The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-02-19
JOBS ARE
"SCABBED"
By The Present reform"
Governor Of Ohio
Who Never Had Experience
As An Employer
FaIsity Of The Economy
Position Clearly Shown
In Defeating Propositions To
Effect Real Saving
Decentralization Only A
Play To Get The Offices

Columbus, O., Feb 16-With the as
sembling of the hosts Of labor to re.
sist the Republican plan for an investi-
cation of the workmen's compensation
administration, which is so palpably
offered for the purpose of undermining
the law, new development has come,
which makes the numerous appoin.ees
Of Governor Willis more the laughing
stock than ever. The divers and sun
dry members of the Republican execu-
tive committee who have accepted jobs
at reduced rates are pointed out as
''scab" workers and strike-breakers,
and now they refer to Governor Willis
as the employer of "scab" labor. 1t is
pointed out that from the time Cover
nor Harmon took the management of
affairs there has been business man
on the job until now. Harmon was an
employer of labor as receiver of rail-
roads, and always paid what work was
worth to worthy men. Then Governor
Cox was an employer of union labor
with whom he never had any trouble,
and he made record as business
manager or the state. But now comes
Frank B. Willis, who has never before
had experience as an employer and
the Jobs are "scabbed." More power
is given the statement by reference to
the fact that James B. Ruhl held out
for higher wages as insurance super
intendent, and along comes Frank B.
Taggart whom Willis helps past the
pickets.
While the majority in the general
assembly is trying to store up Repub-
lican campaign ammunition, the falsi-
ty of their position has been shown
by the Democrats who sincerely Of
fered amendments to the salary slash
ing bill that would have made a saw
ing worth while. These amendments
offered in the house were voted down
by Republican party vote, because they
included a slice off Of the governors
salary, and planned further reduction
all along the line of elective officers.
Having shown up the purpose of their
Republican brethren, their amend
ments rejected without pity, the Dem.
ocrats refused to join the Republicans
in passing their campaign measure.
o
Now the charge it made that the ef-
ficiency expert Of the probe committee
on whose findings the committee has
prepared it's economy" bill, does not
qualify; that he has not made an ef-
ficiency survey, and what all his find
ings are based on a purely financial
survey made by former Budget Com
missioner G. j. Heffernan. To bear
this charge out the erroneous findings
In the highway department are exhib-
tied. Here glaring errors are made. II
such errors occurred in the statement
concerning the highway department,
how about the other departments, is
the question asked. 1t is charged that
every action has been under the spe-
cific direction Of Governor Willis who
hopes to thus get all departments of
state in hand Immediately.
o.
The lobby around the state house is
growing, and its ranks are being
swelled by detectives employed to
keep an eye on the lobby. The mixers
to bluff the corporations are doing ef-
fective work, and to date there has
been no pronouncement from the Of
fee of Attorney General Turner, who
ought to be familiar with the lobbyist
and his ways. II present tendencies
continue it will be pretty hard mat
ter for the Eighty-frst general assem-
bly, to adjourn without scandal, and
this would indeed be bad after the rec
ord OF. the "Cox-bossed" Eightieth gen.
eral assembly when there was never a