The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-06-10
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
speeIal columbus Correspondent.

turner InaI u is unldWlul lOi
members of the general assembly
to sell or to take home books and
other supplies given them for their
use during a legislative session is re-
calling to observers here many inter
esting incidents of past years. AS far
back as memory Of man runs not to
the contrary it has been the practice
of assemblymen to pack up and take
home at state expense practically
everything within reach. Stationery,
scissors, penknives, pocketbooks, card
cases. copies of the stautes-all we're
carefully boxed and consigned to the
home of the respective legislator. The
custom became a custom in fact II
the assemblyman didn't ask that his
supplies be sent to his home, 1t was
done for him anyway. In a sense he
was not to blame. Others did it be-
fore him and he was expected to. The
whole legislative atmosphere was
financially free and easy. Things
came easy and wenb easy. The print
ing at state expense of endless sopies
of Howe's Historical Collections of
Ohio" serves only as an illustration of
the general sentiment that assembly
men we're privileged persons to whom
all things were due. The Historical
Collections" for years have been
printed at state expense and given
gratis by the members of each legis-
lature to themselves to be used for
distribution as campaign material, just
as congressman give their constitu-
ents copious quantities Of garden seed.
In the last few years the printing of
annotated editions of the Ohio code
has served as a new source of supply
for needy solons. The codes are
printed by Cincinnati firm and are
sold to the state at $35 a set Each
member of the assembly gets a set
Some Of the sets are hardly used dur
ing the session and few actually not
at all Then when the session ends
outsiders who want the codes cheap
swarm down upon the legislative halls
and buy up the copies. This is a busi-
ness that actually produces brokers,
who get hold of the sets from the in
dividual members of the assembly at
low prices and then sort of auction
them off at a nice profit. Only a few
members take their sets home with
them, for they have no longer use for
law books when the sessions are over
This year it was easy to get copies of
the $35 code for $40 at the end of the
session. But the present assembly is
not whit more culpable than its pred
ecessors. Regardless of politics, as
semblies have considered all the sup
plies given them at the beginning of a
session as the private property of the
members and have dealt with it as
such. Wherefore the Turner ruling
happens to be real surprise.
MilIer's Term Expires Soon.
The term of John |. Miller as super
intendent of public works will expire
with the close of this week, but there
is nothing to indicate that Gov. Willis
will be in any haste in appointing his
successor. Miller has made good, and
because of this the chief executive is
not eager to displace him Immediately.
He gets an annual salary of $4,000
He is a Democrat and was appointed
under the Harmon administration.
There are a number of applicants for
his place. Harry W. Meacham of To-
Iedo, a former engineer in the depart
ment, is being urged for the place.
Cleveland Man Gets Appointment.
Maj. John c. Fulton of Cleveland,
commanding officer of the Ninth in
fantry, colored. of the Ohio National
Guard, who held a position in the ad-
jutant generals department during the
Herrick and Harris administrations,
has again been appointed to place in
the department. Adj Gen. Hough has
just announced his appointment. He
has been assigned to duty in the quar-
termaster's department. Fulton is a
Spanish war veteran. He commanded
the Cleveland company of the Ninth
infantry in that war
Governor Signs SO Bills.
Among the 36 measures which were
signed by Gov Willis Thursday are
the Cass highway bill, Sprague con
gressional redistricting bill, Winanl
amendment to the rural school code
Yeatman bill to change the organiza
tion of the Cincinnati municipal court
Harding city planning commission bill
Wickline measure to permit erection
of a hew state office building ant
BETTER bill, making it felony to draw
a check on a bank in which the drawet
has no funds.
Big Midsummer Examination.
The state pharmacy board has fixeC
the week of June 81 as the time fol
che holding of its big midsummer ex
animation. A class Of more than 20(
applicants will be examined Then fol
the right to practice pharmacy. A
large number Of the applicants will
come from the pharmacy colleges O
the state.
Will Seek Senatorial Konors.
Some of the members OF the house
OF representatives who will retire upoI
completion Of second terms this yea
will seek senatorial honors next year
The first to announce himself for thu
senate is Representative c. A. White
of Columbiana, Republican, who will
be a candidate for one Of the tive
places in the senate which his district
the 20th-22d joint district, composed O.
Columbiana, Jefferson, Monroe anC
Harrison, will have. This district IL
represented by Senators Howard O
Belmont, Republican floor leader, anC
Moore of Jefferson.
Drops Into Better Position.
L. E. Miller of Columbus Grove, {
Democrat, has lost his place in the
state automobile department, but he IL
not worrying. He will soon drop intC
a better one. Realizing that possession
Of state job is attended with more o.
less uncertainty, he took steps last fal
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