The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-10-27
TREMENDOUS
OU7POUR|NG
Of The People OF Mt. Vernon To
Hear Gov. Cox
Largest Political Gathering Since
The Visit Here Of Bryan

GOV. COX arrived from troOeTlCK-
town few minutes before nine o'clock
and, as he was scheduled to leave on
the 1853 train of the 3. G. o. railroad,
which would limit his address to about
three-quarters Of an hour, 1t was
deemed inexpedient for him to speak in
the court room and also address the
crowd on the outside. Therefore, 1t
was hastily determined that the gov
ernor should speak from the porch of
the Curtis House and an announce
ment to that effect was made to the
people at the court house. The i'm
mense crowd surged from there to the
public square and filed the large space
In front of the hotel.
Judge Frank o. lowering presented
Gov. Cox and he was received with an
enthusiastic demonstration of ap-
plause. AS the governors time for
speaking was limited to about an half
hour, only few topics could be touch
cd upon by him in his address. He re-
ferred to the new order of things In
Ohio under the progressive laws that
have been enacted in keeping with the
mandate of the people when they
adopted the many constitutional
amendments two years ago and made
vivid comparison with the old order
that existed prior thereto He devoted
a considerable part OF his time to
discussion of the workmen's compen-
sation law, showing the advantages
that now accrue to the working man
and the employer as well, over the old
condition that obtained when the liza
bility insurance companies held forth,
fleeing the employer and paying little
or no attention TO the injured work
man or his widow and then only when
compelled to do so after a long drawn
out fight in the court.
Gov. Cox mentioned few of the
many instances illustrating how the
compensation law has brought re
lief to injured workmen or their wi
dows in cases of fatalities.
Another one of the humane laws for
which the Cox administration is re-
sponsible, the mothers pension act,
was also dwelt upon briefly by Gov.
Cox. He pointed out what great boon
this law IL to the motherhood of the
state of Ohio by keeping together
worthy widow and her minor children,
Instead of permitting them to be separ-
ated and the children sent to public in
stitutions.
| The governor referred so the new
order OF things that exists with refer.
ence to handling the public funds. He
called attention to the old order when
| Republican state treasurers loaned the
public funds to favorite banks and
pocketed the interest, amounting to
many thousands of dollars and men
! toned how Attorney General Hogan
had instituted civil actions, compelling
II restitution of the money to the state
treasury. He further called attention
to the criminal prosecutions that have
been made by Mr.. Hogan and Of the
recent decision of the supreme court
under which former Republican state
treasurer, Isaac Cameron, must stand
trial on criminal charge of retaining
/ the interest money that belonged to
the state of Ohio. The governor vivid.
ly contrasted this with tho new order
of things, whereby the public funds are
let out to the banks on competitive
bidding and have thereby earned hun.
dreds of thousands of dollars for the
people Of Ohio
Gov. Cox again emphasized his atti-
tude for law enforcement, no matter
what the law may be. He showed how
lie had absolutely enforced the provi.
sion OF the liquor license law for the
fclosing OF saloons on Sunday. and In
tho most emphatic manner proclaimed
that II majority of the people of Ohio
voted for prohibition at the coming
election, he would, In the most rigid
manner. enforce their mandate and ev.
cry foot Of Ohio would be made abso-
lutely dry.
The governor, for lack of time, could
not dwell at any length upon the
Warnes taxation law. but In the few
minutes he devoted to the subject.
showed how the operation OF the law
has reduced the taxes of every taxpay-