The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-06

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NV .r-tf-.-iitfr r-~ari fpr th~ir insiit--
~ pus, legislature upsnn~,i mi rs'st-
fr4,I--i ~ Prt,,thiirnns vent hustr sni
fh.. atrta= fr,1n fsrs-s -n--r-si a. Hr~i.
ih-r -lurh..,i ~ 'hs faiitr- - ths' tlav-
.rp.r rp rt-,ifv no tii~usft"n "a ths
snfiifiHfs
rti- uiir,h SO no ttn,.-t Fpr IN 'hs
r..rur,ts is~piv buue-i bnt t~srphsr-
tbL. VS. Ilr truth When - vas
raw Cayc-nor HsHaoS gp~n~d hr~
o. 10 t-,i- $50 shat ~ fn'ind -o'ilh not
n. Considerable 10 thu eyes n th- state
shah rad snu~n an INSURANCE nve~ii-
xattun AMI uiuf- recently an Aids cs.''
~, rp To 'aspaysrs ~ OH" q 80
snnugh and o. anare Williams ~ state
htr,i. hal b.--. pllrst IN fsvorssl HANKS.
ami R.ruhIiran officials hal drawn the
interest - th-ir "wn arcoun' Fr'ni top
20 hntton n state asiBniniSt ration ran
the trail - r-ttv graft. ard sven the sale
IL fsr.ihs-r To- ~. firnsr hal hem
-,arr,. ~ revenue o. tho state ofhctals
uho .harc,i ~ tho dir~storatr ~ cor-
poFations that sslsi Inferior anil worth
Ic-- materials under N. approval ~ q
state ,i-partn~ni
In the vigorous phrase u iUp$oN
HARNpN the regime Nhich hal prevai'esi
a. columbus Wa such that Repabli-
An state. oifstais Who arrived at the
,apEaI ~ evident poverty we're IN a fec
months directors e trust companies
I ant presidents It hanks Not at ONE.
not completely al the outSet. but ~ith
ever increasing -uCvyss and with an
ultimate rsricCt,on "i evidence whl'h
brought even a Republican Legislature
to the Ioint II sharing IN the lnve-,I-
CATION AMI ic,ning IN the clamor for
punishment. the Democratic Governor
" OHIO pursued hts inquiry.
In. details oG the pursuit of the dis
honest and the exposure ~ the corrupt
Which the Hon. lUp~ON HARMON con
,lic,sd IN Ms first wear AMI a half II
offiCe are chi.fiv interesting o. the Ctti-
zens IT Ohio. How important their
,aert. however NAV b. Judged bv IN"
sudden midwin eruption NJ loCal
OHIO politics into national. the hurrsS;
gathering Of statesmen AZ the Whlte
Ho,l-e itself. and the despatch Of the
Hon. WADE HAMPTON ELLIS from Wash
inSton 10 Columbus To begin the con-td-
erable task ul r,CalhnG To their Rep'Ib-
hcan allegiance the thousands 81 voters
upon whom the public services Of the
Democratic Governor had made = pro-
found IMPRESSION.
In all this period Of mounting pOpu-
laritv. II - worth While 20 remember. the
Governor II Ohio vas in Columbus.
Neither m Chicago nor New York
neither az Chautauquss textures NOT
al anv congress ii representative "iti-
1snz was he engaged in extOlling aNIo-
matte virtue for the profit OF hrs own
ambition. Out Of the sandals h. had ex-
posed at Columbus he made no founda-
| ton for a claim for personal promotion.
and BY self-advsrtising he sought no
addition to the public estimation his
performance bad earned. Occasionally
when the strain bad become too great,
he put on an old brown bat and jour
nevei out 20 rural Ohio fairs and told
the voters his story. answered their
questions. cleared up the doubtful sub
jects. Yet even this vas informal and
lacked the glory and the dignity Of an
appeal to the people.
II The correspondence between Mr
BRYAN and Governor HARMON - too
recent 20 need discussion. vet Il - onlv
a detail in JUDsoS HIRNoS's scheme Of
| l. h.a 0naf.
cessfully prevented the injection Of the
liquor issue To the disadva ntage Of a
campaign which he deliberately deter.
mined should he fought about the con-
duct Of state administration. True u
was that he pro6ted by dissatisfaction
, this issue created. but the attempt "a
obscure the main ISSUES OF the Stat
campaign failed Precisely in the sans
manner he repealed Mr. BRIAN's attempt
to force into another State canvass the
confusing issue Of the United States
SenatOrship. an issue properly open q
discussion only when a Democrats
state Legislature had been elected.
such, in brief. has been the achieve.
. ment OF the Hon JUDsoS HARMON. whom
the Democratic state convention re-
Gently named not merely TO succees
. himself. but a. the selection % the
. Democrats Of Ohio % succeed the Hon.
WILLIAM II. TAFT Upon this recorc
, OF successful administration rests tb'
present considerable promise that JUD
. sOx HARMON will continue Al Columbui
for two years more. a promise which il
Ohio finds quite A. much acceptance
among alarmed Republicans ~ amOns
hopeful Democrats.