Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
GOVERNOR HARMON
 AND GOv. WILSON
The Fort Worth Record lnSti- tuteS a Comparison of
 the Two Candidates

rivalry between Governor Harmon and Governor Wilson is standpatism and progNessivClsn, and that Gov. Harmon will be supported by all the corporation influences in the demo cratic party says the Fort Worth CTexas) Record.
 Let us see what basis there Is for that appraisement of Gov. liar mon and his policies as they, have been exhibited by two terms as chief eX- ecutiyes of Ohio.
 ~The first act of Gov Harmon was to make war on the graft and extra Nagance that had grown up under re- publican administration Of Ohio. In the same connection he caused public moneys 10 be taken out of favored banks and to be deposited at fair rates Of interes st under competition; he recrganized the managing boards Of state institutions and established economy under modern business me thods in all state institutions
 Il pon his initiative the democratic legislature enacted a public utilities law more far reaching and more ef- ticient than the New York act cham piOned by Governor Hughes; a non partisan judicary system and a plan for nominating United States senators SO as in effect to make United States senators elected by the people; a Workingman's compensation act whereby employers contribute 90 per cent: a limited initiative and refer. endum for cities and a corrupt practi- ces act prescribing the amount of money a candidate might spend and above all a revision of the tax laws whereby taxable values Of all Ohio public service corporations properties have been increased Sl.00O, ,0OJ. .0O1 and the taxes of the farmers and home owners have been reduced $7,3S5,- Sl3O5 annually.
 These are among the foremost Of governmental reforms that have re ceived public attention during the past few years, and they distinctly demon strate thatGovernor Harmon is actual ly though safely and sanely progres. zi7e.
 Not only that but when he was employed with r. N Judson by Presi- cent Roosevelt to look into the viola tions by the Santa Fe railroad mana. cement Of an injunction against rail way rebates, he traced the illegal acts to Paul Morgan, then a member oi Rooseyeius cabinet and announced the ringing truth that guilt is person, al"
 Is there any bourbonism in that record?
 We have nothing to say in dis paTagement of Governor Wilson, He is a clean and brilliant man and he achieved a wonderful victory in New Jersey. But Gov Wilson's pr0gres siyeness is of the academic kind; h, las net tested his theories by practice as Gov Harmon has done, and it re mains 10 be seen how successful ht will be as a practical statesman.
 The underlying opposition to liar mon is not any corporation interests but his firm adherence to the sOun' democratic doctrine that the bur den of the tariff shall be equally dis tributed with the logical corouGry tha is incidental benefits likewise shall b' equally distributed Gov. Wilson is committed to the eastern view of free ! raw materials which mean protection ! for manufacturers and free trade fol ! produces. He represents the conten tion of the consuming cities fCr cheap CT living at the cost of the farmers and he is pledged to a wide applica ton Of the initiative. referendum ant , recall. He stands for that politica alliance which would unite manulaC ! turers and consumers under semi ] sCCialistic program Of using th' government for the benefit of the lar ger class than has been comprehend ed under republican fayoTitism bu ' stiu a class antagOnistic, to the req ! producers Of the nations wealth. Hi environment has given him nor sympathy with the JoileTs of the cit than the toilers Of the country and hi proximity to big business inpresse him with th4 importance of pres6r' ing it by coddling and regulating
 rather than by destroying it's wicke combination. His economic views ar
 a sort Of a combination of Roosevelt
 ism and Bryanism. lie is a more CT
 gazing personality than Harmon, an
 tc superficial observations he may D
 a more available candidate at thu
 time, but the sturdy producers of tn
 land are more intelligent than poi
 ucians imagine and we are greatl mistaken if they do not regard Hal
 mon as more representative of the
 views and more apgreciative Of thei
 interests Neither Wilson nor Ha mon is distinctly radical; neither
 bourbon. The differences are bot
 temperate and mathematician proceeding cautiously by proved m' thods and holding fast to fundamen al principles, Wilson tending to Ias
 adventure under plausible theory . ] Harmon conserving business and ri
 uufring commerce to yield it's goverl
 ment fav0rs. Wilson mindful C ! business but making government a instrument of relief to consumer
 wholly at the expense Of the produce
 Harmon is closer 10 the soil an
 wiser in the experience Of eficieI statesmanship; Wilson is closer to tf
 city dweller and is mere learned in th
 theoretical philosophies of the bool
 man.
 The rivalry might well be calle e a case of theory against practice 
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