Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1911 — Greed for Federal Office Is Ravenous in State of Ohio. [ARTICLE]

Greed for Federal Office Is Ravenous in State of Ohio.

Beneath the picture of Carmi A. Thompson, of Ohio, the Lafayette Evening Courier of Thursday printed the following: “Hoosiers, generally speaking, have a national reputation for keeping their grips on things down at Washington, and they are able to hold their own against all comers except those from Ohio. An Ohioan is born to hold federal office, and that is all therp is to it. A case in point may be cited in the instance of filling the office of second secretary of the interior. Mr. Jesse Wilson, a duly accredited Hoosier, was filling the position very acceptably, but it came to pass that political patronage for republicans over in Ohio became suddenly very sparse. Carmi A. Thompson happened to be among those needing federal sustenance and aso the plea was made in his behalf. As a consequence Wilson went out and Thompson went in. Carmi A. Thompson was at one time secretary of state In Ohio.