The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-24
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Kingfish Gives
Campaign Show

In order to broadcast Longs ad
dress. the local station had to leav
a national chain. over which Presi
dent Hoover's speech at Detroit wa
being broadcast.
Long started his speech at 8:3
o'clock and spoke for more than a.
hour. When he started there wer
about 800 persons in the auditorium
but there were more than 1000 befor
he concluded. Many others stood Il
the lobby.
Made Many Charges
Cleaned from his vigorous mesSag
we're some the following charges:
Jefferson, Jackson and Lin
coin were all the same regard
less Of party. being men of the
people and liberals.
"We've given the people of
America a chance to vote for
liberal-a man of the people
Franklin d. Roosevelt"
What's wrong with the Hoover
administration? It's the terrible
scatteration of inward and out
ward parts" lie cited a short
story to illustrate his point. de-
claring a negro doctor treating
a patient for the same ailment
prescribed alum to pull the parts
together and resin to keep them
tcgether.)
There's no difference between
Coolidge and HOover-except that
one is worse than the other.
HoCver's deficit has taught us
TO speak in billions rather than
millions.
ANDREW w. Mellon-the man
under whom three presidents have
served = Harding, Coolidge and
Hoover"
HOover's campaign funds were
made possible through huge tax
refunds. I'D like to get in on
that thing myself"
Every time Hoover speaks.
grain prices drop.
Too much foOd--and people
starving. Too much clothing
and people running naked. Too
much housing-and people seek
ing shelter.
Five hundred four men made
more money in 1880 than 2,5OO, 900
families-all the cotton, rye and
wheat farmers-and had mil
lion to spare.
Budget should be pronounced
"boodget' because Hoover says
that's the way the English pro-
ncunce the word.
If the Democrats can't win this
year with the hand they hold,
they might just as well never try
to win again.
Roosevelt Is Progressive
The Kingfish opened his address
elating how the ''progreSsiveS o
America went 10 a Democratic ma
ional convention at Chicago to nom
nate candidate the people coul(
lect." I'VE knew the Republican
couldn't nominate one he said.
With the nomination of Roosevelt
le said. !'we've given the people o
a chance to vote for a liber
ia man of the people-Franklii
} Roosevelt
Then he began his attack on thu
Ioover administration. declaring tina
he farmers and laborers are INT
onger willing to listen to his clap
rap He said he felt qualified Il
abel the present situation "cata
lysm' in view of his political eX
,erience. Before becoming U. S. sen
tor, he said, he was governor o
louisiana for four years. railroad
for four years befor
hat and railroad commissioner il
for six years before that.
In fact, he said, They'd elect m
me day and impeach me the next.
Condemning the large tax refund
made under the Hoover administra
ion, Long cited long list of Re
publican campaign donors with tn
of their donations-all smal
beside the amounts which their firm
we're refunded on taxes.
From 1923 to 1881, he said, ta
efunds totalled $1,219, 1876 900 and ta
'redits totalled s2,323, 688,OOQ. In al
he Kingfish said, the Republican
dished out" $2,543,174,O00 "83 pc
,ent of which had been put in tn
reasury by President Wilson"
Rockefellers Are Best
He pointed out that the Rockefel
ers proved themselves the best bust
less men in the tax refund deal, re
,eiving much greater amount in re
'unds for the amount of campaig
,und they donated compared to tn
est. The Rockefellers, he said. hav
wen greater family fortune tina
he Melons. which he estimated a
eight billions.
Citing the drops in grain price
rom 1914 to 1882, Long said tina
Hoover has made three speeche
ately, then" when a voice from tn
audience informed him that the price
If barley and rye had fallen eve
over than he listed.
The drops were listed by the sen
ator as follows: wheat-$1.4 AZ to $.33
oats-s42 to $40: barley-$48 to Sis
to $50; flax-$l.43 to SOC
and corn-$50 to $40.
In 1880, Long said. the national ir
come was $4,000, 000, 000-or $3,1C
per family.
At this juncture. Long put in
word for himself and the resolutio
which he submitted at the last ses
sion to restrict large incomes. Undt
his plan, he would restrict annual ir
comes to 100000 and inheritance
to $4,000 900 per person, the overflo
going to the federal treasury. The
called me a radical and danger
ous,' Long said, and my resolutio
was defeated. but not "by much"
He charged his proposal would II
sure the millionaires Of all the lu,
uries they could desire as we'll as II
the treasury so that not one cent
taxes would be necessary.
Bible Is Authority
He cited several places in the Bib
which he purported uphold the ide
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