Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-04

Hurley and Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Jahncke, and after denouncing
the present tariff law, Harrison added:
Let Jahncke and Hurley and the
others of the medicine ball cabinet go
out and tell the country that one Demo-
crat in the Senate made the statement
that that tariff law has wrecked the
country, because I'll admit It,"
The Mississippi Senator said he ex-
pected to prove that when the tariff
question comes before the Senate at this
session. He declared Republican speak
ers would not say much about farm re-
lief and the tariff in the coming cam
paign.
Refers to Market Crash.
Turning next to the decline in the
stock market in the Fall of 1929, SEN.
ator Harrison declared the President
gave out a statement saying this is
seasonal matter, and that prosperity
was just around the corner He said
that little later former Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon urged the business
and industrial interests to speed things
up and not let depression occur in
a Republican administration. Senator
Harrison argued, however, that this did
not produce the desired results.
Senator Harrison also criticized the
FIeSlUeuJ LOT IiOL INTO
special session following the adjourn
ment early last year. Commenting on
this, Harrison said: He was going to
wave a magic wand and everything
would be all right. but things went
from bad to worse"
In summing up his attack, Senator
Harrison said; That is the achieve
ment Of this remarkable man who
pushed Lincoln of the boards on Lin
coins birthday and Washington on
February o."
Norris Makes Comment.
speeches that were made on Washing
Senator Norris Republican, Of Ne
braska interrupted with the following
comment:
Il think I ought to challenge the
Senator from Mississippi on that point.
He has been speaking of the orations
that were delivered on Washington's
birthday and Lincoln's birthday about
Mr.. Hoover, but want to call his at
tention to the fact that there is still
another birthday coming that is much
greather than either Lincoln's or Wash
ington's. 1t is true that the Hoover
spellbinders on Lincolns birthday COM
pared Mr.. Hoover to Lincoln, and Of
course Mr.. Lincoln came out at the little
end Of the horn naturally,
When Washingtons birthday came
he was compared with Washington.
and, of course, Washington got the
worst of it. But the Senator from
must not claim those two
instances as the only possible victories
for Mr.. Hoover. There IS still another
coming, and think the coun-
will y1rait writ oil hi
interest the coming of that other birth
day, when another comparison will be
made. and greater laurels will be laid
upon Mr.. Hoover's brow. Wal until
the twenty-flfth of December, Christ
mas day. and listen to the comparisons
then"
Senator Harrison insisted that Presi-
dent Hoover should have advanced his
present program for relief two years ago
instead of waiting until this Winter.
He asserted that the President could
claim no credit for the passage of the
bill recently put through
Congress to increase the discount facih-
ties of the Federal Reserve System.
This Republican administration"
said Senator Harrison. has turned
away. Its achievements have
been the highest tariff law on record,
the highest number of unemployed, the
highest deficit in the Treasury, the
highest number of bank failures. the
highest number of business failures.
the highest cost OF government and
The highest wage loss to labor. This
has been a deep, dismal
failure"
The Mississippi Senator praised the
House, declaring it had not
played peanut politics.
Raferx In FIactiore
He listed the Democratic victories
n congressional districts in New Jersey.
New Hampshire and Michigan and de-
:lared:
We have had shams and Wicker
ihams for long time The country
S on fire against you Republicans"
Taking coin from his pocket. Sena-
.or Harrison exhibited 1t to the Re
uck pocket piece, pledging four years
If prosperity. Perhaps you remember
.heSe"
Senator FeSS, when Senator Harrison
had finished made a brief reply
Il hope the Senator from Mississippi
will make the same kind of a speech
tomorrow that he has made today" the
Senator said. II hope he will make
them right along and every day. I
know of nothing more helpful to the
1 suggest to the Senator
from Mississippi that he read an edt-
torial in the New York Times today"
The editorial in question called at
tention to the fact that President
Hoover was gaining in favor because
Of the large number OF attacks made
upon him by Democrats