The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-03-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Orgy of undertaking Con-
tinueS Unabated at the
National Capital


Washington, March 1.-THE orgy
of undertaking continues undated in
the national capital. The latest re-
port is that evidence has been pre-
scented to a Chicago grand jury indi-
eating that two members of Congress
have accepted brides in connection
with obtaining pardons and the House
has adopted a resolution calling on
the Attorney General for their names.
Meanwhile, Representatives Langley,
of Kentucky, and Zihlman, of Mary
land, have announced that reports
have reached them that they have
been named before the grand jury,
but that they are guiltless. Every ru-
NOR and every unexplained scrap of
evidence is seized upon by the scan
dial mongers and magnified into some
thing sensational and appalling, but
sensible observers will not fail to re-
member that this is a presidential
year, that the Democrats are desper-
ate for an issue, that their most prob
able candidate, McAdoo, has been de-
stroyed by the revelations of his ac-
tivities after he left the cabinet, and
that all the scandals and the rumors
of scandals should be discounted ac-
cordingly. Once the election is over,
the skies will clear. It's not unusual
fO1, tha ,illorc Of +ho Doo,,I1,a b "a
ter to their foundations shortly be-
fore presidential election-but hap
PLY they are always found safe and
secure when the election is over.
Of course when Senator Walsh, of
Montana, goes so far as to drag into
the record private kilograms of the
President and attempt to besmirch
his name, patriotic citizens will be
indignant and will voice their indig-
nation And the conduct of the Mon
tana statesman 1?) is the more rep
rehensible when it is disclosed that he
himself sent wire to Edward L. Do
heny attempting to interest Doheny
in the development of Montana oil
lands and then, when his blanket sub
pOena brought the telegram to the in
vestigating committee, attempted to
conceal it and was forced to disclose
it and his correspondence with Mr..
Dohey only by the enterprising news
papermen. Mr.. Walshs own letter,
dragged to light iR the same way,
also informed Doheny that his broth
er, John Walsh, was counsel for an oil
company, the American Republic Cor
poration, j. S. Cullinan, president.
Walsh now says Doheny tried to get
letters to Doheny clearly prove that
it was Walsh who initiated the sub
ject and tried to get Doheny to de-
velop the Montana oil fields. AS the
New York Times (Democratic) re-
marks: st is humiliating to think
that we have come to the point where
every idle tale and gratuitous sus-
picion about the President of the
United States must be given resound-
ing publicity"
The best and most important news
in Washington these days, from the
standpoint Of the plain people, is the
fact that the Senate has initiated an
effort to put through a joint resolu-
ton reducing the income tax which
the average citizen will have to pay
on March Is, by % per cent. The
House and Senate have wasted so
much time wind tanning and trying
to make political capital out of scan
dals and alleged scandals that there
is no possible chance of passing tax
revision bills before that date. But
Senator Smooth has determined to
seek the cooperation of the House in
an effort to pass a simple joint reso-
luton which would permit 25 per
cent reduction in income taxes on
March 18th. Further details of the
tax reduction to be concluded later.
Both the Senate and House have
gone mad over the effort to make par
tisan capital for use in the campaign
and, as a consequence, are grossly
neglecting their regular duties. OF
course the various Investigations are
all being conducted by committees, so
there is no need for the Senate and
House thus to waste their time. But
! unfortunately every time Senator
or Representative sees the name of a
colleague on an investigating COM
, mittee on the front page of news
paper he becomes wild with envy and
) tries to achieve like notoriety by max
ing some sensational speech on the
floor. AS a consequence, not one OF
) the big appropriation bills has been
= passed by the Senate and only few
by the House. A year ago by this
7 time both houses had passed them all
: All want to adjourn before the ma
tional conventions and there will soon
/. come a mad rush, with grossly i'll
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