The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-09-18
COP. STAGGERS
UNDER BIC LOAD
Compelled to Shoulder Harvey
CARRIER.
MANY PITIABLE MISTAKES


lance Of Willis With Railway
Equipment Men and Lobbyists II
Shown Up.
To the surprise and chagrin o
earnest Republican voters. hopefu
for the first time in years, the evi
omen that brought disaster to the
platform conclave has clung persist
emily to the party managers. Fairly
staggering from the load of the TEN
peranee" and highway planks, the
latest burden they are called upon tC
assume is an open alliance with Har
vey c. CARRIER, late telephone lobby
list, and one time state Democratic
chairman. The strategic move that
compelled the disclosure or the Sc
cret political treaty that had existed
between Congressman Frank B. VII
lis, Republican candidate for cover
nor, and Mr.. CARRIER was executed by
James r. Garfield, the Progressive
nominee.
Taken of His Guard.
Taken utterly off his guard, Mr.
CARRIER answered the charge of Mr.
Garfield that railway equipment in
terests financed the Willis pre-pri.
mary canvass for their own purposes,
by openly appearing as the champion
of Mr.. Willis. Those who studied the
Garfield attack and the CARRIER reply
have remarked that there came from
Mr. CARRIER no word of real denial,
nor indeed has one come from Mr..
Willis at Washington.
But Mr.. Willis Democratic ally, Mr..
CARRIER, really went farthest toward
ensnaring himself when he dared
Governor James NJ. Cox to corrobo-
rate what Mr. Garfield said. His
promise was to expose both the gov
ernor and his campaign manager, the
Democratic state chairman, William
L. Finley. The governor waited only
until the numerous duties thrust upon
him by reason of the state fair were
over until he granted Garber's re-
quest Without hesitation he admit
ted that Garfield told the truth when
he charged that CARRIER sought the
appointment of a member of the state
public utilities commission and the
selection of his own brother as sec
retary.
Vexatious Stand.
With a degree of tact that must
have been highly vexing to those
anxious to divert him from a discus
sion of the campaign issues, the gov
ernor plainly said that he did not
propose to be diverted from the real
issues, the wisdom and justice Of the
laws advocated by the administra
ton" However, the governor ex.
pressed a willingness to take "an oc-
casional day off" to give attention to
barn rats" driven out by the anti
lobby law. In politics SO many differ
ent and varied names have been ap-
piled to MI CARRIER that he might even
overlook the newest one inferentially |
bestowed but the open dare to take |
he lid off," as he threatened when |
by Mr.. Garfield, he can not |
we'll escape
Compelled to Admit II.
With distress increasing and com. /
)elled to admit the open CARRIER alli-
Lnce, the Progressives apparently |
lave already done to the Republicans |
What the whole Democratic party /
,ould not do in 1910. No longer can
here be secret union, and Republi-
an managers frankly confess that
damaging as it is they must shoulder
he responsibility for CARRIER, just as
hey have assumed the unfortunate
made upon the temperance
Ssue and the alienation of the sup
orters of the good roads movement.
A natural complement of the charge
hat CARRIER has turned against Gov
rnor Cox because the executive
and firmly turned down his
uggestion to control the public utilf-
les commission is that CARRIER and
ssociates will be allowed free hand
Willis should be elected governor.
4 other words, the question naturally
ill be asked if Governor Cox should
e defeated because he turned against
arber, can Willis as governor logic
lily do otherwise than give him free
and in making minority appoint
tents?
Already badly damaged and placed
nder suspicion by every civic and
lsiness organization in the state that
as backed the good roads movement,
e Bradbury incident gave more than
,mblance of confirmation to the story
lat the Republican plank on the high
ay issue was conceived in the minds
a number Of allied interests whose
forts to work with the state high.
ay department, under Commissioner
mes r. Marker, have been repeated
and summarily rebuked.
Every independent journal in the
ate has bitterly denounced the pro-
sal to poison the highway watcn !
g," as Chairman Finley aptly term
it. Added to that Is the official
through its president, :
sse R. Taylor Of the Ohio Good J
Dads federation, and many other or
nizations interested in the cause Of .
odern highways