Milford chronicle., 1924-02-15
A NON.PARTISAN SPEECH
(From New York Times-Feb. lain,

From New York Times-Feb. 1Sth)
President Coolidge is Republican is a candidate
for the Republican nomination this year. His speech in
this city heralded in as intended to figure
largely in his campaign Yet nowhere did he strike
partisan note. 1t course political speech but
1t was nonpartsan This especially the case with
the two passages of it which important and will
be most eagerly read-those dealing with tax reduction
and with corruption at Washington
Treating the subject at the end of his speecb
the President to the country every assurance which
it could ask Mr. Coolidge feels with all his felow-coun-
trymen depressing humiliation at the instances
Of gross betrayal of public trust that been disclosed
He also bazes at them with righteous wrath And he reads
his official duty to be Immediate adequate unshrining
prosecution criminal and civil punish the guilty. To
that he pledges himself absolutely. Politics partisan
ship he rules out with Republican himself he
Will shield no man simply because he Republican, nor
will he prosecute any simply because he is Demo-
crat The search for corruption will be speedy and un
sparng Throughout the President intends to follow the
clear open path of justice" He wants hystercal out
cry He would have not herding innocent with the
cry He would have herdng of the innocent with the
to the responsible it, mo matter who is hurt
or what the consequences" The whole is stern an
of what the President conceves to be his duv
following upon the revelations Washington and in that
duty, he declares, Il do not intend fail" By now the
people have every reason to believe that President Cool
idge will not fail. Ic
His discussion of the to reduce taxes he also pre-
faced by asserting that far removed from anv kind
of partisanshp He recalled the that the essential
features Of the measure had been and recon-
mended by the two preceding Secretaries of the Treasury @
both of them Democrats meant Secretary Houston
and Secretary Glass The might also have cited
with effect what President Wilson said Congress in his
Message of Dec 1919 Mr. Wilson urged Congress to
consider whether the higher rates of income profits
axes could lin peace time be effectively productive of rev.
nue. He added that there is point which in peace
me high rates of income taxes discourage energy
expenditures and produce industrial stagnation Thus
is good Democratic doctrine which Secretary Mellon and
resident Coolidge have adopted their own and da
re now urging upon Congress the country They could
ot if they wished this in the guse of par do
ms. Very shame would prevent them to
The Presidents argument for the tax bill is fresh and mis-
nted and persuasive He actually finds something new to
upon subject hackneyed He uses homey illus to
aons and presents facts in concrete way which must
peal to the common understanding Mr. Coolidge said VIII
at he did not wish to argue the man who believes e
at So per cent of $10O0OO0 income ought to be taken @
the Government or 6S cent of $5OOOOOO income ert
merely asked everybody to weigh the that n the incl
ot to get these amounts rapidly approaching
int of getting nothing at ALL" With equal pungency he %
ought out the truth that the high really paid toni
the end by people of small incomes The great effort graz
'ud be to cut down taxes paid indirectly by whole Doll
'ple" Showing how the thing works Mr. Coolidge trac- L
the process by which the farmer who buys pair of ne
pays everybodys from the farm to his feet ers
Presidents entire exposition Of tbe intent d % next
he +av hill 10 611od WITH i11,.o o4. a, - - - cont
- ?. - - 80 ie H4SHeS VI cOnmOn gard
placed in the hands of all voters
Most noteworthy of all is the frmness with which
sident Coolidge stands for the BILL the whole bill and
hing but the hin He is odoo+ I4 ~ D-- - anu Tn
of ,,rnordor -. , ~ ~ 80 iy sueseS- tiOn
VI oO"Pi0"lse' Inc Dill as drafted is not at w
tca scientific in the that it represents the
expert opinion This is that principle of pro- cordi
sve income should be retained but that the sur Re-
S should he "not over Ok nor con rr 1,,5. - ed th
tho oon4 - -. a., = - i0'iue"1 ue- Norw
. ~ OD'"in 'He Oest pOssIDIe measure OF tax Ward
IT, He does not favor any attempt to defeat good These
bill by advocating conessedly not so good But
Coolidge entirely ceareyed about the siuation in Wa
hington He frankly declares +ba+ Conoo I'll - Ito ha
the hill ,,,1oss A., ,oo,Io , -, ~ WI" io enjoyi
~ P'Opio HaAe AHo"n III renewed and evenir
their fight and not the Presidents He has furnish Ano
leadership at once coura seous and doeri+ ~ 1--WE ha
provide the followers tn GIess