The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17
"a new DECLARATION FOR 1910 F:
: Voters Of Ohio are Very Weary Of Il" and I'VE"
: DICK HAS TOO MUCH TO Do THIS YEAR :
Time TO Rect Out Graft and Clean Up On Canuonism


After Senator Dick outgensraled
his political opponents at the Column
Eus convention, and outwitted the in.
surgents who wanted progressive
platform, and proudly mounted the
stage and rammed down the throats
OF the delegates stand-by-Taft
stand-pat platform, he rushed off to
Beverly to talk over campaign plans
with President Taft before the ar.
rival OF Harding. For Harding went
to Cincinnati to see Cox before going
to Beverly to talk with Taft.
At Beverly Dick turned himself
into a political phonograph to an.
nounce the kind of campaign tnat is
to be conducted ito beat Harmon"
this fall.
WE will open the campaign early
in September" said Dick
81 (notice that II is big u do not
think the Burton.Cox row viii! have
any effect on the voting" said Dick.
WE will select new chairman
Gt being then Aug 12l to succeed
Wade Ellis within the next few
weeks" said Dick
THE campaign is to be waged
throughout the state along the lines
Of small stumping tours" said Dick.
I'VE are going to win sure" also
spoken by the aforesaid Dick.
Note how freely Dick makes use
Of the big 81" and the big WE"
BY the big ~" Dick means himself,
OF course.
BY the big I'VE" Dick means Taft
and Harding and the &. o. p. state
bosses, including himself-it is al
ways to be understood that Dick in.
cludes himself when he says WE"
or course Dick reckons that the
voters OF Ohio are to be governed by
what 81" apd I'VE" say and do. 1t
does not seem To have occurred to
him that the voters OF Ohio and OF
his own party have grown very weary
Of dictation from 81" and WE"
weary OF assistance given Aldrich by
Dick and Burton I'm revising the tarif
contrary to, the Republican platform
, promises Of 1908; weary OF Republi.
can congressman doing the bidding OF
Cannon in the house and loudly pro-
claiming themselves insurgents
against Cannon when at home among
their constituents; weary Of the long
era of undetected, unhindered and
unpunished graft at the statehouse
until Democratic governor was put
ION the job" weary OF an able gov.
ernor's administration being loaded
down before II began with a lot of
retiring governor and confirmed by a
retiring governor and confirmed bya
partisan senate week before the in
coming governor was inaugurated;
weary OF an impartial, public.spirited
and people-servlng governor being
hampered by a hostile Republican
legislature which deliberately man
gied and emasculated important leg,
tslation on account of its partiSau
Diasi and weary or the brazen efforts
being made By the same old sinister
powers to regain control in the state
OF Ohio. Nor does Dick seem to un-
ers should finally and firmly resolve
upon new declaration OF independ-
ence for their guidance in the com
Ing campaign.
II that new declaration were writ
ten In words expressive OF the
thoughts and feelings in the hearts
Of free and independent voters, its
preamble would read something like
this; When In the course OF political
events It becomes necessary for Re
publican voters to give their approval
and all the assistance OF which they
are capable to break up the corrupt
ring that ruled the state of Ohio in
former years, to rid the statehouse
OF grxft and to be represented In
congress by men worthy OF their con-
fdence and esteem, decent respect
to the opinions of others and regard
for their own as well AS the general
welfare requires that they should de-
clare the causes which impel them
to 20 to the ballot box ip November