The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-13

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uets OF your time and he has dared
to speak In praise Of but one law
could go on until Christmas time emu
merating the good laws In those books
Indicating the other books OF laws
passed I'm the Cox administrator.
We nave the reform in the Jury sys'
tenn, the simpllhcation OF judicial pro
cedure, the halfholiday at election
time, the bill providing for at least
two pay days month-the modern
caboose bill, the purchase OF life-sav'
ing equipment In mines, survey for
occupatlonRl diseases, the bill proyid
ing for the removal OF officials, the
primary election, the home rule for
cities, tho civil service law, the initla-
tive and Osferendum, eleven agrjcul-
tural bills for the promotion OF farm
life, modern highway system,
strengthening Of the public utilities
law, the first budget financial system
adopted by any state in America, the
blue-sky law designated to protect In.
vestors from fraudulent spectators,
the act 10 purify elections, the law
providing for a more modern defense
against tuberculosis, and the liquor
license law, which regulates for the
first time In the history OF the state.
the trafic Within their pages is the
absolute guarantee to every mother
in Ohio that no matter what circum-
stances might befall her in the tender
youth Of her children, she will not
come to poverty nor will her little
ones be separated from her. ZAP.
! plGuse)
Those books carry the mandate
which closes the door on the darf
days Of old prison methods In Ohio.
The untortunates Of the state catch a
gleam Of hope and sense the golden
thread Of sympathy that runs through
the tendency Of our people. No mat
| ter how bad q man is In prison. there
il some good in him, and the new
prison law gives spur to that good
impulse and gives him encouragement
to build upon It. Other states are fol-
lowing our footsteps in the matter Of
prison reform.
Those laws have carried education
and opportunity TO the farms Of Ohio.
For years ambition in the rural boys
and girls has been crushed in too
many instances because the chance
was not afforded to go on. Three
years ago Ohio was forty-ffth in the
forty-eight states in her system of
rural education. Today the depart.
ment Of education in the national gov >
ernment at Washington places Ohio
where 9he ought to be-frst.
WoRKMENs COMPENSATION.
But above all the laws that have
been passed the one which has made
most inspiring appeal to the favor
and confidence Of the people is the
workmen's compensation act. With
the death of the workman, the state
becomes the trustee of the widow, and
the guardian OF the child and orphan.
With the injury Of the workman, doc
tor bills are paid, hospital expenses.
II necessary to be incurred, are met,
and he is given two-thirds of his pay
while off duty No more law suits =
no strife between capital and labor
and both labor and capital heartily
indorsing the principle and the opera
tion of the law. On, how amused /
was to hear from Mr. Willis that
Cox was an enemy OF that law. That
is why the liability insurance COM
panies contributed 100000 to beat
Cox in 1914 If Cox is the enemy Of
that law, and Willis is its friend. then
! ask him in all candor to tell this
audience whether a single liability
insurance man in Ohio will support
the last governor Of Ohio They never
make any mistakes from their view.
point. They pick the fellows they
know about.
"The governor has said he paid
more death claims than we paid
under the workmen's compensa-
tion law. That means that there
were more accidents than we had.
Did you ever hear a physician
using the undertaker's certificate
70 prove his success? More accl-
dents In Ohlo-yeS, ! admit that
because the factories In Ohio have
not been inspected as they ought
TO have been. The law contem-
experienced In the operation Of
factories should be placed in
charge of that department, be-
cause in his keeping are the lives
and limbs Of a million men and
women. Governor Willis had more
accidents because the man that
he appointed to that position was
Ri1tta FNIa IL NnI
Applause and Iaughtsr.) More
than that, he was a notorious
drunkard when he was appointed,
and everybody in Columbus know
It at the time. How did Governor
Willis finally get rid Of hn2
Why, they had an official nves-
tIgatIon. They called in doctors
to see what was the matter with
him. and the report was that he
drank too much cough syrup.
West Virginia, a dry state, has
been seeking to ascertain ever
since the ingredients of George
eope's cough syrup.
"Now, l want Governor Willis also
to tell you why he so successfully ap.
peals to the vets in Hamilton county
and to the drys in Ashtabula county.
(Applause.) In that campaign he
never made a speech in Hamilton
county, and yet the old Silver Moon
district returned 300 votes for Willis,
2 votes for Cox. The Ashtabula drya
voted with the Hamilton county vets.
| would like to know the secret OF
that mysterious result.