The Washington times., 1924-08-22
ASSA|LS
XII KLUX KHAN
BY NAME
Candidate Speaks Before More
Than 10000 People at
Seagirt, N. 4
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WonI1nue0 from F1rSt Fage.l
prohibition and the ''denizena Oc
the little green house had thegg
opportunity; even the tariff, Davis
continued, afforded an opSmtng to
the hosts of privilege for an as.
sault less direct but more dev0stat.
ing to the public pocketbook" and
he concluded with a contrast of
the foreign policy of the Demo.
cratic administration with the for.
eign policy Of America TO-DAY.
Sees Republican Differences
They" said Davis. meaning the
Republicans, present a party made
up Of a President facing ona direc.
ton, a Congress in another and
the rank and file scattered in be.
tween"
I'VE have q harmonious army,
officers and privates. na~EoasiHr@ -
common end"
Davis expressed inability to un.
derstand how the incumbent Ad.
ministration could claim any credit
for what the Dawes report may
accomplish.
Every. man of good WILL he
said, must hope that the Dawes
report points the way to better
days. not only for our neighbors
across the pond but for ourselves
at home.
But I do not understand on
what theory it can be claimed as
a triumph for an Administration
which expressly and publicly dis
claimed in advance all response
bility, a direct or indirect, for the
action Of those concerned; nor can
fail to remember the long and
dreary5 years since the war during
which the appeal of Europe for
nothing more than our counsel fell
on deaf ears"
Some Startling Contrasts
Davis declared that when there
was painted against the vivid
background Of the eight years un'
unrolled since March 4. 1921, there
were "some startling contrasts
First, he said, came oil. AT the
head Of the buccaneers rode the
Secretary Of Interior" he declared
Within ninety days after the Sec
rotary took office, Davis said, the
dealing began.
The policy of conservation for
which President Roosevelt and
Wilson fought so valiantly was
thrown to the winds and within
less than twelve months, in secret
and without public warning of any
sort, all the oil reserves upon which
the navy depended passed into pri.
vate hands," he said.
Next came the war veterans. he
said, adding that "here was a rare
field for enterprise" y
"a year and half after Congress
had appropriated $33, 000, 900 for
building purposes" Davis asserted,
''only 200 hospital beds had been
added to the bureaus equipment;
but a friend of Director Forbes
meantime had paid $4,000 for a
hospital site and sold it the same
day to the Government for SOS, 900;
and 100000 had been paid to an
architect who designed a building
50 poor 1t was never built"
Views on Prohibition.
Prohibition, the nominee said, was
seized upon by the "denizens of the
Little Green House" as their op.
portunity.
Trade was brisk and profits were
easy in this particular line II but
one-half the stories told by George
Remus, king Of bootleggers, and
others are to be believed"
These things, Davis said, cannot
be forgotten; they were not simple
indiscretions.
"Those at whose door these
charges were made were not mere
underlings," he asserted. "They
were responsible officers of a great
political party, put by it in places
Of high power.
"They were but one removed
from the head Of that party him.
self.2
Points in which the Republican
and the Democratic parties differ
are already clear and win become
palmer as the campaign proceeds,
Davis said.
Party Government Mehaeed.
I'VE insist" Davis declared
that unless political parties are
held toN party responsibility, party
government will become farce and
failure.
"They think that when the pub.
lie resources have been squandered
and bartered away, a law suit to
recover them Is sufficient amends.
We would rather keep the public
domain than sue for its recovery.
They outwardly deplore special
privileges, except in the guise of a
protective tariff. We oppose Il in
this and every other form.