The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-01-11


ths lowest grade Of criminals. TIE man
, who buys 4 vote ,,., as Wei as She. the man an who
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number Of years In such laws ns You en-
act there shorld be provisions making II
obligatory on the part Of candidate for
amy city, county or State office from the
lowest to that Of the Chief Executive, &c
file an itemizcd statement of all his re-
ceipts and expenditures, or any and all
moneys given, Of gifts or promises mnde d.
rcctly or Indirectly by him or by anyone for
him. II should be provided that this state-
ment shnl he made by every officer under
oath aud shall he fled previous TO his re.
ccivlng his commission or certificate Of elcc.
tion.
In order that tho voters Of Ohio may re-
tnln Representative government. II is nee
cssrry that some provision should bc estab.
lIshcd. II possible. making 1t n condition for
mans vote to he counted on election day.
that he shall show certificate Tint he was
present and voted at the primary election
preceding such general election.
Curb for Railroad Favors.
While only one Of the political parties
advocated the passage Of n law abolis'iing
railway passes, this sentiment Is clearly In
accord with the views of the members Of
transportation should he given to anyone.
law should be cnactcd by the General
Assembly at the earliest time possible. pro-
viding against the accepting of any reduc.
tion from the regular prices of trnnsporta-
tion on any railroad. traction line or my
other common carrier, by any and all per-
sons holding Office OF any kind or nature
In the State Of Ohio. This law should also
prohibit the receiving of any fee or partial
rates from any express, telegraph or tele-
phone company. 1t should provide that
said rallrond. traction line, express. telc-
phone or telegraph companies should be pro-
hibited from rendering their services to amy
citizen OF the State of Ohio, either as n
gift or for any less charge therefor than
would be charged by said company to the
general public. Such n law. however.
porations from giving free transportation
to men or women who are In their employ
and are part OF their working force and on
their payrolls an such.
Subject of Insurance.
The people Of Ohio are vitality interested
In the subject Of Insurance. There were
In force on January LIST, 1905, In this State,
In what Is known as the regular life insur-
ance companies. 2So.0S2 policies, represent.
ing SJoi,ols, IN insurance; IN industrial
companies S9S,Us1 policies, representing
s1l7,0I7, 100 insurance. and In frnteinal So
cietics and associations 27J,S6y policies,
with S325, 759, ,i61 insurance.
The Ono insurance Department was or
protecting the interests Of citizens VINO car
ry insurance. II has proven to be one OF
tnc best OF the various state departments.
when the original law which created the
PERHAPS not surpassed by that Of any other
state. Al that time 1t was evidently the
intention OF tne General Assembly TO make
the Insurance Department only sclf-sustain-
Ing; that Is. funus of the poiicy.nolders OF
only sufficient number to defray all
the expenses OF this department were
to he paid to the State In the way of fees.
From tine TO time the policy OF the State
In this respect has changed and from n
department for the protection of the in.
snred, II has become also one of revenue, so
That now nearly one million dollars of the
policy-holdcrs' money Is being paid annu.
hly 10 the State. while the animal expenses
Of the department are less than fifty thou.
sand dollnrs' IL Is for the General Assem-.
bly, and the people to determine whether
II Is Just to continue the present policy OF
making this department one of revenue by
taking from the pollcy-holders more than
IL sufficient to pay its expenses. Life In.
surancc should first he made absolutely safe
FOR the policy-holders and then It should
he secured ut the lowest cost possible. The
laws of Ohio pertaining TO insurance and
for the security of the policy-holders are
among the best of those of nll the States.
but " they can be made better and>strong-
or and the interests of the policy holders
cnn be more strongly snfegunrded proper
changes or amendments should have your
carly consideration.
There has never been any effort to tax
payments made by the many fraternal or
ganizatlons of the State, and ] am sure no
such effort to this end will he made by this
General Assembly. and hope by no other.
President Rooscvclt's efforts for national
supervision of Insurance should have your
,Hpproval-such national supervision as will
surround the policy-holdcr with additional
safeguards and lessen the cost Of his In.
surnnCe.
! have not had time to go into any details
In reference to fire and other forms of In
snrnnce. Permit me to say that these III
tercsts are very grcnt and very important In
siderate attention. Upon this subject |
may take the liberty of sending you II spe-
clal message.
Some law should lie enacted to prevent
the indiscrlminatc sale Of revolycrs and pls-
tolls
The custom of certain officers giving what
might be thought insignificant gifts, paid
for from the peoples money, is wrong
and should be stopped.
For many years past efforts have been
made TO check The ucuudatiUn OF our for
csts aud the cutting OFF or all the timber
innds of the State, but thus far with but
scant results. l recommend that yOu give
this subject special consideration.
The people of Ohio ARE God-fearing, libcr.
ty-lovlng and patriotic May we not hope
tnut during the prescnt administration, all
good citizens will be law.abiding, aud will.
Dy their example, ns well as by their ut
terances. aid In upholdlng the dignity of the
mwf Anything short OF this tends to fos-
ter lawlessness, and IL unworthy the citi-
zcnship of our great state May you, MS
members of the General Assembly, aud ms
the Chief Executive. and all other officers
and employees, unite In striving for wise,
honest and economical administration 0f
all the affairs OF the state. May not hope
for your sake as well as that of the people.
that the Seventy General Assem-
bly, OF Ohio will ,go down In history ms one
of the best and greatest!
Secretary shnw's New story.