Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-08-03

Was the author of bills passed TO
require better sanitary conditions
and accommodations at railroad sta
tions, and to authorize the use of
state armories by the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, the World War Veterans,
and other patriotic organizations,
with free lighting, heating and jani-
tor service.
Helped to pass the bill appropri-
ating $250,000.00 for use by Ohio
National Guard when they were get
ting ready to enter the war.
Was appointed by the speaker
member of the Special Tax Com
mittee which met after the session
adjourned and fought out success
fully the last battle against the
classificationiSts.
Served on ten important Standing
Committees of the House, on num-
ber of special and conference COM
mittees and last session was chair
man of the Reference Committee
through which committee each and
every bill introduced in the House
or passed by the Senate, passed for
inspection and consideration and for
decision as to whether the bill was
in proper form and if so to what
regular standing committee it should
be referred. More than five hum
dred bills passed through the hands
of this committee in one session.
Helped to weed out of more than
$500 bills introduced in the House
and Senate those that had merit and
promised benefit, and out of the
whole number more than 700 be-
came law and more than 1900 were
left unpassed. 1t required and re-
ceived hard work to benefit the
State of Ohio and its people, both in
assisting in the enactment of wise
legislation and also in preventing
unwise and injurious legislation
from being enacted.
Introduced a bill to give jurors a
| compensation of SO per day instead
of 50, and helped to get the law so
changed.
Introduced and secured the pas
sage of the bill to get for Morgan
county from the State of Ohio s42,-
600 reimbursement on the Penns-
ville-Chesterhill road contract
Helped to pass more than 40 sec
tiOns of the statutes to strengthen
the Workmen's Compensation law
and more than dozen sections to
widen the scope of these laws so as
to include occupational diseases.
Helped to pass more than a score
of laws for the benefit of labor and
the laboring man and woman.
Introduced the bill which was
passed and which gave the State
Highway Department the power to
pay as much as 500 of the cost of
road improvement. After the pas
sage of this law Morgan county was
offered 900 by the state to improve
one of her roads. Thus Morgan was
one of the first counties n1the state
to be given an opportunity to ac-
cept road improvement with the
state paying nine-tenths of the cost.
Introduced the bill which was
passed and which compelled the
State Highway Department to grant
at least one Main Market road for
each county in the state. Morgan
had not heretofore been granted a
main market road and within 90
days after the passage of this act the
Highway Department established a
route for main market road across
our county.
The above represents labor and
endeavOr. 1t is for the voters to
merit and faithful service to those
who helped to elect Chas. H. Fouts
as their representative. If they do
not care further for his service, or
to have the benefit of his experience
as a legislator it is your right to so
choose. He will have no unkindly
feeling toward any one whose judg-
ment dictates that he should vote
against him. He has tried to serve
you. He will have lifelong graft
tude toward you for the confidence
and trust that you have reposed in
him. Toward the critic who clrcu-
lates his ignorance by claiming that
Mr.. Fouts has done nothing as a
he will also be con-
siderate and compassionate, remem-
bering that in all probability such !
critic did not know what work was
being done by the General Assem-
bly,, or was before it to be done,
nor even that the Legislature OF
Ohio was holding a session.
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