The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-01-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Senator Johnson, of California.
Is For The Soldiers Bonus

Washington, Jan. 8-Senator John
son, of California, speaking at Cleve-
land, has made his keynote speech,
laid down the platform on which he
asks the presidential nomination. De-
claring that he had been urged to
make the race by numerous voters in
every state in the Union, Senator
Johnson made his position perfectly
clear. He took his stand for the bo-
nus, adjusted compensation" for the
soldiers and for tax reduction. He
declared that ave can reduce all of
the taxes now existing on incomes
under $4,000, exactly as in the MEL
lon) plan now presented, and we can
reduce other taxes in some degree, and
we can also keep our promise to pay
the soldiers their due. The matter
becomes first one Of keeping = def
mite pledge" He declared that Pres
ident Harding. in a speech in Cincin-
matt in 1920, had definitely pledged
the Republican party to adjust COM
pensation for the soldiers and that the
leaders of the Republican party had
pledged it to this plan and that he
pulposed to keep the faith lie point
ell out further that the civilian en-
ployes Of the Government had been
receiving a bonus of $50 per month
almost ever since the war began and
condemned those who would adopt a
nig@ardly policy toward the soldiers
now, when the prosperity of the ma
ton is primarily due to their having
risked their lives for their country
during the war.
Senator johnson severely con-
denmned the increase in the number
of Southern delegates to the national
convention, pointing out that while
South Carolina polled only 1900 votes
for Harding and Ohio polled 1882
600 votes for Harding, South Carroll
ma would have II delegates under
the new apportionmcnt and Ohio only
81, in other words that, polling 450
times as many Republican votes. Ohio
would have less than five times as
many delegates as South Carolina,
etc. The Senator reiterated his OPP
position to foreign entanglements and
condemned the world court, which he
said should property be called the
league of nations court" which would
be totally ineffective in any cause
without the consent of the League.
Reminding mis- auditors that the
United States owes its freedom to a
revolution, Mr.. Johnson condemned
the policy of selling surplus arms and
ammunition to the M'xi:an govern
ment that it might use them to put
down a revolution against bad gov
ernment in that country.
About the same time that Senator
Johnson was making his keynote
speech in Cleveland, Governor Pinchot
of Pennsylvania, was declaring his de-
termination to enter the presidential
primaries in Pennsylvania. Clifford
Pinchot's candidacy, however, is not
taken seriously by anyone in Wash
ington or even by the leaders of his
own State. Senators Pepper and
Reid, of Pennsylvania, both predict
that the Pennsylvania delegation will
vote for Coolidge from the start. Sen
ator Pepper, who has just returned
from his State, does not believe the
Pinchovian candidacy will cause a
ripple on the sea of politics and pre-
diets that the delegation will "vote
soHdly for Coolidge"
One presidential candidacy which
had all smooth sailing short time
ago is now beset with adverse tides
and clustering gales-as is customary
WI h presidential booms which sail
beautifully so long in advance of the
convntion. 1t is obvious that the
supporters of VIM. G. McAdoo are
deeply alarmed by the candidacy of
James VI. Cox, who so successfully
led his party to defeat four years
ago. Of course the occasion Of this
alarm is not Cox's ability but the