The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-26
Judson Harmon Refuses to
be the Whole Thing
HARRIS AND TREDWAY
Will be In Receiving Line at
the Reception.
Columbus Is Preparing for a Great
Demonstration with all Partisan.
ship Thrown to the Winds.

Columbus. o., Dec. 2G-A little
matter like precedent has no in
tluence on the Hon. Judson Harmon.
When the reception committee or
the Columbus Board of Trade IA
charge of the inaugural reception nm
the evening of January II, came TO
make up It's program It was naces-
sary &c adopt = formula of proceed
ure. II was l".i ed to follow the
plcc'dant that rjtainy with reference
to Inaugural receptions at the
White House in Washington There
the new president is the whole
thinS. The vice president that came
in with him 'ueiy passes through
the line az the head of the senate.
The old president has nothing TO
do with the matter.
Judson Harmon did not like that.
He and Governor Harris have been
personal friends for years. SO he
took matters in his own hands and
invited Governor and Mrs. Harris to
attend the official reception with him
and Mrs Harmon, and be one of
his party in the receiving line.
This invitation has been accepted.
So people who come to Columbus on
Inauguration day will have an op-
portunity to meet and greet both
the incoming and the outgoing gov
ernor
Judge Harmon did not like the
arrangement that subordinated the
lieutenant governor, also. He took
that matter in his own hands, too
and invited the incoming lieutenant
governor, Francis w. Treadway, to
detach himself from the senatorial
party and take his place In the re-
ceiving line.
The inaugural demonstration is
non-partlsan and this carries out
that idea fully.
The big senatorial contest Is go
ing to attract lot of people to
Columbus, also. The contest will
still be on when the Inauguration
crowd of 100000 Is in Columbus.
Chairman l.. II. Gibson, Secretary
Raper ana C. s. Bash, of the Press
Committee, personally visited all
the senatorial candidates. their
managers and others connected with
their campaigns and invited them
to take part in the press smoker,
which opens at o'clock at the
Southern Hotel, Inauguration night.
Charles p Taft, Senator Foraker,
Theodore Burton, DR.. c. A. l.. Reed,
General Kiefer, Col. Robert =. scott,
Governor lHarris. Harry VI. DaV;h-
erty and everyone else connected
with the senatorial fight have been
invited. Henry A. Williams, Arthur
I. Vorys, Malcolm jennings, John
r. Malloy, Captain Ira Morrison,
| CAPTAIN John T.. Maynard, carr
Shuller. Frank Cook and other
candidates for Legislative positions
have been invited All have accept
ed. They will make speeches. Those
who won will tell how they won
Those who didn't will tell why they
didn't. And there will be no pub
| lication of their speeches. News
papermen, on entering, pledge them
selves to reveal nothing about the
speeches. Even a politician may
stand up and tell the truth about
things without fear OF disclosure
The democratic dgnitaries vii,
be there, too. among them James r.
Campbell, who was endorsed by the
Democrats for senator, Chairman
w. l.. Finley National Committee
man CARRIER and other prominent
Democrats. Governor Harmon anc
state Treasurer-elect Creamer will
be among the honored guests.