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

author viii believe his name was with,
held in modesty The governor may
say that this book was issued by the
/ so-called True Democracy league Of
| Ohio. Granted. But this book and
the governor were az inseparable as
an Indian squaw and a papoose all
through that campaign. Naughter(
And he can not discard it now. It
will nang to him in this campaign like
the smallpox The author of this book
was Harvey CARRIER, probably the most
notorious lobbyist Ohio ever knew
anything about. And if his name had
been printed upon It Frank B. Willis
would have been defeated by 100 900
plurality and he knows 1t. (Applause.)
Sponsors to the book are f. A. Craw
ford Of Adams county-Crawford's
grievance is this--that | did not re-
appoint him superintendent of public
printing. He was holding that office
when / went there, and I will tell you
why I did not appoint him. Just as
soon as symptoms appeared of pros
ecutions for violation Of the ele| -
laws in Adams county, Mr.. Graz I'D
rushed from Columbus and turned
states evidence. He got an immu-
nifty bath for himself and he gave to
the grand jury evidence upon which
those daluded one thousand farmers
were subsequently convicted and dis
franchised. l did not want a man Of
that character on the pay rolls Of the
state. (Applause)
"The second, Mr.. Whitacre, Is an
honest man. He was misled in that
campaign, and I challenge any one to
get the statement from him that he
ever subscribed his name to the book
or that ne believed then or believes
now that a single truth Is contained
in 1t. Tie third sponsor is Louis Day
Of Ross county, who vas subsequently
appointed on the utilities commission
through the influence that Lobbyist
CARRIER had with the governor Of the
state. That can not be denied
FALslTY EXHIBITED.
"Now, what is the book? Here is
the picture Of the state capitol. II
says: This good, roomy and substan-
tial old building has housed practi-
cally all state officers for over half
century until the advent Of Cox. Now,
nearly every skyscraper in Columbus
is crowded with the overflow Of Cox
commissions and appointees.'
"My distinguished successor held
that book aloft to audiences he
showed the pictures in it; he inferen
TALLY conveyed that the state house
was big enough to take care of all the
state departments and that when he
was elected he would transfer them
back into the old state house and that
he would do away with so many of
them tnat practically all of them
could be taken care of in the state
house. Now, let us run through the
book. Here is a picture of the New
Hayden building, for which rent was
paid, $1,836-two or three rooms. 1t
was tenanted by the oil inspector and
the fish and game commission. Gov
ernor Willis knows that these depart
ments were created before I became
governor of Ohio The Harrison build
ing is shown to contain department
for which 81 900 in rent was paid. The
tenant of the state in that building is
the tax commission. That department |
was created before I became COVER
nor The New First National Bank
building contained the utilities CON-
mission and the fire marshal's office !
both of those departments created |
years ago The state bindery in the |
old postoffice building was created |
before Governor Willis was born. |
(Laughter.) And then we have the |
Rose rheater building. They were
paying $3.50 rent for the. purpose OF
taking care of the board of censors,
that department Of state created un-
der our administration for the pur-
pose of saving your children, the
youth of this state, from the obscene
pictures that mad been cast upon the
screens all over Ohio, until our pro.
gressive administration was inaug
lrated. (Great applause)
"Now, then, our friend Willis
was going to put all Of those Of.
fees over In the state house. We
were going to have an old Tom
jefferson administration. (Laueh-
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