Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-30
THE ATLANTA TRl-wEEKLY journal

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in the field of dipomacwy has to do with
what the President was pleased to call "the
report of General Dawes" Here, too, the
Democratic nominee comes armed simply but
nightly with facts. $50 far as 7 know" he
declares, 1.-The President is the only ndi-
vidual not excepting the General himself,
who has ever claimed that Dawes is the sole
author of that project. We are told that it
is a great accomplishment of this administra-
ton May I read you what the administra-
ton said on that subject on January 16:
d" 1t was stated emphatically at the White
House. following yesterdays cabinet meet
ing, that the Dawes mission is not to be
viewed as the first step of an American pol
icy to participate directly in the solution of
Europe's problems. There can be no such
policy under the Coolidge administration, it
was explained. In other words, the United
States government is neither directly nor
indirectly responsible for anything that Gen
eral Dawes says or does, according to the
White House, 1 wonder if that still re-
mains?"
There is one thing in the present admin
:strat ton even weaker than it's foreign policy,
and that is its failure to prevent the gross
est sort of iniustices and dishonestes. While
the Presidents own integrity stands beyond
reproach, the regime Of which he is a part
must be held accountable for its agents who
have betrayed public trusts. 1t must be
held accountable not only for secretary of
the interior who bartered away invaluable
oil reserves, not only for a head of the vet
Grams bureau who stole the funds of dis
abled eX-servce men, not only for an attor-
ney general under whom a great office be-
came rendezvous for crooks and common
adven turers; but accountable also for a
tariff act which takes hundreds of millions
of dollars out Of the pockets of the rank and
file to swell the gains of profteers.
If ever in the annals of government there
need of a clean sweep, it is today, for
on its own record the Republican clique at
Washington stands condemned What has
Democracy to offer by way of redress? John
W. Davis answers well: 1--WE want to offer
the American people, first of all, common
justice. We want it in our legislation, and
we declare that tariff law which takes
from one man in order to enrich another is
in its nature inherently unjust and must be
modified. We say that a system of tax re-
ducton which favors those at the top as
against those at the bottom is also inherently
unjust and can not be ratified. Then we
want not only common justice, but we want
to offer the American people common hon
esty. And when | speak of common honesty
do not mean only that we shall keep our
fingers out of the public pocket; do not
mean only that we shall abstain from stealing
the public money giving away the public
lands-I mean honesty in thought as we'll as
honesty in deed. l mean that shall be
fair with the American people; that we shall
speak the truth we see it, without fear
favor or affection. Then, we want to offer
courage-courage not only in domestic mat
ters not only in the field of foreign war but
courage in the great cause of peace. | want
the government of these United States not to
tip-toe behind closed doors for fear the sem
ate may overhear it. | want it not to sit
abroad with unofficial observers, peeping
through every international keyhole | want
it not to absent itself from the great councils
of the nations, where the destinies of men are
to be decided and divided I want the United
States as nation to stand a equal among
the nations of the world and do her full
share to bring about for all mankind full
and lasting peace"
These have been the virtues on which
America has grown great, and on these alone
can she continue noble Without justice and
honesty and courage in the administration of
her national affairs, the hope of her people
will perish. The call of Democracy through
its high-hearted leader of the day is for a
return to those essentials.