The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02

peatedly made the charge that this
is the plan and only once has any
attempt at denial been made and
Oh! How flimsy that was. Noted
lawyers and eminent jurists have Civ
zen II as their opinion that this COM
ing general assembly is the only one
which can legally elect Foraker's sue
cessor. And in the face of these
lopinions, this disciple of Foraker. this
Ipretender, who seeks TO boss Marion
county politics. with one fell swoop
wipes this all out and says the idea
is preposterous. But we are getting
away from the question in hand
We are not responsible for the state
ment that money in large gobs was
to be dumped into Marion county be-
tween this and election day. The
statement was made without solicita-
tion by member of the republican
central committee who ought to know
If he was misrepresenting things, we
are not TO blame. The sending OF
large sums OF money to this county
Is the very thing which the people
have been expecting. AS soon as It
was announced that a Foraker man
had been nominated, people began
to express the opinion that Foraker
would furnish the grease for the
wagon and the announcement COM
ing from 80 high an authority bore
the stamp of authenticity. We do
not feel inclined to publish the name
Iof our informant and respectfully de-
cline to do SO, but we have promo.
sition TO make to Mr.. Harding. II
he Is willing to reveal the name of
the man who wrote the letter signed
"A PATrISON DEMOCRAT" we
will inform him OF the identity of
the man who declared that before
Saturday night the republicans would
have all of the money they wanted to
carry the county for Mr.. Donithen.
Without knowing the identity of
the man who gave out the informa-
ton Mr.. Harding heats the iron in
the fires of his passion and brands the
informant as traitor and adds his
name to the charter list of his An
anias club. He says, Some lying
traitor Is on the committee and using
his position of party trust to do his
party harm. The statement of such
man Is not worth anything any,
where. How long has 1t been since
Mr.. Harding published an article
accusing Mr.. Smith OF not having
Supported George b. Christian Jr ?
Dld ne not say in his article that his
informant was a member of the nam.
ocra'ic committee. Yet Mir. Harding
placed sufficient confidence In him
and In his word to publish the in
formation he conveyed and to base a
dlrect charge against Mr.. Smith. The
Informant now knows what Mr.. Hard
ing thinks of him as man. He is in
Mr.. Harding's eyes a lying traitor
VINO IS using his position of party
trust to do his party harm. His
statement Is not worth anything
anywhere.
In labored effort to clear Sena-
tor Foraker's skirts of ever having
used money in his campaigns for Of
nee the editor of the local Forak ar
organ robs the grave and parades the
ghost OF the late Senator Marcus A
Hanna. He says:
corporate contributions indeed,
why. every observer of politics knows
that the corporate influences in re-
publican politics dates from 1896 and
since that date Senator Foraker has
sooou IN the political background.
while Hanna was the master poll
tician." Even the grave itself is not
sacred in this mad effort of his TO
carry Marion county for Foraker. For
shame! For shame! What ingrati-
tude! What base ingratitude! Ohio
ans have pointed with pride to the
late senator. He was recognized by
political friends and foes alike as one
or the greatest men of the country.
He 1t was who brought out William
Mckinley and made him governor,
later placing him In the White House.
He 1t was who made It possible by
his thorough knowledge of organiza-
tion and his abality to carry into ex-