The Washington herald., 1910-11-06
COLONEL ATTACKS
HARMON'S RECORD
Continued from Page One.


/ pose of holding the business under cir
cumstances which clearly indicated that
/ the payment of damage claims served
the same purpose as the payment of re-
bates.
1T has been shown that the road was
/ in combination with other roads TO FIX
rates, this combination being certainly
/ against the spirit and apparently also
against the letter of the law. The road
| also did not pay taxes TO the State of
| Ohio, thus escaping several hundred
I thousands of dollars of such taxes on
| the plea Of insolvency.
"Mr Harmon became governor and con-
I tinued his dual position as receiver at
salary of $4,000 a year and governor
at a salary of SloOO0 His services 10
/ his two clients, the state of Ohio and
Ia Wall-street-owned railroad appear %
have been about in proportion to tile
respective salaries they paid him For
eight months he continued in this al
position. getting about $4,000 from the
railroad and about s., Geo from the State.
/ During this time he claims as one of his
reasons to be justified that as the rail-
road was insolvent it should not pay the
taxes 10 his officials, In his capacity OF
( governor Of Ohio, but it was not toe u
| solvent 10 paw him his salary in his other
position as receiver of the railroad lie
says he knew nothing OF the evasive
taxes OF the rebating and combination
OF the road with the other railroad
If that is SO then what did he mean
/ by accepting the position Of receiver,
/ drawing a salary of $1,000 year? II
/ he drew a salary like that It was his
/ business to make himself thoroughly &C
/ quainted with what the road under him
was doing, and especially 90 see that II
! did nothing Illegal, and that II paid It's
/ Just debts TO the State LIT him re-
member his own roads guilt Finally.
( ne says that ne did not want 10 stay in
+ as receiver not that the judge made him.
| At the battle OF Naseby II is personal"
ReceIvership Not Compulsory.
The colonel declared that If Gov. Har-
mon had not wished TO remain receiver
! o. the road. no judge in this country
could have forced him to remain He
said that last year the public utilities
( bill, which was a step In the right direc-
ton. even If 1t did not go far enough.
was defeated because the Democratic
members voted practically solidly against
/ IT,
| Although ii was by far the most i'm
portant bill of the session. Gov Har-
mon protested that he knew nothing
about IT," shouted the colonel. and by
/ his supine attitude and failure TO take
/ stand he brought about It's defeat The
/ author OF the bill has publicly charged
/ that II is not true that Gov. Harmon
! was ignorant. because he went over the
bill carefully with the governor, and.
I to suit his views. changed it In various
/ particulars always 10 make II less
! drastic"
Mr.. Roosevelt charged Harmon with
| appointing to Office various men who
/ have been proved guilty Of exactly the
petty graft which he denOunces in others.
/ and said.
He has on the ticket with him one
such man, who confessed guilt and made
| restitution 10 the State This much. at
least is shown beyond question by the
! statement imputed by HarmOns oppO-
nents and by his own public answers
thereto, that he stands i'm these matters
precisely as the other political feudal-
lists of big business stand in other States,
notably New York"
This open attack on the governor and
( Democratic candidate has caused quite
a stir in Ohio. The news Of it was
flashed over the state. and tonight. on
his entrance 10 Cleveland. politicians
rushed up TO the colonel with congratula-
t!ons. Mr.. Garfield was more than
pleased.
Big Crowd Mt Cleveland.
In the central armory tonight Mr.
Roosevelt addressed an enthusiastic
crowd. His references TO the Democrats
and his remarks about New York were
highly appreciated His plea for har-
mony in the Republican ranks made a
hit. a good many In the audience thought
that when he said that there is more
than one leading Democrat whose posi-
ton is such that he really ought to be in
our party and not among our opponents
/ because he is out of place there. the
| colonel had in mind such a man as
/ Woodrow Wilson. and not Judge Bald
win He declared that in Ohio the Demo-
cratic party is frankly given over to a
Bourbon and reactiOnary leadership.
I feel that in this contest" he said.
I'VE have a right to ask the support not
only OF Republicans. but all far-seeing
independents and Democrats who desire
the welfare Of this land. The Republican
party has set It's face in the right direc-
ton and is journeying thereon while our
opponents wander around in a confused
mist Of purpOseless dissatisfaction and
for leadership have to appeal to men
who have no practical knowledge OF what
they want and of how II ought to be
achieved. Their alternative is 10 appeal
to men who. like Gov. Harmon, are able
and practical. but whose purpose is sin
lister. and who desire TO mislead their
followers, and under cover Of a cam
paign of mere sound and fury secretly
and stealthily in alliance with such in
terests as those which have prevented the
passage OF the public utilities bill in
Ohio, so as to work and to prevent our
people from doing anything effective to
break the bonds OF injustice and special
privilege" Thus the colonel concluded.
Harding AppIauds Colonel
Candidate Warren G. Harding was on
the platform and applauded the speaker s
remarks.
1t was not 2 day of ease for the colonel.
but it was a day of what his friends
called Triumph Starting out in In
diana this morning, Mr.. Roosevelt found
crowds waiting for him at dozens OF sta
tons in Indiana. South Bend. Goshen.
!, Elkhart. and KendallviIle whooped for
him, and he spoke briefly indorsing Bev-
eridge for reelection to the Senate. The
grand young man has been treated kindly
by the colonel the past few weeks.
The first stop in Ohio was at Toledo this
afternoon. at the time the girls were trip
ping off TO the Saturday matinee. They
waited until the overture was done in or
der to salute the colonel lie spoke in
the Valentine Theater. which holds $500
persons. Mr. Roosevelt did not meet
Brand Whitlock, the independent mayor
of Toledo, who writes pieces for the mag
aZines, same as the colonel does. Some
OF the newspaper men tried to start a
story 10 the effect that he had turned Mr..
Whitlock down and refused to meet him.