The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-02

gate Reported Seizure Of Canal
Lands by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
to Fire Marshal zuber Appears In
Home County as Result Of Faetionai
acknowledgement Forces Win
Skirmish In House.
Columbus. o., Feb. 2.--Ohio's much.
advertised legislative probe into the
high cost OF living was practically
consigned to the scrap pile by the
house when 1t defeated, by a vote OF
IS to "a, the Edwards bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 to pay the expenses of
the Williams committee of inquiry.
twothirds vote was necessary to
pass the appropriation bill. However,
a motion by any member who voted
against the bill to reconsider the vote
by which IL was lost may save IL, pro-
vided two.thirds Of all the members
can be corralled to vote for 1t. The
motion to reconsider must be made
within three days
The vote on the bill to appropriate
$4,000 for the high cost of living in
quiry was preceded by lot of debate
In which the bucolic members, Re-
publican and Democrat alike, said
they feared the proposed inyestiga-
tion was slap at the farmer. No in
vestigation had been made. for In
stance, when the farmer was not get
ting his lust dues" for products Of
the soil.
Chairman Williams of the food
probe committee denied that sympar
thy for the farmers caused the defeat
of the appropriation bill, but said
that the cold storage men had been
successful in their campaign to
'squelch the investigation.
Another probe measure was put in
motion when the house OF represen-
tatives passed the Gebhardt resolu-
tion providing for the appointment of
a Joint committee to investigate the
reported seizure OF canal lands by
corporations. The resolution now
goes TO the senate for concurrence.
State Fire Marshal Zuber is 20 have
serious opposition to his confirmation
by the senate when Governor Har-
mon sends In his list of appointments,
which VIII be within few days.
Members of the senate have been APP
preached by several men from Zu-
ber's home county, Paulding. with the
request that the senate committee to
which the appointments will be re-
ferred shall give them a public hear
ing. II is said they will object to the
confirmation. The inference has gone
out that there Is q serious factional
fight In Zuber's county,
Temperance people got everything
they wanted when bills were referred
to committees. The showdown came
when Winters, Democratic house
floor leader, Erie county, moved that
his bill, introduced by request" to
protect and encourage the growing OF
small fruits and the growers there
of-a bill In the interest of wine
makers be referred to the committee
ON commerce and manufactures.
Reed, Republican, OF Wood county,
moved that the bill be sent to the
temperance committee. Winters mo-
tion was lost and Reeds carried by
an eloquent majority on viva voce
vote.
The expected fight on the project OF
Governor Harmon to put all state In,
stitutions save universities under one
central board, developed when the
Republican members OF the senate
forced the reference OF the Alsdorf
bill to the judiciary committee. Ais
dorf sought to have II referred to a
select committee, made up OF COM
mittees in charge of the various insti-
tutions. but instead II goes to the ju-
dietary committee, which is consld-
cred to be hostile to the measure In
its present form. Predictions were
made that when the bill was referred
back to the senate II will provide for
at least three classiications OF instl-
tutions. with board and purchasing
agent for each.