The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-25
Social Columbus Correspondents.


general assembly. In both eco
nomic and moral questions the
Issues will be between the representa-
tives OF the city and the rural districts,
for attention will be centered upon,
first, taxation; second, temperance;
third, woman suffrage, and, fourth,
game laws.
The members from cities are ready
to yield all else in order that munich
palities may secure money or i'm
proved facilities and better living con-
ditions, which are demanded by the
laborers who cast majority of the
votes in their districts. The delay of
the beginning of work in legislating
until the third week of the session re-
suited from conflict for control of the
committee which will handle legisla-
tion in these lines. At the end of a
conflict Senator Agnew of Cleveland
secured the Craftsmanship of the tax
committee. Subsequently a joint COM
mittee in which are four members
from each house, was formed with Mr..
Horn, who is from a rural constitu-
ency as a member Thereupon Mr.,
Agnew traded his Craftsmanship of the
standing committee on taxation to
Mr.. Horn for place as member of
the joint committee.
The anxiety of the city members
to write the new tax laws has sOlidi-
fled the rural members. They eau
cused, secretly, Farmers believe the
Smith l per cent tax limit law is of
divine origin
Speaking in a general way, repre-
sentatives from cities always have
been vets and from farming sections
drys. Therefore, the line of cleavage
on the half dozen temperance bills,
some of which are drastic, will be the
same.
In the matter of female suffrage,
three different styles are represented
by twice as many bills, the dividing
line will be the same as upon wet and
dry, because the wet interests fear
the enfranchisement Of women.
The biennial fight for game laws
has always been between city men
and farmers. The gun and ammuni-
ton men and the city hunters always
f ance a fight against closed seasons
the protection OF quail, while
raj members have met with varying
BucCess.
Many Bills introduced.
The general assembly closed the
third week of its, so to speak labors
directly after listening to the Peerless
Pleader, William Jennings Bryan, who
addressed it Jointly in the house
chamber.
The only law enacted to date is one
appropriating $34O,000 for salaries and
the mileage of members.
One hundred and thirty-two bills
have been introduced by title only
The first bill to be considered is the
Initiated bill intended to drive casualty
insurance companies out of the state
entirely.
OF General Interest.
Two bills of general interest were
presented by Mr. Galbreath of Column
biana county. One, a bill extending
Liverpool to Youngstown, is local in
character but affects a large portion
of eastern Ohio. If enacted into law
1t will connect the main market road
running from Bellaire to East Liver
pool with the one running from Cleve-
land to Youngstown.
The other bill, affecting the salaries
Of school teachers, raises the mini
mum for teachers without previous eX-
perience from $40 to $50 month; of
teachers having one years professional
training, from $45 to $55 a month; of
teachers having completed course in
a normal school or college, from $55
20 65 a month. 1t makes the minimum
wage of high school teachers So and
thus corroCts the present law, which
makes $40 the maximum. These
changes apply to all schools receiving
state aid under the new school code.
Presidential Suffrage for Women.
Two house bills granting women the
were> referred to the committee on
privileges and elections. This action
is pleasing to Mrs. Harriet Upton Tay-
lor, the head of the Ohio Woman's
Suffrage association, and Miss Eliza
beth Hauser of Girard, who is regis
tered as the lobbyist Of the associa-
tion for womans suffrage. Both ladies
had conferences with Mr.. Reynolds,
the Democrat who introduced one of
the bills, and Mr.. Platt, the Repub-
lican who introduced the other.
Condemn Proposal.
State suffrage leaders condemn as
absurd and unconstitutional the pro-
posal made in a bill that is to be in
troduced in the house, giving women
the vote in wet and dry elections.
SandIes Elected Secretary.
Alfred Putnam Sandles of Ottawa
has been elected secretary of the In
terstate Stone Mems association, TAX
ing the place held for many years by
Jesse Taylor of Jamestown, who died
a few weeks ago. Mr.. Sandles has
been talked of for secretary of the
board of agriculture, but it is stated
ne will not be connected with the
state administration in any relation.
Eight-Hour Bill.
The bill providing an eight-hour
work day for women is almost iden-
tical with other bills introduced at
previous sessions of the Legislature.
Seventy-nine Bills Presented.
In the house the first roll call Of
counties for the introduction of bills
brought 70 from inside pockets. Three