Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 February 1895 — Page 4
THE BANNER TIMES, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5. 189o.
NICHOLSON'S BILL. WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE PROPOSED TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION? Int«»rei»T and Activity at Hich Tension on tl»«- SnPoker tiume With a “Kins'* er**—I'aumiM of Kepublicuiui—Personal Gossi|>« [Special Corrc»si|>ondence.1 InpianaI'olis, Fob. 5.—What is to become of t ho Nicholson temperance bill? This question is one which not only seems to bo agitating the membership of the general assembly, but it has also stirred up the people of the state to an unusual a-tivity on the subject. The measure in itself possesses so many innovations that it at once sprung into prominenoe as a matter for discussion, and from all over the state there are now coming reports of indorsement by mass meetings and petitions by the many score for its passage. Naturally th.s has stirred up the opposing element and a strong fight promises to result. It cannot be gainsaid that the bill was unexpected and created a great surprise when first offered. The comment then was that even though its author was chairman of the temperance committee in the house the bill would never see the light of day, a decided majority of that committee being opposed to anything nearly so radical. Now, however, it ■eems improbable that the measure can be defeated in committee, it leing reported that a majority is ready to make a report recommending the a '.option of the bill, and the contest is turning toward the fl >or of the Louse, .lust when the measure will be rejsirted i* still a question of doubt, bat word has gona out to temperance workers to be in readiness to come to the capital at the appropriate time and take up the fight. What the result will be cannot be predicted with anything like absolute certainty just now. but 1 will not be surprised if the house indorses the act by a narrow margin. Chief reliance on defeating the bill lavs with the senate, it is said, by the opposing faction, and expressions as to how the question is regarded in that branch we particularly wt .1 guarded Mr. Niclio son. the author of the bill, hails from 1 okomo, and is very much in earest in his struggle for the bill’s enactment. He is a Quaker, aged atiout 8s. and is oi ; of the few physical giants of the house. lie proposes to keep up tin- fight to the last ditch and will give np only after al solute defeat has beeu encountered. # # Last night’s caucus of Republican memliers of the house and senate on political questions did not result in the definite shaping of the policy that is to be pursued. In fact, several of the joint committees appointed to consider the various questions had not atrreed upon measures to be urged and asked for further time. There was a rather strong sentiment for the Wishard legislative apportionment bill, with a few changes, but the congressional measure was allowed to go over for the time, so divergent are the views on this question. The question of management of the benevolent institutions was discussed pro and con without reaching common ground, and prison managements were also discussed. In the latter matter there was practical unanimity in favor of a change in the southern prison and a strong sentiment in support of a proposition to reorganize the northern prison while the work was being done. One of the youngest members of the legislature, who comes from one of the most thinly settled counties of the state, was wheedled into playing a game of poker during the first week of the session and was immediately noted by his colleagues as an ‘‘easy mark,” for he displayed little or no knowledge of the game and lo.-t a neat little sum. It did not seem to bother him, however, for he was ready and willing to play again and continued to loose with great good humor. Two or three nights ago he brought a green looking young man into the room and introduced him as a friend from his own community. He gave two or three members a quiet tip that his young and awkward looking friend was the son of a we ilthy farmer and carried a goodly roll oi money; As was perfectly natural, there was a game before long and the awk .van! friend didn’t do a thing but carry oil' all the money in the crowd. It was the same old story. The young solo i had become tired of losi g and hud sent to a neighboring city for a "ringer,” -***— The hon-e was on a broad grin last Wednesday when d Suc .ec.I u iitg ”- itng nuid of -r-"-T>ee hii) nnd passing it The chairman of the insurance committee is an insurance agent, an l the srronjest i... ni" ‘r av it, aid is not disposed to rtgard with favor any it.novations upon the insurance laws that will give thi companies the worst of it. While a large number of bills attacking the nern! aliens of insurance companies —such as the rating compact, the NO per c«ut clause and other features, and two or three “value of the policy” hills— have been infrodneed, none of these have seen the light of Lay. Two of these Tills happened to be referred to the judiciary co.amittee and w.-rc reported favorably a eonple of weeks ago. Wh a the reports come in Willoughby and McBeth succeeded in getting through a motion to recommit one ot them to the insurance committe. They thought they had gotten both of them there, and w- re consequently much surprised on Wednesday when Mr. Davis’ bill declaring the 80 t>er cent clause illegal came up on third reading. Insurance people made a fight to tiirow it back into the hands of the insurance committee, but they were outgeneraled in the n: .tier r*' parliamentary proceedurc and the Li!! was passed. -***— One of the notable characters of the house is Ad Howe, the blacksmith of Martinsville. Howe is a man about 00 years p’d, with rather long hair and a long gray beard, He is one of the >«*st read men in the house and has evidently devoured all sorts of literature with an omnivorous appetite. He makes a very good speech and astonished tbs house very much with his maiden effort.
