The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-08

performance OF duty you won, ana re-
tain, the admiration OF u grateful 4
public.
It seems appropriate to state in this
connection some of the things of per
manent benefit which your initiative
has given to the people Of Ohio.
The new constitution, ratified
through your efforts, made possible
u series OF Legislative and admins
trative reforms without parallel in
number and Importance In the annals
Of any other state.
II is not practicable here, TO review
in detail these reforms. They vital
lied existing institutions and created
new agencies for the promotion OF
the happiness and prosperity of Il
progressive people.
The Workman's Compensation a
You secured the passage Of a Work
mans Compensation Law which 30
other states have taken for n model.
This measure provides compensation
for workmen according to the degree
of their disability and at the same
time safeguards employers against
unfair and extortionate claims. 1t
has worked so we'll That II IL said
the number of lawsuits involving
workmen's compensation decreased
from approximately $4,000 in 1912 10
less than 30 in 1919.
Industrial Disturbances
No better example Of courageous
discharge of duty is known than the
manner in which you dealt with the
industrial problems in Ohio during
the war. WITH firmness and patience
you harmonized apparently irrecon'
cilable contentious between employees
and employer, and without resort TO
force, succeeded in keeping in con-
tinuous operation the steel, mining,
and transportation industries Of the
state, admittedly Indispensable to the
comfort of young people and to The
success of our armies.
The Budget System
The budget system is an enduring
monument to your genius in states
manship. This measure placed the
various state departments on a SOUND
financial basis. Notwithstanding the
greatly increased cost of administration
incident to the war, the state gov
eminent has been operated without
increase in tax rates. The measure has
proved so satisfactory that the Repub-
lican. nominee has declared for a
similar system of co-ordinating national
income and expenditures.
Rural Schools
When you became governor you
found the rural schools of the state
inadequate and poorly maintained. \
masterful organization was affected
which resulted in consultations from
which have come the best rural school
system in the union
Prison Reforms
The reforms i|naugurated in the pris-
ons of Ohio during your admins
tration have made the penal insti-
tutions of this state effective agen-
cies for the protection Of the public
against crime and for the reforms
ton Of the criminals.
The inter-county highway law, from
which many other states have model
ed their systems, the mothers PEN
sion law, the child labor act, the
blue sky law, the Warnes law re-
forming the tax system Of the state
are among the important improve
ments you have promoted, any one
of which is Of sufficient merit AMI
Importance to entitle you to renown.
This incomplete list of reforms
you have accomplished for Ohio in the
face of organized opposition is evil
dence of your fitness to bear weight
Ter burdens and to discharge the more
comprehensive responsibilities Of chief
executive of the nation.
Nominee in Accord With Platform
1t is not alone because of rare
played that this nomination has come
to you, but even more for the rea-
son that you are known to be In
hearty sympathy with the prin-
ciples expressed in our party platform.
Your expressions regarding its
provisions are eagerly awaited by the
public. 1t therefore seems appropriate
that only brief reference to the plat
form be made in these remarks.
The document clearly defines the
attitude of the Democratic party on
vital domestic n foreign problems,
Unlike the Republican platform, which
was deliberately made ambiguous in
order to conceal irreconciliable diff
ferences of opinion among the dele
gates, the San Francisco platform is
easily understood and is not sus.
ceptible of conflicting interpretations.
Democratic Platform and Domestic
Questions
Our platform points out the simple
truth that by defeating the treaty
of peace and thus ~prolonging the
technical state of war, the Republican
party is responsible for the continu-
ance of the high cost of living, and
that this cannot be remedied save
through increased production, a strict
economy and the relentless pursuit
and punishment OF profiteers.
We undertake, if empowered, to re-
wise and modify the war revenue acts
so as to adjust them to peace condi-
tons and encourage thrift and enter
prise.
The Republican congress passed =
bill for u budget which was plainly |
unconstitutional and the president was
compelled to veto 1t. our party has
declared for a budget law which vii,
conform to the constitution and which
will tend to keep federal expendi-
lures within the II a
national budget system a be de
vised which will prove as successful
as that of Ohio, the federal finances
will be placed on a business basis.
The Democratic party has advanced
agricultural prosperity by the passage
Of many measures, particularly the
farm loan act, the agricultural ex
tension law, the bureau Of farm
markets, the bureau Of farm manage.
ment, the cotton futures act, the