The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-19

only bidding for popular favor, or in
other words was playing to the gal
lery when he asked tine general as
sembly 10 appropriate $4,000 to be
used in having look into the man
ner of doing business in the state |
Now, Mr. Treadway the very best way
for you to have proved your as
sertions would have been for
you to see THAT the branch of the !
general assembly over which you were
presiding made tnis appropriation,
then the inquiry could have been
conducted and the people would have
seen the utter folly of such an ex-
pemditure The senate, THAT body
over which Mr. .Treadway presides, |
was the one which put the stumbling |
blocks in the way Of Governor Har-
mon. II tried to cheat the governor
out Of the appointments which were
due him; II refused to pass the
Woods bill which was passed by the
house; Il absolutely refused to allow
the governor a chance to investigate
the state Offices in fact 1t refused to
do anything whioh the governor
wanted 1t 70 do. Now IL the leu
tenant governor knew that There was
| ,,., .y.on eor ~, yn,,a.,ti iootinp 10 nf |
fees, he might have adopted the
tactics of Joe Cannon and forced the
senate to make the appropriation for
the probe. This would have been
the surest way OF convincing the peo-
pie OF Harmons insincerity in this
pau,ticular
The secret Of the atdack Of the lieu
tenant governor lies In the fact that
he is an aspirant for the governor
ship. He sees plainly enough that il
matters go on as they are going now,
with public sentiment coming to the
governor from all quarters of the
state, the man who is nominated TO
make THE race against him in 1910
will have an empty honor. Mr.. |
Treadway proposes 10 90 all in his |
power to discredit the efforts OF the
governor to give the people a coed |
clean administration and has deter
mined to cast suspicion upon his
motives, hoptng thereby TO make It
possible for the Republicans TO worm
back into power in the executive Of
flee, two years hence.
But suppose We grant that the
charges which are made by Mr..
Treadway are true. We will grant
that the man who was big enough
TO held THE position of attorney gem
sral during President Ceyelands ad-
ministration, who possessed sufficient
ability TO batter be named special
council for hhe government by a Re-
publican president, and who still
later carried Chic for governor when
the state gave WGlliam II. Tart a
handsome majority, stopped 50 low
as to resent to petty politics In ad-
ministeTing the affairs of the state.
What argument has Mr.. Treadway
upon tIhis side? The people conceed
that Governor Harmon has asked
for nothing unreasonable. In all OF
the requests he has made of the
general assembly there has not a crit |
icism been offered. The inquiry
which was made into the affairs of
the offices OF the state auditor and
treaswer under Republican admin
istTation despite the opposition
which was offered from thnt source,
convinced the people mat there was
something wrong somewere. This it
was which led Governor Harmon TO
ask for the investigation. Yet in
the face of these disclosures Mr..
nreadway has the afironteIy TO ten
the people OF Ohio that no investi-
ga1ion is necessary and that Har-
mon Is asking for II merely for
buncm.
AS STATED before let us grant that
the lieutenant governor is right. Gov
ernor Harmon Is asking for only
those Things which the people want,
the Things for which Ihey voted last
fall when they made him governor;
they are the same things he advo-
Gated during 1.-The campaign and he
was not mealymOuthed when he was
maNing his declarations either; they
knew what was coming, they know
that his demands are reasonable,
they know that he is sincere in what
he is asking and he is doing all in
hia ilOual. IN piva than, s,,et ,,y,,at |