Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-11

today was not on the stump in oppo-
sition to the present tariff bill. al
though that also had shoes on the free
list. 1t was the excess profit tax and
income tax that he wanted to get rid
of instead of free shoes.
Mr.. Pattangall then briefly reviewed
the present administration from sew
cral angles. He repudiated the claim
that taxes had been reduced. admit
ting that the direct property tax had
been reduced but claiming that the val
uations had been raised to more than
offset such reduction. He also claimed
that the bonded debt had been enlarged
and that We were spending more
money and spending it faster than
before. He agreed with the governor
that Maine was not progressive enough
and also agreed that the development
Of our water powers would be big
step in the right direction. He claimed
that these should be developed by pri-
vate investments, and fair profit al
lowed. He stated that the Maine
press. with the exception Of one pa
per which he did not name, had been
bought up by existing corporations,
Zen outside capital wished to devel-
op water power Of the Kennebec val
ley.
Viewing the administration from
a humanitarian standpoint he called
attention to the Governors attitude
on the appropriation for the Uni
versity of Maine, the Sanitarian at
Pressure Isle, Cary Hospital School
for Boys and Maine Medical School.
In closing he reviewed the attitude
of the administration on the State
bonus question, as he saw it.
Mr.. Pattangall said that he had
been campaigning for three months,
cities, and believed that many in
dependant votes would be counted
this year in the Democratic column.
Congressman Stegall opened his
remarks by rejoicing that blind par
tisanship was dying all over the
United States, and the politian Ct
whichever party he may belong, who
thinks that today he can crack the
party whip and have a response as
in the days of old, will wake up
some morning and find himself much
surprised. He spoke very feelingly
Of the sorrow through which the
President is going today The Presi-
dent is, said he the most powerful
man in the world and claimed that
Republicans are rcpudiating their
leader.
The speaker then reviewed some
Of the things that the Democrats had
accomplished, naming the Income
i Tax Law; the reform of the financial
system which had produced the Fed
eral Reserve Act; The Federal Farm
Loan Act and the election of United
States Senators by popular vote.
though he said that the latter was not
working as we'll as it had been hoped
that it would. He then reviewed so'-- c
Of the things the present admins
tration had sought to accomplish,
The Disarmament Conference and
the Four Power Pact and devoted
considerable time in q review of the
Bonus situation. His claim that the
revenue act would save the proftccrs
some $50 millions and the uttcrancc
of his belief that they should be con-
scripted to pay the debt of the L. s..
brought forth that's right from one
Of the Old line followers who sat on
one of the front seats. The tariff
situation was far from being settled,
he said, and in closing said that the
government had made big mistake
in handling the industrial, or strike
situation, and this was that it could
have been dealt with months ago.
Last spring was the time to take
hand he stated, and the reason that
it vas not done then was because
the right man had been on top"