The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-02-20


-~-Se wholly separate
from state and
local tickets, and enacted into law the
Friebolin bill, which provides that
the presidential ticket hereafter in
Ohio shall be printed by itself on
a separate ballot. Countless times
in Ohio the head of the party ticket
has drawn feeble local and even state
candidates to victory for the simple
reaGon that the over enthusiastic par.
ty voter would place his cross at the
head Of the party column and there.
by vote for every man on the ticket
down to constable. This made 1t pos.
sible for local bosses to nominate men
q, OF straw and have them placed in of,
Iice during every presidential land.
slide. The house concurred with the
senate also in enacting into law the
Friebolin bill. which prevents a voter
from mixing" his ballot in voting for
the presidential electors. The theory
Of this bill is that the voter really
wants to cast his ballot for the candi,
date for president rather than his
electors, and so It makes it impossible
for him to vote for some electors of
one party and some of, another. 1t
leaves him only the privilege of voting
soiidly for all the electors of one party
or another.
New White Slave Bill.
X the senate concurs in the new
"white slave" bill which the house
passed, Ohio will have probably the
most stringent and exacting statutes
relating to the immoral trafficking in
women to be found anywhere in the
United States. The bill is by Cooper
of Mahoning county. Its main feature
Is that which strikes out of the pres
ent law that provision saying that
when the alleged white slavery" is
with the consent of the woman in
Volved, no crime is committed. The
proposed new law would make the Of
fense punishable whether with or with
out the consent of the female and
would place the convicted person in
the penitentiary for the first offense
for period Of from three to ten
years. @jI
Spearing Fish Unlawful.
Upon the representation that the
law permitting the spearing of fish is
now being shamefully abused, the SEN
ate passed the Haas senate bill max
ing fish spearing anywhere in Ohio
utterly unlawful The present law
now says that spearing can be prac.
ticed if the consent of the abutting
land owner Is had. The author of the
bill told the senate that through va
rious subterfuges under this provision,
tons of fish are being speared and sold
in the public markets.
Assessing Corner Lots.
Upon the question of the manner of
assessing corner lots, the senate voted
by narrow margin to so change the
assessment law, that corner lots shall
be made to pay for street improve
ments to the extent of their entire
width and depth The present law
compels them to pay assessment upon
the total foot frontage, but as for the
assessment on their depth or length,
it provides that the assessment may
not cover more than an equivalent of
the width. For example, if lot is
so feet wide and $50 deep, it can be
assessed now only for so feet in front
and SO on the side. The proposed new
law would permit an assessment of
$50 feet on the side, plus the SO in
front.
investigation of School System.
The house and senate officially ap-
proved Gov. Cox's plan for general
survey of the Ohio school system.
Both branches passed bills allowing
the governor to appoint a commission
of three citizens to Investigate the en-
tire school system and appropriated
$4,000 for expenses.
Amends Compensation Law.
The senate labor committee amend
ed the Green workmen's compensation
law and recommended it for passage.
The amended bill wholly ignores the
demand of liability insurance compa-
MES that they be allowed to compete
with state. The only deviation from
rigid compulsory feature is new
provision which allows employers