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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05

system as will protect the taxpayer rom the tax spender and will compel corporations to stop lodging taxes and pay along with all individual property owners; third, the application of busf- ness methods and economy in public expenditures, and, fourth, the enact ment of purely nonpartisan laws for the benefit of the entire people irrespective of political parties and designed to make rule by interest seeking corpora tions extremely difficult and rule by the people easy.
 Alter he became governor two years ago MT. Harmon quietly began his in vestigation of the methods by which public money had been loaned by Re publican state treasurers. He learned they put interest earnings in their pockets He found needed records were missing. Those who could testify de- clined. He wandered for months blind ly. Little by little the graft trail be- came clearer. One Republican legisla- ture met and declined to investigate An overconfident Republican press pro- claimed that there was no evidence. Then the governor showed his hand. There followed in rapid order suits against the estate and bondsmen of w. s. Mckfnnon, former state treasurer, for $116,1S5 and interest thereon; against former State Treasurer I. B. Cameron and his bondsmen for s211. .721
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05
SOME BIG BILLS 4 REAL GOVERNOR
 OBTAINED FOR PEOPLE IN GHI0

plan of nominating ectins United . of the people Ohio judiciary beyond Of eIectine judges nonpatisan ballots. g<4 damages swtho and H and service. h srAnssses a undertaking. A limited initiative and for Ohio c8ea of institutions Co
  This bill places subordinate employees the inston snd 
 aboishins directsrs
 
 of to petition only and elected onn nonpa ballots. the requiring all Ohio village
  constitution.
 hemoraizng provide for te ssee of United States the honest handling deposg h s1 unde competitive bidding of $3oooooo oAksa system of improved roadways the world
   that lodging holdings dupeaes bill all sf 
 Public utilities b the initiative and
  committee These bills will L &s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05
TWO OF THEIR GRAND

Sending for aSrneuber of congress, the president saids A'I wish you could sug- sest a good lawyer to do good service as attorney general, man who lives somewhere in the west and whose nomination as attorney general would be approved by all who know him And would like a now man if possi- bIe-new in the sense that he is not now actively identified with politics" 'T know the man you are looking for" said the congressman. His name is Judson Harmon, a lawyer who stands high at the Ohio bar"
 A few days later Judson Harmon in Cincinnati received letter from Pres ident Cleveland asking him to accept
 an appointment as attorney general. Surprised, MT. Harmon meditated alone for few minutes, then called in one of his law partners and explain ed the situation.
 "Now. the answer to this question rests with Mrs. Harmon" said he. "If
 she wants to go to Washington as the
 wife of a cabinet officer she may. If
 she prefers to stay here, why, here we
 will live" And so 1t was Mrs. Har-
 mons verdict which really made Jud-
 son Harmon attorney general of the
 United States.
 While he was attoEuey general he argued many cases before the supreme court, argued them weIl-so well that he earned many deserving comph- ments from bench and bar. Among them, and perhaps the most noted, was that of the United States against the Transmissour Freight association. It was the first test as to the efficiency of the Sherman antitrust law when ap- piled to prevent an illegal combination of railroads. MT. Harmon won, and the combination went by the boards.
 Of a similar character were the suits against the Freight Traffic association and the Addyston Pipe company. liar mon was successful in both, and thus was established the law as 1t stands today, and likewise was made good the prediction of Judge Taft when. upon the occasion of General Harmon's ap-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05
Drafted F Se Ha Recordo o In State Is Repbi
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P will countenance no fri1Es and who sits on the edge of a big table that occu- pies the center of the governors recep- ton room and chats with visitors. Common as an old shoe" is the way Ohio farmers size up their governor after they see him perched on that table, swinging his feet, and hear him talk straight from the shoulder
 There is good old fashioned public service being rendered in the Ohio ex- ecutive chamber.
 Governor Harmon has always been drafted for public service. In the practice of law he has been very suc- cessful, and he was content to devote all his time to that. He did not seek the governorship of Ohio. He was drafted.
 When President Cleveland promoted Attorney General Richard Olney to secretary of state to succeed Walter O. Gresham in 1895. after the death of the latter. he needed an attorney general.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05
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record disclosed Harmon, while he had corporations among his clients, had never given his talents to appear in 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 and had displayed remarkable con- structive business ability when he as receiver saved the B. and O. S. w.. C., H. and D. and Pere Marquette rail- roads from bankruptcy and turned the properties back to the original owners without the loss of dollar to credi- tors, stockholders and employees
 None of these things was accom- plished without a fearless and persist ent fight by Governor Harmon. The batteries of Ohio national G. O. P. leaders, intent on saving the Buckeye
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05
By A. V. ABERNETHY.

