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resolution referring the matter to Senator Sher- 

 iniin, and nothini: came of that matter cither. 

 The chief political legislation of the session was 



the pas^-iuc lit' a ci ingiv>sioiial a|iporti(iiiinciit 

 art designed t<> reverse, the political coinplexion 

 of the delegation elected under the apport.ion- 

 inent art passed by the previous (Democratic) 

 (ieneral Assembly. A large number of local 

 laws were enacted. Of those -of a general nature 

 the following were the principal: 



'To :i|ip<irtimi tin- Stati- of Ohio into congressional 

 districts under the eleventh i-ciisus of the United 

 Stati-, and \" repeal an act of the General Assembly 

 of tin' State nf Ohio passed 1890. 



To anirtid the net relating to tlie iiiipriMiriinent of 

 convicts in tho Ohio Penitentiary, and the employ- 

 ment, L'ovcinmcnt, and release of such convicts by 

 the Pmard of Managers. 



To amend the election laws. 



T<> prohibit barbcring on Sunday. 



To provide for the contest of elections of State and 

 judicial otlinrs. 



To provide against accidents in the stairways of 

 buildings. 



To art'ord better protection to life and limb of em- 

 plo\ . 



'I', i amend the laws governing the militia organi- 

 zations. 



To provide for more efficient organization of the 

 common schools in township districts. 



For tho better protection of animals in transit. 



Amending the laws relating to catching certain fish 

 in spawniiiLT season. 



To provide an additional asylum for care of the 

 insane. 



To amend the act for the better protection of skilled 

 labor, and for the registration of labels, marks, names, 

 or devices covering the prod nets of such labor of asso- 

 ciations of working men or women. 



To amend the act to provide for the better care and 

 protection to the property of imbecile or insane per- 

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To regulate the branding of cheese in the State of 

 Ohio, and to prevent fraud in its manufacture and 

 sale. 



Political. The Prohibition party was the first 

 to bring its ticket into the field. Its State Con- 

 vention was held at Columbus, May 26, and the 

 following ticket nominated : For Secretary of 

 State, George L. Case : Judges of Supreme Court, 

 Thomas D. Crow, John D. Moore; Clerk of Su- 

 preme Court. Z. C. Paine; Member of Board of 

 Public Works, Joseph J. Ware. The platform 

 declared that " the manufacture and sale of in- 

 toxicating liquors for beverage purposes should 

 be completely suppressed, and tne Government 

 should control the manufacture and sale of al- 

 coholic liquors for medicinal, mechanical, and 

 other legitimate purposes; and that taxation or 

 license of this criminal business in any form is 

 an alliance of government with criminals for 

 felonious pin-poses, a fraud upon the victims, and 

 an abrogation of the ordained use of civil gov- 

 ernment "; opposed any citizen's being denied 

 the right tn vote OM account of sex; protested 

 against the right of nonresident aliens to acquire 

 land : favored tho control by the people of rail- 

 roads. telegraphs, and other natural monopolies, 

 and contained other declarations. There wa 

 a controversy in the convention on the tariff 

 declaration reported. and a substitute was adopt- 

 ed, which declared that 



Tariff should be levied only as a defense against 

 foreign governments which levy tariff upon or bar 



out our products from their market*, revenue being 

 Incidental The residue <!' menu- to an 



economical administration of the (iovcrnmcnt should 

 be raised l>\ a graduated income tux. 



The Kepublican ( 'onvention was held at Cleve- 

 land, on April 28. The following ticket was nomi- 

 nated : For Secretary of State, Samuel II. Taylor: 

 Judges of the Supreme Court, William T. Spear, 

 Jacob F. Burket: Clerk of the Supreme Court. 

 Josiah B. Allen ; Member of Board of Public 

 Works, E. L. Lybarger. The platf inn approved 

 the administrations of President Harrison and 

 Gov. McKinley, and on the prominent issues of 

 the campaign made the following declarations: 



The best exemplification of the principle of protec- 

 tion, a cardinal one with the Republican party, that 

 has found expression in the statutes, is the MeKmley 

 bill ; and we cordially declare our adhesion to the 

 doctrines of that great measure, including, as worthy 

 of particular mention, its reciprocity feuti 



We are opposed to the free coinage of silver by the 

 United States under existing circumstanced ; and we 

 would not favor it except under conditions that would 

 reasonably insure the maintenance of the substantial 

 parity between the bullion and the mint or money 

 value of its coin. Every coined dollar should have 

 the intrinsic as well as tne monetary value of every 

 other coined dollar. 



We favor just and liberal pensions to every soldier 

 and sailor who fought in behalf of the Union" 



And we hcartly indorse the disability pension bill, 

 as an act of justice too long delayed because of the 

 opposition to all just pension legislation by a Demo- 

 cratic President and a Democratic Congress. 



We believe in a free ballot and, a tair count, and 

 affirm that unless intelligent and patriotic sentiment 

 accord these rights to the humblest citizen in every 

 section of the country it becomes the duty of the 

 Federal Government to secure them by Federal en- 

 actment under the authority conferred by the Con- 

 stitution. 



While inviting to our shores the worthy poor and 

 oppressed of other nations, we demand the enactment 

 of laws that will protect our country and our people 

 against the influx of the vicious and criminal cla--i -s 

 or foreign nations, and the importation of laborers 

 under contract to compete with our own citizens. 



The Democratic Convention met at Cleveland, 

 on June 15, and nominated the following ticket : 

 For Secretary of State, William A. Taylor ; 

 Judges of the Supreme Court, John B. Driggs, 

 Thomas Beer; Clerk of Supreme Court. William 

 H. Wolfe ; Member of Board of Public Works, 

 John Myers. The platform asserted that "the 

 seventieth General Assembly of Ohio, with its 

 Republican majority of two thirds in both 

 branches, will go down in the history of the 

 State as the most inefficient, incompetent, and 

 profligate of any Legislature ever chosen in Ohio," 

 and proceeded to specify the charges. On the 

 general issues it said : 



\Ve are opposed to all class legislation, and believe 

 in a tariff levied for the sole purpose of producing a 

 revenue sufficient to defray tne legitimate CM 

 of the Government economically administered, and 

 we protest against the policy nf so-called protection 

 illustrated l.y the McKinlcy bill, as championed 1\ 

 the Republican party; and i'li the interests of agricul- 

 ture ami labor \ve demand a reform of the present 

 tariff and a reduction of unnecessary and burden- 

 some taxation. That in the hiirh taritl' recently im- 

 posed by certain Kuropean nations on American grain 

 and American meat we recognize an etlort on the part 

 of these governments to strike a blow at American 

 agriculture in retaliation for the high duties imposed 



