Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-05
IS BUSY
CANALS AND BRIBERY CHARGES
BEING CONSIDERED.
Many Bills and Resolutions Intro
duced In Each Branch and
More Coming.

Columbus, O.-The return of the
Ohio legislators to their duty yes
terday was signalized by large
number of new bills and resolutions,
few of which can pass, and by re-
vival of the canal rehabilitation ques-
tion. In the senate there was an ex-
tended hearing on the canal question
and in the house three resolutions
were introduced by Representatives
Bowers, Crawford and Kempel, pro-
viding for the appointment of a COM
mission to investigate the canals and
report at the next session as to the
best policy to pursue with reference
to them.
The day also was marked by the in
PRODUCTION by Representative Bense of
a resolution for an inquiry into the
charges of attempted bribery made
last fall by ex-Senators Drake of San
dusky and Atwell of Newark
The charges were put out during
the state campaign and involved the
successor to Mr.. Drake, Senator Dean
of Fremont, and "a Columbus poll
tician," whose name was not men,
toned. Mr.. Bense's resolution pointed
out that the character and integrity
of member of the assembly had
been attacked and it was up to the
legislature to make an investigation
through joint committee. The
charges of ex-Senators Drake and At
well were that while the Rose county
option bill was pending in the senate
year ago, they were approached by
Mr.. Dean, who introduced them to the
Columbus politician and the latter in
turn offered them money considera-
tion and assurances of denomination
if they would vote to refuse to favor
ably second the Rose bill then in the
temperance committee.
Columbus, o. = BY the passage
of the Vaughan bill in the senate
yesterday the mileage allowance of
members of the legislature is cut from
12-cent to two-cent basis. Thurs
day the Vaughan bill, which permits
four trips home each month, with an
allowance of two cents a mile, went
through the house. simultaneously
the senate recommitted the Gillette
bill, which contained the same pro-
visions. At the time of recommit-
ment, it was said that there was a
strong sentiment in the senate against
allowing more than two trips month.
Yesterday, however, it developed that
the senators had been simply waiting
for the house to go on record. When
the Vaughan bill, providing for four
trips each month reached the upper
body, it was passed.
These bills were passed by the
house: To appropriate $4,000 to
pay the interest on the irreducible
debt; to permit townships to levy a
tax for cleaning out bitches and
drains; to amend law relative to bids
Of contractors and creation of coun-
ty ditch fund; regulating further the
branding of cheese. This changes the
standard for SKINNED cheese" so
25 per cent OF butter shall be called
SKINNED cheese" The standard for
merly was under 80 per cent
These bills were passed in the SEN
ate: The university enabling act;
giving councils of villages the right
to compel telephone and telegraph
companies to put their wires under
ground; amending the automobile reg
istration law to fix January 1 as the
end of the registration year, and CIV
ing the secretary of the state author
ity to change color of number plates
every year, that unregistered ma
chimes may be more easily detected.
Also makes law apply to trucks and
delivery wagons, heretofore not re-
quired to register.