The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-27
Governor Harmon Is Against
GratteTs In the Repubn-
can Party, but Is For
Them When They Wear
a Democratic Label.
BY Hon. r. w. Treadway,
Lieutenant Governor.

Governor Harmon rests his cam
paign on his own proclaimed honesty
and fidelity to public service and his
own personal participation in the
revelation of graft in the statehouse.
Let's give Harmon full credit for the
part he took in recommending the
probe that showed up the rottenness;
and let's pass over the facts that it
was a Republican general assembly
that promptly responded with an ap-
OF the investigation and thai it was
q Republican attorney general who
conducted 1t and was mainly respon-
sible for the fact that one big Repub-
lican CRATER was sent to the peniten-
tiary and that smaller grafters were
held up to public scorn.
We Republicans rejoice that Re-
publican official who turned CRATER
was punished. But what is Governor
Harmon's record with respect to the
democratic grafters? Among the off,
cials whose irregularities were dis
closed by the probe is David s.
Creamer, whose name now appears
on the Democratic state ticket for the
office of state treasurer. Creamer
uttered a voucher purporting to be
for trip to Bellaire ON business for
the state, when as a matter of fact,
he attended the Democratic county
convention at St. Clairsville. He
made out another voucher for three
days expenses at Bellaire, when, as
a matter of fact he attended the con-
gressional convention at Steubenville.
You can imagine the expression on
the face of this man when he ap-
peared before the legislative probe
committee and admitted that he had
collected money from the state for per-
sonal expenses on the pretense that
he had been investigating incendiary
fires, and this is the man Governor
Harmon lauds so highly.
But there are others. John w. Zu.
Der, then deputy state fire marshal,
and now state fire marshal, is tarred
with the same stick. The probe
disclosed that he had made for him.
self false vouchers for $196.35. And
this man is a Democrat, named by
Governor Harmon after the governor
had full knowledge of the facts.
There is another, Hamilton G. De-
weese, also a Democrat, and also a
deputy in the state fire marshal's Office
under Creamer. THIS appointment,
together with that of w. L. Finley,
came to the senate for confirmation,
ard 1t 10 with shame that l confess
that the senate confirmed these ap-
misunderstanding them because
thyy came from Governor Harmon.
In almost the closing hours of the
session Governor Harmon sent in the
name of w. L. Finley for confirma-
tion as oil inspector Yet Finley is
the man, self.confessed, under whom
false vouchers were issued in his for
mer administration of the same office
in excess of $1,000, for work never
done, or contemplated to be done.
All these facts were laid before
the governor, and Finley's appoint
rlent, opposed by some of his asso-
ciateU, was made by Governor Har-
non and confirmed by the senate
which Governor Harmon complains
would not eat out of his hand.
These are the facts. l know.
was presiding officer of the senate.
How does this record of Governor
Harmon compare with his promises?
This is the best proof ossible that he
has not done what he has promised
to do. and will not do 1t In the future.