The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-01
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hear him talk straight from tie shoul-
der.
When he was attorney general be af.
gned many cases before ihe supreme
court argued them well 80 well tlIat
he earned many deserving compliments
from bench and bar Among Them,
and perhaps the most noted. was that
Of the United States against the Trans
missouri Freight association. II was
tbe 0rst tess 70 the efficiency Of the
shernan antitrust law when applied
10 prevent an Illegal combination Of
railroads. sfr Harmon wen, and the
combination weut by the boards
OF similar character were the suits
against the Freight 1'fatiie association
ana The Addyston Pipe company liar
mon was successful "a both, and thus
Was established the law IL Il stands
today.
There 81 an odd series u coineb
deace.. 10 the careers Of Governor Iaf-
mon ana President Taft. Always Har-
mon has followed Taft or Taft has
followed Harmon. Harmon resigned
as Judge in ohio. and Taft took bits
palce Thea Mr. Taft became solicitor
general OF The United States Harmon
followed him 10 Washington az 2 cabi-
oct member win be follow TAFT ~
Washington again?
Governor Harmon was horn in New
town Hamilton county, o., Feb 3.
1916. and he therefore IS IN bis SIXTY
9th year One not acquainted WAN
this fact would take him 10 By no more
than tifty-fve ue IS just as vigorous
rs q man Of many years under fifty
fye and as fond " sports and Of the
out of doors as a schoolboy, He rides
with the grace of a regular army cav
alryman. plays golf, completes with the
crack ride shots Of the 0. N. @. annual
Is and makes good scores, goes 70
Michigan every summer for his yaca-
/ tion and fishes and fishes. and be ~ 9
baseball fan u the species that records
each play made during q game On q
score card
He was for years pitcher in o nine
composed " business men who met
fegery Saturday afternoon OUT in the
/ suburbs Of The Queen City to try ala
mond conclusions with teams from
other localities. Judson Harmon uev.
er missed a game while he was in
town He would 20 to the ball field
shed his coat and collar and wade ID
and pitch nine straight innings with
an the vigor Of big Lacquer.
Mr.. Harmons father was a Baptist
minister, and from him be received bis
early education In 1866 be graduated
from the Baptist college at Denison
Licking county, and in 1892 the school
honored him with the degree Of LII p
lie attended the Cincinnati Law school
and graduated In 1869
Mfr. Harmon's idea Of what Demoe
racy shonld do can be summed up IS
the closing words Of an interview
which he gave, as follows
II take il that the true platform o.
the Democracy Is the preservation Y
the utmost Of the rights Of the corn
mon man--the man who has not might
or wealth to twist the current d
events TO suit himself to observe Il
the stFictest possible degree the Emit
of authority imposed by the coustitu
ton, to administer the government eco
nomically and In doing that 70 lev!
only he amount of taxes, direct o.
through a tariff, which viii meet ths
+ expenses Of the government
lam a believer In the income taxy
said the governor in response 70 a Ques
ton Most assuredly.1 be continued
Without such tax the expenses d
the federal government. which noy
amount to a billion dollars per year
cannot be fairly distributed They ar
now collected by tariff aud other taxei
on consumption, and the enormous
vested wealth OF the country escapes
A few states have undertaken to Ia,
Incomes, but as am advised with lit
! tie success Changes of legal residence
are TOO easy % make The efficiency
/ Of federal income tax has beer
proved The ieyymg Of one would he'll
secure the lowering Of tailn taxes, S,
greatly and generally desired. whll'
the people will watch more closely
what is done with their money wheI
they know they are paying taxes anC
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