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into power and to pay the special inter
ests for their kindly campaign contribu-
ton, the republicans introduced a bill
to relieve the overrich of part of their
taxes by cutting the tax on these in
comes from 65 per cent to 80 per cent
This passed the house.
Mr.. Riddick voted for it.
1t then went to the senate, where
the progressive republicans joined with
the democrats and insisted on keeping
the tax at 80 per cent. The bill went
back to the house and there again Mr..
Rlddick voted to cut it again to so
per cent. but it remained at so in spite
of his opposition and the opposition of
MIR. Harding.
Harding and Big interests
Again we find our president and the
republican party exerting themselves
in behalf of the big shipping interests
IN keeping with the promises presum-
ably made at the Blackstone hotel in
Chicago.
Our great merchant fleet, built I'D
at an expense of more than three
billion dollars during the last few
years, is largely idle, tied up at our
wharyes under a staggering expense
for upkeep, while a large American
tonnage is carried in British bottoms.
but whether idle or operating, our
merchant fleet is taking millions of
dollars every day from the pockets
OF the people to maintain it and now
it is proposed to sell this great fleet
OF ships to private individuals at pri-
yate sale for a few cents on the dol
lar of what it cost and to give the
purchaser a bonus besides in the form
of a subsidy for taking it.
Twenty years ago. in the hey day
of trusts under the guidance of Mark
Hanna, a movement was started to
grant subsidy of nine million dollars
per year to the transportation lines
operating between Europe and the
United States. This was voted out
of congress. The democratic party
then, as now. stood solidly against the
subsidies. It simply means graft is
handed out to the favored few by the
administration.
Denounees Bonus Veto
in contrast to the ship subsidies
and railroad subsidies proposed to be
given to the Wall street clique, note
the attitude of our republican friends
upon a soldiers bonus. The boys
were taken to foreign lands; they gave
up their jobs; their business or their
profession. only to find them gone
when they got back. Many of them
were injured or broken in health and
their professed friends in the cam
paign of two years ago now say to
them, there is no obligation to pay
YOU and for that reason Mr.. Hard
ing vefoes the bill.
There are millions for the rail
roads, millions for the ship subsidies,
millions taken off in the way of taxes
on the over-rich, but nothing for the
boys who fought on foreign soil to
make this world a better place in
which to live. What becomes of the
promises and praises given you as
YOU marched off to war? Say put back
the tax upon the over-rieh and pay
the soldiers what is justly due them"
Joseph r. Jackson of Butte, demo
cratic candidate for chief justice of
the supreme court, spoke briefly con
corning the powers and duties of the
supreme court.
Early in the day Mr.. Wheeler gave
an address on national issues before
a large crowd of farmers at the an
nual Shields Valley Livestock show at
IiIsall