The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-03-19

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Wildly Cheer as Result Is An
nounced-AII Further Opposition Ia
Believed to Be Dead.
Columbus.-(S Especial 1T took the
senate just thirty seconds to dispose
of the Carver amendment to the Won
derheide food prevention law.
Carver, realizing his defeat, moved
for an indefinite postponement. Lieu
tenant Governor Arnold put the ques-
tion Immediately, and the whole SEN
ate chorused Aye" thus ending tne
fight.
1t all happened so quickly that hun
dreds of the friends of the Wonder
heide act did not realize just what
had happened.
This unanimous action on the part
of the senate indicated a statewide
sentiment in this matter.
A Hopeless Fight.
Unable to muster at any time more
than six votes, including his own,
Senator Carver has been fighting a
hopeless battle with almost unan-
imous state sentiment against him.
For many weeks this fight has con.
tinued clogging up the legislative
wheels and holding back important
legislation. During all this time there
had haan no effort an tho mort pf th a
author of the amendment to get his
measure before the senate-it was
simply a game of delay from the start
Finally the senate reached tne end Of
its endurance and a threat was made
to take the bill out of the hands of
the committee which had it under
consideration.
This brought the matter to the
floor Of the senate, and the action TAX
en- Wednesday was the final round
That the people Of Ohio are firm in
their belief that justice must prevail
was evidenced by the permanent
shelving of this amendment, and it
should have a salutory effect on the
house in it's consideration of the Quin.
lisk amendment. This measure would
be just as disastrous to the best in
terests of the flood sections of the
state as the Carver amendment would
have been, and in order to fully pro-
tect the people of the state against
interference with the broad plans as
made possible by the Vonderheide law
this amendment must also be killed.
It is the belief of the friends Of
the Vonderheide law that the house
Will follow in the steps of the senate
in this matter, and that the Quinlisk
amendment will meet the fate of the
Carver measure if indeed it is ever
further considered.
Carver Strength.
Senator Carver made canvass OF
the senate when his measure came up.
He was only able to muster four
votes, outside of himself and Senator
Myers of the Marion district, who has
been very active with Carver ever
since the agitation began.
It was stated that Carver agreed
that if the senate would indefinitely
postpone action rather than vote his
measure down, he would not bring up
other measures to amend the Wonder
heide act. The friends of the Wonder
heide law agreed to this in order not
to humiliate him with an overwaelm-
ing defeat
Judge Browns Statement.
"Tne people of the state won a bril-
liant victory in the Ohio senate" said
Judge o. B. Brown of Dayton "Sen-
ator Carver found it impossible to
muster more than six votes for his
amendment, and rather than suffer
humiliating defeat, he moved to in
definitely postpone the vote on his
measure"
Women Attend Session.
Several hundred women from the
west side of Columbus were in the
senate gallery early in the day. They
wore white badges asking for protsc-
tion against floods. Many of them
We're on the scene early in the morn
Ing and they brought their lunches.
Books knitting and other diversions
were indulged in to while away the
time until the session opened. They
were there to see that their rights
we're not neglected and they left hap
py in the thought that now the way
had been cleared for progress in the
work of food protection throughout
the state.
The scene was impressive in the
extreme. These hundreds of women
had suffered from the effects of the
food and they were there as living
witnesses to the fact that the state
legislature has a real responsibility
II, this matter of food protection that
is more far-reaching than the mere
political ambitions of one or two men
Statement From Committee.
The Miami valley flood prevention
committee made the following state
ment relative to the defeat of the
Carver amendment:
1--WE are now satisfied that the
members of the state legislature real
ize the real value of the Vonderheide
food prevention law as a protective
measure. 1t has been championed by
the very best authorities in the Unit
I'd States. and tais fact could not es-