The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-26
And False Claim Made In
The Last Campaign
DeludiRg Farmers In Regard
To The Warnes Law

COIumDuS, w., FEB. Z6-Tho reSOlu
ton Of Senator Pink, Republican, call
ing for an adjournment of the general
assembly on March 10 was like the
shot Of a 72-centimeter gun in the
breastworks, and the debris is not
through falling. Representative Yeat.
mann, Republican, had twin resolu.
tion for the house. Declaring that the
general assembly had been in session
since January without accomplish
ing anything OF Importance, at cost
of from $4,000 to $4,000 day, and that
the people were demanding adjourn
ment and relief from a needless ses-
sion, the resolution went in, support
ed by petitions and letters bearing
names Of influence in the business
world. The authors of the resolutions
are spokesmen for the Hamilton coun-
ty delegation.
The Republican majority, which had
In mind the passage of the Vollen-
weider bill, already reported from COM
mittee. for destruction of the non-par-
tisan judiciary system, awoke to the
importance of the press which let the
people know what was on foot, and
took cognizance of the defy of the
Democratic state committees to do their
worst with the promise of a referen-
dunn. The notice that the Democratic
committees, which met in Columbus in
December and again in February,
meant what they said about referenr
dums, caused conference of the ma
jority leaders. The Democratic def
ance was issued Tuesday morning and
on Tuesday afternoon the Vollenweid-
er bill got the indefinite postponement,
which is the polite and sensible way
of crying "Nough!"
o.
When the short budget bill carrying
$6,566,00O was up in the House. Rep
resentative Kramer, Democratic floor
leader, took occasion to remind the
majority that the governor and other
Republican leaders said there was a
great deficit in the treasury, though
he saw by the papers there was bal
ance of more than ten million which
the Democrats had accumulated, and
that Ex-Governor Cox had the receipt
of Willis therefor. He said he believed
the newspapers were right, and that
the Democrats would support the
measure which affected their own
savings. Mr.. Kramer numerically
scored the Republicans for their false
position, and Off the floor did not
mince words in treating the campaign
attitude of Mr.. Willis and terming it
as the most villainous politics" he
had ever witnessed. The surplus has
been and still is in the treasury and
will be there until after the Repub-
licans In the legislature make lot
of appropriations. It is now the de-
sire of the majority leaders to pass
appropriations before they attempt to
make reply to Mr.. Kramer. Then they
hope to be able to get from under the
fact that Republicans themselves will
have created deficit il any there be.
for the reason that Governor Cox, who
inherited some three millions from
Governor Harmon. nearly quadrupled
that saving during his two years in the
Office of Governor.
o.
Administration leaders are making
strenuous effort in attempt to delude
Republican farmers into the belief
that the Warnes law is not being
changed because of the opposition of
Democratic legislators. This state
ment was prepared and sent broad
cast by the Republican press bureau
after it's weekly conference in the Of.
tice Of Governor Willis, who. himself,
Is therefore cognizant of the deceit.