Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-12

,ex ppndit,,res. Then. instead OF gen.
eral levy. the proper enforcement Of
the excise laws provided 100000 addi-
l,nllal every year The establishment
Of ii market, for prison manufactured
goods and the concentration az author.
ity over nineteen state institutions IL
expected to add another $MO.OOO 10
The state revenues Thus was the sit
uatinn met and the state restored to q
sound tilancia! basis without any ad
.difiola! burdens being Imposed on the
jn"ple who are least able to be further,
.l;tAuL s.fs j3s..4. t4
\"ters like to support clean and
III" nlen. us has been demonstrated ~ /
nn,ny localities where the eleci.Ws dis.
Played remarkable Discrimination III
ronurins exceptional men with ~ ex-
.c.pilOn;ll VOICE. This explains why In
u strongly Republican suite hudson
Ilnrnon wus elected spvernor of Ohio
Nv" years ago by u plurality Of 1882
II The face OF y Republican plurality
OF D.I9l III the vote for president.
On his record us governor OF the state
.Jltson Harmon was prepared to go
BEFORE the people and tlsk reelection.
With precedent against him. the
election machinery against him, with
tie president 'or the United states
ri,iz.sn or the same state. 6ghttIE him
fJr reelection and ins The face 6f .
strong Republican sentiment to- COM
bit. Governor Harm0ni nevertheless
r.as given majority OF lOl .OO0 ,st,ss' <,
t'hin repudiated her4Ffavorit4 Von,
William H. Taft, president Of ''ths
Timed States! Governor Harmon
won the greatest Democratic victory
tnhine history ,of Ohio. or OF the mid
die west. 1t was q crushing blow to
tho president. > i.,sr@s
There nre some things In Ohio more
popular than the Taft smile One Of
them is the Hon. Juds0n Harmon.
who will coun,enance mo frilis and
who sits on thu. edge If a rig fable
that occupies the center III the COY.
errors reception room and chats with
visitors. Common "A an old shoe.
is the way Ohio farmers size up their
governor after they ace him perched
on that table. swinging his 6eet. a01
hear, him talk straight from tia Shout.
| der.
When he was attorney general he. ar
:.llpd many clses before the supreme
rol,r, argued them weii-so we'll that
lie earned many deserving compliments
from, bench aud bar. Among them.
ana perhaps the most noted. was that
nt the United States against the4 Trans.
missouri Freight association. It was
the first test US to the efflciencysof tbs
sherman antitrust law when applied
to prevent IN illegal combination Of
railroads. Mr.. Harmon won. and the
combination went by the boards.
or u similar character wsre the suits
! against the Freight Trad1cs association
ana the Addyston Pipe company, Har
mon was successful In both. and thus
was established the law N Il stands
today.
There il an odd series OF coinci.
drnces in the careers, OF Governor Har-
.:.on and President Taft Always Har.
anon has followed Taft Of Taft has
followed Harmon. Harmon resigned
us judge in Ohio, and TAFT took his
place. Then Mr.. Taft became solicitor
general Of the United States. Harmon
followed him to Washington AZ = cabi.
net member. wan he follow Taft to
Washington again7
Governor Harmon was born In New
town. Hamilton county. O.. Feb 3.
1916 und he therefore y u bis sixty.
iifth year. One not acqnainted with
49,, f.,oN x,,o,,an Lo k1rv,Str, 49, nrS N, go
than afty-tive. he II just a. vigorous
ls u man of many years under .tfty:
five aud as fond OF sports and OF the
out Of doors rs q schoolb0y. He rides
with the grace of regular army cav;
alryman, plays golf. completes with the
crack ride shots OF the q. N. u. annual.
~ and makes good scores. Ettes to
Michigan every summer for his vaca.
tion and fishes and fishes. ana DO u q
baseball fan Of the species that records
each play made during game on .
score card. n
He was for years pitcher In Q nine
composed Of business men who met
every Saturday afternoon out m the
suburbs of the Queen City to try dis
mond conclusions with teams from
other localities. Judson Harmon nev.
er missed game while he was In
town. lle would 70 to the bali tteld.
shed his cout and collar and wade In
and pitch nine straight Innings with
all the vigor OF a big Lacquer.
MIR. HarmOn's father was o Baptist
minister. and from him ne received his
early education, In 1864 be graduated
from the Baptist college ut DenisOn.
Licking county. land In lH... the school
honnred him with the degree Of L.. u.
He attended the Cincinnati Law sctlOol
and graduated N 1860 r.,
Mr.. Harmon ideu of what Democ
racy should do can he summed mp u
the, closing words Of van interview
which he gave. AS follows: rs
~ take it that the true platform OF
the Democracy.sis the preservation ID
the utmost Of the rights OF the com
mon man-the7mnn who has not might
or. wealth tU twist the current Of
events to suit' himself::,to observe 70
tile stricteSt possible degree the limits
Of authority imposed BY the constitu
tiIn. to administer the government eco
n6mtcally and IN doing that to levy
only the amount Of taxes. direct Or
Through tariff, which will meet the
expenses Of the government.
Am | n believer III the tncOme tax r
said the governor In response to q ,Quses
ton. Most assnredly." be- continued
Without such Il tax the expenses OF
the federal government. which now
amount to billion dollars per year.
cannot he fairly distributed. They are
now collected By tariff aud other taxes
on consumption. aud the enormous
vested wealth OF the country escapeA
A few states hnve undertaken to tax
incomes. but, US nm advised. with 1T