The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-12-10
Cox Appeals to Federal surxsu.

States bureau of animal industry,
Washington, asking that the federal
embargo against shipments OF stock
from Ohio on account of the foot and
mouth disease be modified 80 as to az
ford partial relief to the owners Of
healthy cattle in districts free from the
disease. He points out that the modi-
fication of quarantine regulations with
in the state has resulted in widespread
benefits with no bad effects. Judged
by our own experience, the time has
now come for the federal government
to make some concessions to Ohio
shippers" declared the governor "Our
conservative attitude throughout the
whole period should emphasize the
fairness of our demand" There was q
further modification Of quarantine or
ders by state officials Thursday. 1t
was decided to allow shipments Of live
stock and hunting in counties under
absolute quarantine In areas 10 miles
distant from infected points. In coun-
ties under modified quarantine ship
ments and hunting are allowed to q
three-mile radius.
Drys Appeal From Decision. =
The supreme court will pass UPON
the question Of the validity of the
home rule amendment. Thursday the
drys appealed to the Franklin county
court of appeals from the decision of
Judge +. b. Kinkead of the common
pleas court of that county, holding the
amendment to be sound, and regard.
less of what the holding OF the appeals
court is the case will be taken to the
supreme court for final determination
as to the status OF the act. In official
circles it is believed that both the
court of appeals and the supreme
court will sustain the amendment. I'm
til the litigation is disposed of it is
not likely that Gov Cox will officially
proclaim the amendment in effect, al
though in reality it went into effect at
midnight Thursday. Meanwhile, the
state license commission will not ap-
point license commissioners for the
some 40 counties made wet by the
amendment, all of which will be disap-
pointing to the hundreds of persons in
those counties who want to start sa-
looms.
Confronted With PuzzIins Question.
State officials are confronted by one
of the most puzzling questions that
have been up for solution in many
moon. What shall be done with the
bribe money which was turned over
more than three years ago to the then
speaker of the house of representa-.
tives, the late Samuel ]. Vining, by
former Representative George B. Nye,
who later made a full confession of
implication in the legislative bribery
cases? 1t was at the outset OF the
bribery Investigations that Nye, in
seeming panic, turned 5000 over to Mr..
Nining, saying that somebody had at
tempted to bribe him with it. Stimuli.
taneously Nye caused the arrest of
three Burns detectives, thereby re-
leasing the biggest bribery scandal in
Ohio's history. Later developments
Of course, cleared the detectives, but
the 5000 remained with Mr.. Vining.
Before the latter's death recently he
directed that the money be sent to
Attorney General Hogan. The latter
thinks it ought to be sent to the min.
ers of the eastern Ohio coal section
where miners families are suffering
from hunger, but he will let the new
Gpn Il 81,
disposition.
Comments on JunketIna Practices.
1t is costing the state OF Ohio sew
eral thousand dollars every year to
pay the travelling expenses, outside the
state. of officers, boards, commissions
and employees who attend conventions,
ostensibly to obtain information for
the benefit of some branch of the state
government, according to Auditor of
State Vic Donahey. who adds that, al
though some of these trips are entire.
ly beneficial and worthy, many others
are pure personal junkets out of which
the state derives no benefit at all. The
auditor, in formal statement, AYERS
that the junketing practice has be-
come so general that he has held up
30 to 40 vouchers within the last year
for the scrutiny of the attorney gen.
eral AS an Offset to the travelling
custom, the auditor recommends a
law forbidding state officers of any
sort TO leave the state at the public |
xpense unless specifically permitted
Asks Injustice Be Corrected.
Following a custom it has estab
lished. the state civil service commits
sion dealt mildly with the municipat
civil service commission of Youngs.
town in reporting upon its investiga.
ton of the commissions administra.
ton of the law. 1t merely asked that |
an injustice done Sergt. James J. Ken
evan of the Youngstown police force in
promotional examination be correct
ed and that he be made eligible for ap-
pointment as captain.
Cities Seek Financial Relief.
The cities of Ohio are going to make
desperate effort to obtain financial !
relief from the new general assembly. |
The committee named by Gov. Cox
some months ago to make a survey of |
the situation of the cities in reply to
their cry of financial distress is now
practically ready to report and it is
understood that some of its recon-
mendations in behalf Of the cities will
be drastic. For example, it is not un-
likely that suggestion will be made
that the per cent limitation be raised
so that some OF the cities may be in a
position to obtain more funds.