The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-02-01

crats. You see the Republicans don't
want to let anything creditable get
away from them II they can help It.
So Freiner insists on his bill, al
though Senator Rathburn is q Repub.
lican from Meigs county.
Senator Lamb went to Freiner and
tried to persuade him to let the Rath.
burn bill have right Of way that It
night be passed at once. But Freiner
would not. 81 would rather have my
name attached to that bill than be
governor of Ohio" he said.
So Senator Lamb went to Speaker
Thompson TO see II the track couid
not be cleared for the Rathburn
2-cent special. Senator Thompson as.
sured Mr.. Lamb that he did not ex-
pect more than eight votes in the
house against 2.cent fare bill, but he
did not believe the house would con.
sent to take up the Rathburn bill and
substitute 1t for the Freiner bill, not
without Freiner's consent.
Meanwhile the railway lobbyists
are doing all in their power to set q
switch against 2-cent fare. They are
raking up old grants, dating back Of
the present state constitution, and
claiming that these vested rights"
can not be disturbed. This doesn't
scare anybody. Besides 1t is time to
put this vested rights" boyle in .
shroud or make 1t 60 without a vest.
Good lawyers say the supreme court
Of Ohio has held that any company
chartered under the old constitution
which has. in the slightest degree,
taken advantage Of any OF the corpo-
ration laws passed under the present
constitution, thereby have carried
themselves under the new constitu.
tion and become subjects to be dealt
with as freely as second constitution
corporations. It is also pointed out
that not single Ohio railroad exists
that has not passed through a receiv.
er's hands and been sold and resold,
consolidated, etc.. or been the subject
OF some action taken under the new
constitution, which doesn't leave the
railroad lobbyist leg to stand on IL
the courts do not give him one.
Some kind Of subterfuge will be
found, Of course, for involving the
question in litigation, II the bill be-
comes a statute, to tie up the matter
in the courts for years and deny the
people the benefit Of the 2-cent rate
pending suit. One wiseacre has hit
on this idea: mo one has yet struck
the real grounds of resistance upon
which the railroads have a chance to
stand. 1t Is this: They can not be
compelled to carry passengers at less
than cost, and should they prove to
the courts that 1t costs more than 2
cents a mile to operate passenger
trains, 1t would amount to confisca.
tion Of property and thus render tho
law unconstitutional"
Which makes 1t apparent that tho
battle will be only half won by get
ting such q bill through the state
legislature.
Salary bills? Don't mention them.
They are as numerous as constitu.
tional amendments and bills 10
change terms of officers.
Representative Tinker (Rep.) Of
Ross county is not alone in his plan
to predicate salaries on population
instead Of on tax duplicates. The
argument in favor Of the population
basis is that 1t is less liable to bo
1uggled, and is permanetly fixed for
periods OF 10 years, whereas the tax
duplicate changes every year. TIE
Tinker bill proposes sliding scale,
beginning with a population Of $4,000
as the minimum.
Senator Berry of Van Vert and
other Democrats are working out a
salary bill based on population. and
1t will provide that the fees collected
by each official shall at least equal
the amount Of his salary. This would
Imply that IL the fees fell below the
required amount the salary would be
scaled accordingly.
Ergo: N. F.. N. S.-which, being IN.
terpreted, means mo fees, no salary"
Youngstown Is fond Of athletics.
that is, large number Of Mahoning
chiefs like to see the manly art dem.
onstrated in genuine pugilistic fash.
Ion. Hence the rumor that a measure
is headed this way from Youngstown
to permit boxing bouts limited to is
rounds. OF course no provision of the
constitution physical or statutory
could compel pug to get up and be
knocked down a dozen times or more
to go the limit In case solar plex.
Is" jolt were to put him down and out
In or before the third round.
representative Anderson of YounKs.
town will be asked to introduce the
bill. and II he does so 1t will be by
request"
Every school board in Ohio will re-.
1oice because the senate passed the
Meek bill to compel boards Of tax 70.
view to keep their noses out of school
finances. Under the code Il was pro.