Evening star., 1923-04-06
VOICES
PARTY PANECYR|C
Tells Ohio G. O. P. Voters
Administration Record
Means Success for 1924.

I Enthuiastic and generous indorse-
| ment of the Harding administration
formed the basis of an address OF
Representative Nicholas Longworth
of Cincinnati last night at the "Ohio
state night" at the New, Willard
Hotel, under auspices of the Repub
lican State Voters Association. The
red parlor was filled to capacity by
men and women voters from "the
Buckeye" state. When. in introducing
Mr. Longworth, Wade Fl. Ellis. the
presiding officer. referred to him as
worthy representative son of Ohio
and whose name would in all proba-
bility be that of the standard bearer
| of the republican party In 1929. the
audience received the words with un-
mistakable approval
Mr.. Longworth opened his address
with a word picture of conditions OBJ
! tanning in the country and govern
ment when the Wilson admi n st ration
retired and the Harding administra-
| tion picked no the reins OF govern
ment. Touching upon general con-
dftiouS. he said that never in til e
history OF the country had so much
! been accomplished constructively as
| stands to the credit of the Harding
administration. He denied that the
recent state election of Ohio. in
! Which democratic governor had
! been elected. was to he taken as dis
crediting Harding and his policies. or
| political barometer of what is to
come in 1924.
Forecast OF 1874 Honors.
/ lie predicted that Ohio would take
! her place in the election Of 1924 with
/ IT, republican phalanX for the re-
election of Harding. Reviewing con-
! Mr In ~
March. 1921. he said the expenses OF
i government were abnormal. and, II
! continued would have bankrupted
! the nation He pointed out that Har-
| ding established reasonable peace
| terms with Germany and Austria
! Hungary. and established conf
! dencC and opened the way to the
| prosperity in all lines that are oper-
| ative today. He pointed out that the
republican administration had re-
| duced expenses from more than five
and half billion dollars to less than
three billion dollars.
Taking up the matter of taxation,
| he showed that large sums of money
! had been saved TO the taxpayers by
, an economic. constructive taxation
reduction that has been made up by
the republican tariff. Mr.. Longworth
expressed the thought that there
were injustlces in the income tax. as
/ it applied to the men and women OF
! small incomes. He said that he
! would favor a more generous re-
rlassi ifcation of the income tax ex-
emptions and make all incomes under
$1,000 exempt.
Touching upon the republican
tariff. Mr.. Longworth said no tariff
bill in America has ever produced
J such an income as the present. nearly
! doubling the estimates made by ex-
pertS on revenue.
Not for New Party.
Mr.. Longworth said that the
rumblings that indicate certain re-
publican leaders intend to attempt to
form a new party had no sympathy
in his heart. He said that IL the
republican party needed reorganiZa-
ton it would have TO be put over by
the old line regulars. He said he
would agree TO any compromises tha,
would better his party, but not sur
| render one of the definite principles
or fundamentals of the party OF
Lincoln. Garfield. Mckinley, Harrison
Hayes and Roosevelt
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. vice
chairman of the republican nation a.
| com ittee. talked on women in poll.
ties. her place and duties and gen
eral sponsibilities. She asserted
that in the national election Of 1872.