The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-19
IS
THRIVING
At Columbus As In "The Good
Old Days"
Special Interests Taking On
A Thrifty Look
Own Fault If They Don't Get
What They Want
Willis Charge Of Deficit In
Treasury DisprOved
By Eleven Million Being Let
Out To The Banks

Columbus, O., March 16--lt must be
disconcerting to the plans of the state
administration to see how fare the men
| employed two years ago when they
leave the state work because of reduc-
tions Of salaries. First Ohio lost w. G.
Archer, secretary to the industrial
commission, who went to New York
where his salary was raised to $4,000.
More recently w. j. Heffernan, who
prepared the first and only budget for
Ohio, was replaced by Edward Fulling-
ton who wanted any old job at any old
price and who has no qualifications,
and now Mr.. Heffernan Is efficiency
manager at the National Cash Regis!
ter works where it is said he will re-
| ceive $500, twenty-five per cent more
| than the state paid him. And now 1t
| is announced that James r. Marker,
highway commissioner, who renounced
the states $4,000 offer, will also reject
the job offered him by the Portage
County Improvement association. and
accept position as chief engineer of
the Ohio Brick Manufacturers asso-
citation at an increase of $4,000 per
year. Meanwhile the state will drib-
BILE along some way and the Ada grad
uates and Delaware constituents get
on the pay roll.
| old ion hat
| it wants of the present administra-
| tion 1t will be the corporations fault
The lobby Is thriving as never before
of the kind of the good old days" The
party oriental's the thing-wine, wo-
men, dinner. Evidence Ia in the state
ments of the members themselves, the
letters of news correspondents and the
admonitions of party organ editors who
are wise in their generation Proof is
given of the need Of a strong execu-
tive such as he who drove the lobby
out of Columbus two years ago. and
thereby turned the lobby leaders
against himself. In 1912 the legisla-
ture carried through an effective pro.
gram of fifty-six promises made into
iifty.six laws in six weeks and there
was never breath of suspicion against
the legislators or the administration.
This year there is the grossest suspi.
cion, the session goes into twelve
weeks and not single promise is car.
ried out. The special interests are
taking on thrifty look just the same.
Vox populi vox del
Willis still insists there is treas.
ury deficit by his failure to correct
such charge made i'm his first official
message. His budget commissioner
Edward Fullington, confesses there IL
u balance of $3,000,00O The Republic
an treasurer of state, Edward c. Arch
er is advertising for bids from banks
to take care of surplus of $ll ,000, ,00C
plus And Vic Donahey, the honest
Democratic auditor, makes oath thai
just about that amount was left ovel
by the Cox administration, including
the special funds of about four mil
lions. Who is telling the fib and was
telling 1t all the time, and why?
The Plain Dealer aptly refers to Gov
ernor Willis as "the chief saloon keep
er of the state" applying to him tn,
} definition he created for his predeces
sor who enforced rigidly the provi
sions Of the license law. The p d
should call Willis the "chiefest" be
cause the home rue amendment which
was elected with Willis by the unprec
edented vote In Hamilton county pro
yided him with As additional wet coun
ties. So query is in order ''Wh,
don't the administration keep it's prom
Use to decentralize?'
Not A Of in pl N, s.. s,,r ip;,,inal A.. Al.