The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-01-15
DEMOCRAT
GIVEN A PLACE
Republican Senators Distribute
ChaIrmanshIps.
MAJORITY RESERVES Big ONES

Temperance Committee to BE Guided
In It's Destinles Through the Senate
by Dry Man, While Farmer Heads
the Committee on Roads and High.
ways-chairma nships Of the Other
Committees.
Columbus, Jan. 13.--While the Re
publican majority in the senate re-
served for its own members the chair
manships of all the important COM
mittees, It was generous to the Dem
ccratic minority. Each OF the thir-
teen Democratic members was given
q chairmanship on the new commit.
tees. Two years ago the Republicans
we're allowed seven chairmanships,
one for each of the Republican mem
bers.
That the temperance committee,
which will attend to the revamping of
the license law, is to be guided in its
destinies, through the senate at least,
by dry man, is assured by the as
signment of Senator John l.. McDer-
mott Of Trumbull county to be chair
man. Mr.. McDermott is a resident Of
Niles, where he Is engaged in the
mercantile business.
Senator A. r. Carver of Miami coun-
ty, u merchant of Tippecanoe City,
heads the committee on taxation,
which will look after the proposed
law to ''rip" up the Warnes tax act.
Senator Charles c. Cass, Wood coun-
ty farmer, heads the committee on
roads and highways. This committee
will have much to do in carrying out
the administration policy toward the
highway department. Jesse B. NAL
| low, q farmer and banker of Eaton,
Clinton county, heads the committee
on agriculture.
The labor committee, which will
| PASS judgment on amendments to the
workmen's compensation law, should
any attempt be made to change the
statute, will be presided over by M.
B. Archer, an attorney of Caldwell,
Washington county. Senator Jacob
j. Wise of Stark county heads the
finance committee, and Elmer e. Vor-
HES of Guernsey county, the commit
tee on mines and mining.
Chairmen Of other committees fol-
low, the Republicans carrying no des-
| ignation:
Banks. Tremper; benevolent insti-
tutions, Feillinger, D.; claims, Ken
nedy. D.; commercial corporations,
Myers; constitutional initiation and
referendum. Horn, D.; county affairs.
McDermott; drainage and irrigation,
White, D.; enrolment, Lynch. D.;
federal relations, Winans; fees and
salaries, Carson; fish and game,
auer; geological survey, Sutter, D.;
industrial schools, Hopple, D.; insur-
snce, Moore; judiciary, Vollenweid-
er; library, Holden, D.; manufactures
and commerce, Collins; medical col
leges and societies, Winans; military
affairs, Collins; municipal affairs,
Pink; prisons and prison reform,
Mooney, D.; privileges and elections.
Wickline; public education, Stone;
public printing, Behne, D.; public
utilities. Gallagher; public works.
Howard; rules, Howard; public
health, Gallagher; Soldiers and Sail
ors' home, Beckett, D.; Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans home, Gilmore, D.;
state buildings, Lloyd, D.
To Kill Petition System.
Speaker Conover, in a formal notice
to the house, sought to dissuade the
members from making political cam
paigns" for committee assignments,
telling them that to do SO would be
waste of effort. He said the only in
formation he wished was about their
qualifications for committee work.
Representative Black of Wyandot
will introduce bill to save the tax
| payers $4,000 year by reducing the
membership of county election boards
, from four to two. the bill does not
change the boards in the five largest
counties, in which there is annual
registration Of city voters. Mr.. Black
also will put in the first of number
ef bills which have been prepared by
various members to put an end to
the petition system of entering candi-
dates for primary elections. He is
confident majority of the people are
tired of that cumbersome plan. The
Black bill substitutes for the petition
the payment of a nominal fee, which
would help defray the expense Of
printing the ballots.
Representative Reighard of Fulton
has bill abolishing petitions. but
assessing no fees. The Reighard bill
merely requires the candidate to make
affidavit that IL nominated and elected