Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-05-09
KESSLER BILL VETOED BY COX
Governor Refuses to Sign Measure
Which Sought to Reinstate to Cit
izenship 1865 Disfranchised
Adams County Voters.
D. A. DONOVAN.
Special Columbus Correspondent.


ture and designed to permit the state
university to enter the general extern
sion field of work. The aim of the
measure is to carry instructions to
the people and permit the general
public to be benefited by the knowl
edge and facilities which the college
of the state has in store. The policy
is brand new one in Ohio and seeks
to emulate the system of Wisconsin.
Its theory is to have the state uni
versity act as instructor for the rank
and file of the people of the state
instead of merely for the few that
are able to come to Columbus and en-
roll as students. The plan of dis
seminating knowledge through the
state is by the plan mainly of send
ing teachers and lecturers wherever
asked for or needed. 1t is the pur-
pose of the new law to have all of
the departments of the state univer-
sity do the same work for all the peo-
pie as the university department of
agriculture now does for the farmers.
Since by another new law Ohio State
university is to have departments of
dentistry, medicine and pharmacy
next year, it may not be long before
elemental knowledge along such lines
will be carried to the people through
out Ohio in much the same manner
as information about farming now is
being disseminated among the farm
ers. In it's extension work the uni
versity will give the people the ad-
vantage of it's various engineering
equipment, it's store of library books,
its past researcS work, and the COM
bined knowledge of its big faculty.
The new departure marks a big new
era in the history of the state uni
versity. With it's new medical, dem
tai and pharmacal departments it will
become the rival of any educational
institution in the United States in
point of completeness of equipment.
For its medical and dental depart
ments it will take over the buildings
and faculties of Ohio-Starling Med
ical university of Columbus.
Vetoes kessler Bill.
Gov. Cox has vetoed the Kessler bill
which sought to reinstate to citizen
ship the 1865 Adams county voters
disfranchised by Judge A. z. Blair for
vote selling. THE legislature has no
pardoning power except for treason"
said the governor, in giving his rea-
son for killing the measure. The ac-
tion of the chief executive is based on
the decision of the state against
Peters, 43rd Ohio State, 644.
Before the bill was passed, Judge
Blair came to Columbus and inter-
posed objection to it, contending that
the general assembly was not clothed
with power to grant pardons. He de-
clared that the proposed law would
be unconstitutional. 1t will be re-
called that the judge was given a Sc
we're grilling by the members of the
house committee that has the bill up
for consideration. He admitted that
he had formerly INDUCED in the prac-
tice for which he had disfranchised
the Adams county citizens. The fight
over the bill was something of wet
and dry affair. Because of his prom
ince as a temperance worker, Judge
Blair was made a target for the at
tacks of the vets of the legislature.
He was assailed bitterly in the SEN
ate. In vetoing the bill, Gov. Cox af-
firms the position taken by Judge
Blair.
Cox Approves Liquor License.
Gov. Cox has signed and made a
law of the liquor license commission.
AS soon as signed the law was imme-
diately placed on file in the secre-
tary of states Office. The governor
lso signed many other bills, the most
important being the blue sky" law to
regulate the sale of stocks, the law
creating state commission to censor
moving pictures, state wide primary
bill and the measure permitting out
side states to cooperate with eastern
Ohio counties in construction of a
barge canal from Ashtabula to Ohio
| river.
Auditor of State Donahey has an
nounced the appointment of Wilbur
q. Baker of Fostoria, an examiner in
the state accounting bureau since its
inception in 1902, to succeed A. B.
Peckinpaugh of Wooster as deputy au.
ditor. Mr.. Peckingpaugh was appoint
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Teach convicts by Correspondence
Columbus.-Not only day schools
for the study of elementary subjects,
but system of institutional CORE
spondence schools may be inaugurat-
ed at the penitentiary, according to
Warden Thomas, who has assumed his
duties.
There are experts in the penitenti
airy who are far in advance of their
professions. and they can be formed
into q faculty" said the warden
these men can teach a variety oi
practical courses, such as engineering
bookkeeping and stenography.