The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

drive Out of place aud power in the
Cr anization of their party the mer
who have dragged it down and be
smirchcd itsname.
If Cox and his associates are torult
the Republican party of Cincinnati II
will suffer more disastrous defeats and
fresh humiliation. II will deserve
shame and disaster. There must be
reform within the party lines of the
citizens of Cincinnati will have reform
n the municipal government without
the aid of the Republican organiza-
tion.-Cleveland Leader.
THE EMBOSSED DIRECTOR.
THE embossed stationery director, "
said young Lands, In his speech In
congress, haying the insurance brig
ands and sheir old tumble of dead
beats, who sit off and direct as the
president of the company tells them
to. Embossed stationery" fellows
are good. II tells story of every day
official life; a story of men who put on
style at the public's expense, or the
expense of the policy holder.
Never in the world would they get
embossed stationery, If they had to
pay for 1t themselves. 1t Is only a
straw; just one little symptomsof how
money is spent for mere show. There
have been instances when a poor en-
ploye has asked 81 a month advance
TO meet the demand of his little fam
lily, and has been refused, yet, in the
main Offices, the embossed paper re-
gime was In full blast. AS between
more style for the Office or more bread
for the children, the first won.
In connection with the phrase, 'em-
b5ssed stationery director Mr.. Lam
d'suses "the bird SIEVE view director"
They 90 together. Incompetence and
neglect 90 with extravaganza and
style. No greater style was ever put
on than was seen at these New York
Insurance headquarters. One Of them
had a saloon attachment, a sort of
q ppendiX TO the embossed stationery
spirit. Hyde's party was an off-shoot.
Cigars aud champaign at the direct
or's meeting, also. It is likewise re-
ported that the directors sometimes
collect their per diem for meetings
that they did not attend-all part of
the embossed stationery nonsense.
There are some indications that
these men are getting ashamed Of
themselves, and that these abuses
have been circumscribed, If not wholly
But there are traces yet,
and publicity must keep up its mis-
sion, or these traces will take root
and grow again. The whole embossed
inlquity and all its brood should be
utterly crushed whenever the people
have to foot the bills.-Ohio State
Journal.
A HAMILToNIAN REVIVAL.
The most savage attack upon insur-
ance abuses has been made by Bourke
Cochran in his speech in congress. Mr..
Cochran did not spare himself In de-
the dishonesty in life insur-
ance administration. He used such
words as robbery" "swindle," "iniq-
uity," ''infamy," PIRACY" "plun-
der, ,""rsttenness, ""frauds, ""crime,"
and thieves" in his long speech on the
insurance scandal.
The most significant thing, however,
is not that MI. Cochran uses such Ian
guage as this, but that he advocated
the control of the insurance compan-
les through the taxing power of con-
gress In other words, federal regula-
tlon. Now, Mr.. Cochran Is a Demo-
crat, and as a member of the ways
and means committee, is one of the
Democratic leaders of congress. New
ertheless, he advocates this policy of
Capitalization of power in the federal
Bo'Cluucut'
This is a striking proof of the state
ment made by Secretary Shaw TO the
Yale law school. 1.-The old state SOW
creignity party" said Mr.. Shaw, "has
now become the most pronounced ad-
vocate of federal supervision, The
people are becoming Hamltonians
yerv rapidly
The reason of this is very plain
The fact is that the states have he.
come powerless to deal with the great
business problems of to-day Com
luerce has completely outPrown state
ines. The corporations have become
greater than the states which granted
hem their charters Hence the ap-
neal, In which many members of the
Traditional state rights party join, for
iederal control of interstate business.
There is a need of some power In the
country adequate TO deal with these
G corporations. As there Is only one
power, namely, the federal govern.
iaent, the tendency is therefore
toward federal regulation, which is
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