The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-19

trusted the floor leadership in me
senate Senator Haas said that he
was walking through the senate a
day or SO before the Mills bill came
up for action and passed two men en-
| gagged in conversation. He was intro
duced by one, who, he said, was a
stranger to MIN, to the other as Mr..
Cox. In the conversation that fol-
lowed Mr. Cox mentioned the opposi-
ton Of the Cincinnati representative
business and civic organizations to
| the Mills bill.
'"'You need not have mentioned
that to me- replied Senator Haas. 1
am against the bill all the way
| through.
Half an hour later Senator Haas
said he was called down to Governor
Cox's Office and there confronted with
| the statement that he had been talk
ing to Attorney Joseph Heinszman of
| Cincinnati, with the inference that
| Heintzman was lobbying against the
| Mills bill. Senator Haas prompt re-
| ply was that he was against the bill,
and no amount Of urging, pleading or
| command could change his attitude
| Being OPP Osed to the measure on con-
viction, he said, he did not propose
| to be changed. AS for Mr.. HeintZ-
| man, he said, he did not even know
| him, and was not aware of the iden-
tity of the man he saw talking with
| Cox.
Inquiry developed the fact that the
| governors informant as to the incl
dent in the senate was Senator Carl
! D. Friebolin of Cuyahoga. Returning
to the senate chamber Senator Haas
| called FreibLlin before him, and ask
| ed whether he had acted as the tale
| bearer. With many bushes and
| fiushes the Cuyahoga county senator
admitted the truth of the matter.
With a solemn admonitiOn that there
| be no repetition of the incident Frei-
bolin was allowed to go.
From the thrilling incident came
the smoke and fuss over the activities
of lobbyists and the assault on SeCre-
tary Cox by Senator Bernstein. 1t is
said to demonstrate why Bernstein
refused to divulge the name of the
Hamilton county member who gave
him the statement as to the Business
| Mems club.
"In the senate it was also developed
that the necessary vote for the Mills
bill was cast by Senator r. H. Finne-
frock of Marion, who had promised
the opposition, according to several
senators. that he would vote against
the bill. 1t appears that he was de-
ceived by the Bernstein ruse, and
was in addition menaced by several
advocates of the measure.
Even Hamilton county advocates
Of the Mills bill had no sympathy
with the methods employed in the SEN
ate, as was made plain by Represen,
tative Thornton r. Snyder's speech
in the house. He, with several of the
remaining members, is anxious to
clear himself from any suspicion OF
circulating the libel on Cincinnati or
CARNATIONS.
THE incident may have an import
ant effect on the deliberations of the
senate on the conference report oi
the Mills bill, if anything more than
the baby bond feature is recon-
mended Representative John F
Kramer Of Richland served notice or
advocates of the measure that he ex
pected them to live up to their prom
ises if they wish to save any part o.
the bill"
The legislative investigation Of dua
Jobs for members Of the Legislature
has put Governor Cox in bad humor
, The members of the general assem-
bly, were given remunerative Jobs b,
: | the Democratic administration witt
Q the single object of keeping then
= lined, up for administration measures
. And after the governor got the legis
, lators on the payroll he was CON
pelled to get them off. Now he l
;. for a bill making such appointment
f illegal.
J. Really the funny point to the situs
i ton is that the investigating conlmi
4 | tee reported on Republicans who di
Q the same thing years and years agt
O The committee seems to have forgo
p ten that these dual jobs figured
@ more than one campaign and cecaus
of Just such offenses the Republica
@ party was relegated to tempora1
II | oblivion.
10 The fact that John Smith stole
" million dollars and was punished ft
o. | 1t is no reason why Bill Jones shoul
20 steal a thousand thousand dollar
ID and hope to get away without punis
n. ment.
H. "