The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-14
WOODS BILL
A PARTISAN
Measure But Failed in the
Senate.
ONLY NINE REPUBLICANS
Voting For it-Should Have
Received Party Sup
port.
Harmon Making Good as a
Corporation.
lawyer and Governor--Driving the
Grafters out Of the State HOUSE
He Is Sound on the Tax Problem.
Harmon Making Good as a
Corporation.
Hy United Press Wire. -
A N,T SHIET THE BLAME

stnra the legislature, ike 10 iepe"s
t,h. foolish assertion that GoVernoi
Harmon caused the defeat OF the pli'
hAcause Democratic senators Su ho'
vote for II.
~ WHY don't they tell their readers
gthe real truth? There were lS ol tne
20 Republican senators present wien
sthe senate voted on the Dill lnese
IL Republican senator's we're ma
lfority and could have passed the Dill
with one vote to spare had all OF
them voted for it.
~ AS the Woods bill was made
s.party measure" when 1t was intro
.duced some Republican papers even
going so far as to call 1t the Taft
Woods bill, there was no political
reason why the Democratic senators
thould Rave voted for Il, and there
was every political reason why all OF
the Republican senators should have
voted for II through party obligation
to stand by the president" But the
Republican senators didn't do any
thing OF the kind. Only nine of them
voted for the bill and the other nine
Voted against II. That Is why the
Taft Woods bill was defeated-nine
Republicans senators refused to
''stand by the president"
~ In trying now TO unload that re-
-tponsibility upon Gover~or Harmon
the Republican organs are giving him
entirely too much credit. They prac-
ltically assume that Governor Harmon
had more influence over nine Re.
publican senator's than President Taft
had, although II Is fact worthy of
attention that the nine Republ,can
Senators who voted agains, the TART
vooas hn ,sor, aixyays Tho mos, hos.
~. ,oward covorror uarmon's ad.
-,.,s.x.,,o,,
,,,i,, ponrb,,cap
pu' 'i''it - W so,,,o u,u-
s,on 10 make 1t appear that Demo
cratic minority is to blame Tor wnat
Repub,ican majority does or talis W
do.
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JUST WHAT TIE :, ob,o
Two years ago t"' Vule r...,,,nn
concluded that II suuso, -. 40
could be as successiu' ~ -, a,
ter the business anairs Vi tne n
he had been In MS Ia" so,nd
(which Republican party oieas a.
their hullaballoo that har"'on 80,
corporation lawyer ne was yo''
msn they wanted for goVethoi' ...o
Developments of the past year piov'
that II was the experiences ar ,so
petent corporation lawyer
knew how to go about II 10 uneals"
grafters when ne got INTO the eo'-
ernor's office. -.
You have noticed perhaps tnat no,
body trembies except some of these
set up their howl about that "cor-
poration lawyer" who is giving the
people an administration as governor
that is satisfactory to everybody else
n ONLY ONE IN THAT GLASS
/. There Is one plank In the state
Democratic platform that means more
TO the people OF OHIO than anything
the Republican bosses VIII De able
70 put In the political hodse-podge
inat VIII pe issued by ther convention
and called platform
ms and defending grafters as was the
way of Republican officers, the present
governor is having them prosecuted
and sued for the return to the state
E many 'noaSahus aoears secured
- au ana wrohs ooihs' every
sehcy at ms command Is being em-
MSyeu 70 orins 10 account officers
49,, VIZ reereant 10 the trusts repos-
,neih py the people
Hepupiican convention will not