One of‘.tie local a-w papers remarked tiiat ho hud made the best speech yet delivered in the house. This came near mining him, for ever since he has felt impelled to tall: at length on every subject that comes up and, though he talks well, there is complaint from some members who want to shine themselves that Howe is talking altogether too much. The fight is raging with redoubled vigor on the expanse fund question for building and loan associations. On one Bide there are a large number of people declaring that the associations should lie compelled to deduct their expenses from their earnings instead of from the dues paid in. On the other hand, all the officers of the associations interested, and a groat many other people, declare that this would mean a general smash of the building associations and enlarge at length upon the very apparent good that has been accomplished by the associations. The fight does not interest the purely local associations, whose ex-pen-es are practically nothing, but it is of the most vital interest to the associations of state or national scope. I have my donbts as to whether the legislature will go so far as to cut off the expense fund altogether, but it is probable that a law will be passed providing | for sworn statements of business done and expenses incurred, either at stated periods or at call of the auditor, and that J the expense funds will be limited by a sort of sliding scale arrangement of per- [ ceutage on the funds handled. Both houses have taken favorable action upon the libel bill which was introduced by Senator Shively and Mr. Statesman in their respective branches, and it looks as though the bill which is so heartily indorsed by all the editorial associations of the state would have comparatively smooth sailing. It is modeled almost directly after the Minnesota law a d is a much more modern bit of legislation than the tirubbs law, now on the statute books. -***— ‘T am here to say to you.” One can hear this in the house four or five times during the day, and lie always knows that Mr. Pettit of Wabash, is starting in on a speech. Nothing escapes Mr. Pettit’s eagle eye. He is a keen lawyer and scrutinizes with the utmost care every bill that comes before the house, and he usually has something to say on every question that cotnes up, invariably introducing his remarks with the sentence “I am here to say to you.” —***- George \V. Allison of Nashville is the oldest member of ’he house and lias the distinguished honor of being the only Republican representative from Brown comity the >tate has ever known. Allison htis for years sacrificed himself for the benefit of the Republican party by running a Republican paper at Nashville, and, as one can readily imagine, \ Republican newspaper in Brown county has a desperate struggle for life. Allison’s chief hobby is a bill to compel the county officials to do the “county printing in two newspapers opposite in politics instead of one. This is the only wav on earth that the old gentleman could ever hope to get half a show at the county printing in Brown and he is very much in earnest atiout it. —***- Captain Hamrick of Danville is the only representative who dares to wear a white satin tie in the daytime. However, he has just married a young wife and comes from the overwheniing R< publican county of Hendricks and feels that these f >cts entitle him to do about as he pleases in such matters. -***- Memliers of the legislature are somewhat paralyzed by the demands made upon them by the state institutions. Should these requests be acceded to, with anything like the figures asked, the state treasury would be exhausted before the appropriation bill is half finished. President Swain of the State University, which has heretofore been getting $40,000 a year, started the ball rolling with the modest request of $200,000 a year for maintenance and $50,000 for buildings. President Smart of Purdue wants $75,000 per year and a specific appropriation of $75,000 for buildings. The State N ormal school wants a spec fic appropriation of about $40,y00, in addition to its p-ual maintenance. Alexander Johnson of the Feebleminded institute wants .,-45,000 to buy a farm and sundry incidentals. And thus it goes through the whole catagory. The committee is u tennined to make no increase in th tux levy, and at the same time it proposes to continue the pay- ! nient of the state debt at the rate of something over $300,000 per year. While ! it does not lieve in stinting the benevolent institutions, it is hardly likelv to endeavor to put Bloomington and Burdue on a p ir witn Harvard and Yule UUtii ,1;2 -- ite hT." ‘'"'CO f.. uome extent relieved of its burden of doubt. —***— ! Souio little inju«tice ha-been done to the institutions by rno newspttgei - iu a perfectly unintentional way by printing comparisons of their per capita cost with that of Ohio institutions. The matter of per capita cost depends altogether on the way you figure. In Ohio they fl.nire upon bare st bsistence and clothing consumed by the inmates, leaving the cost of administration, repairs, minor improvement* and all the other expenses of the institutions to be taken from other funds, in nearly aii the Indiana insti' itions all these expense* are lumped unoer the head of maintenance, and the per capita cost is gotten at by dividing the sum by the figure representing the average attendance for tl i year. Anti just here is another point whore the <>hio people take a slight advent ’ge by using as a divisor their total ei rollment. which is always a larger figuo than the average attendance. Senator Al Wishard stands in something like . he position of an absolute monarch so far as legislation effecting Indianapolis affairs is concerned. All the other Indianapolis senators are Democrats and the outside Republicans on the committee on Indianapolis affairs believe that whatever Wishard says is righ f and usually vote in whatever direction he may indicate. He is inclined to oe conservative on these subjects and jo consider very carefully the matters brought before the committee.
