The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-05-05
WHAT BUCKEYE
SOLONS HAVE DONE
IN FOUR MONTHS
Recess Taken from April 30 to May
10, When Bills Will Be Signed, But
the Real Work Has Been Com
pIeted.

Columbus, O,-The work Of the Sew
enty-eighth Ohio general assembly is
practically done and when members
of the senate and house left their seats
Saturday it was to recess until May 10, !
that a one-day session may be had
then to receive and sign the bills not
yet enrolled and concur in the report |
of the conference committee, which by |
that time, it is anticipated, will have
agreed on the amendments to the
Langdon tax commission bill, in which
both branches of the house can con-
cur.
During the four months the assem-
bly, has been in session about 200 of
the nearly 75O bills introduced have
been passed by both houses.
Program Carried Out.
At the beginning of the session there
was well-defined program of progress
sive legislation mapped out by the ke-
publican assembly leaders, at the head
of whom stood Speaker Granville w.
Mooney and Lieut.. Gov. Francis w.
Treadway. 1t can be pointed out that
of the big measures i'll that program
only one, the Woods utilities bill. met
with defeat, while another, the Shank
land bill to wipe out all state tax
levies, was still in committee when
the assembly recessed Saturday.
Gov, Harmon and the Democratic
leaders also had legislative program
but the big bills they put into the hop
per either failed of passage or were
radically changed to make them work
able. The most shining instance OF
how they had to be altered to run the
eantlet of both houses was in the TAX
limit bill, which, as finally passed, Is
substitute for the original measure
and was prepared by select bipar-
tisan committee of house members ap-
pointed on the motion of one OF the
most intense partisan Democrats in
the assembly.
Some Big Ones Beaten.
The ten most important general meas
ures defeated are: .
mission to regulate and control puoaes
utilities and to prevent the watering OF
stocks of such corporations;
The Elson bill to permit the consoi1da-
ton of telephone companies wlthous oS
proper regulation of rates, service ana
capital. -,,,.
power to remove mayors of mun1clpaal-
| ties who refuse to enforce the law:
The Dean bill to eliminate wet mu-
inequalities in dry" counties from the
operation of the Rose local option law.
The Evans bill providing for the cleo
tion of candidates for the judiciary on Il
non partisan Australian ballot:
The Grinnel bill for graduated tax
| on all inheritances above $4,000.
! The Hawkins bill, to re-enact the Dana
| law to prevent candidates name APP
| pearing in more than one colunn on dill
| election ballot
The Patterson bill abolishtng the Office
of state fire marshal and transferring its
duties to the insurance department.
| The Mather bill, to permit trust com"
panies to act as executors of estates
| when called upon to do so in wills.
The Bader bill, permitting city councils
| to use for other purposes the residue OF
a bond issue voted for a specific purpose.
In the Cemetery.
Ten of the most important measures
that die in committee or on the calendar
| are:
The Shankland bill to wipe out all di-
rect state tax levies and assess counties
| for their share of the cost of maintain
ing state educational institutions
The Calvey bill providing for state
| reformatory for women convicted of
| crime.
The Erwin bill creating the office of
purchasing agent for all state depart
| ments and institutions.
| The Erwin bill to change the manner
of assessing personal property and Great
ing a new county office, that of tax as
SCISSOR.
The Smith bill to sell the canals of
Ohio and devote the proceeds to the
building of state highways.
The Evans bill for a nine-hour work.
day for women in all employments, ex-
cepting domestic service.
The Schaibley bill increasing the penal
ties for operating bucket shops and Civ
ing a new definition for such concerns.
The Lawyer bill to make the terms of
all county officers other than sheriff and
treasurer four years.
The Alsdorf taxation commission bill,
to take the place of elective state taxa
tion boards.
The Gotshall bill, providing for the
labelling Of the weight of food packages.
Trio Are Vetoed.
Three bills have thus far been vetoed
by the goVernor-that of Representative
Anderson for local option elections on
the question of playing bail on Sunday;
that of Representative Gilligan to license
embalmerS, and that OF Representative
LIE Blond for the relief of city employe
of Cincinnati who was rendered, helpless
by an explosion.
Five important resolutions which were
adopted were:
BY Senator Beatty to investigate state
officers and departments.
BY Senator Beatty, to investigate the
high cost of living.
BY Representative Elson, to investi-
gate the charges of bribery in connection
with the passage by the house of the
telephone merger bill.
| BY Senator Phare, to investigate the
improvements and method of administra-
ton of the canals.
BY Mr.. Elson, to submit to the cleo
torate a proposed woman's suffrage
amendment to the constitution.
Other Dead Ones.
Among the important resolutions that
died with the calendar are:
By Representative Bense, to ratify the
federal constitution.
BY Representative Caivey, memorial
izing congress to put food products on
the free list.
BY Senator Duvall, to submit to the
people a constitutional amendment fol
the initiative and referendum.
BY Representative Tidrick, to amenG
the Ohio constitution to restore the ta2
on bonds and exempt from taxation
nortgaged real estate.
BY Representative Russell, petitionins
congress for a reduction of the tariff or