The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-14
Claim He Had Never Pressed Z
Seldler Into an Industrial
Controversy" Not True.
USED OHIO MILITIA TWICE
Question nst About Merits Of
Strike " Need for Military,
but asits TruthfuMsss.
sy wILLIAm HosrER.

"
Csx's bsastsd labor record has besn
shattered By his own enacial act
Claiming that hs lad never pressed
ssadier into an industrial controver-
~" the record of his action a. gov
srnor ef Ohis in mobilizing the Ma.
honal Guard Of this state fer service
in the steel strike Of 1919 has been
produced n hat cbatradictisn Of his
assertion.
Net snces but o. two occasions was
The Ohis guard, at - expense Of S28.-
~ T. the people Of, Ohis, called into
service an sent to Akron and held in
readiness fer act1sn ih nearby Canton.
The lusstion b not las to the merits
Of the strike ,or a to ths necessity for
The prsssnceisf the guard within strik-
ing distance sf Canton, but concerns
Wholly the ruthfulness Of Governor
Csx's statement obvieusly y,mads to win
fayor amsnf the wsridngnsn. The
fae6 q brsNght cut h the speech Of
RsDublican State Chairman George g.
olark, formally opening tho campaign
ct Cslumbusj ars,as follows:
ordsrsd Guard Out rwles.
Aftsr the steel strike had progressed
for some days, wlkA mere Or less diser-
Der. 0ovsrner CAx on September q,
le1e. sudasnly srdsrsd IL nsbilisation
Of the g1afd at Akrsn. A period Of
quiet felloWsd, and the troops were
withdraw. And thea again suddenly
on Octebert2E the guard was ence more
mobilised ana 3ssat to Akrsn, and while
II lay there at that strategic point
awaiting Z Summons int actisn star
omcers representing Governor Cox kept
close watch d ths situation In Can.
ton.
n his Desdh fat Wheeling, ". Va,
O the aight 'sf August II Gsvsrnsr
Csx said:
For sixyeu1AI have been In execu-
tive authority b the great Industrial
stats Of omo. During oil this time ]
have nswsr prssssd ssldlsr Into an In.
dustrtal osntrsvsrsy."
The question ID, I'D Governor Coz
tell the trutht Answering this Ques-
dsn, Oairman CLARK In his Columbus
speech displayed 10 his audience pho.
tographic copy sf Special Order No 80
Issued FROM ths Adjutant Generals de-
partment sf the State Of ohis, dated
Columbus October %. 1913. which des-
lsnated certaan snlcers for immediate
active servics and paragraph I Of
which reads:
FaetsSprsssntsd.
I'm anticipAtisa Of the development
II riotiAg condition at Canton, o., the
osvsrner 81 oh1s has deemed It neces-
sary to assemble q, sufacient number Of
state roopU atiAkNsn, o., to be held in
readiness to reader, aid to the civil au-
thorities at Canton, o.. and has - d.
rected the Adjutant 0eneral Of Ohis,
who. pursuant to such order, directs
Colonel Bensen VI. Hsugh to proceed
without delay to Akron, O., TO taks
command Of all atste tnpeps upon ar
rival'at Akron, o, and II hold them IN
readiness for duty awating further
ordhrs."
The order d stgled blythe Adjutant
General and csunker-sigbel IN these
words, sDy command. u obvsrsercex."
DID Govsmsr Cox tell the truth to
the wsrkingmeni
Supplementtng tlls Documentary
presf. Nr. Clark produced Photograph.
ic copies Of headlines from Canton, o.,
newspapers Of cencu1e,a 1t date, which
read: "etats troops msbi hiking for duty
here. All available cen Dpanies are sr.
dered cut" NAnd, 20, werner orders
troops for duty here, 0 bio soldiers re-
porting to armsries foil ewing trouble" :"
Truth ohsuld Do knswn.
The surprising thing about II all IL
that Governor Csx IN his wheeling
speech shsuld have mad b 10 fiat an a..
ssrtion when al Of the facts with le-
gard to his nobilisatiops Of the guard
we're still frssh In the Ipublic mind, ut
least In Ohis. OF csurset ID Il not to 70
expected that workinuhei elsewhere
In the United States wtbuld be familiar
with the circumstances. and II was for
that reason that State Chairman Clark
In his speech stressed The nscessity for
the people al over the country to be-
informed that 0evernhr Cox's assertion
that h never pres ssed Z soldier into
an industrial contrtveny was abso-
iutsly at varlsnce with oAs truth.
Publication Of tAsus sMtial facts has,
utterly confsundsd tha advocates Of
Gsysruler Cex's elset1sn, VIZ have been
making . special ylsa u the working-I
men on the basis II biz west Virginia.
spsscA Ths revelations ~ 70 Mr..
Csxs mobilization ol, he ltreeps are
beng compared VIA h swsra state.
ments of liaSsr lsagvs csntzibutisns TO-
his yubsrnatsr1al campaign fund In
rsfutation sf his, statsment thgt 'the
vets haye never contributed enc idsllar
to any sf my campaigns." ii both
cases the psint 10 mdAs that tAss Issue
IL not q to the msrA II his mSH iiiss.
tien Of The troops, on tie enc hand. o.
~ ta the status Of the wet ahd dry
question, en ths ether hand, buN thai
the real Issue b - te .ths 1esp1P n
truth ax1 accuracy abaslutsly 'nA.ee
Sary IN sne who seehNte u DFaadA n,