The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-12
OF real
ESTATE A GREAT PROBLEM
State Board Of Commerce Urges that Real Property be APP
praised at Its Par Value and is Now Wagng Vgor-
GUS Campaign to that End-A Correction toa
Misstatement Made Concerning tho
Rogers Regime.

| the management of the state fire mar.
shaps office during the past year un-
der the Rogers regime. The error ot-
CURED In paragraph relating to
the employment of stenographers at
Cleveland, to the effect that the stem
ographer employed by Hy Davis
was paid by the department at the
rate of $50 month for three
months and $75 per month for eight
months although the branch office OF
the department in Cleveland has
stenographer who Is paid a salarytof
$50 per month";" with this remark by
way of comment: Thus the state
paid Hy Davis more for the service
of his stenographet for the 10 ori12
days he put in each month as special
counsel than was paid the depart
ments stenographer at Cleveland for
full time"
As VIII be seen by the sentence
| quoted, the paragraph was written
under the Misunderstanding that the
stenographer In question was em-
ployed by Hy Davis to do such stem
ographicwork as he would need DUR
ing the time he put in as special
counsel. 1t frequently happens that
stenographers outside of those regu-
larly employed by the department are
employed to take. testimony make
typewriter copies of reports etc,
for which they will be paid direct.
and their names together with the
compensation paid appear in the
same record of expenses where the
names and compensations of regular
employees are recorded. So that there
may be no further understanding in
this particular. II is here stated that
the stenographer referred to was Miss
Flora Wenban and that she was the
stenographer regularly employed at
the branch office In Cleveland dur
Ing the past year at tho salary men,
toned. She held the position DUR
ing the two years Hy Davis was fire
marshal. 1t was confusion OF these
details which led to q misstaterrient
that was entirely unintentional, in ev-
idence of which this statement is
made voluntarily by way of corrsc-
ton.
During the month of May, this year
another stenographer, Miss 1nez
Green, was employed in the fire
marshals branch office at Cleveland.
at salary of $50 per month, as
Zuber found both these stenograph-
ers on the pay roll when he took pos
session of the office June s. Miss
Wenban resigned June s, after Fire
Marshal Zuber removed Hy Davis,
and Miss Green resigned July 1.
There is now only one stenographcr
employed in the branch office at
Cleveland.
Here Is une paragraph going the
rounds of Republican papers; "It
may be noted that Governor Har-
ris, during his term of office did not
discharge single appointee of Gov
ernor Pattison whether he had been
regularly confirmed or not"
This looks well in print but It will
not fool anybody who can remember
anything three years. The first thing
Acting Governor Harris did when he
stepped into Governor Pattison's
place was to throw over the reor-
ganlzation of the state penitentiary
and put that institution again under
Republican control. Price Russell, of
Wayne county, now member of the
legislature fro mthat county, had Just
been elected warden and was to take
possession at the end OF the month.
But Russell was not permitted TO as
sumo the duties of warden. o. b.
Gould, who had resignd the warden
ship, was put back in. The new sec
retary of the penitentiary board was
turned out and the former Republi-
can secretary was put back in to serve
until another Republican could be-
hA M ~
nothing WIS said by any Republican
paper about peanut politics" or the
lust for Office"
To bring about the change In time
OF electing state officials under n
new constitutional amendment Act
Ing Governor Harris got an extension
OF one year on the unexpired term of
Governor Pattlson which he was
called to serve out. Everybody
knows who knows anything that had
Governor Pattison lived his appoin-
tees would have ben given the same
extension of term that was given 9TH
er state officials. But taking ad-
of a technicality Acting
Governor Harris turned out three OF
Governor Pattison's appointees, d. s.
ceamer from the office OF fire mar
shall, w. l.. Finley from the office Of
oil inspector. and j. w. Johnson
from the office of state printer, who
had been regularly confirmed, and
Republicans were put in their places.
Now was there anything in Republic
Gan papers at the time about peanut
politics" or "lust for Office"
Some criticism of Governor Har-
non has been INDUCED In by certain
'ault finding Republican papers be-
cause the governor has not con-
'ulted the Republican state machine
'r local committees In the appoints
ng of Republicans on state boards.
win any Republican please fur.
iish the name of any Republican gov
'rnor who ever consulted Democratic
committees before appointing DEM
'cratic members of these same
,oards?
IL they think to cast reflection on
Governor Harmon because he does
lot consult the Republican organic
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