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DHE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1913.
I PROGRESSIVE LAWS
OHIO DURING
What the Buckeye State Has
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T1IIS Is the day of the progressive
movement In our government,
from the national capital down
to the township center. Wheth
er tho great mass of new and revolu
tionary legislation now being enacted
will bo found good, as its authors and
supporters assort, or unsound and det
rimental, as its opponents predict, It
must bo admitted that the movement
Is making political history, not only
for tho United States, but for the
world as well.
Among the states that have been
helping make that history few can
claim bigcer net results than Ohio,
whoso general assembly has recently
passed so many progressive measures
that It seems at llrst sight to have al
most revolutionized tho laws of the
state.
Many other commonwealths, of'
course, are working along tho same
line, but as an Illustration of concrete
achievement no better illustration
than Ohio could bo selected at present.
It is Interesting, llrst of all, to note
that tho Ohio lawmakers have given
legal effect to fifty-live of the flfty-slx
specific legislative recommendations
made by Governor James M. Cos In
his message to the assembly. The one
recommendation which did not get
through was one contained in tho state
Democratic platform proposing home
rule In taxation. It was suspected of
squinting at tho single tax, and the
two resolutions to give effect to it were
voted down.
Bewildering Changes.
Changes that are bewildering In mag
nitude, politically revolutionary in
their departure from tho past, mark
the three months' work of the general
assembly. Twelve months ago the
state, from the progressives' stand
point was a backward one so far as
its constitution and laws were con
cerned. A review of the laws enacted
since discloses that the commonwealth
has been taken from the list of con
servative states and placed in the pro
gressive column.
Ono of the Important measures en
acted by tho assembly provided for a
state wide primary and sounded tho
knell of all nominating conventions by
requiring that all elective officials,
state, county, municipal and township,
except in political subdivisions of less
than 2,000 population, shall be nomi
nated by primary.
Separate state and national ballots
were provided, and hereafter Ohloans
will vote for the entire list of presi
dential electors on a ticket by making
a single cross. Next fall the people
will vote on the proposed short ballot,
constitutional amendments providing
for tho appointment of all state officers
and to authorize the shortening of
county and township ballots by giving
the general assembly power to desig
nate what officials in theso subdivi
sions shall be elected and what ap
pointed. Tho removal of public officials, judges
and members of tho general assembly
was a weapon given tho people to bo
used by them in their fight against
dereliction of duty and misconduct In
office. Half holidays were created on
election days so as to give all an op
portunity to participate in the selec
tion of public officials, nnd tho corrupt
practices act was strengthened so as to
prevent tho purchasing of elections.
Mothers' Pension Law.
The Cox adherents point with pride
to a mothers' pension law, under which
a mnxlmum of $15 per month may be
given to needy mothers for the first
child under fourteen years of ago and
a maximum of $7 for each additional
child under that age. Tho money is to
bo raised by n levy, which must not ex
ceed one-half of 1 per cent, and It must
appear that it is to tho Interest of tho
child to remain with its mothor. Tes
timony must show that without tho
pension the family would bo broken.
Workmen nnd their dependents will
be compensated for injuries by indus
trial accidents through compulsory
workmen's compensation. The fund is
to be raised by tho employers, laborers
contributing nothing, and nil Ohio peo
ple employing more than five persons
must pay Into It. A state Industrial
commission was created to consolidate
the activities of seven different labor
departments that have been working
without team work nnd to co-ordinate
theso activities.
This commission will fix the hours of
employment for women and children,
and it will gather data for a minimum
wage law for women.
Closely allied with these measures
Is a series of bills reorganizing tho
penal system of tho state. Provision
was mado for tho transfer of tho pen!
teutlary prisoners from tho dirt and
grimo of tho old Institution in tho heart
of tho manufacturing district of tho
capital city to a new penitentiary to be
built in tho pure and wholesomo at
mosphere of tho country.
Heretofore juvenile Judges In tho dif
ferent counties havo been committing
delinquent and defective children to
stato institutions, and wrong establish
ments have been selected many times.
As a remedy a stato board of adminis
tration baring charge of institutions Is
to be given custody of juveniles so
committed from tho counties for tho
ENACTED IN
LAST FEW MONTHS 1
Changes That Seem Revolu-
tionary Brought About Un-
der the Cox Regime.
purpose of studying their needs in an
observation cottage and then to send
thcii to tho institution best cqulppod
to give the needed treatment and care.
