The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-13

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made ,kzsown to the half million people living in
Montana! AS q rule such is not the case with
state conventions. The Morning Interlocker at
Helena bitterly complained because the conven-
ton was not dominated and controlled by the
Bipartisan Political Machine and the mterlock-
ing Press. SUISSE
The issues before the people Of the state of
Montana this campaign are clear. Shall the
taxes be eQualized, and apportioned. justly
among the sources of wealth? That is one. issue.
There is. only one other. Shall sufficient taxes
be raised by taxing property that now escapes
taxation to run the state government, the state
Institutions, the schools and colleges? That is
the other issue. These issues are of vital import
ance to the people of this state.
Gov. Joseph NJ. Dixon, at the state convention,
discussed them with clarity. They constitute the
basis of the political program he advocates, He
wants the taxes equalized, and he wants those
aggregations of wealth that now escape just taxes
to pay. When he proposed that laws be passed
to secure this, the convention cheered him to the
echo. The representatives of the Interlocking
Press and the Bipartisan Political Machine who
heard him gnawed their nails. 1t was quite a
decidedly novel and unique deal in Montana poll
tics.
Another most notable thing about this con-
vention was the attendance. Men who lead the
progressive thought of the people came to this
convention from all parts of Montana. There
was vigor and enthusiasm in the sentiment, the
ideals and the purposes of the liberal minded rep
resentatives of the Republican party and Repub-
lican voters who came to this convention. The
old-style Bipartisan Machine and Interlocking
Press conventions were notable for their seas of
cant and oceans of ~claptrap.
This convention had a program that means
business. Under the leadership of Governor
Dixon, who combines mastery craftsmanship
Will a comprehensive and exact understanding
of the needs of the people of this state and the
country, the convention adopted a platform that
is constructive and just. 1t is a program that is
designed to accomplish good for Montana people
so far as it relates to them, and if put into execu.
ton, it will bring in a new day of Justice and
equal taxation, and give the state a sound civil
and taxation system, besides remedying the cry
ing evils and injustices and the patent deficiency
of the present one. .
This year, now, the Republican party, with
Governor Dixon at its head, proposed this con
~structive and progressive program to the peopl'
} of the state. The Interlocking Press and tn,
Bipartisan Political Machine urge that the speo
pie retain the present unfair, inadequate anC
oppressive tax system, and advise the people t.
allow the state government to drag along in deb
and pay out millions in interest on state warrants
I that the schools be neglected and the children b
, left without education; and that the state inst
%tutions for the unfortunate be kept in their pres
n ent swamped and inadequate state.
y The Republican party stands out in shinin
armOr, full panOplied, with plumes flying, read
n for the battle. It's slogan is Equal taxation, an
p enough revenue to administrate the state an
meet all public needs. Where the Democrat
q party stands is still to develop. If the Int
locking Press and the Bipartisan Machine ca
put it on their side of the battle lines, undoub
edly they will do it.
But that need not worry the voters of Il
lg state. The Republican party is for them.
lp has a constructive and progressive program tn
lg means the abrogation of an. outlawed and rott
n system of government and taxation, and happi
or and more prosperous days for Montana, if it
carried out. That the Republican party will swe
OF the state this fall is almost beyond question, a
I'm the state convention was the first blast on t
Vn bugle to call the people on to victory-HeIe
m, Record-HeraId.
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