Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-04
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Me ,1:j!f,nr"l. r";ifot resort IN T.
courts toy Gar;H-p@ w'.e.t ;.lilr'A II
the tartens ot Il e.s"ila;afinn NHlei
paws into III. siute eoii,tei..::itluE! iGHt
except wiien the injury Is caused BY
the disregard OF Il law. ordinance of
ORDER ISSUED By nn authorized pubic
officer providing for the protection OF
employees or by the wi!fu! wrong OF
an employer. his officer or agents
The employer contributes 90 per cent
of the compensation fund and the en-
ployees 10 pei cent Awards range
from s""S. 400 10 $500 and are graded
on the scale OF wages ptld employees
The taXia:. laws Of the state were a
Joke when Mr. Harmon was indicted
into Office ana the taxpayers had
no means to check eXtr;tvagance %!
their public officers These men decld
ed on the Anu;Int ot money they were
going to spend i'll Il year and then
made Il levy to produce that anoant
"The authority Which demands mist
be curbed said the executive il IL
message to the general assembly That
body obeyed and passed the Smith bill
which limited the maximum tax rate
that could he levied by public officers
in each district 10 ! per cent OF tax
dup!icateS That was sufficient. the
governor held. for an economical hd
ministrarion 1t more money wer"
needed there WAS Incorporated i'll tie
smith bill Il provision Tor Il refere:'
dunn vote Oh Il higher rate
There We're Il large number OF taxing
boarliS cuu.!o>ed of various state o.
GERS With jurisdiction over excise ana
other vorpnratp TAXATION. hut different
boards Were mace up of different oih
GERS SO that there could ht- no uniform
ana consistent action. Auditors III
eighty eight Ohio counties had ueari,
eighty eight different rules OF hpprni>-
in. property With the RESULT that 40
one got Il square deal.
Guvernur Harmon mad Il bill drafted
to abolish ail these boards and 10 place
the entire taxing machinery of the
common wealth. in the hands OF Sill
..p state commission OF :hrer mem
hprS GtnTi new tax laws make II
possible To chase out of hiding mlllion>
Ut dollars ot pruperty'and also strength
Ell anal broaden the inuuiSitorial pow
ers oi The state tax commission.
OhuaaS expected big things from
hudson Harmon when they elected iiin'
lhelr governor The achievements ~!
the Drniocr;ltr. geiler;fi assembly show
the expectations u; the people have
been rean2ea HE had been Il t*s.sins
attorney Tor wears. hut a search OF MS
record disclosed harmon. white he had
corporations anlunY"9nlS clients. iad
never given his tah,nts tn appear III a
court sun against the" people. As IA
attorney general at the United Stale
he mad proved III l,e Il friend of ,n.
peope lighting through court ci.s.-
which rStahIShrd The t,n...d:iioa ot III
Jurisprudence on The antitrust S!'''
jr.t In private 'itr ti.. wa> rt4'o"ni2e :;
aS one OF the abipSt' lawyers NJ Ono 8
In February. 1910. ten tifhnthS befnr"
the state rieotlT,n In Ohio. when .lndson
Hnr'nnn Wnulii CIV before the peap!..
COY "a. si,ssiiun O,n Eepnl'licans By Of
,trr u; i.r,.,i-."nr iatt ned :, harmony
Irpetin. IN i,a>ton th.' Republicans
al DAYTON did noi talk al neiiAng Pres
dent Taft or OF rpsf0rin. the ltebuh
lican PARTY: they talked about the
chance of defpat1ng t;ovrrnof' Harmon
and they did nos talk hopefully, Tin
consciously they paid "a patent tribute
to the real strength ut thts iman. il
suddenly revealed the tremendous sue
cess Of Governor Harmousand his com.
plete mastery otethp political situation
in Ohio The ptaus OF. opposition out