The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-08
For Old Age Pensions.

advocate the old age pension bill
which we will initiate this year." said
Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, head of the
state pension league, who was presi-
dent Of the 1912 state constitutional
convention, and later represented
Hamilton county in the house of rep
resentatives, who was at the state
house recently getting data to be used
in the initiation of the measure. He
said that the bill will provide dol
lar a day pension for all dependent
men and women of 60 OF 65 years for
the remainder of their lives. THE
money for this purpose will come from
an income tax and an inheritance
tax" said DR.. Bigelow. Some 10000
names will be needed for initiating
the measure. Should the legislature
turn down the measure, it will be re-
ferred to the people for approval or
disapproval at the November election
next year.
Candidates Must Resign From Board.
County election board members who
intend to become candidates for nomi.
nations to county office at the Au-
gust primary must resign before June
3, the last day for the filing of decla-
ration Of candidates.. This is what
Attorney General Turner holds in q
ruling to Charles e. Ballard, prosecut-
ing attorney of Clarke county. When
person becomes candidate for Of
flee he renders himself ineligible to
serve as a member of the county elec.
tion board. This construction of the
law will make it necessary for county
election board members who are plan
ming to run for Office to resign in order
to do so. The attorney general holds
that councilman may become central
committeeman without jeopardizing
his official position.
After Attorney GeneraIship.
A. L. Hoskins, formerly of Auglaize
county, but now engaged in the prGc-
tice OF the law here, has announced
his, intention to become a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for at.
torney general. AS yet there have
been no formal entries for that nomi-
nation. 1t was expected that Joseph
McGhee, who was first assistant attor-
ney general under the administration
OF T. s. Hogan, and defeated candi.
date for election as attorney general
two years ago, would enter, but it Il
now said that he will not. Mr.. Hes
kins was member of the state liquor
commission under the administration
of Gov. James M. Cox and in 1906 was
the Democratic candidate for secre-
tary of state against Carmi A. Thomr.
son.
Used cIty's Money. 81.
The Hamilton board OF education
owes the sinking fund of the city
$1,640, so State Examiner H. D. Wad.
dell of the state accounting bureau
holds In report made to the bureau
recently. Through error, the trus-
tees of this fund, who are also trus-
tees Of the boards sinking fund, used
the city's money in paying off school
board bonds. The board is ordered to
reimburse the city for this. The bond
of $15O,0OO given by the depository of
he city to secure deposits is declared
because the deposits at the
line of the examination amounted to
S165,986. The bond should be in ex-
less of the deposits.
Gave Library to Home County.
The late Col. ]. T. Holmes had what |
s supposed to be the finest private |
aw library in the state and it was
loped by the Columbus bar that he |
would bequeath it to the local law
library, but his will, which has been
He'd for probate, gives it to the law
library Of Jefferson county, where he
'egan the practice of law before the
Jivil war. After the close Of the war
lie never returned to Steubenville, but
ocated in Columbus
Willis to Have Opposition.
Three more candidates have filed
papers with Secretary of
state Hildebrandt, all Republicans.
hey are Attorney George W. Shaw of
cleveland, who has entered as can
idate against Gov. Willis; Attorney
Ieneral Edward C. Turner, who is
eeking denomination, and Joseph T.
'racy of Portsmouth, head of the state
ccounting bureau, who is a candidate
or the nomination for auditor Of
tate
Harmon viii Not Accept.
Cincinnati delegates to the Demo.
ratio state campaign convention
rought up the news that it would be
ut of the question to induce former
ov. Judson Harmon to stand for the
nomination for governor
mis- year. Though there were many
lose friends of the former governor
l the delegation, they all told the
anne story, that he was not thinking
t all of being candidate.
Recommend Clemency to Three.
The state pardon board rejected IS
ut of 81 applicants who wanted to be
'eed from the penitentiary. The
lree recommended for clemency are
udge Snyder, Tuscarawas county,
srving an indeterminate sentence for
ssault, to be commuted to be released
once; U. G. Hutton, Meigs county,
srving an indeterminate sentence for
lcest, to be commuted to be released
! once, and Wallace Davis, Scioto
,unty, serving life for burglary, to
3 ccmmuted to be released soon on
,ndition that he support his mother.
hoso rejected were mostly murderers.
Fire Losses Decrease.
Ohio's total fire loss decreased more
ian $2.O00,OO0 in 1915, so report by
tate Fire Marshal Buckley shows. In
'15 there we're 4,653 fires with loss
$5,547.7S6, while in 1914 there were
OSS fires with . loss Of $7,SSS,6
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