The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-09-28

l0a employees of the legislature In 1s04,
when only Al were required in 1890; why
the total state expenditure for the year
1S90-91 was S7,161.717 and that for
19o4-O5 was s12, s77, 1888. the increase Of
population being less than Is per cent,
while that of the state expenses was over
72 per cent.
There was a fight for reform in st.
Louis and Folk. who sent two score Of
the leading grafters Of that city to the
penitentiary. was elected governor by the
good sitizens Of all parties. There was
a battle Tor honest government few
years ago in Minneapolis. and the boss
and his tfieving associates were de-
throred. Philadelphia was the byword
VI the nation-a place where graft and
corruption held high carnival for many
years. 1t is said that over 10000 votes
were registered of persons whose bodies
were in the graveyards and Of others who
existed only in name, and that certain
corporations and individuals shared in
the wholesale plunder. Franchises were
sold and purchased Mt NhS expense of the
people. and you will remember that
Wanamaker a few years ago offered this
city council two and one-half millions Of
dollars for certain franchise which the
council was giving away; his offer was
rejected, and the people Of that great
city failed to rise up and assert their
manhood. AZ last one courageous man.
Mayor Weaver. took the role OF reformer.
and has tun ned the rascals out. and the
people of Philadelphia are once moro
owners of their own city. The people Of
Milwaukee have for years suffered from
all kinds of petty and grand larceny. and
now grand jury has found over 100 in
dictments.
Conditions are doubtless many times
worse In our own great city or Cincin-
aau. The people there can not secure
sven a grand jury without the consent Of
the boss. The conversion of one of the
so-called leaders IN Cincinnati into an
honest man would be volcano, and his
tales of plunder. by their magnitude and
braZenness. would surprise even the tenn
porariiy cowed citizens Of that great city.
The Democratic party. and with US. We
believe. all good citizens Of all parties.
TIRE making this great campaign not only
20 nava an honest government in Cincin
nati. but We are making a fight in behalf
Of the whole state-a state the proudest.
and IN or opinion the greatest common
wealth IN all the bright constellation OF
states. state that 6as since its founda
ton mad history not only unique but
one filled with the best Of American life
and American manhood
II has been asserted by apologists for
the present organization of the Republi
car party Of Ohio. that corruption and
graft have always existed: that the NOR
ais Of the present day are better than
ever before. ard that the many recent
exposures Of rascality In Office are the
result merely of an enlightened public
conscience. and Of greater publicity.
which have brought to light these evi-
dences Of graft.
I deny that stealing and corruption
10 the administra tion of public affairs.
Stealing and corruption are not only
necessary Incidents to. but are the foun-
dation principles of an administration by
bosses and ganSsters. There can be no
such thing as good boss" or an hon
est boss In politics. All bosses and their
attendant gangsters depend for their ex-
.stence on spoliation and piunder.
Nor Is It true. as asserted. that any
greater publicity now aids In exposing
corruption. Boodiers and corruptionists
do not work in the bright sunlight Of
publicity: their deeds are dark. and they
work under the cover of darkness. What
criminal gives to the public press infor-
nation regarding the size or method Of
his graft7 What officer or agent Of
corporation has come forward voluntar-
fly and confessed that the council of
certain city. or that the bosses acting
s10o.0 for certain rights and immuni-
ties? What member of the legislature
has voluntarily made public admission of
the fact that in the last session he was
compelled to vote for measures which
neither his conscience nor his judgment
approved; and that for such service he
had received so many tainted dollars or
a promise of another term in the legis
iature? No. the plain facts are that the
fhny mi CO rrNnn
cries of Wholesale corruption in Office is
that under the baleful reign Of bossism
all over the country there Is more
boodling. more robbery than ever before
in its history. Grating has become 50
common, so brazen. that its exposures
cease to occasion surprise or wonder.
Get Rid Of Grafters.
1t is time that all the people were be-
coming aroused on the subject of graft
and grafters, and. as in all matters of
wrong. the American people. when once
aroused, will provide remedy. They
have already come to the conclusion that
the only way to get rid Of grating
is to get rid of grafters, and the
only way to get rid of grafters is to
get rid of bossisn, OF which grafters and
grating are always the necessary attend
ants 1 believe they will do it, and do it
at the first opportune moment.
convention of Republicans in Nor
row county voiced the sentiments not
only of the masses of the members of
that party in that county, but also of
the great ajority Of all parties in Nor
row county, and not in Morrow county
only, but in every county in the state.
Had this band of good citizens gone
step farther and resolved to favor and
support all candidates who are making
fight against grafters and grating in the
state of Ohio. they would have fully met
the issues of this campaign.
They said: I'VE earnestly endorse
President Roosevelt in his untiring and
heroic efforts to extirpate graft and cor
ruption wherever found in public life..
and to secure to every man a square
deal"
The other resolution passed by this
Morrow county convention was as fol-
lows: I'VE expect our representative
whom we shall nominate this day to
govern his official actions in accordance
with the wishes and interests Of his con-
stituents. even If such course be not sus-
tained by the advice of party leaders CT
the decision of party caucuses."
When in the history of Ohio did any
convention ever before think 1t necessary
to instruct its candidate for representa-
tive that If elected he must comply with
the condition of his oath, be honest and
decent, legislate for the people, and not
at the bidding and dictation Of a corrupt
boss?
When in the history of our great state,
until the year 1904, would a member of
the legislature have made such state
ment as was made by representative
from a certain county last winter, in ref
erence to the Chapman bill, which was
a bill taking away the spring elections
at the command of the boss. because he
thought the masses of the people could
thought the masses Of the people could be
driven by partisarship to vote a straight
ticket in local affairs as well as national.
This man, who held a certicficate Of an
elected representative of the people of HIS
district. publicly proclaimed that he was
opposed to the Chapman bill; that his
constituents were against 1t, but that at
the command or demand of the leaders of
his party he would vote for 1t. and he
did. He said leaders," but he meant
bosses"
Abuse Of Public Trust.
The stealing of the public funds is a
great crime. The betrayal of any public
trust is an offense against the statute
and also against the moral law. The
building up of a great and corrupt organ
ization by means OF largely increased