The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-09-03
THOMPSON HAS
Ills TROUBLES
Caused by fnlanglins Alliance With
The Bosses.
CURRlED FAVOR WITH cox

Threw Down Speaker Eagleson at
Celebrated Convention Of Bosses.
EmbroIed In Gallia couny's Fac.
tlona Fight-Republicsn Paper at
GalIipolis Scores Him - Sherman
Eagles Charge.
When the matter Of creating new
investigating committee to probe Gin,
cinnati was before the state legisla'
ture at its session this year 1t was
charged that Secretary Of State Car
mi A. Thompson acted as emfssary
between Speaker Eagleson and
George b. Cox, with view to having
chosen from the Republican branch
of the Legislature members who wou
be acceptable to the Cincinnati boss.
The story goes that Cox was to sup
port Speaker Eagleson for lieutenant
governor, and that Thompson also
promised Eagleson the support of the
Tenth district.
In this way Thompson made him
self solid" with the big boss at Gin
cinnati for denomination 1t may
have been necessary for him to do so
for it is well known that even judges
in the courts at Cincinnati are not
permitted 10 be candidates for Sec
ond term if they do anything objec-
tionable to Cox during their first
term.
On account Of the deal between
Cox, Guilbert Brown, Vorys and Bur-
ton, to nominate Francis w. Tread
way of Cleveland former member
of the legislature, for lieutenant gov
ernor. Cox could not give Eagleson
the solid vote of Hamilton county, but
gave him the bulk of il and divided
the rest CT the votes among the other
candidates.
1t was noticeable fact that not
one county in the Tenth district gave
Eagleson it's vote, not even Lawrence,
which is Thompson's home county. SO
that Eaglesoh failed to realize on
Thompson's promise.
Secretary Thompson is now the
storm center of other political trou-
bles within his own party. His allegi-
ance to the statehouse syndicate,
Guilbert, Harris, McKinnon, Green,
Fulington, Brown, Vorys and Cox,
during the intrieues of the state con-
vention, has involved him in factional
difficulties with former friends.
The hottest of these is the Gallia
county embroglio, in which Thompson
has joined issues with the Switzer
faction against the Eagle faction, con-
cerning which the Gallia Times, Re-
publican paper, contained several
scorching editorials in it's issue of
Aug. 19, from which the following ex-
tracts are taken:
The history Of the dealing of Carmi
Thompson, secretary of state, with the
local factional fight of the Republicans
in Gallia. forms dark shadow on the
honest administration of the affairs of
state He stands convicted by his own
conduct and admissions of the rankest
act OF attempted political robbery that
any state official, to our knowledge. has
ever been guilty Of -
1t is a matter of more than passing In
tereSt when the secretary OF state pros
titutes his otfice to the lowest degrad'
tiors of factional politics. 1t is, indee.,
Il matter of grave concern when any
branch of our government steps from it's
lie Ultimate field into the realms of intim-
idation. intrigue and underhanded Chi
emery. Yet that is exactly where Carmi
Thompson has dragged and trailed his
besmirched official robes.
In the differences which have arisen In
Gallia county politics the secretary of
state of Ohio has been an intensely fac
tional. pre- LJiced and bitter partisan,
controlled wholly by sinister influences
in Lawrence county, and at all times
both willing and anxious to use his Off
ical authority in all possible ways for
his master. -
Think OF 1t! The secretary of state of
Ohio deliberately using the authority of
his high office in an attempt to rop men
of his own party Of their rights under
the law 1t would be incredible we're 1t
not proven by the words from his own
mouth, uttered because of weakness
which never fails to betray false and
Ierfidious man at some point In his
career.
In connection with this same en-
broglio Sherman Eagle, postmaster of
Gallipolis and Republican candidate
for representative in the legislature,
issued a burning statement In which
he charges that State Secretary
Thoml son assumed TO have advance
knowledge of how the supreme court
would decide the matter II 1t reached
that tribunal. On that point Mr.
Eagle said:
He did not care whether he was within
his legitimate powers or outside OF them.
He was simply willing to use his Office
in an unla manner in order to at
tempt to help out one faction against
another and he at the same time hold
hi great Oil of a great state. l did
express my confidence in the supreme
court and In the decision that they
might render were the matter ever to
come before that tribunal. and this not
withstanding things that Secretary
Thompson told me which were calcu-
lated 10 destroy that confidence and 10
imprC IS upon me the fact that he knew
in advance what the supreme court
would do In the matter. | understand
,nat he has told like stun TO other per-
sons and | do not care to speak OF them
unless | be forced TO do so by further
unwarranted persecution OF me and my
friends by him.