The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-09-26

/ destruction Mr.. Wills said that We
I ran over the previous expense $3.50
BOO One-third OF that was spent
within sight OF this grove. upon the
bid dam between here and Middle
Town. Let me tell YOU something now
that probably he doesn't know: thai
the department Of canals rs maintain
ing itself now because OF regulations
that the Cox administration estaD.
lished. For years and years, users or
state water had been going on paying
2 trifling amount each year. We had
b survey made by the State uniyer
Sity and we ascertained how many
gallons were being used and we made
everyone pay per gallon precisely
what he used. So much for that
"As to good roads: The statement
that the present administration built
more miles of highways is ridiculous
It probably has finished more miles
because the work was really begun
hnder our administration. We were
responsible for the half-mill levy law
which made the great highway move.
ment now going on in the state pos
sible. Except for the Cox law, so.
called, the modern system which Is
making hundreds of miles of coed
highways possible, Mr. Willis wouldn t
have finished any good roads at all.
BROKEN FAITH CHARGED.
'I saw an article by Governor VIII.
lis not long ago in which he said that
he had kept the faith; that every
promise made had been redeemed.
Let us see whether tnat is correct.
In the platform upon which ne ran, ne
said:
1--WE not only favor the workmeI' a
compensation law, but we favor an
increase in the maximum amount n
be paid for death
'If you kept the faith, then you in.
creased the amount for accidental
death. And every one in Ohio knows
that the increase has not been made
(Applause.) The second promise was:
We approve the principle of one
days rest in seven for all Of labor
That bill was introduced. I talked to-
day with a gentleman who served on
Liz NOliAbAbtNC ldbOis anu IC bdll
that the bill was defeated because OF
The opposition in the Legislature visit
ed upon it by the Willis administra
tion. il that is keeping the faith
then I believe it is high time that a
new dictionary, political or otherwise
shall be devised.
''I charge bad faith in the little red
i. book. l charge bad faith in misrep
resentation as to the finances Of the
state. l charge that promises were
made that were never fulfilled We
live here in the Miami valley-the
+ valley that produced Tom Corwin, Val
landigham, Robert D. Schenk, Lewis
D, Campbell, John A. Mcmahon, James
e. Campbell, Robert NJ Nevin. Be
cause of the success wrought by these
!. our youth have the spark of ambition
in their breasts. They know the poor
/. boy has chance in this country, anc
y, that effort and character achieve
: something. Thousands of them would
: be governor, but not one at the price
of falsenood, not one under the con
!, ditions that gave the Office to Mr.. VII
lis. (Applause.)
GAS to the commissions created. We
= have heard a great deal about that
: Just one of them was destroyed, anC
:, what was the result? The cost of the
:, agricultural commission in the Coz
= administration was SS45,000. The cost
!, of the Willis state board of agricul
:, ture, which displaced it, is $974,0
' That is the difference between t1t
= Cox commission and the Willis decen
y tralization--a cost of $4,000.
/. COMPARISON OF ACTS.
0 'T remember in the campaign o.
$ 1914 that Governor Willis came Il
: Columbus and in a speech he held NJ
Il two books and said: This is my plat
} form. There is the bunch and mes:
D. of laws passed by the Cox administra
: tion.' You would think that this gov
: ernment, particularly the legislative
e end of it, was to be carried on with
Z such universal simplicity that the
g statutes would be as small as an OLD
II Hostetters' almanac. Here they are
(holding up books), two large vol
l. umes, from one short session of the
II legislature, and the man who is re
y spohsible for that mess and maze o
!. something that the supreme court ant
u the attorney general have never beer
. able to interpret, has taken forty min
y uets Of your time and he has dared
II to speak in praise of but one law.
L could 20 on until Christmas time emu
e merating the good laws in those books
Indicating the other books of laws
u passed In the Cox administrator
J. We nave the reform in the jury sys
4 tenn, the simplification of judicial pro
IS cedure, the half-holiday at election
+" time, the bill providing for at least
: two pay days a month-the modern
e caboose bill, the purchase Of life-sav
Il ing equipment in mines, survey fol
u occupational diseases, the bill provid
u ing for the removal of officials, the
r primary election, the home rule for
l. cities, tho civil service law, the initia'
l. tive and referendum, eleven agricul'
= tural bills for the promotion of farm