Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-09
On OHIO 5 governor
More of D. w. Norris Observa-
tions on Eastern Places
and People
A CREATURE OF POLITICIANS
Herrick's Personal Integrity Heavily
overbalanced by Is Public Career
-LesaIzins of Gambling Creates
Furore-Readins of the Riot Act In
New York Great Contrast,

New York a Great Contrast,
New York City, May 6.-Ther, is
another man in Cleveland who VIII
never make Cleveland famous, but he
may make her notorious. This man is
Governor Herrick. Mr.. HerriciS is a
banker and very rich man. Great
things We're expected of him when
elected governor; he was even talked
of as presidential possibility. 1t
seems to me that the essential weak
ness of the mans character is ildi-
O man of integrity in his personal re-
lations. and no doubt he is, he is aba
soluteiy under the domination of the
gang at Columbus and of Cox of lcin-
cinnati, the political poss of Ohio. The
people of Ohio. who are honest and who
want good government, expected much
of Herrick, but they have been griev-
ously disappointed. Among the rank
and file. those who gave him cheerful
support, one hears no word Of COM
mendation. He has turned the good
people of Ohio against him. BY good
people do not mean religious people !;
| mean all good men and women who
want good government. A man of Eood
character himself and OF spotless r,Apu-
tation in business affairs, he is the Gre
alton of Hanna and the creature OF the
politicians. and he seems to think that
10 he M ,.,1l.
his duties to the people
One OF Herrick's last acts before, the
legislature adjourned stirred the moral
sentiment of the people OF Ohio Ills it
has not been stirred for years. All the
leading independent papers like the
Plain Dealer said he would not sign the
bill; they said it would be political
death, but he signed 1t Just the Same
The laws of Ohio, like the laws of
Iowa and of other similar communities.
prohibit acts that lead to crime. Near
Cleveland Is a very fashionable ,lriv-
ing park owned by rich sports and ac-
tive politicians. I have now forgotten
the name of the place, in fact did not
| expect to refer to this in a letter al. the
time the agitation was hot. But here
the laws have been openly violated ana
defied and 1t has been because of its
pool selling, a f;svorite ana much fire.
quented resort for Cleveland men, wo-
men and boys who love to gamble.
Not long ago this place elected a ma
yor OF the Tom Johnson stripe ana he,
lteing an adnriler of Johnson, was per-
tsuaded by Johnson to enforce the avs.
1t created a tremendous furore AMI the
result was bill legalizing the SIZZLING
OF pools on races on all tracks of cer-
| tain class. The details didn't &c into
as I threw the paper from me In dis
gust when I learned that Govnrnor
Herrick has promptly signed the bill.
The argument was that the gang in
Cleveland who are opposed to johnson
We're for ii. 1t was shown to the gov
ernor that to prohibit gambling OH this
track would close 1t.
! Think of this. The great stale of
Ohio, the home of Oberlin college. and
the birth place of so many great men in
| American history legalizing gambling.
1t is only step now TO the licensing of
lbrothels. This used to be done n st.
Louis and the hideous law had many
| defenders until the scorn OF the civil
lied world broke 1t UP.
How different the attitude OF the
pious Heriick in this QUESTION
from that awful Tammany that rules
New York City. Here Mayor MnClei-
liam, Commissioner McAdvo and Dis
trict Attorney Jerome are working to-
gether to destroy the pool rooms,
They have read the riot act to- the
Western Union, and they have APP
lpealed to the moral sense of the people
TO support them and they are going to
| win right here in New York City.
They show that the gambling habit
lis widespread, and that the pool
rooms feed 1t by making it easy. 1t
catches everybody, clerks. messen-
gers, women and boys. Bets cnn be
made so small that a 2-cent stamp
can be used as a starter. They show
that the Western Union abets and
abids by giving these houses wires,
They have brought the iniquity right
home to the directors when they show
that the Western Union manager has
lactually had wires run down the CHM
lney. so as to conceal them from the
police, and they promise an operator
who is onto his job, and who will be
absent when the raid comes.
This is the record Of a corporation
which has for its directors over
Itwenty millionaires. men like George
and Edwin Gould and Russell Sage.
The New York Journal prints their
names in full and brands them as
malefactors and law breakers, AMI
feints the statute. that clearly makes
them guilty of felony. And these men
worship in Trinity. 1t must make the
devil laugh when such men bow their
heads to do reverence.
l thought of this the other day. a
friend and I stepped into Trinity Some
sort OF prayer service was III pro-
gress, as a supplied minister was NOV
ing around the altar and half dozen
we'll dressed elderly men We're occu
plying seats in an attitude of worship.
| 1t struck me then as queer that men
who go there to worship should ac-
tually pretend to be religious But
L must leave New York City out of
this, or 1 will never get done with
Cleveland. d. w. NORRIS.
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Quick Arrest.