The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-08-20
NEWS CULLED
IN NTHECAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
o. A. DONOVAN,
oPssIaI Columbus Correspondents.

IT 1T
tical history, according to the con-
sensus of opinion among observ-
ers at the capital. There will be all man
ner of spellbinders and innumerable
issues. Col. Roosevelt has promised to
make at least one tour of the state in
the interest Of the Progressive ticket,
and although President Wilson him.
self probably will not do any cam
paigning, owing to his bereavement,
Secretary Of State Bryan and other
well-known Democrats will be heard
In the Buckeye state canvass. On
their side the Republicans will train
upon the enemy some of the best ora
torical guns to be secured in the
United States. It will be a dashing,
tumultuous, aggressive and keenly in
will be fixed upon it for the reason
that national sentiment will be large
| ly reflected. The heads of the various
party tickets in the state are all ex-
perienced campaigners, and it Is the
| plan of each to speak, if possible, in
every congressional district. Gov. Cox
has thus far made two campaigns for
congress and one for governor. His
Republican rival, Frank B. Willis, has
been through two congressional fights
and two general assembly campaigns
James R. Garfield, the Progressive
candidate for governor, knows what it
is to campaign for state senator, for
he was twice elected to the higher
branch of the legislature. All of the
senatorial candidates are seasoned
2ampaigners, and Fire Alarm Joe"
Foraker's promise to take hand in
he contest in behalf of the man who
Unique Figure in Public Life.
Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood of Toledo,
renominated by the Democrats of the
Ninth district for sixth term in the
national house of representatives, if
reelected, which is probable, as his
district is strongly Democratic, will be
the oldest member of that body. He
was 70 years old Saturday, August
Is, and is an unique figure in pub
tic life. He has represented two diff
ferent districts in congress and he
was an unsuccessful candidate for con-
gress in another district, the old
Eighteenth district, which Mckinley
represented. Sherwood served two
terms as secretary of state soon after
the close of the Civil war.
Real Type Of Bad Man,
Thomas Johnson, the 26-year-old
Ohio penitentiary prisoner, who was
fired upon by a guard at the prison
is known as real type of bad
man." He is said to have caused
the guards and other attaches of
the prison much trouble ever since
he was sent to the state prison from
The Mansfield reformatory, where it
became impossible to manage him,
At the penitentiary 1t became neces.
sary to place him in squad Of the
so they can be carefully watched
Johnson became obstreperous in his
cell and the efforts Of Guard J. A
Andrix to quiet him resulted in John
sons attacking the guard. The lat
ter says he fired at Johnson in self
defense. The bullet lodged in the
prisoners shoulder and the wound is
not thought to be serious. Johnson
is serving time from Hamilton county
for shooting to kill.
Ohio Helps Red Cross.
According to the best reports
to be had at the capital here
Ohio people are responding gen
erously to the appeal issued to them
through Gov. Cox by the American
Red Cross asking for funds to aid the
sick and injured in the European war
Many Ohioans are sending money di
rect to the Red Cross society at Wash
ington, while others, especially in
large cities, are giving their donations
to their local Red Cross secretaries
who are forwarding funds to the state
treasurer of the Red Cross, ]. G
Schmidlapp of Cincinnati. The plar
of the Red Cross is to charter shiI
and send nurses, doctors and all man
ner of hospital supplies to the nation:
now in conflict. No discrimination il
to be shown as between any of the
warning nations. In it's appeal to the
people of Ohio the Red Cross wiret
that in spite of the objection of Amer
lean people to the starting of thu
present war, that objection should no
be permitted to stand in the way of ;
generous offer of aid to the wounded
defeated him has added interest Il
the prospects of the coming politica
fight. Then the Socialists are bounC
to take a big hand in the embroglio
and when 1t Is remembered tina
there will be joined with the jun
BILE of excitement the issues that will
be raised by woman suffrage and
statewide prohibition campaign, tn
political thrills in promise can be a
least family realized.
viii Probe City Finances.
Gov. Cox has just appointed the fiv
nj ;mbers of commission to invest
gate city finances and make recon
mendations for eeform by legislativ
action. They are: Thomas Coughlir
Cleveland city auditor; Emmett Cul
tin, Lima, a banker; Stewart 1
Tatum, Springfield; Martin A. Gen
under, Columbus, secretary of the cit
sinking fund trustees, and w. {
Huston, Bellefontaine. The member
are to serve without pay, but their el
penses will be paid from an appropr
. alton of 81 900 made by the legislator
last February.