The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-03-27
A BLUE GREEN
viii Be the Republican Candidate for
Treasurer When His Party Pa
pers Get Through With
Hin,

Columbus, March 26y-Charles c.
Green, Republican nominee FOR treas
urer of state, has lost the support OF
every daily newspaper in Cleveland,
Republican as we'll as Democratic and
Independent.
The Cleveland Leader was the first
Republican paper in Ohio to criticize
the nomination of Green. on the
morning after the convention, and in
the same issue In which the news OF
the convention was published. the
Leader suggested edltorlally that the
nomination of Green was unwise and
that he would have to make good.
The Cleveland Independent and
Democratic papers. as matter OF
course, are fighting Green.
Now the Cleveland News, the only
evening Republican paper in the Ohio
metropolis, has bolted Green and in
leading editorial gives Its reasons
as follows:
SCRATCH MIR. GREEN"
"a committee of the state senate
Is endeavoriDg TO find out what be-
comes OF the states money after u
is turned over to the state treasurer
for safe keeping. The endeavor. this
far, has taken the form OF an inquiry
from the state treasurer and his dep
uty.
"The treasurer, one McKinnon,
proved hostile witness; Mt least an
unwilling one. He recognized no COM
mittee's right to question him. He
considered II none OF the publlc's busi-
ness what became of the peoples
money or of the interest on the same.
There arose strong presumption that
McKinnon had been deriving substan-
tial perquisites out OF the income OF
the state funds. He reluctantly ex-
planned, II recollection serves, that he
had found legal authority for his ex-
cess emoluments and that the secre-
tary OF state had so held In legal
opinion
perhaps nothing better was 10
have been expected OF McKinnon. He
10 serving his last term. He has no
chance of reelection. his party hav-
ing already chosen man TO succeed
him. He is politically a dead one
though apparently still very much
alive to any opportunity for personal
enrichment
But the deputy treasurer one
Green-here was a man from whom
much Illuminating Information might
ha hA
date for election as chiet-of the Office
In which he had been serving as an
underiing2 Was he not soon to come
before the people as an aspirant for
their votesf Would he not. there
fore. be keenly sensible as to what
the people might think?
ITO be sure, the committee would
certainly find In Green a sincere ap-
probation OF the duties of public
office. such as had been lamentably
lacking In McKinnon. So the COM
mittee had Green before 1t the other
day and questioned him regarding
certain moneys Of principal and inter-
est. These were his replies:
at refuse to answer
"T have nothing to say
at have not had time to check up.
at don't care one iota about IT,
"T don't know OF any explanation
could make
at don't feel interested enough
TO go into that
This indifferent. uninterssted man
Is the man the Republican state con-
vention has nominated for the ONCE
of treasurer OF state. The money he
has had no time TO check up. the
money he doesn't care one iots about.
the money he aid not feel interested
In. is the same money OF the state Of
Ohio which he expects 70 ask the
voters 10 antitrust to bis nonchaiant
keeping.
sifis name = Green. Rsmsnbss Il