Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16
SIEBER
Led the Opposition
To the Ohio Municipal
Code Bill.
Said Akron People Are
"BitterIy" Opposed
ITO the Federal Plan of
Government"
Bill Defeated Because II Affected Cor.
porate Interests.

puiukV tIttCtCot
The Columbus Citizen does not throw
very many boquets at Senator Sieber
and the Administration supporters who
killed the Municipal Code bill last
week. Describing the defeat Of this
popular and meritorious measure the
Citizen says:
The Ohio Senate passed the code
bill Wednesday afternoon by a vote of
ii to II and then at the evening ses-
sion by pretty party vote, and while
Mr.. Harding, the author, was away
the bill was reconsidered and killed,
the Republicans all voting against the
bill
Senator Cohen made n plea for fair
play to Mr.. Harding, but his appeal
was unheeded by Mr.. Sieber, Dicks
man, who had the fight against the
bill in charge. There was lot of lob
bying against the hill during the even
ing, John II. Malloy and the Rev. His
scy, Administration lobbyists, being
much in eveidence in the Senate cham
Der. 1t was hard task, that of max
ing the opposition TO the code Repub-
lican measure but 1t succeeded end at
10 pm, just before adjournment, the
bill was reconsidercd.
The party lash of the State and Ma
tional Administration was welded by
the iron hand of Senator Sieber, the
personal representative Of General
Dick and corporate interests.
Mr.. Harbaugh the preacher mem
Der and candidate for dairy food com.
missioner, was the Judas OF the bill,
and voted to reconsider. The Hepub,
lican leaders declared that If the bill
was not rcconsidered 1t would pass the
|
House and would prevent the Rcpubli-
cans from raising campaign funds
from the corporations
| Senator Patterson may he tricky
and Senator Sitber may he dcma-
goguc. but they are smooth politl-
clans just the same.
When the bi! was called up Mr.
Harding moved chat il he read third
! time by it's title only, and then the
| Foote amendment, championed by
/ Mr.. Sieber, was read, and Mr.. Siebel
read lengthy address advocating the
Footc substitute and strongly de-
nouncing the code bill. MIR. Sieber mt
tempted to make 1t appear that the
Foote substitute was favorable to mu
nicipal ownership, but his effort
though eloquent, provoked amusement
Mr.. Sieber denounced the federal sys
TEN of city government and said thai
the people of Akron were bitterly op
posed TO this system. The address OF
the whole was the most eloquent ant
beautiful dcmagoguery heard in tn,
Senate this year.
Senator Harding hit the Footc sub
stltute bill some hard blows by show
ing that 1t was not constitutional be
cause it took from the Legislature som'
of the powers distinctly and spectical
~ delegated to il by the State consti
tuition.
Referring to the author of the sub
stitute, Mr.. Allen Ripley Foote Mr.
Harding said that the bill had beer
drawn by this man from Chicago, VIII,
has no interest in OHIO other thar
thnt which grows out of his sta.
around the Legislative halls. He refer
red to Foote as the wooden horse givel
10 the Trojans Mr. Harding declares
that the opposition to the code bill wa
twofold-political and corporate--an,
he said he spoke advisedly when h
referred to the part taken against tn
code by corporate interests,
He said that this was an opportun
moment of reform this day of plent
and prosperity one can see tina
the crown OF thorns has blossomed IL
to a garland of blooms.
Mr.. Cohen spoke eloquently in favo
of the code bill and said he would nc
now throw aside the code bill-th
work of two years-for u bill drafte
in few hours and presented -four day
from final adjournment, Mr. Marchal
opposed the Foote substitute becaus
, il gave the Secretary of state I'll
power 10 pass upon tho constitutions
features OF each municipal constii'
ton, and bccapsu the proposed muul