Old Rural-Urban Battle in Ohio Legislature Resumed
In Columbus Ohio the rural urban clash over a proposed constitutional county government amendment continued in the Senate committee. The Regional Government committee backed the measure amid fears of annexation and loss of local autonomy. Local officials argued for simplified county functions while Taft defended the project as restoring local powers under a cooperative framework. CAT FINDS CONSTRICTOR.
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Empty Seats At Longworth Oil Embargo Caucus
Washington Feb 26 Speaker Longworth faces a sparsely attended Republican caucus to renominate him as embargo opposition grows. About 60 oil state lawmakers threaten abstention unless a compromise bill gains momentum. Insurgents from Wisconsin Minnesota Kansas and Iowa expect no attendance. A party fracture risk looms as Lagardia and allies seek nonbinding rules and liberty for future reform.
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Position shift prompts new approach on bill crafting
Word of his stance reached New England representatives and after hurried talks he abandoned prior orders for the ways and means committee. The move signals a strategic pivot in how the bill will be developed despite earlier guidance.
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Speed Action On Bill To Permit Relief Bonds
Columbus, Feb 26. Senate Taxation Committee urged speed passage of the Pringle Roberts bill allowing municipalities to issue unemployment and relief bonds up to one twentieth of one percent of the tax duplicate. House already passed. Senate to act early next week. Dayton law director John Harshman urged restoring the original one tenth percent limit. The committee refused the request. a special tax panel may draft a future measure.
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Emmons Bill Endorsed by Elyria Club in Ohio Legislature
The Elyria Republican Woman's Club endorses the Emmons Bill for sterilization now before Ohio's Legislature. Endorsements include heads of state institutions for the feeble minded and epileptics, probate judges, physicians, 800 ministers, civic groups, and the Ohio Race Betterment Association. In Columbus, Feb 26, seven of 596 House bills have been withdrawn, with 42 others returned to authors.
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Opposition to Change of Venue in Sheriff Davenport Killing Trial
In Bucyrus on February 26 opposition affidavits signed by 198 residents were filed with County Prosecutor J Dudley Sears against a venue change for the Walter and Blanton Balls murder trial. Sears had earlier filed 67 counter-affidavits from the defendants' attorneys claiming a fair trial could not be held locally. The prosecutor summoned the 67 signers to testify in court. Panama Canal traffic hits four year low.
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