Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1920 — McCULLOCH ATTACKS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT [ARTICLE]

McCULLOCH ATTACKS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT

Accuses Him of Running on the "Goodrich" Platform. Albion, Ind., Sept. 36. —In an address here Wednesday night Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Democratic nominee for governor, accused Warren T. McCray, hie Republican opponent, of running on a platform of “Goodrichism,” and that he can not escape this responsibility. *‘*l would call youi- attention to three very pertinent facts,” he said. “First, Mr. McCray is running on the Republican state platform and was present when it was adopted and had a hand in making it. The Republican state platform reads, ‘we indorse the state administration of Governor James P. Goodrich.’ That means that Mr. McCray indorses the nefarious tax law of 1919 and its brood of Iniquitous amendments. He indorses the way the counties, towns and cities have been robbed of their right of home rule. He indorses the taking away from the county ot all of the automobile license fees. He indorses the way our state institutions have been crimped and strained by parsimonious appropriations while the state highway commission has been wastefully expending $44.16 out of every $166 for extravagant overhead expenses." The candidate also said that the retention of E. M. Wasmuth as Republican state chairman proved that McCray was working under orders of the Goodrich machine. As the third point, he said that the combination Was proved when Goodrich, Wasmuth, McCray and Senator New held a “star chamber session,” which resulted in the enactment of the patchwork tax legislation by the special session of the legislature. -