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Show DEMOCRATS OF OHIO TRY TO CHANGE STATE Attlee Pornerene, Candidate' For Return to Senate I Is Keynote j COLUMBUS Ohio, Aug. 22. fBy The Associated Press i. Plans for the corning political campaign in Ohio in which Democrats seek to change the makeup of the solidly Republican state administration and congressional ! delegation and return to the upper house of congress of Senator Attlee Romercne Is being made here, today. Republicans also had their state con-rentlon con-rentlon at which ratification of plat- forms and election or a chairman of the Republican executive, committee was the main business. It appeared that neither party faced a fight of consequence over platforms. Charging that the Republican ad-; ministration at Washington had repudiated repu-diated Us campaign pledges of lyJO; and that tho great part of the legislation legis-lation by the present congress had' been for the benefit of big buslne.a' rather than the ordinary citizen. Beta ator Romercne delivering the keynote key-note address at the Democratic Sts convention here today, predicted ai Democratic victory In November. TARIFF t BI7 D IZlfiD Criticism of the Republican tariff, bill, which he termed "the greatest piece of pork barrel' legislation in the history of congress" formed the major' part of tho address which also touched) upon what Senator Romercne de'elST-l ed the complete failure of the admin-. iteration to enact constructive legislation. legisla-tion. Republican revenue legislation placed the burden of taxation upon I persons and busin. ss of smaller lfi-1 come and relieved wealthy persons i and corporations earning eVCSSSlve profits, he declared. In his condemnation of the tariff! bill. Senator Pomersne charged that ll would increase the cost of living, de-j stroy the foreign commerce of the country, through the powers given the president put mote government in business rather th.in less, and that It was neither "Just" "fuir" nor ' lm-1 trartlal" HE BliAM S BLOCS Manufacturers had combined together, to-gether, he declared to get excessively high rales, In which the consumer in every case was the victim The bill, Mr. Romercne Said, would ln reus, the CQSt of living In the l nile.i States, by more than $4,000,000,000 n nnually. Various blocs In congress, he said, were responsible for the high rates, declaring that Instead of "a government govern-ment of the people, by the people, and for the people " government Is be- coming a "govcrnrn. n' or the blocs, by i the blocs, and for the blocs." |