The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-08
Willis Gusts Tax Assessors.

commission today summarily dis.
missedl every district tax assessor
in Ohio and Immediately filled his
place. The governors request for
such removals followed the refusal OF
the Democrats in the house of repre-
sentatives to give the Beitler tax
emergency bill two-thirds vote.
The measure was thus killed. 1t
sought to place the duties of district
tax assessors Immediately in the
hands of the county auditors. In a
/ formal statement the governor charges
/ that the minority in the assembly
were machine led" in their opposition
to the Beitler bill and that they
blocked the effort to legislate the tax
assessors out for reasons of patronage
Previous to the action of the house.
the senate, by a vote of % to 10, had
accepted the conference report on the
Better measure, three Democrats vot.
ing with the Republicans, and voted,
/ % to II, for the emergency clause.
/ Volienweider Bill Is Killed.
Three days of filibustering in the
senate eliminating in two hours of
fantastic parliamentary proceedings,
ended in rout of the organized dry
| forces and decisive defeat of the Vol.
lenweider bill prohibiting shipments
of liquor unless the packages are plain,
ly labeled. After dry senators had ex.
hausted every chance afforded by the
senate rules to obstruct a vote on the
measure and each time failed, mo.
tion by Senator Fellinger of Cleveland
to kill by indefinite postponement was
carried by vote of II ayes to Is nays
To clinCh the victory the victors pre-.
vented a resuscitation of the dead bill
with it's drastic features by forcing a
vote on Fellinger's motion to recon.
slider. The motion lost by the align.
ment, Is yeas to II nays.
Horseshoeing Contest.
A new feature of the state fair this
year will be a horseshoeing contest
| for which money prizes will be given.
The competitors will be required to
make the shoes and fit them on The
contest will be on each day of the
! fair The state will furnish the horses
for the tests. The purpose Of the com.
| petition is to demonstrate the best
methods of shoeing horses. Another
new feature of the fair will be a saddle
horse contest, for which $500 in prizes
will be given. This will be held Tues.
day night, Aug 81. The indications
are that there will be more entries
than ever before in the governors
three-year-old trotting race. The en-
tries in this close April Is.
Declares Law Unconstitutional.
The law requiring chauffeurs to
take out a state license has been de
clared unconstitutional by Police
Judge Osborn of Columbus. The de,
cisiOn was given in the case Of Joe
Dayton, a chaffeur, who was arrested
for operating an automobile without
| license. Judge Osborn held that the
law is invalid because of tending to
create monopoly. He also held II
was class legislation, because it eX
empts owners of machines, their chill
dren or friends to whom they might
entrust their machine. The state will
appeal the case to the higher courts
1t will not be surprising if the su
preme court is finally called upon to
decide the controversy
Senate Passes Hoy Bill.
The senate the other day enacted
into law the Hoy bill which drastically
limits the operation of physicians who
split fees and advertise for business
1t also gives the state medical board
larger powers to deal with "quacks.' =
The senate made half a law of the
Lynch bill rigidly restricting the sale
and use of habit-forming drugs. The
house killed the Danford bill which
forbade the smoking Of cigarets by
teachers and students in the public
schools and in colleges receiving state
aid.
Favors State ConstabuIary.
A state constabulary for Ohio sim
liar to the one in use in Pennsylvania
is favored by Adjt. Gen. B. w. Hough
Steps may be taken to establish such
an organization in Ohio, but it is moi
likely action in this direction will be
taken before the next regular session
of the general assembly, two years
hence. The state of New York has a
similar proposition up and the plan in
prospect there is endorsed by Gen
Hough.
Plan Strikes Popular Approval.
The proposal that the price of ad
mission to the state fair be reduced
from so cents to 25 cents strikes pop
ular approval. A bill introduced by
Senator Moore of Jefferson provides
for this reduction, and there is every
indication that it will be passed. The
argument in behalf of the measure ia
that the fair should not be conducted
as a moneymaker but for educational
purposes.
Will Have Little to Do.
The liuuor license board to be ap
pointed for Logan county by the state
liquor license commission will have
very little to do because there is only
one saloon license to be granted in
the county. Lakeview is the only
community in the county where liquor
may be sold and its population only
entities it to one saloon. The county
is one of the driest spots in the state
and an effort to vote Lakeview dry is
being talked of. Two license commits
sioners were appointed for the county
but they resigned because of the
meagerness of their pay.
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| Woman Seeks Judgeship.
Columbus has a woman candidate
for judicial honors. She is Mrs Ella
Reeves Bloor, who has been nomi
mated by the Socialists of the city for
the position of Judge of the new Co
lumbus municipal court. She is the
first woman in the state to seek a