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Show SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER ON W ELECTION DAY 1 "We denounce the profligate K. A astc of the money wrung from tha t H p'oplo by oppietislvo taxation H hrough tho lavish npptoptlatlon ot H icccnl Republican Congresses which H have kept laxty high und reduced iH the purchasing power of tho poo- HiaiH plci toll." Democrat Platform 1916 . Skil Such was tho Domocratlo promise R mado to tho American peoplo. Uut It was more than a promliev It wns a complaint and a proinla. Tha com- iH plaint was against Republican extra- Hl vaganc. The promise was for Dem- iHJ ocrallc economy. How has Demoe- racy kept this faith. Read tha tig- H urcs in the advertisement on another page In this Governor Cox appears to be for PH tho; Wilson leaguo In Utah, for Hy- B turn Johnson In California, for clar- flEI IfjInK rcsonatlons In New Jersey, HH for nny nnd nil reservation! in New - H York nnd vlll no doubt bo for any- fH thing Unit will bring him votes lu H Indiana. He is for the Mormon peo- H plo in Utah, but decidedly against jH them In Ohio. For wiggling and jH wobbling ho Is a past master, and Is , H up to small buBtneji when ho accusos , H UbiiiiiH Senator Harding rt stealing his trade ppJ Harding may lmvn dona tha "flip ' V flop," but If he has, Governor Cox KJI has surely dona the "fllppety flop Wt flop." - i,Hyr' - Wt '' HB (BBlT " """ " H t In 1912 tho Democratic platform H said: "Wo domand .1 return to that Wn simplicity nnd economy which befits (HI a Democratic government nnd a ro- iH' ductlon in tho number of usolcss ofU- Hf' ces, the salaries of which drain the H oubstnnco of our peoplo." A fine de- H' mand. What camcj of it? Read tho H verdict in the advertisement on an- B other pago in this lssuo. .,-? iK' In tho matter ot taxation Mr. nnd B ' Mrs. Farmer, how long at the pres- B ent rati of speed attained by the B recoid breaking Democratic spend- B', crs, how long will It be before It M' will require all the berets nnd grain K' to pay tho taxes, leaving nothing but H tho chaff, straw and beet tops. The v H' pioneers ot this country llvcyl oa ' H greens while mnklng tho '"country. V Verily It looks 'as though tho tax jB. raisers will talicjall the money, mak- JR. Ing It nccflisary to return to first jSjf. prlnclplcs.and eat tho beet tops, chaff Hv and straw. Keep your eye on the B, $1,000,000 tho Thatcher-Munay nd- F-' ministration arn collecting this year. B .' Whllo the Democratic Spenders H aro making a smoko scroen ot tho KM Lenguo ot Nations the people nro fl thinking of other things, their tax- Pl es for Instance. Tho admlnlstrAtlon Mm of Woodrow Wilson Is on trial and 1 I tho veidlct will be to get rid of tha Hfl (jntlre extarvagant aad Intompatent ti, M mess. k m '.'He kept us out ot war,"? was H Woodrow Wilson's cry. "Ha will jH keep us out of war" Is tha cry ot hla Kfl proxy, James Mlddleton Cox. How WM llko twin brothers are thescl two Wm weather vanes. Always changing and Mim turning, and flopping to catch tho breeze, Hi I For the special benefit of tho ll: ill tin mud sltnger at the Journal, thl mM man Dullen is a fellow that put more I'l monoy Into thi Red Ctoss, the War vfl Chest and Liberty Donda than tno " ?S w!M entire Journal staff with Chairman '' H Bcane thrown In. H |
