Evening star., 1923-11-21
Politics at Large
HY N. O, MESSENGER

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Senator Hiram w. Johnson's speech
In Chicago. scheduled for November
27. In which he is expected to declare
himself upon the issues Of the day
his platform upon which he will con-
test for the republican presidential
nomination. In the announcement
OF his candidacy he spoke In general
terms OF the asserted inefficiency Of
the "government at Washington y
but his indictment Of the admins
tration and the Congress lacked spe-
cific counts. Since then he has de-
clared himself in favor Of the bonus,
| postponing expression on tax re-
vision until after further study. The
| country will expect him, 1t is said,
to lay out in full his program of
legislation and administration.
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senator Johnson's attitude ct the
'moment," said republican poll
tician yesterday, reminds me of the
new parson who asked his eldest dea-
con how the congregation liked his
sermons and received the answer,
You argifies, but don't specify
Senator Johnson's friends here think
he will specify fully in his Chi
cago speech"
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Former Senator and present Judge
| Kenyon of Iowa was at the Capitol
yesterday and met up" in tho corri-
dor with a former senatorial col
! League, who invited the judge to
| come in and see him ',All right"
+ said the judge, but | won't talk
politics | like ny job, out of poll
tics, and wouldn't swap II for any
| thing else. All have to do is to find
tho principles OF truth and apply
them, while you politicians do Just
the opposite"
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| Tho republican national committee
Is sending out a message to woman
voters by Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton,
vice chairman II the national COM
mittee. It is an extract from an
article she wrote for the Woman
Republican and is In praise of the
work Of tho republican party for
| women and children.
| The republican party" the state
ment says, for half century
neglected neither material things nor
the spiritual things. II has made
| possible prosperous industry and has
| gone further and enacted legislation
protecting those engaged In indus
! try. The northern republican states
are the model states in the matter
Of legislation affecting employment
| Of women and children. The repub-
!ican party has for half a century
through its economic policies con-
| tributed to the stability OF commerce
| finance and agriculture. But IL has
not stopped there. II has contributed
| laws to the Improvement mentally
| and otherwise OF those who were en-
\ gagged in those activities.
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/ american wonanhood." the state.
| ment goes on 10 say. enjoys full
| rights OF citizenship because of the
republican party. Five times within
six years. between 1913 and 1919
| the democratic party. completely in
| control of all branches OF the fed
eral government, defeated the pro-
posal TO give women full citizenship
under the federal Constitution. The
first act Of the republican Congress
elected in 1918 was the passage of the
| equal suffrage amendment.
| alt was q republican Congress
which created the chiidren's, bureau
(; in The Department OF Labor and kept
| ii going In the face of democratic
effort to strangle it by Withholding
Congress which created the women's
bureau in the Department Of Labor
1t was the recent republican Con.
gress which enacted the maternity
and infancy law and appropriated
funds to give II vitality.
| no republican woman should be
in doubt as to why she is a repub'
lican or entertain any question a:
| TO the business of her faith IN tina
party. 1t submits to the woman
of a party whose first achievement
was the prevention of the dissolution
of these United States and the eman
cipation of race of bondsmen
Since then IL has wrought tirelessl l1
and constructively for half a century
to uphold the rights of the hunlbIes
ard TO promote the welfare OF I'll,
common people
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to William G. McAdoo when Secre
tary of the Treasury. and also hi!
assistant when director general O.
railways, is going to California t
be one of MT. McAdoo's politica
managers in his contest for the
democratic presidential nomination.
Mr.. McAdoo is planning. it is said
to make a drive for delegates II
Cox's own state of Ohio-carryinG
the war into the enemy's country
| The democratic national committed
claims pride OF attempted author
ship by a democrat of the Mellon tax
redu ction plan. while republican
leaders are lighting over Secretary
Mellon,s proposal" says the demo.
cratic committee. in statement
"attention is called to the fact thai
whenever a republican spokesman OF
Importance proposes something WITT
| meritorious features the proposal i:
| found upon examination to have beer
adopted or stolen from the demo
Gratis.
with special reference to Secre.
House ways and means committee
urging that 20 per cent reduction
be made on earned incomes, as COM
nared with unearned incomes, the
democratic national committee re-
minds the public that an amendment
for this same purpose was proposed
in the Senate by Senator Harris OF
Georgia when the revenue bill was
undei. consideration. Il he amend,
ment came UP for discussion October
"a 1921, was debated most Of the
dav and was defeated by a yea ant
inay vote of 81 to SO. Only one demo
tcratfc vote was cast against it.
:"Senator Harris amendment pro