The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-09
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o. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio,

hhuLh6 lHdL IL 10 nO easy yOD JO
circulate nominating petitions.
Not few of them are speaking
In unkind manner of the require
ment Of the statute that candidates
must go out and get certain number
Of signers in order to become candi-
dates. They are predicting that there
will be dissatisfaction by citizens
when they are asked to sign a dozen
or more petitions. One candidate for
congress who was at the state house
declared that the trouble a candi-
date is put to makes the circula-
tion Of petitions a nuisance. He thinks
that the law should be changed so
that every citizen could be a candi
date for Office without being compelled
to go to the expense and trouble of
circulating nominating petitions He
made the further statement that no
poor man could run for a state Office
under the primary election system.
Another knock against the circulation
OF nominating petitions is the danger
that an elector who puts his name to
a large number of petitions through
oversight may sign petitions of oppos-
ing candidates for the same nomina-
tion.
Cox Gets Odd Query.
In a letter to Governor Cox, Will
lam H. Taylor, Paris, Tenn, says
he will pay reward to any one
who will give him information re-
garding the taking of a large lot of
tobacco and some sugar by the SOL
diers Of Gen. Sherman's army at
Sweetwater, Tenn, during his march
from Chattanooga to Knoxville, Tenn,
In 1863. What use he expected to
make Of the information was not made
known. The governor turned the let
ter over to Adjt Gen. Wood to answer
and the latter will advise that the in
formation desired is not available.
The writer will have hard time get
ting the desired information. The
only persons who could give 1t would
be soldiers who marched with Sher-
man to the sea, and they would be
the last persons In the world to say
anything about the circumstances
even though at this late day to do so
would not likely subject any one to
embarrassment. The request is one
of the most unusual ever received at
the governors Office.
Little Danger Of Coal Famine.
There is little danger of coal fam
inc in Ohio for some weeks at least,
even in the face of the shut down Of
the Ohio mines. This is the concen-
sus of opinion among prominent Ohio
operators who have closed their mines
because of the prospective stand of
the miners in favor of a run-of-mine
wage basis. The operators say that in
anticipation Of the tie-up, there has
been a goodly amount of coal stored,
even though the railroads failed to
put in the tremendous advance supply
which they procured during the min
ing troubles of few years ago. The
operators say also that the coal mar
ket in Ohio has been so we'll stocked
for many weeks past that even the
smaller consumers of coal won't feel
weeks. Most of the operators do not
even believe that the present trouble
will cause rise in the price of coal
unless the trouble shall be Of exceed
ingly long duration.
No Open Season for Judges.
There is no open season for judges,
although there may be for newspaper
editors. The supreme court has just
decided that it was a crime for John
Brodman, wealthy farmer of Wyan-
dot county, to shoot Probate Judge
Willis Rowland of that county, and as
result Brodman must serve seven
years in the penitentiary. Brodman
has had grudge against Rowland
since the latter was young attorney,
and one day last year when the latter
was leaving the courthouse Brodman
began taking pot shots at the judge,
winging him in the arm. Brodman's g
defense was insanity. The court re.
fused to excuse his action and ordered
him taken to the penitentiary.
Toledo Man Gets Job.
John F. Courcier Of Toledo gets the
position of superintendent of rates and
service of the public utilities commits
sion, which o. P. Gothlin Of Dayton
resigned. The Ohio Shippers associa
tion recommended Courcier. Gothlin
was paid an annual salary of $4,000
= He is an applicant for place with the
interstate commerce commission.
Records Indicate Speeding Up,
Supreme court records indicate q
speeding up in the handling of cases
for there are 348 fewer cases on the
dockets now than there were yeal
ago. But there are 1876 cases yet tc
be disposed Of, and it will take prob.
ably more than another year to clear
the dockets.
To Solve Smoke Problem.
In order that the federal order re-
Gently issued prohibiting the sending
Of any more soldier recruits to the Co
lumbus barracks owing to the Colum
bus smoke nuisance and the fear oi
resulting sickness, railroads entering
Columbus have been petitioned to aid
in solving the smoke trouble. 1t is
declared that engines now make more
i smoke than is necessary and that q
little caution would relieve the situa
tion immeasurably. Since the Colum
bus barracks is the only army post in
Ohio, the loss of recruits thus be
comes state issue.
Up to Judge Dillon,
1t is now up to Common Pleas
Judge e. B. Dillon Of Franklin county
to determine whether the indictments