For tho convenience and protection
of tho people who go to court there
wns effected a complete reorganization
of the Judiciary. The journey through
the state courts via the common pleas,
circuit and state supremo, has been a
two years' trip, every step filled with
expense and trouble. Now tho trip
can be made in about half the time in
00 per cent of all litigation, as a now
law gives tho circuit court flnnl Juris
diction in all litigation except tbat in
which tho legality of laws is ques
tioned. To thwnrt ngents of public utilities
who havo resorted to court delay to
prevent the operation of rate reduc
tions by tho public utilities commis
sion, appeals to the courts from such
decisions must be commenced in tho
tribunal having final Jurisdiction. Such
procedure is provided for on court ap
peals from tho orders of practically
all state boards ond commissions.
To prevent "hung" juries, laws wore
passed providing that verdicts may be
returned, except in criminal cases,
upon the ngreement of three-fourths of
tho twelve Jurymen.
With Governor Cox, himself a suc
cessful farmer, on the job, Ohio farm
ers were cared for by a bill which
creates a state agricultural commis
sion for the purpose of consolidating
and correlating the activities of seven
different state agricultural depart
ments, whose work has been triplicat
ing and duplicating.
For Good Eoads.
All the measures advocated by the
Ohio Federation of Good Koads So
cieties were enacted. Provision was
made for the raising of ?3,500.000 an
nually for ten yenrs for tho purpose of
eliminating rnudholes nnd giving tho
commonwealth a complete system of
Improved intercounty and market
roads that will bo impervious to snow
and rain.
Bills were passed to giro tho btato a
modern budget system, under which
tho governor will call biennially upon
heads of departments for the submis
sion to him of estimates of money
needed. Ho thus will bo able to care
fully scan all estimates, weigh the
needs of all departments and make the
necessary recommendations to tho gen
eral assembly to secure sueh economy
as is consistent with good service.
For years tho cost of maintaining
tho public schools increased much
faster than enrollment of pupils, while
the influence of the rural schools
steadily decreased. A commission was
created to mnko a complete survey
for tho purpose of ascertaining defects
in the system nnd to recommend reme
dies. An amendment to tho stato consti
tution last fall required a reorganiza
tion nnd rehabilitation of tho common
school system to be made, and this
commission will report to tho special
session of the general assembly next
January a new code of school laws.
The commission is expected to em
body the best features of tho scientific
codes of other states, and it is tho de
sire that the now lows be made rep
resentative of tho best thought of ed
ucators on tho subject of administer
ing tho common schools.
A "Blue Sky" Act. '
Unscrupulous dealers in fraudulent
securities, stocks nnd bonds were aim
ed nt when a "blue sky" act was pass
ed. Under it the stato superintendent
of banks and banking was given pow
er to license or refuse licenses to nil
brokers. The same official must cer
tify to tho character of stock in all
new corporations beforo it may be
sold, and nnybody who wishes to Bell
land situated outside the stato to a
resident of Ohio must certify to the
banking superintendent full informa
tion about such land. Violations of
tho law aro classed as felonies, with
imprisonment and heavy fines for pun
ishment Tho taxing machinery of tho stato
was reorganized so as to catch tho
dodgers who havo escaped contributing
their share of tax money by either hid
ing property or getting inadoquato val
uations. Instead of electing assessors
and thereby placing them under obli
gation to the property owners for their
positions, a law was enacted under
which theso officials will bo appointed.
In tho interest of tho market basket
of tho Ohio housewife a now act pro
vides that whoever combines to fix the
prices of certain foodstuffs shall bo fin
ed or sent to the penitentiary. Dry
foodstuffs must bo sold by weight In
stead of measure so thero will bo no
loopholes for tho unscrupulous dealers
to use crooked measures.
To conservo tho forests such lands
nro exempt from taxation not to ex
ceed twenty acres to a farm. Tho
stato forester may take over waste
land and plant it with seedlings. To
promoto tho public health tho state de
partment dealing with such subject
wns given 520,000 to uso in a campaign
against tuberculosis, nnd counties wero
required to send visiting nurses to tu
berculars to instruct them how to care
for themselves.
MONORAIL GARS
RON INJRELAND
Road May Be the Germ of
Great Future Improvements.
SHORT LINE IS A SUCCESS.
Trains Make Round Trip of Three
Miles Between Ballybunlon and Bel
more In Fast Time of Five Minutes.
Locomotive Has Elliptical Boiler and
Firebox Lift Bridges For Crossings.
Mnny nttempta havo boon mnde to
devise a car that would run on ono
all, but nono of tho so called "mono
rail" systems havo amounted to much.
Instead of hnving one rail they really
havo three two extm ones below tho
main carrier to keep tho cars from
toppling over.
