Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1911 — POKING FUN AT OUR FUNNY CHIEF EXECUTIVE. [ARTICLE]

POKING FUN AT OUR FUNNY CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

Resolution In State Senate Would Empower Governor Marshall to » Revise Lord’s Prayer, Etc. L_ In line with what the republican thembers of the Senate believe to be the spirit - which has attended the ‘‘Tom Marshall” constitution, a-reso-lution was introduced In the Senate Thursday afternoon by Senator Sexson appointing Governor Marshall a committee pf one to declare the new constitution in full force and effect without the formality of an election, and giving him further power “to revise the Lord’s prayer, amend the Declaration of Independence, repeal the Mosaic Law, bring the Thirty-nine Articles of Faith down to date, abridge the Sermon on the Mount, and do all other things as will appear, in his infinite wisdom and supreme interest in the welfare of the people, to be fitting and proper.” The resolution also provided that all campaign speeches of the Governor, delivered in the year 1908, be “placed under the executive ban, not to be referred to, published or recalled within the borders of the state of Indiana, so long as the executive may direct.”

Because Senator Sexson, through-an oversight, had not obtained unanimous consent for the introduction of ..the joint resolution,, though he had been formally recognized by Lieutenant Governor Hall and no dissenting voic-' had been" raised during the entire reading of the resolution, the chair ruled that the democratic “’ayes” were heavier than the republican “noes” when a viva voce vote was taken on Senator Stotsenburg’a motion to re-_ ject the resolution. The resolution Was sprung upon the Upper House near the close of the long session and it took the democratic members off their feet long enough to allow the clerk to complete the reading of the document.

yhe resolution follows: Whereas, The Governor of the state of Indiana, heretofore known as the champion of local self-government and of the smallest possible unit in the determination of the sale of intoxicating liquor, has seen fit, in his infinite wisdom, to change the organic law of the land; and Whereas, The aforesaid Governor of the state of Indiana, impelled by a supreme trust and confidence in the wisdom of the people to do his bidding, proposes to submit for their indorsement a constitution which was suggested to him while he pined over the people’s wrongs and which was drafted within the time intervening between the rising and the setting sun and adopted within half of this period; and- : . . . "i V. ’

Whereas, it is the sense of this General Assembly that time will be saved and the law's delay obviated if the people indicate their preference and approval of the executive will by longdistance telephone and wireless telegraph; therefore be it Resolved, That the election proposed in the aforesaid constitution be, and is hereby, dispensed with and a committee of one be appointed, consisting of the Governor of the state of Indiana, to proclaim the constitution to be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Democratic joint caucus; and be it further Resolved, That the aforesaid committee be, and is hereby, instructed to revise the Lord’s prayer, amend the Mosaic law, bring the thirty-nine articles of faith down to date, abridge the sermon on the mount, and do all other things as will appear, in his infinite wisdom and supreme interest in the welfare of the people, to be fitting and proper; and be it further Resolved, that all campaign speeches delivered in the year 'I9OB by the aforesaid Governor of the stdte of Indiana, in which he chastised the Republican Governor and the Republican President for interference with the legislative department of government, be, and are hereby, subjected to the executive ban, not to be referred to, published or recalled within the borders of the aforesaid state of Indiana as long as the executive will may so direct. The democratic senators had nothing to say after the resolution had been called out of order by Lieutenant Governor Hall, but the republicans were still smiling broadly when they adjourned. Senator Sexson was congratulated by many of them.

N. C. Shafer left this morning for Burnettsville, making the trip in his Maxwell runabout. He says: “Other machines may have their troubles,: but nothing stops the Maxwell.*' The following items fro® Tefft were sent to The Republican for publication: Louis Warren, who was hurt a month ago by falling from his pony, is able to be up most of the time. Michael Zick, of west Walker township, who will be 84 years old next August, has been quite sick for the past two weeks and it is feared, owing to his advanced age, that he will not get well. Herbert Zick is able to be up again after suffering a severe attack of the grip.

Robins are reported to be on band now, by many people. Don Wright saw two Wednesday morning, several others reported seeing them since and Len Griggs reports having seen several holding a convention in the east part of town this morning. Len couldn’t quite get on to the argument, but it appeared to be in reference to future movements, and Len thought a motion was offered to settle in s Rensselaer and start the spring building boom. Two or three blue birds attended the convention. If it w'asn't for March and April to follow, we might think spring was really here.

The Mt. Ayr Pilot says that when the news of the Jackson township interurban election was sent to Chicago, word was telephoned back that in a few days some one would be out to look up the right-of-way, run the survey and get ready for constructiog work. The article don’t say who made this promise, but presumably it was Rurtelle, who will not be able to keep any such a promise. A petition for an election in Colfax township is being circulated and will probably be presented to the Newton county commis sioners in March. This is valuable work and it would seem a fine prospect for the road if some honest and enterprising men would get in charge of it. Purtelle will probably never accomplish anything.