The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-05-29

Mr.. Strobe Is another man who Is
slated for membership on new state agri-
cultural commission
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will be appointed for each eXamina-
ton. The board meets on an average
of once a month. The next examina-
tion will be on May 2S, and the ex-
amining officers will be Gen. Wood,
Col. Edward Vollrath of Bucyrus of
the Eighth regiment, and Lieut.. Col.
Joseph A. Hall of Cincinnati, of the
medical corps. BY detailing officers
of lower rank for the board the ex-
pense will be reduced, Each officer
draws pay according to his rank. The
brigadier generals are the highest
paid. The state armory board, be-
cause of the cut made by the legisla-
ture in its appropriation, will only be
able to erect two armories this year.
Question for High Court.
Are courts justified in throwing out
indictments on apparently inconse-
quential technicaIities? This question
will be passed upon by the supreme
court in disposing of the bill of ex.
ceptions which Atty. Gen. Hogan and
Prosecuting Attorney w. c. Brown
Of Jefferson county have brought to
the supreme court to determine il
Comomn Pleas Judge Charles J.
Lynch was warranted in dismissing
the case against John Belknap, Re-
publican candidate for probate Judge
Of that county, who was charged with
violation Of the corrupt practices act.
The judge threw out he case because
the indictment did not define the
status of the Republican party. The
attorney general and prosecuting at.
torney take the ground that this was
f1imsy basis on which to base such
action 1t is somewhat of paradox
that Prosecutor Brown should be in
the attitude of pushing prosecution of
alleged election corruption in his
county when he himself was one of
/ those involved in the investigation
made there by the attorney general.
His election certificate was held up
until recently, but Atty. Gen. Hogan
directed that it should be given him
when it was shown that Mr.. Brown
did not wilfully violate the corrupt
practices act by spending more money
in his canvass than that allowable by
the statute. Belknap, although get,
ting more votes than his opponents,
lost his office, Gov. Cox appointing a
man to fill it when it became vacant
Belknap could not get possession of
it because of the Withholding of his
certificate.
Lobbyist is Well Paid.
A lobbyist is a we'll paid person.
The reports of persons following that
profession clearly show this. For ex.
ample, Starbuck Smith, member of the
late constitutional convention, has just
filed report with the secretary Of
state under the anti-lobby law show
ing that he worked for a few days for
the Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing
Co., a New Jersey corporation. He
was paid at the rate of $40 day for
terviewing legislators, talking before
committees and otherwise aiding to
push on or to defeat legislation
which his company wanted or feared.
The only woman lobbyist thus far to
disclose her identity is Mary e. Lee
of Westerville. She has filed an eX-
pense account with the secretary of
state, showing that she got SAIL
from the Ohio School federation for
her labors as lobbyist
Settles Strike Quickly.
The Strike" fever seems contagious.
Apparently the prisoners in the peni-
tentiary are envious of the notoriety
gained by the car men who struck in
Cincinnati for Monday some of the pris-
oners decided to have little strike
all to themselves. So a score of them
who work in the knitting mill laid
down the implements of industry and
said decisively, 1--WE Quit!" lnvestiga.
tion developed that their complaint
was that the lockers in, which they
kept their belongings had been re-
moved. When Warden Thomas heard
of the miniature rebellion he instantly
issued an ultimatum giving the
strikers a limited time during which
to resume. The ultimatum virtually
ended the trouble. All but five of the
men went back to work and these
were put in solitary confinement.