The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-06-19
Cases Against Bond and
Dean Will Be Dropped.
STATE DECIDES TO QUIT FIGHT
Both Men Were Indicted for Offer
Ing Alleged eribes to solons to
Influence Their Votes on the
County Local Option Bill.
D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus Ohin

dropped. Both men were indicted for
Offering of alleged bribes to Senators
Drake of Erie county and Atwell Of
Licking county to influence their votes
on the Rose county local option bill.
They were tried several weeks ago,
the jury disagreeing. The alleged Of
tense occurred six years ago. The
. state has come to the conclusion that
It cannot make case against the two
former officials. 1t is also likely that
the state will drop the case against
George e. Wood, former clerk in the
secretary of states Office, who was
indicted with number of others in
volved in the old Ruggles-Gale cases,
in which state attaches were charged
with taking commissions on purchases
made by the state.
Laments Losing Job.
f. A. Crawford, former state print
er, who was replaced few days ago
by Frank Harper of Mt. Vernon, is
the first discharged state employe to
raise loud lament since the beginning
of the Cox regime. In his public
statement issued here, the deposed
printer demands of the governor that
he give reasons for taking away his
job. "No man has ever questioned
my fealty to the Democratic party,
unless it be you," says the Crawford
statement to the governor Then the
statement launches into bitter con-
demnation of the governors pciiGy of
getting at" the old Harmon appoint
ees. 1t threatens split in the Demo
cratic party and the creation of never
ending factionalism. But probably
the most interesting part of the Craw-
ford lamentations is the part which
declares that the deposed official real
ly blames "Bill' Finley, former state
oil inspector, more than the governor
himself. In fact, Finley is blamed for
missal of the Harmon men and the
reason given for Finleys attitude is
that he is angry for having been dis
missed from the oil inspectorshlp by
the former governor and now wants
to "even up with all the Harmon ap-
pointees.
Governor Is a Busy Man.
II you think it's soft snap" to be
governor of Ohio under present con
ditions, you are probably the victim
of misapprehension of just what the
conditions are. The governor just
now is the center of whirlwind OF
petitions, requests, demands, and COM
plants. In addition to the throngs
of ofice-seekers that belabor him
from morning till night, there are the
scores of other incidents of office
routine duties, conferences and audi
ences concerning things great and
small People are running to the gov
ernor with the slightest grievances
and no amount of persuasian will
cause them to be turned to some low
err official. Here is the latest illustra
ton. Some of the students of the
state school for the blind are piquet
at their superintendent, e. M. Var
Cleve. Their meals haven't been O.
the best quality, they aver, and be
sides they are not being given all the
social freedom they want. So theil
first impulse is to seek out the gov
ernor and tell their troubles. And 81
TO the governor they go in person
demanding that the superintendent
be removed forthwith.
In ruling just given, Secretary o
State Graves holds that in villages o
1000 and over, and in all cities candl
dates for school board shall be nom
mated either independently or by par
ties. Where the population is beloy
1000, the candidates will run inde
pendently.
Deffenbaugh Takes New Office.
e. F. Deffenbaugh, former sherii
OF Fairfield county, has jus
taken his new Office as state flr
marshal, succeeding John W. Zube
of Paulding, who was appointed t
this position by former Gov. Harmo
four years ago. The late w. s. Roger
of Cleveland, appointed fire marsha
by former Gov. Harris, was remove
by Harmon exactly one year after t
the day that he received his appoint
ment, and Zuber was put in in hi
stead. It seems to have become tn
custom to put a former county officis
in the fire maT5haPs Office. Zube
was formerly prosecuting attorney c
Paulding county. D. s. Creamer, VIII
was fire marshal before Rogers, wa
a former county official. Deffenbaug
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Congressman Is Plain Spoken.
Plain speaking is Congressma
John ]. Whitacre's long suit, He wa
lops everybody, including himsel
When he was in Columbus the Othe
day talking over patronage with Co
Cox, he was asked If he had secure
leave of absence from congress, b
having been absent from Washingto
two weeks. Leave of absence notl
ing" said he. 'You do not need
You grab your hat and leave and al
never missed" Whitacre said ths
Senator Pomerene was a hardworkin
legislator and was always on the jol
Claims Encouraging News.
Gov. Cox declared that the Obi
state board Of commerce and th
Equity association are having haI
time to get voters to sign their pei
tions for the referendum on tf
Warnes tax law, the new workmen