The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-04-12

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Not pie-o-near progresslves. with
theirpie-o-nearin stunts.
Nor dis-o-pinted statesmen with their
dls-o-pinted grunts;
| TWAS Uncle Judson Harmon, who
aint a'sayin' much.
Tor many years representatives OF
the people I'm the legislature have
been striving, but I'm vain. TO obtain
statewide uniform school text book
law, and thereby break the strangle
hold which the American school book
trust has upon the educational sys-
tom Of the state.
The people of Ohio are forced to
pay tribute of several hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars each year to this
trust, which. certain school men and
legislators charge. forces frequent
changes Of text books and has a great
variety of them as is possible in tho
different districts, so that the people
moving from one district to another,
are compelled to purchase entirely
new books for their children.
In it's fight against state wide un-
iformity of school text books, the
trust has had the support of Re-
publican state school comm lssioners.
Former Commissioner Zeler went so
far as to lobby against such n meas
urc in the 1910 and 1911 legislative
sessions
state School Commissioner Miller.
a Democrat, has declared that he fav
ors state wide uniformity of books
% ha .I h.. ta I.f.
everything in his power To bring that
about. lie is making a fight that, II
successful, will save the parents OF
Ohio school children hundreds ~
thousands OF dollars each year. and
will reduce the dividends of the
school book trust a similar amount.
Before he became school commits.
sloner, Mr.. Miller was one OF the Few
scnool men in the state who favored
uniform text bbolks-this, notwith-
standing practically every school man
in Indiana where they have such n
system favors II. In that state uni
formity of test books save the peo-
pie thousands of dollars annually.
Mr. Miller Is being bitterly op-
posed by the school book trust All
the voters in Ohio. who want to break
She book monopoly, should encourage
Mr.. Miller with their active support
in his campaign for recollection, and
with their votes for him next No.
vember.
Despite the claim of other candi.
dates, Arkansas will send her solid
delegation of eighteen to the Balti-
more national convention.
a telegram received at Harmon
headquarters from Mayor Solmson,
secretary of the Arkansas Harmon
organization, announced that Satur-
days county conventions throughout
the state resulted In a complete vic-
tory for Harmon and the elimination
of Wilson.
Resolutions endorsing Wilson and
Cla.k in two thirds of the counties
were voted down. Clark has 175
delegates to the state convention oltt
OF total of $50. "Harmon's friends"
the telegram reads. fought against
instruction but for the selection of
Harmon delegates and have won out"
John r. Mclean. that railroad and
gas magnate and multl-mllllonaire OF
Washington, ID. c.. whose entire poll
It's progressiveness. through his Gin
cinnati Enquirer, which Is not a Dem
ocratic paper has been calling upon
the Democrats of Ohio TO vote for the
most popular Democratic candidate
for president.
lie makes special appei 10 pros
pective candidates for public offices
by asking them to give their support
TO the candidate who would carry
with him to victory the largest num-
Der OF county tickets. If the Demo-
Gratis OF Ohio care to take the ad-
vice of the Enquirer, an Independent
newspaper, they will vote for Judson
Harmon, who carried into office with
him more E-snocratic county ohi-
cials than the state has had since
the Republican party was founded.
In 1896 there were sS3 Republican
county officials In the state and 429
Democratic; in 1898, the figures were
500 Republican and 42S Democratic;
1900, there were 79S Republicans ahd
522 Democratic; 1902 the number Of
Republican officials was increased to
$40 and the Democratic decreased to
376; in 1904 the statistics show 91T
Republican and 401 Democratlc fol.
lowing the election Of Democratic
governor the previous year, the re-
cords for 1906 place the Republican
county office holders at 841 and the
Democratic at Az
In 1908 when Judson Harmon was
first candidate, and was elected
the number Of Republican office hold
ers was reduced to 739 and the Demo
cratic was increased to 577--this in
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