The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-08-17
Group Picture Of The Board
Also Presented
All At The Expense Of Tax.
payers OF State

Columbus, O., Aug. 13-Secret ses-
sions only have been held by the new
state board of agriculture since 1t sue
ceeded the agricultural commission.
Insofar as the announced news OF
these sessions shows, most of the
time has been given to the selection
of men for places. Each member Is
nominating a group of men from his
locality to be employed by the board
regularly or during the state fair.
1t became public today that not all
the news of the board has been made
public At one of the secret sessions
held, the board ordered the distribu-
e ton of a lot of free plate matter to
the country newspapers of the state.
The board has about 400 papers, daily
and weekly on its mailing list. The
plate costs about $l.50 per page. The
plate matter Is pictorial. There is
double column cut of the new secrc-
tary, Renick w. Dunlap, with detail
ed biography that is complete, even
to the famous work done in football in
school. There Is three column cut
of the new members of the agricultur-
al board with a fair amount OF detail
ed information concerning each mem
ber. Incidentally the coming state
fair Is also mentioned,
This plate matter is designed for
free use by the large-hearted country
editors who want to boom the fair.
While the country editors are asked
TO boost the state fair and the board
free of charge by using the plate, the
board, at secret session, contracted
with the associated bill posters o.
Ohio to spend about $4,000 for bill
board advertising for the state fair
II is announced that two passes tt
the fair are to be sent to every paper
The bill posters get theirs in cash.
The Progressives of Ohio ought Il
feel pretty good over the welcome
proffered them to return to the Re
publican party by the officials of tn
Willis administration. Just this wcel
&c show the brothers who followe,
Roosevelt just what they amount tc
thirty.three of them we're kicked Of
from the county license boards bod
and baggage.
Those happy minded individual
who have thought that this gerr!
mander business aginst which tn
referendum Is to he invoked was sin
ply selfish affair in which the grei
mass OF voters have no interest shoul
ponder on this comment from III
Cleveland Leader. Republican.
"Of course there Is a much broad'
and more serious aspect of the quc
ton OF congressional districts. II
quite possible that the control OF II
next house OF representatives may d
pend on the result In a dozen Oh
districts, and ON the control of II
congress 10 he elected In 1916 W
hinge national policies of the u,mo
Importance For this reason 1t Ia
great moment that the Ohio deleg
tion In the house OF reprcscntatiy
shall have Republican majorit
Ike the state, and that II shalt repr
sent the political party which has Il
greatest number of voters
This amounts to a confession th
the gerrymander is designed TO tai
away from the national administrati
the support to which II Is enttlC
II can only be considered as an
tempt TO cripple the work of Pre-
cent Wilson, whose reelection NJ
seems conceded.
q
The board of trustees OF the or
state University, which demot
Dean Price at the demand Of Coz