Show OHIO Of MENDING HER tIER CODE A special session of the Ohio Legislature is ia now wrestling with the most important business that body hody has had haI before it for many a year jear The session session ses ses- sion fion was called to straighten out the confusion caused by the thc recent decision of the Supreme court declaring the special city charters masquerading as general laws to be unconstitutional The decision was brought about largely through Mayor or Jones ToneR of Toledo It Jt played havoc with the established boss order of things in several cities It was necessary to convene con the In making law body to establish re-establish or or- orI I der Gov Gm Nash through a commission has hus bad had a scheme drafted for a a. municipal code which will be presented to the Legislature and anti some rival rial codes arc are urged upon ip n attention as well as many amendments amend amend- ments dealing with particular features of the asli code cole There is an au i issue between State control con con- trot and home rule Gov Go Nash wants a State Stute law for the police Certain cities want absolute control of their own police Indeed local interests and State interests are sadly at odds Another troublesome trouble trouble- some question is that of municipal ownership of certain public utilities such as the street cars the public li lighting ht ng etc Mayors Johnson of Cleveland and Jones of Toledo wish the cities to have the right to embark in lighting and transportation enterprises enter enter- while the owning franchise corporations are opposed to this As the street railway franchises of Cleveland soon expire there is also much anxiety to fix the tile granting franchise power to secure renewals renewals re re- re on favorable fa terms In Cincinnati the tile political po I boss 1085 is a very cry heavy holder of gas stock street railway stock and like stocks So is Senator Foraker Gov Nash is a Republican He is if an honest though a weak man While trying to serve ser the tile State and anel the thc people he be must deal with his party The be municipal charter already drafted and submitted for the consideration of the Legislature smacks strongly the interests of various business and political organizations rather than the interests of the whole people Eel Every State in the Union can profit by a study of the proceedings of the General Assembly of Ohio Obio now remaking its form of municipal code |