The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-09-15

national capitol, for the first time
within fifty years, an insidious lobby
which preyed upon honest legislation
and was thorough detriment to the
interests of the people. He held up
the threatened railroad strike, with
Wilson's powerful victory in averting
a national calamity, as anything but
of a weak character. He spoke of
Wilson's fight against the banking and
financial interests of the east, fight
Of the kind which Andrew Jackson
had nearly hundred years ago which
resulted in the passage of the federal
reserve bank law which has resulted
in more money in the banks of the
country in general than at any other
time in the country's history, together
with more secure and certain feel
ing on the part of the people.
Despite the protests of ten south,
ern Democratic senator's" Cox said,
Wilson insisted on the passage of
a law tending to preserve the child
life of the country" He added, rs
this weakness?"
The Republican campaign managers
are trying, Cox affirmed, to cater to
two elements in the country. To one
they speak of Wilson's opposition to
the Germans and to the other of his
not protesting against the violation Of
the neutrality of Belgium-an act de-
cidedly pro-German.
A stirring appeal to the patriotism
of the people in upholding and back.
ing up President Wilson in his for
eign policy concluded CoX's reference
to the national issues of the campaign
and was provocative of loud cheers
and applause.
"The people gave me new consti-
tuition in 1918 and the Lord gave me
flood" Cox said, referring to his in
cumbency of the governorship of
Ohio, "and these two factors made
things mighty hard"
The vicious campaign which Gov.
Willis conducted two years ago was
given touch" by Cox when he spoke
of the extravagant statements made
by Willis that the state of Ohio was
almost bankrupt and was facing a
deficit in the treasury.
"In January of 1915, Willis signed
receipt" Cox said, (which showed
that the state treasury contained
eleven million dollars in cash, the
largest balance in the history of the
state. Willis has made the mistake
of not admitting he was deceived about
the condition of the treasury. He has
never, during his two years In Office,
| denied the charge that the state
was bankrupt"
Much laughter was produced by
Governor Cox from his audience when
he spoke of the Little Red Book cir Gu
, lated in the campaign of 1914 and con
| tanning pictures of some Is or 20 sky
scrapers of Columbus where state of
fees were said to have been located
willis said all these offices would
be brought within the state house,
/, Cox shouted, "and still, six months
after he went into Office, he signed {
law providing for the purchase of {
skyscraper." "And," the speaker de
clared amid much laughter, "he palC
for 1t with interest from money which
he said was not in the treasury"
"You know now you were fooled
In 1914" Cox declared, land If
you do not preserve the lesson
that truth must prevail and things
go to the devil, you can get to the
IookIns-gIass and blame yourself
for it,"
Willis, in addition to his mistaken
notion of the money in the stat
treasury and his warped idea as to tn
housing of state offices, has made on
further mistake, and big one, az
cording to Cox, who sees absolutel
: nothing of a constructive nature Il
the two entire years of administrs
! tion.
A hot little shot was fired at Will
, for his hypocritical stand against ms
chine politics in 1914 when Cox spok
} of Willis discharge Of "Old Bill" an
: "Aunt Mary" Burnett, who for year
we're in charge of the soldiers hom
, at Sandusky to make room fo