The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-12

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What Legislators Are
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Bitter criticism was made by Sena.
tor Bernstein of Cleveland, of lobby.
lists he named, and whom he chatgeo
had been about the house interfering
with the members over the bill. An
arrest may be made If any member
will swear to the complaint already
prepared. The bill now goes back to
the house.
The house defeated the Bour bill
that would have provided commits
sion to study the INTERPOLATION of
cities with the state in the division Of
revenues. The bill was fought by the
small county members and the Re-
publicans. The bill was drawn as
result of a suggestion from the Ohio
League of Municipalities that a new
relation financially between the cities
and the state ought to be worked out.
Put back in something like it's shape
before it was amended by the house,
the senate only passed the measure
by the small majority of two votes,
II to Is.
Senator Bernstein of Cuyahoga
county attacked those Offering oppo-
sition TO the bill in the shape it was
presented to the senate, naming five
men whom he declared to be lobbying
on behalf of privately owned public
utilities of the state against the pass.
age Of the bill. Three he named, Sen.
ator Bernstein declared could not be
found registered as lobbyists, as re-
quired by law. The whole attack
against the Mills bill, Senator Bern
stein declared, has been directed by
the privately owned utilities of the
state.
Senator James P. Seward of Rich
land, replying to the attack made by
Senator Bernstein, said:
Il first want to make the statement
that l did not come here with any
pledge. And want to say to the SEN
ators from Cuyahoga county that I
didn't come here under the pledge of
any boss"
Senator Hople of Cuyahoga jumped
up and asked Senator Seward to
whom he referred.
THE mayor of the city Of Cleve-
land" replied Mr.. Seward, "and you
don't need to fish for the information
either"
Says Cities Must Be Protected.
Mr.. Seward concluded by saying
that in his judgment the credit of
Ohio cities must be protected,
State Official Resigns.
o. P. Gothlin of Columbus, member
Of the first Ohio state railroad com.
mission, later member of the state pub
lie service commission, and for many
months past superintendent of the
rates and service bureau of the new
state public utilities commission, has
retired to private life Mr.. Goth
lin is one of the best known tariff
and shipping experts in the United
States and has been president for
some time of the National Association
of Railroad Commissioners. He was
appointed as a Republican to the rail
road commission of Ohio in 1906 by
Gov. Harris, and was continued as
member of the public service commits
sion, by which the railroad commission
was succeeded. When the new public
utilities commission was created,
something like year ago, Mr.. Gothlin
was not made member, but was
given charge of the rate and service
bureau. From this position he has
resigned.
U. S. and Canada on Good Terms.
That this country and Canada are
on good terms is indicated by the fact
that military officials of the former
country have been given permission
to visit the state rifle range at Camp
Perry and inspect it. The Cana
dian government, through the war
department, asked for this permis.
sion from the state of Ohio, and it
was given readily. The Camp Perry
range is conceded to be the finest in
the world, and Canada wants to copy
from it in the construction of a rifle
range for its own soldiers. The Incl
dent furnishes concrete example of
the amity existing between Great
Britain and the United States. In
Europe, where each country zealously
guards its military secrets and works,
request of such kind would be re-
garded as preposterous,
Would Be U. s. Senator
John J. Lentz, former congressman
from the Twelfth Ohio district, has
just announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for United
States senator. Under the primary
law candidates for United States SEN
ator will be nominated Aug. II. In a
statement Mr.. Lentz said he believes
'in the wisdom, honesty and aristoc-
racy of the common people," and that
he had advocated many of the present
reforms when they "were unpopular"
Forget Their Differences.
Democrats and Republicans for
got their differences and joined
forces in the passage of the bill that
will make almost Immediately avail
able money for mothers pensions and
for the relief of the blind. These
measures went through without mate.
rial opposition. Funds for pensions to
needy mothers forced to battle alone
for the support of their children have
not been available for the reason
that the pension law became effective
last summer after the various budgets
had been made up for the year 1914.
for a time but at the conclusion Of