The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-03-04
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
oaIbreath Succeeds Newman.

John Henry Newman fell into the ad-
ministration basket the other day
when the board of library commission
ers, recently reorganized by Gov. Willis
and which has charge Of the library,
elected Charles Burleigh Galbreath to
succeed Mr. Newman as librarian. In
choosing Mr.. Galbreath the board re-
stores him to a position he held for
nearly 10 years. Three years ago last
summer, after the Democrats secured
control of the library, Mr.. Galbreath
was displaced to make room for Mr..
Newman. The salary of the position
is $4,000 a year. Mr.. Newman was the
Democratic candidate for secretary of
state the year that Judson Harmon
was elected governor, and he was ap-
pointed librarian at Harmons request
during his second term as governor.
The librarian is not appointed for any
specified term, serving during the
pleasure of the board. Mr.. Galbreath
was first appointed librarian during
the administration of the late Gov.
Asa s. Bushnell and served continu-
ously in that Office until Mr.. Newman
was appointed.
Don't illustrate Points Well.
People arguing to general assembly
committees don't often tell very strik-
ing stories to illustrate their points,
being content to rely on hard and fast
argument simply, but a representative
of the conductors and motormen's
union, speaking before the house Ia
Dor committee for better hours for
electric railway employees, has Just
broken the precedent. He was trying
to prove to the committee that motor
men and conductors are so busily en-
ployed on both week days and Sundays
that they can't get acquainted with
their families and related the follow
ing by way of example: A mother and
her six-year-old boy were at the street
corner A car passed and the man at
the controller waved them a friendly
greeting. The boy looked at his mother
questioningly. Isn't that the man who
visited us last Sunday?" he asked.
Eyes, my son." replied the mother,
that was your father" And members
of the committee agreed that the story
was worth all the arguments that pre-
ceded it.
Sees Loneliness on Farm.
In an address given recently be-
fore the department of superintend-
ence of the National Educational asso.
citation at Cincinnati, Frank w. Miller,
state school superintendent, said that
the dreaded disease of boys and girls
on the farm is loneliness, and that too
often the cure for this is sought in the
city. He said that in one of the state
hospitals for the insane 81 per cent OF
the women inmates are from the coun
try. He urges that teachers and super.
intendents provide more social func
tions for rural people. Capitalization
of schools opens up more opportunity
for this. He suggested providing high
schools for grownups in the country
for periods of the year when they have
little to do on the farm He said agri-
culture should be taught in every
school in the country. Every boy
should also be taught to DO tinkering.
The girls should be taught home eco.
nomics.
Single Commission Would Rule.
The administration bill reorganizing
the state highway department and cod
flying the road laws of the state, in
troduced by Senator Cass of Ottawa
county, makes little change in the ad-
ministrative plan Of the department as
now constituted. 1t leaves the de-
partment in charge of single COM
missioner, who will draw a salary of
$4,000 There will be chief engineer
at $4,000 salary and a secretary at
| $4,000 salary. The commissioner may
are needed. The county surveyor is
| to serve as county road superintend-
ent He will be paid not to exceed
$4,000 year. Each township will have
road superintendent, who will be
paid a per diem of $3.50. The three
tenths of mill levy for road purposes
will be divided equally between the
intercounty road fund and the main
market road fund.
VIII Get New Armories.
Delaware, the home of Adjt. Gen. b.
w. Hough and the headquarters of
Company X, Fourth regiment, and
Akron, headquarters of two Eighth
regiment companies and the band of
that command, will get new armories
this year. The appropriation bill
passed by the legislature provides for
this. The sum of $4,000 is appropri-
ated for the Delaware armory and $40,-
900 for the Akron armory. 1t is un-
derstood that the city of Akron will
add site and money bonus to the
state armory appropriation so as to
make possible the erection of an
armory building which will represent
an investment of $4,000. No other
town has made the state such an at
tractive offer for an armory.
Willis Appoints Newspaperman.
Gov. Willis has appointed John
Kaiser, Marietta newspaperman, trus-
tee of the Ohio State university for
the short term, ending May 12, 1915,
but whether Kaiser will accept re-
mains to be seen. A big fight was
made on the appointment by Marietta
and Columbus persons, and it was
said the university board, faculty and
alumni was against Kaiser because he
was not graduate of the university
the appointment unless assured by the
governor that he will be given the
new appointments for q siI-year term.
/ invention of lock to fire the powder
in nIace of the hand was suppeatad ~,