The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04
DIRECT LEGISLATION
WINS VICTORY IN HOUSE
BY Vote of 81 II Initiative Referendum Measure
Passed by Lower House-Friends of Measure Will
Storm Senate Confident of Victory-Democratic
Principle, Long Sought, Seems Sure
to Become Law.

general assembly are to become
operative in less than ninety days
after Adjournment except emergency
measures.
Upon petition Of 10 per cent Of
the qualified voters I'm each sena-
torfal district the power of initia-
tive may be exercised and on the
petition of 20 per cent the refer
endum Twenty-Five per cent of the
voters are required on all petitions
for the submission of constitutional
amendments to a popular vote. The
stipulation that the required per-
centage of petitioners must be as
sured I'm each senatorial district
rather than in the state at large
was insisted upon by Winters. II
means that there will have TO be
something like general sentiment
for or against any law before the
question can be put before the eleo-
tors.
When petitions are properly filed
with the secretary Of state the laws
involved must be submitted at the
next general elecion An laws will
be submitted on separate ballots. A
majority of the votes cast on each
proposition will carry It or defeat IL.
providing that majority is equal to
40 per cent OF the total vote cast
at the general elC0jion.
The fact that direct legislation
was indoryed at the general election
last fall i'm both the Missouri and
Maine was repeatedly used in the
debate. Opponents Of the resolution
savagely hammered Rev Herbert
Bigelow. leader Of the fight for dl-
rect legislation who sat I'm the gal
lery. Speaker Mooney finally shut
down on these tactics. The seven
teen negative votes were all on the
Republican Side Of the chamber, as
follows:
Braun of Franklin, Brenner OF
Clark, Cobb of Trumbull. Edwards
of Cryahoga, Ertley of Franklin,
Grinnell Of PORTAGE Guard Of Cham.
'raign, Jones OF Franklin, Kirkpat-
rick of Adams. Langdon of War
ren, Leblond of Hamilton, Lewis
of Greene, Lowry Of lawrence, NJ.
Fadden of Fayettc, Melnhardt of
Hamilton Riddle Of Logan and
WILDER of Union.
Representatives of the Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce will get ac-
ton on the Bill providing for real
medical inspection in the public
schools. The measure fathered by
Senator Mendelson OF Cleveland was
taken up out of order and passed
from a committee report. In the
house It was enlgrossed at the
clerks desk and put on the allen
dar without committee reference.
The calendan committee wilE see
that the bill gets to the top for final
action The bill provides for the
cooperation of boards OF educauun
and boards Of health In the inspec-
ton OF schools and examination OF
children, The inspections viii be
conducted through the city district
Physicians.
The bill OF Representative Ritter
ct Miami county, providing for the
'n' roYement OF the penitentiary,
IVA passed in the senate with
amendments. These amendments
provide that the board of prison
managers shall have charge of the
,wo k, instead Of a commission; that
a ste be purchased opposite the
pententiary upon which TO erect
separate women's department and
that the number of new cells be
, Increased from 700 to 1000. Tht
hill viii have 10 be sent back to
the house for concurrence. Repre-,
sentative Ritter says that he will!
not oppose the senate changes.
The general assembly Is now on
record as being opposed to any tar
iif on lumber. The senate adopted
the joint resolution Of Representa-
tive Shanldand of Lake county
memorializing congress to that ef-
feet An effort TO Kill the resolution
led by Bader of Cincinnati failed
: by vote Of % 10 G.
The house will spend most of to-
| day In wraugling over liquor bills
The calendar committee last might
placed the Dean bill, regulating sa-
looms on a character basis, as the
! first order NJ business. II Is fol-
lowed on the calendar by the Crist
law enforcement bill backed by the
Anhi-Saloon league To give oppor-
tun'ty for finish fight on the
lipgpr bills they have been given
IWeyedence over the unauthorized
deficiency bill, the last money bill
reported out by the house finance
committee,
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