The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-12
\ FIGHT COMING


assembly IN Columbus promises to be
one of the hottest and most impor-
tant which has been held in the Buck
eye state In many years A number
or very important legislative mat
ters are slated to be brought up for
consideration and sides are being
taken. already. There is every indi-
cation that some of the matters viii
be bitterly fought and there is no
telling what the outcome will be.
Governor Harmon has signifey his
intention to endeavor to have put
through a reform in the management
OF state institutions, placing all in
stitutions under the management of a
board of conrol, thus centralizing the
responsibility, not only for one in
stltutlon ut for all. This same
plan has been tried in some OF the
states and has been found 10 be very
satisfactory. There is likely to be
very decided fight on
this proposition. The state in
stitutions have been the bone of con-
tention upon the part of the politi-
cians in many campaigns. 1t has been
this patronage which has pulled
many a man into Office and kept
MIN there. Those men who nave been
and are in politics solely for what
there is in 1t are not going TO let
this patro lage slip out of their hands
so easily and there will be a division
in the legislature over this PROPOSE
tion. It is highly probable that the
division will not be defined by party
lines either Both of the old parties
have men who are in the fight for
what there Is to he gotten out of it
and those will be lined up in opposi-
tion to the plan which is suggested
bN tue sSONVl uOl'
Another matter over which there
is likely 20 be determined fight is
the taxation problem 1t is generally
conceded that Ohio has poor sys-
TEN of taxation. For some years a
commission has been working on a
revised syste for his Ost perplex-
ing piece of the states business. This
commission has formulated plan
and the adoption or rejection of IT
VIII b. Tor The legislators to deter
mine, This work should be done at
the next session The new appraise-
ment OF real estate will be made next
year and with revised value on all
properties in the safe, 1t would be
easier 10 put into operation new
taxation system than to make the ap-
praisement one year and the adjust
ment the following year. The legis-
lators have been spending money
freely in recent years and under the
present system of taxation the rev
enues OF the state are not sufficient
TO meet the deands made upon the
requirements, so that some reform Is
necessary.
This regularation must be made
at the coming session OF the legisla
tlon and, as tax matters always pre-
,ipitate q fight, there is sure 10 b'
quite a lively squabble over many o
the points
Temperance legislation is certain Il
bob up again. The liberal forces
are not satisfied with the Rose Law
and have drafted a bill which will
be presented, This bill Is said Il
contain provisions for license, simi
lar to the plan which is now II
operation in Pennsylvania. The TEN
perance forces will not lose tn
ground which they have gained afte
such long and hard fight and will
come back at the liberals with a pro
position TO make prohibition stat
wide. On these two questions tn
legislators will probably take th
same stand they did IN the last ses
sion. The members then reasone