The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-08

opened 1854 men, $3.50 have died,
4,453 discharged and 1,411 remain. He
makes no recommendations
Retrospective and prospective is the
contribution of DIR. F. w. Harmon, for
nearly 81 years superintendent OF the
Longview hospital at Cincinnati, to the
forthcoming annual report of the state
board of administration. Tracing hos
pital management from the days when
the old bull pen" of the asylum for
lunatics" prevailed to the times Of sci
entific treatment and humane care of
the hospital" DR.. Harmon asserts the
progress made has been commensu-
rate with the advance of civilization" /"
Political Events for 1914.
A varied assortment of political
events will make the year 1914
one of almost continued interest
From the beginning to the end of
the coming year the series Of
political happenings will be virtually
unending, and the effect will be that
of vast political drama in which both
tragedy and comedy will have their
turns. Even now all the political
leaders are alive to the importance Of
the things that will take place before
another year rolls around and all Of
them are up and doing. The new year
will start off politically with confer
ence of the Progressive party to be
held at Columbus Jan. 3. At this con.
ference, planned as q sort of get.
together mass meeting of the rank and
file as well as the leaders of the party,
new state platform will be discussed
for the coming campaign and candi.
dates for state office on the Progress
sive ticket will be talked over. There
is good deal of gossip to the effect
that the Progressives will consider the
question Of endorsing statewide pro-
hibition and joining this with the issue
Of woman suffrage, to which they al
ready are committed, but what really
will be done at the conference is now
problematical. On the heels of the
Progressive meeting will come the con-
ference of the state central committee
of the Republican party for the pur-
pose of discussing plans to carry out
in Ohio the suggestions of the Repub-
lican national conference and to con-
slider proposals for get-together con-
ference of Republicans of the state.
The special session of the general
Special Session of Assembly.
assembly will begin on the 10Th and
will occupy the political arena for at
least four weeks. The plan in admin
istration circles was first to limit the
session to three weeks, but it is gener-
ally conceded now that this can hardly
be accomplished. However, the aim
Of the administration will be to keep
the assembly within four weeks, and
subjects that will be considered is
being narrowed. AS nearly as can be
predicted now, the scope of the admin
istration program will be limited to
reorganization of the school system,
abolition of the screen basis for the
payment of miners, safeguarding" of
the initiative and referendum, revis-
ing the 1914 state budget, providing
for the primary nomination of candi-
dates for United States senator and
the making of plans to prevent another
such flood disaster as occurred last
spring.
After the general assembly will
come the active campaign for state,
county, congressional and legislative
cannnoSpoc Tho ooronoioD For JT,,;to ~
States senator already has begun, but
it will take on new impetus when the
assembly session is out of the way.
The various campaigns in the county
will add their quota of interest to the
general situation, and the fact that
the Progressives will have candidates
for every office will not take from the
general interest.
Not of least Importance, though last
mentioned, will be the suffrage cam,
paign. On New Years day the petit
tions for initiating the proposed con.
stitutional amendment giving Ohio
women the ballot will be circulated,
and no one doubts that the 10000 sig,
natures required will be secured. Non.
committal candidates for the senate,
congress, the general assembly, and
state and county Offices are likely to
be confronted with serious alterna,
| tive, for suffrage leaders are planning
to place every candidate on record as
either for or against their cause.
Main Market Roads.
It will require total of $35, 900, 600
to give the state of Ohio an ideal sys.
tenn of complete intercounty and main
market roads, according to State HigI-
way Commissioner James R. Marker
This amount, Mr.. Marker says, will
give the Buckeye state the best wagon
roads in the United States. The Ohio
Good Roads federation have made
their aid the construction of such a
. finished series of roads and highways
that the Ohio farmer or autoist could
! start at one end of the state and drive
straight to the other end without en-
countering single mud hole.
Threaten to Bring Suit.
Wholesale and retail drug interests
of Ohio are threatening to bring suit
to enjoin the state agricultural com.
mission from enforcing the new law
requiring the payment OF license fee
by persons who sell fungicides and
insecticides. Wholesale druggists
argue that, under the statutes, they
would be obliged to pay approximately
$14 1000 a year into the state treasury,
and they hold that this would be suffi,
cient to exclude them from selling
tboco ortioIaC OF oil