The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-18

state that the Paine bill provides that
the commission shall begin operations
on August 1, 1909. This is not correct,
because of the fact that the section
which creates the committee to ap-
point the civil service commissioners
does not take effect until January /,
1910.
Answering your second question
therefore, l am clearly of the opinion
that the employees in the police and fire
departments of any city who are serv
ing will retain their present positions
and cannot be required to take the
examinations provided FOR by these
civil service commissioners; and that
these civil service commissioners will
only hold examinations to fill vacan-
cies which may occur from any cause,
or to fill newly created positions and
positions within the classified service,
as fixed by the Paine bill aside from
the police and fire departments.
"The Paine bill prevents the remov-
al of any person serving in the police
or fire departments except for cause.
The only departments now under civil
service in cities are the police and
fire departments. In all other depart
ments of the city the head Of each
department is permitted, under the
present law, to remove any employe
at any time, and this will continue to
be the case with respect to these EN-
ployes in such other departments un-
til their places shall be thereafter
filled from the classified service as
extended by the Paine bill.
49, AS to your third question it is
difficult to determine just why the
general assembly provided that the
Paine bill should take effect August
/, 1909. and that parts of the law
should take effect from and after Jan
uary /, 1910. 1t is very clear that the
present members of boards Of public
service and public safety shall serve
until the expiration of their terms for
which they have been elected.
THE bill provides that in every
city there shall be department of
public service administered by a di-
rector appointed and qualified. Like
provision is made for a department of
public safety and a director thereof.
These officers will serve at the will
of the mayor appointing them. 1t is
clear, that the director of public safe
ty and the director of public service
will not be appointed until January /,
1910.
a. In answer to your fourth ques-
ton the present councils might pro-
vide for any increases or decreases in
salaries Of persons in the various de-
partments, and for new offices or posi-
tions and fix the compensations of the
same. And it is equally clear that
subsequent councils might create new
positions within the limits of the law
ard provide for other matters, except
to increase or decrease the compensa-
| ton of officers during the term of
such officers.
"5. The present boards of public
service and public safety are not af-
fected by the Paine bill, as suggested
in your fifth question; and the direc-
tor of public service or of public
safety provided in the bill, will be
appointed by, and will serve at the
will of the mayors taking Office on or
after January l, 1910"
The Ohio legislature will be asked
| TO join in the agitation for added
| teeth in the national exclusion laws
| At the reconvening Of the assembly
| Monday, Representative John r. Erie
ner, of Vinton county, will present
a resolution memorializing congress
to enlarge the exclusion act as well
as strengthen the immigration laws.
| Present conditions in Ohio and ad-
! Joining states and not the problems
peculiar to the Pacific coast inspire
| the resolution.
The Japanese and Chinese will not
! be mentioned in the measure for the
reason that it will carry no suggestion
as to the class of immigration sought
to be further restricted. Represen-
tative Friener is an extensive manu-
! facturer in strong Republican Sec
| ton.
81 have prepared my resolution be-
cause the unanswerable fact is that
American workingmen are starving
while aliens are kept at work" says
Friener. I'VE are hearing a great
! dOal about protecting the American
manufacturer and through him the
| American labOrer. This is worse than
! twaddle. The manufacturer is getting
! far more protection than is right,
and the laboring man no protection at
| all. The American laborer is made
| to compete with the onrushing hoTdes
| of cheap European labor right at his
! own doorstep"
Friener is engaged in the estab-
! lishment of an extensive lumber busi-
ness in West Virginia. He began to
study the immigration question when
he was flooded with agency letters
offering him an unlimited number of
| cheap foreign laborers. In asking for
the passage Of his resolution Friener
will cite the unfortunate experience
! of Ohio unemployed sent to work on
gas line construction in Kentucky
They were driven away by striking
and angry Bulgarians.