The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-01
AND MRS HARMON WITH TWO OF THEIR GRAND
CHILDREN
CHILDREN.

fellow servant rule, assumed risk and
eontrlbutory negligence.
| The employee cannot resort TO tie
courts for damages when injured in
the factory of corporation which
pays into the state compensation fund
except when the injury Is caused by
the disregard Of a law, ordinance or
order issued BY an authorized public
officer providing FOR the protection o.
employees or by the willful wrong Of
an employer his officer or agents
The employer contributes 30 per cent
of the compensation fund and the eni-
ployees 10 per cent Awards range
from $3,400 10 81 800 and are graded
on the scale Of wages paid employees.
/ The taxing laws Of the state were
joke when Mr. Harmon was inducted
4 into Office and the taxpayers had
no means to check extravaganza Of
! their public officers These men decid-
ed on the Amount Of money they were
going to spend in a year and then
made levy to produce that amount
I Taxpayers could do nothing but pFy.
"The authority which demands must
/ be curbed," said the executive in q
message to the general assembly That
body obeyed and passed the Smith blu
which limited the maximum tax rate
4 that could be levied BIZ public officers
In each district TO ] per cent Of tax
duplicates. That was sufficient, the
governor held, for an economical ad-
/ ministroton IL more money were
needed there was Incorporated in the
SMITH bin a provision FOR referen
dunn vote on higher rate.
There were large number Of taxing
boards composed Of various state Off
GERS with jurisdiction over excise and
other corporate taxation, but different
boards were made Up Of different Off
GERS SO that there could be no uniform
ana consistent action Auditors III
eighty eight Ohio counties had nearly
eighty-eight different rules OF apnrais.
ing property. with the result that no
one got square deal
Governor Harmon had a bill drafted
to abolish an these boards and 70 place
4 the entire taxing machinery of the
commonwealth in The hands Of sin
Gle state commission OF three mem
bers. Other new tax laws make ii
possible to chase ont Of hiding millions
of dollars of property and also strength
eli and broaden the inquisltorlal pow
ers of tue state tax commission.
ohioans expected big things from
Judson Harmon when they elected him
their governor The achievements III
/ lhe Democratic general assembly show
4 the expectations Of The people have
been realized He Ind been a leading
attorney for years but search of his
record disclosed Harmon. while be had
corporations among his clieats had
never given his talents TO appear in il
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 ~ all
Jurisprudence on the anfi-trust sub.
/ jeet. In private life he was recognized
as one OF the ahIest lawyers IN ONO.
/ In February, 1910, ten months before
the state election III Ohio when Judson
Harmon would go before the people
FOR reelection, Ohio Republicans by or.
der Of President Taft held a harmony
meeting IN Dayton The Republicans
ut Dayton did not talk ~ helping Pres
ldeut Taft On of restoring Tile Repuh
lean party, they talked about the
chance Of defeating Governor Harmon.
and they did not talk hopefully TN
consciously they paid a patent tribute
4 IL IRE real strength ~ the npr "
/ suddenly reyealed the tremendous sue-
cess OF Governor Harmon and his com.
plete mastery of the political situation
! Ia Ohio. The plan Of opposition out