Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — INDIANA LEGISLATURE. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Without a dissenting voice fho Senate Monday passed the bill placing the appointive power of Trustees of benevolent institutions in tho bandsof tho Governor. Previous to tho final, passage tho Senate accepted amendments' placing the appointment of Metropolitan Police Commissioners in all oities where tbeliiw is operative also under control of the Governor. There was a lively whirl In the House over Mr. Hord's bill making it a misdemeanor to discharge a man or refuse toomploy one because he was a non-unionist. It was called on a motion to reconsider the vote by which it had previously failed of engrossment. The reconsideration was ordered hv a vote of 53 to 22. During the aftornoon, however, after another lengthv debato the Unionists were successful in defeating tho engrossment of the bill by a vote of 44 to 42. Governor Matthews to-day vetoed tho bill (his first veto message) Introduced by Representative McMullen, requiring courts to continue cases where it is shown that an attorney on either side was a member of the Legislature and in attendance upon his duties as a legislator. Tho Governor took tho ground that this bill was intended to meet tho convenience of lawyers rather than that of their clients or tho public, and that it might result in great inconvenionee to witnesses and the courts if it was suffered to become a law. A vote taken on the Governor’s message resulted In the veto being sustained—s 4 to 22. Chairman Deery, of the Labor Committee, who visited tho Prison North, has returned, strongly advocating radical reforms. He found that harness was manufactured in the prison which was taken out and labeled with tho narao of tho Columbus (Ohio) Buggy Company, and the shoes made in tho prison were labslod as If made by a firm in Chicago. He also found that a firm running a cooperage shop inside tho prison walls has nno on tho outside whore discharged convicts are employed at $1.25 per day, while other shops, not so fortunate aro paying $2 and $2.25 for honest labor. f The House, Tuesday, sat down hard on tho Stato Liquor League by killing its pot measure, the “Speak-Easy" bill, designed to compcll all druggists and others handling liquors, to pay the State saloon license of SIOO. New bills were introduced as follows: To roguiate paving and sower building in towns; to amend road laws; to regulate casing and plugging of gas and oil wells; to abolish capital punishment; to provide for grading streets In unincorporated towns; providing for recording of town ordinances; to exempt farm lands in cities from city taxation; to prohibit overcharges on freight; providing for monthly reports from State Prisons. Mr. insurance bill, requiring companies to pay tho full fuco value of policies when property la destroyed, or full pro rata on the loss sustained, cumo up on third reading and was passed. The Populists and Prohibitionists aro to have no watohors at tho polls In Indiana. Tho Senate argued an amendment to tho ballot law providing for this, all day, but It was finally laid on the table. Senator McGreggor's bill providing for the payment of tho homo guard, who to-day are the creditors of the State for $15,000 was taken up. The bill passed on a voto of 28 to 13.

The House Wodnosduy passed tho Common Carriers bill, making the company originally receiving a consignment responsible for tho safe delivery. Among tho Important bills parised by tho Senate was one making it a misdemeanor punished by lino and imprisonment to sell tobacco to be Hmokod or chewed. *,o any person under 14 years old. A bill also passed making it unlawful to kill quail between Now-Your and November 10. The first thing that engaged the Senato Thursday, was the postponement ot Houso Bill 90, reported by tho committee on agriculture. This bill provides that seining cun be done with solnes having meshes not less than one and one-half inch, and passed tho House by a majority of three to one. Sonutor MoCutuheon,introduod a bill for the enumeration of deaf mutes over five nnd under twenty-six yoars;alHo,a hill concerning flic incorporation of certain citios. Senator Barnes Introduced a hill to place a S6OO monument over the grave of ox-Governor Jennings. Senator Barnes moved that tho rulos be suspended for (lie hills passage, which prevailed. A short memorial on the deceased was presented by tho Senator from Clark County. In the Houso tho following bills woro engrossed without debate; McMullen’s concerning civil proceedings, Hlgboe's to lei; delinquent tax lists to lowest bidder, Barnes' first lloby bill, Cravens’ tax amendment. Hench's concerning civil proceedings, Ador’s concerning change of venue before justices of tho peace, Askron's authorizing the county commissioners to gnni'antflo turnpike Bonds, Brown's township trustoes to accept donations of ground for cemeteries. Rlelitor's so legalize tho agreements of certain railroads. Hoagy's fixing Intorcst on school funds, Ador’s reqiilrlng the recording of bills of sale, Torhuno's to pcevout the adulteration of sorghum. and Teal's utTeoting roul estate transactions. Senator Gifford’s bridge bill nnd Sonutor Morgan’s township trustees bill were advanced to third reading.

Friday, the Houso passed the bill muking the terms of all officers in cities not operating undor special charter, of four years duration and extending the terms of those now in office until aftor the election of 18!4. Mr. Honch offered a resolution which put at; rest the incipient talk about an extra session. The resolution declared it to lie the sense of the Houso that no exlra session Is neoossary. It was adopted without dcbnto'and with nodlssontlng votes. The following bills were introduced: To appropriate a small sum to pay a judgment luruinst the Htate; providing for Indexing records of Supremo Court: concerning tho paving of street-ear tracks; to amend the tax law; to amend the railroad waiting-room act; to appropriate money for a small claim; to amend school law. The following bills woro lntroduecod in tho Senate: An act concerning books; Concerning the papors of the Indiana Academy of Science; Concerning fair or encampment grounds: providing for tho examination of tho records of county officers; fixing the number of districts into which a town may bo divided for the election of officers: regulating the consumption of natural gas.

A method of preventing pitting in small-pox is given in the Gazette dee Hoepitaiix: A mask is made of very, pliable linen cloth, leaving apertures for the eyes, nose and mouth; and the inside of this is smeared with a certain liniment prepared in either of the three following ways: One of these consists of carbolic acid, four to ten parts, forty parts olive oil and sixty parts prepared chalk; another, five parts carbolic acid, and forty parts each of olive oil and pure starch; and a third, two parts thymol, forty of linseed oil and sixty of chalk in powder. The mask shonld be renewed every twelve hours, and compresses impregnated with one of these mixtures may also be placed on the hands, and on any parts of the face which the mask does not directly touch.

t Economy is wealth. It takes a child six or seven years to learn to read or spell intelligently. But an English gentleman says his little boy of 4 years will read any phonetic book without the i slighest hesitation, not even balking at the hard names in the Bible. His father taught him to read after this method in eight hours. Another gentleman says that he lias taught poor children in Glasgow to read the Sermon on the Mount, phonetically, in the course of six hours’ study. Time is money. “So you have found hotel-keeping t> source of great profit?" queried a New Yorker of a Colorado man whom he met in Chicago. “Well, I suppose the hotel has met expenses, though I ain’t sure,” was the reply. “But they tell me you have made $300,000.” “Yes, but you see I have a saloon attached to the hotel, and a silver mine attached to the saloon, and a faro-room attached to the mine, and I act as judge at all horse-races and as umpire at. all prize-fights. Oh, we don’t expect t Western hotel to make a dollar.”.