The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-05

ested In the selection OF a president
who will honor their recommends
tions for men aspiring 10 the United
States judgeshlpa2
do you not know that almost with
out exception the members OF the
plumber bund favor Mr., Harmon
against any progressive who can be
named? Are these men mistaken In
their mang DO you not know that the
Wall street controlled papers are al
most without exception presenting
Mr.. Harmon and urging his nomina'
tion ad against any progressive?
"Are these men mistaken In their
mang May we not judge man by
his supporters when we find him sup
ported by those who want to convert
the government into o private assetY
Can the people take the chance In.
volved in putting such a man in SUI
preme control of the party and the
administration of the government
when men can be found equally COM
petent and who have the merit of be.
ing opposed by Wall street,
Anent Woodrow Wilson.
"You assert that another candidate
whom you mention is spending more
money than MIR. Harmon.
81 am not interested in any one
progressive against other progress
sives l am for that progressive In
each state, whatever his name may
be who can make the strongest tight
against any reactionary candidate,
whatever may be the name Of the re-
dictionary, and | am urging, and have
been for some time, the passage or
a law requiring the publication OF
contributions made to the funds that
are used to secure presidential nomi-
nations. | believe that the people
should know the sources from which
these contributions come.
Are you and Governor Harmon try
ing to secure the passage OF such
law? So far as / have been able to
Judge, a great deal more money has
been spent in behalf of your candi-
date than in behalf of any other If
you deny this, you have a chance to
find out. Publish a list of the con-
tributors to the Harmon fund and
challenge the other candidates to do
likewise. You can thus smoke them
out, or If they refuse, you will then
be in a position to use their silence
against them.
Until you DO this, why should peo-
pie give weight to your words when
you make charges against other can
didates? II Wall street has any other
candidate, Governor Harmon has a
right to complain, and the people have
a right to know. In consclusion, al
low me to say that am glad that
you are coming to Nebraska. You
will find no more real Harmon sentl-
ment in Nebraska that there was in
Oklahoma and Kansas.
Favored by ReactIonarles.
do you know Of any reason why
there should be? You will find that
Governor Harmon's support in this
state is confined, first, to reactionar-
les, and second, to those who favor
him, not because they believe he is a
progressive, but because l incurred
their hostility by opposing them in
1910 on a local issue. You will find
that the supporters Of Governor Har-
mon do not expect to secure major
ity of the Democratic votes, even with
the support that auxiliary organiza-
tions are giving him on local grounds.
"The most that Governor Harmons
supporters here hope for is to de-
feat the progressive forces, divided
between two candidates, and thus en-
able a minority to triumph over a
majority.
~Kindly report to Governor Harmon
what you find in Nebraska, and see
whether he is proud Of his Nebraska
campaign. Your trudy,
"W. ]. BRYAN"