Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-02
PAULDING RESERVOIR.
THE GEYER BILL PASSES THE
HOUSE.
Senate Amendments to the Local option
Bill Concurred Unnatural Gas In the
Senate-The Ames Temperance In-
struction Bill Passes the House.
COLUMBUS. O., March ..
The Senate.

The Senate devoted the entire afternoon
to discussing and disposing Of the gas bills
on the calendar. There were nine of them,
and they have for over a week been the
stumbling block for legislation. These
nine bills sought to authorize the people OF
these various places to issue bonds for the
purpose of securing natural gas to tho
of dollars. The bills for Wapakoneta,
Auglane county; Rising Sun, Wood
county; Wauseon, Fulton county; Perrys'
burg, Wood county, and Greenyille, Darkd
county, were lost on passage. The bills for
New Bremen, Auglaize county; Genoa,
Ottawa county, and Celina, Mercer county,
were indefinitely postponed in accordance
with the recommendation of the Committee
on Municipal Affairs.
BILLS PASSED.
II. B. by Mr.. Hubbard-Authorizing
Tostoria to levy tax and issue 81 900 In
bonds to build a cemetery vault.
S. B. by Mr.. AleIander-To expedite
the collection and publication of school
statistics
H. B. by Mr.. Griffin-To authorize Judges
of Elections to refuse to receive a vote, even
after the person has taken the required
oath.
H. B. by Mr.. Coates-To authorize Scioto
Nouhtf W iSSut W FpVvfOOS
free turn pike bonds.
S. B. BY Mr. Richardson-Authoriz
the Commissioners of Hamilton county to
improve Pleasant Ridge road.
III. b. by Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
West Cleveland to issne $4,000 to improve
the Water Works.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
/ g. J. r. by Mr.. Townsend-Requestin
Congress to pass q service pension bill.
The House.
The House passed the Geyer bill providing
for the abandoning OF the Paulding county
reservoir and a part of the Indiana and
Wabash canal in that county. The vote
was: ayes, 5Ia nays, 80. The vote in de-
tail was as follows: Ayes--Ames, Baugh-
man, Beatty, Bense, Bird, Blue, Boehmer,
Boyd, Britton, Brown, of Cuyahoga,
Brown, of Hancock. Clarke, Copeland, Don
oyan. Doran, Egcerman, Eidemiller, Finn
pie, Gaumer, Geser, Gill, Haley, Hamilton,
Hart Hubbard, Hudson, Hunt, Hysell,
Jackson, Kennedy, Klensch, Krcis. Lsntz,
AcKelvey,. Messer, Monnot. Ogle, Obi, Out
calt Pennell, Rswlins, Robson, Rorick,
s%ag sssnasr stewart sess s1ss5s Tenp
kins, Tryon. Vinnedge, Weems, Whit
acre, Whittlesey, :Wydman, 81; nays
|-Albaugh, Ankeny, Armor, Bar
ger, Belville, Boden, Braman. Buerbaus,
Clancy, Coates, Cope, Forbes, Harper,
Hartpence, Holcomb, Holmes, Howard,
Kitchen, Laylin. lie Blond, McCray, Mer-
edith. Merrick, Monahau Owen, Palmer,
Poorman, Reed, Robinson, Shinn. Stran-
shan, Strecker, Taylor. Wilhelm-3S.
THE ANEs BILL.
The House took up the Ames bill yester-
day morning and after considerable discus
sion and amended so rs to provide that the
instruction be oral, passed il. The title of
the bill reads: ITO provide for the instruc-
ton of the nature OF alcohilic drinks and
narcotics and their effects on the human
system, in the public schools of the State of
Ohio, and in all educational institutions
supported wholly or in part by public
money"
The vote resulted as follows: Ayes (Dem-
rats in italics)-Messrs. Albaugh. Ames,
Irger. Beatty, Boden, Boyd, Braman,
itton, Brown of Cuyahoga, BroWn of Han
'ck. Baerhd,n, Clancy, Cope, Copeland,
avis, Dill, Donotdn, Doran, Eskins, Egger-
an, Fimple, Geyer. Gin. Hdnliitoa, Harper,
Iarris, Holcomb, Holmes, Hudson, Jack
on, Kennedy, Kitchen. Laylin, McKelvey,
Meredith, Merrick, Monahan, ogle, Oil,
Outcalt, Owen, Palmer, Poorman, Rawlin.,
Reed, Robinson, Sanford, Shearer, SmnlLey,
Stewart, Stranahan, Strecker, Taylor, Tomp-
kins, Tryon, Weem., Whitacre, Whittlesey,
Wilhelm, Worthington, Speaker, 62.
Nays Republicans in italics)-Messrs.
Ankeny, Armor, Baughman, Belville,
Bense. Bird, Blue, Boehmer, Counts, Crom-
ley, Eidemiller, Gaumer, Hart, Klenseh,
Lawlor, McCrsy, Ohlemacher, Pennell,
fyssst<r, Robeson, Schuler, Shaw, Shinn,
Smith, Young.
LOCAL OPTION A LAW
While the Geyer bill was being discussed
Q message was received from the Senate, re-
turning the Beatty local option bill as
amended. The question being upon con-
curing in the Senate amendment, strik-
ing out the two mile section, the vote stood,
ayes, SIS; nays, o6 SO local option is now a
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