The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-07

! necessary Iun0S to carry the school
work along successful lines. He firm
! ly believes in a revision of thse laws
which will remove the handicap that
| is experienced by this state and give
TO the schools sufficient funds. If the
| voters Of the entire district knew Mr..
Berry as we know him, he would Sc
sure a unanimous compliment in the
race for senator. His honest activ-
! ity along all lines should be recog-
ni2ed. For strict attention to duty,
constant attendance and a practical
knowledge of legislation affecting the
interests Of the people, Hon. Thomas
NJ. Berry, of this county, stood in the
front ranks of Ohio Legislators of re-
cent years. The impress of his work
! is found on the statutes enacted into
! the laws since he entered the senate
as a member of the seventy-siXth
| general assembly in 1904 and he was
! factor in the legislation of his time.
Honest and conscientious, with rare
grasp Of affairs, Senator Berry was
considered one of the ablest members
of the two deliberate bodies in which
he served. Hon. Thomas M. Berry
was born on farm in Jennings
township, Van Vert county, July 30
| 1859. His father, Joseph M. Berry
was a native of Champaign county
and died in 1892. His mother, Mary
Jane Fitzpatrick, was a native of
New York, and came to Ohio with
| her parents and settled in Auglaize
county. She was OF Irish descent.
The Senator's paternal ancestors
were of German descent. The Sena-
tor was educated in the common
schools in the district where he was
born and worked on the farm until
1897, when assumed the duties of
| Auditor of Van Vert county, having
been elected the previous fall. He
was reelected and served six years.
He served as a member of the board
of education, constable and township
clerk in the township of his birth.
He still owns the farm which includes
the building where he first attended
school and which he has improved
until it is one Of the best farms in
the west section of this community.
He vas nominated and elected on
the Democratic ticket to the Ohio
Senate from the 32nd district in 1903
and reelected in 1906, without oppo-
sition in both campaigns. He was
particularly active and interested in
the county salary bill that became a
law IN 1906 and served as chairman
of the committee on Fees and Salar-
les, an dmember of Finance, Roads
and Highways, Agriculture, County
Affairs, Drainage and Irrigation and
Taxation committees Senator Berry
was also a member Of the INSURANCE
Commission that codified the laws re-
lating to life insurance companies,
that became laws during the second
session of the 77th assembly. He al
SO sc we'd on the Cincinnati Inves-
tigatlng committee along with Con-
gresham Joshua E. Russell, who was
senator at that time Every voter is
familiar with the duties of that COM
nittee when they were sent to that
city 10 Investigate the actions of
Geo. b. Cox, who was the political
boss of Cincinnati al that time. We
can recommend Hon, Thomas M Ber--
ry to the voters as man worthy of
their support, knowing that their
confidence will not be misplaced, be-
cause he has been time tried and
found to be true in every sense that
the word implies Editorial from
the Spcnceryille Journal-News of the
issue Of June l. 1915.
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