The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-30
CITIES OPTION
BILL DEFEATED
House Vote Stands So For
and % Against.
ENDS LIQUOR CONTESTS

Representative Fulton Defends His
Measure by Making Bitter Attack
on Rose Law, Which He Declared
Had Failed to Suppress sale Of
Liquor In Newark - Fitzpatrick
Leads Fight For orys and Denied
state Administration Behind Bill.
Columbus, O., March 30.--The Full
ton city option bill, TO give the 81
cities of Ohio the right TO vote on
tho liquor question separate from the
counties. was defeated in the house
by vote of 5s for and so against
This is said TO end the liquor lcgisla.
tion at this session OF the general as.
sembly.
On the desk of Representative d.
r. Hagerty of Hancock county, an
ardent dry. who died about 10 days
ago. the drys placed bunch Of car.
nations, with an inscription in gold
letters on silk banner: "A Silent
Vote Against the Dean.Futon Bill"
The vote follows:
In Affirmative.
Republicans Alexander,
Bertsch. Caivey Csthon. Golfer,
Davidson. Evans OF Cuyahnga,
Fulkerson. Geleerd. Gusweiler,
Jones, Krug, Meinhardt, Ratliff,
Reynolds. Smith Of Muskingum,
Spiegel. Iumstein.-iS.
emocrats--Battefeld, Beatty,
Fell. Bnlingsea, Bour. Brennan.
Combs, ConnauRhton. Cowan.
Crosssr, Day. Donson. Edwards
Of Cuyahogs. Fellinger. Frick,
lriobolln. Fulton Gebhardt.
Greeves. Hillenkamp. Horwltz.
Huber, Irwin, Kennedy, Buehler.
Lorenz, Lowry, McWllllems, Nye.
10th. sawicltI, Smith Of Butler.
Thomas. Welsh. White OF Jeffer-
son. White OF Ssndusky, Win
ters3s.
In Negative.
Republicans Beschler Bon
nell. Brehm. Canfeld Cooper,
Ctist ELLIS. Freiner. Gibbs,
Guard. Harmon Jenkins, Lamb.
langdon Lewis, Lowry, McCor-
mick, Morris. Plank, Pocock,
Reid. Riddle. Scott, Tidrlck
Vaughan. Nhlttemore. WILDER,
Williams. Winans. Woodworth.
so.
Democrats Barthelmsh
Rehne. Black, Boges, Brewer,
Brcwder. Bruce. Canty. Connolly.
Crawford Evans OF Stark. Finley.
Gardner. Coodbresd. Gotshall.
HpltipCor Etipatrick Lifnblc
LeatherF Miller. Muhlbach, Rus
sall Schott. Stanley. Smith OF
Marion, Stsmbaugh Turner,
Wsrnes, Woodrow. Wyman. so
Representative Billingslea Of But.
Ter county, who has been sick at his
homo for nearly three months, ar.
rived at the capitol few minutes
before the hill was taken up. He
said he had come especially to vote
for It.
Fulton Defends Measure.
Speaking for the bill. Representa-.
tive Fulton of Licking county. it's au.
thor, said 1t would not take effect
until Sept 1 and would affect only
80 OHIO cities. He said the Rose
county option law had been a failure
In Licking county. He claimed to
have behind him from so TO 30 per
cent OF the people Of Newark in ad.
vocating the passage Of his bill.
''If you will give home rule to
cities" declared Fulton, you will
forever settle the liquor question.
The city can not be governed as the
rural district Is. Let us govern our
selves"
Fulton said the bootleggers OF the
state are against his bill because
they favor present conditions under
The Rose law. Big business houses
Of Newark have failed, taxes have
increased and the sale of liquor has
doubled since the county was voted
dry" said Fulton. The mayor of
Newark finds IL impossible to enforce
the liquor laws with the great ma
jority OF the people against the law"
he said.
Representative Fitzpatrick. Demo.
crat, of Trumbull county, leading the
hght against the Fulton bill, said:
THE men who say the state admin
istratiou Ia behind this bill lie. II
the Democrats do not heed the voice
OF the people in this matter, down
we go. We dare not heed the lies OF
those who come in here reeking and
st.nkins Of filth and with the blood
OF the people on their hands.
Says Rose Law Failed.
1T IL impossible to choke down
peoples throats something they don't
want" said Representative Alexan-
der OF Hamilton county. denouncing
the Rose law, He said tho Rose law
had failed
representative Price Russell OF
Wayne county, the Democratic floor
leader, said he took a drink when he
wanted one, but that was no reason
be should vote for the Fulton bill.
lie said the people didn't want the
bill paseed. and anyway the question