The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-23
ENTHUSIASTIC
RECEPTION GIVEN
GOVERNOR COX
On His Visit to Mercer County
Last Tuesday.
His Heart-tO-Heart Talks Warm
Up His Admirers and Breaks
Down All Opposition.

Travelling through the Democratic Glib
raltur Of Northwestern Ohio Governor
| James NJ. Cox last Tuesday campaigned
Mercer County from the southern TO the
northern border going thence into Van
Vert County where he made several
speeches that night.
Starting about 10 o'clock with a speech
to fair sized crowd Of farmers at the
depot at Maria Stein. he wended his way
north, making six speeches. He was ac-
companied on the trip by Lieutenant
Governor w. 4. Greenlund. Judge Dennis
Dwyer. of Dayton; N. w. Cunningham,
candidate for Congress in this district; u.
NJ. ClenDenning of Columbus; Repre-
sentative G.J.C. Wintermute the Celina
band and a large contingent Of automo-
bilists from this city who met the Gov
ernor's party at Maria Stein
Judge Dwyer. In his eighty year,
neghbor of Governor Cox at Dayton,
made the long trip with the Governor.
and was repeatedly called upon for few
remarks He urged his many friends to
re-elect Governor Cox and give the new
measures fair trial.
The uncertain opposition and policies
of Mr.. Willis constitute a real menace
and danger to the state" declared the
Governor in his speeches. Commenting
on the situation he said:
1T is a fine time now for the voters of
the state Of Ohio to stop, look and listen.
The uncertain position and policies of
the stand-pat candidate for Governor
constitute real menace and the people
ought to study il and be certain Of the
results. Where is Mr.. Willis going to
lead the people? He cannot harmonize
his utterances and his ideas.
The decentralization of state power
for the effective enforcement Of laws af-
fecting the moral welfare of the state is
dangerous idea. To send the power to
regulate back to the people is to distrib-
ute authority, make responsibility uncer-
tain and indefinite and can only result in
bringing law enforcement to a Flower
plane. To distribute power is to make
the law inopperative in many places. To
centralize the power and make RESPONSE
bility definite and certain is to make
laws effective.
Mr. Willis seeks to evade RESPONSE
bility. 1 am wiling to bear it. He wants
nothing to do. The peopleof Ohio give
their Governor plenty to do. RESPONSE
bility attaches to the Office of Governor
when he says he will not hold it and dis
parages it, he opens the way for law
violators to run riot over the state.
l am wiling to assume the RESPONSE
bility the people have put on my
shoulders when they call upon me to en-
force the laws that contemplate the
peace, good order and moral welfare of
the people l stand for the peace, good
order and moral welfare of the state and
for all the people and l am wiling to
meet the duties and responsibilities"
Governor Cox paid tribute to Judson
Harmon by referring to him as a great
Governor who gave the state the one
per-ce law and tried to make the law
complete by giving it the operation of
the Warnes law
Later he said:
Il want every corrupt lobbyist who has
been working and roosting about the
Statehouse to be against me in this cam
paign. and l would like to have them all
openly against me- 1t makes fine sit
uation for comparison. When l get a
certificate of election I want it to be
clean. l would not want one that had
been secured by help in the slightest de-
gree from any of these men.
Mr.. Willis permitted the payment of
more than half his primary expense
during the campaign by an organization
directed by one of the principal lobby
lists who is seeking to get back in the
Statehouse from which Judson Harmon
kicked him, and from which l gave him
the second kick. With the lobbyist was
allied the special interests of the state.
He can have that help. There are can
didates who do not want it."
Every one of the meetings in the coun-
ty were good ones and We're attended by
exceptionally good crowds. The last
mmeting at Rockford was a fitting cli-
max to a hard days work and the Gov
ernor showed his appreciation of the big
crowd and the attention they were giving
his remarks, by telling the Van Vert
crowd, when they attempted to shut him
off, that if they We're in a hurry they
could go on back home.
At St. Henry the Governors party
was greeted by the school children and
as the Governor stepped to the platform,
the youngsters sang, THE New Ohio"
At Coldwater the party was royalty
entertained at dinner by Mayor Henry
Fox and his good wife.
The Governor and his party who con-
tinued on north, were met at Rockford
by Congressman Ansberry, Representative
Forman of Van Vert County; Superin-
tendent of Public Works John l. Miller
and several other Van Vert County
people.