The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22
Legislature Releases.

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The important items Of unfinished
business are: The appropriations bill.
which the house passed in an hour and
messaged to the waiting senate, which
referred it to its committee on ap-
preparations; the Plat dog bill, which
it is agreed shall be passed when the
Legislature again convenes; the long
fought Ertel bill, designed to take
mutual insurance companies from un-
der the control of the state commits
sion of insurance; the passing of leg
islatiOn to permit investigation of the
use of money in the recent campaign.
and the report of the conference COM
mittee on the school laws.
The resolution for adjournment
specifies the goth and 21st of March
for the final session.
The Governors Program Completed.
Substantially all of the legislative
recommended by Gov. Cox in his spo-
ken message to the general assembly
has been completed at recessing time.
In this program was the enactment
of the initiated bill ousting liability
companies from competition with the
workmen's compensation act; the
financial relief of the cities by issuing
deficiency bonds; the reorganization Of
the state board of agriculture with an
n orrinI11fnrnI ata 70 HIT
reau Of markets: the creation of a
commission to survey the general elec-
tion laws of the state; the enactment
of bill to permit voters absent from
the state to cast their ballots by mail; /;
the passage of a bill to rotate the
names Of candidates on the primary
election ballots; the bill to separate
state from national elections; the bill
to change the time for issuing saloon
licenses; the reorganization of the
state highway department and correc-
tion of the blunders in the highway
code; the divorcing of the banking de-
partment from the securities bureau,
and the establishment of a state home
IOI CIIppleu C0IuI6u.
One Temperance Bill.
In the present session of the legis-
lature party lines were disturbed but
little by division over questions wet"
and dry" The Anti-Saloon league
had introduced but one bill-that of
Representative Graham, which would
require that girl must be 81 before
taking advantage Of the privileges Of
wine rooms and saloons, putting her
on parity with boys. The house de-
feated this measure, but subsequently
reconsidered it and passed it.
Christian Science Loses.
Another surprising vote was that on
allowing healers through prayer or
spiritual means to collect fees as prac-
passed the senate, but was badly man.
aged in the house, where it had been
held up for some time by an adverse
committee. The strenuous objection
to the bill being based upon the fact
that it would legalize clairvoyant and
other healers, as well as Christian
Scientists, an amendment had been
adopted requiring that the applicant
for license under this law should file
with the secretary of state certifi-
cate of authorization from the Church
of Christ, Scientist. Unfortunately
for the bill, it's leading advocate, not
being a Christian Scientist, could not
make the spiritual appeal for the bill
and gave extravagant abuse to both
ministers and doctors who had ap-
peared before the committee having
the bill in charge.
The Birth of a Nation.
In the house bill which was ex-
pected to get no votes got them all.
That is to say, the bill by Representa-
tive A. Lee Beatty of Cincinnati, which
would bar from exhibition photoplays
such as that of The Birth Of Ma
tion," in which colored men are de-
picted in the accomplishment of most
debasing crimes. The bill was passed
by III to 0.
q The movie censors, a month or so
ago, passed "The Birth of a Nation"
picture after having declined to do so
for two years.
A Vaudeville Finale.
The passing Of the appropriation
bill in the house was followed by a
novelty in the way of the biennial leg
SS1o fiun rnln walton In vN1ocn 1F thA
usual "roughhouse," in which baskets,
books and missiles Of other kinds are
cast about, Representative Tom Rey-
nolds of Cuyahoga convulsed the house
with limitations and impersonations Of
various representatives The singing
of America" wound up the play, at
q. m. The finale in the senate was
somewhat noisy, but was decidedly
more Mgnified than that in the house,
as is always the case.
To Consolidate City and County.
Senator Agnew's plan to consoli-
date city and county governments
where a city has more than 100000
population, which passed in the SEN
ate, was treated rudely by the house
BY vote of 81 to 25 the house, with
out show of party lines, approved q
motion to postpone it indefinitely. AS
it passed the senate it provided for the
submission of constitutional amend
ment which would permit such con-
solidation.
This kills the progressive and
economical" scheme of the Cleveland
Civic league.
Running Neck and Neck.
Representative Flemming, Cuya-
hoga county, and Hamilton DeWeese,
he who was head of the Democratic
speakers bureau, are neck and neck
in the race. for the state fire marshall
ship, with the odds on the gentleman
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