The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-10-27
GOVERNOR COX EXPOSES
OHIO TREASURY SCANDAL
Shows Connection and knowledge Big Leaders Of the Reub
Nean Party Had With Accounts Of Former State Officials
Who Received Interest on Public Money for Ther Own
Private Profit

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| Upon comparing the auditors
| vouchers with the treasurer's
| books your committee finds that
| there is not sufficient ground in
the resolution, nor have any suf-
! ficient reasons been given to the
| committee at hearing on said
| resolution. to justify the appoint
| ment of a committee to investi-
gate said treasurer's office, and
! therefore recommends its indefi-
mite postponement.'
con the roll call of this report Mr..
Willis voted Aye
"Mr. Willis, by his vote, said every
/ thing was o. X. in the state treasury
at the very time that Isaac b. Cam
eron, who is to be tried for embez
cling interest earnings, was in charge
Of the treasury balance.
But the crowd in charge in the
Republican party and the benefi
ciaries of the treasury graft had
heard in advance of this Sharp reso
luton, and they had one Of their own
introduced. Representative George
T. Thomas of Norwaik was the faith
er Of this resolution, which was num-
bered 81 and provided for the ap-
ointment of committee Of three
members. The three men selected to
60 upon this committee and count the
state treasury balance were: c. L..
Allen, Republican of Fayette county;
c. r. Painter, Republican of Bowling
Green, and j. NJ. Ainsworth, Demo.
crat of Hicksville.
"In view of the revelations which
Lave been made, the report of this
committee is one of the masterpieces
of irony in the pages Of Ohio's his
tory. Among other things, Messrs.
Painter, Ainsworth and Allen re.
ported:
eve further state that our
examination of the affairs of this
Office has been thorough and ex-
haustive'
"Oh, what fine line Of irony, when
we consider that more than $125,00O
Of wrongfully withheld interest has
already been recovered from private
bankers by the indefatigable en-
ergy of Attorney General Hogan.
There is no one in Ohio now who will
not admit that there was graft in the
state treasury at the very time these
men made this report and the courts
have held that graft is theft
"This committee further said:
| Completing our count at p.
IN. on Saturday, the 22d inst, we
Immediately compared the same
with the auditors report of funds
in the state treasury. we found
the accounts to agree in all re-
spects. Comparisons of the aud
| itors and treasurer's reports ex-
tending over period Of ten
years last past have been made
and found correct
/ "In concluding this report we
desire to congratulate the state
not only upon the present condi-
tion Of the treasury, but also upon
the efficient methods employed by
that official (meaning Isaac B.
Cameron) in conducting the re-
sponsibie work of this office
| HIS COEuullttcc, III
Isaac B. Cameron upon the efficient
methods employed by him in conduct
ing the responsible work of his office
practiced the acme of duplicity, de
ception and artifice.
This report was adopted.
Frank B. Willis, now the Republi
can candidate for governor, in his ca
pacity then as member Of the house
of representatives, swallowed that
whole report along with other mem
bers. Nowhere in the records Of the
House Journal can there be found a
single record of utterance by Frank
B. Willis protesting against this fine
commendation of the efficient meth
DDS employed by Isaac B. Cameron
who last week was ordered to be
placed on trial in the Franklin coun
ty courts on charge of embezzling
interest earnings on deposits of state
money. On the other hand, w 'ie
was present on this day and was one
of the members in that house who
placed laurel upon the head OF Isaac
B. Cameron and said, We'll done
thou good and faithful servant
SIS 1t safe to turn the affairs Ol
state into the hands Of man who
was SO guileless as not to be able tc
hear even a rumor Of one Of the
greatest frauds ever perpetrated
upon the people of any state?
lis 1t safe to tSrn the affairs oi
state into the hands Of man sc
brazen as to attempt to Justify him
self and his friends whom he protect
ed by an attack upon the judiciary ol
: the state, and upon the chief execu
tive?
GAS man thinketh in his own
heart, so is he What, ask you
was in the heart of Frank B. Willis
when on the day following the an
: Iouncement OF the decision of the su
IRENE court which held that Isaac b
Cameron must at last face trial fol
: his misconduct in Office. he felt call
ed upon 20 issue a charge that the
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