The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-07
TO CREATE
A JUMBLE|
Is About The Only Effect Of
Sixty Bills
That Have Been Passed By|
Present Legislature
Several Measures Still Re.
main Half Cracked
Among Them Being The Civil
Service Ripper
Over Which The AdminiStra.
tfatiOn Is Up In The Air
Over Which The AdminiStra.
ifatiOn Is Up In The Air


heavy work yet to come the Eighty
Arst general assembly is on record
with more fool bills and matters OF
legislation for particular localities
than Ohio has had in a quarter Of
century. 1t will take more than one
Dutch lawyer to figure out the thing
when they have done. Already passed
both senate and house, duly enrolled
and signed by the assembly officers
and vised by the governor is total OF
sixty bills, small and large and not
one of them that amounts to tinker's
dam unless 1t be to create tumble.
More than that number of bills now lie
half cracked in the legislative hopper
where they are being fumbled over
by the grimy hands of legislative com.
mittees And without number are the
measures still to be given the once
over and out.
Legislative leaders swear that all
things including their organization
shall come to an end some day. Now
they say that all the lawn will have
been done by the end of this week and
that a sine die adjournment may he
expected May Is. Here's hoping!
At least have many bills been drawn
and scanned concerning the matter OF
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which with ramifications passed both
houses and went to conference com
mittee. Willis does not want anything
that affects the partisan patronage but
again he does not want a referendum
pulled on him, They will probably keep
on fOoling around with the blamed
thing until 1t goes off and then some
body will lose a thumb.
The fellows who worked hardest for
the success of the present admlnistra-
tioh In Ohio are now sitting tight and
looking for a father confessor Most
OF them are willing to admit that they
made mistake and while they are not
definite in the matter Il is not hard to
figure out what they mean when they
make comparison of the present ad-
ninistration with the one which i'm
nediately preceded. Governor Willis
IS accused of not only having shown
weakness in the tests, but II Is openly
charged that he does not keep his
word with anyone. Nothing like this
was said ever OF his predecessor even
by his most cordial haters. A hyword
sive is "Wabbling Willis" This has
NO trouble connection with Chairman
Edwin Jones; he got a rebufl early In
the game, and knows how to take care
of himself. But there are the poor liza
bility Insurance fellows, and the coal
operators and the others at bar, who
put up their cash and influence rely
ing on promises which they now find
sre easily broken; they're making
coanparisons. and saying that two
years ago they knew at least where
thev stood for nobody ever lied t6
then then. But whatever Is 1t serves
'oD right.
o
There has been no move to date by
Governor Willis tending toward reduc
tioa OF either his own or his secretar
les salaries. It's different, whose OK II
cured
o.
Tte jam over certain matters IL
which the Cincinnati fellows find them
selves Is not delightful situation TO
them. but there are lots of other fel
lows In Ohio who can see the joke II
1t. Cincinnati wants some special leg
jsiation that has to do with about III
~ million dollars worth of improve
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