The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-09-28
State Issues
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nomination.
We charge that the governor and his
strong political friends were obliged to
ask the boss to approve of his candidacy;
that he did ask this approval either per-
sonally or by his leaders, and that Ii was
thus obtained. We believe that the power
Of the boss was SO great and his "organ-
ization" so strong that the great masses
of honest Republicans throughout the
state realized that no successful fight
could be made against his supremacy in
,ne convention.
We charge the governor that in the
interest of bossism. if not at the behest
Of the boss himself. he approved the bin
doing away with spring elections.
We charge the governor with the ap-
proval of measures involving, in the ag-
gregate, large sums of money for tho
needless increase Of salaries and for sal
aries of additional employees whose ser
vices were not necessary.
We charge him with improperly using
his executive influence by threats and
otherwise with members Of the legisla-
ture to secure the passage OF the in
iquitous Inheritance tax law.
We arraign the governor for approving
the school code, which we believe was
drawn or advised by George B. Cox. and
was intended to partisanize the whole
We arraign the governor for approving
the new municipal code bill after it had
been changed to suit the boss.
We charge that the making Of vice
mayors and various boards and providing
for the large increase in salaries Of vari-
GUS officers was in the interest of the
;.organization" and not for the benefit Of
the people.
The Bonding Bill.
We arraign the governor for his ap-
proval of the bonding BILL which was to
compel all individuals. trustees and all
officials to secure bonds in bonding COM
panies at one-half of 1 per cent on the
total liability to be paid, and that this
was enacted for the benefit of certain
corporations and not in the interest Of
the people.
We arraign the governor for his ap-
provai OF a bill which repealed all the
accounting provisions of the original law.
SO that no record Of the expenses in
CURED and money received is now kept
by the state auditor, as the original law
required.
We arraign the governor for his ap-
proval of the bill to gerrymander the
Seventh Judicial district, SO as to put
two judges out Of Office simply because
they were members Of a different party.
and to constitute a second subdivision
ana TO PROVIDE Tor the election tnereln OF
two additional judges who were not
needed. We charge this was done to pro-
vide places for political friends and was
not done in the interest of justice.
We charge Governor Herrick and tbs
last legislature with continuing in office
persons who drew money from the state
treasury and did no service.
We ask the governor to explain wheth-
er the people OF the state received suffi-
nt.> =
Of 1890, to justify the expense of the
various departments in the statehouse Of
81 o25, ,301.4S in 1904 as against $529, ,074.49
in 1880. We ask him to explain why 1t
required $44.379 for the employees OF the
legislature in 1904 and only s21, 1,576.53 In
$3.50, when the last session Of the legisla-
ture was tive days shorter and the num-
ber of members about the same; we
would ask him to explain Why there Xero