The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-16
JOB HUNTERS
ASSAIL|NG.
The Institutions Of The State
Of Ohio
And Are Being Led By A Parti-
san Governor
Wards Of State Being Made
Political PaWnS
All In Contrast With The Pre-.
viOuS Administrations
Which Kept Institutions Free
From Partisan Politics
All In Contrast With The Pre-.
ViOuS Administrations
Which Kept Institutions Free
From Partisan Politics

Columbus, O., July 13-The job hunt
ers are Systematically assailing the in.
stitutions of Ohio. Led by a partisan
governor who encourages their efforts
they are assaulting the homes for the
care of the orphans, the lame the halt,
the blind and the defective. The
wards of the state are being made po-
liticai pawns. Their welfare and the
states count for naught If only the
hungry horde of office seekers may be
satisfied Administrative posts In the
institutions are demanded as reward
for party service.
Little recking of the iiasco in the
tramped up investigation at the Ian
caster reform school the busy bodies
are still at work writing letters and
making charges by which they are en-.
deavoring to get the controlling jobs
at the Mansfield reformatory and at
the Ohio State Penitentiary. Right
now they are after DR.. j. A. Leonard,
who is recognized as the leading ex-
pert in the United States. They are
after also Preston S. Thomas, warden
at the penitentiary. There is no Sc
cret that an organized complaint board
has been formed whose purpose is to
secure control of the institutions for
personal ends. AS the institutions
have been conducted for the past six
years at least no politics has entered
IN their management. Judson Har-
mon saw to it that the administrative
board should operate on business prin-
ciples and he had business men placed
in charge. James NJ. Cox absolutely
refused to allow politicians or political
seekers to Interfere with the institu-
tons while he was governor But it's
different now. Governor Willis wants
the patronage and will get 1t by fair
means or foul Indicative of the situa-
ton Ii the fact that he Is nursing pet.
" grievances of discharged employees
and ignoring the state board of admin
istratiOn whose duty It is TO look into
an matters. He is dealing solely with
Staiey Creamer, whom he placed on
the board of administration as a Dem.
ocrxt' whose sole qualification was
thai he supported him, and Is ignoring
the experienced men on the board,
who were placed there because of their
ability and experience. The final OBJ
1ect OF the Willis administration is not
only TO get the heads of the various
institutions, but to secure control of
the board of administration as well
80 that the management of the insane
asylums, the orphanages, the correc-
tional institutions and all activities of
tho state may be placed in the hands
OF politicians.
They have booked Senator Deferen.
tiai Harding for a speech at the Har-
din County Chautauqua on his favorite
subject Alexander Hamilton" Last
year they heard Governor Willis,
whose sobriquet might be Ripper Leg.
tssati0n" or Decentralization" on
Thomas Jefferson. Now why wouldn't
u be good idea to have these noted
lenders for Joint debate on the re.
spoctive merits of the ideas OF govern.
ment of Thomas Jefferson and Alexan.
der Hamilton?
DR.. Hobble de Hoy. the foe of civil
service, has this on Governor Willis.
He Ii honest In his views.
The trouble with Willis is that hav.
ting gone to one extreme he needs
must 80 to the other. Last fall he
raved about executive interference by
the governor and said he would be an
old fashioned chief, whatever that was.
When circumstances showed him his
error he became the most brutal legis-
aStiye boss Ohio has ever seen. Not !
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