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

enecto4 April 10, lp04, WAS 4 step IN tne
ing the public requirements. This act
should be amended or supplemented ~ sucn
legislation as will afford adequate protec-
same time lie fair and just to those who
have their money invested In these nnnii-
cinl institutions. The State grants TO the
bank ITS chsrter and thereby invites ns aas uf
Of the State, therefore, to protect those :
whose confidence IL thus secured.
The Lobby.
] have had occasion frequently TO- SPEAK
against that greatest Of all evils which IN
tests and intiicts legislative bodles--the Pro.
to recommend Its abolishment In Ohio,
1t 10 neither possible nor desirable 20
isolate members Of the General Assembly
that executive and administrative officers OK
the State, who are the servants OF the peo-
pie. should keep In close touch with mem
tain and carry out their wishes. It Is nee.
essary ana desirable that the public at
large, or amy citizens who are specially IN
should have fulI opportunity to appear be-
fore the proper committees In either house,
to be publicly heard In any matter anect-
Ing the welfare Of the State or tho iqterests si M
yond these limitations nll contact between
legislators and outsiders In the work OF
legislation should be stopped, and oil means
enactment or repeal OF laws or the allow
nnce Of appropriations should be prevented
by the most rigid measures at the command
OF the General Assembly. fai
There IL a creature, however, who mora
richly deserves the scorn and contempt OF
men than the lobbyist, It Is he who y
introduced for the purpose Of extorting
money from special interests. He It Is who
often brings the lobbyists In self-defensc
to the Legislature. Acting very naturally
,,r,n tha In nf mil .rt,uu arv n md
string TO protect themselves from threat
ened ruin, the owners Of Legitimate Indus
tries or the proprietors Of proper aud law.
representatives to the Legislature to witch
the progress Of threatened attacks upon
their private interests by those whose sole
motive is to arouse this anxiety.
Primary Elections.
am earnestly In favor Of the nomina-
tion Of all county. municipal and other 10
that conventions for such purposes should
be abolished and thnt all asp'rants for Of
ace should have an equal opportunity to
be nominated by n direct vote Of the people.
The present primary election laws nrc
unsatisfactory In many respects. In the
first place they are not mandatory, and In
the next place they are not surrounded by
the safeguards OF n general election. and
finally, the primaries Of oil parties are not
held on the same day. recommend that
the primary election laws be overhauled and
so amended as. first, to make the primary
elections compulsory; second, to Insure
their honesty by the same. methods as pro-
tect general elections third. to have them
conducted by the regular election officers
Of the county and precinct; fourth, to hnvc
all primaries held on the same day. so that
one party cannot, through itn irresponsible
members, nominate another party's ticket:
and. fifth, to conduct them Mt the public
expense, and forbid any aspirant for Office
to pay an assessment for the privilege of
submitting his claims for uominatlon to
the people
ConstitutiOnnl amendments.
The last General Assembly passed two
Joint resolutions submitting to the elect
ors OF the State two proposed constitutional
amendments. one to amend Section OF
ali bonds SS e sne G" cr any po
litical subdivision thereof, and the other TO
be designated as Article XVII. and iixipg
the time Of holding elections and the terms
of public officers. 1t IL not necessary to
discuss the first Of these amendments. 1t
is now In force and probably requires no
action on the part OF the Legislature.
ever. imposes upon the present General As
sembly the most important duty 1t has to
perform. This amendment provides TINT
county officers shall take place in the even
numbered years, while the election OF all
municipal township and school officers
shall take place IN the odd numbered years.
pass such legislation as will adjust exist
Ing terms OF office to the new order OF
things, and carry into effect this mandate
law. The result Of this amendment will he
to completely separate municipal and other
purely local elections from State and conn
ty elections and to bring theae two classes
| Of elections upon Alternating years. We
have abolished spring elections and the
action seems to meet with approval. The
new plan of blenninl elections; ! believe.
Into practical operation this amendment to
the constitution Will require cautious and
painstaking labor. md sInce.ciy urge that
| so that with only those exten,,ons Of exist
Ing terms ns are rendered absolutely nec-
| essnry our present laws on the subject OF
| elections and terms of public officers NAV
| be adjusted to the new constitutional re-
| quiremcnt. .4as
Tuberculosis sanatorium.
BY direction Of the Act Of April 81, 1905.
| I appointed Hon. John u. Briggs, Of Bel
mont County, MS the Nth member Of the
| treatment of tuberculosis. The commission
| viewed great number OF sites In various
parts Of the state. and after most careful
| consideration have selected a site, subject
| to certain conditions. ] now recommend
| that sufficient appropriation be made to
erect buildings suitable to the needs Of the
Institution proposed, nnd that this most hu-
name work be pushed to completion
| Highway Department..
The State has at last tsken up the
cause Of good roads, and the work should
be promoted with energy and Intelligence
and generously supported. In accordance
| With the provisions Of the act Of April 16,
1901 creating the State Highway Depart
ment, Mr. Huston, of Jefferson County. was
appointed commissioner The appropriation
| of the last Legislature was insufficient 10
permit any active work beyond .organiza-
tion and the preparation Of plans for future
| operations. Tho scope and power Of this
department ought to be broadened by the
present General Assembly, and ] recon-
mend that an adequate appropriation be
made for improving the public highways.
| Municipal Government. S,
There Is no subject In which the people
| Of the State are more vitaliy interested
than the COED government OF tnei- munich
| pal corporet lions. One Of the brightest days
In the history Of Ohio was when the 3u..
preme Court st-uck down the old special
charters and special acts for the govern,
ment Of our municipalities AMI made neces-
sary the passage of one uniform law. This
law has now been In operation for about
three years, and experience hnn shown that
some OF the features provided could, with
advantage, be materially extended. par