINtN-SeNDnth Congress Will
go down in history as having enacted
more worthwhile constructive legis-
Iatiou than any American Congress
in times of peace" Cant YOU hear
The faithful shout. 'Whoopee,' they
toss their hats in the air:) The
effect of this splendid record is visi-
bic on every hand. BY contrasting
the discouraging conditions which
existed in every line of activity two
years ago with the prosperous con-
ditions and outlook today, one may
see the legislation of the Sixty
seventh Congress translated into re-
suits"
The republican spokesman then go
on to explain this translation. "The
tremendous. and. in many respects
unprecedented. increase in industrial
activity, in number of wage earners
in pay rolls. in bank deposits, in
savings accounts, in all wholesale
h1rci hinh fo1