The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
Can't Make IL Respectable.

a iHenDer Ol freSluent IaltS caD-
met Mr.. Nagel secretary of COM
merce and labor, was the principal
speaker at the annual banquet this
year of the Columbus Chamber OF
Commerce.
The principal part of Mr.. Nagers
speech was an argument in favor OF
ship subsidy.
Ohio sent to the United States SEN
ate a year ago Theodore Burton who
fought the ship subsidy graft persist
entity when he was member of the
house and helped to defeat 1t three
times on that side of congress.
A member of the Taft cabinet
comes to the Capital of Ohio to
preach to business men In favor OF
plunder for the ship trust, and he
the secretary of commerce and la
Dor.
1t Is easy enough TO see where
commerce" enters into the PROPOSE
ton. The labor part of 1t will CONS
out of the sweat and toll of the peo-
pie to pay the bonus 20 shipping in
terest TO increase their dividends not
to increase shipping facilities.
If the ship subsidy proposition
| was actually intended TO promote
ship building you would see some.
| body identified with ocean traffic in.
| stead of our own former governor
Myron Y. Herrick, at the head the
merchant marine league which Is the
organized lobby boosting this pro,
posed graft for the snip trust.
l. Ill p. Fra., a L.
high seas of frenzied finance as are
boming the proposed raid on the u
s. treasury for subsidy grabbers oil
grafters give the whole snap away.
No member of the presidents cab
met can make that kind of stealing
appear respectable by advocating 1t
/ President Tafts secretary of com
merce and labor-all for commerce
and nothing for iabor-got into tn,
wrong state for preaching that kline
of graft when he preached It in Ohio
Historical Precedents.
| Taft and Wade Ellis laughed
\ heartily over the effect of the presi
dents letter to Hy Davis disclalminI
responsibility for the appointment o
! Ellis as receiver of the &. o. p. IN
| Ohio. Taft and Uncle Joe Cannon
danced the highland fling together n
the White House as the principa
stunt of the presidents compliment
airy dinner to the speaker. Nero
| added while Rome burned. Bel
shazzar laughed and made merry un
| til the hand wrote upon the wal
| Meme meme tekel upharsin."
| Little things sometimes obtair
L ,.,xa la, y tot
| Nero would have temporized to ap
pease the wrath of the Romans. Bel
shazzer would have given his king
dom to have saved himself.
In this day with the people groan
ing under the high cost of living ex
Iceeding the distress of the civil war;
darkest hours, instead of "the mos
remarkable prosperity in the histor!
of the country which sunny jim
Sherman (vice-presidenD said In
campaign speech at Columbus would
follow within sixty days after thu
election of Taft: with $1,000,000
day blowed in on the war and nav.
departments of a nation at peace
with all the world with growing de
hcits In the nations finances, ant
with "thc best tariff law ever enacted
by the Republican party" In ful
force and effect. 1t Is Citing that Taf
and Ellis should laugh over thu
presidents political blunders ant
that Uncle Joe should dance will
the president at the White House.
But 1t doesn't necessarily follow
that the people in. Ohio must vot'
the way Taft and Ellis laugh or thu
way Taft and Cannon dance.
The opinion Is becoming genera
that Governor Harmon will have M
opposition for the nomination fol
president And people also believe
that he will be elected.-Findla.
Courier.