Tho only gcnulno monorail roads
tested extensively aro those where the
cors are kept on tho rail by means of
a gyroscope or whero tho cars were
suspended by n kind of trolley arrange
ment. Neither system lias boon a success
because tho small saving effected in
constructing the lino is moro than out
weighed by the inconveniences of the
"one rail" system.
Ireland is now offering to the world,
howevor, a contribution in tho form of
a monorail road of an odd design. This
road seems nlmost absurd, yet it may
bo tho germ of great improvements.
Tho first electric railway in the world
was operated at the Giant's causeway
in the northeast Ireland, and though
every one scoffed nt that nttempt and
said that electricity would never have
the strength to pull loaded cars we now
see electric cars all over the world.
Where the Shannon Flows.
Where tho broad mouth of tho river
Shannon mingles its waters with the
ocean, whore tho stern west coast
of Ireland thrusts Its promontories
toward America, stands Ballybunlon.
About a mile and a half farther north
stands Bolmore, and between these two
small towns extends that quaint little
road, tho Ballybuniou monorail.
On its slnglo track, raised on a tres
tle and in its curious cars passengers
and freight aro carried from Bally
bunlon nnd Belmoro nnd back again In
tho romarkable time of flvo minutes.
Tho monorail on which its strange
locomotive nnd trains run is about
three feet high, whllo tho distance be
tween tho lower rolls, which servo to
maintain tho equilibrium of the rolling
stock, is nbout two foot.
Most remarkable of its equipment Is
the locomotive, with its queer elliptical
boiler and firebox. It has one cylin
der on each aide, tho rods of which are
Inside connected to the drivers.
Car Is Divided.
Tho interior of a passonger car Is di
vided into two longitudinal compart
ments, which nro entered by separate
doors. Freight nnd stock cars are sim
ilarly divided.
To enable pedestrians nnd wagons to
cross tho tracks of the Ballybunlon
railroad small lift bridges aro con
structed at tho various roads and re
main In a lowered position for the ac
commodation of traffic.
When it is neccseary for a train to
pass such a point tbo crossing flag
man raises tho bridge, thus permitting
tho train to proceed. Tho Ballybunlon
road hauls considerable freight for so
short a road.
CHICAGO BABY A SCHOLAR.
Child Two Years Old Goes Abroad to
Study a Year.
Llttlo Janet Urlo of Chicago, who is
two years old, has gone to Europe to
study in Rome. Sho Is to have the
most modern training that It is possi
ble for tho daughter of progressive par
ents to hnve.
Miss Janet already can lisp in three
languages, and when next she sees her
Chicago friends it to oxpocted that she
will speak Italian fluently.
Llttlo Janet is tbo daughter of Dr.
John Francis Uric, former assistant
surgeon general In tho United States
navy and private physician to Theo
doro Roosevelt when tho latter was
president. Her mother Is tho daughter
of William Dudley Foulko, author, so
ciologist nnd progressive leader. Sho
Is herself a woman of remarkable at
tainments nnd will toko a courso of
training for educating her daughter
under the direct supervision of Mine.
Montcssori In Rome.
Tho aim of tho parents Is to give
their daughter a proper start toward
becoming the most modern and scien
tifically brought up twentieth century
woman. As tho parents accompanied
Miss Janet when sho sailed from New
JTork sho offered no objection to the
programme.
Tho Urlo family expects to live in
Romo for at least a year and probably
longer. If Miss Janet has not in that
time mastered nil the fine points in tho
Montessorl methods of training, her
mother expects to havo becomo euffl
tlently skilled to continuo tho work In
Chicago.
Letters From 8outh Pole.
Two letters which Captain R. F.
Scott of the British antarctic expedi
tion stamped at tho south polo were
received recently In London. Thoy
wero addressed to Mr. Ward, tho for
mer premier of Now Zealand, who now
Is In London. The letters, each bear
ing a two cent stamp, went by way of
Now Zealand.
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BIHGHAMION, N. Y.
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Pure Bred Black Perchcron Stallion
Weight 1500 pounds, ago seven
years, will stand at Hamlin, Monday
afternoons; Ariel, Tuesday fore
noons; Canaan, Tuesday afternoons;
Home at Cherry Ridge, Wednesdays;
R. Cliffs, Prompton, Thursday fore
noons; Dyberry, A. K. Kimble's, Fri
day forenoons; National Hotel Barn,
Honesdale, Saturdays.
TEN DOLLARS TO INSURE
ALSO
George
a three-quarter black Percheron
stallion, weight 1400 pounds, nge 5
years, will stand at same places and
days.
Sale of mare does not release par
ty engaging service from payment
of fee.
C. W. Reining,
Cherry Ridge
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