Word: dishonestly
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Honesty in Government. "There are those who would disregard all this for an undertaking to convince themselves and others that the chief issue of this campaign is honest government. In all my studies of political history, I cannot recall an Administration which was desirous of a dishonest and corrupt Government that, for the purpose of checking extravagance, ever undertook to introduce a budget system, to cut down taxes, to purge the payrolls, to make enormous reductions in the public debt and to lay firmer foundations; for the peace of the world...
Tariff. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff is the most unjust, unscientific, dishonest in our history; is class legislation, increases cost of living two billion dollars, penalizes agriculture, in the long run benefits...
...Development of natural resources only when needed; safeguards against waste, speculation and monopoly; prosecution of dishonest public servants; continuation of Water Power...
...bitter. Senator Norris, Republican insurgent declared : "I can see no reason why income tax returns should not be made public the same as other public records. The honest man will make the proper returns anyhow, so will have no objections to having his returns scanned. It will prevent the dishonest man from making false returns, thereby impelling honest returns and increasing the revenues." To this Secretary Mellon rejoined: "With publicity of returns, however, the temptation to conceal income would be much greater, and I venture to say that with such a provision in the law, millions of dollars of income...
...publishers) adopt some schedule rates for such political advertising and would decline to publish the appeal of the liar and charlatan. Close your columns to the claptrap and buncombe of the politicians. Scorn our words when you know that we are uttering falsehoods, just as you scorn the dishonest advertiser...