The copper era and Morenci leader., 1911-12-01
HARMON ENDORSED BY PROGRESSIVE
 IF NEBRASKA
Democratic Secretary of State and a Personal Friend of Bryan Looks Up Harmon's Record On His
 Own Hook.
HARMON DESERVES SUPPORT
Declared to be Progressive States man of the Highst Type and a ..
 True Blue Democrat.

Columbus, Ohio, Nov 27.-Hon. w. F. Porter, of Lincoln, Neb. who wrote the following letter to the Lincoln (Nebraska), Daily Star is well known citizen of Nebraska. He left the Republican party in 1884 on ac- count of the tariff question. In 1890 he was elected as independent Dem- ocrat to the legislature and he gave Nebraska her first Australian ballot. He was reelected in 1892 and was el- ected floor laeder by the Fusionists. In 1896 he was nominated and elected by the Democrats for the office of Secretary of State, and was reelected in 1S9S He has been most loyal supporter of William Jennings Bryan in every campaign that the Nebraskan made and the two have been warm friends for years.
 To the editor of The Lincoln Daily
 Star:
 In your issue of September 21st you published a two column article en- titled "Judson Harmon-Progressiv To me the word progressive seemed very much out of place when applied to Governor Harmon, of Ohio, and when | saw that the article was writ ten by my old friend Col. John G. Ma her. I smiled derisively for I cannot remember the time since the cam paign of '96 when Col. Maher and have gareed on any political question.
 l have frequently made the state ment that if the Republicans renomin- ated President and the Democrats nom mated Gov. Harmon for president next year there would be no reason why progressive voters should go to the polls, except to vote for congressman, state and local officers, as l believed both of them to be friendly to the special interests and Nstandpatters of the rankest type.
 However, I decided to read the ar ticles as I am always deSirous of get ting the facts in every case, and be- lieve in giving every one square deal. After reading the article through very carefully and then reading it a SC cond time, I said to myself, this is not the private opinion of Col. Maher; but is given as the official record of Gov Harmon, and if true, certainly places him in the front ranks of the progressive governors.
 have since then taken pains to in- quire into Gov. Harmon's record and have procured and read a copy of his speech to the Democratic members of the Ohio legislature delivered April 26, 1911; also his special message de- livered to the senate April 26, in which he urged the passage of many of the laws enumerated in Col. Nah CTS article.
 After reading these articles and af- ter the most careful and conscientious deliberation, I have reached the con- clusion that as an honest and fair minded man, I owe it to myself and to Gov. Harmon to publicly acknow- ledge that I have misjudged the man, for no honest intelligent person can read his speech and message and say
 h feJ1 CITy Tyka statesman of the highest type"
 Here are some of the titles of laws urged by the Governor and passed by the Ohio legislature -'4Non-partisan Judiciary Popular Election of Uni ted States Senator's Non-partisan Constitutional Convention, Work ingmen's Compensation Act" (said to be the most liberal of any state in the union), Shorter Hours for Employed Women" Income Tax Amendment, "'I Corrupt Practices Act" Initiative and Referendum for Cities These and many others of greater or lesser importance were passed, largely thru the personal influence of Governor liar mon. l have been fairly close observer of political conditions in the various states in the past twenty years, and must say that l know of but one oth- CT governor who has to his credit so many laws in the interest of the peo- pie passed under such favorable cir cumstances and that other is Cover nor La Toilette, of Wisconsin.
 l am now asking myself what gave the Populists and Bryan Democrats of Nebraska the impression that Gov. Harmon was very closely allied with corporate interests of the country
 It was probably because Of the fact that he was member of Grover Cleveland's administration, for since his second administration the very name of Cleveland has been stench in the nostrils of all political reform CTS in the west.
 As all my friends know, 1 am and have been a warm personal friend and admirer of w. J. Bryan, having cam paigned and voted for him three diff ferent times and would rather see him president of the United States than any man living; but as I have had the assurance from MT. Bryan's own lips that he is not a candidate, I sup pose we will have to choose some oth- CT candidate.
 The greatest teacher of mankind in that most wonderful of all books, the Bible, tells us in that matchless sermon on the mount, that good