The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-21
maledictions will be applied, layer by
layer, as the ambition of the man
leads him onward.

0vOiJ OIAcE SIdIo where pIOLcCJlOU Is
not only relied upon but held in very
high esteem. And there are few spots
in the nation where such feeling is
not entertained, even in tho awaken
ing south. But Ohioans naturally
). lid more attention to Governor Har-
IOs.~ leap into the arena than other
<c1/ .Nagnates in the cities who.
irr.. :. No>. Of policies, loudly ac-
clatmeu N3o< last fall, can't for
the life OF - keep up the applause.
Also. they are saying SO in plain Eng
lish language.
Find No Evildoers.
Coming nearer home, Governor
Harmon is not Furnishing Republican
evildoers in high places. He hasn't
found any yet. Thus far he has only
given clean bills of health instead Of
decapitating officials and calling in
the undertaken. AS for the Ohio pen
itentiary, one of the largest prisons
in the world, 1t isn't reasonable to
presume that much rottenness was
found there or that the conduct of the
prison was especially bad, since Gov
ernor Harmon prevailed upon the
warden of the institution. Orin B.
Gould, Republican, to accept appoint
ment on the board of managers of the
institution. Come to think of it. this
amounts to public declaration to all
men that the prison is all right and
that Gould is particularly competent.
Another such case developed last
night, when Governor Harmon ad-
mitted that he had sent letter to
State Oil Inspector William H. Phipps,
asking him to resign in order that he
might give the place to a Democrat,
namely, William L. Findley, the chair
man of the Democratic state execu-
tive committee. In the letter the gov
ernor stated that there was nothing
wrong with the administration of the
Office by Phipps; that he had no charges
to prefer and everything was in ship
shape. And Phipps is one of the re-
cess appointees by the Republican
senate just seven days before Har-
mon was inaugurated-one of those
the Democrats have been extremely
! anxious should be ousted to make
room for party workers. The fact is
that Phipps conferred with Harmon
several days ago and, whether or not
he agreed that he would resign If re-
quested. it Is plain that the governor
assumed as much. The reason Phipps
would not personally object to QUIT
ting the Office Of state oil inspector is
that he thinks 1t would render him a
martyr and more liable to receive
recognition at the hands OF President
Taft. since he is also the secretary of
the Republican state central commit
tee. Phipps likes the detestible cli-
mate down at Washington. D. c.
Phipps Urged to Hold On.
But now he Is in a quandary, for he
neglected to promptly mail his letter
OF resignation. The story leaked out
that Harmon had requested his resig-
nation, and now Phfpps is being urged
by his fifty-three deputies scattered
over the state to hold tight to what
he has. It was a bold stroke. but
Phipps may not be able to complete
the deal. 1t was too "raw." There
is some doubt as to whether Presi-
dent Taft could readily appreciate a
self-made martyr
But the fact remains that Governor
Harmon slipped seriously when he
said over his signature that the con-
duct Of the Office, the one which is
most notoriously used for political
purposes of any other in the state.
had been in every respect satisfactory.
Provided he decides to hold on to the
office, Phipps would be we'll fortified
in the event Harmon ever tried to re-
move him. He would have the COVER
nor's letter Of credit. Nothing better
as splendid defense.
A,,l "a
the ambitious governor hasn't been
able to put over anything On the Re-
publicans. To date ne has discovered
forty COWS at the Xen!a Orphans
home which someone said had con-
sumption and they were killed the
day before another physician solemn
ly declared they were perfectly
sound. He found that 1t was not prop
er for the inmates o. the Girls Indus
trial home at Delaware to sleep more
than two in a bed. but there isn't any
help for 1t u.:tii additional dormitories
are completed, as they Will he this
summer. Another important matter
was the trimming OF trees at the home
for the blind and the leed Of repairing
the big iron gates around the capitol.
But the acccuais Of the Republican
state treasurer. who was bounded to
mis- grave. balanced to a nicely and
the condition of the states depositor-
les was exceptionally good, despite
the open declaration of Governor
Harmon that the peoples money was
actually not in safe keeping. And,
taken by and large, there isn't any
thing the governor has attempted in
the way of campaign thunder which
has not collapsed most pitifully. In
trying for the presidential nomina-
tfon he is several laps in the lead,
perhaps, but in making good his
sweeping charges Of Republican mis-
management and in promoting his
candidacy fer reelection, a prime es-
sential. he is failing utterly.
HARDEN GUILTY