Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — POINTERS AS TO NEW LAWS. [ARTICLE]

POINTERS AS TO NEW LAWS.

The indications are that the coining session of the Indiana legislaturn will be one of the most important in the history of the state. It is the purpose of the democratic party to inaugurate a policy of vere retreuchmen , and with this in view a number of important measures are being considered and will undoubtedly develop fully within the next few weeks. To the tax-payers the most important of these proposed measuies will be that providing for a reduetion of the state tax levy. It is understood that one of the Marion county senators is now preparing a bill to this effect, which he will introduce at the opening of the session. A number of amendments to the new tax law will also be introduced. Said a senator yesterday: “The democrats ere not dissatisfied with the law as it is, but a large number of us are of the opinion that some amendmei ts can be made that will more effectually provide for the just collection of taxes from the corporations.” Another matter that will receive otisid'rable attention s the rates charged by the Pullman and Wagner sleeping car companies in this state. This ivas given some consfderatisn before the last sessicn, but did not develop before the Session adjourned. There will be a bill for the regulation of prices introduced, and die gentlemen who contempla'e introducing it expect it will m?et with a great amount of opposition before it becomes a law. There will also be m»de i n effort to prov de means by which the differences between labor and capital may be adjust d without injustice being done to either side. A state board of arbitration has been suggested as the best wa . out of the. difficulty, and a bill asking for the creation of such a body will be introduced. Tn- crfemployes liability bill will also be brought to life again. It is understood that it is to be pr. seed at the coming session. Another measure that will bfe introduced will pros vide for a system of safe car coupling, and another demanding prot iciion to laboring men generally by forcing employers to use none tut safe machinery. A bdl providing for a state boiler inspector will also be introduced. State senator elect A. W. w ish a>d is going after the street rail way companies of Indian..polis.— His object, he says, is to secure cheaper fares for the pvople. He is not objecting to the companies charging 5 cents for a single fare, but he thinks they should be forced tojsell six tides fora quarter or twenty five for a dollar. He says it makes 1.0 difference to him who owns the property be intends introducing the bill. The members are eenerall/ of the opinion that there will be a flood of measures run in at the opining of the sea sion and the ret nb'icans say they will let the democrats take the initiative. —Indianapolis Sc ntinel. ... We see from our exchange list that Jas. W. McEwen is mentioned as a can riidate for postmaster at liensselawr He has stood by the Democratic party through thick and thin, and certainly (leeserves this recognition.—Benton Review. Yes, we have always been a democrat, and have never reognized the necessity of forsaking its men and measures. Commencing January, 1856, we have been continuously in tht editorial harness from that date to this In our judgment the Democratic party has always been in the right, and that is whv we have been steadfast in its faith.

Ex-senator Ditch d’ed at* his home, in Logansport, Tuesday last, aged 83. For many years he was •», leading Democrat in this State, but his defection from Mr. Douglas in 1860 impaired his influence.