The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-11


BE It remembered that when Gov
ernor Pattison decided to put the
editor, J. w. johnson, ia
the Office OF a state supervisor Of
public printing, Mark Slater conclud-
ed to hold on. But the locks were
changed on the Office door, AMI
Slater never got back in again.
Somewhat the same attitude was
assumed by w. s. Rogers, state fire
when Governor Harmon in
formed him OF the necessity for a
change. Rogers was going to resort
to Mark Slater tactics, so the same
means were adopted which effectually
disposed OF Slater. The don't-you-
touch-me fire marshal found that
his old key wouldn't fit the new
lock. Then he consulted his attor-
ney, but his attorney evidently fail
ed to find any ground for litigation.
that would appeal to the elevator
attendants at the state house, much
less to the supreme judges who were
authorized by Republican legisla-
ture to appoint elevator attendants,
so Rogers went back to Cleveland and
his deputies are being scattered 10
the four corners OF the state.
They had simply dared Governor
Harmon so long that they couldn't
get over their surprise when he got
ready to go after them. They soon
saw that he wasn't afraid after all as
they thought he was; that they didn't
have him "bluffed to a standstill' as
they found to their chagrin, he knew
what he was doing. They didn't ex-
pect him to find out what had been
going on in the fire marshal's office
When rogers was appointed by
Governor Harris to succeed d. y.
Creamer as fire marshal, he was op-
posed by II. II. Hollenbeck, son OF
the first fire marshal and Hy Davis
WHO was fire marshal of the HerriclS
regime. To get the place himself a
compromise was made which put Hol-
lenbeck on the pay roll at $2S0O per
year, and several secret service"
the head of the department; Hy Da-
Wis was on the pay roll at S25OO as
some sort OF special counsel al
though supposed TO be organizer OF
Republican clubs: the salary OF reg
ular counsel for the department had
been increased from $500 to $24OO psI
year, an dseveral secret service
men" were found on the pay ro
who are supposed to have been spec
ially useful during the campaign las
fall
Did you say there was no need o.
house-cleaning in Republican Offices
at the state house?
Note what Governor Harmon ha'
done to the fire marsha's Office.
The first thing the new fire mar
shal, John w. Zuber OF Paulding dit
was to lop off those "secret servic,
men," He put back the salaries 4
the same figure that was paid whel
Creamer was fire marshal.
Creamer turned surplus OF owe
Sll, 900 into the state treasury in on
year. Rogers didn't. At the rat
Rogers was going during the pas
five months, in which he spent owe
half his allowance, there would be
deficit at the end OF the year.
About time Governor Harmon clean
led house in the fire marshal's Office
wasn't It?
When Rogers decided to appeal I
the elevator attendants or to tn
supreme court to hang on longer h
said he would write the governor
letter demanding specific reasons 10
his removal. Merely another blu
like his refusal to vacate when as,
ed to do so. He knows why he wa
removed and so do the people wh
D have been reading the newspapers.
)l Rogers was one OF the Harri.
lap-overs confirmed at the specia
r session to handicap Governor Han
[ mons administration.