The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-07-29
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS--OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.

staIe agrlcW ial board took frst
place in things of interest
here. There AS an air of expectancy
regarding the prospective appoint
hents, for 1t is the general theory that
the position of every person. in the
present agricultural department is
made vacant by the operation of the
new law. Numerous clerks, inspect
ors, stenographers, supervisors and
field workers in various avenues of ac-
tivity connected with agriculture, fish
and game work and dairy aU1 food in
spection were practically without jobs.
Rather they had jobs but weren't in
the least sure of them. They were
holding on temporarily. For even the
civil service does not count when
whole bureaus are abolished and then
supplemented by other bureaus. 1t
was at midnight Tuesday that the
whole regime changed. The members
of the old agricultural commission,
four in number, who have been serv-
ing since August, 1918, at salaries Of
$4,000 each, said their goodbyes We'd
nesday. Only one or two was seen near
the department today, and then only
for the purpose of Strengthening up
the last details of work and preparing
to move private effects out of the
state house. All of the other attaches,
however, meaning the subordinates,
will stick to their places for the time
being, although uncertain of tenure.
The word has come from the govern
or'v office that there will be no gen.
eral shake-up and that attaches who
have been faithful and efficient for the
most part will be retained. But, of
course, this does not give the indi-
Vidual employe any great stability of
bearing and there is much fretfulness
and much quaking. There are hun
dreds of places involved and they pay
salaries ranging from $4,000 a year to
$50 month.
Three |. and RS Practically Certain.
Those who have started to institute
referendum against the agricultural
"decentralizer" must file approximate
~ $4,000 names of petitioners with the
secretary of state before midnight of
July 81 if they expect the measure to
be voted upon in the fall election. On
July 81 the 90-day period after the pas
sage of the act will have expired and
no referendum petitions thereafter
can be filed. Although strenuous ef.
forts are being put forth to get the
required number, there is said still to
be uncertainty as to the outcome of
the movement. On the other hand, the
referendum move against the congress
sional gerrymander is said to be NOV
ing faster and to be more certain of
success insofar as the signatures are
concerned. The third referendum,
that against the more stringent mov-
ing picture censorship law also is NOV
ing rapidly. No action has yet been
taken by the liberal interests against
the McDermott liquor license law de
centraliZer," and the indications now
are that there will be no referendum
vote on that measure.
Not Opposed to s. s. Campaign.
Answering the charge that the Ohio
Anti-Saloon League was opposed to
the present campaign of the Ohio Sun
day School association, which is rails
ing 100000 throughout the state for a
sustaining fund, ]. A. White, state
superintendent, has issued the follow
ing reply, directed to the Sunday
school headquarters: Knowing as we
do the splendid help we are getting
from your Sunday school organization
over the state, am sure that your or
ganization would not do the slightest
act that would hinder our success in
any way. AS understand it, your
plan of soliciting covers an extended
period of time, and our contributions
for campaign purposes are immediate,
so that | do not think they need to in
terfere. There will be some people
who will give to your plan who are not
giving much to anything else, and
am sure if our mutual friends will per-
NIT us to handle our respective prop
ositions in the way we both under
stand it, there need not be any con-
flict.
Slayer Is Now Free Man.
John Atkinson, life murderer, sent
to the penitentiary from Cuyahoga
county in 1897, and who shot and
killed Pen. Guard Lauterbach in 1898
while trying to effect his escape from
the prison, has been granted a COM
mutation of sentence by Gov. Willis
and he is now a free man. The gov
ernor at first commuted his sentence
to q years and months, but when it
was found that he would not be re-
leased until 1880, owing to the fact
that he did not begin to serve his life
sentence until the expiration of his
first term for burglary, in 1912, a new
Communication was granted, which re-
leased him at once.
Woman's Suit Dismissed.
jeanette Morgan of Cleveland does
not know whether she was unlawfully
deprived of her position as tax asses
sor when the &C mon pleas court held
she was not eligible to serve because
of being a woman. The suit to deter
mine the eligibility of women to serve
as assessors was dismissed by the su-
preme court Tuesday afternoon, be-
cause the Warnes law, under which
Jeanette Morgan was 6 pointed, has
been repealed She took lie civil serv-
ice examination for the position and
came in first in the test.
Fight Constitutional Stability League.
The suffragists have joined the drys
in a fight on the Constitutional Sta
bility league, which has started cir
culation Of petitions for constitution
al amendment providing that any
amendment which has been twice re-
jected by the people cannot be again
submitted until six years have elapsed