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'ssfrWk >ta •v’ 7** yy t:r x !>, . nrn raimvrf'Y m imst vukwX^IvmB Strives To Be « aeon New§- V»P«v, Complete, Newsy end ReUeble. - Kfisa? ■p* If Too Don’t THE CHKONICLB Ton Don’t Get The . News. VOLUME XXIV r, CLINTON, a C., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924 NUMBER 12 . REPUBLICAN PARTY INDICTED BY M'ADOO Great Crowd Hears Democratic Candi date Present Claims % Columbia, March 17.—William Gibbs McAdoo, Democratic candidate for the presidential nomination, fresh from his reception in the cities of Georgia, his native state, made two Arriving from Augusta by auto mobile this afternoon, he addressed the members of the General Assem bly in the hall of the House of Repre sentatives, which was packed to ca pacity. Afterwards he was called upon for an impromptu speech on the steps of the state house before approximately 2,600 , persons who 'were unable to gain admittance to the legislative hall. Due to the crowd that waited in ■thi» Inhhy... of the state house for ad- mission to the hall of the House of Representatives, approximately fifteen minutes were required for the party consisting of Mr. McAdoo, Governor Thomas G. McLeod, former Governor John Gary Evans, and members of the House reception committee, to effect an entrance to the hall. Just as Mr. McAdoo and his party entered the hall, the surging masses behind them leaned forward to get a glimpse of the candidate, breaking the glass in one of the doors of the hall. Declaring that, if elected, he will call an international conference to be held at Washington at which work problems will be discussed, Mr. Mc Adoo promised the people in his ad dress that the foreign policy under his administration will be that of a strong, virile government interested* WILLIAM G. McADOO in the settlement of world questions. “If, as the result of that confer ence, an agreement is reached, and it is proposed that the United States shall be a party to such an agree ment,” He added, “I propose to sub mit the question to a nation referen dum of the American people at a spe cial election to be divorced from any political election, where candi dates are to be chosen, so that the people may have ample opportunity to discuss the questions involved in any such international policy and to decide for themselves what our na tional policy shall be. “In a democracy like ours, no great international policy, especially if it involves departure from the tradition al policy of this nation, can be made effective unless it is supported by public opinion,’ he declared. “If a majority of the people are in favor of the proposed policy, I should like to see any Senate, no matter what its political complexion, refuse to ratify the treaty. If, on Electrical Fixture I the other hand, the verdict of the people is against it, there is no Sen ate which would dare to ratify it. “Let us get the verdict of demo cracy on this grave issue,” he con cluded in speaking of American parti cipation in the League bf Nations, “involving as it does the very future of civilization. Fortified by a favor able verdict, we can go forward with confidence and do our duty to God and humanity.” Beginning with a few words of ap preciation for the part the state of South Carolina has taken in the course of democracy, Mr. McAdoo en tered at once into an arraignment of the presenjt administration “We-havc-one-reactionary party- In- retorm so to reduce freight Tates ™ America, the Republican party. Then is not room for two,” he said. “The Democratic party can be reactionary and perform any mission# for the American people. It must inflexibly set its face to the future and ren der to the people, the nation the great est service that can be rendered for the safety and security of our insti tutions, namely, to make those rea sonable and intelligent concessions which are demanded by the growth of the people and the welfare of human society?’ ^ He declared that the first duty of the people is “to bring govern ment back to honesty.” The dis closures in the Teapot Dome and naval oil reserve leases “have pro foundly shocked the country,” he as sorted. Scouting the contention. that the scandal is “bi-partisan,” he declared that “this scandal is exclusively Re publican.” “It is Republican officials of the Harding-Coolidge administration and no others who betrayed their public trusts,” he declared. “To say other wise is a transparent device to divert attention from the real criminals The American people will not be fool ed byr such obvious trickery. Those who have betrayed the public inter est or have stolen vital resources be- agrieultural prosperity has been de stroyed and the people have faced a rising cost of living, he added. A large portion of Mr. McAdoo’s address was devoted to