Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-11-29
THE SENTINEL.
ROCKVILLE MD
Entered at Post Office. Rockville, Md,
as second-class mail matter.
Friday Morning g. November 90. 1923.
Maryland Rule Is Termed Model
FOR Union By Senator TydinRs. F.,

Soh0neHs odien L. Ialt, Republican
State Central Committee Chairman, to make
public his honest opinion" on recent Incl
dents OF Republican corruption, Senator
Willard E. Tydings last Friday asserted
that Mr.. Tait's party sis so hard up for a
State issue that 1t finds it must 90 to war
with an air rifle shooting BIB State roads
scandal shot"
In returning the fire which Mr.. TAFT aimed
at the Richie administration. Senator Ty-
dings made no apology for the Maryland
State Roads scandal other than to point
out that no responsible State official has
been connected with these frauds and that
the culprits have been sent to prison.
Senator Tydings also came to the de-
tense of the development Of the public
school saystem under the Richie admins,
tration and the health conditions Of the
State in the last ten years. He pointed to
the lowered tax rates and the extensive
bodybuilding program which has been in
aususated by Richie. asserting that these
achievements have made 1.-THE State GOV.
eminent in Maryland model for the
Union"
For Mr.. TAFT. with the long black and
unparalleled record of bis party, reaching
as 1t does into the Presidents Cabinet, to
point to the State roads peculations as a
campaign issue. Senator Tydings continued.
is for the old tar kettle to call a bright
aluminium saucepan black"
Il am making a public request of Mr..
TAFT" the Maryland Senator continued,
that he come out Of the vale Of silence,
which heretofore has silenced his tongue.
and give Maryland voters his honest opin-
ion as to what he thinks Of the conduct of
the members of his own party who. although
occupying the highest Offices in the gov
eminent of the nation. have deluged the
country in sea of corruption without par
allel anywhere.
If Mr.. TAFT refuses to give us this illu-
minative information as to his real thoughts
we can then guage very accurately how
sincerely and how political his utterances
really are"
The State should be gratified for the
amusement given to it by Mr.. Tait's refer
ences to the State roads scandal. Senator
Tydines asserted, comparing the Republi-
can chairman to Will Rogers.
II mr. TAFT will review the record made
by his party during the last ten years in |
Washington and contrast the record with |
that made by the Democratic party in |
Maryland in the same period of time "he
will be the last man in the world to men
ton seriously political issue based on
corruption in Government" Senator Ty-
dings asserted.
Il take the liberty Of bringing to Mr..
Tait's attention the record Of his own party
Republican Cabinet member Fall. Secre-
tary Of the Interior, found guilty before a
jury Of accepting bride Of 100000, for
which he bartered away the lands Of the
United States.
Republican Cabinet mem ier Harry M.
Daugherty, Attorney General. indicted on
charge to defraud the Government. upon
which the jury stood II to for conviction.
Republican department head Thomas
Miller sentenced to Atlanta for lootina
trust funds.
Republican department head Charles
Forbes, chief Of the United States Veter-
ans Bureau, sent to Atlanta for robbins
the wounded and disabled ex-service men
Of the funds provided for their care and
rehabilitation.
Republican Congressman John Langley,
Kentucky. sent to Atlanta for fraud in the
issuance Of liquor permits.
Republican Governor Warren McCray,
Indiana. sent to Atlanta for fraud.
Republican Governor Jackson convicted |
Of fraud and pardoned
Republican Senator Frank Smith kicked |
out Of the United States Senate because
Of corruption in his election.
Republican Senator William S. Ware, |
Pennsylvania. denied seat in the Senate
because of corruption in the election.
Republican Senator Truman Newberry.
kicked out of the United States Senate
because of corruption in his election.
Republican Mayor Bill Thompson. Chi.
caeo. where scandal In the city 8 finances
leaves no funds for the payment of the
employees of that great metropolis. and so
on and so on. 3).
when the Democrats were pointing to
these unparalleled frauds in our national
history the Republican spellbinders were
saying guilt is personal and the Republi-
can party bears no responsibility for this
despicable conduct and waste OF the tax
payers money. even though all the cul-
prits are Republican high officials.
Nov. when some clerks in the State
Roads Department have been found guilty
Of fraud. promptly tried and sentenced.
Mr.. TAFT suddenly finds his tongue and
tells what terrible thing has happened
HE overlooks the fact that no respon-
sble State Off :ial has been connected with
these frauds and although recently has
party orators were saying that where fraud
happened in their party on a gigantic
scale that guilt was personal and the
party should not be held liable, he now
throws a back somersault and says every
Democrat in the State must share the re-
sponsibility for the stealing by some clerks
in one State department"
Senator Tydines charged that Mr. TAFT |
was trying to cover from public view the
splendid achievements which the Demo-
cratic party has accomplished during the
past decade"
1.-THE lifting Of the public school system
from obscurity to the first place in the
nation" he continued, 1.-The building Of the
normal schools at Towson, Salisbury and
Frostburg the extension Of the health
service, a fifty per cent increase 10 the