~ OLUMBUS, O. (SpeciaD. -
 \ When the bribery charges against members of the Ohio general assembly exploded with the suddenness and force of a bomb and sent scores on a hunt for lawyers Governor Judson Harmon took the same view of the personality of guilt that he did when he reported to President Roosevelt that Paul Morton. a member of his cabinet, had been guilty of granting rebates while an off, cer of the Santa Fe railroad. Guilt Is always personal" said Harmon to Roosevelt, and he resigned his commits sion to investigate rebating because Teddy was inclined to shield Morton
 A few hours after the bribery charges were filed the Ohio executive sent out an order that no man should be spared in the legislative boodling investiga- tion- Party and even personal friend ships must be set aside, the governor said, and the entire situation cleaned up.
 Throughout nineteen years of contin- uous control Republican state adminis- trations, when charges of irregularities were made involving members of their party, assumed the attitude, "They are our thieves, and we must defend them" There is an Ohio statute which grants immunity to every one who testifies be- fore legislative committee, and this law, together with a whitewash brush, had prevented any Republican law vio- lator from being haled before a court of justice.
 Naturally there was a great rush t,xy d 9<y te.Io tixra immunity. But Governor Harmon promptly pulled the plug of the immu- nifty bathtub and prevented any one bathing in its soothing waters by in sisting that no legislative Investigating
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05

son. They intrust this to their officers, and to these, if worthy of the confi- dence placed in them, the offense Is magnifled by the multitude of the wronged instead of being reduced by division among them after the manner of the minimizing or low thinking. In the less than three years Of hiS ad- ministration Governor Harmon has made a record of accomplishment un- paraIleled in the history of Ohio poli- tics. He has wrought more progress for the people than was accomplished in the forty years that preceded him. There has been written into the stat utes legislation that the enlightened citizens had been demanding and pleading for in vain for decades.
 When NIT. Harmon was inaugurated he found authority divided among many, with no cooperation and the public business managed in a slipshod manner. As everybody knows, the more widely authority is scattered the more nearly impossible it is to get the most pressing matters decently attend ed to. Governor Harmon looked around and began to put into effect the princi- ples of business which he applied to rehabilitate several nearly bankrupt railroads.
 Then began a reorganization, with the result that Mir. Harmon obtained businesslike concentration of authority. And today in no commonwealth of the United States do the ordinary princi- ples of private business enterprises, honesty, industry. intelligence, exact nd iofu aot a ha a fa government as in Ohio.
 The supremely important achieve ments of the Ohio Democracy under the leadership of Governor Harmon may be divided into transactions and legislation-frst, for the elimination of graft; second, such reform in the tax
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05

cohesive body. The eighty-eight audi tors had nearly eishty-e eight different rules of appraising property, with the result that no one got a square deal
 Governor Harmon had a bill drafted to abolish all these boards and to place the entire taxing machinery of the com monWealth in the hands of single state commission of three members. One Republican general assembly refused to create the commission, but the exec utive worked up so strong public sen timent for the measure that the suc- ceeding Republican legislature enacted such a bill. Other new tax laws make it possible to chase out of hiding mill lions of dollars of property and also strengthen and broaden the inquisito- rial powers of the state tax commits sion.
 Ohioans expected big things from Judson Harmon when they elected him their governor The achievements of the Democratic general assembly show the expectations of the people have been realized. He had been a leading attorney for years. but a search of his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05
SOME HARMON EPIGRAMS


 would Republican people declared for would simply be doing the will of the people. emblem H adto the and those who and Both would uu have to dc the of a to it.
  ample oped by
  arH avss flowed to frame them. and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05

