The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-11-01

JUDGES MAKE FINE RECORD.
m osc,s,oM TvxsoAv ~ DEMOCRATIC Jvooss> >wn,cn
MEANS THE RGsroRArioM the STATE or 100000 sro.
LEN ~ FORMER RgPusLicAN STATE rREAsvRGRs WITH
the ASSISTANCE or CROOKED RGPUsL,cAM POLITICIANS
AND BANKERS. THE OHIO svpRGME COURT ssrAsL,sHGo
THG TRUTH OF THE CHARGES or ogMocRArs
GREEDY oANo or oRArrsRs RosssD THE COMMONWEALTH
~ THE TRGAsURv DEPARTMENT DURING a q. p ApMiNie-
TRATioMs.
FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1905 the People WATCHED nc.
PusL'cAN rRgAsURgRs GNrGR THE srATGHovsG Po0R
MEN. AND LEAVE FOUR LATER AFrsa sAaN,Mo ONLY
MODERATE sALARiGs, the PossgssoRs or HUGE ron.
TUNES. TINE PEOPLE HEARD ASovr THE RICH Opposite or
STATS MONEY THAT FLOWED FROM asPvsL'cAN rRGAs.
uReRs INTO THE BANKS OF Ooss oGoRoG Z.
OTHERS IN THE CORRUPT RING THEY sscAMs svss,c,ovs
WHEN NO INrEREsr WAS PAID TO THE srATG.
IN THE 1908 CAMPAIGN. DEMOCRATIC CHARGED THAT
PUBLICAN rReAsURERs WERE STEALING ENORMOUS
INTEREST EARNED ev STATE MONEY, AND THE PEOPLE De-
LEviNo THE CHARGE ELECTED A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
AND STATE SENATE. AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE FROM
THE SENATE BEGAN A PROSE. MEMBERS WITH
THE AMAZING ASSERTION. "rs NONE PEOPLES
BUSINESS" FROM STATE TREASURER MeklNNoN, WHEN
THEY INQUIRED ABOUT HIS DEPOSIT ACCOUNT. ALTHOUGH
NO BOOKS WE'RE KEPT AND EVERY BARRIER THAT pIsHoN
EST MEN COULD CONCEIVE WAS PUT IN THE WAY OF THE
PRoeERs, THEY LEARNED HOW THESE IMMENSE FORTUNES
PORT DISCLOSED A sRAzEN SYSTEM OF ROBBERY WHEREBY
HUoe sums STATE MONEY DEPOSITED IN FAVORED
sAMts UNDER THE NAMES OF THE REPUBLICAN TREAS
UReRs VINO WERE PAID sRisss IN THE FORM
COMMISSIONS FoR TIVE DGPosiTs " WAS RePoRTEo MANY
THovsANos OF DOLLARS HAD THUS BEEN sroLGN
MEANWHILE TVS DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR. JOHN N. PAT.
T,soN DIED AND the GRAFT CHARGES WERE HvsHED THE
GANG. GMDoLpGNEo sgcRETLv RENEWED ire PLuNpeRiNo
THE PgoPIg siess - 5o,ctt
IN THE CAMPAIGN DEMOCRATIC AGAIN srARrEo
TO cLEANsg THE TREASURY OF oRAFTeRs AND ON THIS
ISSUE PEOPLE ELECTED A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
STATE TREASURER. DIGGING DOWN INTO
GRAFT CORRUPTION. DEMOCRATS PROCEEDED
EcUTE THE COMMISSION THE PEOPLE GAVE
FEW MONTHS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE WAS UNEARTHEo TO
WARRANT THE FILING SUITS TO COLLECT 100000 IN.
rEREsT ON STATE MONEY THAT HAD BEEN sroLEN.
THEN BEGAN A BITTER STRUGGLE THROUGH THE
COURTS the CORRUPT RING WHICH SCORED
FIRST ADVANTAGE THROUGH FAVORABLE DECISION FROM
REPUBLICAN JUDGE JUST PRIOR TO THE CAMPAIGN.
AGAIN DEMOCRATS ASKED FOR NEW COMMISSION TO
PURIFY THE TREASURY, WHILE REPUBLICANS. WITH the
FAVORABLE DECISION TO GIVE WEIGHT TO THEIR ARov.
MENTs SOUGHT DECEIVE THE PEOPLE ~ CALLING the
GRAFT CHARGE MYTH THIS TIME THE PEoPLG FULLY
cooNzANT THE SHOCKING CONDITIONS IN THE STATE.
HOUSE, ELEcTED ENTIRE STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET,
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE AND ELEVATED TO THE su.
PREME BENCH TWO DEMOCRATS TO ASSIST IN THE ExTER.
MiNATioN OF GRAFT. IT WAS THESE TWO DEMOCRATIC
JUDGES WITH ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC RECENTLY AP.
POINTED. WHO RENDERED IMPORTANT DECISION WHICH
WILL FORCE oRAETERs o'sooReg NEARLY 100000
STOLEN
IN OTHER NOTABLE DECISIONS RECENTLY,
THE DEMOCRATIC JUDGES HAVE NosLv RESPONDED
70 THE PEOPLES CAUSE ONE.
THREE JUDGES UPHELD THE MoNPARrIsAN JUDICIARY
Acr-oNE OF THE NOTABLE REFORMS OF THE PRES
gNT GENERATION. THE THREE REPUBLICAN JUDGES
Dopoep TAKING STAND ON THIS IMPORTANT LAW.
: IN THE OTHER CASE. THE THREE DEMOCRATIC
JUDGES DELIVERED BODY BLOW TO SEVERAL BIG
: RAILROADS ~ RESTORING TO THE CITY cLgvs.
z LAND 81 ACRES THE MOST VALUABLE LAND IN
3 THE MUNICIPALITY WHICH HAD BEEN DELIBERATE
3 " STOLEN ~ THE CORPORATIONS EVEN THE
: SOUND REPUBLICAN ORGAN, THE CLEVELAND LEAD