The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-17
Things Political
MORE DISSERTATION BY RoosE-
Welt.

Another outrage eIgalnst history an
patriotism has just been perpetratet
by the administration at Washington
for which President Roosevelt, as
head of the administration, must be
officially and directly responsible.
A new Issue of postage stamps has
been ordered and, like the removal
Of the motto ain God We Trust
from the $40 ana $50 gold coins the
portraits OF presidents and other his
toric persons are to be removed from
postage stamps, except Franklin,
Washington, Marshall and Madison.
The portraits on the various de.
nominations Of postage stamps now
in use are: One cent, Franklin,
founder OF the government postal
service: two cents, washington; three
cents, Jackson; four cents. Lincoln;
FIVE cents. Grant: six cents, Garfield;
eight cents, Martha Washington, the
only woman honored on the regular
issue OF U. s. postage stamps; ten
cents Webster; thirteen cents, Ben
jamin Harrison; fifteen cents, Clay;
fifty cents, Jefferson; 81, Commodore
Perry; 81, Chief Justice, Marshall;
SIS, Madison.
The new order leaves the one cent
and two cent stamps as they are.
but the portrait OF Washington Is 70
be substituted on all other stamps up
10 and including the 81 stamp, leav-
ing the 81 and IS stamps unchanged.
by this change the beloved Martha
washington Is eliminated from our
postage, along with Jefferson, the
founder OF Democracy and Jackson,
the hero of New Orleans. This might
be pleasing to partisan Republicans If
, II were not for the fact that the
slaughter is stlll greater on their side,
including all the Republican presi-
dents who have been so honored-l
Lincoln the first Republican presi-
dent. Grant, Garfield and Benjamin
Harrison.
Our own Ohio hero of the war OF
1872, Commodore Perry, is eliminated
along with Webster and Henry Clay.
By one field swoop, Roosevelt alters
our postage stamps as he did our
coins, and extinguishes the portraits
OF all presidents except Washington
and Madison, from the series in use
today. The substitution of Wash
lngton for all the rest does not honor
Washington more than he is already
honored by having his portrait on the
stamp more in use, and 1t does not
make amends for the elimination Of
washington's wife; jefferson, Jackson,
Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and Harrison
BY the way, the Harrison stamps Is to
be dropped altogether. and hereafter
there VIII be no l3-eent stamp.
On top OF Taft's speech at Grants
tomb this year, Roosevelt not only
obliterates Grants portrait from our
postage but other idols OF the Repub-
lican ana Democratic parties and IA
nous men In history.
AS heif TO Roosevelts policies this
assault upon the postal departments
memorials of our great men would
also follow as a fixed policy of Mr.,
Taft--if elected.
Wasn't the removal Of 1n God We
Trust" which congress ordered re-
stored 10 the coins, sufficient desecra-
tion by Roosevelt without obiiterat-I
ing famous men from our postage
stamps?
And wasn't Tafts speech at Grants |
tomb Memorial Day more than enough
from. the presidents heir apparent?
THGs mfw pfiRDL mfw wfdwywl
GOVERNOR SMOKED OUT,
Governor Harris has been smoked
out by Judge Harmon on his person.
al interest, while Governor OF Ohio,
in banks having State funds on
deposit The governor admitted in
a speech at Xenia that he is stock
holder in two banks at Baton, his
home town, which cohteins State
deposits,
For the apparent purpose of dis
crediting Judge JHarmon's revelation
Govsfnor Harris says. sJudge Har-
mon puts the amount at Eaton at
$4,000 instead of s2000e each"
In the statement finally forced
from State Treasurer. NeFinnon byI
a second resolution adopted by the
House after Mr. McKinnoi- refused
TO comply with the first resolution,
II is shown that the amount on de-
posit January 1s, 1908, in one Of
the governors banks at Eaton, was
$4,000 and also $4,000, IN the other
bank at Eaton In which the gov