The Washington herald., 1910-10-15

OF the bigger ones BIZ Finley, the
Slate of inspector and political manager
OF HarmOn's campaign. stands charged
with using more than s7000 OF the State S
money 10 build up his political machine.
He did It by certifying fees FOR oil in
spectiOn when no inspection was made.
We do not assert that any Of this money
went into his own pocket II was used
TO pay useless oil inspectors throughout
the State, and TO keep them In line for
Finley
The State treasurer. the only man on
the Democratic ticket elected with Har-
mon. is tarred with the same stick, and
among the lesser employees there are five
who confessed 20 having charged the
State for travelling expenses and hotel
bills when they were really going home
TO see their wives. and not paying any
hotel bills whatsoever. The treasurer has
confessed 10 charging four days ex-
penses. including a hotel bin. 10 the State
when he was attending a Democratic
convention.
Charged with Graft.
I'VE on the Republican side are going
10 change the whole tone Of this cam
paign. We are going 10 make it on the
ant-graft Issue. and we attack Harmon
not because we believe he shared the
graft, but because he kept the confessed
gTafterS in Office We know perfectly
we'll that he has had and al this moment
has, the business community OF the State
with him. The business men have be-
lleved that he was giving a purely bust
ness administration Unvexed by politics
and unspoiled by spoils II is our bust
ness TO show that 1t has been an abso-
lutely political administration. that it
has turned over the spells 10 the spoIls-
man, and has condoned grating which
was not merely notorious. but matter of
court record"
Well there you are. That is TO be the
keynote" Of the Republican campaign
in Ohio from now on State issues, tax
alton, public service, national issues are
all 10 be set aside for the one issue of
alleged graft and Harmon's alleged con-
doning OF that offense on the part OF his
appolntees.
Republican Hopes.
''The tide has turned" say the Repub-
licans, They believe that the business
community. which has looked upon Har-
mon as the business candidate. will be
weaned away from him by these revela-
lions OF alleged Indifference to grating.
They insist that Cincinnati, which gave
him 1900 majority last time, will cast n
10000 majority vote against him this time.
This prediction is based on the theory
that while Harmon got practically the
whole wet vote In Cincinnati he has
done nothing for the wet" cause, and
cannot hope to get that vote again. They
bank largely, too, on possible defectlons
in the Democratic party because of Mr..
Bryan's nl-concealed hostility
Foraker I'm the Fight.
No competent observer OF politics would
question the fact that the Ohio Republi-
cans are-very belatedly-girding up their
loins for a real fight Foraker gets into
the field in a few days, though there is
grave apprehension on the part OF the
Republican managers that he may do
more hurt than good. One of the char
acteristics of Foraker is TO say what he
ent Republican powers in Ohio will hardly
bear saying if results are TO be favor
able. | noted with interest the other
night that when Gov Harmon spoke a
few words OF polite appreciation of For
aker his audience broke into wild ap-