Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1897 — THE INDIANA SOLONS [ARTICLE]

THE INDIANA SOLONS

Governor Mount Wednesday sent to the House vetoes on ttvo bills, one estab* fishing a Superior court in Grant County and another creating separate judicial circuits of the counties of Howard and Tipton. The House sustained both vetoes. Representative Fornshall introduced a bill to make it a felony for a lobbyist to enter upon the floor of either branch of the legislature. The Legislature has come to the conclusion that the Chicago people who own hunting preserves in Northern Indiana need regulating. The recent shooting of farmers in Lake County was Thursday made the excuse in the House for passing a bill aimed at the Chicagoans. The specific provision of the measure Ist “That it shall be unlawful for any person to pursue or kill within this State any quail, ruffed grouse or pinnated grouse for purposes of sale, barter, traffic or removal from the State, or to sell, barter, keep, expose or offer for sale or remove from this State any quail, ruffed grouse or pinnated grouse caught or killed in the State of Indiana.” It is provided that the person who violates the law shall Be fined $1 for every quail or grouse killed and shipped from the State. Attorney General Ketcham sent to the Legislature Monday a long communication in reference to the investigation of the Vandalia Railway Company, and with it a statement submitted at the request of the Legislature, by the Pennsylvania* - Railroad Company. In his communication the Attorney General charges that the statement furnished by the railroad company is not a true one, that it is taken from the published reports which were made up with the view of defrauding the State. The next step will be to try to pass a bill authorizing the Attorney General to proceed in the Amrts against the road for the collection of the $1,500,000 alleged to be due the State. The bill which has been prepared provides that if the debt is found to be a just one the State shall take possession of the road and operate it until the debt shall have been paid. The Legislature Tuesday, as for some time past, did nothing of importance. At the Republican caucus Tuesday night it was decided to stand by the apportionment bill. A half dozen Republicans had previously refused to Bupport it. It is Understood the bolters have agreed to abide by the caucus action. Representative Bellamy Sutton’s anti-French bill of fare amendment to the hotel bill was called up, but did not result in the sport that many had looked forward to. Mr. Sutton explained that he had never expected the amendment to become a law. “If others can get along with the French bills of fare at the hotels when they come to the city I can," he said. Without permitting a discussion a quick-witted member moved to lay the amendment on the •table before the discussion got started, and it was killed without a struggle.