The Winslow mail., 1924-10-31
Congressman Hayden on State
and National Political Issues

Congressman Carl Hayden last Fri
day evening spoke before a large
crowd at Miami in an eloquent speech
on national and state issues and can
didates Among other things Con-
gresham Hayden spoke in favor of
Initiative Measure 3O6, which appro-
pirates funds for Investigating the
possibilities of the Colorado river de-
velopment.
Mr.. Hayden paid high tribute to
John w. Davis and to Governor Hunt.
His address, in part, was as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen, during the
past year the American people have
been watching an interesting expert
ment in federal government, some
thing new in their history.
"It is not the kind of government
that they had during the late demo-
cratic administration when the house
and the senate and the president did
team work; when every pledge made
in the democratic national platform
was redeemed; when many reforms
were undertaken, and when much con-
structive legislation was placed upon
the statute books.
1T is an experiment in govern
ment, without any authority at its
head 1t is an experiment so far as
the legislation of the government is
concerned, controlled not by a major
ity, but by a bloc or group in the con-
greSS of the United States.
when the democrats were in pow
er, we acted together-we co-operated.
There was unity of action. For the
past year in Washington there has
been no cooperation. The members
of the party in power would go to the
White House to confer with the presi-
dent and seek his advice, but could
get no advice, for cautious indecision
is his chief characteristics. ~~-. 81,
The democrats in the congress OF
the United States have acted together
as they did when they were in power.
If we are to have four years more. OF
Coolidge, we are to have four years
more of indecision. We are to see
happen again what has happened
members of his party voting with MIN
when they please, and deserving him
when they please.
1--WE will again see the president
vetoing bills, and members of his par
ty voting to pass the bills over his
Veto and if the election is close, we
will again see group in the congress
of the United States voting first with
one side and then with the other, leav-
ing the republican party absolutely
without power to carry out any KIND
of policy at all, and after the end OF
his next term, if he is elected, the re-
publicans in national convention, If
they tell the truth in their platform,
they will have to say about many
measures what they ought to have
said about one measure in the plat
form which was written in Cleveland
not long ago. There should have been
a plank to this effect:
eve commend the courage of re
publican president for voting the IN
famous soldiers bonus bill, and we
take pride in republican congress
that passed. the infamous soldiers
bonus bill over the veto of repub-
lican president Naughter)
1.-The candidacy of Mr.. La Toilette
in this election is utterly without
hope. We know, as we'll as every
other we'll informed person in the
United States knows, that he will not
be president of the United States as
a result of this election. His candl-
dacy is a smoke screen behind which
it is hoped that more of his kind OF
congressman and senators, the non
PARTISAN bloc of which he is the head,
may be elected.
1.-The senator likes power, he likes
10 dictate, and he has for the past
two years been in a position where
he had to be consulted, and if, as
result of this election, more senator's
and more congressman that belong to
this bloc are elected, he will be ex-
actly where he wants to be, and if,
as the result of the election there is
no decision in the electoral college,
if it is necessary to throw the election
into the House of Representatives as
is provided in the constitution when
their is failure to receive a majority
in the electoral college, the senator
will be in a position that suits him
exactly, because it will be necessary
to come to him. He will be the one
to make the bargain to determine who
is president of the United States, and
the senator knows how to make a
bargain.
Senator La Toilette, like Senator
johnson of California, made magnlt1-
Gent governor of his state, but when
he went to the senate, like Senator
johnson, the presidential bee began to
buzz, and he forgot how to cooperate
in the great Legislative measures that
had to be undertaken. He and Sena-
tor Johnson, both with their eyes on
the White House, did everything they
could to thwart the work of that great
democratic president who did as best
he could, better than any one else