The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-27
The Campaign in Ohio.
How Goes TIP
BY LEO.

rs things then stood Harding was
in the lead, and it seems so yet
1t looks as if the Republican par
ty of Ohio was coming to its owr
again. All sorts of Republicans
are working together to win the
state election, and relieve Gov
ernor Harmon of his toilsome job
of ''house cleaning" as he calls
it.
By the way, Uncle Harmon did
not do much house cleaning.
Harding asserts, and dares Har-
mon to show the contrary, that
the Governor has not ousted a
single grafter-not one. From
this it might be inferred that no
grafters are in office under Har-
mon. But Harding names sew
eral of them now holding good
positions, and ere candidates by
the grace of Gov. Harmon for
other and better Offices. Is this
true? 1t must be, for nobody
denies it. Harmon answers the
charge by saying that others had
done the same as Creamer and
other Democratic grafters. Is
not that a lame answer? Sup
pose some others had been guilty
of grating, does it cover the e.
vii doings of others?
Be it remembered that two
years ago, during the campaign
of that season, Judge Harmon,
being candidate for governor,
promised, if elected, to clean out
grafters from the state service.
Did he do it? Harding throws it
up to him in nearly all of his
speeches that Harmon has done
no house cleaning at all, but has
protected and continued in Office
several guilty men; that is, gull
tty of appropriating public money
for private use. And what does
Governor Harmon say to all this? |
He makes light of it, saying some
Republicans had done the same
thing. This must cause many |
voters to withdraw their support
from Harmon and the Democrat
ic ticket.
And aside from all this we see
no good reason why Republicans
should again elect Harmon. Two !
years ago hundreds, perhaps
thousands, of Republicans voted |
for Judge Harmon because of |
some temperance legislation. |
The Republican governor had re-
fused to veto the county local op-
tion bill, and because of this the |
Republicans aided in electing a |
Democratic governor. Will they
repeat the trick? We think not.
There is no reason for so doing. |
It is quite certain that without
Republican votes, and thousands
aof them, Gov. Harmon will fail
of reelection. There are not
democrats enough in the state to
give him a majority. He must
have outside help to win, and it
looks as if the Republicans of
Ohio are going to vote for Hard
ing this time. Let them do this
and Harding's election is sure.
AS to the campaign speeches,
the advantage is with Harding.
He makes better speeches than
his rival, and 'withal shows great
er sincerity. Governor Harmon
is an able man, very adroit, holds
his own remarkably well; but
fails to join issue squarely. For
instance, to the charge that he
has kept grafters in Office, he
says that they did not steal very
much, and what they did unlaw-
fully take they returned to the
public treasury. Such an ans
wer is adroit but fiimsy. An able
man like Governor Harmon ought
to blush when making such a
plea. If aman has beenunfaith-
full in one department of the pub
; lie service, ought he be trusted
to handle the state moneys?
That is the question which Har-