The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-02

partment for abitrament. One 10
the new presidential pref.
erence primary law will have the
effect of barring from the primary
practically all but Ohio candidates for
the presidency, and the other Is
the law regarding the election
Of delegates to the state conventions
Of the various parties means all that
it says. The primary statute says that
no man can be a candidate for dele
gate to the national party conventions
unless he declares beforehand his first
and second choice for the presidency,
but also 1t says that no such candidate
shall be allowed to declare for can
didate for president unless it be with
that candidates written consent. On
the face of the law, therefore, the
seeming Interpretation is that no aspl'
rant for president outside of Ohio can
hope to get any OF Ohfo's delegates in
the national conventions unless the
aspirant come into Ohio and openly
declare himself desirous of the nomt'
nation. And since candidates for pres.
ident are usually chary about losing
their dignity, it is very doubtful II any
of the Ohio candidates would have the
slightest trouble with outsiders. The
likelihood thus is that the Ohio delega.
tions of the two principal parties will
first and last and always to an Ohio
man. Now, the intent of the general
assembly certainly was not to shut the
Ohio pasture to all outsiders. At least
Secretary of State Hildebrant and
others observers here do not think
that such was the intent, and that Is
the reason the attorney general will be
appealed to. The other point at issue
is just as puZzling. The delegates to
the state conventions will be selected
at the April primary, but the statutes
say that in other years the state con"
ventions shall be composed of nomi.
mated candidates, members of the
state central committee and chairmen
of the county central committees. The
new question raised is whether the
candidates and the committeeman
shall be permitted this year to be
members of the conventions along
with the regularly selected delegates.
While most of the attorneys who have
examined the statutes hold that the
candidates and committeeman will not
have the right to sit in the cOnVen-
tions, there is just enough doubt to
make the situation uncertain, and
hence the prospective appeal to the
states legal authority.
Will Burton Have Opposition?
The possibility of special session
of the legislature being now so remote
as not even to furnish the material
for politicians to gossip about, the lat
ter are turning their attention to the
presidential contest in the hope of get
ting something to stir their enthusi.
asm and revive their interest. One of
the interesting questions is whether
Theodore Burton will have opposition
in the Ohio presidential preference
primary either from within or from
without his own state. Those who
have studied the primary law say that
unless there are formal entries in the
primary, Burton will be able to tie up
the Ohio delegation completely. Hence
the query as to whether anybody else
will formally enter the lists before the
latter part of February. which will be
the dead line" for the primary en-
trants.
Ohio Has Best System.
Ohio has the best school system IN
the land, according to ]. L. Clifton, as
sistant state school superintendent,
just back from a national educational
meeting at Nashville, Tenn. From re-
ports made at that meeting by school
men from all over the country he ls
convinced that the Ohio system is the
the gathering. He told of the new
Ohio code and what results we're being
obtained under it. Many of the dele.
gates saw Clifton after he completed
his address and pressed him for more
detailed information about the Ohio
plan.
Suit Against Surety Company.
The United Commercial Travellers Of
America have brought suit in Franklin
county common pleas court to recover
| $34, ,154 from Charles c. Daniel, former
secretary of the organization, and the
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
which was his surety. The allegation
is made that Daniels failed to account
for funds in such an amount belonging
to the organization which he col
! lected.
Approves Plans.
President Wilson has approved the
plans made for his visit in Columbus
Dec. 10. He will make two addresses
in the city. He will speak to the
chamber of commerce at noon and tc
the Commission on Church Rural Life
and Federal Council of Churches al
night.
Is a Serious Problem.
Diphtheria is a serious problem II
Ohio, according to the state board o.
health. For the six-year period end
ing in 1914 there was an average an
nual loss of SO6 lives from this dis
ease, or a total OF 1885 deaths. II
1913 the number of deaths from thil
cause exceeded the number from
typhoid fever. Diphtheria epidemiO'
come in cycles. The board says tha
it is unfortunate that this disease
which is better understood and knowr
than any other, should be so prevalen
in Ohio.
Made Changes.
The state board of agriculture hal
made a number of new changes in 1T
force. Fred c. Albrecht of Columbus
has been displaced as state sealer o
weights and measures by Samuel Lind
say Of Circleville. Albrecht is a Demo
crat, while Lindsay is a Republican