The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-30

] IhhtIloutlueuL' Hib ItpoTl Ithus
Upon comparing the auditors
vouchers with the treasurers
books. your committee fnds that
there is not sufficient ground in
the resolution, nor have any suf-
fcient reasons been given to the
committee at a hearing on said
resolution, to justify the appoint
ment OF a committee 10 inyesti-
gate said treasurer's office, and
therefore recommends its indeh
mite postponement
"On the roll call OF this report NJ
| 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 ror emoez.
zling interest earnings, was in charge
of the treasury balance.
But the crowd in charge in the
Republican party and the beneii-
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 mum.
bered 81 and provided for the ap-
ointment of a committee of three
members. The three men selected to
20 upon this committee and count the
state treasury balance we're: 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:
1--WE further state that our
examination Of the affairs of this
office has been thorough. and ex-
haustlve'
"Oh, what a fine fine Of irony, when
we consider that more than $125OOO
Of wrongfully withheld interest has
already been recovered from private
tankers by the indefatigable en-
ergv 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 4 o.
m 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
itor's and treasurer's reports ex-
tending over a period Of ten
years last past have been made
and found correct
ain concluding this report we
desire to congratulate the state
not only upon the present condi-
ton Of the treasury, but also upon -
the efficient methods employed by
that official (meaning Isaac B.
cameron) In conducting the re-
sporsible work of this office
This committee, in complimenting
saac B. Cameron upon the efficient
Methods employed by him in conduct.
ng the responsible work of his office.
,racticed the acme OF duplicity, de
eption and artiiice.
This report was adopted.
Frank B. Willis, now the Republi-
an candidate for governor in his ca
acity then as a member Of the house
f representatives, swallowed that
Y ole report along with other mem
ers. Nowhere in the records Of the
louise Journal can there be found a
ingle record Of utterance by Frank
}. Willis protesting against this fine
of the efficient meth
ds' employed by Isaac B. Cameron
Tho last week was ordered to be
laced on trial in the Franklin coun-
Y courts on a charge of embezzling ;
iterest earnings on deposits of state
loney On the other hand, Willis '
as present on this day and was one
the members in that house who 1
laced a laurel upon the head Of Isaac !
. Cameron and said, Well done. {
lou good and faithful servant
rs 1t safe to turn the affairs Of !
tate into the hands OF a man who I
as so guileless as not to be able to
ear even a rumor Of one of the t
reatest frauds ever perpetrated
pom the people Of any state? 6
rs Il safe to turn the affairs Of
ate into the hands OF a man so I
'azen as to attempt to Justify him c
III and his friends whom he protect g
by an attack uron the Judiciary OF a
e state, and upon the chief execu v
We? .
As a man thinketh in his own {
,art. so ia he. What, | ask you '
as in the heart Of Frank b. Willis,
hen on the 3ag following the an. h
OF the decision of the su- c
eme court which held that Isaac B. 4
lmeron must at last face trial for o
g mice rduct IN once, he felt call p
uFCn TO isaae a charge that the a
vernon of ohio had attempted to r
ctate su-reme court decisions. Is he a
In Ma .ing mself In the light OF Il
fendsng chose for whom he once b
rticiuateS IN a white-washing 70 Il
Tt?" q