Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-10-31

citizens, instead OF burden on
society. Even in the economic
sense, the state will receive more
than the full value for every dol
lar invested in q home for Grip
pied children"
Or does Governor Cox ask con-
tinuous Office holding for himself be-
cause he sought to manipulate the
Civil Service 30 as to throw ex-Union
soldiers out Of their places in the
state capitol in order to make room
for Democratic partisans or because
under his administration the merit
system has been in effect cloak for
political appointments to pay par
tisan debts?
Coal Fasco Of 1917.
Or does Governor Cox expect
third term because of his manage
ment of the coal situation in 1917?
What are the facts with reference
to the coal fiasco Of 1917 and 1918?
The fact of the matter is that
the present Democratic state ad-
ministration had full control of
She fuel situation in Ohio from
January to November, 1917, yet moth
ing was done other than the delivery
Of high-sounding speeches and the ~
sue of extensive publicity by an owe :
worked Press Bureau employed OF
state expense. The Governor ana
those associated with him in the a,
fairs of the administration of the state
urged people not to buy coal. The.
coal bins of Ohio consumers might
have been filled for the hard winter
OF 1918 IL the Democratic state adj
ministration had not sought to play
politics with a grave situation. AS it
turned out, productive enterprises had
to be closed, schools and churches
were closed, business was at a stand
still, we had lightless nights and
heatless Mondays and cold homes.
The fact that the advice of the Gov
ernor and his cohorts was bad is
proved by the further fact that the
Federal Fuel Administration this year
has exactly reversed the advice given
by the Governor last year. The peo-
pie this year are urged to fill their
coal bins in the early months, just as
they would have done last year IL
the Democratic state administration
had kept its unsought advice to itself
and dealt with the coal situation in a
business-like manner. Because the
Democrats won in Ohio. in 1915 under
the campaign slogan "he kept us out
Of war;" the friends of Governor Cox
may expect to win this year with the
slogan "he kept us out of COAL"
The Vast Increase Of Expense.
Or mayhap those who are casting
Democratic tradition to the wind
and pleading for election of
the third term candidate, may
urge that this be done because
under laws and policies for
which the third term candidate is
responsible the total expense of the
state government has increasd from
thirteen million dollars in 1912 to al
most twenty-three million dollars in
1918. or this ten million increase in
expense, eight million ha. e been add
ed under the administration OF Gov
ernor Cox and laws passed under his
administration are largely RESPONSE
BILE for the other expenditures.
When Governor Foraker came into
office he found the total state expenses
five and one-half million dollars. Dur
ing the four years of his term only
one-thirtieth of the increase in ex
penditure was made which has been
made during the time when Governor
Cox has been in office. Governor For
aker was severely criticized for this
increased expenditure and was denied
third term because of this and also
because it was claimed that there
had been "a notorious and disgracefu
use of patronage" This language il
quoted from Democratic platform o.
1889. Now If Governor Foraker wal
denied a third term with only small
patronage at his command, and will
only slight increase in state ex
penses, how much stronger is the rea
son for denying third term to tn,
present incumbent when he has mad,
increases in state expenditure thirt,
times as great as those made by Gov
ernor Foraker and during his four
years as governor has added so man,
new offices to the payroll that it woul,
take an expert clerk months to fgur,
out just how many new job holder
are holding Office because of his lib
erality with public funds.
When we examine the general rev
enue fund from which the general cul
rent expenses of the state must b.
met, the situation is equally appalling
In 1912 the disbursements from thi
fund totaled approximately ten mi
lion dollars. After six years durinl
four of which the third term candi
date has been in absolute contro
and during all of which time the law
passed by his rubber stamp legisls
ture have largely determined state e2
penses, the expenditure from the ger
eral revenue fund this year approx
makes sixteen million dollars a!