The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-11
Falsehoods
Are Barred.
by Randall.
Republican Candidate for
Governor Declares Scrap
ping Of Code Would
Save Nothing.
Heard by Large Crowds

cratic candidates for state Office
we're barred today by Charles " Ran
dali. republican candidate for eOY
efn0r aud .. y SplllmBn. cnndidat.
for attorney general IN speeches de
liyafed 10 good sized crowds 81 Rf
publican Clty, Aims, Orleans snf
ArDpahoe. THE Two candidates veft
10 deliver addresses ~ oxford tonight
TaxcA are certain ~ cOfno down, ~
matter vino IL governor Mr.. Randall
deelafeJ because the chief factors IN
lhe Increased taxes are becoming non
existent.
we are through this year IN raIs
Ing the t2.O00 ,0OD for relief ~ the war
veterans he said
"1'he sir year road building pro
grain outlined under democratic
governor, the laws for which were
passed BY democratic admipIstra-
tl0n, IL completed next year
"The tax for building new state.
house viii be discarded IN 1926, and
there you have the factors which con.
tfIbmted most largely 10 increases In
state t6xes wbscb, even with these
bIR projects 10 handle, were Infnlfes.
NAL ln their increase IN comparison TO
the local school taxes, which IN some
instances are 10 times higher than in
1915,
Says Bryan Wrong.
"Tbis talk by my opponent that by
aboltshing the code departments he
can reduce state taxes 20 per cent js
absolutely wrong. Why, II yon took
the code officers, the constitutional
officers. the attorney generals office,
the Brc marshsI's office, the supreme
court and every other Office IN the
statehouse, locked them and threw
lbs keys away, do you know how
much Il would cut state taxesY
'Jt would reduce expenditures just
3 cents In each tax dollar. Now those
arc actual 0gures based on appropria,
| tions.
"I'Il tell you where 10 find the big
cost Of government. II In IN the
maintenance OF our insane asylumz,
our penitentiary, our tuberculsr
hospitals, our normal schools, our
university, our roads; the cost of
our gtatc government completing the
good roads program Initiated by the
democrats, the new state house, the
10000 voted by the last legislature
for our soldier boys. The cost of
state government has Increased pro.
portionateIy during fhe war with the
cost Of living Of the average fam.
i1y
winter, what did the sensible families
do?
why, they decreased their overhead
and cut expenses In proportion 10
the decreagc IN income.
1922 Levy Is Less.
What did our state government
do?
Exactly the same thing. The state |
governments levy for 1922 is one.
third less than In 1921, an result /
" the special session and advantage |
taken through the budget Of de. |
creasIDg prices In cost Of state liv. |
Ing.
II demand that my opponent deny /
these facts. The extraordinary in
creasea are from the three men.
toned by me earlier.
"Would my opponent deny the sol
dior boys this t2,000,000 bonus voted
by u republican Legislature?
Would my opponent criticise the
road program outlined and made com
pulsory for six years by democratic
governor and legislature which we
complete this year? Would my op-
ponent discontinue building state.
houge fitting such a state as ours TO
take the place Of the diIapldated fire
trap we have at Lincoln today"
Mr.. spillmnn likewise took off his
gloves In lifting the veil Of deceit
and buncombe from the statements OF
Rainmaker' Bryan.
II followed him on the stump last
week at Syracuse. Mr.. spillman said.
When hs learned | was to follow
him, he talked two hours, trying
70 tire his crowd, before began In
his speeches he said he bad been ark
ed how he would reduce our state
taxes 20 per cent, as he promised al
Polk he could do.
Hank" Says spillman.
There We're two things he said he
u oud do one was 10 abolish the
fire marshas office the other to re-
luce the state automobile license tax
used now TO maintain state and caun
" roads, IS per cent ~ which goes
70 the county for maintenance, that
aas bunk pure and simple II you
abolished the state fire marshals ~
f0t Il wouldn't reduce state taxes a
sent. hsoausa this department in sup.
ported hY fees from fire insurance
companies who are willing 10 pay for
'ueh department 10 protect them
'rom professional flrthuss
As for the automobile llceuse tar
Il you want 20 eat "a we'll ana good
You must keep YOUR roads un Ans
snr viii admit that u sou Nant to
.hft the burden ffum ,se automobile
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lote automobiles la lhe cities than
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