The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-02-20

"A bill to give clerks of boards of ed !
ucation power to discharge employees,
and as auditor, to hold up bills, will |
be introduced by Representative Paine
of Lucas.
Senator Brandt introduced a bill in
the senate which authorizes the |
Franklin county commissioners to
levy tax of 25.t00ths of a mill, the |
purpose of which is to reimburse those
who advanced the money some time
ago to furnish Memorial hall The |
tax is to be levied for one year only, |
and it is not eXpested that there will
be any opposition.
Senator Gayman introduced his Ju-
yenile court bill. He introduced a bill
also authorizing an appropriation of
$4,000 for the relief of Charles T. Hirt-
Ter, who was injured in 1897 by falling
from a brick wall at the Institution
for Feeble Minded Youth.
Senator Pollock of Stark county, in
troduced two bills. One provides that
county roads may be widened to 100
feet, and the other is a graduated sal
ary bill for township trustees, the
minimum being 500 and the maxi
mum being $4,000 year.
Senator Howe of Cleveland, intro
duced two bills which relate to the
law of contributory negligence. One
holds that railroads shall be liable in
damages to employees without contrib
utory negligence, where the injury
was due to any defect in railroad
equipment Proof of such defect is to
be presumptive evidence of knowledge
Of the same on the part of the COM
pany. The employe is not presumed
to have assumed the risk even though he
continues in the emplOye of the COM
pany after such defect may have been
discovered.
The other bill applies to manufactu-
ring plants and contains practically
the same provisions.
Smiles wreathed the faces of the
Legislators when they were informed
that in spite of the enactment of a
two-cent law they will be able to ride
! on passes. To do So however, they
must journey over the raging canals.
The passes come from the state board
of public works.
The house committee on labor has
| recommended for passage the Minteer
bill to require safety devices ON cars
and locomotives and to regulate the
number of automatic couplings which
must be used on every train. 1t is
substantially copy of the federal law
in the latter particular
A bill by Representative Hunt pro-
vides that nominations shall be made
| by all political parties on the second
! Tuesday in September
There is to be a short session of the
! legislature this year. Speaker Thomp-
son, of the house, favors it and he has
! the backing of number of the leaders
on the floor. In the senate there is no
| hurry about adjournment but an early
adjournment will not be opposed.
The general appropriation bill will
be ready by March l, and possibly a
| little earlier. This is usually the last
thing on the calendar and has never
! before been ready before April l.
1t is believed that there will be lit
tie trouble getting it through both
houses within a week or ten days and
| if this is the case the Legislature Will
adjourn on the fifteenth of March.
That is the day set by Speaker
Thompson in his own mind and he
hopes to be able to carry out the plan.
| If the legislature is able to adjourn by
March Is, new record will have been
established for it has never previously
occurred.
king of the Lobbyists" is the
doubtful title which Mayor Tom l..
Johnson, of Cleveland, has given Aud
itor of State Walter d. Guilbert. He is
the greatest power for evil in the State
of Ohio" was the additional descrip-
ton of this powerful public official.
HE is the boss, the brains and the
leading spirit of the County Officers
association which seeks 10 retain the
fee system.
"He represents all the bad corporate
influences we have, and is now, as he
has been in the past, their champion. u
The Cleveland mayor was discussing
the introduction of the Vanover fran
chise taxation bill, which is based up
on the existing Nicholas law. Credit
for being its author was given Mayor
Johnson, whose ideas it resembles in
many particulars, The measure makes
the auditor of state a member of the
commission to determine franchise
values, and this brought out Johnson's