Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-31
HIT TAX LAY
IN DEMO0
STATE
Leaders Make Issues of
Rule in Framing p
Party Will Make India,
Fall-Tentatiye Planks
TAGGART TO RESIGN.

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planks sapplite
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. conforms to IiI
made BY speake
OF the trump"
On record as being
than the advisory
condenes. The res
forces attitudes ind
promises have alrea
TAGGAET
WILL RESIGN.
Thomas Taggart,
treasurer of the State
not serve in that capad
was pressed by membe
committee to retain the q
| Taggart is taking an act
F., sessions was indicated by
In several conferences. an
! the platform was similar I'd
I chairman ef the advisory
! which viii urge the repeal o.
! rich tax Law.
| THAT tax law IS mighty I'D
| Mr.. Taggart said. IT ron dom
this, ask anybody to get out hiA
ceipts for 1914, 10 and 'l6, and
/ them with 1890 81 and 90"
| Mr.. Taggart said that busfness
vented his serving as treasurer.
OTHER
1 FEATURES.
/ Other features which the Democrat
platform vii! contain are:
I A straight out endorsement Of the lAd
ministration OF Woodrow Wilson.
! The failure OF the present Congress t
/ do anything constructive.
/ The centering Of congressional energ,
on two questions, t. riff and sales tax
Is condemned. The sales tax is said :
be in the interest Of the interests.
! Condemnation Of Congress. which ha
been Republican three years. for fatlur
! to provide adequate compensation for tn
war veterans.
/ CONDEMNS
LARGE ARMY.
Condemnation Of the Republican part
for the crea tion Of the two largest arnlis
In the history OF the United states-th h
army of the unemployed and the arm
of ofTire holders
4 strong Endorsement Of the State ad
miaistrations Of the RaIston and Mar
shall
The public service commission is
question Of administration. the platforl
will probably hold. Under Governa
Ralston it rendered efficient service an
l. H. Il s.yF
ucan control has allowed abuses TO gov
te auch an extent that the commission
can not be put back en- the footing j
was, then we win abolish the commits
sion" according to the recommendations
The state board Of accounts should b
held to its statutory duties,
! labor plank declaring that labor !
not n commodity.
!, Condemnation Of the removal of the In
diana heformato-y al an expense OF S.,
o1a,ao0 at time when State taxes ar
already enormous.
Condemnation Of the apportionmer.
law of the last Legislature.
recommendation that q holiday from
new State projects fors,a period Of year
be inaucurated to reduce taxes.
CANDIDATES OPEN
HEADQUARTERS
! Candidates for various State office
opened headquarters at the uerlsofl Ho
tel. Edwin f. MtCabe OF Williamsport
candidate for secretary. is expected t,
have little opposition for renoluination
having under the rules Of political war
fare become entitled, his friends say
70 another chance at the office hecaus
OF his unsuccessful contest four year
ago. Only one opponent has been men
toned to McCabe. He is Claude C. Bal
of Muncia. who was formerly Repuh
lican and "Buil' Mooser" Bah was a,
unsuccessful candidate for the Demo
cratic nominatiS. for Congress in tn
Eighth district.
Elias y. Salisbury and Y. E. Liven
good are candidates for the First an
! Second districts, respectively. Two ar
70 be nominated from each.
Unusual interest in the proceeding
this year was evidenced by many dele
gates who expressed concern over TIL
program of the "home rule" ele
ment in Indianapolis which has heeI
busy in an endeayor 20 stir up sentf
ment for complete return to LEGAL self
government in matters now under Stat,
jurisdiction.
Other delegates expressed more cen
Germ over the naming Of the State tieke
!. than the PLATFORMS s tenets and discountet
any facticnalEsm talk 1t is conceded
by the conservative clement that ia,
home rulers" have already won theiI
fight in respect 10 the revision OF Stat,
tax law and the Democratic platform
will alrnost assuredly contain declara
! tion for remedial legislation. They d.
not believe that some of the other fen
lures of the program will be seriously
pushed.
There is no line of cleavage on tn
question of local self government sev
eral indianapolis mer, led principally
by W ". Spencer. local attorney, nave
made 1t appear that the State cnnmitte,
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