Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 231, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1920 — Page 11

RRBER shop |f BOOZE KILLS 4 Nineteen Drink Face Lotion at Freeport, 111. FREEPORT, 111., Feb. 4 Four young m @n, 20 to 22, died today, and fifteen others are In a serious condition as the result of drinking liquor supposed to have contained wood alcohoL The dead are Paul Parker, Edward Welch, Harry Hemphill and Oscar Balaar. The deaths were traced to a face lotion obtained by Balsar from his father’s barber shop. He la said to have distributed the preparation among friends. Two more of those who drank It are expected to die. SUGGESTIONS FOB PARTY PLATFORM (Continued From Page Six.) people, fn my oinion the decision of the supreme court was wholly unjustifiable, but it Is “the boss,” and what can you do about it? Mr. Risk says: “Until our constitution will permit of the proper classification of property, Increasing difficulties ■will always block the enforcement of a just and equitable tax law.” I object to this as deomcratic doctrine; but if our platform declares for “classification,” it should be honest and declare for the accompanying feature of classification — “and a lower tax rate on Intangible property than on other property.” That was the republican proposition, which was Included in the original bill for the present tax law; but which was defeated by the democrats in the legislature. It Is what has. accompanied classification wherever It has been adopted. In fact, there Is no other object for classification. The people are In no mood for another tax law that does not mean what it says nor for any declarations on the tax law that .are not explicit, and without any ambiguity. Personally, I believe the large majority of the people are satisfied that true cash value assessment, which Is what the law has always provided for, is the only rational mode of assessment. But they want the unconstitutional provisions for Interference with local self-govern-ment removed, and the provision of the old law for expert members restored and enforced. If yon should propose to manage any large private business id Indiana, without a single expert In the business In the management, every business man In the state *would say you vKie crazy. The tax business is the biggest business in Indiana. It reaches to every home. The people pay in fror#*-$60,000.-000 to $70,000,000 each year for regular taxes, In addition to special assessments fer streets, etc. The state tax board has control of the whole business, and there riot a tax expert on the board, and "ttiere never has been one. One tax expert on the state tax board last year would have been easily worth $1,000,000 to the state. In the matter oT banks alone, there Is now over $23,000,000 escaping taxation, because the state tax board did not understand Its business. The authors of'the law professed that their Special-purpose was to bring Intangibles, and especially money, on to the tax duplicate. Gov. Goodrich drew dazzling pictures of what would be done In that line. But there Is not a banking Institution In Indiana that will not pay less taxes this year than it did last year; not one that will not pay less In proportion than other property. The continued effort to conduct the Tax business of the state without even one expert on the board Is the most appling piece of idiocy that was ever tolerated by a free, self-governing people who made any pretension to intelligence. Mr. Risk would declare for the Initiative apfl referendum. But which one? We have had the referendum In Indiana for seventy years, as to constitutional amendments. The makers of the I constitution provided that no amendment to the constitution should be adopted 1 except by vote of a ‘-majority of the \electors of the state.” There are several [recognized amendments in force, but not bne of them wa 8 adopted as provided by fthe constitution. The supreme court eVades the constitution by declaring that iri case of special elections It does not kpow electors there are In the state. In 1860 a number of amendments were voted on at election, and Were declared defeated by the supreme court, because they received less than half of the vote cast for candidates at same election. In 1881 the same arixendments were again submitted, and

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were declared by the supreme court to be carried, although they received less votes than th*y did In 1880. fn reality we have the same system of referendum on constitutional amendments that they have in Oregon, where a minority vote of the electors can amend the constitution; but their system was established by their constitution, while our system was established by the supreme court In defiance of the constitution. I am opposed to the initiative and referendum; but If the democratic party declares for them. It should be honest with the voters, and gay whether it means amending thd constitution by a majority vote, or a minority vote. There is one other feature of this matter democrats should be considering. Our party will not dictate all of the issues. Some that will be forced by the republicans are already evident. One is the repeal of the excess profits tax, and reduction of the income tax. Chairman Will Hays has been announcing this for seyeral months, and Senator Beveridge announced it as a settled policy In his Detroit speech. The profiteers are

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so ud for this proposal. What say the rest of the people? Senator Beveridge also says the repubUcans, if they elect a president, will conquer Mexico, and take charge of It as we did of Cuba. The Standard Oil Company is solid for that. What say the people who will have to do the fighting, and foot the bills? But t these are national. Issues. ,We have others that are already forced on us in Indiana. The last legislature adopted a resolution for an amendment to the constitution admitting negroes to the state militia. That resolution goes to the next legislature, which is supposed, under our constitution, to bo elected on the question of adopting this resolution. Personally/1 think this proposal unwise. Everybody knows that the chief use of the militia in time of peace is keeping order during industrial strikes; and everybody knows that labor unions generally do not admit negroes to membership. If a negro company had been sent to Gary, for instance, during the late strike there, ty race riot would hate been started in half an hour; and in all probability the militiamen w-oulfi.

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