The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-11-01
COX SUPPORTS
THOMPSON
Promised to Nominate Him
for Secretary of State

Columbus, u, Oct. lS.-Ih'
grand-stand play of Carmi Thomp
son, Speaker of the House, II
making a statement Immediately
following the Supreme Court de
cision, that the next session of the
Legislature, would provide for an
other committee to continue the
exposure of Cox corruption, ha.
caused politicians who know the
facts to smile broadly. To the
part he played as Speaker of the
House in blocking the creation ol
a joint LeXow commission by the
Legislature Thompson owes his
nomination as Secretary of State
on the Republican ticket.
The original Kealy resolution
named the men of the House and
Senate to serve on the commission
To prevent it's adoption a meeting
was held in the room of Represent
ative George A. Little, at the
Hartman Hotel, among those pres
ent being Little, Speaker Thomp-
son, Speaker Pro Tenn. Eagleson
and Clerk E. w. Doty.
1t was resolved that Little should
offer substitute delegating TO the
Speaker the power of naming the
members of the commission. This
substitute was crammed down the
throats of the Democratic minori-
ty of the House only through the
exercise of all the influence at the
command of Speaker Thompson.
Many decent Republicans pro-
tested bitterly against this, as
everybody knew and many Repuh-
licans frankly admitted, palpable
attempt to turn the investigation
into a whitewash, But the Re-
publican members dared not offend
the Speaker and the several Re-
publican State officials who were
allied with him in the deal.
After the adoption of the Little
substitute by the House, Demo
cratic Senators and Cincinnati
Representatives asked Speaker
Thompson to Indicate what men
he would put on the commission
to represent the lower branch.
This Thompson absolutely refused
to do.
"You must trust me-" he said.
"Let the Senate adopt the resou-
tion and then I'll act"
Thompson's past associations
with Dick, Foraker and others of
the Cox machine were we'll known.
Additional distrust of him was
aroused in the minds of the enc
mics of the gang by the fact thai
about this time Thompson was
frequently Eeen in conference with
Auditor of State Guilbert and
Charley Williams, the Cox leader
In the two preceding Legislatures.
When thoroughly satisfied that
Thompson was party to the deal
to defeat the investiga tion, the
Senate went ahead and acted in
dependently, creating the commits
sion which the Supreme Court has
knocked out.
That Thompson was to be re-
warded with the support of the
in his candidacy for Sec
retary of State was a matter of
common knowledge among the
of the Legislature. The
goods were delivered at Dayton
when the districts that stood by
Foraker and Dick as against Bur-
ton piled up for Thompson the
majority that sent him back to
Ironton winner.
The Senators had warning from
all over the State that not stone
was being left unturned by Cox
and his henchmen to name the
committee, and the Senators knew
that Chas. Williams, John r.
Malloy and other trusted servants
of Cox we're in constant communi-
,ation with Speaker Thompson.
The Senators and the people of
Ohio had every reason to believe
hat such committee would re-
suit in a whitewash. And for
hat reason the Senate was COM
,elled to take the matter of APP
pointing the committee in its own
land.
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