The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-11
LABOR DEFEATS
ARCHER'S BILL
Taken FrSnl Committee and
Killed In the House.
LACKED ONE VOTE OF PASSAGE

oes WaNc VAN Hssout oPoH "H'
| ans Measure - Governor Willis
Stand In the License Deeentralizer
Controversy.
Columbus, May THE mooted
Archer senate bill TO empower the in
dustral commission to fix hours ol
work in rest and industries was res
cued from Imprisonment in the labor
committee only to be killed by the
house, and that because it's friends
lacked one vote. The labor organiza
tions fought the bill on the principle
that hours and conditions OF labor
should be fixed by statute and not by
commission.
Representative jackson persuaded
the house, by vote of 81 to SO. to take
the bill away from the committee. BY
vote Of l3 to 81, motion to kill by
indefinite postponement, made by
Chapman Of Dayton. was defeated.
The vote on the bill was 81 to AZ, one
less than sufficient. Dr.. Hoy Of Jack.
son, after checking up the vote and
noting tAat one vote would pass it,
voted no, refusing 20 save 1t.
Provision for caring for drug vic.
tins was voted Dy the house in pass.
ing the Plat bill, which in other re.
spects conforms to the federal law
against the sale of narcotics. On rec.
ommendation OF three physicians the
probate court is to issue q certificate
to a user OF narcotics emitting him 10
treatment by physician and to OBJ.
tain as much dope as his physician
thinks he needs. The certificate is
to be good only for ninety days and
can be renewed only on further rec
ommendation OF three physicians.
The house judiciary committee sent
out a call for help. It had under con-
sideration the Totman resolution to
amend the constitution to provide
four year terms for all elective public
officers in Ohio and to nave only two
elections each four years, one for
state and county officers and one for
local officers. The drafter of the res
olntion had overlooked congressman,
who must be elected every two years.
The committee doesn't know what to
do with them.
The License Fight
Negotiations between Governor Will
lis and the Cincinnati delegation ON
the license bill were declared of.
lending referendum by the delegation
10 Cincinnati business men and poll.
ticians Of the question of the opposi.
tion of the delegation to the cover.
nor's decentralization program. The
Hamilton county Republican execu-
tive committee meets today and a
large number of business men OF all
PARTIES will meet with the committee
At this meeting is to be considered
the interference with the passage Of
the rapid transit bill caused by the
dclesation's refusal to stand with tho
governor for his plan OF carrying out
the party pledge on decentralizing
the administration Of the liquor IL
tense system, and whether the large
capital invested in the liquor business
in Cincinnati is u sufficient reason for
the delegations having taken tne
stand 1t has.
An understanding was reached that
the McDermott license bill will not
he brought to q vote in the senate un-
I'll the result OF this meeting Is known.
The house passed the Danford bill
FOR granting one year county teach
ers' certificates without professional
training; the Graham bill clarifying
Il - wording Of the full passenger crew
law; the Swan bill permitting party
committees to haul infirm voters to
the polls; the Purdum bill for sep.
arate election precincts at soldiers
homes.
Wlnans Bill Passed.
Enemies OF the school code attempt
ed vainly to amend the Winans bill,
which lightens the burden Of super
vision Of rural schools, so as to take
the vltals out OF the school code, when
the bill came up for passage in the
senate. After voting down almost a
dozen unfriendly amendments, the
senate passed the bill by vote OF rs
to 4. Practically the only change
made In the present rural school code
by the Winans bill is to lessen the
rumber OF district supervisors. This
is accomplished by increasing the
rumber Of teachers under the super.
visor.
Though the senate defeated the
Lloyd bill to shorten the hours Of
work for pharmacists, II passed the
White house bill, which raises the
educational requirements Of those
VINO would practice pharmacy.
Prospect OF doing away with the
nuisance OF peddling petitions by pri,
mary candidates was frightened by
the passage by the house OF the
Beetham bill. abolishing petitions and
providing that candidates need only
make dpclnrp ion tnat they will serve