The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17

or mighty achievement In o,G own
wonderful state. Republican leglsla
tion and administration have kept
Ohio in the very front rank of the
Incompatible sisterhood of sta .es, ac
complishing so notably and so salts
factorily that a boasted and boastine
Democratic state administration OF
today has done nothing new or worth
while, certainly nothing to inspire a
public's approval at the polls. The
revelation of graft is of Legislative
father than executive sporHorship,
fnd the punishment meeted cut is
contemporaneous with rather than
contributed by a Democratic admins
tration. We may all rejoice IN the
accomplishment. but any Democratic
claim of special virtue, intended or
enacted. is cancelled by the state re-
nomination of Democratic offender
exposed by the probe.
Resents Mendacious Charge.
And right here want to recent
the mendacious charge in the Demo
cratic platform OF Ohio that the Re
publican party shielded and defended
grafters. If guilt is persona! then
crime is individual The thieves and
grafters, Dig or little, who cloaked
themselves In Republican or Demo
cratic respectabllity, were traitors to
the party that honored them, as well
as the people who trusted them.
The treasury expose. under The de.
pusitory law, Is more a tribute to Re.
publican accomplishment than u re.
fiex Of conscienceless toleration. A,
Republican general assembly Enacted
the depository law 1t was new
departure, overturning system OF
fifty years standing, and fifty years
OF abuses. All public funds were
supposed to be locked up IN city.
county and state treasures, but
everybody knew they were not, and
the knowing people of the state
winked at the transgression. Banks
had come to pay deposits. and the
public wanted its funds In the cur
rent of bealthful activity. We Re
publicans met the new condition by
providing the public's lawful deposit
should bring the public a lawful re-
turn. No one could foresee all the
safeguards needed, and nobody could
officially know. until incumbents
changed, that the state was not get
ting the most possible for its funds.
New departures are not perfected
with the wave of some political magi.
clans wand. The big thing is that
the Republican party inaugurated the
depository system which brings
great increment to the peoples funds
in state, county and municipality,
and corrected the time-tolerated
abuses hundred times worse. and
trusted TO the fidelity of officials to
bring the best results.
To the Credit Of Republicans.
But we did more than that. Re |
publican legislation provided the uni |
form accounting and inspecting sys-
TEN. which has brought order out of |
chaos in county and municipality, and |
has stopped ten thousand leaks and |
abuses. No one has ever estimated |
the thousands of dollars saved, some
times restored to the taxpayers of |
Ohio.
said a Democratic administration |
has done nothing new or worth while. |
The statement is not made to bolittle. |
Rather II is uttered in proof OF Ohio |
Republican progress prior 10 ne hia-
tus OF Democratic interruption. There
Is but one distinct departure Dem.
IL aH f.ttg 80 hag f,n t.I |
the abolition of our time-tried bi.
partisan system OF trustee manage
ment of state institutions aud the
substitution of a high.salaried central
board. The plan would have buildcd
Il great and costly political machine
where we now have non.salaricd
boards, on which able men serve the
state for the honor attending aud for
sake. and lnseliishy give
attention 10 their hUnured
tasks. When the general assembly
the sweeping experiment
asked by Democratic governor, and
limited the change 10 the loy icul
group Of penal and corrective iustl.
tutions, aud made the law effective
heAl ytuI, lHt BON'IHOI pIoHlp'ly We |
toed It. A political machine iCr 1911
Is not useful to the politics 81 1910.
II thus became the one thing done.
and was more quickly undone the IN.
fanticide of Democratic accomplish.
ment In 1910.
! have the belief that our 'nng.cs.
tablished. existing system is the
nearer correct, II worked out as the
founders intended. Our elo4mOsy-
nary and educational institutions Of
which Ohio may be very prOdd for
we have been generous out Of our
abundance-need the intimate per.
sonal attention Of the board members,
and with that personal interest au-
thority and responsibility. We must
have less of political interference
and more trustees responsibility.
Honesty TO Be Watehword.
said to the convention that hon |
ored me with a nomination, and
choose to repeat the utterance here
If the people of Ohio elect me
promise that abiding honesty snail be
The first attribute demanded Of every
person appointed to the states SER {
IL A.