The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-11
License
MEASURE
Noses Its Way Through The
Senate
McDerrnoti DeCentTaIizer ReCeiv-
es II Votes TO IS Against
GOVERNOR WINS The CONTEST

Fleming Students Voting Bill Also
Passes the Upper Branch, Wise Of
Stark Shifting His Support to Both
Measures-8is Highway Code Bill,
Carrying Amendments, Put Through
the House.
Columbus, May S.-The McDermott
liquor license decentralizer and the
Fleming students voting bill were
passed by the senate.
The three Cincinnati senator's re-
fused to support either measure and
the administration won only by bare
majority. The vote ON the McDermott
bill was II to Is and on the Fleming
Oil IL to 16. Senator Lynch, Demo
crat of Toledo, was absent when the
vote on the McDermott bill was taken.
The administration was successful
only after being able to swing Moore
Of Jefferson Wise OF Stark and Car
son Of Muskingum in line. The Stark
county solon was the last to break
away from the Cincinnati liberals.
| Senator Collins succeeded in obtain
ing the adoption of one amendment,
requiring that saloonkeeper must
be convicted twice before his license
can be revoked. This complies with
the constitutional provision.
Those who voted for the MoDer-
mott bill were Archer, Carson, Cass,
Gallagher Carver, Howard, McDer-
mott. Mallow, Moore, Myers, Stone,
Tremper Vollenweider. Vorhies,
Wickline, Winans and Wise. The
| vote on the Fleming student voting
mott measure.
That the McDermott bill will have
| hard shedding in the house. unless the
unforeseen should happen and the
Cincinnati delegation line up for it,
is conceded by the administration.
| Loaded down with amendments, the
big Cass Highway bill was passed by
the house by vote of 10 to l3. The
house refused to accept the bills re,
distribution of the state highway
| fund. half to main market roads and
half to intercounty roads. but re-
stored the percentages in the present
law, 25 per cent to market roads and
IS per cent to intercounty roads.
Amendments were made to make it
clear that the highway tax is outside
the is mill limit to give state aid to
Improvement of village streets that
are parts of state roads; to increase
I.,
highway department from $1,000 to
$4,000: to cut out the necessity for ap-
proval by the state highway commits
sioner of the granting of interurban
railroad, telephone or other franchise
on state improved road to limit
special assessments to one-third the
value OF the abutting property and to
require the erection of white painted
fences along curves on hill roads.
The official congressional gerryman-
der. fathered by Representative
Sprague of Scioto, was introduced in
the house. 1t would make six Demo.
cratic districts, the Third, Fourth.
Ninth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Twenty-first, and fifteen Republican
districts, with the Twelfth Franklin
county, classed as doubtful. Strong
effort will be made to pass the gerry
mander next week.
A new civil service bill, bearing tho
imprint of the approval Of Governor
Willis. was reported by the joint con-
ference committee. which rejected In
toto the BarNes. Moore bill. 1t is =
more conservative measure than the
one 1t supersedes 1t puts back under
civil service protection the employees
Of state institutions. Teachers In
state institutions. as all teachers, are
exempted from the classified service
also such employees Of the Wooster
experiment station as the commission
may find 1t impracticable to classify.
Police and fire chiefs specifically are
placed under civil service and are
given an appeal from an order of dis
missal, both to the city commission
and from 1t to the common pleas
court Every civil service appointee
IN tho state service is given an appeal
to the commission. The bill abolishes
the tenure OF those holding by non
competitive examination. except those
who have been in the state service
for seven years.