Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-02-28
The OHIO LEGISLATURE.
What the State Lawmakers in EoklS
Branches Are Doing.

Columbus, o. = The house CON
sumed practically the entire ses-
sion Thursday debating the Bronson
primary election bill, which when
placed on its passage, lacked three
votes of receiving constitutional
majority and so was defeated. A mo
tion to reconsider was carried and the
bill was made a special order for next
Thursday. Fifty-nine members voted
for the bill and 80 against it, or
those voting in the negative 26 were
Democrats, five Republicans and one
an independent.
Most of the debate was over an
amendment offered by Mr.. Wertz.
which sought to incorporate in the,
bill the so-called unit rule" giving al
candidate the right to name the dele
gates from his own county to dis
trict convention. The Wertz amend
ment was attacked as unfair to the
smaller counties.
An investigation of the office of the
state treasurer by committee of the
senate was authorized Thursday when
that body, without a dissenting vote,
adopted the resolution introduced by
Senator Howe, of Cleveland. Presi
dent Williams appointed as members
of the committee to make the inves-
tigation f. G. Howe, of Cuyahoga.
county; John G. Drake, of Erie coun-
ty and Frank N. Patterson, of Ash
land county.
The senate also defeated the bill
forbidding the lowering of upper
berths in sleeping cars when they are
not reserved.
The senate passed and then recon-
sidered the bill by Mr. Crist, of Coz
1,,n, ion whiOh tho nnthnP
explained amended the state pure
food laws to conform with the ma
tional law.
President Williams appointed as
the senate members OF the Cincinnatt
investigating committee Senators Haf.
ner, of Hamilton; Berry, OF Allen, and
Russell, of Shelby.
Columbus, O.-Speaker F. T. Eagle
son, of the house, on Friday an
nounced the house members OF the
joint Cincinnati investigating COM
mite as follows: f. w. Van Duzen.
Huron county; j. A. Welker, Stark
county, and George B. Nye, Pike
county Nye is a Democrat. The
others are Republicans. The senate
members of this committee are: ].
f. Russell, Shelby county; E. A. Haf-
ner, Hamilton, and I. NJ. Berry, Allen
county Russell is Republican and
the others are Democrats.
The house concurred in the Rath
| burn resolution to investigate the
penitentiary.
After sensational debate, the
house passed the Reed bill authoriZ-
ing county commissioners to pay $3.50
a year for monthly religious services.
at county infirmaIies.
new form of the liquor question:
was raised in the senate when the
Espy bill forbidding the sale of milk
from COWS fed on distillery slops was
reached. Senator Hafner, of Cincin-
natl where alone the sale of such
milk is carried on to large extent.
made a determined fight to permit
the sale if the pens were kept clean
and in a sanitary condition. 1t was
brought out that the slops were fed
hot; that COWS do not like the feed.
| but acquire taste for ii, and that the
| main object in the use of the feed was
| to fatten the cows for slaughter, the
milk from them being used for mar
ket in the meantime. Senator Haf-
ner's amendment was lost and the
| bill passed.
The following bills were passed by
the senate: Forbidding corporations
| to make donations to elections or po-
| litical parties. Amended so as to in
clude corporations not in business for
profit; to include casualty insurance
companies in list of companies iR
| which public officials cannot be inter-
ested while holding Office.
A resolution providing for an open
meeting to hear the question of the
unemployed, to be held in the senate
chamber on the evening of February
| 27, was adopted.
Columbus O.-As a result of the
stand taken by the house last even
| ing 1t is quite improbable that the
Republican state convention which
will meet here next week will be
called upon to take any action under
the Longworth law regarding the pro-
posed constitutional amendments.
| The house refused to take the Atwelf
resolution proposing the initiative and
referendum out of the hands of the
| judiciary committee.
The house also refused to make the
Gayman resolution, providing for tile
submission of the taxation amendment
| proposed. by the state tax commission.
a special order for any day this week
and it goes on the calendar in its reg
ular order. 1t is practically certain,
therefore, that neither of these resolu-
tions will be considered by the house
until after the Republican state con-
vention.
The senate concurred in the amend
ments to the Rathburn resolution pro-
| viding for investigation of the man
| agement of the Ohio penitentiary and
President Williams appointed as the.
senate members of that committee
Senators Ward. of Cuyahoga, Huff
man, of Butler county, and Lawyer, OF
Ashtabula. Speaker Eagleson has not
yet appointed the house members of
the committee.
Senator Espy, of Hamilton county,