The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-05
NEWS CULLED
|NTHECAPITAL
What Legislators Are
Doing and Other
Happenings.
D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus. Ohio.

N AN address he made to state
Superintendents of instruction at
the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Educational association at
Richmond, Va, Frank w. Miller,
superintendent of public instruction
of Ohio, strongly urged them to famil-
iarize themselves with country life
and country conditions. "The state
superintendent should mingle with the
people of the country, so as to become
acquainted with their customs and
traditions, their social, their industrial
and their religious life," said Mr..
Miller "He should be able to see
through their eyes and hear through
their ears. When a state superintend-
ent gets too big to get through the
door of little one-room school house
the value of his services are approach
ing an end, an5 he had better hunt an
other job-anything from official dog
catcher to president of a railroad"
Get Out of Patience.
Superintendent Miller told his hear
ers that country people get out of pa
thence when they hear of city folks
talking of the need of action for the
uplift of those who live in the rural
districts. They resent much of the
free advice emanating from the cities,
and given them condescendingly
They think that cities with their red
light districts, other cesspools of vice
and their crime have uplift work
enough to do within their borders with
out getting unduly excited over the
moral status of the country.
Mr.. Miller says that this attitude on
the part of many city people is uncon
scious, and that the effect of it may
be overcome by teaching in the city
schools the dignity and virtues Of the
farm and farm life. When the i'm
portance of the rural communities in
are understood by city people, anG
when it is realized that the blood oi
the city must be kept red by the virile
blood of the country, then the men oi
the city will be able to sit at the ban
quet table of the farmer in the spirit
of good fellowship. Education alone
can bring this about.
Should Be Good Shots.
L: is agreed by the state civil serv
ice commission that applicants fol
positions as guards at the Ohio peni
tentiary ought to be able to shoe
straight with a rifle in the event thai
thev Right some time be called upor
to overtake fleeing prisoners, but il
trying to solve the problem of how tt
test the shooting ability of the appli
cants the commission is up against 4;
stone wall There isn't any place clos,
to the state capital where the practic,
of target shooting could be indulget
in with safety and without complain
of the Columbus populace. If the pros
pective guards were to shoot TOWARD
the state house the lives of. the people
therein would be endangered, and i
they shot in any other direction ever
more people would face injury o,
death. So, for the time being at least
the commission is going to take thu
word of the individual applicant as tt
his ability to point rifle and shoot
If the applicant insists he is a priz,
winner at an international shooting
tournament, the commission won't b,
any the wiser.
Would Be Secretary of State.
A. w. Beatty, former deputy audito
of state, who announced himself as ;
candidate for secretary of state sew
eral days ago, found that he woulC
have opposition, former Congressman
Charles Q. Hildebrandt of Hillsbort
announcing that he would try for thi
nomination.
The avowed candidates for governo
who were present were Judge DaviC
Davis of Cincinnati and Mayor Kar
Keller Of Toledo. Others who ar,
classed as receptive candidates for thi
office who were present and prominen
in the affairs of the convention wer,
d. Mead Massie of Chillicothe, the frs
speaker; Congressman Frank L. Willi
of Ada and S. d. Fess of Greene ant
ex-Congressman Grant E. Mouser o
Marion.
The most applause was given eS
Senator J. B. Foraker He was givel
an ovation when he entered, and late
when the chairman mentioned hi
name. When he spoke the audienc,
was stirred to the highest enthusiasm
by his oratory, which was of the old
time fiery sort. Among the familia
figures drawn to Columbus by tn,
meeting were: Former Attorney Gen
eral Grant Denman, former Adjt Gen
A. B. Critchfield, former Congressman
]. Warren Keifer, former Lieut. Gov
F. w. Treadway, former State Dair.
and Food Commissioner r. w. Dunlap
former Auditor of State E. NJ Fulling
ton, julius Whiting, Canton, forme
member Of the state central commit
tee; former Congressman James Ken
nedy, Youngstown; former Congress
man R. d. Cole and others.
Examination Room Now.
The hall of the Ohio house of repre-
sentatives, recently the scene of tn,
especial session of the general Assem-
<Nbly, has been turned into an examina
ton room for civil service applicants
It makes an excellent place for sucl
purposes since the seats are semi
circular and the lighting of the room
excellent There are nearly 130 seat
on the raised portion of the hall, ant
in addition there is plenty OF space fo
more chairs. Furthermore, each chat
is equipped with convenient desk
The same hall incidentally has 0eel
used for every conceivable purpos,
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