The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-13
Concerted Fight Of Work
ingmen Against Willis
Has No Effect
OIL JOB SUPREME
ISSUE THIS FALL
G. o. P. Dope-s Singer Con-
tinues To Imagine Many
Wild Things

The vigorous protest against the
way Gov. Willis, candidate for re-
election on the Republican ticket this
fall, has administered the workmens
compensation law--openly allowing
liability companies to ply their trade
In the state-is the bitterest blow
which Ayers P. Velvet, who mops
the oil around the Republican office
and frequently sputters forth with
some alleged political gossip, has re-
ceived for at least a month.
A(yers) p. Velvet is the person
who sets up his opinion of Willis
Economy against the figures of
State Auditor Donahey and about ev.
cry other day or so calmly ignores
the totals of Willis wild, reckless
!. and extravagant regime, citing how
$40 or something like that was saved
In such-and-such department by fir
ing the janitor and letting the desks
remain dirty, or words to that effect.
who failed to uncover the letter writ
ten to the board of revision of Knox
county and printed a statement to
that effect in his oily sheet when,
the very next morning, reporter of
The Banner found the missing let
ter in the county auditor office where
1t had been right along-and should
be.
A(yers) P. Velvet is the self-same
creature who went into some dope
like tantrums about an income tax
law and who shut up like steel trap
when few facts punctured his hazy
dreams and brought him up with a
start
A(yers) P. Velvet has, in fact, done
many queer things to enlighten the
common people" upon ''the real po-
litical issues of the day." but he un-
fortunately does these things in his
sanctimonious sanctum with the eff.
fluvia of the oil stimulating mis- imagi
nation. Apply the test of truth tt
some of his many political gossip.
ings" and the result is disturbing.
He has qualified, at least, as a
leading contestant in the snatch-the-
Notwithstanding Thomas strug-
gle which the Republicans of the
state are staging this fall, as they
did in 1914. A(yers) P. Velvet's
prime claim for honor is his precious
and remarkable ability to doubt that
anybody except his own dear self
knows blessed thing about the po-
iitical situation this fall, or any other
time, for that matter.
He assumed that Auditor Donahey
knows not thing in submitting his
annual report which shows that Will
lis ECONOMY" has saddled a deficit,
I'm the years business, of half mil
lion dollars upon the people.
He assumed that nobody knew of
the existence" of that missing let
ter in the auditors Office which, when
Unpublished in The Banner, showed
what frantic efforts the Willis state
tax commission was making to re-
plenish apidly-dminishing trea-
sury.
He assumed that nobody in Mt.
Vernon knew anything about the
workings OF an income tax law in
that it would not affect single labor
ing man in the city.
He assumed, finally, and is still
assuming as rapidly and with as
great a frequency as he can assume,
that people of the city don't know
enough to realize that the petitions
sent out by the state federation OF
labor and signed, eagerly and volun-
tarily, by 500 workingmen of the
city, mean the crucifixion of Willis as
pretended ally of labor.
He assumes that laboring men have
not sense enough to know that when
Secretary Donnelly of the state fed
Grafton. of labor circulated the pamph
let which showed one meager Tabor
measure-a law to provide vestibulee
on summer street and electric inter
urban cars-as the Accomplishment
meant that the Willis misadminisira
.%ion had been a hollow failure, as fa:
> as labor was concerned.
And now (prepare to bite your
tongue in order to keep from laugh
ing yourself to DEATH. he assumes