The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-16
NEW FIRE MARSHAL IS
CUTTING OUT THE GRAFT
Salaries Raised by Former Republican Officials are Put
Back to the Former Figures and Extra Men are
Cut off of the Pay Roll.

Columbus, o., June 16.--A howl
is going up from some of the
ralbid Republican papers becarfse
Governor Harmon removed w. 3.
Rogers from the office of fire
marshal. They charge tnat the gov
ernor was actuated entirely by par
tisan motives, that his action was
nothing short of criminal, and had
back of 1t merely the lust for office.
What drivel this is, and how ridic-
ulous for any Republican paper to
indulge In It, as though no Republic
can job hunter or job holder ever
had the lust for office" They for
get, or think the people will forget,
the partisan motives and lust for
office" back OF the appointment of
Rogers in the first place; in the in
slant dismissal by Rogers of all
Democrats employed in the fire mar
shals office when he took Cream
ers place a year ago; and in the
confirmation of Rogers, along with
other lap-overs appointed by Har-
ris, by rartisaIt vote of the Repub-
lican senate in special session a
week before the inauguration OF
Governor Harmon.
This would be sufficient answer
TO the howl abou. partisanship and
'1ust for office" If this were all that
is involved in the reorganization OF
the fire marshal's office. There Is
something more and of greater i'm
portance.
Less than a month ago these same
biased Republican editors were yelp-
ing that the governor talked about
graft and rottenness during the
campaign last fall but had been un-
able to find anything wrong any
where since his Inauguration. They
have not a word to say about condi-
tions in the fire marshals office,
while Rogers occupied that office.
When John w. Zuber, the new
fire marshal, took possession he
found six secret service" men on
the pay roll. Rogers refused to tel
who these six political pets were
but it developed subsequently that
one of them was bis own brother
who claimed to be IA sleuth from
the Atlantic to the Pacific" at $7I
per month and expenses. The sal
airy of the chief deputy had beer
bosted 20 $500 and the salary O
the regular attorney for the offict
had been increased from $500 to
$24O0. In addition Especial counsel
had been employed, among then
being Hy Davis, fire marshal durini
the He,sick administration, WHO wa
paid $2iO0 in salary and sll00 trav
cling expenses from July 1906 t.
June, 1909.
This is the same lily Davis Wit
was known in ths campaign las
fall as organizer or Republican
clubs and was recently recommend
ed by President Taft to the Unite
States senate for United States Mar
shall in Northern Ohio.
Not a word have Republican pa
pers which raise the cry of '1us
| IOT w Sis ubCut 'hS ''Sb ~
spoils so literally doled out b
Rogers during the year he served a
fire marshal.
Besides cutting Off the 81.
"sleuths," the new fire marshal ha
put back salaries to the amount
paid when ID. s. Creamer was fiji
marshal. 1T has bcen stated that h
"cut down salaries" This Is tru
in sense. The whole truth
that he cut out the graft and COZ
ruption" and restored the pay ro
, as it was when the office was III
!, |, der Democrats control.
During the two years Dr.. :
Creamer was fire marshal, tEel
were more convictions for arse