The Tomahawk., 1921-11-03


the people, not according to their abil-
ity to pay, but according to their ne.
cessities.
Senator Lafollette and the minority
members of the finance committee
have submitted dissenting statements
on the revenue bill that expose it's in
sincerity The Wisconsin Senator de-
scribes the bill as IAN act to relieve
the ultrawealthy from taxation" He
points out that the repeal Of the CAPT.
tai stock tax will relieve the corpora
tions of the country of the payment of
a tax of $75,0O0,OO0 a year, while the
decrease of the surtax rates will re-
lieve the payment of s90,000,000 more
taxes year, making 100000
which these items will relieve the cor
poratlons and the extremely rich.
Against these provisions the opposi.
ton has directed it's most vigorous
attack They are variously denounced
as an effort to multiply the burdens OF
the public and to reimburse large cor.
porations for campaign contributions.
THE sAcco-vANzETTI CASE.
Like the Mooney case, the recent
conviction for murder of two Italians,
Sacco and Vanzetti, by a Massachu-
sets court, has produced great ex'
element in radical circles in Europe.
Huge crowds in Rome and Paris as
sembled to protest "the judicial MUIR
DER and our state department is find
ing considerable annoyance over the
affair. The home of Ambassador Her
rick in Paris was bombed ~ someone
who up to the present has escaped the
police net. Seven policemen in Paris
were hurt in an effort to stop crowd
of 10000 people bent on marching to
the American embassy.
The two men concerned were found
guilty of numbering and robbing pay
master of shoe factory. And there
is widespread belief in radical circles
at least that they were framed up"
merely because they were radicals and
had great influence with their fellow
country men. Several liberal maya
zines, including the New Republic. and
the Nation, have commented on the
poorness> OF the evidence, and the OBJ.
vious studied efforts of the prosecu-
ton to prejudice the jury against them
as radicals.
If our courts would pay more. at
tention to strict justice and less to
crusading for some privileged class or
ism, incidents like this, casting sha-
dow on the good name of America
abroad. The two men may be guilty,
but no one who followed the case can
believe that the Massachusetts court
gave them a square deal. Hence the
radicals have the great moral advan'
tage in the matter. ...-.,. -"
RHINE TROOPS RECALLED.
The ordering home of our sol.
diers on the Rhine, which Harding
promised to attend to as soon as he
got into the White House, is at last
going to commence, according to an
announcement on October 81. -,
The administration which attacked
Wilson so strongly for having them
there, declares now that it will bring
the troops home gradually as transport
is available. Beginning will be made
on the task about November II.
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MELONS PLAN OPPOSED.
The struggle between reaction and
progress is having its influence upon
the fortunes of Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon, who is insistent. that he
and he alone shall determine just how
the Allied debts shall be handled. The
Secretary before the House ways and
means committee made an earnest
plea that Congress accord him author
ity to handle this delicate subject,
without any restraint from Congress.
It is unlikely that Congress will do
anything so foolish or dangerous.
With all the respect in the world for
Mellon, there are number Of Con-
gressmen who are apprehensive that
he has something up his sleeve that
he is unwilling to disclose to their
scrutiny. They believe that those
billions which the people furnished
are a matter of public concern, and
they are anxious that there shall be
no unnecessary mystery in the settle
ment of our claims against European
nations. NIX -. u
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PORTUGAL IN REVOLT. - VT.
Portugal has just had another of
those upheavals so difficult for us in
this country to understand. Some four
members of, the cabinet have loat
their lives and new cabinet reigns.
In a small country like Portugal ac
venturers have fairly easy time IL
stirring things up. A would-be king
can gather a little money together and
begin mischief Or q corporation which
cannot get what it wants from the
government, has chance of getting
it by overthrowing the government.
PortugaHs problems are made worse
by the British dictatorship which has
grown up in recent years.
President Harding is doing his best
to persuade the public not to expect
anything from the Disarmament con-
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