The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-07-23
No.. g.

( the spleen of those temporarily in
power against those who are tempor-
arily out of power.
Has Great Faith in the People.
| We have reached a time when opti-
mism should supplant pessimism IN
the legislative and administrative
branches of the government, both
state and national. We need leader
I full of the milk of human kindness for
all mankind, who, like Lincoln and
Washington and Samuel Adams, has
| great faith in the people, and who be-
| lieyes in the fundamental principles
upon which our fathers builded this
commonwealth. A strong constitution,
cheerful disposition. and an abiding
faith in the integrity of his fellow
men are among the most essential eie-
ments of leader of men. These ele-
ments are strongly developed in
Frank B. Willis.
| He comes of long line of patriotic
| sires. His forefathers have fought in
| every war from the days of the Revo-
luton, and he inherits soul afiame
| Win pdlIlO lOIlG htCs lulCuSO lONC VA
country will cause oEe to think twice
before seeking to remove any of the
| foundation stones upon which these
heroic old ancestors founded this
marvellous structure-the only govern
ment in which the humblest citizen
has an equal voice and vote with the
most exalted in the land. Experience
may teach us that changes are needed
here and there, but the man whose
forefathers fought to win our liber-
ties will be cautious in making radical
changes and feel the way carefully
| before removing the foundations
which they laid at the expense of life
| or limb.
Came From the Great Middle Class.
| He was born of humble parentage.
| Neither the richest nor the poorest,
but of that great middle class which
makes up by far the largest part of
our citizenship. He is in touch with
the needs of the whole people. Hav-
ing himself toiled with his hands, he
knows of the struggles of the sacri-
fees, Of the hopes and disappoint-
ments of the horny-handed sons Of toll,
and by what rigid economy and con-
stant effort they are able to meet the
family needs and every act of his pub.
lie life shows that he is in sympathy
with them in every honest effort to
better their condition. What he is
he has made for himself, he inherited
neither wealth nor position, except the
wealth of strong body, sturdy ma.
ture, a cheerful soul and the position
of being the offspring of a pioneer
father and mother who believed in all
the fundamental virtues which charac.
teriZed those rugged pioneers who
carved this commonwealth out of the
primal forests and made it what it is.
In his young manhood he taught
country school, And after working his
way through college and taking post
graduate course in law, he was for
many years at the head of the Law
Department of one of our leading uni
versities, at Ada, Ohio, so that he is
familiar with the laws Of the land, and
with the needs Of both the common
schools and colleges of the state, and
is thus qualified, in a particular de-
gree, to render assistance in the
proper Inauguration of the new school
system, and to suggest, from time to
time, such changes, if any, as expert.
ence proves necessary.
His Rise In Public Life.
Twice he has represented Hardin
county in the state legislature, and
his record was so successful there that
he was elected to represent the eighth
congressional district in Congress,
where he is now serving his second
term, and but for the fact that he is a
candidate for higher office he would
have received the third nomination to
Congress without opposition. He was
elected the second time against VIM.
Durbin, the Democratic candidate, and
Bull Moose candidate, notwithstand-
ing that the state machine eXerted its
utmost endeavors to save the Durbin
skin, while for every other office the
Republicans lost the district by an
overwhelming majority. 1t is a tri-
umph of pure personality in district
where he was known by almost every
voter. They knew his record and in
dorsed it regardless of politics.
He knows the needs of both the
farmer and the business man. He
represents a district which, while
: largely agricultural, is also the seat
of many prosperous manufacturing
, plants, some of which send their out.
: put to the farthermost countries of the
globe. Then, during his two terms in
: the Ohio legislature and his two terms
! in the National Congress he has made
3 a careful study of economic questions
3 | with the assiduity characteristic OF
t | his inquiring turn of mind, until he
3 | has become familiar with the peculiar
: needs of each. While as governor his
. duties would be administrative, he il
: fitted by study and experience to rec
f ommend wisely to the legislative body
: such changes as is necessary to lead
3 us out of the maze Of socialistic legis
n lation into which we have been drag
i ged by the present administration
g and restore us to sound and hopefu
basis of business methods of conduct
d ing the affairs OF the state.
s Practical Not Theoretical.
He will make no promises of bring
/ ing about ideal conditions by the wav
u ing of magic wands. He knows tina
d life and government are both one con
a stant struggle, and that there is M
S patent process of bringing success O
e prosperity to man. If nominated ant
elected he will strive conscientiousl.