Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-04-26

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the express companies. one telegraph
company and the teiopnone companies.
The chances are very fair for revenue
to the state of s4.0o,0O0 a year from
now on. and that sum is very ne ,essary
to take care Of the state institutions and
tho governmental departments.
Representativs Cannon Of Hamilton
had the same joke played on him that
Representative Dodge did two years ago,
the only eiffererce being that Mr.. Can,
non brought the trouble needlessly upon
his own head. Twoy years ago MIR. Dodge
introduced certain joint resolution pc
titioning congress to do certain things in
regard to 4.
Tho swamp Lands OF the State.
The house amended the resolution to do
the very opposite from what Mr. Dodge
wanted done and it went through both
houses and to congress that way, all the
time having Mr.. Dodge's name upon it
as author, but requesting congress to do
Just what Mr.. Dodge didn't want done.
This year Mr.. Cannon knows how it is
himself, only it's his own fault that he is
In the boat that he now finds carrying
himself down the legislative stream.
Two months ago he distinguished him.
self by introducing a resolution to recess
on the 31st Of March until next January,
thus knocking in the head the biennial
session idea. He thought he saw way
to fame, 60 he made motion to relieve
the finance committee of his resolution,
and succeeded in doing it,. This seemed
to intoxicate him with JOY, and hemoved
to amend and make the resolution q
special order. This went through all
right, and then the biennialists set up a
little job on MT. Cannon. They drew up
an amendment that took out of the reso-
luton all except the resolving clause and
inserted enough words to make 1t a
straight sine die adjournment resolution,
with the date fixed at May IA. This
amendment went through with whirl,
and the resolution was adopted. Thus
Mr.. Cannon's resolution still bears his
name, but it declares to do something
the very opposite from what he wanted
done. He didn't even vote for his own
resolution. The house hasn't got through
laughing at the member from Hamilton
county yet. And he hasn't yet deter
minsd just where the missile struck him.
The Member From Knox County
now goes by the name Of ''Optionary1
Welsh. In a speech the other day he
tried to use the word "optional." In
stead he said "optionary." He knew
better himself, and it was only slip of
the tongue, and when he was accused of
making the "break" a few minutes after
he Indignantly arose to a question of
privilege and denied that he had used it,
which made the affair all the funnier.
After he had been told something less
than so times that he had really used the
word "optionary" he acknowledged that
it was a joke on him.
Important Insurance Bill.
The house passed an important insur.
ance bill the other day. It provides fol
q uniform system of insurance contracts
to be issued by all fire insurance COM
panies doing business in the state Of
Ohio. There are SO many different kinds
Of contracts now in existence that the
companies use the discrepancies and diff
fersnces to their own advantage. If this
bill goes through ali contracts will read
the same, SO that if an insured person
reads one policy he will know just what
all his policies contain.
II Woman's School Suffrage.
The committee on elections has agreed
to report favorably the woman's schoo
suffrage bill, and they will try to gel
special order. If this can be done it i,
thought the bill will pass.
Local Option.
The great fight this week is the con
tinuation of the struggle over the Haskell
local option bill. This measure has no
gained in strength since it was post
poned. It has been carefully studied BY
many members who did not look it ovel
before because they thought in som,
way it would not be forced to vote
But many of these members have beer
studying the bill since two weeks ago
when it first came up, and they fini
many faults with it. First they say i
the measure should be found to be un
constitution i the repeal of the local op
ton laws ahat we now have would be
calamity, yet this bill provides for sucl
a repeal, and even If the other portion
Of the bill were found defective straigh
repeal Of the present local option Law
would not be defective. Then other
complain at the amendment that was in
jected by Democrat, to petition th
county commissioners every two year
for vots on the question. The count,
commissioners have nothing to do witt
elections. Then others object to th
county local option part on the groun,
that that is too much like prohibition
which can not be enforced in the towns
though the towns might be easily vote,
by the townships Of the county. Other
find other smaller faults, and the enc
mics of the bill have been busy pointinl
out these defects in the past two weeks
The friends Of the measure have no
been very active, at least not SO as to b
noticeable. II is the Judgment Of th
most experienced observers not onl.
among those opposed to the bill In quee