The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-31


who have appeared bSfore tie CON.
mission that the corstitc.ion nceGe
amending The farmers. az rule
want al amendment; the mercantile
interests are IL in favor CT 1t; manu-
facturers say It is necessary-the sit
uatlon is almost Ike the statement In
a we'lkaowu medicine ad dyertisement
-reorle cry for it ali of course what
the people want they can get
The run c'pcl elections in the large
cites Of the state tring 10 notice a
curious state of affairs. That party
lines are not c'csely followed in mu-
n.ciral elections, is apparent. II is
doubtful II the voters OF any state ex-
exorc.ee more independence in purely
local political affairs than they do in
Clio.
In Cleycla:d the Anti.Saloon league
is supporting Congressman Burton.
Republican. for mayor This means,
OF course, that the so-called liberal ele-
ment will be for hi- opponent, Mayor
Johnscn.
In Columbus, the Anti-Saloon league
has openly espoused the cause Of the
Demo cratic candi ale for mayor,
Jusge Duncan. AS result the lib
erals are lined up for the Republican
candidate. Mr. Fond.
In Toledo. the anti-saloon forces are
against Mayor Whitlock, independent
candidate for reelection. This will
force to Mcyor Whitlock's support the
libe II clement OF tat city.
In Cincinnati. It is likely that the
anti.sclcon forces will reilly around the
City Party or Independent ticket.
If you wi cast your eye over the
last four paragraphs again. you will
no tlat there is a grand mix-up. In
one city one party gets the support
60 tie Anti Saloon league or the oppo-
5.tlon of the Apti-Saloon leaguers, and
in another city conditions are re.
vcrsad. In no two of the four "jewels"
OF II, stat ar the same interests Civ.
ing support to the sane parties.
not alone in activity is evidenced by
the following Cincinnati dispatch,
which appeared in the Ohio State
Journal:
"At the closing session OF the thir.
toenth annual convention of the Ohio
Brewers association today, resolu-
tion was adopted providing for the es-
adjustment of a bureau to investigate
complaints against disreputable sa-
looms. The bureau will cooperate
with the city and state officials In the
suppression Of vice. The association
hopes to put the saloon on a higher
moral plane by wedding out the dis.
reputable saloons. II was also decided
to establish an exchange for the return
Of bottles and cases to the brewers.
"The next convention will be held in
Cleveland, the date to be fixed by the
legislative executive board"
The vacancy on the pardon board
caused by the resignation Of John +.
Fox Of Greenville, who has left the
state, has been filled by Governor Har-
ris naming Judge Duncan Dow OF
Bcllefontaine, one of the best known
men of the state.
Judge Dow was a member of the
house Of representatives from 1872 to
1875 and Of the senate from 1886 to
1888. He was the author of the Dow
tax law. He recently retired from the
common pleas bench
There is rumor current In the
press that Senator S. H. West of
Bellefontaine will be pushed for the
Republican nomination for attorney
general. Sam" West comes from
family learned in the law, and his old
uncle, the blind Man Elonuent."
Hon. William II. West, served as at.
torney general from 1866 to 1870. This
makes three possible entries for the
nominGtion-Senator West, Assistant
Attorney General W. II. Miller and
Special Counsel Smith Bennett. The
present attorney general, Wade II.
Ellis. will re.enter the practice of his
profession In Cincinnati, where he be-
Gan it in 1894, and temporarily de-
ser ed the bar to accept the managing
editorslip of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune.
Attorney General Ellis, although for
three years connected with the Com
mercial Tribune from 1S94-97, thinks
1t the duty Of every man connected
with the neWsnanpr hueineca ~ oat