The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-30
COLUMBUS LETTER
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nous vote.
Bills to abolish right Of boards Of
review to fix school levy passed
Concurred in Joint resolution COM
mending pending congressional bills
for national aid to public highways.
Committees reported favorably on
bills to create commission on new pen
itcntiary.
Bill TO make term Of present legis-
laturc three years was pigeon-boied.
HOUSE.
Williams senate bill fixing compen-
sation of legislators at 5000 a year, in
stead of s1,zvv term, passed.
Bill of Reynolds, Of Cuyahoga, re-
quiring street railway companies to
heat front vestibules of electric ears,
| passed.
Eagfeson bill ra-enacting 15-f00 mill
levy for Ohio State university, passed.
Resolutions introduced providing
for referendum on canal question and
| requesting congress TO avert closing
OF German ports to American corn.
A new constitution for Ohio is the
next PROJECT Of Senator Lamb, who
wants full home rule FOR Ohio cities.
His resolution will provide for a
yea and nay vote at the next general
election on the desirability Of new
constitution. If the vote carries, the
people at .-.e next election would elect
delegates to a constitutional conven-
tion. The constitution framed would
be submitted to a popular vote
Following Tom Johnson's arraign-
ment of Auditor of State w. w. Gull
! bert as the greatest power for evil
in Ohio. the general assembly is to be
given an introduction TO another in
vestigation resolution.
The specific charges were drawn
Friday
/ Twelve causes OF action were set
forth In the original draft Of the Gull
! bert resolution, but when Mayor Tom
! declared that several had been over
looked, 1t wa sdecided to delay presen-
tation of the measure until they could
be incorporated
Present indications are that the res
rather than in house. and that Guy
ahoga man wi,i stand sponsor for It
"The 2-eent fare bill win be reported
out of committee next week and there
| will be not more than eight votes in
the house against IT," Speaker Thomp-
son promises Senator Lamb, who is
! lighting for the bill.
The railroad lobby is paying little
attention to the 2-cent bill, regarding
the case as hopeless 1t is exceedingly
active over the Vanover bill, providing
for taxation on the market value OF all
special privileges.
The rail- oad lobby will be backed
! by all the big public service corpora
tions. The fight will be one Of the
biggest of the session.
Cincinnati's Eexow investigation is
mired. Another legislative week, the
fourth. has passed. New obstacles are
being thrown in the way of those who
are working for real investigation.
| Pressure of powerful influences is
secretly being brought to bear upon
members to induce them to smother
/ the movement.
1t is not proposed openly To defeat
| the Lexow resolution. That would
not be tolerated by the people.
| The scheme is to defer and delay.
Cox DEMOCRATS as well as Republicans
! figure as members of the cold-water
club. The Republicans engaged in
this work are chiefly those who have
served the Dick-Cox machine
Several weeks ago resolution to
investigate. insurance companies was
drafted by Republicans and then sud
denly dropped. They said it was aban-
doned because it might be construed
as a partisan attack ON GOv.-Patti-
son.
Now it is suggested that Democrats
show the same spirit by not making
trouble for Republicans in connection
with Cincinnati.
State Chairman CARRIER is here from
Washington and will remain for sever
Eal days. He declined TO discuss polIt-
ical appointments or~legislation.
Not a man voted in the house against
the labor bill introduced by Reynolds,
of Cleveland. Yet this measure, II the
senate passes it. will make lot OF
corporations spend money for the
comfort OF employees. Street car COM
Ipanies must provue heated vestibules
for mOtOrmen.
j Geo. A. Rose, wrecker OF the Pro
duce Exchange bank, of Cleveland. has
perfected his application for a par
don. IL will be considered by the pen
itentiary boaru Feb. g.
4 A bill putting all county officers on