The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-15
Back Terrell Measure.


cities have gone on record as
! hackers of the pending Terrell
bill in the senate for financial re-
lief for cities. The bill would remove
all sinking fund and interest charges
from the 10-mill limitation of the Smith
law, giving the cities the full 10 mills
for operating expenses. 1t also would
| authorize the adding to the 5-mill levy
now allowed for sinking fund and in
terest charges a levy sufficient to
raise an amount equal to that spent in
1916 for sinking fund and interest,
provided the people approve the in
creased levies at the polls.
Against I Per Cent Tax Law.
Police, fire, public health protection
and other municipal activities must go
by the board unless Legislators offer
some method to help debt pressed
cities from financial embarrassment
according to the representatives of
the big cities in the hearing before
the senate taxation committee.
Speakers favoring the Terrell bill
were unanimous in declaring the
Smith law, with it's rigid tax limits,
their stumbling block.
The New Election Laws.
| The election bill of Senator Mooney,
just introduced, provides revolution
airy changes. The author says the
measure will reduce election expenses
| 100000 annually.
1t abolishes party emblems and
party columns on the election ballot.
1t substitutes the Massachusetts plan,
and under this the names of candi-
dates will be grouped under the title
of the Office they seek, and after each
name the name Of party would be given
Quadrennial registration instead OF
annual registration is provided for.
There would be one registration day
in the years between presidential
years. Voters would have opportunity
to register any day in the year at elec-
tion board headquarters. The number
of county election board members
would be reduced from four to two.
Germans Support Wilson,,
That the large population Of Colum-
bus who are of German origin at once
earnestly and without qualification
have pledged whole-hearted support
to President Wilson in the event Of
war with the Fatherland, which now
seems imminent, is not the least i'm
portant news the capital can furnish.
The Express and Westbote, the only
German daily in the city, said: "In a
crisis like the present one the Amer
leans of German origin will do justice
in the fullest sense to their obliga-
tions toward the United States"
This expression is typical of that OF
German Americans as a whole. It's
editor, Mr.. Rudolph Majoewsky, ex'
planned: what more can we say? We
are very sorry over the turn affairs
have taken. We had hoped the United
States would not become involved, but
since the crisis has arisen there is
only one thing we can do as good
Americans, and that is to stand by our
country. We are Americans first"
Delinquent Children.
A bill was passed by the house pro
, viding that juvenile courts may pay
a maximum of $4,000 to chief Eroba'
tion officers and $1,5OO to assistants
The old law, provides scale Of $2,500
for chiefs and $1,000 for assistants
Until the bill reached the floor of the
! house it was not thought that 1t would
carry, but the forceful arguments OF
Flemming of Mahoning and Hunter
of Franklin changed the sentiment.
The bill does not raise the amount
Of money to be expended in counties
but it does allow larger salary.
Audit of Workman's Compensation.
The resolution introduced in the
house by Mr. Reighard providing for
an investigation of the accident in
! surance department of the state in
dustrial commission still is in com.
mittee.
Goes to Senate.
The house has passed the initiated
bill ousting liability insurance com
panies from doing business in Ohio
and the bill is now tip to the senate.
Coliseum in Doubt.
The senate has backed down on its
agreement to Representative Spra
gue's amendment to the emergency
bill, appropriating 100000 for coli
scum on the state fair grounds.
Good Roads Code.
Senator White, Sandusky county
and Representative Mulcahy, Henry
county, chairmen Of the committees
on roads and highways in the senate
and house, respectively, are behind q
movement to simplify the Cass law.
Amendments which they will intro
duce call for corrections" in the laws
but make no attempt to reorganize OF
change the highway department. They
say they will take the ''red tape" out
of the present code and made road
building throughout the state easier,
Christian Scientists Fees.
Opponents of the Terrell bill to al
low Christian Science healers to
charge fees for their services, which
passed the senate by vote Of 10 to
13, predict that the measure will be
chloroformed to death when it reach
es the house.
The debate over the bill was the
most spirited of the session thus far
in the senate. A powerful argument
against it was made by Senator Jones
of Franklin, who declared that IL il
should become law, hypocrites, char
latans and fakes could charge fol
their services
Harmon One Per Cent Law.
Judson Harmon has been invited by
Senator Terrill of Cleveland to ad
dress the special legislative commit