The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-10-27

knows that the Democratic candidate has dis
avowed it and he struck accordingly at the pivotal
point where Governor Roosevelt has not even at
tempted to close up the gaping holes The attack
was clean and sure because Mr.. Hoover certain
of his ground, and the result devastating
The Presidents Detroit address by all odds
his most militant and vigorous thrust into opposi-
ton territory. He plainly aroused by the mis-
statements of facts" and the conclusions amazingly
removed from truth which had emanated from the
Democratic camp. Mr.. Hoover did not mnce words,
he did not insinuate he did not deliver glancing
blows. His attack direct, blunt, and
mercless attack could be that inspired not
by personal anmus spite, but by rerentess nsis
tence on the plain unvarnished truth
Save possibly when he discusses the tariff. Mr..
Roosevelt is more inconsistent, careless
with the facts, and hopelessly at than when
he deals with the subject of federal finances an,
economy. 1t glaringy apparent that at Pitts
burgh where Mr. Roosevelt was attempting to indict
the Republican party for it's extravaganza, that hI
could not bring himself to tell the whole truth about
the increase in federal expenditures between 1927
and 1881. That these expenditures almost who'll
ly for the relief of the depression, that 1000
represented emergency relief outlay, appar-
emily not of the slightest importance to the Demo
cratic candidate.
Mr.. Roosevelt hints cheerfully of billion dollar
reduction in the ordinary. routine expenditures
which would take place under his administration,
but carefully avoids explaining by what series of
jor operations that reduction would be made He
talks darkly of administration conspiracy to
that the record of actual federal expenditures and
receipts is made available to the public every day
in the year, and that such concealment or mis-
representation is possible He pays lip service to
the ideal of economy while neglecting to make prac
tical application of that ideal in his administration Of
New York state, and he taunts with the charge of
extravaganza administration which staunchly
sisted every effort of his party to foist expen
ditures of $s50OoOOOO0 upon the nation at the last
session of congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt could speak with infinitely more
conviction and sincerity on economy, and he could
attribute all the countrys fiscal difficulties to the
Hoover administration with less embarrassment,
if he had practiced economy governor of New
York. he had taken occasion to disapprove the
utterly rash and prodiga policies pursued last win
sentatives. That he approves most of all of those
policies in the absence of any word to the contrary
is fair assumption. and that he would be ably abet
ted in the pursuit of those policies by Mr. Garner,
in of Democratic victory, is entirely reason
able to suppose.
The house record, as it was cited by Mr.. Hoover
Saturday night offers overwhelming body of
proof that the Democratic party was definitely COM
mitted in practice to almost everything that Gov
ernor Roosevelt is pleased to condemn in theory
only. The President called the roll at Detroit and
up bobbed the Gascue omnibus pension bil the
patchwork revenue bill, the rubber dollar" price
fixing bill, the shamefuly mutilated economy bill,
the Garner-Rainey $1,000 100000 pork barrel bill,
the Patman 81, 100000 fiat money bill and other
measures that sprang from opportunistic, spend
thrift. improvident Democratic house.
Why does not Mr.. Roosevelt discuss that record?
Why does he not place it side by side with the ad
minstration program of reconstruction, first out
lined by President Hoover in his message to
gress last December, which insisted at every turn
maintaining the financial integrity of the federal
government, preserving the federal credit from
every manner of assault, and carrying the nation
through the crisis at any sacrifice that would not
involve dangerous and unsound departures from the
principles of American government? If Mr.. Roose-
welt is opposed to governmental extravaganza and
prodgalty in theory why is he not opposed to it in
practice and why does he not condemn in the
strongest language, those Democratic policies. the
very presence of which the national horizon
liter this year was retarding business recovery?
The truth is that Mr.. Roosevelt, in his discussion
of revenue. deficits, budgets and economy, has
sstenty evaded the only real issue, and that is the
issue to which President Hoover brought almost
ruthless candor at Detroit The question is simply
whether not the nation will profit more from
continuance of the principles and policies laid down
by Republican administration for reconstruction
than it will from the principles and policies laid
down by Democratic house which has definitely
committed itself to government by pork and squan-
der. Until Mr. Roosevelt rejects the record of the
house. that record must continue to reflect his in
nermost PHILOSOPHERS of government He now stands
challengedI a result of Mr.. Hoover's fiery and
spirited Detroit address, to out in the open and
defend that record to the limit.