The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-12


Quail and the Carolina or Turtle
Dove For Five Years Pass the
House-stockhoIders' Proxy Meas
ure Also Put Through-Agriculturai
Bill Up For Passage Next Week.
pie Of Cleveland, minority leader, op-
posed the confirmation by the senate
OF David Staley Creamer Of Belmont
county. whose appointment on the ad'
ministration board was made several
weeks ago by Governor Willis. Hop
pie spoke In favor of adopting the
minority report Of the finance COM
mittee, which had been considering
Creamer's appointment. The minor
ity report advised against the con-
firmation Of Creamer on the ground
that he Is not Democrat, because he
worked openly for the election of
Governor Willis.
Majority Leader Howard contended
that the former state treasurer was
loyal Democrat, even though he had
bolted Governor Cox. He contended
that Creamer had remained loyal to
the remainder Of the Democratic
ticket.
After further debate, the minority
| report was rejected on a strict party
vote by 10 against its adoption to 13
| for adoption. The majority report
was then adopted and Creamer was
| confirmed
Powers Of the interstate commerce
commission to suspend railroad
freight rates during the hearing Of
| protests fled against them by ship
pers and placing the burden of proof
| for the change upon the railroad are
conferred upon the state public utili-
ties commission by the Winans bill,
which was passed by the senate. 1t
carries an emergency clause to make
| 1t effective at once. The bill now
| goes to the house.
| After defeating the Criswell bill
making 1t felony to destroy ginseng
| or golden seal beds last week, the
senate reconsidered its action and
| passed the measure by a vote of %
to e. 1t already had passed the house.
Members of the house whistled bob
white when Speaker Concver an
nounced the passage of the Bragg bin
forbidding the shooting Of quail for
| five years. or until 1920. The vote.
| 81 to II, ended a prolonged contest
in the house between the farmers and
the state game commission on one
side and the hunters on the other.
Quai, have been protected for the last
| three years.
| While the house was about it, II In
cluded in the five year protection, at
the instance of Mr.. Stokes Of Mont
gomery, the Carolina dove or turtle
dove.
May Engage In Fox Hunts.
The hunters were given the consola-
ton of permission to engage in fox
hunts, by the passage of the Williams
J bill repeating the fox protection law.
But the Oberlin bill, forbidding land
owner to consent to trot line fishing
in abutting water, was defeated.
| INC HOUSE pdSScu tue SOiIilS SCH-
ate bill, making stockholders proxies
in the election of directors Of corpo-
ration good for only eleven months.
An amendment by Kramer of Rich.
land makes the bill and the present
law for cumulative voting apply to
the election of bank directors.
Bills to establish municipal courts
/ \ tlx. Do,
bill, permitting jail or workhouse
sentence instead of penitentiary
sentence for attempt to have Illicit re.
lations under the age of consent, were
| passed.
| In accord with the agricultural de-
centralizing program, the Bryson bill,
introduced in the house, empowers
the state agricultural experiment sta.
tion at Wooster to establish branch
station at Ohio State university. The
dean of toe college of agriculture Is
made an associate director of The
Wooster station.
Chairman Smith of the house agri-
cultural committee reported the bill
abolishing the state agricultural COM
mission 1t was set for passage March
II. The committee retained the pro
vision OF the original bill for board
of agriculture of nine members, with
control centered in the secretary,
whom the board is to appoint and
/ Ill H.