The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-01-25

fast as needed and as fast as the state
is able TO pay for them. The total cost
will be in the neighborhood of mil
lion and half of dollars. The house
committee on public buildings and
lands have the matter in charge.
THE EMERGENCY BOARD.
The house has decided that the
emergency board shall go. The senate
now has the last say. Mr.. Sleeper,
the author of the repeal bill, made an
able speech in the advocacy OF his
measure, and won a round of merited
applause on his effort. The emer-
gency board was created four years
ago to provide for the authorization of
deficiencies among the institutions of
the state. Previous to that each insti-
tuition created its own emergencies
and the result was that huge debts
were piled up for the succeeding legis-
lature to pay off. Mr.. Sleepers strong
argument was that the deficiencies
were greater with the emergency
board than they had been without.
He seemed to make his case before the
house, for that body passed his bill al
most unanimously.
LOCAL OPTION.
Local option will excite spirited
debate, no doubt, when the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Haskell. of Lorain coun-
ty, comes before the house for consid-
GRAFTON. 1t is now in the hands of the
committee on temperance, committee
that has not had much to do of late
years. The proposed measure provides
for local option in townships and wards
of cities. The latter provision will
raise hob with the city members, while
a large number of the country mem
bers are not ar xious to face the music.
There are enough members in favor OF
some legislation on the liquor question
to force some proposition to the atten-
ton of the house. Even if motion is
finally made to relieve the committee,
a chance will come for some fireworks.
MILLIONS IN IT.
The house has done its part to make
a million dollars year for the farmers
of the state. The skunk bill was passed
by bare majority the other day. The
enthusiastic author of the bill, Mr..
Wood, of Washington county, says that
the passage of the bill will be OF
that much value to the agriculturist.
The measure prohibits the killing of
the festive animal upon any ones land
without the written consent of the
owner. Mr.. Wood says that the skunk
is about the only fur-bearing animal in
Ohio. and that it will soon be eXtermi,
mated if something is not done at once
10 al CT
that the skunk is terror to the field
mouse, which does great damage in
corn fields and other places of import
ance about a farm. The senate now
has the privilege of doing its share tc
make that million dollars year for the
| farmer; he needs this money and is
willing to admit it.
xENIA WANTS THE JEWELS STATUE
Xenia is after the "These are my
Jewels statue that stood in front o.
the Ohio building at the worlds fair
| This statue is now resting peacefully
in the state house yard, the goddess o
! Ohio with her face turned to mothe
earth, and the Jewels hard by gaz
ing at the heavens above. Neni;
thinks it would be an excellent idea t.
place the monument near the home o
the soldiers orphans home. 1t woult
be an excellent idea--for Xenia. /
bill has also been introduced to cree
the monument in the state house yard
The argument is made that if th'
monument is worth anything at all, i
is worth putting up where the peopl
of Ohio will be able to see it occasion
ally The people of Ohio are more il
the habit of coming to Columbus thai
they are of going to Nenia. Bot
propositions have been referred to tn
committee on military affairs.
THE NEW TAXATION COMMITTEE.
The new committee on taxation
promises to he very important feat
ure of h'< legislative work here
after. A u. rule provides for sue
a committe Heretofore all bills tina
seek to bring about new schemes O
taxation have been referred to variou
more or less appropriate committees
with the result that no general plan @
taxation other than already upon tn
statute books has been brought int
existence. Mr. Griffin will be chail
man of this committee and he is on
of the best equipped men in the ger
eral assembly for this very importan
place. 1t is expected that no eXper
ments in the line of new tax laws vii
be attempted. but beaten paths will b
followed, until after the supreme cour
has passed upon the constitutionalit
of the Nichols law enacted year age
taxing telegraph and other companies
If that law is upheld, there will be
new field for taxation for the next fey
assemblies. Until that question is dis
posed of, probably nothing new wi
be attempted. l.. NJ. ID.