The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-02
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
WIm Have Referendum Vote.

mines until a referndum vote shall
have been taken cmong the miners on
the question of approving the terms
or agreement made at Chicago by tha
miners representatives in conference
with operators. 1t is likely that this
referendum will be completed prob
ably before April 10, and in the mean
time the mines will continue to oper-
ate under the terms of the past agree
ment. Thus the shut down threatened
for April l will not materialize. The
situation after the referendum is ex-
tremely uncertain, according to John
Moore, president of the Ohio miners.
Should the referendum vote fail to ap-
prove the recent act of the miners
representatives at Chicago in with
drawing the miners demand for an in
crease in wages and other conces-
sions, then automatically the miners
would cease work in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and the western district of
Pennsylvania. But a disapprovaI is
not expected.
TTOloHSCU QUIT GUuSs
The decision of the supreme court
in the prolonged litigation in which
the state sought to compel the
Cleveland G Pittsburg railroad to
pay back taxes of more than
$S5,000 under the Willis law, es.
tablishes that so-called underlying
railroad companies cannot be held for
this tax. Had the ruling been the
other way, the state would have
protited to the extent Of $2,O0O,0OO or
more annually. The states legal de.
partment was disappointed over the
refusal of the court to review the case,
which was brought up on appeal from
the Cuyahoga county court of appeals,
which held against the state. Under
the decision a corporation which turns
its holdings over to another corpora.
tion Is an underlying company and is
not subject to the Willis law, which
imposes an annual tax of three-twen.
tieths Of per cent of the capital stock
upon corporations. The holding com
pany does not pay the Willis tax
either, but does pay the states excise
tax. The Cleveland & Pittsburgh rail-
road leased its line to the Pennsyl
vania system more than 40 years ago
High Court Settles SquabbIe.
The supreme court has settled
squabble over which firm should gel
the contract for printing court reports
for the next two years, a squabble
that has been on several months
among number of bidders, by giving
the job to the Excelsior Publishing
Co. of Cleveland, owned by ex-Con
gressman ]. F. Laning of Lorain, for
merly of Norwalk. Under the con
tract the company will print the re
ports of the supreme court, the couri
of appeals, the superior courts and the
common pleas courts of the state
The contract is large one, and bids
were called for twice. Under a now
provision Of law, the state printing
commission, composed of the secre
tary of state, auditor of state and at |
torney general, passed up to the su
preme court the duty of determining
who should get the job.
Rule Will Prevail Over State.
1t looks as If the rule that civil |
service employees can't be employed al
election officials will prevail all owe,
the state before the primaries are
held next August. City solicitors al |
over the state are ruling that for pub
lie employees who are under civil serv
ice to act as Judges and clerks oil
elections is contrary to the spirit Of
the new state civil service law, and
several of the deputy state super
visors of election have dropped such
employees from their lists. The Frank
lin county supervisors have just taken
such action, and it Is intimated that
their stand is based on an unofficial
ruling from the secretary of state
The movement means that the list O!
election officials in every county of the
state will have to be revised and all
civil service men dropped from the
rolls. In cities judges and clerk earn
IS day and in the townships So day
Many Pass Civil Service Test.
The state of Ohio will have enough
clerks to fill vacancies In various
state offices for some time to come al
the result of the examination held BY
the state civil service commission OF
Feb. 13. On that date more than 100
men and women attained grades that
will place them on the eligible Lists
that Will be drawn from whenever 8
state clerk voluntarily or otherwise
gives up his or her place. The grades
II some of the applicants were excep
ionally high, according to the civil
service examiners. Two or three ap.
continents already have been made
rom the new eligible list and other
lames will be certified as fast as va.
'ancies occur. According to the law
hree names are certified by the com.
mission for each vacancy and the ap.
'ointing power makes the selection.
Meat Bill Of State.
The meat bill of the state for its va,
ious institutions amounts to a half a
million dollars. The total number of
Yards Of the state Is upwards of 20 4
90. On an average 1871 cents per
ound is paid for meat. Purchasing
gent Lyons of the state board of ad-
has just placed orders for
pounds of meat, which is to be
elivered during the next three
lonths. In addition to this amount.
,e state will also use 10000 pounds
meat from its own stock and 125, 900
ounds purchased outright by heads
state institutions. /,
Suffers Little Confinemen4