Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-06-17
HEAT SCARS TO IS
Ferguson Stock holder In
Doyle Press Says Rhodes

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BY Associated Press
..~~cLEVELAND up - Mayor \
james A. Rhodes OF Column
bus, the Republican candidate
for state auditor, declared to-
day his opponent Is a stock
holder in Doyle Press, Inc, a
printing organization In Mad
ison County.
Rhodes made his statement
at a party rally.
He said Joseph :. Fergu-
son, the Democrat incumbent,
has not been devoting Full
time and attention to the busi-
ness for which the auditor was
elected
Rhodes said corporate rec
ords showed stock in Doyle
Press was issued to "the audi
tor on or about Aug. q, 1851"
That State Auditor Joseph Fer
guson is stockholder in the Doyle
Press Inc. was disclosed Monday
by James A. Rhodes, Columbus,
Republican candidate for Auditor
of State.
Rhodes scored the Fergu-
son-Doyie alliance in a detail
ed statement at Cleveland. He
declared, 81 am revealing to
the public for the first time
that Auditor Ferguson is a
stockholder in Doyle Press,
Inc. This stock was issued to
the Auditor on or about Au-
gust %, 1851 according to cor
porate records"
Rhodes further stated that Doyle
Press, Inc, is the corporation
which was about to grab off a
100000 printing contract with the
State of Ohio but was stopped by
the vigilance of Attorney General
c. William O'Neil. Is
It has now become obvious
through recent Investigations by
Madison County Prosecutor For
rest E. Sidener, Jr., and the resig-
nation of Clarence j. Doyle that
the State Auditors office has been
used as an instrument to advance
the political and private interests
of State Auditor Joseph T. Fergu-
son and his cronies, Rhodes
charged at a county Republican
rally at Cleveland.
He asserted that neither Fergu-
son nor his chief aides have been
devoting their full time and at
tention to the business for whit
the Auditor was elected and his
aides appointed. This is evidenced
by their several business enterpriS-
es which have been directed from
the State Auditors office at the
expense of the taxpayers of Ohio
On July 8, 1851. Doyle Press,
Inc. filed its Articles of Incor-
poration" with the Secretary OF
State. These showed the incorpora-
tors to be Clarence j. Doyle Fer
guson's executive secretary and
chief political policy maker; A. o.
Harris, a Ferguson front man. and
one H. II. Yarnell, secretary of the
corporation who recently took his
own life, Rhodes declared.
Again referring to Madison
County, he charged that, because
of Investigations of Prosecutor
Sidener. Ferguson and Doyle
found it expedient to have Doyle
resign because of the disclosures
that would have inevitably come
to light and of the adverse effect
these would have on the Auditors
political fortunes In his coming
campaign to round out 20 years ir
one office.
What really frightened Fergu'
son and Doyle into having Doyle
temporarily separate himself from
the state payrollS, was the investi
cation being made by the Madison
County Prosecutor in connection
with a printing contract, he ex
planned.
Under terms of this contrac'
Doyle Press, Inc. received approx
imately $500. from the Madison
County Board of Election TO
printing the May 6, 1852 Primar.
ballots and Ferguson's name ap
peared as a candidate on thes'
ballots, Rhodes pointed out.
Digging further into the Fergu
. son-Doyle "hook-up' he state,
that Doyle Press. Inc., publishe
two newspapers and engages II
. the commercial printing busines
and that political influence AMI
pressure have been exerted direct
ly from the Auditors office to at
vance the fortunes of these joint
profit-making enterprises of Fet
. guson and Doyle.
: They are extremely fortunat
! in that their administrative over
head has been little or nothing
: The taxpayers of Ohio have furn
ished office space and expense