Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-06
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
What tho State Lawmakers In Both
Branches Are Doing.

Branches Are Doing.
Columbus, o. Two important
measures passed the house on
Thursday, the Bronson primary cleo
tion bill and the Gayman senate Joint
resolution providing for submission to
a vote Of the people of the amendment
to the constitution proposed by the
| state tax commission giving the gem
| eral assembly the power to classify
| property for the purpose of taxation
| An effort to postpone action on tho
| Gayman resolution until after the Re
publican state convention failed and
| that convention will now be asked to
act upon it under the Longworth law
The Gayman resolution was adopted
without amendment and 1t will be-
come effective as soon as 1t is signed
by the president of the senate and
the speaker of the house. The amend
ment is to be submitted at the coming
| election.
Consideration of the Bronson pri-
mary election bill occupied large
part of the session. Many amend
ments were offered by Mr. Wertz, Of
| Wayne, the Democratic floor leader,
only part of which were accepted. The
most important adopted, in the opin-
ion of Mr.. Wertz, was that eliminat-
ing the provision requiring central
committeeman to have petitions
signed by 2 per cent of the voters
of the county, or at least % sigpers
to each petition.
The bill received 80 votes on it's
passage, while IL were cast against
1t; one Democrat and IL Democrats
voted in the negative.
The Shuler bill giving municipalities
,trl,A a. Ill aIA .,tA, 20, ~,
consumers passed the senate without
dissenting vote and il now goes to-
the governor.
Columbus, O.-The Longworth
law, which permits constitu-
tional amendment to be placed on the
ballot with the ticket of political
party when the same has been en-
dorsed by the party in state convention
is repealed by the Spicer bill that
passed the house Friday by vote of
6S yeas to Is nays. The Spicer bill
was passed, so its supporters say, in
response to very general demand
from the farmers of the state. who
claim they were deceived by the Long
worth law into voting for the amend
ment relieving municipal and county
bonds from taxation.
Under the provisions of the Long
worth law mark in the circle at the
head of a ticket carries a vote for an
amendment If the same is endorsed by
the party and printed on the ballot
Many farmers claimed they did not
know that they were voting for the
bond exemption amendment.
The Spicer bill provides that the
constitutional amendments be printed
in the first column on the ballot and
that they be voted upon separately.
After the bill was passed Friday it was
discovered that certain important feat
ures relating to the canvassing of the
vote on amendments had been over
looked These Will be corrected in
the senate, where it is believed there
is a majority friendly to the measure.
While the opponents of the pro-
posed taxation amendment in the
house were vainly endeavoring to Sc
cure a reconsideration of the Gayman
resolution submitting the amendment
to a vote of the people, the senate on
Friday hastily adjourned to prevent
the resolution being reconsidered. the
resolution having gone back to the
upper branch to be enrolled.
Columbus, o. Both branches OF
the general assembly held short
Oh .hOhhdy SNShlhSs pul
through failure of the two bodies to
have an understanding, the senate re-
cessed until $3.50 Tuesday morning and
the house adjourned until 80 Thurs
day. There will probably not be any
important work done in the senate,
however, until after the Republican
state convention.
The session of the house was very
brief the only important thing done
being to make the Thomas bank in
spection bill special order for Tues
day, March II. The report of State
Treasurer McKinnon regarding funds
in state repositories, which was given
out last Saturday, was presented by
the special committee appointed to Sc
cure it.
number of biNs were introduced
in the senate and also joint resolu-
ton by Mr.. Howe of Cuyahoga coun-
ty, but the latter was withdrawn, be-
cause of an error in drafting it. The
resolution provided that constitutional
amendments shall be printed for six
weeks instead of six months before
election as now required, and that a
majority of the votes cast upon any
amendment, instead of a majority of
the votes cast at the election, shall be
sufficient to carry the same. The res
olution, If adopted, would counteract
the effect of the repeal of the Long
worth law and make 1t comparatively
easy to adopt any constitutional
amendment
Gov Harris sent to the senate the
nominations of Lee j. Evans of Brown
county to be member of the board of
trustees for the institution for the
deaf, vice George B. Tyler, who failed
of confirmation and the nomination
of George f. Scott of Jefferson as a
member of the board of control of the
Ohio experiment station, vice L. C.
Laylin, who also failed of confirma-
tion. The appointments were re-
ferred to committees.
Does Not Want Monument Erected