The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-05-01


from Mahonins, is the Republican
leader Of the drys in the liquor u.
cense fight.
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dicted for bribery. will be given a
second trial May 5. In his first trial,
the jury disagreed. William Kirby
Toledo attorney, charged with bribing
former Representative George B. Nye,
will be placed on trial June 9.
Makes Some Enemies.
Despite the thorough work of Gov.
Cox in sending through the legisla.
ture his big administration measures,
he has made bitter enemies during tho
course of the session. Supporters OF
the bill providing an eight-hour work.
ing day for women charge him with
responsibility for first changing the
measure into a nine-hour bill and then
with choking it to death in the sen.
ate. Friends of the miners screen
bill lay its defeat at the governors
door and those who wanted to see the
franchise of the Cincinnati Traction
Co. revoked, aver that it was the in.
fuence Of the governor that caused
the senate committee on public utili.
ties to defeat that measure after the
house had passed it by large mar.
gin. Moreover, there is another con.
tingent that is condemning the atti.
tude of the governor in opposing tho
Wise bill, which provides for the re.
vocation Of the franchise of the North.
ern Ohio Traction Co. between the
cities of Canton and Massillon.
Friends of the governor are coming
to his defense with the contention
that in accomplishing the things he
did, the making Of some mistakes and
the incurring of some enmities was
unavoidable, but that his work ON tho
whole has merited praise.
Short Ballot Campaign.
The short ballot campaign this
summer and fall promises TO bring
about one of the incest little political
wars imaginable. The Democratic
party which has been sailing rathet
smoothly is expected to have tryina
time as a result. The reason is that
the leaders of the party will clash
over the carrying out of the short bal,
lot program. The assembly has just
voted to submit to the people a con.
stitutional amendment providing that
only the governor and the lieutenant
governor shall be elected on the state
ticket with the exception of the Judges
of the supreme court. 1t has submit,
ted also to popular vote the question
of whether the counties shall be given
the right to approve a simplified form
of electing their officials. Gov. Cox is
strongly in favor of the adoption of
both propositions. Attorney General
Hogan is hard set against the idea
of having the attorney general ap,
pointed by the governor and now
comes the auditor of state, Vic Dona
hey, just as doggedly determined that
the state auditor shall not be named
by the governor if he can have any,
thing to say about it. All three prom,
Use to take the stump when the cam.
paign gets to the real heated stage
next fall and some very exciting do,
velopments may well be expected.
New Developments in Probe.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars OF
state money were allowed by the late
former Auditor of State w. D. Gull.
bert to lie in bank without earning a
penny of interest for the state, accord
ing to the newest developments in the
state probe of the illegal deposit of
state funds. The new development
comes from the examination by state
experts of the books of the defunct
Union National bank Of Columbus.
Evidence shows that certain corpora.
tion fees were deposited in the Union
National, formerly the Merchants and
Mechanics bank and allowed to lie
without interest. At one time the
fees aggregated the sum of more than
a million dollars, so the examination
of the books show. When former
State Treasurer Creamer took office,
he demanded that the Union National
show its books to the state. The
bank refused. Thereupon Mr.. Cream.
er withdrew heavy state deposits.
This shows that the bank had been
under suspicion for some time and
that it had good reason to conceal it's