The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-04-27
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-
ipalities Were Defeated In One
House or the Other.
Columbus, O., April 16.-The legisla-
tive session. which ended when the
gavel of Lieutenant Governor Cald-
well and Speaker Reynolds gavel fell
at noon. with emphasis upon their
declarations of sine die adjournment,
lasted exactly Is weeks.
There were in that time only II
days of actual legislative work put In.
But five days a week were taken IN
this work, and in all four days were
lost, as follows: Washington's birth
day, Lincoln's 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, which
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 a 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 a United States senator
to 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.
1t 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 munich
pal election. the party pushing the
| ripper bill carried the city by decided
vote, showing that there was decided
| preponderence of public sentiment In
| 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 $500 per annum
A bill giving to the adjutant general
| of the state the rank of brigadier gen.
| eral.
| A bill authorizing the Shiloh battle
field commission to contract for the
erection of suitable monuments tc
mark the positions occupied by Ohio
troops in the battle. The bill carries
for this purpose an appropriation ol
$65, 900.
A bill requiring the township anG
ward assessors to collect, also, stats
tics of soldiers of the Spanish war az
part of their duties.
A bill, by Mr.. Collier, adding soldiers
of the Spanish war to the beneficiarie:
of the INDECENT soldier law and the
law giving soldiers the preference IL
public employment.
A bill to authorize the admission tt
the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Or.
phans' home at Xenia of children o.
the soldiers. etc.. of the war witt
Spain.
A bill by Mr.. Howard making thu
INDECENT soldiers burial act apply tt
Spanish war soldiers.
A bill by Mr.. Brorein providing fol
a commission to mark the place O
Ohiostroops at the siege of Vicksburg
| BY Mr.. Cole. creating the Office O
state commissioner of soldiers claims
By Mr.. Harding, creating the regi
mental Office of signal officer
My Mr.. Willis, apportioning appro
priations in accordance with the new
brigade formation of the nationa
guard.
A bill providing for the erection O
an Ohio monument to the Ohio soldier.
who died or survived the horrors il
Andersonville prison.
Municipal Matters.
A bill giving general power to mu
inequalities to transfer the portion
coming to any fund under its govern
ment from the liquor tax to any othe
fund that is a beneficiary from tha