The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-14

he people naturally look with s,tpi-
cion upon the Judgment OF any lone
man whose training has been In Zine
with these corporations. Our party
here In Ohio has suffered, and suf-
.lered much. because It's senator's
Ind representatives have not been
eithful in looking impsrtially after
he interests of the whole public
Shall we repeat the mistake of the
past?
"The Republicans were discredited
because they were boss-controlled.
VIII the Democrats make the same
mistake? The interests have kept
the United States senate the Han
ias and Dicks, and Aldrichs and
he Haleg. DO not mistake the late
election as either an Endorsement of
hom or of their policies. If such
lad been intended they would have
continued in power. II was the pro-
yressive element in both parties that
won on Nov. s. 1t meant a new or
Ter of things. The people were tired
If the old regime. They desired the
nduEuTullOn VI IL HtW Onts
",rwo years before the Democratic
tate convention specially instructed
he Democratic state central commit
tee to include In tho call for the next
convention the eslection of candi-
date for United States senator At
the time of the issuance of that call.
Edward w. Hanley was the acting
chairman and the instructions of the
former state convention were ignored.
An effort was made at Dayton to
amend the call so as to provide for
the naming of the candidate for
United states senator. This commit
tee was subject to the instruc-
tions of the former convention. 1t
ought to have been law unto the
committee. II seems the committee
was law unto itself.
Hon Newton ID. Baker, at the
time he attempted to have the state
central committee amend its call,
suggested that Mr. Hanley was a
candidate for United States senator.
In the light Of subsequent events it
does seem strange that his candi-
dacy should ut that time have been
concealed. An effort to provide for
indorsment failed of success by two
classes of voters, first by those who
did not want to take the people into
their coincidence aud disclose their
candidate; secondly, by those who
could not believe that the machine
would attempt later to control the
votes of the general assembly.
sxxys.t.,. ,,,.sa anu norGonn I
disrespect, l want to ask the Demo-
Gratis everywhere who at that con-
vention would have thought of plac-
ing upon the ticket for the suflrages
O fthe voters any candidate for any
position who had all his life been
welded to public service corpora|
tions? Who believes now that If 1t
we're left to the popular vote tho
of the voters any candidate for any
man of that class for the position OF
United States senator? | am satis-
fed, and l speak as the result of con-
tact with the voters during the re-
cent campaign, that If 1t had been
known prior to the election that the
Democracy was about to present as a
candidate for the position of United
States senator public service cor
poration candidate. no matter how
high his individual character, the
legislature would not have been
Democratic. The pople would rather
have forno their present ills than to
hasten to those they knew not of. !
do not say this because ! am a can
didate but | say 1t because / have
.,,,.sf,ttne.- IN
subject Of keeping faith with the
people.
Does anyone suppose that any
public service corporation candidate
for United States senator would now
receive even respectable minority
vote at popular elyection II held to-
day in the state of Ohio? Can any
man who Processes to be Loyal to his
party see his way clear to demand an
election at the hands of the general
assembly when It Is so apparent that
the opposition of the voters Is so gem
eral and so persistent as is the case
now throughout the state of Ohio? If
anyone is in doubt on this subject, let
him go out and mingle with the peo-
pie of the state in any county ] care
not where. Look at the United States
senate now. with the interests repre-
sented as they are? DO we need an
other public service corporation man
in that body; and If so, how many
more? If there is need of other pub
lie service corporation men to make
the laws do we want judges of the
same type to interpret them.
Before the Dayton convention the
excuse was given by the machine that
1t would not be well to indorse any
one, because If we did II would ex-
clude from the race every other can
didate save the one who received the
mdorsment and 1t would encourage
men who were aspirants to open up
their pocketbooks. This Is practically
placing money price upon the United
states senatorship and l submit that
money ought neither to control or in
lluence nominations or pIectfona 10