Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
FIVE VACANT SEATS
AS SOLONS GATHER
Death Has Taken Two Mem
bers of Lower Assembly.
TWO OTHERS HAVE RESIGNED
Final Vacancy Is in Senate, Greeniund
Having Been Chosen Lieutenant
Governor When Nichols Was
Elected to High Court.
Special Columbus Correspondent.

Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio.
TVHERE were five permanently
b vacant seats when the 80th
n general assembly began its spe-
cial session Monday morning.
Another probably will be vacant within
few days. ALI were occupied only
year ago. Since the regular session
began last January death has stalked
among members of the house. In con-
sequence the names of Lawrence =.
Conway of Toledo and Peter ]. Collins
Of Canton were unanswered when the
roll Of the house was Called, Conway
died before the end of the regular ses-
sion last spring. Collins died Just be-
fore the last election. 1t would re-
Quire a special election to fill either
place, but it was decided by the gov
ernor to leave the places untitled until
the election next fall, when new as
semblymen will be chosen.
Two Representatives Resign.
Two other vacancies in the house
are the results of designations. A.
Ross Read of Summit county was
chosen postmaster of Akron a few
months ago. He couldn't hold two
public positions and he chose the
more remunerative. Adam Frick of
Scioto county was elected mayor of
Portsmouth at the late election.
What's a mere legislative job to being
mayor of Portsmouth? Mr.. Frick is
presiding over the destinies of an Ohio
city and his chair in the house will be
vacant until the next election.
Then there is the case of Louis
Capelle, the only Republican in the
Hamilton county delegation, and the
man who startled the fair sex last
winter with his bill to regulate fem
mime attire. Mr.. Capelle has been ap-
pointed assistant prosecutor of Hamil-
ton county. But he isn't the repre-
sentative to forsake the interests of
all the people of Ohio merely because
he happens to be an assistant prose-
cutor. He's going to serve both the
people of Ohio and the people of Ham
ilton county, in fact, for he hasn't
shown the slightest disposition to quit
either public position he now holds.
Lawyers generally insist that he will
have to, but being himself a lawyer,
Mr.. Capelle insists that his colleagues
are all wrong. And his manner of get
ting out of a legal tangle is unique.
VIII Hold TWO Jobs.
He will hold both jobs, but for one
month he will give preference to one
the legislative one. During that
time he will refuse to accept any sal
ary as assistant prosecutor OF his
home county. In other words, during
the time of the special session, he will
sort of drop out of the one position
and resume it when the session shall
be over. But the other lawyers point
out that the tangle won't be thus
easily unraveled. They say that leg
islator is on duty just like fireman
or policeman, whether there's really
anything doing or not, and that it
won't do the Cincinnati man a bit of
good legally to forsakes the assistant
prosecutorship during the special ses-
sio1. They insist he will be just as
much legislator after the special ses-
sion as before.
If Capelle is forced to quit the leg
islature, the special session will see
five instead of four vacant chairs in
the house. The final vacancy is seen
In the senate. W. A. Greenlund was
chosen lieutenant governor when
Hugh L. Nichols was elected to the
ator last session. His place is un-
filled and the senate has only 80 mem
bers now against 33 year since. OF
course the legal majorities required
in the house and senate won't be af.
| fected by the vacancies. 1t will re
| quire g. votes to pass a measure in
the house just as if the legal number
of 123 members were present, and in
the senate no bill can be law without
the consent of II senator's
Bills Assigned to Members.
Following conference of the Dem.
ocratic house leaders and members
| with Gov. Cox, it was announced that
| the governors bills had been assigned
for introduction among the house and
| senate members as follows:
School reorganization bills, Repre-
sentative Lowry of Henry county;
anti-coal screen bill, Senator Green OF
Coshocton; revise 1914 appropriation
bill, Representative Cowan of Put
nam; initiative and referendum bill
Senator Weygandt of Portage; bill
amending bank laws, Representative
CUTLERY of Marion; flood prevention
bill, Representative -Vonderheide oi
Montgomery; automobile license bill
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