The Ohio Constitutional Convention by S. B. H.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 4, 1912

The Ohio Constitutional Convention

By S. B. H.

THIRTY amendments to the charter of the commonwealth of Ohio will be submitted to the people of that State next fall for their rejection or adoption. Among these is an amendment, which, if adopted, will give to women full and equal enfranchisement with men.

The liquor traffic has been the cause of considerable strife in the politics of Ohio for sixty years. It is now proposed to limit the traffic to one saloon for five hundred population, prohibit brewery-owned saloons, and preserve all existing local-option laws. The business is to be licensed. Press reports indicate that the temperance and local organizations have asserted that they will not oppose the approval of the proposal by the electors.

Of the proposals which affect the principles of religious liberty, we learn that Proposal No. 121, which provides for the declaration that Ohio is a Christian State, has been indefinitely postponed by the committee having it in charge. The proposals concerning Sunday legislation have not been acted upon as yet.

S. B. H.