The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-26
Without Considering Plain
Provision Of Constitution
Leaving A MuddIed Condition
On Several Measures

Columbus, O., March 23-Here Is the
: Eighty-first general assembly of Ohio
up tree and the Willis administra-
3 tion with the tax system, the most i'm
= portant of all government features, in
a muddle as the result of ill-considered
actions. The attachment of emergency
clauses by less than two-thirds vote is
the cause of all the trouble, and this
trouble was brought out by the at
tempt to make an emergency of the oil
inspection law, designed simply to af-
ford jobs for politicians, and satisfy
the hungry who want on the payroll.
: When It was whispered that the work
of the assembly was unconstitutional
Attorney General Turner was asked
sar an opinion, and when he had
burned the midnight oil only to find
The constitution was plain, the re-
quest was withdrawn, and the assem-
bty has decided to go ahead, unless
stopped by legal procedure. AS James
w. Faulkner quotes whats the con
stitution among friends?" But there
are chances that some honest tax pay
er will arise in his might and take
smoie at somebody, especially when
IL is seen that the decentralization and
disorganiZation of the tax system of
Ohio will put the burden on the own
ers uI tangible property chief of whom
are the farmers. The chief point in
the matter is that it took the legisla-
ture twelve weeks to get started, that
ut spent from three to four thousand
dollars day--not including the carna-
Il0ns--to get ready and that then the
work IL did was Illegal. This Is a
bad comparison with the work of the
Eightieth general assembly, but of
course II is said that the Eightieth had
a boss, where It's successor has only a
lobby.
One OF the Republican members Of
the house OF representatives, who is
also O member OF the Republican state
executive committee, reported to the
columbus police last week that he
had been robbed In an alley by a col,
,Dred woman. his loss being $Il7 and
Il E0,d watch. He had been making a
tour OF the unfrequented part of the
city with delegation of lobbyists
In the interest of economy the state
administration has retained Daniel
Torpy. former managing commissions
.ar of the Ohio Panama-Pacific Exposi.
ton Commission, 10 look after affairs
IN San Francisco. His successor New.
ton ID. Miller salary $1,000. and Sher.
man Cuneo. Gov. Willis press agent
during the campaign. now secretary to
the commission, are both In Ohio look
ins after politics,
In his statement TO the house of rep
resentatives. Van S. Deaton. of Miami
made II clear that he was not posted
az TO the doings of the lobby In Cleve
land. but he told his fellow members
that he knew something about the
schoolbook lobby that is operating IL
Columbus. And nobody has demand
ed an investigation.
o
Judging from the pertinent fact tha
there was balance OF about $1,000, ,OO(
10 the state treasury ON February /!
and not the deficit charged In his frs
message to the general assembly, 4
would appear that Governor ,willii
- not graduate OF the commercial
department of Ada university. Fig
ures give him the headache.
Dozens OF Republican members las
week shouted their approval of Repre-
sentative John i. Kramers remarI
concerning pestiferous female lobby
Est who was attached to the willi