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moral turpitude, for failure to
attend church." ct cetera ad iDfinitum;
md IL also provides that the auditor
nay name additional deputies as need
ID, giving him liberty in the matter of
reports. There is to be
board of revision which may Increase
Valuations at will, but there can be no
decrease of assessment except on com.
plaint and hearing thereon. As a de.
this Is some bill, and as
machine builder 1t Is also some more
bill. The warnes law is faded.
o
The corporation lobby has fastened
It's tentacles on the Willis administra-
lion and its Republican assembly, and
It's desires are just becoming known.
One more jab at the utilies commits
sion and the passage of few of the
sleepers that repose in bills apparent
ly of local application, and things in
Ohio will be like they were before all
right OF course there may be nOthins
in that little sleeper to make municipal
plants show a profit Of six per cent but
It looks decidedly like an attempt to
put municipal ownership in Ohio on
the blink.
After twenty years effort by labor in
terests 1t took a red-blooded admins
tration to give the working miners of
Ohio protection against oppression un-
der provisions of the Green run-of-mine
law, but 1t took the senate this week
only few minutes to pass the Gallag-
her bill to repeal the provisions of the
Green law. Apparently the starving
miners have no protectors working for
them now, while the lobby sent in by
the mine owners was both numerous
and powerful. 1t wont hurt bit to
keep an eye on workmen's compensa-
ton all the time, taking this act as a
criterion that those who represent la.
Dor at the state capital are worth moth
ing but to draw their salaries.
In the affidavit made by Charles Ger
rish, formerly clerk of the Ohio House
Of Representatives, 1t was alleged that
Governor Willis while a member of
that body, took his orders from the
Guilbert-McKinnon machine, Of NAL
odorous memory. This, Mr.. Willis, as
became candidate, denied. Since his
election he has called as his financial
aide and political adviser under the
title of State Budget Commissioner. E..
M. Fullington, who was Walter D. Gull
bert's chief deputy and successor as
of State; and upon the state
tax commission he has named James
of Ashtabula, who was upon
bond and is now the ex-
ecutor of his estate. Mr.. Fullington
was the executive In charge of the au.
ditor's office when McKinnon was
wrongfully taking thousands from the
state and dividing favors with George
B. Cox of Cincinnati. If he was not
aware of what was going on it must
be argued the Governor is lacking an
alert assistant. Mr.. McGiffert, as a
private citizen, is fighting the state of
Ohio to prevent it recovering from his
patrons estate the money which is the
taxpayers due.
1t is apparent that Governor Willis
hopes to go before the people on the
sole issue of economy in the matter Of
salaries. Some of the reduc-
tions are foolish and wrong, some are
worthy. But Governor Willis is in
sincere when the matter reaches him,
or he would do as he has made some
of his appointees do, refuse to accept
more than $500 year, and order his
secretary and personal friend to make
a voluntary refunder of one fifty of his
wages. If salaries are to be cut this
would be but fair.
The saloon keeper must pay $1105
for his yearly license. Can fifteen
dollar month man administer the
law granting this license and do it
right without falling under the influ.
ence of bribes? Dangerous! What?
When the new state library commits
sion met and elected Charles B. Gal.
breath as State Librarian there was
reposing in the Office of Governor
Frank B. Willis an affidavit against
him made by Columbus book dealer
who took the precaution of sending a
copy of. it to Senator-elect Warren G
Harding. The affidavit pertained tc