Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-07-03

Both of these votes were de-
livered on the basis of party reg
ularity. They constitute the record
on which the senator will appeal to
the voters Of Ohio for election in
November. We believe the people
lof Ohio wish to be represented in
the senate more on the basis OF
their own needs and desires and not
so much on the basis of party reg
ularity and presidential policies.
There is evidence, in this state, or
widespread revolt. 1t has been fos
tered, principally, by the disinclina-
tion of both senators to listen to rea-
son in regard to the tariff law. Pro
tests have been ignored and pleas
for a more liberal attitude have been
unheeded. We believe the time has
come for a change. Senator Nc
Culloch unquestionably should be
defeated While this newspaper is
Independent in politics, it believes
the Democratic party has offered
senatorial candidates for the pri-
mary who will more adequately rep
resent the will of the people than
does McCulloch."
Governor Cooper has beamed
pridefully upon McCulloch as his
major appointment McCulloch CRATE
fully had eulogiZed the Cooper ad
ministration as the millennium in
government. When anti-Cooper,
anti-McCulloch leaders in the party
had prepared to enter William r.
Hopkins, former Cleveland city
manager, as an opponent of McCul-
loch in the primaries, the Hoover
administration had interviewed, call
ed Hopkins off.
And then spoke the indignant ed
itors. The appointee whom Gov
ernor Cooper had priced as a great
asset in the campaign became a liza
bility and a heavy one at that.
Seeking an answer to the riddle,
What has become of Governor
Coopers tax commission of 100.
count 'em-members," the Cleve
land Plain Dealer hunted up E. J.
Marshall, chairman. Marshall ad
mitted little progress has been made,
the summer experts will work out
valuable program to guide the leg
islature Said Plain Dealer
writer: THE feeling has been wide
spread here that Governor Cooper
wished to delay any taxation recon-
do hn Iar
election, fearing that it might hurt
his campaign for reelection"
And Charles L. Knight, Repub
lican editor. of Akron, wrote: Ever
since November, when the state
adopted a constitutional amend
ment that permits an overhauling Of
its taxation system, there have been
all sorts of conferences and pro
posals TO take the business Of tax
reform off the peoples hands. The
idea seems to be, from the executive
offices down, that taxation is a thing
too intricate for the people of Ohio
to understand, and that none but
master minds, or at least a crew Of
experts, are able to give effect to
the spirit Of the amendment Hence
we have had every manner Of con
ference. the appointment Of com
missions and the dreary round Of
closed-door sessions, 10 mill out q
new tax plan that would tell the
legislature exactly what to do. As
il there were no wisdom in Ohio
competent to deal with tax reform.
experts have been imported here in
great number from other states to
add their voice to the discussions.
1t would make the situation no worse
for the people of Ohio, who want
only a square deal in the diffusion
of the tax burden, if the governor
of the state would express his own
opinion in the matter, instead of re-
treating behind the cumbersome de-
llberatiOns Of a topheavy and over
loaded commission OF more than
hundred, which seems to be making
no headway in the matter of reach
ing conclusion