Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-09-05
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
The Republican Campaign Book.

Glen L. Shaver, chairman Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, has issued a
statement concerning the Republican cam
paign book just issued. He said:
THE 1924 Republican campaign book
is an interesting volume, not so much for
what 1t contains as for what it omits. 1t
'soft-pedals so effectively upon the activi-
ties of Secretary Fall and his scandalous
leasing Of the naval oil reserves that il
one depended on the campaign book for
his information. he would never suspect
Mr.. Fall was ever a cabinet officer. And
from the brief mention that is made of
Teapot Dome. one would surmise that
former Secretaries Lane and Daniels and
Senator Thomas j. Walsh were the real
culprits and that Fall, DENLY. Doheny and
Sinclair, the guardian angels Of the navy's
oil reserve.
in the chapter on civil service. 1t fails
to mention the bureau of engraving scan
dial. or the many other raids on the civil
service which have taken place in the
present administration. among them Sec
rotary Slemp's connection with the collec-
ton of money for the sale of Virginia
postoffices, as disclosed by the famous
series Of Dear Ben letters, including the
one on the Meadows Of Dam
There is also an interesting chapter on
the veterans bureau. 1t records how many
millions of dollars have been appropriated
for the care Of sick and wounded service
men. and how many millions Of dollars of
insurance the latter have taken out-for
which they paid so much per thousand
but 1t neglects even to record the fact that
Col. Charles R. Forbes was at one time
director of the bureau, or that he is now
under indictment, and that under his ad-
ministration there was an orgy of graft
and corruption that sickened the country.
"The book tells how the Treasury De-
partment bears after-war burdens but is
as silent on the Mellon tax plan as is the
Cleveland convention platform. And it
attemps to show reduction Of taxes by
the Republican administration by offering
as exhibit table comparing the income
taxes that will be payable under the 1924
revenue act with those imposed by the
war revenue act Of 1918. Passing over
the unfairness Of any comparison between
peace and war taxes, it is highly humor-
Gus even in Republican campaign book
to claim for this administration credit for
tax reduction in the 1924 tax bill, passed
by Democratic and Independent Republi-
can votes over the determined opposition
of President Coolidge. Secretary Mellon
and administration Republican leaders in
both branches Of Congress.
THE chapter on foreign relations is as
indefinite as has been the administration
foreign policy. There is boast that Gen.
Dawes and the other unofficial observers,
SC, who went over, opened the way to the
economic rehabilitation Of Europe but no
mention of the fact that their status was
wholly unofficial, as explicitly announced
by the administration at the time of their
going.
And as for the Department Of Justice,
there is quotation from Abraham Lin
coin about Reverence for constitution and
law and one from President Calvin Cool
idge about Good government without price,
but Harry M. Daueherty will never know
from perusal Of the book that he once
held the high Office Of Attorney General
BY some strange circumstance. the authors
and compilers Of the volume omitted to
mention his name. much less discuss the
Achievements Of his administration of
which the country heard so much only a
few weeks ago and will hear more during
the impending campaign"