Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-26

est and best, a period that necessi-
! tated the expenditures of $4G0G0,
000,0 to prosecute and win the
| War-no similar period ever called
| for such Il reaGjustment of govern
mental agencies and the PROMPT
prosecution of expenditures. Fol
| lowing our country's triumph in
arms and victory in the chancel-
! eries Of the world. through a cam
! paign of lavish expenditures and
appeals to the prejudices of groups,
! we lost control of the congress. AS
i soon as it was organized the Repuh-
! lican party inaugurated scheme of
! Investigations that were the most
! far-reaching and costly in the his
| tory of the government. Fifty-one
separate committees We're appointed,
controlled by 81 separate Republican
maiorities. They searched every
Democratic record; they followed
every hint. Like a dragnet, they
modified every bit of gossip and
ran down every rumor: Investiga-
tons covered the whole country and
extended beyond the seas What
were the results? Where is the
tainted dollar spent? Where was
! the defrauded soldier? Name the
Democratic cabinet minister dis
graced. Those Republican investi-
cations, partSanly and relenteSSly
conducted, did not point to a single
act that reflected discredit upon any
Democratic official. | call upon the
| Republican nominee, Calvin Cool
id9e: | call upon the members of
the Republican cabinet; [ call uDon
every Republican member of the
congress- call upon the Republic
an party to name the Democratic
culprit.
But it is not graft alone that of
fers in the two administrations such
| happy comparisons. During these
| little more than three years we have
seen the present administration float
! along, tossed by every current, fan
ned by every breeze, without pur-
| pose, program, or policy. Its lead
ers have not led, and it's organiza-
ton has not funtiOned. Upon a
| thousand issues they have hoisted
the white flag of surrender. Amid
! all the confusion that has divided
| this administration domestic prob.
| lens have gone unsOlVed. We have
| felt the slowing down of industry,
| the increase of unemployment, the
diminishing purchasing power of the
| farmers dollar. Starving herds, rot
| ting grain, and rusting spindles,
| have not stirred the sleeping spirit
or warmedlthe chilly GOODNESS of the
| president. He has slowly travelled
upon the vehicles of his paper We
| toes, vainly protesting but not press
| ing forward to the task, assuming
but not asserting, flinching but not
| fighting. In every issue he has quib-
| bled; in every fight he has floun-
| dered Never was party leadership
so repudiated and the party 50 bad
| lV torn.
If it be Japanese exclusion, adj
! iusted compensation for the soldiers,
| MELONS taxation rates, development
! of Muscle Shoals, old soldiers pen
| siOns, farmers relief, or world court,
! he stands fOrlorn, deserted, pillOried
| by his own party. AS candidate,
what did he and his associates prom
! Use four years ago respecting inter
national cooperation and the promo
| ton of world peace? Let me read
to you from the Republican litera.
| ture of that day. Here is the his
! toric appeal of the sO-called 81 dis
| tinguished Republican leaders, in
Guiding Charles Evans Hughes, Her
! bert Hoover. William Howard Taft,
and F,lihu Root:
The undersigned, who desire that
| the United States shall do her full
! part in association with the other
! civilized nations to prevent war, has
! earnestly considered how we may
contribute most effectively to that
/ end by our votes in the coming cleo
ton. The question be-
| tween the candidates is not whether
our country should join in such as
| ISOLATION. The Republican
party stands for agreement among
the nations to preserve the peace of
| the world. The Republican
| party is bound by every considera-
! ton of good faith TO pursue such a
! course until the declared object is
| attained. We therefore be
| lieve that We can most effectively
! advance the cause of international
cooperation to promote peace by
supporting Mr.. Harding for election
! to the presidency
| That was one of the spurious coins
of 1920.
Present PitiabIe Spectacle
Through their miserable effort
and vain meanderings to extricate
| themselves and their party from the
morass of their own deceit, they
| have nauseated the American peo-
pie by the pitiable spectacle they
| present. They aureole their prom.
/ Uses with such beautiful rhetoric and
| Vamp the truth to such an extent
! that they do not know the direction
! in which they are going. Henry
! Cabot Lodge, who made Coolidge at
| Chicago and unmade him at Wash
! ington. with rolling eyes spews
! fine speech about duty and like
! phantaSmal fancies of his flighty
/ mind attempts to weave new webs
| of intrigue. and to again ensnare
and mislead the American people.
! Too long has this cultu&d gentle
man and his intriguing cohorts de-
| MED peace to a suffering world, and
! in their new-hatched world court
! schemes an utraged people can not
! and VIII not again be defrauded.
! The lamented Harding, in his big
| hearted, sympathetic way sounded
| the tocsin call in his New York
! speech to enter the world court.
| That was only a step, but step in
! the right direction ] was merely
move, but a movement toward the
! broader and more inviting fields of
! peace, and he deserved the backing
| of his party and the cooperation Of
| every peace-loving American citi-
zen. Coolidge pledged himself to
carry out the policy. and yet from
| the day he took up the task laid
down by Harding he has made only
| a bow in that direction. The world
court at best can decide only in
| ternational questions unanimously
submitted TO it by the parties to the
| controversy. Indeed, it IS not neces-
sary for them to abide by the de-
| cisions of the court unless they
| agree to do so. And yet. simple as
! is the plan, earnest as are these ma
| tons that are cooperating to make
| it a success and draw to a broken
world the light of hope and peace,
| the same serrIed ranks in the Unit
/ ed States senate are pursuing their
| sam indefeOSihle tactics bpnt on