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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS Tim si aft Fave,aMon m th" Oh!ner-lslature Oh!ner-lslature are a cause of sorrow for the nswspapers. New York World: "Ohio has anra-rently anra-rently produced a legislature so corrupt that It cannot be trusted to Investigate Itself. According to the detec-tlvaa detec-tlvaa who have been gathering evidence, conditions at the state oapltol are about aa had aa those uncovered last year In Adams county, only there were fewer legislators leg-islators at Columbus than voters In Adams county." Chicago News: A revolt of business men .lies at the bottom of this latest graft crusade. In Ohio. It apnesra, the mots of graft have gone so deep that legislation Is not only a purchasable commodity, com-modity, but It la seldom to be obtained without payment of money. Illinois., with Ite 'Jsckpot disclosures, well understands the shame which attends the revelations of farreauhing corruption at Columbus." wwssesassssaasssssssas. Plttshitrs Oaaette Times: "The spectacle specta-cle la ahameful lo the state, which csn sav Its face only by th most rigid pursuit pur-suit of all offenders. Incidentally. It may have Ita effect on politics hy In4uclna loyalty and harmony anions the Republicans Republi-cans Inasmuch as the Democrats do not appr to know how to conserve a situation situa-tion naturally favorable to themselves." Toledo Rtade: "It Is time to ret down to the truth. The people of Ohio must know that bribery cannot be resorted to with success or Impunity In efforts to shape th course of legislation. It must b mad clear that lobbyl.ta who us corrupt cor-rupt means to aaln their ends will not be tolerated at Columbus. It is no time for compromise with duty. Th surgeon's sur-geon's knife must so to the root of the cancer." Indfanapnit Nw: "It la a hard thins to say, but It Is nevertheless the truth, that the presumption la that ther are men In many of our state legislatures who. can be bribed. Therefor, there Is nothlns Incredible, thouah ther Is much that Is shocktna. In the report of these aaents of Burns. They say that thsy have evidence of the clearest character. |