Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19

always spent No money was ever
returned. Now the amount allotted
to each department is fixed BY the
budget commission. and the things
for which the money may be spent
are defined Every year the depart
ments turn money back into the state
treasury"
How does labor like the use made
OF convict labor"
Labor does not like it." said Gov
Cox
But he thoroughly believes in the
fairness of the workingman.
We are all human" said he. we
are an very much alike. Once they
learn that you are on the level with
them they are on the level with you"
On one occasion Pennsylvania strik-
ers sought to hold a mass meeting.
and when interfered with by the state
constabulary they crossed the line
into Ohio.
Pennsylvanians sent word to me-"
said he. land asked me to stop the
meeting OF the strikers. You know
that under the Pennsylvania law the
meeting of three persons In Q public
place may be considered an unlawful
assembly. 1 sent this word back:
Over in Ohio We have not yet re-
pealed the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence'"
The strikers held their meeting ano
relieved the pressure by talking ana
then returned peaceably to Pennsyl-
vania- On another occasion, in an
Ohio strike. the employers asked him
to send soldiers to guard their plants.
II will not do it," was his reply.
ITO do that would be to take sides.
But I have the soldiers ready and if
single man who wants to 20 to
work is injured / will arrest the
guilty man. The strikers may talk
to the workers all they want to-but
they must not lay hands on them"
There WAS no trouble. In another
town the street car workers struck
stop the cars for . few hours"
Cox advised. Public opinion will
settle this strike"
Walkers End Trolley Strike.
The men and women who walked
brought pressure to bear on both
sides and an agreement was reached
which has been satistActory ever
since. During the steel strike some
West Virginia strikers planned an in
vasion OF Ohio to force ont thu men
1t several plants. Cox was called on
for action. He sent for some Of the
leaAsts of the mon.
This Is q proud state" said he
I'VE cannot permit such an invasion.
c. tell your men that aaa tell thsa
that moan business"
The threatened raid canss to moth
Ing. He 10 proud that hs has never
been forced to use a soldier against
striker. Once he removed an Ohio
democratic mayor who was further
ing his campaign for reelection BY
sympathizing with unruly strikers
and replaced him by q republican.
The disorders stopped.
"As a business man believe in the
enforcement of law" said he. IF the
law is not right change it,"
Years ago there was an outburst Of
radicalism in Ohio. There was a
soapbox orator on every corner" I'm
der the old Ohio constitution-"writ-
ten in stage coach days"-the work
man felt he was not being fairly
treated The employer then had three
defenses against an action for per-
sonal injury-the three being ac-
ceptsnce of risk. contributory neg
ligence and the fellow workman
Fifty thousand accident cases were
being brought against employers an
nually in the Ohio courts.
The injured man had no chance"
said Cox. THE employer was covered
by liability insurance and the in
surance company furnished the best
lawyers to be found. The workman
relied on the first lawyer he met at
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