The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-05-29
OHIOANS THROW
OFF THE YOKE
Vast Political Changes.

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to make rule by the few far more diff
cult and rule by the people muc
: easier include a statewide. primar
bill, under which easily controle
nominating conventions are abolishe
and the primary is substituted for th
nominating of all public officials, c,
cept in townships and villages of les
than 1900 population. In these tn
desires of the electors as to metho
OF nominating shall govern. In futur
elections, the progressive voters wi
be benefited by a provision which Sc,
arctes national and state issues b
means of separate ballots for the tw
sets of candidates. A long array @
presidential electors will no longe
confuse the alector, and he may vot
for the entire group on a party ticke
by making single cross Hereafte
the supreme judges will appoint thei
clerk, and the ballot was furthe
shortened by taking the state dairy
and food commissioner from the lis
of elective officers and placing his du
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agricultural commission
To permit everyone to participate
there will be half holidays on regular
election days. Precautions have beer
taken to preserve the rights o.
candidates and to guard agams
fraud and corruption by measures
that require the preservation of al
ballots and pollbooks for 80 days
The corrupt practices act has beer
strengthened so as to guard against
the buying of elections
Home FuIe Fer Cities.
AS a result Of the home rule amend
ment to the state constitution that was
adopted last fall by the people, ir
which complete autonomy was grant
ed municipalities, the general assem-
bly, enacted a law in which the com
mission, federal and general manager
plans of city government were pro
vided as models, and either of the
three may be adopted by the peopl,
of any municipality at an election
The removal of public officials, judges
and members of the e0neraI Assem-
bly, was weapon given to the people
by the general assembly to be used in
their fight against dereliction of duty
and misconduct in office.
The predominating feature of the
legislative accomplishments is de-
sire to serve humanity. An important
departure is the law which gives the
state board of administration the Gus
tody of all unfortunate children that
for the purpose of studying their needs
In an observation cottage to be built
In Columbus, and then to send the
juveniles to the institution best equip.
ped to give the needed treatment and
care. Substantial foundations for that
cheerful message of hope which the
governor gave to the prisoners in the
penitentiary on the first Sabbath of
his administration have been built by
several new laws. One provides for
the transfer of the prisoners from the
dirt and CRIME of the old penitentiary
to a new institution to be built in the
pure and wholesome atmosphere of
the country. Provision was made for
the employment of convict labor on
the roads and in making bodybuilding
machinery, the men to receive COM
pensation. The earnings of the pris,
oners in excess of the cost of maintain
ing them on all classes of employment
will go to the dependents Of the men
incarcerated to provide against want
and hunger, and if there are no de-
pendents, then the prisoners will re-
ceive the money when they leave the
Institution.
Indeterminate sentences, with
the period of incarceration de-
pending upon the conduct of the
men, have been established to in
still lessons of self-control, while
day schools have been estab-
lished to give the penitentiary
prisoners better equipment for
the battle Of life when they leave.
Contract labor has been abolish
ed in jails and warehouses;, as
concession to labor and to do JUS
tice to the men.
Compulsory Workmen's Compensation.
Senator William Green, former pres,
ident of the United Mine Workers of
Ohio and prominent in labor circles,
has pronounced the compulsory work.
mems compensation act "the greatest
piece of humanitarian legislation ever
put into the Ohio statutes" while
other experts declare it Is the most
comprehensive act of the kind in eX'
| istence. No longer will injured work
men or their dependents be forced to
make tedious struggles through the
courts for compensation. Instead ade
quate and prompt payments will come
| from the state compensation fund
| while the employers will receive pro
| lection at cost far below what they
have been paying.
Mothers Pension Law.
Closely allied with these humant
tartan measures is the mothers
| pension act, which assures succol
and sustenance to needy mothers
struggling to keep precious families
! at their own firesides. maximum
of SIS month is provided for the
first child under IA years of age, and
a maximum of 81 for each additional
child! This measure will not increase
the taxes, as it is simply diversion
into the channel indicated of por
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