The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-09-28

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method OF conducting the banking Dc
partment under the preceding admin
lstration and under present Republi
can management. Ohio has never be
Iore seen and never will see aRaif
such an orgy OF political jobbery
Wasteful extravaganza and disgracefu
inefheiency as obtained in the bankinl
department under my predecessor.
Banks were Fdthlessly wrecked
that greedy politicians might All their
hungry maws on the frugal savings OF
widows and orphans. To quote emf
nent Democratic authority, "the fai!
ure OF bank was like tne tapping OF
honey hive Il was the policy OF
the department to wreck banks TO fur
nish Jobs for political friends of the
governor rather thsn to save them IN
the interest Of depositors ehe liquid
ating department became a haven of
rest for deserving Democrats. wSo
waxed fat on depositors' money Ex.
penses of liquidation leaped from S33.
200 in 1913 to $4,000 in 1914. The
banking department was the place
wnere political debts were paid. The
whole diSgraceful mess was an out
rage upon the state and a stencil in
the nostrils of decency.
My opponent bases his plea for an.
ether term as governor on the record
OF his administration. Fully realizing
the seriousness of what I saw. de.
clare that not within the entire his.
tory Of Ohio has there ever been a
department of the state govern
ment administered so ineficiently
SO arbitrarily, so recklessly. so
extravagantly, and so generally
scandalously, as was the banking de-
partment under the administration Of
Governor Cox. I challenge contradic.
ton, for there is documentary and
sworn official proof Of everything l
here say.
1 charge that in a number of cases
under the administration of Governor
COX banks were closed unnecessarily
and In autocratic, arbitrary fashion,
Notwithstanding that it was clearly es-
that the depositors were am.
ply protected, and that, in fact, the
ranks were solvent. In one conspicu.
ous instance this outrageous and high
handed action was taken against the
indignant protects of the officers of
The clearing house and of the leading
Of Columbus.
And yet Mr.. Cox. II he gets the
proposes to turn things back
% where they were in 1913-1915! But
he people will attend to that. The
government of Ohio will never again
De Lattannerized."
lump Sum Appropriations.
The abolition of lump sum appropri
ltions was next taken up by the gov
'rnor. He showed that in salaries
lone the present administration mas
aVed thousands of dollars of tavpay.
rs money and that these salary re-
-uctions were fought by the Demo.
ratio state organization.
Expenses Turned Downward.
The governor quoted figures show
1g that In the first full year of appro-
rlatlons under his administration,
$4,000 of increases due to Cox laws
ut not effective under Cox, were paid
nd yet the total state expense. ex.
ept rotary and highways funds. were
educed $3.50, 600.
He showed how the policy Of econ.
my has beer carried into every de-
artment of the state government in
Dite of added expenses BY reason OF
Tvs enacted by the previous admin
tration.
On this record of economics
rought, public service improved and
legislation enacted" the
oVernor said, I'VE challenge our
lends, the enemy, to combat"
Summary.
THE economics have set forth are
preaching; the tendency toward in
'eased state expenditures and result
g Increased tax burdens has been
lecked; offices are no longer rented
IMPLY because somebody wants DO
tion; salaries are no longer boosted
Y the ipse dixit of the governor to
Ike care of political friends; an hon.
It days work is demanded for fairi
avs pay and political debts are mol
niger paid from the public treasury.S
More legislation of patriotic chars
ter in the interest of the soldiers of
| our wars has been enacted by thet
'esent general assembly than anyS
her in the history of the state. Mores
an score of such laws were enact
as an expression of the pride andI
'preciation of a patriotic people. TheS
AIRED and torn battle flags of tneP
public are no longer hidden away,
It are at rest forever on Ohio's hearth
the rotunda of the capitol
More legislation for the protectiong
the public health was enacted by
e present general assembly than by
" of its predecessors
while this administration has nots
STATED to direct public attention.
to the unenviable and re-
diated record of its predecessor, it
s met and solved the pressing prob
ms of the hour and mas made provi-
IN so far as it can be done in legis-
lion and administration for the conf
ex questions of the oncoming future
can look forward sanely because it
oks back carefully.
THE Republican party in Ohio ex-
cts and will receive a vote of con-
ence from the people, not simply
cause of the bad record of its oppo-
nts, but because of its record of
atform pledges kept and public dutyb
triotically performed. In the faceS
cowardly Misrepresentation and in
lious attack it did the work it prom.
ID the people it would do.
AS a result of this campaign My
4 T. Herrick will join Warren Ca
riding in the senate and. on the is.
1c a. a.