the benefits that have been derived under the federal reserve system, inaugurated during Woodrow Wilson’s adminis tration. Outlining his platform, Mr. Mc Adoo stated as follotH: “If I should be elected President, I would take prompt measures: “First, to reopen foreign markets to our farmers so that they could dispose of their surplus products at the best obtainable prices. Second, to bring about railroad to a reasonable basis, enabling the farmer to get a higher price for his produce and reducing the cost of all materials and surplus which he must ship over the railroads to his farm, and, “Third, to repeal the Fordney- McCumber tariff bill, to substitute a reasonable and fair tariff measure.” He declared that Congress should make sufficient appropriations to em ploy the greatest scientists and the best talent to study the boll weevil problem wih a view to finding ef-. PecQcc RE-NU-LAC fective relief. The railroads ar* m the hands of selfish interests, he stated, which “in sist upon continuing a wholly uneco nomic ^system of transportation.” The present system is imposing an enormous burden upon public and must be changed, he continued. “A solution of the railroad prob lem which will -do justice not alone to the public, but to labor and to capital, legitimately invested in the railroads can be had under a plan which will preserve the principles of private operation under more efficient government regulation than existing laws provide. “On the side of social justice, the child labor amendment to the consti tution should be pushed to adoption. No enlightened nation with any hope whatever for its preservation can be longing to the people must be ruth-1 indifferent to the protection of the lessly exposed and mercilessly pun- children of the land. 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You will be surprised at the wonderful bargains you can get on a complete line of Fixtures for the home. —--r-—- - A five, four, three, and two light Fix ture, and two Wall Brackets, all for— $35.00 Floor Lamps— . $15.00 Reading Lamps as low as— $2.00 Table Lamps— $12.00 Up Electric Irons— $4.55 as* 1 Everything will have a heavy cut from the regular list price except lamps—Genu ine Mazda Lamps have, the same list price the world ftver. Telephone 338 Clinton, S. C. ished.” The Teapot Dome and California naval oil lands wfere “preserved in their entirely by the Woodrow Wil son administration,” he declared. “Tftese lands were turned over to the Harding-Coolidge administration by the Democrats clean, clear and unencumbered. The public interest was scrupulously and faithfully pre served.” The veterans’ bureau scandal, he characterized as “even meaner and more contemptible although the amount of money involved is not so great.” The former head of this bureau, “appointed by the Republi can administration, has been- indict ed for stealing or dissipating monies appropriated by Congress to protect the health and to provide the com forts” needed by disabled soldiers, he asserted. “The secretary of the navy has been driven out of office because even his Republican colleagues in the Sen ate joined with the Democrat# ia the passage of a resolution censuring him for incompetence in dealing with the naval oil leases,” Mr. McAdoo as serted, continuing, his attack on the Republican party. “The department of justice is un der investigation as a result of a resolution passed by practically un animous vote, Republicans and Dem ocrats joining in censuring the pres ent attorney general of the United States, * but be is still retained at tiie head of this department.” What he termed *the more insidious influences” which characterize the present administration were then dis cussed by Mr. McAdoo. The enrich ment of “trusts, monopolies, special interests ancTcontributors to the Re publican campaign fund” through the enactment of the Fordney-McCum- ber tariff act was denounced. The Mellon tax plan, lie said would “put thousands of dollfcrs into the -pocket# of high officials and other leading lights of the Republican par ty.” The record of the Republican administration for the past three years, he stated, is its “grayest in dictment.” Mr. McAdoo declared that no one can claim that the Fordney-McCum- ber tariff bill has conferred “any benefits upon the masses of the Americsn ’ people.” Second in the record of the op posing party he listed the revenue law of 1921 which, he said, “frank ly* conferred upon ike possessors of great incomes the largest part of the benefits of tax reductions.” Under an ever increasing tariff, SE Bewitching New Fabrics Proclaim the Spring Season at Clardy’s * . *. . ■ x •' New Novelty Spring Coats, Suits and Dresses Of the Better Kind Style, Snap and Quality c L AUR LNS S.C “A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE” >