The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-23
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ASSEMBLY PLAN
official Committee Files Report.
AntI-ShppIag Law Reviewed

Columbus. o. -(Srec.al)- In ac-
cordance with law, Governor Cox sp-
pointed Attorney General Hogan, Sen
ator Howard and Representative
Black committee to officially explain
the small legislature amendment. The
committee filed it's explanation with
the secretary of state, who refused to
mail it to voters, as required by law,
ruling the law void under which the
committee was appointed. The official
explanation rs filed follows:
The proposed amendment provides
here shall he fifty members of the house
It representatives, herein designated as
representatives.. and twenty-five men,
bcrs Of IL mate. Both representatives
and senators are to be elected from dis
tricts. Heretofore representatives, have
been elected by counties. and senators
by districts.
In 1902 an amendment TO the ccnstitu-
tion was alOpted by the people giving
to each county representative, that
each cOuntN's individual interest might
be represented on the floor of the house,
regardless j: populations, The proposed
amendment reverses the existing plan
and substitutes representation in the
house by districts of equal population.
u 5,,arr,ini,, tLr 1;,tri,t a,ti+Io1 to
a Representative, the popnlaticn of the
state shall be divided by fifty. The COM
h!t'ee can not forecast now the general
Folrowing III iInstrotns the amanGmant,s
effect: Under the last federal census
Cuyahoga county will have at least six
members of the house; Hamilton four;
Montgomery stark and. summit snnnties
would have one or more representatives,.
Neither OF the three counties next IN
n,c,,iS ~ n,tit,o5 ~ o,, ro,,rasant,tj,,a
Twenty-nine of the smaller counties
would have but seven members. In con-
usuoqS tetrllory, JACKSON, sihLon, ION rlKe
ranrosantati,,. and Cnarnsav Morgan
Noble and Monroe one representative
In determining the "ropulation OF the
80, ''aa sir az o,,, ntbar ' r,atbo1 -
may choose.
The present general assembly. at Its
special session IN IVA, shall oistrsct @ the M
noyt toy ,,oors Ind heginrirr T., 1o92 tha
general q assc;rbly shall in every ten years
determine said districts. Districts shal
Sino. o,,to' III ~ 'oo''S' ""'u "''0 ''"''S'P
Not a newspaper is defending the
amendment but scores of them are op-
rIouo1ond 1oodar and p1oin noo1or ord
tho CoI,,r,h,,s nisno+ob ond 1o,,rnoI
nv hnor.orr intoroSts 4,,h;oh in
,+iotod tt,o on,o,,dnon+ oro eoodin0
~ sto+o n,;+h Iitaroturo IN Ire boboIS
oro no,,,,hIot oro,os@+bo+ swell loo.
;cIot,,ro I'm ooI,o +ho stato roono,, ond
- H. a,4,o,
that uluer Ine present pan ZIG el.ies
nave feWer representatives, according
to DOpulatiCn. than the country dis
triotr Tho stota will not sava monav
- =, - ,'
loF IL is atldnseu tlaI IL Tie dllehu-
ment prevails bill Will be offered to
increase 7epislative salaries $50 per
80 r,o huo,,,ou, foorod +ho+ WIDOW
cent Inc brewers leaieu lna' unuei
such plan they could not control all
members from the pODulOuS counties.
Anotber brewarv namnblet eivas
-. -.,' u. 1s1..
Cne ledl ledsoh why 'heS are odShlns
the amendment III Tells OF tnelr lall-
ures to reneal the county option law
, ds a., oo,,,+r, ,oo,,hors
s II
They beheFe the law can De repealeu
IL rural representation is made nom
afFoo+iva h,, odOn+inu tho amendmant
o., ,e,-;i A.
O'Ic'a' H"''-on'PP'"s Ia" ~
The committee selected by the pro-
ponents of the initiated law to pre-
von+ +ho .binn,o,+ of liouOr into drv
territory Lleu Inc loilo"lhs ollcial
argument with the secretary Of state
and II will no n,ailed to all voters.
M ,a,o.o7 ,ou, ,,roL,,,i+, tho chin
- oPoI ,.,,,I,.G., i;,,n, g., ho,,a,.ny>
] ilieiI VI i h,,t So thro,,er, d,,, tar-
p...I, ptt r,,,, o,,oan+ions are n,oda such
os owe found in nractioallv all similar
as are louiiu III pl"o'lchiis p az .
Jaws a pelsoi m may t en nUo ri,',ta w. ,sa
one QUAR- vi Aquol toi ne lI pl 80,
itiu " vi &'Sl1t iias no ~ ~ is -
10 MN lol S"'eH "utnoI ~ 80" ~
nleS MONTH ~ e"'tn NJ ,to,'t<,
liquors pouent aiu SUI i ,+n .,aaI,oas,,
the hoheHI uiussiSI ai!u p"'S
urusstoIeS 'uI o' Wv, ,,noi,it,i+s Tho MAN.
Notnll's ~ 'i.l9 ID" ot ,ic,,,or
uI'ctuie Us. ~ ui,i7,,ns i,,tn dry tar-
tess II ~ u'''' lu'iS ''''pP'N ''''
rtc.y' ,,. uo oor+r,
LIQUORS lileEalls gr,,i ro,,isioo
panu ana are ''l ,.i ,,o,n bosono a.
alds ot'ceTs III seEiis taotIa,aerS ilaoHt po IL
gets ilto ',le h"liuS VI otoi, a. r.r,,
hach Pachase S nnSN oosi[nna ond ths
ouantity Of the liquor, written in En-
glish and attached in conspicuous place
On the package. rms ts anus t,a the h~anser n 70
tha laei1e heot,ag,,er ,,e
The penalties in the law are essential
to make the Webb interstate liquor snip
ment law enseiov enc iiovor ~ deaiers % shin l,ouor
to sneakeasy keepers in dry territory in
defiance of the will of the people and
then boast tnat tne IA Jaw & is no, ,n eiI th,s ~.
Isga, nJ pr0p combInation between these nulli-