The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-13
CENTENNIAL BILL
Voted Down In the House And
The Project Seems to Be
Killed.

hllICus
Columbus April 11.-For the time be.
ing the Democratic minority of the
house has assumed the responsibility
of killing the centennial appropriation
bill. Contrary to expectations the SEN
ate this afternoon carried a motion tc
ask for a conference committee, but the
house afterwards voted down the ques-
tion of concurring in the action of the
senate.
A deal has been arranged by which
the Republican faction in the house,
which has been opposing the admins
tration's plan of cutting down the ap-
preparation and changing the commits
sion, should vote for a conference COM
mittee, on the pledge that the admins
tration should accede tothe demand for
81, 900, 900. Daniel Ryan, director gen.
eral of the Ohio Centennial Co., and
Representative Griffin, the leader of
the obstructionists in the house, were
parties to the agreement that the de-
mand for the retention of the commits
sion should be dropped and the bill be
allowed to go to a conference committee.
While the Democrats have been sup
porting Griffin in his fight for the pass
age of the original bill, they We're not
taken into the secret today.
They decided that they would not
trust Griffin to take the bill into a
conference committee, fearing that they
would be sold out and the old commits
sion sacrificed. When Griffin made the
motion to accede to the request of the
senate for a committee the Democrat
side of the house stood solidly opposed.
Only a few of the Republicans rose, and
the vote stood &c to 13. The reason for
the light Republican vote was that they
had lost confidence in Griffin's leader
ship, and, while sympathizing with
the Democrats, preferred to sit still and
let the minority side assume the re-
sponsiblity of killing the bill. The
Hanna Republicans We're not alive to
the situation, and mustered only thir-
teen votes, including Griffin, who is ac-
cused of leaving his old following.
The fact Is, according to the state
ment of one of the influential Republi-
can leaders of the house, the members
have become tired of the centennial con-
troversy and disgusted with the schemes
Of the administration to construct po-
litical machine by means of the COM
mission They would have assumed the
responsibility of killing the bill them
selves had it not been that the Demo-
Gratis were willing to bear the brunt Of
the fight Griffin will make an effort to
have the vote reconsidered. Meantime
the centennial has an appropriation OF
$500, 900 pending in the legislature, but
no commission that is authorized to
spend this appropriation, unless the OLD
commission of twenty-one still has legal
standing. The legal bearing OF the old
commission involves question OF con-
stitutionality upon which the Democrats
and the administration Republicans
hold opposite opinions.
Mr.. Swain, the minority leader, intro
duced a bill this afternoon providing fol
a commission of three members to be
appointed by the governor with author,
ity to spend an appropriation OF $25,00l
in the erection of an Ohio building a.
the pan-American exposition at BuffalC
in 1901. The bill was made specia
order for tomorrow afternoon.
Representative Griffin of Lucas coun'
ty, who introduced a bill several days
ago which aims to revoke the charter
of the Society for Savings of Cleveland
claims to have secured sufficient votes
to insure the passage of the bill. HI
also believes, or pretends to believe
the senate will pass the bill. 1t has no
yet been reported to the house by thu
committee on taxation, to which 1t wal
referred.
The conference committee appointed
to draft compromise antitrust bill
has decided to make report to thu
house tomorrow. Several weeks hay'
been spent on the new bill, which diff
fers only slightly from the bills intro
duced early in the session by Repre-
sentative Price.
At the session of the house tonigh
the following bills were passed:
Mr. Phare, providing for sergean
of detectives in Cleveland; Mr.. Smitl
| of Cuyahoga, authorizing the council
of Cleveland to pass ordinances for tn
| employment of janitors for the armor
les OF Cleveland military organizations
Mr.. Comings, providing the following
salary schedule for the officers Of Lorail
| county: Auditor $1,000, treasurer 81.
400 judges $1,000. recorder 81, ,250, count,
commissioners 5000; Senator Elmer, au
thorizing an issue of S3500O0 schoo
bonds for Cleveland; Senator Elmer
authorizing an additional levy of on
mill for school purposes In Cleveland
Mr.. Breck, compelling the city council
y OF CIeVpiand m othr,13f All claim