The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-16

performed his last wedding eight days
ago, performing the ceremony while
Ill in bed. He has a wife and seven
children.
Petitions Case In High Court.
The case brought by the Ohio
Equity league of Cleveland to de.
termine the legality of the action
of Secretary of States Graves in
rejecting the petitions for referen'
dunn on the Green workmen's compen-
sation law and the Warnes and Kill
patrick taxation laws for alleged
fraud was argued to the supreme
court Tuesday The principal argu-
ment for Mr.. Graves was made by At.
torney General Hogan. William II.
Miller, former assistant attorney gen.
eral, and Frank G. Dunbar of Column
bus and Attorney Boyd of Cleveland
appeared for the league. In answer
TO the contention of counsel for the
league that the secretary of state was
without power to make an investiga'
tion to determine whether petitions
filed were genuine. Attorney General
Hogan said if this were true all sorts
of spurious petitions could be filed.
He said that the secretary OF state is
| the representative of the people, and
that it is by him and through him
| that fraud in cases of the kind should
! be investigated and determined. "He
! is the man with whom the signatures
and verifications are filed, and he has
! the best means of inspecting and in
! quiring into their sutflciency and le-
! gality," said Attorney General Hogan.
This should indicate that it was the
! manifest intent of the people that he
should prevent fraud in and abuse of
these constitutional provisions" The
attorneys for the league argued that
the secretary of state should have ac'
cepted the petitions without question,
that he had no authority to conduct an
investigation into the question Of their
validity that he was biased and knew
that there was statewide conspiracy
to throw out the petitions. The attor-
ney general denied that there was
grounds for these allegations. It is
expected that the supreme court will
pass upon the case in less than two
weeks. If the action of the secretary
OF state is upheld by the court, the
Warnes and Kilpatrick laws will GO
into immediate effect, and Gov. Cox
will then appoint tax commissioners
for the various counties of the state
Counties of certain population will
get two such commissioners.
Conference of Charities.
The twenty-third annual conference
of charities and corrections, to be hello
at Akron Nov. 1912, will be one of the
most important ever held in this
state. A variety Of subjects which
come under the new human welfare
Legislation provided by the state viii
be discussed in detail Gov. Cox il
down for an address on The New Or
: der of Things" Wallace d. Yaple
chairman of the Ohio industrial com
mission, will speak on "Welfare Fea
lures of an Industrial Commission.
There will be many other addresses
nuIeS III aNOT OF tNOI1CHs
Women-the dear creatures VIII
, are always seeking for the recognition
of some new form CT women's rights.
are eligible to become certified publ
: accountants in Ohio. Attorney Ger
eral Hogan has SO ruled in a forma
opinion rendered to Secretary ]. J
Mcknight of the state board of az
= counting. In order to be eligible TO
: certihcation they must be citizens o
Ohio, Il years old, of good moral chal
. ton or its equivalent.
i Employees Greatly Relieved.
State employees who have bee
quaking in their boots for fear of bein
"tripped up" by the civil service e2
? aminations which all must take at tn
I first Of the year under the new civ
service commission, have been great
relieved by the pronouncement c
y Chairman Sam A. Hoskins OF the con
:. mission. The examinations, it seem
I are to be on common sense lines an
p not uselessly technical. The me
& who regularly NOV the grass in th
l. state house grounds won't be exam
ined in algebra and the chemistry {
+ food They will merely have to sa
8 isfy the commissioners that the
know how to sharpen a lawn move
and know something about the cal
r of grass. Similarly, pen guards wi
It have to prove that they are men {
l. good character and can shoot straigh
s. rather than that they are art critic
y or experts in astronomy.
IL To Test Hite Bill.
( The Hite bill, under which Oh!
e would raise by taxation nearly $4,000
II 900 annually for good roads, is to /
q tested in the courts. The law pr
y vides that levy of one-half mill sha
o be devoted to this purpose. Claimir
that the law is unconstitutional an
will be knocked out by the courts, tt
Is Hamilton county budget commissiC
of refused to make their levy under
If In order to test its merit State Au
n itor Donahey Monday filed suit in tt
Ie supreme court asking that the budg
is commission be compelled to make tt
At levy. The supreme tribunal will,
this manner, pass directly upon Il
validity of the measure, which is
n vital Importance to thousands of goo
Is roads enthusiasts over the state.
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Decides on Pen Site.
is The special penitentiary commi