The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-10-25

for a third term on the Republican
state ticket, permitted his tongue to
run away with his reason in several
of his campaign speeches
At Berlin Heights and elsewhere he
charged that Governor Harmon had
dragged the state board of agricul-
ture into politics and that the board
was made up of a lot of politicians.
1t is remarkable that state off,
cial, even though a candidate for a
third term, should make statement
msnt so completely the reverse of tine
truth.
-, Instead Of dragging the state board
of agriculture into politics, one of the
first official acts by Governor Harmon
was to take the state board of agri-
culture OUT OF POLITICS.
The state board of agriculture con-
sists Of ten members. Prior to Gov
ernor Harmon's administration the
board consisted of six Reublicans and
four Democrats. With partisan ma
jority this board was made a part of
the state g.o.p. machine, UNTIL IT
WAS TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS by
Governor Harmon. This was done by
appointing two Democrats and one
Republican, when the terms of two
Republicans expired, and A. P. San
dies Oemocrat), resigned as a mem
ber of the board to become its secre-
tary. The other seven members of
the board were not changed, and the
board as reorganized consisted of five
Republicans and five Democrats, an
equal number of each, making the
board nonpartisan for the first time
in the history Of Ohio.
Of the original ten members on the
board six are still members. II they
are politicians now they must have
been politicians before. Governor
Harmon has appointed but four new
members of this boarl. Two of its for
mer members he reappointed when
their terms expired, and the board
still stands five Republicans and five
Democrats. Which effectually dis
proves Mr.. Dunlap's charge that the
governor dragged the board into poll
tics and that it is now composed Of
a lot OF politicians.
Jacob A. Beidler OF Lake county,
formerly a Republican member OF
congress from the Twentieth district
of Ohio, now a member OF the state
board OF agriculture was so in
censed by Dunlap's untruthful state
ments that he made spirited reply.
In which he said:
II am surprised that he Dunlap
should make such a statement and
try to mislead the farmers. The truth
is that the state board of agriculture
WORKS FOR THE FARMERS, IN.
STEAD OF WORKING THEM, and
without salary and compensation.
which in the case of some other state
officials is very different, Mr.. Dunlap
in particular.
"There is not member OF the
board that is not a farmer in active
pursuit of his calling. 1t is true that
the state legislature has been making
increased appropriations for the In.
creased work and undertakings of the
board, such as nursery and orchard
inspection, live stock inspection, hog
cholera prevention by inoculation.
and now there are applications wait
ing for the incubation of 10000 hogs,
and not sufficient force to administer
the serum"
After explaining that the board con-
ducts the state fair, and turned into
the state treasury $4,000 profits over
and above expenses of the state fair
last year, and that the net proceeds
of the state fair this year would have
been much larger had 1t not been for
the unfortunate street car strike, Mr..
Reidler concludes his statement by
saying: "I have been a Republican
member of the board for nearly two
years, and am living on my farm, and
have lived there continuous for 81
years, Mr.. Dunlap's statement to tho
contrary Notwithstanding, AND HAVE
NEVER YET SEEN THE LEAST
SHOW OF POLITICS IN THE
BOARD, and guess know the thing
when / see It,"
The reason Mr.. Beidler has seen
no politics In the board during the
past two years is, as stated before,
that Governor Harmon TOOK THE
BOARD OUT OF POLITICS WHEN
HE MADE II NoNPARTISAN. Mr..
Beidler would not be able to make
such statement had he been mem
ber of the board before that time.
There is another matter which the
farmers of Ohio well know 1t re-
lates to the fertilizer scandals that
broke out during the administration
of Governor Harris.
1t will be remembered that the for
mer secretary of the board, T. L. Cal
vert, published the analysis of ferti-
lizers in his annual report, which
would be after the farmers had
reaped their harvest on which ferti-
lizers were used, Letters were made