The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-29
WoMAN's SUFFRAGE, l. AND R., MINIMUM WAGE SCALE AND
 OTHER QUESTIONS.
To Be Voted Upon by the People Of the Buckeye State on Third
 of September.

| posed amendments to Ohio's constitu- tion, and which will be voted upon by the people of the state at a special election on September 8.
 The 4l amendments which will be presented for ratification, deal with a variety of problems from the regula- tion of bill board advertising to mu- nicipal home rule, and were framed by constitutional convention. which worked six months at an expense of more than S200,000
 Ohio's present constitution was | framed in 1852. In the winter of 1 lS73-lS74 a constitutional convention was held. but it's work was rejected at the polls.
 Nightly meetings are being held over the state by ministers, profes- sors, lawyers, business men and poli- ticians, who are debating the effects which the various proposals would have upon the welfare of the state.
 The initiative and referendum pro posal, as adopted by the constitutions al convention, win go into effect on October 1 of this year, if ratified, while the other proposals would not be effective until January l.
 The proposed initiative and refer endum provided for the direct ini- l tiatiye upon petition of 10 per cent of the states voters on amendments to the constitution. and the indirect initiative upon legislative questions. Should per cent of the electors pe- | titinp fha ,.fc fofa In. the secretary of state must refer the petition to the general assembly. If the legislature should pass the law petitioned for, it would then become subject to the referendum, which would require the signatures of an ad- | ditional per cent of the voters to become effective
 If the general assembly should fail to pass the law, or pass it in amended form, the original bill and the substi- | tute could be presented to the people for referendum vote upon petition of an additional per cent of the voters.
 Any law passed by the general as | sembly could, under the proposed amendment. be voted upon by the | people, upon petition of 6 per cent of the electors. The proposal places an l inhibition upon the using of the ini- | tiatiye and referendum for the pass age of laws for the classification of property for taxation or for the single tax
 Another proposed amendment pro- vides for limiting the power of the si- | preme court, by making the circuit courts the court of last resort in the majority of cases. The name of the circuit court would be changed to the court of appeals. The supreme court would then be the last court in con- stitutional cases, and cases where the life of prisoner was at stake.
 The woman's suffrage proposal would eliminate the word male" from the present constitution, and give votes to women. Suffragists are mak- | ing a statewide campaign for the passage of this amendment.
 Those opposed to equal suffrage are making an equally strong campaign against it's passage
 The proposed good roads amend. ment provides for a state bond issue of S50,000 900 for the building and maintenance of good inter-country wagon roads.
 Labor leaders of the state procured the passage by the convention of a propose1 amendment providing for the welfare of employees and for the enactment of a minimum wage. 1 Under the proposed home rule for cities proposal, municipalities could adopt any one of the three following forms of government:
 I. They might, upon the vote of the electors, elect 15 citizens to frame a charter, which would then have to be submitted to the voters for ap- proyal
 2 They might adopt, by a majority vote, a form of government provided by the legislature.
 g. They might decide to be govern ed as at present by municipal code | framed by the legislature
 The removal of all public officials including the judiciary upon com | plaint and hearing, is provided foI in an amendment, which was passed by the convention after the recall is in effect in the western states, had | Ut0h uGAtdlCAs
 Another proposal which is causing much campaign throughout the state is the one providing for liqour Ii i cense. The proposal provides for linn iting the number of saloons, one to every 800 population. Tn the larger cities, it would decrease the number of saloons from two-thirds to one half.
 Other proposals which will be vot ed upon. provide:
 Reform in civil jury system-pro vides for a verdict in a civil case upon a vote of three-fourths of ths jury.
 Abolition of capital punishment provides for life imprisonment a hard labor as punishment for frs degree murder. Instead Of electrocu | cution.
 Dispositions by state-provldes tha the state may have the right to tak, dispositions in criminal cases, Alss provides that the judge shall take no tlce of the failure of the accused C testify
 suits against state provides tha suits may be brought against the state Such suits cannot now be brought. nan4aaa fam sxraueful death tAkNl