Evening star., 1933-10-01
RETURN Of SALOON
/. IN OHIO IS FOUGHT
ON EVE Of REPEAL
White, Revising Dry Stand,
Insists Upon Strong Meas
ure of Liquor Control.
BY ]. +. GALBRAITH.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 3d.
Though Gov. White took the whole
step and came over from the dry side
to support prohibition repeal, he now
takes the position that legislation for
| regulating the liquor trafic after re-
peal. must not include the re-establish-
| ment Of the saloon or anything like it.
Further than that he has not made
himself clear, but State Legislative
Commission at his suggestion has been
studying the situation in Canada.
Ohio will undoubtedly vote for repeal
on December z, when a State conven-
ton meets, and that will create a Sit
uation that will call for new legislation.
Gov. White has intimated he will call
the Legislature in special session to
provide this legislation, but he has de-
clared that there is no hope that a ma
jority could be brought to vote any ad-
dttional taxation on any interest.
New Taxes Sorely Needed.
Unfortunately the State will not elect
| new and more promising Legislature
| until November Of 1884, and 1t will not
meet under the constitution until jan
| uary, 1885. The need for new taxa
| alton methods will become acute before
that time, especially If the amendment
to the constitution limiting the rate of
taxation on real estate to l per cent,
| should be adopted by the voters on
November T.
Farmers and realty owners generally
are realizing now that when the State
| placed an amendment in the constitu-
| ton permitting the classification OF
| yroporf, a oyofioy, r,,,ypoeo<
rally increased tax burden was slipped
over upon real property. They will
| generally support the limitation as
means Of relief. For this reason it Is
expected to be adopted. If it is. theD
will be a scurrying in search for neD
sources of State revenue.
! Control Of the Legislature In special
| session under his order to provide funds
for weak school districts. slipped out Of
the hand of Gov. White Just as it
| seemed he had at last secured it and
| could put through his sales-tax plan
by which he had been urging the Leg
| islature to obtain the S3,000,000 add
i tional school funds since midsummer
| Tired out with the turmoil Of three
sessions since the first Of the year, the
legislators plainly were ready to come
| over to the governors position and vote
a sales tax as temporary emergency
| measure, when the retail trades aSso-
! ciation reformed their broken lines. re-
newed their defense and obtained defeat
Of the Governors plan by almost as
| decisive vote as m the previous spe-
cial session.
Governor Offers New Plan.
In this situation it was expected that
| the special session would vote the three
millions out of the general revenue
| fund, adjourn and let the Governor
veto it If he wished; and many Of the
members returned to their homes. Then
Gov. White proposed to increase the
excise tax on gross receipts Of utilities
as source Of additional revenues
| There had been a general demand for
this, and apparently there was a ma
| jority in each branch in favor of it.
The opponents of the Governors plan
saw that the only way to defeat it was
to bring an immediate sine die adjourn
ment.