Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-09-29
Political Rallies Being Held

Several polltlcal rallies are being
held in Morgan county, and Others
are in process of being organized.
Friday evening, Hon. Robert T
Secrest, Democratic candidate for
congress in this district, spoke to a
large gathering of Center township
citizens, at the school house in
Hackney. Mr.. Secrest gave one of
his brilliant speeches and showed
the fighting spirit which he COM
mands and which we now need in
the congressional halls of our coun-
try He also spoke at Reinersville
on the same evening. Among the
statements made by Mr.. Secrest
were the following: 'In 1920 the
farmers of our country, who COM
pose 22eo of our population, earned
15@5 of our total national income
In 1881 these same farmers earned
only 10 of our total national i'll
come. This" said Secrest, sis an
indication of the injustice which the
farmers of this country are now
suffering as result of our un-
equal disposition of wealth." He
also stated: eve must practice the
strictest economy possible in our
government. The cost of govern
ment is increasing by leaps AMI
bounds, and is now too high As an
illustration, our government spent.
during the two year period ending
July Of this year. $7,800,000 a day
more than was received as income.
This must be stopped, We must get
on pay as you go basis. We must
be able to balance the budget. At
present wefhaye 100000 people
on the government pay roll; about
one out OF every ten people in our
country receive either part or all Of
their income from government
sources. This expansion of govern
ment must be stopped. / stand alb
solutely opposed to cancellation of
the foreign war debt, because much
of this money was loaned as a re-
suit of the REIMBURSEMENT period fol-
lowing the war, and was loaned for
reconstruction purposes to these
countries during the re.adjust-
ment period. Unless these war
debts are collected, we will have to
tax ourselves to pay our own bonds
the money for which was loaned to
these foreign countries
Mr.. Secrest also related that he
had helped to save Ohio $4,000 III
reducing salaries proposed for mem
bers of the state tax commission
during the time he has been a mem
ber of the state legislature, from
Noble county. This, he said, result
ed from an amendment that he Of
fered to the legislature and which
was passed by them in cutting the
salary of the four members of the
state tax commission $500 each
per year, all of whom are appointed
for a six year term. He also spoke
of his efforts in the legislature to
increase amount of gasoline tax
funds to be distributed to the 1888
townships in Ohio. The Secrest-
Bostwick bill passed through his
efforts, he said, increased the
amount payable to each of these
townships, from $1,000 to $1400
each year. Most of this money is
used for Improvement of dirt
roads. "In the next six years." Mr.
Secrest said, "this will provide ap-
proximately S1,0O0.0O0 extra money
for township road building puc-
poses for the six counties in this
18th congressional district
Atty r. M. Winegardner, candi-
date for state representative, also
spoke on the same programs and
outlined his policy for economy in
government, reducing of the tax
burden, the keeping and increasing,
if possible, of the amount of money
to go into the local townships out
of gasoline tax fund for road build
ing purposes, and the elimination
of the duplication of government
office holders from townships to the
state itself.
l.. J. Weber, candidate for re-
election as common pleas judge,
stated that he had attempted in his
administration 'to give to the peo-
pie of Morgan county the kind of
honest law enforcement to which
they are entitled" He also stated
that he knew there had been some
criticism of some of his judicial
acts while on the bench, but that
if the parties who were doing the
would come to him AMI
get the facts as he knew them, he
believed his acts could be justified