The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-11

accomplishment which followed ia
without parallel in the annals Of
government.
THE orgy Of reckless an6 ex-
travaEant expenditure, which had
been checked by the preceding Re-
publican Congress. was succeeded
by an economical and business-like
conduct of public affairs under a
budget system wisely drawn and
faithfully adhered to.
THE burden Of war taxation was
greatly reduced. The public debt
was steadily diminished. The armies
Of the unemployed, more numerous
than the hosts that the nation
marshaled in the world war, were
soon absorbed in the ranks of
industry, as wise legislation and
sound administration relieved the
nation and its people from the
handicap Of Democratic policies.
Never before in our history has
the need and necessity Of depend
able party majorities and Of defin.
lite party responsibility been so
clearly demonstrated as in the very
recent past.
Legislative control by shifting
and changing combinations, result
ing in majorities having no COM
mon faith and recognizing no
united responsibility, cannot, in
the nature Of things, produce legis-
lative results, beneficial or salts
factory to the people Of the coun.
try. The inevitable effect Of such
legislative control is confusion and
paralysis and a legislative product
satisfactory to no one"
Raps Insurgent Bloc.
Every serious fault of recent leg
islation and every failure to COM
plete and round out a satisfactory
legislative program could and would
have been avoided had there peen de-
pendable Republican n1ajorities in
the Congress. The one certain and
assured remedy for such a condition
is the election Of a Congress, Re.
publican, by a goodly ma ority, both
In name and in principle.
This Is the open season for
weird claim and wild assertion on
the part Of our friends, the political
enemy. Only recently emerged from
beneath the political landslide Of
four years ago they attempt to
appear. as confident as they were
overwhelming catastrophe.
I'm the moments they can spare
from their fierce family feuds and
rivalries they make a pretence Of
assuming to believe that they have
successfully laid down a smoke
screen through which their trans.
parent partisan purposes shall not
be discovered, and in the contempla-
ton of which all Of their sins of
omission and commission, of dis.
credited policies and Of discreditable
administration shall be overlooked
and forgotten.
"If the American people were pre-
pared to fcrget-as the Democrats
themselves endeavor to do-the
wholly indefensible record Of the
Democratic party in earlier DAYS,
they certainly could not overlook
the fact that the most recent record
of that party is one devoid of a
single redeeming feature; of scan
dalous acknowledgement, OF unwise
and indefensible policy when in
control and utter lack Of fixed and
definite principle or policy, save
that OF undertaking and obstruc.
ton, when in minority.
<AG WO PtONCCA " LuO
ton Of our candidates and the
drafting Of our platform we may
find Inspiration in the fact that
ours is the only national party IN
America that can and does point
with pride to each and every candi.
date nominated at its conventions
and to every declaration made in
any of It's national platforms.
Party Promises Kept.
"An human experience justifies
faith and confidence in an organiza.
ton with such history.
1.-THE record of wise leadership.
sound policy, and faithful public
service in the past affords the best
possible guaranty Of the future.
"a tree is known by it's fruits:
not by the snowy flowers OF prom.
ise or the occasional defect in hlld
or branch, but by the normal har.
vest through the running OF the
years-and the harvest Of the Re.
publican party and leadership IL
faithfully reflected In the match.
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