Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-07-11

| corporations among us clients, laO
never given his talents to appear in a
court suit against the people. AS an
attorney general of the United States
| he had proved to be a friend of the
people. fighting through court cases
which established the foundation of all
! Jurisprudence on the antitrust sub
! ject. In private life he was recognized
As one Of the ablest lawyers In Ohio.
In February, 1910, ten months before
the state election in Ohio. when JUdson
Harmon would go before the people
for reelection, Ohio Republicans by or
der Of President Taft held harmony
meeting In Dayton. The Republicans
at Dayton did not talk of helping Pres
ident Taft or of restoring the Repub
lican party; they talked about the
chance of defeating Governor Harmon,
and they did not talk hopefully. I'm
consciously they paid a patent tribute
to the real strength Of the man. 1t
suddenly revealed the tremendous sue
cess of Governor Harmon and his COM
plete mastery of the political situation
In Ohio. The plan Of opposition out
lined in Dayton has never ceased. No
governor has ever been opposed by so
strong a force as Governor Harmon.
During his first term of two years
Republican general assembly to dis
credit him reduced the treasury bal
ance 1862, 1913 6S by making appropri-
atoms exceed revenues and also Great
ed obligations amounting to $2,O00O00
more by deciding to build new struc-
lures for state institutions. When the
revenues were reduced 100000 year
by voting out saloons and several hum
dred thousands of dollars were added
to the wrong column by the abolish
ment of prison labor contracts Har-
mons arms were apparently tied, and
his enemies laughed at his discomfort
The governor promptly reduced public
expenditures Then. instead Of a gen
eral levy, the proper enforcement Of
the excise laws provided 100000 addi-
tional every year. The establishment
of a market for prison manufactured
ity over nineteen state institutions Is
expected to add another 100000 to
the state revenues. Thus was the sit
uation met and the state restored to a
sound financial basis without any adj
ditional burdens being imposed on the
| people who are least able to be further
taxed.
Voters like to support clean and
able men, as has been demonstrated in
many localities where the electors dis
played remarkable discrimination in
honOring exceptional men with an eX-
ceptional vote. This explains why in
a strongly Republican state Judson
Harmon was elected governor Of Ohio
two years ago by plurality Of 1892
in the face of Republican plurality
! of G9,591 In the vote for president.
On his record as governor Of the state
| JIdson Harmon was prepared to so
| before the people and ask reelection.
With precedent against him, the
election machinery against him, with
! the president of the United States, a
| citizen of the same state, fighting him
| for reelection and in the face of /
strong Republican sentiment to com
bat, Governor Harmon nevertheless
was given a majority of 100000.
Ohio repudiated her favorite son,
William II. Taft, president of the
United States. Governor Harmon
won the greatest Democratic victory
in the history of Ohio or of the mid
die west 1t was a crushing blow to
the president.
There are some things in Ohio more
popular than the Taft smile. One OF
them is the Hon. JudSon Harmon
who will countenance no frils anC
who sits on the edge of n big table
that occupies the center of the gov
ernor's reception room and chats witt
visitors. Common as an old shoe
is the way Ohio farmers size up theil
governor after they see him percheC
on that table, swinging his feet, anc
hear him talk straight from the Shout
der.
When he was attorney general he ar
gucd many cases before the supreme
court-argued them well-so well thai
he earned many deserving compliments
from bench and bar. Among them
and perhaps the most noted, was that
of the United States against the Trans
missouri Freight association. 1t was
the first test as to the efficiency of the
Sherman antitrust law when applied
to prevent an illegal combiaation OF
railroads. Mr.. Harmon won, and the
combination went by the boards.
OF n similar character were the suits
against the Freight Traffic association
and the Addyston Pipe company. Har
mon was successful in both, and thus
was established the law as it stands
today.
There is an odd series of coinci
dences in the careers of Governor Har
mon and President Taft. Always Har
mon has followed Taft or Taft has
followed Harmon. Harmon resigned
as judge in Ohio, and Taft took his
place. Then Mr.. Taft became solicitor
general of the United States Harmon
followed him TO Washington as cabi
net member VIII he follow Taft tt
Washington again?
Governor Harmon was born in New
town, Hamilton county. O., Feb
1896 and he therefore is in his sixty
fifth year One not acquainted will
this fact would take him to be no mort
than tifty-tive. He is just as vigorous