The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-01
OHIO LEGISLATURE.


CoLUMDUs, March 81. 2i.--sENArE-Tho proceed
gs Monday afternoon were short but not eN
{ sslvely sweet The vinegar was injected inte
the routine by Senator Lnmpson and otherA
1t was all about resolution offered by Sen
ator McMaken providing for u sine die adjourn
ment on Monday. April 10 Senator Lampson
introduced bill amending the section relating
to the recovery OF the sta te's property in the
courts OF Franklin county, or in the county
where the land In question is located. Senator
Abbott introduced bill reducing the price fol
road work from N.b0 TO u per day. In othei
words, the farmer who works out his road taI
will have 10 work three days instead OF two.
HoUsE-They had quite On interesting dis
cussion in the house precipitated by Mr. Ford's
motion 10 relieve the committee on corpora
tions from further consideration Of his bill pro
viding for the repeal OF the Weitzel law. Tho
motion WAS postponed MT Taylor, OF Guern.
sey, tried to have the committee on schools 70
lieved Of his bill 70 repeal the Workman schoo
law but met with enough opposition 10 MAKE
him retreat The motion was defeated by a
vote of 43 TO IA.
COLUMBUS, March "a - SENATE - Tha
''masher bill" was on the senate calendar Tues
day, but some OF the married senators secured
@ stay Of execution by having It postponed until
Wednesday, The senate enacted into law Q
bill by Mr.. Taylor, Of Crawford, which provides
that credit TO reasonable amount may bo
given an administrator or executor for the OK
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ceased paid into perpetual fund In a oeme-
terry association TO preserve and care for the lot
in which the deceased is buried Boxwelrs bill
giving the governor power TO accept the resig-
nation OF members OF the general assembly
when the legislature is not In session. was or
dered on Wednesdays calendar.
HoUsE-"No monkeyingl" was the order In
the house Tuesday morning. They began work
at In the morning and fell gracefully into the
introduction and passage Of bills. Forty new
measures were presented and seventeen Of them
passed, under q suspension OF the rules. Tho
bills were mostly Of q local character. The
pure food bill was called up and postponed for
one week. Guernsey Taylor's bill making CEN
tral standard time the legal ofncial time OF tho
stato became q law. This bill has been feat
ure Of the legislation OF the Sixty-ninth nnd
Seventieth assemblies, having been originally
introduced In the hrst year Of MI Taylor's
hrst term
COLUMBUS, March 23-SErATE-GueFnsey
Taylor's bill ITO protect innocent girls and un-
married women and to punish married men pro-
tending to be single" was under discussion IN
the senate and just at noon went down In do
feat Bills introduced; To amend the Russell
law SO that persons doing business without the
city OF Cincinnati may send wagons into tho
city to procure such merchandise as they mBy
be in need Of without paying for license; re-
ducing the price for road work from G.4o 70 u
| per diem The following bill was passed: EH-
ballot act school elections In special districts
held on the second Monday in April
HoUSE-The Ford bill, to repeal the Weitzel
law, failed to pass the house Wednesday. II
fell nineteen votes short OF a constitutional mo-
jority Mr.. Gallagher, for the purpose OF pre-
venting any future consideration OF the meas
ure, moved to reconsider It, and Mr.. Wydman
moved to lay this motion on the table. This
motion was lost Bills passed: To authorize
the trustees Of Franklin township, Wayne
| .fn.R
T0oi to allow the cemetery trustees at Lebar
non TO appropriate property for road 70 the
| cemetery.
COLUMBUS, March 4.-SENArE-The Ron0te
| Thursday morning passed one OF tho most inn
portant bills Of the session This was Mo
| MsBen's measure providing for the uniform ex-
animation OF teachers Tho state commissioner
Of common schools and the statp board Of school
examiners are constituted state board OF edu-
cation This board is to meet twice each year OF
the first Monday In July and the last Monday In
December, and prepare six lists Of questions
covering the subjects taught in the common
| schools A fine of not less than twenty-five
nor more than two hundred dollars is provided
for the selling, stealing or giving away Of
| these questions prior to examinations The
county examinations are TO be held on the
last Saturday in each month, except August,
when IL shall be held on the last Thursday.
The applicants are to pay fee OF fifty cents
each.
HoUsE-When the libel bin came up Thurs
| day Mr.. Ely offered an amendment striking
out that part OF the measure which permitted
retraction to be considered defense and in
serting provision that permitted 1t to be used
only in mitigating the amount of damages. Mr..
Griffin added an amendment providing that II
| should be the duty OF the defendant 10 prove
that there was malice. A vote on the bill
was taken which resulted: yeas ~; nays 40.
The house passed Jackson's civil rights bill.
COLUMBUS, March 25-SERATE-The senate
was In session Just ten minutes Friday, and
transacted no business further than TO refer a
number OF bills to standing committees. Mr..
Clingman's bill authorizing the common coun.
Gil in the city OF Cincinnati to issue 300 900 in
bonds for tho benefit of the university, WAS re-
ferred to the committee on universities and
| colleges.
HoUsE-Only one bill passed the house Fri.
day, and that was by Mr. Davis, the first one
| on the calendar, TO prohibit the docking OF
horses. 1t received tifty-nine votes, the full
| strength OF the attendance The following bills
were introduced: To allow Toledo to convey
| land to tho Retreat a home for friendless girls;
! requiring county commissioners to read the
minutes every morning during their session
| and to permit access to the books to reporters
of the press; resolution making provision for
the printing required by the state board OF
agriculture.
IA TEAM VI hOTSCS oWhCNl ny
ex-President Hayes, and which were re-
Gently bought by Tifin man, ran
away on the main street of that city
while the street was thronged with
people and vehicles. A number o1
people were knocked down, and intense
excitement prevailed.
AT a meeting of the Mansfield health
department the other morning it was
decided to quarantine the p f., Erie
and b. & o. railroads against Akron.
REV. JOHN SoUDERs, pioneer
preacher of Seneca county, died at his
home in Tiffin, aged "a years.
A STOCK company with s25, 900 capi
tai has been formed at Mansfield, tc
manufacture the Blaine win dow blind
VALENTINE WENTz, prosperous
farmer, of Youngstown, was crushed
by falling tree, burying him in the
earth. His wife, while searching
found the remains mangled out of rec
ognition.
ANDREW GEORGE, colored, shot ant
fatally wounded his wife during jeal
GUS quarrel, and then shot himself a
Columbus.
A FREIGHT car on the Toledo and ohit
Central railroad, at Fostoria, was bro
ken open, the other night and s15
worth of merchandise was taken