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wnaiiflsnouMiiieioiilii HAVE I Done my duty to my family? Made them safe from the pangs of want? Made arrangements to meet all my debts? Provided a future home for my children? Provided means to educate my children? Provided against the cold chanty of the
world?
Provided for old age’ Provided for long sickness? Provided for death? Provided for funeral expenses? Insured my life! If Not, You should insure at once with J M. HURLEY, over Hirst National Hank
't ill snpplj the pt o| 1 c \\ till firslclii- ! Gb'OI I,III F.S at tin* lm\«-st livinj prici s. I also ki-i-p a full lint- nf (iht — ware anil tj e> nswar*-. D- enrateil Din tier Sets, nwls and I’itehers, and Tin ware nf all kinds. Salt hv the harrei. I keep a line line (if Tn let Snaps. All I kinds nf Fruits. Nuts and < ainlies tin llnliday Trade, l ast but tint least, wil give with every bux nf Mascntt’s link ing I’nwder—price 25 cents—a child * quadruple silver set, einhnssed knife, fork and spoon. Just the thing. J. W. Moore,
. Side Square. Abram’s Old Stand. • 44-3m
Trav-*! la . ac* cofitmoi. le - the Through Pullman Buflet Skepiax Car* running over the lines ol the Louis* vide & Nashville Railroad.
J. MERKLE THE TAILOR
In his old stand above the Western I'nion Telegraph Office Ml of you who wish tailor lug done bring it in imy time during the week. No work done on Sunday. All work cash. All work left over 30 days extra charge
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L.UBT&K& Tho B ci 1x0 mi nn Can supply you with better BREAD 1 ban you can make yourself
and CHEAPER.
Get onciof his tickets and yon will | nlsn get a Bread Box when the ticket
is all punched tint,
TWO l OAVES OF BREAD FOR FIVE ClNTS.
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L. M. Hanna, M. D., PHYSICIAN A SURGEON Office No. 18 Walnut street. First Door East Engine House Kesidenee, Brick House on same lot.
Motion Excursions South. On Feb. 5, March 5. April 2 and April 30 the Motion route will sell hoine,seekers’ tickets to various imlnts ifi Alatiama. Georgia. Kentucky. I.nui--i n a. Mississippi, Xnrtli ami South t'aroli a, Tennessee. Virginia and Hnrida at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets good returning twenty days 'ri'in date of s»| . For particulars call on J. A. Michael, Agt.
Standard of the ii U. «. Gov’t Print- i; tng Office, thoU.S. J, iuprHM Coon and b of nearly all the
Schoolbooks.
U IWililTllfE mi Iniaginntion fools our pocket books once in a while. For instance many people imagine it is impossible to buy a piano—good, honest, first class piano— for less than $400, $500 or $000; that’s just where their iiuaginatioii fools them. As an example look at the piano iu my show window, a STL’YVKSAXT that I
sell for
$330.00 Cash, or for $25 more In monthly payments of $10. Examine it carefully, critically; set its size; 4 ft 9 in high. Double veneered care, pure rich tone, French repenting action, Jive imir* guaranteed. It is a peerless piano placed in the reach of tin* people at a popular price. < crtainly the stool and a scarf and a year’s free tuning go with the piano. She Dig Bargain Good* are going like hot cakes. Still some left. Call | in and inspect them, especially tin- line of Organs.
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east.
The passenger equipment of this line Is not excelled in the South.
Winter Tourists* Tickets at low round trip rates on sale from about November 1st, good till
May 31st. ,
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Office in Central Funk Building. Greencastle, Ind.
The Ban.nkk I imi-s keeps a stock of I lloo-iei Kecord pens, the hest on earth
B. F. JOSblN <J <** tho Hiyrhcst Urade Brazil Bloca
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When it pomes to the genuine article of news the Banner Times has it.
DR. E. SHIPLEY, OCULIST.
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DR. E. SHIPLEY.
Office Hours:
8 to 12 a. m. 1 to 5 p. m,
Gives his time and attention to making examinations of the eye and fitting glasses to correct all optical defects. Makes no charges for examination and charges regular prices only for spectacles sold by him. Special department in factory for doing all kinds of spectacle repairing.
Optical Factory, second floor, where all Spectacle^. are made to order. 16 \Y r . Washington St.
Owing to the fact that February is a verv dull month, and rather than to be idle, I have decided to make a cut price (for February) on one style of glass. It will he the
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YOU CAN HAVE EiFHLL oT THE TCLLOWING PATTERNS.
In making this special price I will make the same careful examination (without cost) of your eyes that I would make if you were to pay me the regular price. IC. Shipley, Greencastle,Ind.