Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-12

from the ulsnlllcdt EOWned JuStlces 81
The supreme court down to tile humble
Iuymen who sit as justices of tho
peace, shall be elected on tickets alb
solutely free from party emblem or
device. Nominations may be made by
but the power Of bosses
to control nominations w,fs broken rs
n clause in the bill which says that
may be mnde by petit
tons. There is not another such law
in the United States
Ohio has been hampered by the
crude. unwieldy machinery Of n con
st1tntion which was adopted in 1881.
and the subject of making new or
ganic law is the biggest and most i'm.
portant proposition hat has come be-
fore Buckeye general assembly In
many years. Selfish hands were being
to get control of the con,
stitl!tional convention to be held in
1912 when Governor Harmon took
charge Of the arrangements for it and
succeeded in getting through The gen
eral assembly a bill which will remove
the Delegates from political intiurnc"
and make them responsible to the Epeo
pie only. 50 well did be manage the
campaign that Ohio will set II prece
dent for all other states to follow when
they come to rewrite their orGnnic laws
Nominations OF delegates wiz be
made by petition only, ana nominees
will be elected on ballots absolutely
free from party device or emblem, or
any. form OF party designation. The
liquor question. which has been sore
spot in Ohio FOR sixty years. will be
finally settled when the new e0nstifU,
ton Is adopted
The state when Governor Harmon
Erasped the rc!ns OF government had
nineteen penaa. rpfor.natory and tnnev,
olcnt institutions, with the responsible:
ity OF governing them divided among
nineteen separate boards al trustees,
three members 10 a board They were
so conducted as<to secure neither econ
Omy nor best results.
These truStepShipS all honorable
positions and eagerly sought after. had
been used as u sort Of currency to pur
chase nominations and to repay the
boys who had delivered votes In con
5ventions. The trustees appointed sl
lperintendentS : and all Subold mates.
and these combined to furnish the
dynamic power for the steam roller
which the late Mark Hanna ana Boss
George r.. Cox used t. crush the life
ont Of rebellions against the rule OF
the G. o. T.. machine.
Governor Ha:mon's idea was that
"the establishments which Christian
state maintains for charity are sacred
and that every selfish purpose should
perish at their DOORS
Acting OIL this principle. the governor
framed and forced through the general
assembly bill placing a! employees
Of the institutions rankin" bcow sn
pprintendent under civil Srrvice rules
The nineteen separate t,on!ds OF trus
tees and nineteen stewards nntIo: this
law were lcgiSia1rd OUT Ot office. ana
the duties ut ne fifty seven Trustees
were placed In q single board OF tnul
while u single fiscal agent rrpla. eli III"
nineteen stewards.
The advantage Of purchaS;u: SIP
plies for all institutions iii nuik nm.
the reduction In employees VIII say.
the state, $5OO.O00 a year. 'r':,s .nM
makes it possible to utilize tn. work
.pt prisoners and also create, II market,
Tor their manufactured l'r.uG,i> ~,
compelling ulI Ohio political divisions
10 purchase such Supplies as they
need from the penal institutions.
Employers and employees locked IN
Il struggle over workin@nlen's con
Iensatinn act. ard when 1t seemed
there woulG be no bill passed Coy
ernOr Harmon >tr;'lnd IN hnd acted rs
arbitrator A bill was framed ana
drafted that has been approved ny
both employees and employers
The compulsory provisions wh.rb
made the New York arl n,''"nstit.'
tionnl We're not Incorporated nj" tht
Ohio act. Instead I'll" "ln ','yrt could
elect either to pay into-,hr 'nAliPnS;l
ton fund or not to pay. II J." sho'l'o
not avail himself of the law however
the employee may sue for dhnaGeS 70:
injuries. or his legal representative ~
case of death may maintain the action.
And in such suits the en;.Inyer Is d.
prived OF the common law dafrnSes OF
fellow servant rule. assumed RISK ano
contributory negligence.
The employee cannot resort to the
r<>o - Ia
the factory Of a cnrimration which
pays into the state compensation fund
except when the injury Is caused by
the disregard OF q law. ordinance or
ORDER issued by an authorized public
officer providing for the protection OF
employers or by the wiItnl wrong or
an employer. his officer or agents.
The employer contributes 30 per cent
OF the compensation fund aud ne en-
ploreeS 10 per cent Awards range
from $3.4OO to S1.an' an'i ar" graded
on the scale OF wages paid employees.
Ohonils expected big things from
Juds0n Harmon when they elected him
their governor The achievements Ut
the Democratic general assembly show
the expectations OF the people have
been realized. He had been Il lending
attorney for years. hut n search OF his
record disclosed Harmon. While he had
corporations among mis- Clients. mad
never given his talents to appear int;
court suit against the people. Az an
attorney general Of the United States
he had proved to he Il friend Ut the
people. fighting through court cases
which established the foundation of all
jurisprudence on the antitrust sub
jrct In private life ne Wns recognized
AS one of The ablesr lawyers IN Ohio.
In February. 1910. ten months before
the state election in Ohio. when JndSOn
Harmon would 20 before the people
for re. election. 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 hODefully Un-