~ OLUMBUS, O. (SpeciaD. - N When the bribery charges A A against members of the Ohio ~ general assembly exploded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

and Miss Elizabeth McNeaI of New
Boston occurred at the home of JUS
tfce w. D. Emerson on Monday, Oct
I6, at 2 O'Clock.
A free musical entertainment will
be given at the opera house on Fri
day evening by the choral union under
the direction Of Henry II. Hall, Mrs.
StauIcup, soprano, Robert Mcdonald.
pianist.
Rev. a. r. Moody is attending the
annual meeting of the synod of Hi
nois Of the Presbyterian church
which is held in Charleston, Ill,
Oct. 1919. Mrs. William MCHurd is
the AIedo delegate to the women's
synodicaI meeting which is being held
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

the yerauda. Sheldon egged him on TO
strike with strength. till the two triced
savages screamed and howled while
the blood oozed down their backs.
The lesson was being well written in
red.
When the last Of the gang, including
the two bowling culprits. had passed
out through the compound gate. Shell
don sank down half faindng on his
couch.
You're q sick man." he groaned.
"a sick man
But Won can sleep at ease tonight
he added. half an hour later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

3 the morning David Sheldon de
cided that he was worse. That
he was appreciably weaker there
was no doubt. and there were
other symptoms that were Unfavorable.
He began his rounds looking for
trouble He wanted trouble. In full
health the strained situation would
have been serious enough; but as il
was. himself growing helpless. some
thing had to be done. The blacks
were getting more sulen and defiant.
and the appearance of the men the
previous night on his veranda-one of
the gravest Of offences on Berande-
was ominous. Sooner or later they
would get him. If he did not get them
first. If he did not once again scar on
their dark souls the flaming mastery
of the white man.
He returned TO the house disappoint-
ed. No opportunity had presented It
self Of making an example Of insolence
or iDsubordinatton-su as had oc-
CURED on every other day since the
sickness smote Berande The fact that
none had offended was in itself sus-
picious. They We're growing crafty
1t was one man against two hundred.
and be was horribly afraid of his
sickness overpoweHng him and leav-
ing him at their mercy. He saw vi
sioas OF the blacks taking charge OF
the plantation, IoOung the store. burn
ing the buildings and escaping TO Ma
laita. Also one grewsome vision he
caught OF his own head. sun dried and
smoke cured. ornamenting the canoe
house Of a canu1bal village. Either
the Jessie would have TO arrive or
he would have to do something
The bell had hardly rung. sending
the labOrers into the fields. when Shell
don had a visitor. Forty men, armed
with spears. bows and arrows and
war clubs. gathered outside the gate
of the compound. but only one enter
ed They knew the law Of Berande,
as every native knew the law of every
white mans compound in all the thou
sand miles Of the far flung Solomons
The one man who came up the path
Sheldon recognized as Seelee. the chief
of BaIesuna village. The savage did
not mount the steps, but stood be
meath and talked 10 the white lord
above.
SeeIee was more intelligent than the
average Of his kind. but his intelli-
gence only emphasized the lowness of
that kind. His eyes, close together and
small, advertised cruelty and craft
ness 4 gee string and a cartridge
belt were all the clothes he wore.
As he talked. or listened. he made
grimaces like a monkey. He said yes
by dropping his eyelids and thrusting
his chin forward. He spoke with
childish arrogance strangely at vari-
auce with the subseryieDt position be
occupied beneath the yeTanda. He.
with his many followers. was lord and
master OF BaIesuna village. But the
white man. without followers, was
lord and master of Berande-ay. and
On occasion. single handed. had made
himself lord and master Of Balesuna
village as well. Seelee did not like TO
remember that episode. 1t had &C
Cured in the course OF learning the
nature Of white men and Of learning
TO abouinate them. He had once been
guilty OF shelteUing three runaways
from BeT9nde.
Unfortunately. he was ignorant Of
the ways Of white men. This partiCu-
lar white man educated him by arriv-
ing ut his grass house in the gray OF
dawn. In the first moment he had felt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

held IdE h4FIE u BIN AND
WAITED.
his fellows. but none moved to aid
him They were intent upon the
coming spectacle. staring fascinated ct
the white man with death in his hands
who stood alone on the great veranda
''Astos." Sheldon said. Selling the
psychological moment. I count three
fella time Then l shoot you fe4s
dead. good by. all finish you"
And Sheldon knew that when he had
counted three he would drop him in
his tracks. The black knew il, too.
That was why Sheldon did not have
TO do IL. for when he had counted one.
Astoa reached out his hand and took
the whip. And right well Astoa laid
on the whip. auSered = his fellows
for not supporting him. and venting
his anger with eyerJ stroke. From
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

and a physical wreck, Raymon Moore,
a one time popular song writer, is ser.
iou-Iy i'll at the Massachusetts gener.
al hospital. Moore is the author Of
sweet Marie" Just as the Sun Went
Down." and other song hits. When
the news of his critical illness reach.
cd theatrical friends, steps were taken
20 provide for him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
A1edO

