The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15


This is exactly the condition that
was foreseen and pointed out by
Governor Harmon In his messages
to the Legislature. s8t
This is exactly the condition the
Republican legislature, at the behest
of the state Republican organization,
deliberately refused to provide
against or remedy.
There will probably be another raid
on the surplus by the same Iegis-
iature at session to begin next JAM
uary, for II seems to be the purpose
OF the Republican bosses to have the
surplus exhausted IL possible in the
hope of foollng the people into be-
lieving that Governor Harmon's ad-
ministration depleted the treasury.
Then the daily and periodical ball
ances will go up and down. the
same as they do now and always have
done, but nobody need be deceived.
for that is to be expected under any
and all circumstances.
But for the general result, a drain
on the surplus which tells In the long
run, responsibility will rest right
where Governor Harmon placed 1T in
his final message to the legislature
March 12--on the Republican legis-
lature that has been caught in the act
of trying to force such n condition
upon the state.
Republican enemies of Foraker
made lot of noise last fall about
that Standard Oil correspondence. So
Foraker was eliminated and Burton
was sent in his stead to represent
the people Of Ohio" Burton said he'd
do 1t. l s'S
Aldrich led the fight in the senate
for "the ipterests,' to revise the tariff
upward. Aldrich's daughter married
John ID. Rockefeller's son. That
makes Aldrich a relative OF Standard
OH by marriage.
Burton voted for Aldrich's tariff
bill. Foraker couldn't have done
worse than that II he were still in the
senate and would porbably have done
better, for he has stated In public in
terv.ews that he would not have vot-
ed for the corporation tax. which was
an inseparable part of the bill. Which
shows that II Foraker were as bad as
Burton. Taft and Vorys represented
him to be when they eliminated him
by their boss-rigged primaries and
convention last year, he could not be
worse than Burton, and also that Bur.
ton is no better than Foraker.
The people of Ohio therefore are
no better off than they were before.
because they did not bring about the
right kind of elimination, and they
still have to put up with the leglsla-
ture that recalled Foraker and sent
Burton to Washington in his stead.
The right kind OF elimination would
have resulted from the election OF a
Democratic legislature.
This kind OF elimination can be
worked right next year, when the
legislature will choose a successor to
Senator Dick. Dick is in the Same
boa with Burton. He is
neither worse than Burton nor bet
ter than Foraker.
A legislature that will eliminate
Dick and send to Washington in his
place a Republican like Charles p.
Taft, will do no better than did the
legislature which substituted Burton
for Foraker.
The right kind of elimination will
be to elect a Democratic legislature
next year, and to follow 1t up by a
Democratic legislature in 1914. For
Burton's term expires in 1915. That
will eliminate both Dick and Burton
and even up for the elimination OF
Foraker.
Do It right next time and the next
time. Elimination that doesn't elim-
mate doesn't amount to anything tn
the people.