The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
GERMAN BARRED
BY PASSAGE OF
OHIO MEASURE
Legislation is Accomplished
When Senate Delivers Ulti-
matum to House.


COLUMBUS. April 1S.-Passage of
the AXE bill. barring the teaching OF
German in the first seven grades of
the public. private and parochial
schools. was accomplished last night
by the refusal Of the senate to pass
any more bills until the house had
passed the AXE bill. The vote in the
house was 80 to 8. The bill passed
the senate by unanimous vote last
week
The house earlier in the day voted
down the Cummings bill offered as
substitute which also barred teaching
of the common branches in German.
but allowed religious instruction in
other languages. ......
Cox Warned.
Members on the joint committee on
taxation of the legislature were await
ing eagerly tonight for word from the
executive office as to what Governor
Cox will do with the emergency relief
bill which reached him yesterday.
During debate on an appropriation
bill in the senate when the question
was raised as to where the state would
be able to get money for another new
building at Ohio State university, Sen
ator Bellew Of Cincinnati, a member
OF the joint taxation committee, said:
IF the governor will leave the pro-
gram Of the joint taxation committee
alone we will provide the money for
the states business and for the bust
ness OF every municipality and school
district"
The senate passed the Federman
bill to appropriate s65OO0O for the
erection Of new institution for the
feeble minded either in the northern
or southern part of the state. The
bill has already passed the house.
A bill by Senator Parett to appro-
pirate not to exceed s215,000 for a
new building for the college of COM
merce and journalism at Ohio State
university passed the senate and will
be taken up by the house after recess
Equal Rights Lost.
The senate last night passed by
vote OF 26 to the Hoppe bill author
izing calling Of special grand jury
in Cleveland to investigate the Cleve
land crime wave. The bill was passed
by the house today and goes to the
governor as an emergency measure.
The Beatty equal rights bill, which
had been passed by the house several
weeks ago by large vote, was
brought up for reconsideration. Rep
resentatives Morris Of Hamilton and
Gorrell Of Carroll denounced the meas
ure as unjustiiable. They declared 1t
was useless to attempt to legislate
social equality as the bill was alleged
to undertake to do. 1t was then re-
jected.
Another proposal to repeal the d.
rect primary provision of the consti-
tuition appeared in the legislature to-
day. Representative Mcfarland of
Morrow county introduced joint res
olution in the house providing for an
amendment to the constitution that
would substitute the old convention
plan Of nominating all state and dis
trict candidates by delegate conven-
tons and authorizing counties to de-
eide by referendum whether they shall
revert to the convention system of
nominating county candidates or con-
tinue to nominate such candidates by
direct primaries.
Adopt Fouts' Motion.
The house without a roll call adopt
ed the resolution Of Representative
Fouts, Of Morgan county, censuring
the governor for alleged public
charges that his vigilance prevented
the general assembly from enacting
unpatriotic legislation.
The senate passed the Gardner bill,
authorizing county commissioners Of
any county to construct and operate
a tuberculosis hospital.
Insurance agents will be prohibited
from selling insurance for any COM
pany not authorized to do business in
Ohio by the passage today OF the
Winters bill.