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

Pennsylvania, Senator Smoot of Utah,
Senator Bingham Of Connecticut or
some other Republican would not rise
in their places and discuss the achieve
ments of the Hoover administration.
Asks Republican Defense
IT am going to call the attention of
the country" continued Senator Harri-
son. ito what has been done during the
last three years. And when have fin
ished. hope that Republican Senators
will rise and discuss the greatness and
the achievements Of this adminiStra-
ton"
With this challenge to the Repub-
licans, the Mississippi Senator drove
ahead with his attack on the Hoover
administrs ton.
The last presidential campaign"
said Senator Harrison, was callsd a
whispering campo ign Now, it is be-
coming a 'whimpering campaign and
before November I predict it will have
become a weeping campaign The
Republicans are going to get exactly
what is coming to them"
Won't 1t become a crashing OF
teeth campaign among the Democrats"
interrupted Senator Fess of Ohio.
Quotes Speech of 1920.
Senator Harrison went back to 1920
to quote a speech made by Senator
Tess, who was then a member of the
House and chairman of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee.
In that speech, Senator Fess attacked
Mr. Hoover as an opponent Of the Re-
publican party because of his support
of Woodrow Wilson.
Senator Harrison said that the
speeches now being made by Repub-
licans about President Hoover were
very different in tone. He attacked
recent Republican speakers who have
eulogized the President and the ad-
ministration's relief program.
Instead of the Republicans going On
the air with their hot air in sealed
room" said Senator Harrison, they
should step out into the open where
they can be met by Democrats. They
go now to the Republican National Com
mittee, where the Democrats cannot get
in to make answer to them
Senator Fess again interrupted the
Mississippi Senator, saying that the
Democrats have been clamoring for an
economy program and pointing out that
when the agricultural appropriation bill
was before the Senate it was the Demo-
Gratis and Senator Harrison who had
insisted upon adding amendments to
the bill increasing the amount appro-
priated.
Fess Defends Speech.
Senator Fess explained his speech a
dozen years ago criticizing President
Hoover
II wanted a Republican Congress
elected" he said. Il thought Mr..
Hoover, Republican, was going out of
his way to join in what seemed to be
Democratic propaganda"
The Senator from Ohio was referring
to the plea of the late President Wilson
for the election of a Democratic Con-
gresS to back him up during the World
War, to which Mr. Hoover subscribed
at the time, while he was food adj
ministrator.
Last year." replied Senator Harrison,
1.-The country elected Democratic Con-
gress without the aid Of Mr.. Hoover"
And the country" rejoined Senator
Fess, will probably realize the evil eff
fects OF that act before we get through"
Recalls Curtis Speech.
Senator Harrison said he did not
wish to embarrass the Vice President,
who was sitting in the chair and added:
If I wanted to revive the feelings that
existed at Kansas City could recall
what the Vice President said there"
The Mississippi Senator was referring
to comments made by the Vice PreSi-
dent at the Republican national con-
vention three years ago when he him
self was a candidate for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination.
Your tune is different now" Senator
Harrison said to the Republicans.
Nov the Republican party has differ
ent brigades in the field. 1t has the
'petticoat brigade at work. OF course.
1t is not now headed by Mabel Walker
Willebrandt. 1t is headed by Mrs. Dolly
Gam. who in Chicago recently denied
there was depression. Great masses of
the people have not found there has
been depression, Mrs. Gam said. Now
they are asserting there is no unemploy-
ment The medicine ball gang Is out.
Secretary of War Hurley took the stand
that Republican leaders were not max
ing the proper fight, and has gene
around the country making speeches.
Replies to Jahncke.
Senator Harrison said Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy Jahncke had made a
speech in Ohio, and II noticed the line
that President Hoover had shown such
leadership and had advanced so many
constructive measures that the Demo-
Gratis have become dizzy"
Many have been driven to disaster"
said Senator Harrison, but no Demo-
Gratis have become dizzy. Mr. Hoover
has taken the country down the slide,
and that may be responsible for some
people being dizzy"
Senator Harrison said the Hoover ad-
vocate5 were blowing bubbles in the
air" He referred to prophesieS made
by Republican speakers in the last
presidential campaign, and their decla-
rations that prosperity would always be
realized when the Republican party was
in power He quoted President Hoover
at Palo Alto as predicting that poverty
would be banished from the land with
Republicans in charge Of the Govern
ment. There was no talk of bank
failures, depression, lack Of work and
fall of security prices by the Repub-
licans in that campaign, he said.
Cites Farm Aid Session.
Going back to the special session Of
Congress called by the President shortly
after his term began to consider lin
tied tariff revision and farm relief, Sen
ator Harrison commented:
we tried to give the farmers real
relief fought for weeks and weeks. We
won out. but were defeated by the Pres
ident. He got his Farm Board. If you
think you can make the farmers think
they have been helped by the Farm
H. NrNf a.