The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-02-16
COLUMBUS LETTER.

columbus, o., Feb. 14-Hepresentd-
tive Hill, of Columbiana county, has
introduced a resolution in the house
to amend the constitution SO as to eX-
clude from citizenship in Ohio all who
cannot read and write the English
language. It provides for the submits
sion of the question to the people at
the November election n>~190S. The
resolution does not apply to all now
citizens, but to those who may apply
for citizenship after the adoption Of
the amendment. Following is a copy
of the resolution:
THAT a proposition shall be sub
mitted to the electors OF the state OF
Ohio on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November 1908, to
amend section / of article V OF the
constitution of the state of Ohio to
read as follows:
Section L. Every male citizen OF
the United States of the age of 21
years, who shall have been a resident
of the state one year, and the county,
township, or ward in which he resides
such time as may be prescribed by law
shall have the qualifications Of an
elector, and be entitled to vote at all
elections; provided that after the year
1908 that any such citizen admitted to
the rights of an eleCtor shall be able
to speak intelligibly and read intelli-
gibly in the English language as print
ed in the current literature of the day
except that any such citizen who shall
be physically incapacitated so to do
shall be admitted to the rights of any
elector after passing in a satisfactory
manner such an examination that
shall be prescribed by law as to his
knowledge of current local, state and
national history.
Section 2. At such election those
electors desiring to vote for such an
amendment may have placed upon
! their ballots the words: For educa-
tional test for electors, admitted after
! 1908-Yes; and those opposed to such
amendment may have placed upon
! their ballots the words: For educa-
tional test for electors admitted after
| 190S-No."
| That state officials have been draw
! ing from $500 to $4,000 year to which
! they were not entitled, and that these
| moneys can be recovered, if the Off
cials are worth it, any time within
| the six year limitation, was the con-
| tention of Senator Williams, of Cuya-
hoga county. He called it a bare
| faced steal"
Il know the statutes as well as any
man living" he said, 'and ! know
those payments by appropriation bills
are Inhibited by the constitution
They are illegal, and nothing could
be mora wrong"
The senate fees and salaries COM
mittee was considering the Hypes bill
to fix salaries of all elective state Off
cials, ranging from $4,000 for the gov
ernOr TO $4,000 for members of the
Board of Public Works.
Senator Hypes held that the appro-
priation in addition to the statutory
salaries were in payment of the addi-
! tional offices created and held by the
| state officials, and were therefore le-
gal.
| There is not an officer in Cuyaho-
ga Co., there is not county Office in
Ohio, that is worth more than $4,000 a
! year." said Williams.
In the house Representative Thomas
announced that the fees and salaries
committee had agreed on salary bill
based on fees and population and urg.
| cd that the Woodburn bill be set bach
on the calendar until the house hat
wrestled with the salary bill. This
! bill was made special order for Feb
27.
There is talk among the interurbar