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Show BIG DISAPPOINTMENT IN OHIO Buckeye State Failed te Pass Appropriation Appro-priation of 150,000,000 to Im- prove Its Roads. Tbe greatest disappointment of last year was tbe vote of Ohio on tbe constitutional con-stitutional amendment to authorise the general assembly to Issue bonds of the state In an amount not to exceed tSO.OOO.OOO for the purpose of constricting con-stricting and maintaining an Inter-county Inter-county aystem of wagon roads. Tbe vote was: for. 272.527; against 274.-CIS; 274.-CIS; majority against 2.091. This close vote wss all the more unfortunate, because be-cause tbe issue was act decided on Its merits Forty-two amendments were voted on, snd In tbe tal to defeat de-feat some of them, thousands of voters slaughtered ail. Bo, under the circumstances, it waa probably surprising sur-prising tbst the vote la fsvor waa, as large as I waa But It Is a shock to find that such a stste af Ohio out of l .250.000 qualified voters less tbaa 600.000 took the trouble to go to the polls to vote oa constitutional amendments, amend-ments, and not all or these paid aa aUefiUon to good roads. |