The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-02-28
SENATORS HOLD
JOLLY SESSION
Make Merry During Green Mine
Bill FiIlbuSter.
OPPONENTS GIVE UP STRUGGLE


noon When They Grow Weary o,
Attempt to Force Reconsideration
Of Measure In order to Bring
About Its Defeat--Bill In Hous,
Would Prevent Use Of Pump Guns
In Ohio Hunting Fields.
Columbus, o., Feb. 25.-Senatol
Green Of Coshocton has won the dis
unction OF having carried to a sue
eessful Issue one of the longest fill
busters ever conducted in the Ohio
senate. Opponents of his bill regu
1ating the weighing of coal mined In
Ohio had their knives out and were
Drepared to put it to sleep for the
Semainder of the session IL given an
opportunity to reconsider the vote by
which It was defeated Thursday
night before Green could muster the
one vote necessary to secure Its
passage.
In order to keep the opposition
from getting chance to kill the bill
Senator Stockwell of Cleveland
taised q trivial point of order and
Green, who Is president pro tenn. OF
The senate, said: 81 shall have to con
slider tLis point carefully. 1t is most
difficult. Green could have stayed In
The chair and kept the senate in ses.
sion until Monday night.
To fill In the time senators organ
ICED singing clubs. One led by SEN
etor Cetone of Montgomery rendered
Everybody Works but Father" until
PreBiient Pro Tenn. Green ordered
Bergeant-at-Arms Diegel to preserve
order. He'll do 1t If he can," shout
cd Cetone with smile.
There was an amusing incident
when Senator Doster OF Highland
county, one of the opponents OF the
bill. struggled TO get the ear of the
presiding officer.
"The sergeant-at-arms will see that
the senator takes his chair" ordered
Green. Doster walked over and took
ehe sergeants seat amid laughter
Realized Their PredIcament.
The opponents of the bill soon
realized their predicament, They dis
covered that the friends OF the bill
could leave the hall and do what
ehey pleased, but that the opponents
had to remain on guard, or Green
would declare an adjournment for
want of quorum.
President Pro TEN. Green left the
taAl faW "A. L..
Senator Stockwell, the floor manager
OF the filibuster, presiding. Stock
wells first move was to order the
eergeant-at-arms to suppress Senator
Tod Of Mahoning, who persisted in
reading aloud from q large volume
which he announced was Cushing's
manual, but which proved to be a
copy Of Webster's dictionary.
Stockwell was not SO stern as
Green as presiding officer, permit.
ting the senators to join in singing
How Dry Am"
One senator offered resolution
on the death of Senator Green. Hes
aot dead. He's only paralyzed,"
shouted Senator Cetone.
After more than five hours Of this
1rogram. opponents OF the bill capt.
alated and on motion of Tod of Ma.
Aoning and Todd OF Franklin, the
senate adjourned until 1880 Monday
afternoon.
The house passed the resolution
authorizing the printing of 1900
sets OF two volumes each OF Howe's
Historic Memoirs of Ohio. The state
swns the plates from which the work
b printed, and the state does the
printing and binding so that the
$4,000 appropriated by the resolu.
tion III for material, Many city mem.
Ders laugh at the old-fashloned his
-tory with its quaint illustrations, but
Tho country members insist that they
sze simply bounded for copies.
Bonds to Build Canal.
In the house Representative Kill
patrick OF Trumbull county intro
epced o. bill authorizing Ashtabula,
Trum0ull. Mahoning ana Columblana
eoanties to issue bonds for the par.
tial construction OF the Lake Erie.
Pittsburg barge canal
The house passed the Frazier sen.
ate Jcint resolution which asks that
the congress of the United States
Do requested TO provide by law that,
In case OF the death OF an ex.soldier
or sailor who Is in receipt OF pen.
aion from the federal government,
che same amount OF pension be con.
einued TO his widow, II there be one,
and II not, to any near relative who
from age or illness Is dependen,
upon him for support"
Automatic shotguns will no longer
Be used In slaughtering game II the
6in introduced by Representative
8cott OF Harrison, in the house. bo.
comes law. His bin permits the
use OF no weapon containing more
than two cartridges. and the posses
sion of,a magazine gun in a field OF
woods Is made prima facie evidence