Gunnison news-champion., 1922-10-27
ED TAYLOR INTERESTS PEOPLE
IN GUNNISON FRIDAY EVENING
Continued from Page one)

Nnf H-HrlsaaAfa EaE AlaAE0l1cf-0
by Grant Rutland who had been intim-
ats.y acquainted with him for years
Mr Rutland acted a. chairman Of the
meeting and made very good intro
d1cIgry talk.
P.-ur.Ug into q description Of con
gresslona. affairs the speaker of the
evening stated that We were not yet
over the aar. l. had left us with
deb; Of % billion, and taxes we're high
and bound 90 continue 20 FOR 4 number
u yrara- However, there was no
sense .u having them higher than they
Ul.ut 20 BE-. which would be the re-
sg., u mea=urDs passed by the last
run EsUIb.. .Car leEiElatufss- At the
pre- egt time taxes are IN many
places eating the people out Of house
art E0re. Instead Of abolishing the
ELrIreua uf u-e.cE boards around
Ha.rIuyrUn and thousands Of useless
CLERKS ls they promised, the kepub-
aaans have gone into an Orgy of
pending and Of nigh taxes on every
thing. Ihe climax being the late tariff
lass. IHag have been drunk with
power granted them IN 1920, when a
-sreu million popular mapouty gave
a Congressional majority OF I6T.
"As ! passed through Chicago on
wy way h0me. said MT. Taylor, Sen
ni0r Borah, 0f Idaho, was making a
apecrh before the City Club Of Chi
eag0. HIz speech va- published on
tha front page Of the Chicago Herald
and Examiner and in other papers in
m. issues ~ SATURDAY morning. Sep
rrmbar 30. g. everybody knows. Sem
ag0r Rgran ls on" DF the biggest, II
aa, the brl.n.eEt Republican IN the
Er p. ur- ~ tie biggest men in our
sut.rr nation. and one Of the most
fearless H.t candid he opened his
pesgh by aging. ! am here today to
dIaruss the gentleman who has nc
repre- ratalon 70 WashiuRton-the
American taxpayer. The United
State 'rca IFw today is without pro-
lection Almost auy propaganda can
get .at .tr hackers want at the
Treasury. Government eStTavagance
today o. not only bringing disaster
90 tho nation, but 10 Is undermining
'rr energy and character Of the Amer
.rgH people. Taxation, such as we
arD enduring because or the aEtraya-
g4rrr uf tho government, drives the
Cai 0ut OF school and breeds nation-
wide I-guaL The time b. here when
political parties can no longer 90 be-
fore the people with platforms OF idle
promises. The time has come when
the fight for fiscal relief is Il fight for
the American home
He further said: The nation is
near ruin today through high taxes.
cHtuvagaUt and criminal waste at
the capital and the pretenSes and
claims rf economy Of this administra-
'tlon ARE sham and fraud
While some Republican speakers
are trying 10 thresh over the old
straw of two years ago, they are not
. follng tho people any. In this cam
paign, the Republican party H. solely
responsible and must answer to the
E American people, and cannot excuse
> itself by bcrating the Democrats
; at probably goes without saying
that every thoughtful Democrat ia
this country viii admit that Senator
Borah is stating the absolute and lit
eral truth in that terrific arraignment
and scathing indictment of the Hard
ing administration during the pas;
two years, and OF the Republican con
gress. that has been in full power dur
ing the past four years. And | will
say that there is no Republican in this
country who will dare stand up on
a platform and face Senator Borah
and prove that he is not telling the
truth.
'The only criticism that | would
make Of Senator Borah and n large
number OF other prominent Republi-
cans and Republican newspapers
throughout the country, who are just
as vehemently denouncing the extrav-
agance of this administration and its
utter and fragrant violation of its
promises to practice economy, is that
they are turning the hose on the smoke
instead Of on the fire. They fan the
flames of discomfort, but they neither
put their fingers upon the innumer-
able instances of criminal waste that
they mention, nor do they suggest any
sane and practical remedies.
Il might mention, in passing, that
the revenue bill, which congress passed
some time ago, instead of lifting the
burdens of taxation, shifted the bur
den of $50 million dollars per year
in excess profits and surtaxes from
the shoulders of the large corporations
and millionaires of this country to the
backs of the common people, ana, as
q result, the country is now confronted
with a deficit of seven hundred mil
lion dollars for this fiscal year, and
Secretary Mellon has announced n
bond issue of half billion dollars to
cover this current deficiency. In other
words, this administration is running
behind at the rate of two million dol
lars a day, and Mellon will need more
bond issues than this proposed one.
81 might say also, that Roger w.
Babson, the recognized greatest sta
tistician in the United States today,
says that within six months from this
date, the Fordney-McCumber tariff
hill will iprraaco Tho roct ~ lix-;pxx a.,