South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-04
SHOWS UP WASTE
IN STATE UNDER
G 0.P. CONTROL
McCulloch at Greensburg Con
trasts Ralston and Good
rich Administrations.
C3y \ STAFF CORRESPONDENT

CE3y \ STAFF CORRESPONDENT
GREENSBURG, Ind. Sept, g.
Contrasting the administration of
Gov. Samuel =. Ralston with that OF
Gov. Goodrich, Carlton 3. McCuI-
locn, democratic nominee for COVER
nor. in an address here tonight. de
clared that the present republican
regime is one OF the most extrava-
CANT in the history Of the state. The
candidate displayed figures showing
that Gov RalSton had left the state
free of debt with a balance I'm the
treasury of more than $4,000, 600,
but that Goodrich Will go out Of
power leaving an almost barren eX-
chequer.
Dr. MCCulloch dayed the taxation
legislation undertaken oy the repub-
lican administration and reiterated
his party pledge TO tring about
equitable reforms in the application
OF tax measures.
Repeal Tax Law
The democratic party stands for
the repeal of the present law and
the enactment Of a just and cquit-
able one,' ne said. The people may
be relied upon TO elect senators and
representatives TO the legislature
who viii be intelligent and honest
men who Will represent their com
munities in the framing OF a law
adequate in the requirements.
Nothing has more adequately and
cOmprehensively shown the ineffi
cheney OF the present republican ad-
ministratiOn than the handling OF
the tax situation in our state" the
doctor continued. Pause for q mo-
ment and recall that under the pre-
ceeding administration our state
which had labored under the over
hanging debt for eighty-twO years,
was completely discharged OF its
obligation. Gov. RalstOn paid of
every cent that Indiana owed and
left her square with the world. He
did more than this. He turned over
TO his successor nearly $4,000. 600
in the treasury.
The republican party was led by
the wrong men; they started on
the wrong foot and followed the
wrong course. They asked 10 be put
in power on the theory that the
state had been extrayagant They
viii go out OF power with the record
Of the greatest extravaganza known
ia tic lllcLOl n VI TIE l0IllLllOI ca Llls
They Will go out OF power charged
with having dissipated the savings
of the proceeding administration.
and also with having waslefully
spent what they themselves had col
lected.
Led BY Wrong Men.
If the right men had led the re-
publican party they perhaps might
have done better, but they were led
astray by dreams Of power. They
put "a new tax law i'm the statute
books which has aroused the indig-
nation Of every tax payer. II has
put a premium on dishonesty and a
penalty on right dealings. u was
heralded as the greatest achieve
ment of the republican party since
the civil war. It was acclaimed the
best tax law possible under the state
law constitution II has failed mis-
erably I'm meeting the reQuireme ents.
AT the bottom Of the minds Of
the men who designed it was "A false
principle. After having announced
IL as the best possible law they call
ed a special session Of the legisla-
ture 10 amend and make better what
they had already said was the best.
This special session accomplished
nothing except 20 load on an ex-
pense Of $4,000 on the tax payers.
These oppressed individuals had
fCONTT[TED OK pAFE FOUR