The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-06
AS TO Mr.. woLp.s MEETING

chant for discovering mare-nests ana
letting his vivid imagination run
riot, is hereby informed that when
Mr.. Albert NJ Wold, the promoter of
organizations of insurance agents,
called at the Banner office and wrote
an article which he asked to have
published, 1t contained the statement
that the insurance federation is op
posed to having the state ENTER
AND MONOPOLIZE any line or
branch of insurance" This had di.
rect reference to the workmen's com
pensation law, with which the text
coupled it. The article written by
Mr.. Void is still in the possession of
the Banner. 1t may be significant
that the article Mr.. Void furnished
the Republican, as printed in that
paper, did not make reference TO the
opposition of the insurance fedora
tion to the state entering and monop.
olizing any line or branch of insur.
ance." Right on this point it is not
violent to assume that Mr.. Wold got
the politics Of the two Mt. Vernon pa
pers transposed in making his calls
on them. Additional evidence of this
inference is found in the fact that
while in the Banner office he opened
up on Gov. Cox without the slightest
provocation and handed him roast
for his action in making the work
mans compensation law compulsory.
No other construction could be
placed on what Mr.. Void wrote and
what he said than that lie was pro
noting an organization of insurance
agents for political purposes. II Mr..
Wold is not SO engaged, he is GER
tainly very indiscreet with his pen
and his tongue.
Mr.. Wold's article stated that his
meeting would be held at the cham
Der of commerce. The editor of the
Banner called up President Darrah
of the chamber of commerce and stat
ed to him the contents of Mr.. Wold's
article and what he had said about
Gov. Cox and suggested that Mr.
Void might be here on political
mission. Secretary Rooms was also
| called up and the same statements
made to him. Neither of these Off
GERS OF the chamber Of commerce
knew anything of such meeting be
f,,,v hnI ID 81, np
and were at loss to know from
whom Mr.. Wold had obtained author.
ity to so use the room.
In few days letters were received
by all the insurance agents OF Knox
county calling a meeting at the Y. M
G. A. for last Saturday afternoon,
They were signed by Mr.. Void. Two
of the letters were brought to the
Banner office by the recipients Of
them. Thereupon, the editor of the
Banner called up Secretary Spence
and President Taylor of the Y. NJ. C.,
A. and made the same suggestions to
them as were made to the president
and secretary of the chamber of com
merce.
The editor OF the Banner has moth
ing to take back or apologize for iii
connection with his action. Mr..
Wold's article, coupled with his vic.
ious attack upon Gov. Cox, could
mean but one thing, and that wae
that he was out on a political mis-
sion. In the circumstances there
was but one thing for the editor OF
the Banner to do, and that was to
make known to the officers of the
G. A Mr.. Wold's mental attitude and
| II was then up to the officers of
those organizations to permit him to
have his meeting In their rooms, or
not, as the circumstances, in thei
opinion, warranted.
Not only has the editor OF the Ban
ner nothing to take back in what he
said and did, but would do the same
thing again In like circumstances.
Just put that In your pipe and
smoke 1t
But, speaking of "paternalism,"
does the sensitive Editor. olI,lnspect,
or under.Willis lams recall some per
sonal activity on his part to head off
a perfectly legitimate movement OF a
Mr.. Riddle In Knox county a few
years ago and which EditorOil In
speotor lams conceived, without a
particle Of evidence, was a movement
In behalf Of Gov. CoNs reelection? {?
Does he recall how he made personal
calls in several directions to keep
Mr.. Riddle out Of Knox county, and
Of how he "exposed" the pilot"
through the columns Of the Mt. Yer.
non Republican? II that wasn't
"paternaism," what was II, Mr..
Acknowledgements U UnderWillis2
II all depends on the color of your
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