Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-24
OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1924
Be|itding the Congress

Strict orders have been sent into ev-
ery congressional district to see that
only those who will be dependable
are nominated and elected to con-
gress.
Those who are striving to elect a
congress that will be subservient to
the interests are using the constitu-
tion Of the United States as a smoke
screen to hide their ulterior purposes.
While secretly working to the end
that the next congress shall be SC
constructed that it will sacrifice tn
interests of the people, they malici
ously charge that the loyal, patriotic
members Of the present congress both
in the house and senate are enemies
Of the constitution.
This is the amazing feature of the
amazing propaganda which is intend
ed to defeat those who have been true
to the people and elect those who Will
in the future prevent Investigations
that will bring forth into the ligl,
publicity the seething volcano of cor
ruption in our government. At the
same time they will vote for any leg
islation inimical to the interests Of
JIIO PCOplC OCCdUSS IIlSN Will Ut uG-
pendable" congressman.
1t is time the people of our great
nation, the greatest on earth, should
cast aside their apathy and under
stand before election that "depend-
able" congress is a congress of rub
ber stamps.
Those who advocate making con-
gress subservient to the president do
so for one purpose. That is to place
in the hands of one man the power to
direct legislation and to suppress any
attempt to protect the people from
dishones officials.
Mussolini asked for no more. In
fact, the idea must have originated
from the action of the Italian dictator
in forcing legislation that made il
possible for him to have absolute
| power over the Italian parliament and
therefore over all legislation.
The voters should not be deceived
by this bunk Of dependable" con-
gress. They must support and vote
for those members of the present con-
gress who in the first session demon
| strated that they held the interests
Of the people inviolate and could not
be turned aside either under partisan
political pressure or for personal
gain.
The constitution provides for three
branches of government-the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial. Should
| the political intriguers succeed in
fooling the people so that they viii
) vote for members of congress who
will blindly follow the dictates of the
chief executive, then there will be
only two branches Of government
the executive and judicial.
We therefore urge upon all who be-
lieve the legislative branch of -oul
government should continue to func-
ton as the constitution provides to
vote for those candidates irrespective
of party affiliations who have prov
ed their sincerity in defending the
rights and interests of the people. 4
the same time we urge that they vote
agains any candidate who bases the
grounds for his election on the claim
that he will be dependable" to the
chief executive instead Of dependable
to the people.
The sixty-eighth congress is the
best in many years. We hope the
sixty-ninth congress will be better
congress than the sixty-eighth And
it will be if the voters will be true to
themselves.
The election of a president that will
serve the people honestly is of no
more Importance than the election of
congress that will be true to the
people irrespective of who is elected
president.-American Federationist