Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
THE OHIO LAWMAKERS
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
RESOLUTION ATTACKED.
A SPIRITED DEBATE ENSUED
The Senate Passed the Dean Saloon
Regulation Bill as Amended
In the House.

endum resolution in the senate
yesterday afternoon and spicy de-
bate ensued. Senator Marshal N.
Duval of Jefferson county, represent
ing the friends of the resolution, how
ever, succeeded in having it made
special order for to-day.
The senate passed the Dean saloon
regulation bill as amended in the
house to carry the provisions Of the
Crist bill to prohibit the soliciting of
liquor in dry territory and to author
ize prosecuting attorneys to employ
detectives to enforce temperance
laws.
Penitentiary Rebuilding.
Both the senate and house agreed
to the report of the conference COM
mittee on the penitentiary rebuilding
bill. The reconstruction is to be un-
der the direction of the board of man.
ayers. The women's department is to
be rebuilt on its present site, instead
of across the street as sought by the
senate few days ago.
clevenger Resolution Defeated.
The house defeated the Clevenger
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a commission to investigate
the subject of taxation of corpora
tions as mentioned in the Woods and
Alsdorf bills. The debate was spir-
tied. Two amendments were adopted.
The house passed these bills: Pro-
viding authority for underground rail-
ways; requiring applications for mo-
tor tags to be made before January 1
in each year and providing for
change in the color of the tags an
nually; increasing the powers of the
state board of embalmers in the mat
ter of issuing licenses and requiring
embalming of all cadavers shipped
from one point to another.
City Bond Limit Bill Defeated.
Columbus. o. - Senators Baker,
Bader and Johnson, the Hamilton
county delegation in the upper
body of the assembly, saw their favor
lite bill go down to defeat yesterday.
1t was a proposed amendment to the
Longworth law, establishing bond linn
| it's for cities. 1t raised the limit up
to which bonds may be issued without
an election from to 6 per cent and
was intended to permit Cincinnati to
eliminate some dangerous grade cross
ings, to build a new house of refuge
and hospital to establish parks and re-
construct an antiquated sewer system
which has outlived it's usefulness.
The house adopted the resolution Of
Senator Tuttle, which went through
the upper house a few days ago, au-
thorizing the appointment of COM
mittee to devise plans for the cele-
bration of the centennial of Columbus
in 1912.
When the Ritter penitentiary re-
building bill came back to the house
from the senate, the house refused to
concur in the amendments. Exception
was not taken particularly to the
amendment providing that the work of
reconstruction should be placed in the
hands of the board of managers in
stead of special commission, but to
the amendment providing for a new
women's prison opposite the present
structure. The house members favor
repairing the present women's depart
ment to last until such time as an en-
tirely new women's prison on a site
far removed from the men can be
constructed.
The senate yesterday passed several
house bills, including the Norris bill,
authorizing the appointment of two
high school inspectors; Calvey bill,
forbidding the employment of women
about dust making machinery; the
Tuttle bill, legalizing industrial
schools. The house yesterday passed
the Hawkins bill forbidding interfer-
ence with telegraph and telephone
wires.
Columbus, o.-The legislature will
quit work next Wednesday accord
ing to an agreement reached yes
terday by party leaders. 1t will
pass bills until the: time, then will
take a recess to allow the clerks and
enrolment committees to catch up in
their work, and will reconvene Friday
to witness the signing of the bills
which have been passed by the
speaker of the house and president Of
the senate. No bills will be passed al
the Friday session, which will be
purely formal.
With only nine contrary votes the
house yesterday passed the Dean sa
loon-keepers' character bill, carrying 6
rider, embracing the provisions Of the
Crist bill. intended to prohibit the so
liciting of sales of liquor in dry terri
tory and authorizing the employment
of secret service operatives to enforce
temperance laws. The measure passet
the senate by unanimous vote. The
only objection raised by the Anti-Sa
loon league was based upon an insin
uation against the sincerity OF the
liquor interests in pushing the meas
ure.