Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-06-24

scanned the contents. 1t now appears
Frank b. Willis and Ralph H. Cole,
the latter having senatorial ambi-
tions.. 1t is not stated whether it is
paid for by the state, but it is known
the Republican Committee is still
some $4,000 shy en- the campaign ac-
count and Willis refuses to endorse
any share of the payment"
To cover five false statements and
poisonous suspicion into one para
graph shows a kind of ability which,
fortunately, is rare. The plate matter
referred to was issued by the secre-
tary of the good roads organization.
Mr. Olsdorff, recently a Democratic
Senator; it does not promote" either
Willis or Cole. and Mr.. Donahey, the
Democratic Auditor, would not issue a
warrant for such payment even il
some one made himself liable to the
penitentiary by issuing a voucher for
It,
The Republican Committee owes but
S1,SO0, and Governor Willis paid a gen.
erous share of the $4,000 soon after
the campaign closed-but that's the
business of nobody outside the Repub-
lican Central Committee
Laws have been passed weakening
the people against the utility inter-
ests."
Every news service from the capital
has carried, more than once, the fact
that the public utilities corporations
got nothing from the Legislature and
are abusing the Governor. OF the six
bills they had introduced, from the
Behne bill to the Jackson bill, every
one was defeated. To say anything
damaging of the acts of the S1st Gen.
eral Assembly one must falsify facts.
The most damaging and damnable
charge made by the Cox-Finley bureau,
in its effort to discredit the Republican
administration, was it's story of the
lobby in which it said:
THE scum of the earth, the mall
contents, the crooks are now coming
into their own.'
The lobbyists who were in Columbus
throughout the session and worked to.
gether were two ex-Republican Office
holders, Kirkby, of Toledo, and Wei,
ker, of Canton; John O'Dwyer, Toledo
Vice Chairman Democratic State Cen.
trail Committee; Joe Bowling, personal
representative of James M. Cox in
Montgomery county; VIM. Mason
State Inspector of Oils under Harmon
registered for the brewers. Milton
Warnes, Democratic whip in the pre-
vious General Assembly; Otto Renner
head of the Liberal League; Lewie
Bernard, the "easy boss" of Cincin
natl in Harmon's time and again now
Frank Thomas, member of Democratic
State Central Committee from Wood
county; Ben Mckinney, for a time
Democratic Oil Inspector, and Harry
| Wilson, the veteran professional who
was a delegate to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention at Denver. These
men were the only ones who were in
Columbus throughout the session
They constituted the Lobby Trust tt
which Governor Willis issued public
warning.
Governor Willis is said to be
squarefy behind one proposition that
has been offered for consideration in
the Eighty-frst gensral assembly.
| That proposition Is for four years
more of Willis to be secured under a
constitutional change which would
make the terms of office of elective
state officials run four years instead
of two"
So soon as this proposition appeared
the governor asked that 1t be killed
and 1t was.
Refusal of the administration to
| provide means to continue road work
| In Ohio may keep many counties in
the mud for some time to come"
Superintendent of Highways Marker