Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-10-18
ADDRESSES BY DAVEY AND
OTHERS DRAW FINE CROWD


A crowd Of people, more than
double the number that attended
the Clarence j. Brown meeting
Tuesday of last week, heard Martin
L. Davey at the open air meeting
here last Thursday afternoon at the
court house esplanade. Mr.. Leon
ard Drury, secretary of the Demo-
cratic committee, presided, and in
troduced the speakers. Prayer was
Offered by FIR. L. b. Preston, and the
Malconta Post band furnished mu-
sic.
Preceding Mr.. Davey, d. M. Dun
1avey of Ashtabula county, spoke in
behalf of Vic Donahey, candidate
for United States senator. Mr.. Dun
1avey, personal friend Of Mr.. Dom
ahey, is campaigning for him not
only without pay, but even at his
own personal expense. He paid Mr..
Donahey wonderful tribute, call
ing attention to his simple. common
home life, and briefly reviewed his
public life from the time he served
as auditor of his home county; as
member Of the constitutional con-
vention; as auditor of state and
three terms as governor. He called
did more to get farmers out OF the
mud in the six years he was gov
ernor than had been done in the 40
years previous. At the primary
which nominated him, he carried II
out of the SS counties. Attention
was called also to the fact that he
had no paid speakers on the plat
form He stated that Mr.. Donahey
stood for the principles of President
Roosevelt. To Fess' cry of social
ism, the speaker said where were
Fess and his kind when big indus
trialists and "high" financiers were
running the country and lcoting the
treasury AS to the cry Of "experi-
ments'' of the Roosevelt admins
tration, the speaker said that If the
guaranteeing of bank deposits, and
of making banks safe, is an expert
ment. he stood for the experiment;
if the Home Owners Loan Corpor-
alton through which small home
owners have saved their homes, and
the Federal Home Loan banks are
experiments, he is for these expert
ments. AS to the cry OF soc dol
lars. he said what difference does 1t
In1 q
buys the right sized piece of beef
steak. He called attention to the
decrease in the number of vacant
store rooms, and to the improve
ment in business conditions in gen.
.eral.
Atty r. M Winegardner, candi-
date for one of the short term su-
preme court judges, ably explained
the judicial ticket.
Mr.. Dunlavey was well along in
his speech when Mr.. Davey arrived,
accompanied by State Chairman
Francis Poulson.
Mr. Davey is a magnetic speaker,
straightforward able, sincere, and
as he stated he was nominated
without the aid of bosses; he was
free and independent of them and
would continue to be when gov
ernor. He said in part: That the
Republicans cannot disown the de-
preston; that the memory of the
people goes back to Hoover's ad-
when wages and farm
products went to such low levels
that it was almost impossible to
live He stated that business is SO
percent better than it was year
ago. He said that emergency relief
is not charity, but is for those peo-
get work. AS to the old age pen
sion, he said that it is inadequate;
he also condemned the theory that
those eligible to old age pensions
must turn in their property to the
state and be reduced to pauperism.
He also spoke of the need for more
speed in getting pensions. Concern
ing the financing of schools he said !
T will guarantee to keep the
schools of Ohio open, keep the
township and cities operating, If
you will give me friendly legisla-
ture
1t is obvious that permanent
must be worked out by the
state. to provide additional rev.
enues. in order to make up the de-
ficiency in local revenues The sit
uation next year will be so much
worse that it is probable many peo-
pie do not realize how bad it will
be in 1895. This will be the direct
result of the 10 mill limitation
which goes into effect next year.
AS a result of the 10 mill limita-
tion, revenues of schools, cities,
counties and townships will be cut
been hard enough now for these
to run the last two or
three years, because of the inability
of so many people to pay their
taxes Therefore, we find the pres
ent revenues are insufficient. Next
year, revenues will be one-third
less We are headed into the worst
financial crisis Ohio has ever seen,
SO far as the political subdivisions
are concerned. 1t will require emer-
gency measures to meet this emer-
gency situation. I propose to make
sure that the school districts are
kept operating; also to make sure
that the necessary city employees
are paid, and the cities are kept OPP
Grating. l promise to make sure
that the counties and townships are
able to function.