Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-04-05

within the revenues for each year. If
this is done Ohio will have no difficulty
in keeping its financial head high above
water.
Woman Suffrage in the Senate.
The senate will now take hold of the
woman suffrage question. The house
having defeated bill to give women the
right to vote and be voted for at school
elections, bill has been introduced in
the senate. 1t seems likely that the SEN
ate will pass the bill and the sentiment
In the house is that if the senate will pass
the bill the house will follow suit in spite
of the fact that it was eight votes short
three weeks ago on the same proposition.
The passage by the senate would have
decidedly noticeable influence in the
hoUee. While there are one or two who
voted for the bill before who will not if
it presents itself again, yet there are sew
eral who will change the other way.
t AAo osabo AtAs
People who think that state taxes are
enormous, as they fall upon the people,
may get some light on the subject out of
the following facts: The state levy for
all purposes is but 81 mills. The other
day the house passed local bill levying
8 mills uponaa community for some local
improvement. The bill went through
with rush and with much explanation
and with no debate. The next evening
at night session the house approved
bills in the same manner authorizing the
issuing Of nearly $3.50, 900 worth OF bonds,
all of which are to be spread over COM
paratiyely small number of people. Here
a people was taxed more than double
their tax for state purposes and others
were bonded to one-third the total
amount, that the state may issue bonds
under the constitution of 1851, and
nothing is thought Of it either by the
people at large nor those in the commu-
mites thus taxed, unless it be by the lat
ter to kick at the oppressiveness Of all
taxes in general and the state tax in par
ticular. A member of the senate the
oth-r day was inquiring in all seriousness
Of his fellow members if the state tax
Was not greater than the taxes for all
other purposes. When he was told that
the state tax was about one tenth what it
was in his township
He Would Not Believe 1t,
and said he would have to look it up
first. Local taxes, levied in pursuance
to acts rushed through the legislature,
are what are burdensome to the people
and are what ought to receive the atten-
ton of the economists instead of so much
of an outcry against raising the state
levy if such proceeding were found to
be necessary. Local taxes are in the
hands of the people themselves and can
be lowered or raised, as the people who
have to pay the taxes may desire.
.., !" Fee System For County Officers.
An effort will be made to place the
county officers of the state back Oh the
fee system. It will be remembered that
the last general assembly repealed the
salary law known as the CARRIER law
amid much fireworks. The fees and sal
ary committee has reported the Ely bill
to place the officers on salaries, but on a
somewhat different and, it is claimed,
more equitable basis than the CARRIER
law. The house will no doubt take up
this bill in few days.
Dairy and Food Laws.
The house committee has reported
favorably the senate bill to raise the
dairy and food commissioners salary
from 1900 to $4,000, but it is not alto
gether likely that the house will pass
this bill, as there seems to be a strong
sentiment against raising salaries of
state officers. But if the bill is not
passed to raise the salary it will have to
be passed without, as several defects
that crept in during the past two years
are corrected in tho bill as reported by
the house committee, the senate having
passed tho bill with the defects very
prominently set forth. One section IL t
has no existence was repealed and amend
ed, and it is question just what shape
the dairy and food laws are now in.
A AMEMBER OF THE HOUSE.