The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28
chaIrmanshlps Of Committees.


Speaker Conover as follows: Finance,
Reighard of Fulton county; temper.
ance, Deaton of Miami; public utili-
ties, Kimball of Lake; agriculture,
Smith of Morgan; cities, Federman of
Hamilton; labor, Whitacre of Colum-
bisna; judiciary, Clark Of Warren;
corporations, Hulswitt Of Hamilton;
banking, Lovett of Adams; privileges
and elections, Fleming of Mahoning;
highways, Jackson of Clark; public
health, Harding of Hamilton; library,
Wydman of Hamilton; prison and
prison reforms, Bryond of Greene;
public buildings and lands, Stevens Of
Guernsey; dairy and food, Mcfarland
Of Morrow; codes, courts and pro.
cedure, Cromley of Knox; benevolent
and penal institutions, Beitler of Han.
cock; military affairs, Knox of Wash.
ington; public printing, Banford of
Noble; conservation Of natural re-
sources, Hale of Summit; constitution.
al amendments and initiative and ref.
erendum, Beetham Of Harrison.
Liquor License Legislation.
Liquor license legislation and its at.
tending features seem to be fast head.
ed for certain ENHANCEMENT. The
Anti-Saloon League forces have
Shown their hand" in declaring ex.
plicitly what they will ask the legis.
lature to do with the liquor traffic.
On the other hand, the Cincinnati del,
egation, pledged to stand pat for the
present license machinery, are threat.
ening to do dire things if the urgings
of the drys are listened to. In a sense
the house and senate leaders are find.
ing themselves in a trying dilemma.
If they ignore the demands of the
drys there will be trouble from the
temperance quarters. If they spurn
the vets, there may be retaliation from
the Hamilton county side. So there is
just now a general marking of time on
matters pertaining to the license ques.
ton as a whole. Nobody seems able
to predict the outcome. Some sort of
compromise looks like the best guess.
Sees Thousands of Dollars Saved.
Thousands of dollars can be saved
annually if election boards through.
out the state are reduced from
four to two members, in the opin.
ion of State Senator Wickline,
opinion of State Senator Wickline,
who will introduce in the general as.
sembly a bill to bring about this
change. The Wickline measure also
would save the public treasury by fix.
ing definite salary for the election
board members, who now have the
right to increase their own salaries by
adding new precincts to their balli
wicks. However, the Wickline propo
sal would not cut the terms of any Of
the election officials now serving, but
rather would become effective only
after all present incumbents had
served out the period of their appoint
ment. Mode Of appointment is not
changed by the new program.
Protect Small Borrowers
A bill to protect small borrowers
from the avarice of high rate
money lenders will be introduced
in the senate by Senator E. ].
Lloyd of Franklin and Representa-
tive B. A. Hulswitt of Hamilton coun,
ty. 1t seeks to place all salary and
chattel loan companies under the
same strict supervision that banks
and building and loan associations
are subject to. To engage in this
business it7will be necessary to obtain
license from the state bank super
intendent. 1t is proposed to make the
fee 800. The measure has been
drawn by the Young Mems Business
association of Columbus. 1t provides
that only reasonable rate of interest
may be charged by such concerns.
First Bill in House.
The first bill that went into the
house is an initiated measure. 1t is
the measure which the Ohio Equity
league circulated among the voters
under the initiative and referendum
and it seeks to permit private liability
insurance companies to compete with
the state for liability insurance. 1t is
recorded Oh the house journal as bill
No. l. 1t was this measure which pre-
vented Representative White of Co
lumbiana county from procuring the
initial honor for his bill, which pro,
poses to forbid the display anywhere
in Ohio of the Socialist flag. Whites
bill goes down on the house record as
No. 2.
injured Guardsman Improves.
Col. George P. Zwerner, superin,
tendent of the state arsenal, who was
terribly injured by an explosion Of
fireworks during the inaugural festivi
tits, is much improved and hopes are
now held out for his recovery. Gov,
Willis and wife visited the injured
man. Although Col Zwerner Is Dem.
ocrat he will, no doubt, in the event Of
his recovery, be continued in his posi-.
tion. He has been in charge of the
arsenal six years and his record has
been an efficient one.
Bills Affect Railroads.
Bills affecting railroads are offered
at each legislative session. Two were
dropped into the senate Wednesday
afternoon. One by Senator Wise Of
Stark provides that locomotives must
be equipped with automatic fire doors
to furnish additional protection for
firemen and engineers. A duplicate Of
this bill was offered in the house at
the same time by a member of that
body. Senator Sutter of Cuyahoga
introduced a bill limiting the length
of a freight train to 60 cars. The
train must not be longer than 2,640
feet.
Welcomes investigation.
Calling uDOn the Democratic mem.