The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-08-28

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served In the legislature from 1908 to
1907.
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fore Secretary of State Graves at
o'clock Thursday morning. The state
was represented by Attorney Gen.
eral Hogan and Assistant Attorney
General Joseph McGhee, while the
Ohio Equity League of Cleveland.
which is fighting these laws through
the referendum, was represented
by former Assistant Attorney General
w. H. Miller and Attorney Frank Dun.
bar of Columbus. Both sides had
witnesses on hand.
Governor Makes Appointments.
The three men who will administer
affairs of new public utilities commits
sion are well known. Not until Mon
day did Cox decide on the appoint
ment of Edward w. Doty of Cleve-
land for the minority place on the
commission. He gets the two-year
term, succeeding o. P. Gothlin of Day
ton, who was given the. six-year term
on the commission by former Gov.
Harris. Doty is classed as pro-
gressive Republican. He served two
terms as member of the house of rep
resentatives from Cuyahoga county,
two terms as clerk of the house, and
served in the constitutional conven'
tion as delegate from Cuyahoga coun-
ty. He was also elected member OF
the Cleveland charter commission. In
the constitutional convention Doty
was. regarded as the champion rough
and-tumble debater.
Judge William L. Dechant OF Mid
dletown, who gets the four-year term
on the commission, succeeding John
Sullivan Of Hamilton, worked on the
draft of the law creating the new
utilities commission. He Is DEM
ocrat, and for many years has been
close friend of the governor He
has been a Judge, banker, and has
had wide experience with electric
light, gas, steam and electric rail-
ways. He was in Wisconsin three or
four years and is familiar with the
commission of that state. Judge De-
chant was the personal and intimate
counsel and advisor of the late Con-
gressman Paul Sorg, when the gov
ernor was Sorg's secretary:
Judge o. H. Hughes of Hillsboro,
who gets the six-year term on the
commission, succeeds himself. He
was not an applicant for retention.
He was brought to Columbus to be
adjutant general by the late Gov.
John NJ Pattison, and upon the death
of the latter, Acting Gov. Andrew L.
Harris appointed him on the new rail.
road commission, which later became
the public service commission and
now is changed to the public utilities
commission. He is a Democrat.
The members of the utilities COM
mission are among the best paid of
the appointive officers of the state.
They get salaries of $4,000 year.
The next highest places are those
paying $4,000.
Civil Service Commission.
Members of the state civil service
commission will be Samuel A. Hos.
kins of Wapakoneta, Democrat,
chairman; Charles Brown Of Findlay,
Democrat, and Charles H. Bryson of
Athens, Progressive. Hoskins will
draw $4,000 and the others $4,000 a
year.
I Makes Good Record.
Notwithstanding that the volume Of
! session laws of the legislature was
! twice as large as it usually is, the
printing and delivery of the bound
, copies of these laws at the state
bindery was completed 40 days ahead
of the usual time it takes for this
/; job. This work was done under the
direction of State Printer Frank
! Harper, recently appointed head of
the department This good record
was made under adverse conditions.
The machinery Of the bindery is an
tiquated and the building is unsuited
for speed.
Will Consider Eugenics.
! The question of the new science Of
eugenics will be given consideration
at the annual meeting of the Ohio
! State Medical association.
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Probing Workmen's' Compensation.
Three men Of nationwide promin.
ence are investigating Ohio's method
of administering the workmen's COM
pensation. They are John Mitchell,
vice president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor; Cyrus w. Phillips
of Rochester, member Of the New
York state liability commission, and
]. Walter Lord of Baltimore, member
of the Maryland liability commission.
These men compose committee from
the National Civic Commission. They
have nothing but words of praise
about the Ohio plan.