The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-05
Attempt TO Keep The Carver
bfl In Committee
For Trading Purposes Has
Proven Dismal Failure

Columbus O., March 4-Before he
has had a chance to enjoy the emolu-
ments Of Office and before announcing
a single deputy, J. II. Carr, erstwhile
resident of Barberton, finds himself
oil inspector without Job. Supreme
court decision declaring the oil inspec-
tor statute unconstitutional in the mat
ter of fees prescribed in effect makes
of Oil Inspector Carr the lame duck"
Of the administration before he has
drawn his first salary voucher. Deci-
sion of the court in itself does not
abolish the job of the inspector, but If
the production of revenue is not to be
permitted, as the supreme court holds,
Ohio has no use for an oil inspector.
Accordingly, movement is on foot to
abolish the office and save the appro-
priation necessary for it's maintenance.
This is a sad blow to Mr.. Carr and to
Governor Willis whose personal repre-
sentative he is. Both these gentlemen
had been basing hopes Of working
machine on the oil inspectors office
and the plans were we'll laid. Now
these plans appear to have been
knocked galley west. The courts deci-
sion was written by Judge Jones.
The attempt to keep in committee
the Garver-Quinlisk bill to amend the
Vonderheide flood protection law for
the purpose of holding votes in line for
other measures has signally failed.
With the failure Governor Willis finds
himself in the position of the man who
put his foot in 1t and then found his
foot roped fast. While it was the plan
to trade on the passage of the Carver
bill it was found that the keeping In
committee had aroused opposition of
both sides, including the supporters of
the bill who had relied on the promise
of executive support. A committee In
support of the Carver bill waited on
Governor Willis Wednesday and in the
conference it was not made apparent
that Governor Willis is keeping his
hands off of legislation. The thing
most apparent was that he had been
following the admonition "let not the
right hand know what the left hand
doeth." With powder in one hand and
fire in another the hands should be so
managed that they never get together.
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The first bill of any Importance
passed by the Eighty-f1rst general as
/ sembly was the Myers bill to amend
the Torrens land registration law, and
it was so poorly constructed that the
Governor was forced to veto it and ask
that substitute bill be passed. Such
things did not occur two years ago
when a legislative reference bureau
was efficiently maintained.
The Gallagher bill to destroy the saw
ing features of the Green Anti-screen
law passed for the benefit of the coal
miner has been reported out of the
committee for passage. 1t took the
starving miner years to get law
which promised him semblance of de-
cent treatment, but its destruction is
promised as one of the early acts OF
the present dangerous and do-worse as
sembly Maybe when the powerful lob
by of the mine interests secures what
it is seeking 1t will buy the carnations
for the senators and the state will not
again have to bear the disgrace of q
bill of seventeen hundred dollars worth
of supplies" for an assembly which
has put in eight weeks just getting &C
quainted at cost Of from three to foul
thousand dollars day.
An employe of one of the big de
tective strike.breaking agencies IL
former days is ON the state payroll al
an assembly officer. AS detective op
erative he is worth eight dollars da,