Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-20

Through my veins there courses the
warm blood of an Irish ancestry. aud
in my heart there is an uudying love
for old Ireland
"As God is my Judge, have asked
Him a thousand times to bless Ireland.
the land of my birth. by liberating her.
II have read and studied as carefully
as have been capable Of doing the
presidents Interpretation of the league
covenant as 1t bears upon ireland.
"And / say to my Irish friends that
I never spoke more sincerely In my life
on any subject than / do when ! say
that II this country Joins the allied ma
uons under the league covenant 1t will
be In a much better position TO help
ireland than II now is or will be II IT
remains out Of the league.
"This is an additional reason for my
being for the league of nations"
Mr.. Taggart's personal appeal TO the
voters Of Irish extraction followed some
declaration Of principles on which be
proposes to ask the voters of Indiana
TO support him for the senatorship.
FAVORS SCRUTINY
OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Among other things be said:
II am In favor Of the closest scrutiny
In every department for which appro-
priations are esked.
81 am strongly in favor Of a budget
system properly organized and directed
bv the most competent men with au-
thority to investigate the requests of the
various departments and make sugges-
lions to the proper committees before
any appropriations are made.
nd nFpaeUt time
IL is and has been the custom to make
the appropriations first and then find out
on what course congress can levy a tax
to get the money with which to meet
these appropriations.
at has not been unusual In the pres
ent congress for millions Of dollars to
be appropriated for various purposes
without even a roll call and without even
a quorum being present.
"Can you Imagine the directors OF any
private concern acting on this basis2
"The taxpayers Of the nation who have
so patriotically met the expenses of the
great war are entitled to a rest from
the heavy burden of taxation.
People cannot be made prosperous by
taxation-be 1t either direct or Indirect.
1.-THE present congress should have
given consideration to the simplification
of the tax problem.
PLEADS FOR PRACTICAL
BUSINESS METHODS.
1.-THE excess profit tax should be re-
moved at once, but as ! see 1t at the
present time there will be little reduction
in taxes unless the question of retrench-
ment and economy in every department
is given serious consideration and prac-
teal methods of business put In opera
tlon at once.
1T feel that this will not be aeon
piished unless a different class of men
are elected to the senate who will give
more thought to the interest and wei
fare Of the country than they do to
politics and who by experience know
business problem when they meet 1t.
Business which pertains to the ma
tion should always have the right-of-
way and should not be handicapped by
party consideration.
Business is one thing, politics another.
"They don't mix for the benefit of the
people.
Ladies and Gentlemen, am demo
crat.
",rhat is another way of saying
am a party man and believe in party
organization, but l hope to do this in
the best political sense.
II have fought the battles OF my
party for, thirty years, shoulder to shout
der with the democratic boys-and Goo
bless them-who have always had The.
burden of caring for our party organl-
zation and with them | have never be-
lieved was any worse and never
claimed to be ary better than the men
who urged us on and afterwards shared
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