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Domestic News
February 22, 1906
The Leon Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
What is this article about?
The Ohio Senate passed a bill setting a 2-cent maximum passenger rate for railroads in the state. The House committee approved it favorably, likely making it law. Previously stalled for 20 years, this year railroads withheld passes from legislators, prompting criticism of their self-righteousness.
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The Ohio senate has passed a bill fixing 2 cents as the maximum passenger rate in that state. The house committee has acted favorably on it and it will no doubt become a law. The same sort of a bill, it is said, has been offered every year for twenty years but has never got out of the committee room. This year the railroads decided not to give any passes to legislators. Yet we have no doubt that the legislators are so swelled up on their virtue that they feel at liberty to denounce as corporation tools all who do not agree with them.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Economic
Transportation
What keywords are associated?
Ohio Bill
Passenger Rate
Railroads
Legislators
Passes
Where did it happen?
Ohio
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Ohio
Outcome
bill passed senate and favorably reported by house committee; expected to become law.
Event Details
Ohio Senate passed bill fixing maximum 2-cent passenger rate for railroads. House committee acted favorably. Similar bills introduced annually for 20 years but previously failed. Railroads withheld passes from legislators this year.