The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-04-19
MADE INTOLAWS
Work of Ohio General Assembly
Tersely Reviewed.
NEW ACTS IN A NUTSHELL.
Measures Good, Bad and Indifferent
Enacted by Statesmen.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE WHOLE.

While the Statutes Have Been Swelled
by a Number of New Laws and
Amendments to Old Ones, Some of
the More Important Bills In Re-
ference to Temperance and Munic-
ipaIities Were Defeated In One
House or the Other.
Columbus, o., April 16.-The legisla-
tive session. which ended when the
pavel of Lieutenant Governor Cald-
we'll and Speaker Reynolds gayel tell
at noon, with emphasis upon their
declarations of sine die adjournment,
lasted exactly Is weeks.
There were in that time only u
days OF actual legislative work put In.
But five days week were taken in
this work, and in all four days were
lost. as follows. Washington's birth
day, Lincolns birthday, election day,
and last Monday, the latter day being
lost in order to show respect to the
late Representative Clement, whose
death occurred on that day.
The lost time was more than made
up, however, by night sessions, whicn
were held frequently by the house
and a number of times by the senate.
After struggling with the Ohio CEN
tennial bill till the very last minute
Of the session, it was defeated, owing
to differences between the house and
senate.
The two measures in which the most
time and effort and money were used
failed to become laws-the municipal
code bill and the Clark local option
bill-both of which were issues in the
preceding campaign.
While measures directly Affecting
large interests were under considera-
ton, and there was plainly to be seen
a large and vigorous ''lobby" at work,
nothing like direct charge of the use
Of money for or against any measure
was made-an unusual thing, as the
history of recent legislatures runs.
Not having United States senator
ito elect, the legislature failed to catch
the attention from outside the state
that generally comes from such an
election. The next legislature, and the
one that follows that one will have
the advantage in that respect. Both
OF them elect senators.
! It is an indication of the growing
sentiment against ripper" legislation
that, while the legislature was over
!, whelmingly partisan, but one decidedly
"ripper" bill was presented, and that
could not get through until the rip
} per" feature of it had been eliminated.
The Cincinnati bill is referred to, and
in that case, at the subsequent munici-
pal election. the party pushing the
ripper bill carried the city by decided
D vote, showing that there was decided
3 preponderence of public sentiment in
d favor of the object of the ripper. II
was the general opinion of legislators
after the result on the Nippert bill was
:, reached, that the end of ripper legisla.
! tion in Ohio had come.
? The following are the principal bills
> passed by the legislature at this ses.
sion:
Military Affairs.
Establishing the Office of state com
! missioner of soldiers claims, the Office
:, to draw a salary of $1,000 per annum
r A bill giving to the adjutant genera
O of the state the rank OF brigadier gen
!, eral.
u A bill authorizing the Shiloh battle
t field commission to contract for thu
erection of suitable monuments Il
r mark the positions occupied by Ohit
Il troops in the battle. The bill carrie
q for this purpose an appropriation o
S65,0O0.
. A bill requiring the township ant
a ward assessors to collect, also, statis
tics of soldiers of the Spanish war a
!. part Of their duties.
y A bill, by Mr.. Collier, adding soldier
OF the Spanish war to the benefciarie
of the INDECENT soldier law and tn
law giving soldiers the preference Il
8, public employment.
@. A bill to authorize the admission t
If the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' home at Xenia of children @
- the soldiers. etc.. of the war wit
T. Spain.
III "A Dill ny MI. tiOWdru uldhlH5 III
II INDECENT soldiers burial act apply t
Spanish war soldiers.
A bill by Mr.. Brorein providing 70
a commission to mark the place {
T. Ohio troops at the siege of vicksburt
BY Mr.. Cole, creating the Office c
=: state commissioner of soldiers claims
Dt BY Mr.. Harding, creating the reg
n mental Office Of signal officer.
My Mr.. Willis, apportioning apprc
- priations in accordance with the ne
N brigade formation of the nations
)e guard.
A bill providing for the erection {
10 an Ohio monument TO the Ohio soldier
who died or survived the horrors |
~ Andersonville prison.
Municipal Matters.
II ment from the liquor tax to any otht
,e fund that is a beneficiary from ths
,r tax, when there is need for sue
4 change to be made.
A bill by Senator Marchant reducin
~ the minimum amount Of the bonds {