The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS


Recommendation for sweeping re-
ductions of salaries are still be-
ing made by the legislative COM
mittee on economy" And to
the greater alarm of the state
officials and employees the committee
has made declaration that it purposes
to go clear down the line" before
ceasing Its suggestions of salary cuts.
Its latest victim is the Office of the
state auditor, whose salary it will rec
ommend for a reduction from $4,000
to $4,000 annually. Moreover, it wants
to cut down the salaries of the men,
bers of the state utilities commission
from $4,000 to $4,000; salaries of the
administration board members from
$4,000 to $4,000; OF the chief commits
sioner to the Panama Pacific exposi.
tion from $4,000 to $4,000; of the su-
preme court reporter by $1,000. It
would like to abolish the chief clerk
ship in the office of the state printer.
Then 1t would like to limit the num-
Der of state reports. 1t has discov-
/
ditOr, who himself has been urging a
reduction of the reports of other state
officials, recently printed 10000 pamph-
let's of a report of his own, whereas
legal provision, according to the COM
mittee's belief, would have permitted
only 600.
Relief of War Sufferers,
Mrs. James R. Garfield, chairman Of
the Cleveland Auxiliary of the Ohio AS
sociation for the Relief of European
| War Sufferers, in reporting to the
state headquarters concerning ship
ment Of two carloads of provisions to
New York, called attention to the fact
that all the flour going forward in this
shipment was whole wheat flour and
urged upon the commission that in the
future whole wheat -four take the place
of white flour. Frequent visits to Eu-
rope have acquainted Mrs. Garfield
with the fact that among the middle
and lower classes Of Europe white
flour is used almost exclusively for
pastry purposes and whole wheat and
rye -four for everyday bread. Inas.
much as there is a greater amount Of
nourishment per unit of weight in the
whole wheat flour as against white
| flour, and since there is a greater
amount to be purchased per unit of
cost, the recommendation spells effici-
ency. The Ohio commission has sent
nOti0a tO oil tbo ;TonOrtaoE ,,oilIoro 80
the state asking them to be prepared
to furnish whole wheat flour to their
local committees.
Governor Points to Law.
Wherever the removal of local off.
cials is sought, application for this
should first be made to the courts,
Gov. Willis suggests in an official state
ment. He points out that under law
enacted in 1913 any municipal official
who fails to do his duty or is guilty Of
various derelictions can be removed
by the common pleas court. Only
when this remedy fails should the
power of the governor to remove be
invoked, he says. In citing the law un-
| remove officials, Gov. Willis says:
why should not citizens who disap-
prove of the conduct of any of their
municipal officers avail themselves of
this clear, prompt and eff1cacious rem
, edy? Why should they sit idly by,
wash their hands of the whole matter
and ask to have the governor do for
them what they have ample power to
do for themselves?"
cigaret to Be Placed on Trial
The festive cIgaret will have its
days of trial probably very soon. The
committee of the house on public
health has determined that the anti.
cigaret measure shall be reported out
upon the floor of the house without
approval or disapproval. In other
words, the bill will be passed up" to
the full membership of the lower
branch and the committee will say
The author of the bill, Danford of
Noble, got this concession from the
committee with the plea that the ciga-
ret should not be pigeon-holed in
dark committee room, but rather made
to run the open. fire of the whole
house. And to the house the dope
stick" will go.
Tells Why Ohio Mines Are Idle.
"The chief reason why Ohio mines
are idle is because the railroads
charge more for hauling Ohio coal
than for West Virginia COAL" said
President John Moore of the United
Mine Workers of Ohio, who, with
Percy Tetlow, legislative representa-.
tive of the organization of Washing.
tonville, and other miners, called on
Gov. Willis the other day to ask his aid
in securing the enactment of law to
prevent such discrimination. They
left figures with the governor show.
ing that West Virginia operators only
pay $500 cents per ton for coal haul
age across the state, while Ohio oper.
ators are charged rs cents for this
Governor Taken Suddenly III.
No little alarm was caused at the
state house when Governor Will.
lis was suddenly seized with ill.
ness. Secretary Forest Upton and
other attaches of the executive office
helped the governor to his private
Office, where he reclined on couch
and rested. 1t was deemed best to re-
fuse visitors permission to see him
during the rest of the day Official
duties and the demands made upon
the chief executive by applicants for
Office caused his indisposition. Since
taking Office, he has been putting in
as many as 1S hours a day.