The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-19
OHIO ASSEMBLY
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also for Ceutrai time in the STATE. 20
MAKE optional registration % title %
land sold N partition or In suits
brought BY an assignee or other OF
Ger appointed by court. permitting
voters from outside the state or away
from home TO vote hy arndaNit. sx-
lendlnE for two years time 10 which
building and loan associations may
repay money 20 the state. providirN
jury commissioners shall not serve
more than ten days IN one year. per
hitting Issuance Of marriage license
on presentation 90 affdaVit. OF bride
elect by EroOm-elect Swing lien on
automobiles Tor accessories or sup
phes' repeating students yotlng Law.
The Ohio legislature entered upon
ns third week today. 10 having devoteI
The trst two weeks 81 It's career u
preparing for the work before a. TIE
met week practically nothing was
dcne; the members marking time un-
~ Governor Willis was inauEuratef
End the second week activities we've
CHECKED BY the inability of The house
10 select its committees.
Gov. Willis. the very hrs- week h,
vac In office declared that he would
not De- governed hv any one and Ne
also declared that the legislature
should not b.. While refusing 20 hos
let anyone boss him. So the indica-
tons are that the administration " n
be free OF political bosses and thost
Who would Ike To be political bosses.
Working Fine.
Everything seems to be- working like
Weil-regu4ated clock. All the Demo
cratic members OF the senate were
recognized with = Committee-ship but
The more important committeeships
very naturally were reserved 10 IN.
Republicans u a. said there wee
some disappointnents in the selection
OF the senate committees. but all din
erences were smCOthed out before any
serious trouble developed. As 10 the
house. Speaker Conover said that wire.
pulling would not land the jobs as 10
was studying carefully each membe- =
qualifications TO serve. II Is said tie
members OF the house have told him
that his selections will be ratiried ~
them withollt a bubble. each member
relieving that Mr.. Conover. in the .go-
lection Of his committees, has only
the best Interests Of all at heart and
that there Is TO be no favoritism.
Pare Down Pay Roll.
The first thing the legislature will
Go n II follows the advice of the new
Governor. and there Is every indica-
ton that II will. will be to pare down
the state pay roll. A plan is on foot
already To appoint a commission Of
the House and Senate to make thor
ough Investigation of all STATE depart
ments and positions, with the inten-
ton OF reporting the commissions and
departments that can be abolished
those which can be consolidated and
the employees who can be dropped
from the lists. Mr. Willis demands
that big cut be made IN the State
pay roll. and this bids fair TO be &C
complished. Already the State bank
ing and the attorney generals depart
ments have Topped OF about $4,000 a
year, and other departments are ex-
pected TO save every cent possible
The election laws will be revised and
here the State may save anywhere
from half a million to a million dol
lars by reducing the number of mem
hers Of election boards and cutting
down the number OF registration days
Home rule l. 20 be returned to the
people in the matter Of leVying and
collecting taxes and issuing saloon
licenses. but AZ the same time the
State itself Will see that the taxes
are 10 be apportioned equally and that
the liquor laws shall be Obeyed Mr.
Willis has proposed a State secret
service 10 look into the conduct of sa-
looms. Just how the licenses are 20
be Issued has not been determined.
but Il IL quite likely that this. duty
shall be assigned 10 certain county
officials.
Many Want Jobs.
The Governor during the last week
has received hundreds Of callers and
fully $4,000 applications for jobs have
been made either personally or in