The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05

potntnerLt. he said atsa banquet: We are here because we know that he fs erninently qualified to discharge fhe duties of his office with unbounded credit to his country, the adrnfnistxsf- ton, to us, his friends. and himself"
 There is an odd seTies of cotncidencss in the careers of Governor Harmon and President Taft Always Harmon has followed Taft CT Taft has followed Harmon Harmon resigned as tudxs in Ohio, and Taft took his place. Tnez NIT. Taft became solicitor general of the United States. Harmon followed him to Washington as cabinet mem Der. VIII he follow Taft to Washfrx- ton again?
 GoVernor Harmon was born in lgsw- town, Hamilton county. O. Feb. 2, 1s1s, and he therefore Is in his sfxfy-A<xn year. One not acquainted with rhis Eacs would take him to be no rrsors sf,zx, hfty-hve. He Is just as vigorous e . man Of many years under dftyArs and as fond of sports and of xhs ou< o1 doors as schooIboy. He rfdes vim the grace of 8 regular army csvafrv- man. plays golf, conpe4es wfxA xks crack rife shots of the O. N. a. a1zx,u- ally and makes good scurez. xoeu es Michigan every summer for his varn~ ton and fishes and fishes, end he ss . baseball fan of tho species that reoo<as each play made during . xax.s on q score card.
 He was for years pitcher fn s rry4ns composed of business men vy1o r,~6 every Saturday afternoon out in ths suburbs of the Queen City, and hs would pitch nine straight irnrfnxs ,e1tx all the vigor of a big lezsuer.
 MT. Harmon's father was q Bso<xrf minister, and from him he received hi, early education. In 1866 he graduated from the Baptist college at Dentzon. Licking county, and in 1892 the schoo, honored him with the degree of LIA ID, He attended the Cincinnati Law scnosa and graduated In 1869.
 MT. Harmon's idea of what Derno~- racy should do can be summed rzp in the closing words of an fnterv1.x which he gave. as follows:
 T take 1t that the true platform o1 the Democracy is the preservation ts the utmost of the rights of the com mon man-the man who has not rnfzff or wealth to twist the current of events to suit himself, to observe to ths strfctest possible degree the limits of
 
 to administer the government eco- nomicalH, and in doing that to lew only the amount of taxes, direct o1 through tariff, which will meet the expenses of the government"
 Am believer in the income taxT" said the governor in response to a question.
 Most assrredly." he continued.
 Without GIch a tax the expenses c1 the federal government, which nov amount to a billion dollars per y>ar cannot be fairly distributed. They ars now collected by tariff and other taxe< on consumption, and the enorunouf vested wealth of the country esczDeu A few states have undertaken to ta1 incomes, but, as I am advised. will little success. Changes of legal resi- dence are too easy to make. The efTa- cheney of a federal income tax has beer proved. The levyfng of one would helu secure the lowering of tarin taxes so greatly and generally desired, whf.s the people will watch moro c1ossay what Is done with their money when they know they are paying tares and how much"
 Governor Harmon had the fcd1owfns to say about state rights:
 We must make the state gUvexn- mert more broadly useful. Its powrrr are ample and rmdoubted to grappse with many things which have been de- veaoped by new conditions and Rfvs general concern. For instance, 1t has absolute control of an corporations of ffs own creation and of the terms on which corporations of other states mas do business here. Why, then, stand bz and let the general government assurrs to regulate state corporat1ons becazss they engage in interstate oornraerc17 Citizens engage in interstate coru- nerce, too, and congress has the sr1ns tight concerning their personal arakrz as with those of state cocporatarox. 10 more and no less. If conxrexx gets general jurisdiction over ua, if ve engage in commerce outs4de ths state, we may as well turn over the capitol to a federal conmissfonsRn sRnd go nome"