The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-01

iiNoh AFSSlllg was put bli AuN NoA pAy-
roll The Republican quartet in the
committee lifted up their well-traired
voices in protest and demanded and
got in his stead Charles A. Reed, one
time leader in the house James NJ.
Cox will have hts own way ultimately,
but isn't it interesting TO watch him
get It?
He's Just Flirting.
To charm again by evidence OF the
brilliant methods of the ambitious
governor, the story should be told Of
his activities against the bill giving to
women the presidential ballot, which
the legislature has constitutional pow
er TO bestOw, because states, under the
national constitution, determine each
for itself the method of selecting its
members of the electoral college.
A Republican farmer, Pratt and q
labor leader, Reynolds, offered identi-
cal presidential suffrage bills, Platt's
taking precedence because Ashtabula
Is higher on the call for bills than
Cuyahoga. The labor members, all Of
them, and the farmer members. some
of them, favor this limited suffrage
Is the ambitious governor impatient
to attach his signature to such law?
Does he wish to offend the labor Or
CARNATIONS and the Socialists by
vetoing such a bill? Would he dare
sign it, making 1t law, while the dis
tillers, the brewers and the retailers
of their wet goods believe that votes
for women would ct once destroy
their capital and that the presidential
vote is the high step to full suffrage
Would he dare to do that which would
seriously threaten the immediate inn
| poverishment of those whose organ
lied help was given him by direction
of officials of the Liberal League sent
out on the Friday before the election
and which turned to him more votes
than the number of his plurality over
| Willis?
Hard Choice to Make.
If forced to choose between the
devil and the deep sea he probably
would go dry, but it's hard choice
when wet money has won for him
each political advancement he has
had.
Hence, and therefore, he must by in,
direction, SO as not to lose popularity
with the ladies, prevent the passing in
the legislature of the presidential suf,
frage bill. But how, when a majority
of the members favored it? 1t seems
ator Holden, who was an obedient
| Democratic senator during Cox's first
term, introduced a resolution which
provides for the submitting of the
| question of full female suffrage to the
more or less intelligent electorate
next November.
Now, when the attractive suffra
gette, with purposeful eagerness, asks
that he allow his mother the ballot for
president, as he has the alien and
negro slave, he can call her attention
TO the fact that the ambitious and ten
| der governor now has in process of en-
actment a resolution under which she
may secure not only the vote for pres
ident, but the vote for governor, for
| county prosecutor and for prohibition
Why should she ask him to pass the
peaches when the governor is about
to empty basket full of them in he1
lap? Since Mr. Holden introduced the
resolution he has canvassed the sen
ators and finds now that 20 of the 81
will vote against it. Cox's plan
worked.
The real-thing suffragettes declared
in advance that they'd never accept
limited suffrage as compromise It's
whole hog or no ham with them, SC
they will be urging the submitting OF
constitutional amendment: But il
takes three-fifths vote of the as
sembly to submit a constitutional
amendment, while presidential suf
frage requires but majority.
The resolution submitting the ques
ton to a referendum can be delayed
till the limited voting bill dies and be
| lost when the sessions end is neared
And all the while the ladies in the
anti-suffrage organization-they are
| good takers, too-will be saying to
the 'suffs," why try it again when you
failed SO badly and so recently?
When female suffrage is voted on
again the anti organization of women
can get saloon money a-plenty to fight
against it-"can get" are the word
used; not will get"
Everyone Loves Bob White
The farmer loves quail for the bugs
and slugs they eat; the sportsman
for the joy of slaughter, and the gun
and cartridge makers for the profits
upon the instruments of their death
| Representatives of the organizations
Vi these three classes of citizens at
| tested this affection for Bob White
in public hearing, in crowded
| house chamber, on the occasion Of the
hearing on the Blauser bill, which
would put quail on the song bird list
| The first speaker for the ammuni
| ton interests was a farmer from Co
shocton county. He said farmers own
| ing more than 1000 acres had been
protecting quail with the expectation
of an open season. Another farmer
wanted the privilege of killing Bob
White" because he is good meat y
Another said: 81 take care of quail on
my place and ought to be allowed to
shoot them" The representative of
shotgun merchants and sportsmen ar.
| gued for a short open season, holding
that it stimulated the multiplication
of the birds, and each claimed the
right to kill because 100000 hunters