The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-06-18
FIGHT
On Republican Congressional
GeTymaRder to Be Made

Democratic state and executive com
mitteemen in session Friday. in formal
resolution. voted ringing approval Of
President Wilson in the international sit
uation, The resolution was written and
introduced by National Committeeman,
Edmund II. Moore, Of Youngstown.
As a further mark of confidence in the
president the democrats decided not to
send the Hulzwitt bill TO referendum.
Passed by the recent general assembly.
the bin repeals the law that separatd
state and national tickets, Holding it
was passed to take advantage of any
fight that might be made on the presl-
dent, the party committeeman joined with
Senator Altee Pomerene, who voiced the
opinion the republicans had blundered
and there would be a nation wide approv-
al OF the course Of the president
There viii be but one law taken be-
fore the voters of the state by the DEM
ocratic organization to be tested at
referendum election. the Sprague CON
gressional gerrymander law. The con-
men was that the gerrymander was so
palpably unfair and had been put togeth-
er by such a small clique of republicans
IL could not hope for favorable vote.
"
Hugo Anthony for number @. years
a teacher in the public schools cf Minister
and for several years a member of the
County Board Of School Examiners. is be-
ing touted as a candidate for mayor Of
Sidney on the Democratic ticket. lie Is !
at presnt member of the high school
faculty in Sidney.-Wapakone Demo |
crat.
Political buncombe aside analysis Of |
the appropriations and expenditures of |
the Willis administration shows that |
there has not been a single instance of |
real economy As a matter of fact there |
is but a single instance in all the history |
Of Ohio. and that was when Governor Cox |
called the legislature into extraordinary |
session to reduce the annual appropria- |
tiOn as the result of his first budget In /
TINS action the tax spenders We're given |
two and one half million dollars less TO |
spend, and the taxpayers two and one |
half million dollars less to pay. Cur
failing aN-spending and decreasing tax
paying is the only real economy.
Remember anything about the sewer
pipe scandal and. the like? Did anything
happen? Did not the ring move heaven
and earth to smother prosecution Of these
Did not Phillips of the Chronicle stand
shoulder to shoulder with the Observer
TT Recovery Tribune and Mendon Her
aid in exposing this affair? Why he did
i then is plain He was not on the in
side track with the ring" at that time
and of course did not get his slice"
which left a sore spot.-Observer.
DO we remember it? Certainly. One
Calamity Jane Gnberg. one little Willie
Irelan, who ran for Representative and
hen for Indiana. and one Phillips, who
we're going to send somebody to the pen
and went before a grand jury with so lit
lie evidence, beyond bowling stop theif'
hat the case fell fiat and was ignored
Yes, we remember it cost the county
many dollars and that the fellows who
lone the bowling were not fit to blacken
he boots of those who were charged
With stealing the county blind
Under the constitution of the United
states woman, equally with a man, is
eligible to any office from that of presi-
lent or judge of the supreme court down
n fact, women have held many posi-
ions under the government, postmasters
md other positions including, l believe,
collector of international revenue. To
he credit of the makers of the inStru
nent they wrote into it nothing brand
ng with the stigma of inferiority to share ,
n the government of only half the race.
nhe word male" does not appear as a |
equirement of competency to hold office.
Let there are those who believe that so
ety will resolve into original chaos, if
within their own state a woman is per
nitted to hold the smallest offiCe.-Al-
Xandria Qnd) Press.