Mr.. and Mrs. E. y. Cannon and son
of Moline took the car here Satur-
day for Keithsburg to visit friends.
Mrs. H. E. Morrison of Freeport
and little niece, Hope Stevens, went
to Keithsburg Saturday to visit at
the home of a. Ringdahl and fam
lily.
\ son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac White on Saturday, Oct. IA.
Mrs. E. H. Osborn left Sunday for
Jewell, Iowa, to visit her parents a
few days.
Mrs. Lenore Wixon went to Gales
burg Monday for short visit before
going on 10 Rockford to visit her sis
ter.
The Misses Lallie and Ruth Aber-
crombie and little niece returned
Sunday from Rock Island, where
they have visited a few days with the
Misses Junge.
Miss Pearl Larrance will attend the
meeting Of the Military Tract asso-
citation, which will be held in Peoria
this week. Miss Larrance is the
secretary of this association.
George Bentley of Hutchinson,
Kan, concluded a visit with c. f.
Bentley and family, leaving Monday
for his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Fender and
son of New London, Iowa, who have
been here visiting since Thursday,
left Monday for their home.
Miss Edna Law. who is employed
in the Young & NcCombs store in
Rock Island, spent the week end with
her mother and brother.
Miss Ruth Dool went to Mathers-
vile Monday TO visit her sister. Mrs.
Ira Mayhem.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. listed and baby
were visitors in Rock Island on Mon
day.
Mrs. 7Iaude Smith and George
sherman returned to Rock Island
Monday after few days visit here.
W. II. Webb Of Buffalo, Mo. who
has been the guest of relatives in
Alodo and vicinity a few days, left
Monday for his home.
MIR. and Mrs. N. Felix of Cuba, Ill,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Fee
Tx this week.
". c. Danford, Mrs. Anna Baker,
10
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nara ana NiES' ~ oouii't,liso" "CIe
-.iosen a. 'NG 49, - IN l.-s ~
j. 7uNu"5 9'IoC- - me oouii'F
Miss VashLi Valentine left Monday
for her home in keaTney, Neb., after
a months visit here with relatives
ana friends.
MT. ana MIS- AiOer' arm slaTteu u
-'o'ie9s i"i YIN -'--i' ->s''' ~ ISL '0'
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l.IS'd On MONDAY H-sHl Ds aoou'
'~eL'S i've 'oeTS OF the w. IL -
VINO came ~ "oHoI o. "sT Or 'Nuo'
9ue was presented WIN Oea"Lii ui
souvenir spoon hF MIS-. 10" brown
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
in Mattoon at the same time.

in Nation at the same time.
The Mercer County Medical soci-
ETY. will hold it's semi-annuaI meeting
in the Aledo court house Tuesday
Oct. "a. at 10 a. m. An Interesting
program will be given after the reg
ular business is transacted. Among
the speakers are DR.. j. +. Percy OF
Galesburg, DR.. J. A. Kleinsmid Of
Aledo, DR.. Frank Eyre Of North Hen
derson and an important clinic viii
be conducted by Or. Frederick a. Bes-
ley of Chicago. \ banquet will be
served at the Merchants hotel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

The pleasant purgative effect expert
cuoed by all who use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. and the
healthy condition OF the body and mind
which they create. makes one feel Joy.
ful Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20
Adventure
A Romance of
The South Seas
BY
JACK ON

Copyright. 1910. by Street 9 Smith
Copyright. 1914. by the Macmillan Compan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

All the news all he tlme-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

Author of Sweet Marie" ~.
Boston, Mass, oct. 2O.-Penniless
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-20

(To be Conrinued.l
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-09

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