The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-02
A LONG SESSION IS PROBABLE
NO SIGNS THAT OHIO LEGlSLA
TURE INTENDS TO ADJOURN.
Big Fight in the Senate Over Temper
anee Measures Is Expected in
the Near Future.

Columbus. o.. March 2.-This will b,
a broken legislative week on accoun
of the Republican state convention
Both branches will meet at o'clocl
this afternoon and adjourn over Tues
day and Wednesday,. All day sessions
will be held Thursday and Friday anc
morning session Saturday to make
up the lost time Speaker Pro Ten
Chamberlain announced last Friday
that the session of the house this even
ing would be only technical one
However, If the senate returns the
Gayman resolution providing for sub
mission of the taxation amendment, as
requested by the house last Friday, Il
is probable the session of the house
will be something more than techni
cal The Gayman rec Jlution only re
ceived one more vote than was neces
sary to adopt II, and the opponents
Of the taxation amendment hope to be
able, If they can secure a reconsidera
tion, to defeat IL.
Judging by the way the committees
of the house are piling up the calen
dar, the question of adjournment is not
being given much consideration by the
members. The appearance of the gen
eral appropriation bill is generally q
sign of early adjournment, but this
year may prove an exception. The ap
preparation bill, for there will be only
one this session, is looked for soon af
ter the Republican convention. Under
well established precedents adjourn.
ment would come about April /, but
there are some members who say they
would not be surprised If the general
assembly remained here until after the
Democratic convention in May.
There is big fight in prospect in
the near future in the senate over
temperance measures. If the temper.
ance committee of the senate, which Is
now controlled by majority unfriend.
ly to temperance measures, refuses 10
report out the bill amending the Jones
law so as to prevent the "pocketing
of saloons In residence districts In
cities, the senate will be asked to take
the bill from the committee. Similar
action may be taken also with refer.
ence to the Hatfield bill closing sa.
looms on Memorial day. The temper.
ance advocates are confident they have
not lost their majority in the senate,
despite the action taken last week
which changed the complexion of the
temperance committee.
An important temperance measure
has been placed on the house calendar
by favorable report on the Woods
amendment to the search and seizure
law. The Woods bill as IL stands now
prohibits express and railroad com
panies shipping liquor into dry terri
tory, and &c. o. D." shipments are
held to have been madeFat the place
of delivery whore payment is made.
Clubs and societies dispensing liquor
TO their members are also placed In
the same class with saloons.
The Paine municipal code bill now
on the house calendar will probably be
the subject of extended debate when
IL comes up for consideration. This
bill provides for a return to the fed
eral plan in cities and villages, the
boards of public service and safety be-
ing displaced each by a single direct
or, these with the mayor to constitute
the board of control II also provides
a civil service scheme for cities.