Evening star., 1936-10-27
~ the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, october 27-Th
text Of the address OF Gov. All m
Landon delivered In Philadelphia las
night follows:
It Is not only a privilege-it Is
great honor-to be speaking to-
night in the city where the Const-
tuition was written. We are enter
ing the last week OF a campaign
in which the fundamental issue Is
the preservation of the Constitu-
ton and the American way OF life.
On November the third we must
decide If we want free and popu-
lar government or a government
which concentrates increasing pow
er in the Chief Executive. That
Is the issue in this campaign.
The President says this issue is
q fairy tale-a political DOGGY
man." He underestimates the
American people. They cannot be
thrown of the track so easily.
They can see through reassuring
words spoken in an election year.
The record since March 3, 1888. is
no fairy tale.
We know how planned econo-
nv" was foisted on us without
mandate We know how the heavy
hand OF Government forced It's way
into our daily lives.
We know how this administra-
ton has ignored the constitution
al checks and balances established
by the men who sat in this city
Of Philadelphia in 1887.
Charges Open and Impudent
Use Of u. s. Funds for Politics.
Tonight I am going to discuss
policy that upsetS these checks and
balances-a policy that could not
have been carried out. except by
ignoring these checks and balances
"A policy that violates the Consti-
tuition. I am going to talk about
the waste and extravaganza OF this
administration. I am going to talk
about this administrations open
and impudent use of public money
for political purposes.
Our Constitution is a practical
document. One of its objects is
to protect the public funds. 1t
recognizes that the public funds
are the peoples funds-that they
do not come by magic from some
inexhaustible source. The only
source of public funds is the peo-
pie. Too many of us forget this.
We forget that the waste OF
this administration is waste of the
peoples money-our money. The
extravaganza Of this administra-
ton is extravaganza with the
peoples money-our money-that
has been used to create the most
sinister political machine of our
history. No words of idealism, no
claims of good intention, can
shift the responsibility for this
machine. The responsibility rests
upon one man-and one man
alone. 1t rests upon the Presi-
dent Of the United States.
1--WE Are" Is Answer to Queries
On Who Will Foot the Bill.
Who is going to pay the bill for
al this spending? We are.
Who is paying the IL billions
which this administration has al
ready collected? We are.
Who Is going to pay the addi-
tional 13 billion dollars 1t has bor-
rowed? We are.
Who is going to pay If this ex-
travsgance continues? We are.
Who is going to put an end to
this extravaganza? We are.
We are the taxpayers and 1t Is
the taxpayer who foots the bill.
Speaking as candidate for
election In 1882, the President
said, Taxes are paid in the sweat
Of every man who labors." But
speaking as a candidate for re-
election in 1896, he would have us
believe that taxes are paid only
out OF the Golfers Of the rich.
How forgetful the President must
think we are.
Speaking at Worcester last We'd
nesday, he made the statement that
consumers taXes-the hidden taxes
which fall more heavily on the
poor man than on the rich-had
been reduced during his admins
tration.
This Is an amazing statement.
It is an amazing statement because
only a year ago, in public letter
dated September 2, 1885, he said
exactly the opposite. This was the
famous letter in which he offered
q breathing spell' to American
business. In this letter he wrote
these words: "In 1929 consumers
taxes represented only 80 per cent
of the national revenue. Today
they are so per cent"
Just how forgetful does the Pres
ident think we are? The record
proves the President was right the
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