The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-06-24
Senator Pat Harrison Crit
clses High Officials in
Caustic Way.
PRESENT GOVERNMENT
Is FULL OF GRAFTE2S
Says Republicans Have Hoist
ed White Flag on Thou
sands of Issues.

NEW YORK, June 24.-Ameriea
needs a Paul Revere, mot sphinx
in the White House, to call it back
to duty and high reyolve, Senator
Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, de-
clared today in sounding the key
note at the Democratic National
Convention.
In an address eondemnlng the Re-
publican admi ministration-its policies.
both domestic and foreign the
temporary chairman called on Demo-
Gratis everywhere, with victory
within their grasp to unite
against a common enemy.
"Oh, for one in the White Hoke. .
he said, whose heart might be
melted and courage aroused to SYM
pathize and fight. Would that we
once more might see in that exalted
position one with the courage of a
Jackson, the militant honesty OF d
clev GLAND, the rpatchless statesman-
ship and the fine fighting qualities
OF a Woodrow wilson
Biting Criticisms
Senator Harrison ran the gamut
of the Harding-Coolidge administra-
tion in series of biting criticisms.
A large part of his speech was
taken up with resume OF the dis
closures of Senate investigating com
mites. The oil policies, in particu-
lar came In for vigorous denun-
citation.
"Show this administration an oil
well, he said, and it will show
you foreign policy"
America has taken the measure
of this administration he CON
tinued. 1T might have been able -
free itself from the sectional
idolatry and to have looked beyond
the skies of New England 1t might
have heard the groans of the dis
tressed farmers of the West and
sympathctically responded. 1t might
have sought markets and removed
the tariff jams In the channels
through with our surplus products
move. Ii might have visualized
world conditions and courageonsly
assumed the part befitting great
nation. 1t might have reduced liy-
ing costs, redeemed pledges to the
and adopted a broad ami
foreign policy, but.
even then. il would have availea
1t nothing with its carnival OF cor
ruption.
Expect Common Honesty.
"The least that the American
people expect of their public SER
wants is common honesty. They
will forgive their pasivity. overlook
their indiscretions. and too often.
forget their impotency. but to them
corruption is inexusable, graft is IN
defensible."
High Official Criticised.
Referring to Senate inquiries.
Senator Harrison was unsparing in
his criticisms of former Secretaries
DENLY and Fall. former Attorney
General Daugherty. Charles r.
Forbes, former head OF the VeteF-
ans Bureau and former Senator
Newberry. of Michigan. He paid
high tribute to Senator Thomas j.
Walsh. of Montana. prosecutor of
tn coil inquiry and others connected
with the various Investigations.
"Decry them as they will, the
American people know that il WAS
these investigations-co hy
Democrats but through Republican
sent Albert b. Fall
to Three Rivers a disgrraced man.
1T was these Investigations that
Edwin Denbys retirement
from the Cabinet. It was these in
vestigations that drove Daugherty
back to Washington Court House. It
was these Investigations that caused
against their govern
ment to take their own lives rather
than tell the truth. II was these
Investigations that pointed to the
orgy OF Forbes and sicken-
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