The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-10-31
McAdoo Strongly Endorses
Davis In Letter To A Friend
Secretary Make
Coolidge Administration

even tombstone insurance" (as Senator La Fol-
lette has aptly phrased it, to the veterans of the
World War but he upheld the Mellon plan which
proposed to give the largest percentage of re-
duction in taxation to the wealthy classes and to
special interests which had benefited most by the
valor of those soldiers upon the field Of battle
He vetoed the bill to increase the compensation
of undergrad employees in the postal service; but
he is a strong defender of the Fordney- McCum-
Der tariff bill which taxes every man, woman
and child In America for the benefit of privilege
and private monopoly. In particular, he upholds
the privilege granted by the FOrdney McCumber
bill, to the Aluminium Trust chiefly owned by the
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.. Mellon, to tax
every household in the land, no matter how hum
Bile on the Kitchen utensils they employ in the
preparation of food.
He vetoed the bill to give small increase in
the pensions of the aged and infrm veterans of
the Civil War to make their dying years more
easy, but he refuses to reduce the tariff sugar,
although it is stated that the Tariff Commission
recommended such reduction months ago. The
sugar monopoly, the aluminium monopoly and all
the other m0nopolies must be permitted to tax
the old soldiers; the World War veterans, the
derpaid postal employees, the overburdened farm
and all the people for their particular bene
fit long as Mr.. Coolidge controls the situation.
Billions for nonopoly-but not one cent of relief
for the people.
He prevented the passage of agricultural legis-
lation in the last Congress, although these i'm
portant measures had been recommended by his
own Secretary of Agriculture and were support
ed by the liberal and progressive Democratic ee-
ments in both houses of Congress
The scandals and corruption at Washington
cannot be dismissed with the claim that Mr.
Coolidges defenders that he is personally honest
and that the guilty people have been indicted
and will be prosecuted" will not deny that
Mr.. Coolidge is personally honest, do not be-
lieve for instance, that he would violate the
Eighth Commandment, but honest he
has shown an amazing indifference to the criminal
acts which have brought reproach upon the adj
fhn
people to say that some of the guilty men have
been indicted and will be prosecuted" Why
have these men not been brought to trial al
ready? Why the delay after November 4? Were
the trials postponed because the administration
was afraid of the effect the evidence would have
on the election? If these men had been convicted
and sentenced before election it would have been
evidence of the good faith of the administration
and of its determination to purify the Government
at Washington.
But how are the people to know before they
vote what is to be the outcome of this business?
The defendants are politically powerful and fnan-
cially rich Are they to be permitted to escape?
Perhaps, if their conviction will embarrass the
administration The only way to bring these men
to justice is to- elect President who will not
be afraid to prosecute them and whose admins
tration will not be embarrassed by their convic-
ton. The only way to expose the unexpOsed rot
tenneSS at Washington is to install new admin
istration that is not tainted. John w. Davis as
President will fearlessly prosecute those already
indicted and mercilessly expose and punish those
who have been shielded.
1t cannot be denied that there has never been
in American history administration with such
an unparalleled record of graft and corruption.
The election Of Mr.. Coolidge would be an indorse-
ment of this record. The effect of such an in
dorsement upon the growing generations in
America would be deplorable. 1t would proclaim
that high moral standards and integrity in pub
lie life not necessary to political preferment
that men may betray their public trust and be re-
warded by the people. No thing would have
such demoralizing and distinct rating effect
upon public morality and conscience as a vote of
approval of an administration which has been dis
tinguished chiefly for these grave crimes against
the state.
Already we have had four years of leaderless
government, decentralization and chaos at Wash
ington. Let us turn from that and assure our
selves of four years of clean, orderly, sound and
progressive government under man capable and
courageous to lead-John w. Davis.
With regards, I cordially yours,
w. G. McADOO.
Johns Hopkins hospital Baltimore Md, October
IS, 1924.