Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-01-25
Columbus Letter
(By Chas. w. Rife


Ohio has too many counties in
the opinion of Senator w. E. Hand
ley, of Cincinnati, who suggests
that SO instead of 88 would be
plenty for the state. The only way
to achieve such change would be
by initiative and referendum or u
vote of the people. Government in
Ohio" Handley says, should be
based on population, not on county
area. A county with 5000 popu-
/ lation has one representative, while
another county with 100000 has
only nine. The 88 counties of Ohio
represent century-old system.
: They are too many Fifty coun-
ties would be plenty. Hamilton,
. Clermont, Butler and Brown coun-
; ties, for instance, could be merged
into a single county" He asserted
1.-The state now has too many sena-
tors and members of the house. =
Instead of 1875 members of the
house." he explained, "75 would be
enough. Instead of so senator's. 25
would be adequate. This would
mean a reduction of government
expenses"
The Donahey-Davey combination
talk which started in December
seems to be spreading with re-
markable rapidity, and more than
that it seems about to become a re-
ality. Recently the president of
the federated farm clubs, with a
membership of more than 10000
farmers, called on former Vic Dom
ahey urging him to become a can
didate for the United States senate.
At the same time the petition which
was presented the ex-governor urg-
ed the nomination of former Con-
gresham Martin L. Davey for the
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor. C. E. Wharton, Kenton,
who headed the delegation which
came to Columbus, said I'VE have
the A. A. A., the NJ r. A., ETC., now
let us have a double D ticket in
Ohio, meaning Donahey and Dav-
ey." But to date neither Donahey
nor Davey has given any positive in
dication that he will seek hon
ors at the hands of Ohio voters.
But early decisions Of both or eth
er would not be surprising. 1t is
said that Congressman Charles
Truax will not be a candidate for
the senate should Donahey enter the
contest, but that if the former gov
ernor declines, he will oppose Gov
ernor White who has announced his
candidacy.
Next week is farmers week at
Ohio State University. and between
5000 and 5000 farmers and their
families are expected to attend the
lectures and demonstrations held
during the week The first session
will be held next Monday morning,
and there will be four sessions
daily until the following Saturday,
Feb. g. The Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation has arranged special
program for January 29 and 80.
Dairy interests, including producers.
distributors, and marketing
agencies, will meet January 81, to
discuss a production control plan.
A forum will be conducted by the
Ohio milk marketing commission. A
special program has been arranged
by the Ohio state grange for Feb
ruary 2.
Nudists pictures are barred from
the movie picture screen in Ohio.
That is for public showing. Colum-
bus, the home of the censor board
has always been a city in which un-
censored pictures have been pri-
vately shown to select and invited
but the state movie cen
sors have declared that public
of nudist pictures is not
to be permitted. The action came
when the board was asked to ap-
prove Back to Nature" and "Near-
ly Naked" which were viewed by
the two women members of the
board. OF course the wardrobe
cost of such pictures is very little,
and the scenic background is gen.
orally in wooded districts, the cost
Of production is not so high, and
with the ntdist move proving a
great drawing card, the producers
would reap rich rewards if the pic
lures could be shown. But Ohio,
ike many other states has barred
hem for good.