Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-27

and by millions Of unemployed lab
orers. invite decisive political rev.
olution. The farmers Of the west
and Of the middle west will not sup
port Mr.. Hoover. He has led the
forces opposed to the McNary-Hau-
gen bill and challenged its advo-
Gates.
All Policies Republican
The false ~pretense underlying the
republican claim OF unusual nation
wide prosperity is more fully made
apparent when it is disclosed that
every financial panic the country
has experienced has occurred while
the republican party was in power.
In 1869 when "Biack Friday" cast
its pall over the nations business,
the republican party was In control
of every branch of the government.
The panic of 1873 eliminating in
the hardest times the American peo-
pie ever went through came during
the administrations Of Presidents
Grant and Hayes. The election Of
Grover Cleveland in 1884 resulted
from a political revulsion induced
by distress in every sphere Of bus
mess. The panic OF 1892 orig
mated during President Garfield's
administration, and was a prominent
factor in the second election Of Nh.
Cleveland.
When the financial disaster Of
1907 took place. the republican party
had been in full power throughout
the 10 preceding years. Millions
were thrown out Of work, bread lines
were formed and soup houses estab-
lished in every city Of the United
States.
No Danger OF Steal
Does a fair survey justify the
claim that the country has been so
prosperous under Presidents Hard
ing and Coolidge hat it would in
wife adversely to change control next
November? To ask the question is
to answer it. Government property
certainly will be safer with the
democrats in power. There will be
no danger of its being stolenl
Mr.. Bowers in his notable ad-
dress to the convention has de-
scribed the corruption which has
disgraced the executive departments
during the present and preceding
administrations. Such a saturnalia
Of crime and fraud never before was
witnessed. Honest COVE rnment in
the public interest is an issue which
the democratic party is entitled to
make.
Under President Wilson our party
administered the nations affairs,
and expended more than $4,000, 0OO,-
900 during the World war. We kept
the record clean. The worst that
can be said is that the emergency,
which involved the safety of our
country and its institutions, caused
Expenditures which subsequent
events have shown to be extrava-
CANT. Not an instance of official dis
honesty Of sufficient consequence to
justify the merest mentioni I'm
mediately following the return Of
the republican party to power March
4, 1921, organized plurderers took
control of the departments Of JUS
tice and interior and Of the veterans
bureau, and unmasked graft took
toll in millions of the public treas
ure.
G.. o. p. Inconsistent
The bombastic boasts of the chair
man Of the Kansas City convention
and the supplying ~verbosity and
reckless perversicns Of the republic
can platform prompt the declaration
that both the foreign and domestic
policies of the Harding and Coolidge
administrations are characterized by
confusion and inconsistency - the
confusion resulting from ignorance:
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responsibility. How otherwise &C
count for the agreement not to forti-
fl our possessions in the Pacific: for
the destruction Of new battle ships
and the immediate building Of in
vessels. In what other way
can be explained the preaching Of
peace while waging war in Nicara-
qua; the white washing of corruption
high places; the conformation of
the sale of the republican party ma
chinery TO the beneficiaries of cor
rupt bargains with ~faithless cabinet
officers?
President Wilson's foreign policy
was decisive. IL commanded respect
for the United States throughout the
Il pledged cooperation with
powers in the promotio' 81 in
ternational peace and in II avoid
ance of war.
What Is Foreign Policy
Who a comprehend, who can de- \
fine the foreign policy Of the Hard I.
ing and Coolidge administrations?
What is the attitude Of the United
with respect to great interna-
problems7 Our government Is
unpopular. Our flag is regarded with
suspicion and contempt. Nothing has
been done, little is proposed, that is
TO invite the confidence
and friendship Of other peoples. The
peace policy has been hesitant. blum
iersome and futile. In Wilson's
lime the United States held the lead
Of the world on all highways
human progress. Prompted by the
ignorance End malice Of those enjoy
ng mis- confidence, President Hard
ne ABANDONED this leadership; and