The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-13

ent order OF economy continues Ions
enough. the red flag OF the sheriff will
swing over the old state house at Co
lumbus, and the new building also
Applause I make this further state.
ment. and ] ask you 10 follow events
that within three months time the
new eleyen.story building viii not be
sufficient in size TO take care OF the
employees and the olicial bootery Of
the wills administration
"Now, Mr.. Willis, In his campaign,
said that a deficit was arrived at In
this way: He took the amount OF
money I'm the treasury and set on
against It the appropriations that had
been made, and II the appropriations
exceeded the amount In the treasury.
then there was a deficit. Now, that
was his kind Of deficit, Let us Goa
cede for the sake of argument that he
was correct. II he was, then isn't
your deficit. Mr. Willis, the kind Of
deficit you figure, s2,000,60O more to.
day than 1t was when you were max
ing these Thomas Jefferson figures
for the people of Ohio? Why, tab"
the governors ONCE, for instance
Governor Willis has expended more
money m the governors office than
Cox did. What a surprise that must
be. | lapsed $4,000, and turned Il
back without its expenditure Cover
nor Willis did not lapse a single, dol.
lar back at the end Of the appropria.
! tion year. Listen 10 me: After the leg
! islature goes home, the emergency
board takes care OF the extraordinary
things that come up In the aifairs OF
state government. tGlow much time
have IO"
Some one in audience; GO on"
Mr.. Cox: "Well, I could tell You
things for a day about the Willis ad
ministration. His expenditure for the
emergency board the first year was
s196,194. Cox's expenditure the first
year was $4,000; the second year
S71 900. For the two years the Cox
expenditure from the emergency fund
was $4,000. For one year the eN.
penditure from that fund under the
Willis administration was $l96OOO.
1Applause)
"The statement was made as 10 the
expense OF maintaining the canals OF
Ohio They became self-supporting n
1908. They we're not self-supportinG
in 1918 and 1914 because the foods
Of 1918 wrought millions of dollars OF
destruction. Mr.. Willis said that we
ran over the previous expense $3.50.
900. One.third Of that was spent
within sight of this grove, upon the
old dam between here and Middle
town Let me tell you something now
that probably he doesn't know: that
the department OF canals is maintain
ing Itself now because of regulations
that the Cox administration estab-
lished. For years and years, users Of
state water had been going on paying
e tri1ing amount each year We had
6 survey made by the State univer.
sity and we ascertained how many
gallons were being used and we made
everyone pay per gallon precisely
what he used. So much for that
"As to good roads: The statement
that the present administration built
more miles Of highways is ridiculous
It probably has finished more miles
because the work was really begun
under our administration. We were
responsible for the half-mill levy law
which made the great highway move
ment now going on in the state pos
sible. Except for the Cox law, so
called, the modern system which Is
making hundreds Of miles Of good
highways possible, Mr. Willis wouldn t
have finished any good roads at aK
BROKEN FAITH CHARGED.
"T saw an article by Governor VIII.
lis not long ago in which he said that |
he had kept the faith; that every
promise made had been redeemed. |
Let us see whether that is correct.
In the platform upon which ne ran, ne
said:
"'We not only favor the workmen's |
compensation law, but we favor an
increase in the maximum amount To
be paid for death.
'If you kept the faith, then you IN
creased the amount for accidental
death. And every one in Ohio knows
that the increase has not been made.
(Applause) The second promise was:
we approve the principle Of one
days rest in seven for all Of labor
That bill was introduced. / talked to.
day with a gentleman who served on
the committee on labor, and he said
that the bill was defeated because OF
the opposition in the legislature visit.
ed upon 1t by the Willis administra
tion. If that is keeping the faith,
then / believe it Is high time that q
new dictionary, political or otherwise,
shall be devised.
"I charge bad faith in the little red
book. l charge bad faith in misrep.
resentation as to the finances of the
state. l charge that promises were
made That were never fulfilled. We
live here in the Miami valley--.the
valley that produced Tom Corwih, Val
Robert D. Schenk, Lewis
d. Campbell, john A. McMahon, James
E. Campbell, Robert M. Nevin. Be
cause of the success wrought by these
our youth have the spark Of ambition
in their breasts. They know the poor
boy has a chance in this country, and
that effort and character achieve
Thousands Of them would
be governor but not one at the price
Of falsenood, not one under the con
ditions that gave the office to Mr.. VII
lis. (Applause.)
"As to the commissions created We
have heard great deal about that
Just one of them was destroyed, and
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