Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1897 — Page 8

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897.

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kirts With the mercury 12 decrees below zero, we sold all of the fourteen black Brocade Silk Dress Skirts :idertised for Monday. The many calls since and the hih approval with which they were greeted, is resonsibIe for another lot which was purchased, and will be placed on sale 10 to 12 a. m., Friday, At the same price The material is a Black Brocade Gros Grain Silk, with lare satin figures. Designs are similar, but in no case duplicates of Monday's offer. The skirt is cut in the newest style, neatly made and well lined. We consider it a better skirt than any others selling at less than $10 or $12, and "we shall not again offer them at this price. Silk for a Waist Would be a good investment for the saving you make on the skirt. Sec what we show in Fancy Brocade. Kvening Taffetas at T 50c Dainty Striped Taffetas at 75c And new Checked Louisaines at....5l.OO L. S. AYRES & CO Agents 'for Butterick Patterns Any lady sending us 12c in stamps to pay for mailing, will receive the Butterick Monthly Fashions one year gratis. The Head Cool ! The Feet Warm ! You have both U you get Gall's Tapestry Brussels Carpets 65c, 75c, 85c a yard It's a cool head that takes advantage of such bargains. . And good Brussels Carpets these are the good kind keep the feet warm. The goods speak for themselves. Coine let them talk to you. Albert Gall 17 end 19 West Washington Street. ART EMPORIUM, Telephone 500. Concerning Picture Frames We are manufacturers and send our product not only all over th TniUd States, but to Europe. We mnke all the latest styles; all the antiques. When we frame, pictures our patrons l ave, choice of a limitless variety of hand.-ume moldings. KtrhltiKN, KnRraTlng, "Watrr Colors, VAc. The H. LIEBER COMPANY, 33 South MerUlan St. SPRING STYLE HATS Spring Styles are . Ready for Inspection. DALTON HAT CO HighClass Hatter BATES :: HOUSE 4Go to an Art Storo for Pictures." Solid lira Frame. Goltl-rintrri Frame, Imported Florentine Frames, Porcelain Frame. WARD'S ART STORE, N. Penn. St., cpp. P. 0. GOOD csoorM. I - - "Go lo n. Glove Store for (ilove." $1 Dollar $1 Glove on the market for the Ladies . . . Sec them in the window AT TUCKER'S, 10 East Washington St NEW FISH COMMISSIONER. Guvrrnnr lnuut Appoint Ite-v. Z. 1, Sucrney, of Coluiuliu. Governor Mount has announced th appointment of IUv. 'A. T. Sweeney, of Columbus, to the of!l e of State tish commissioner. Thero were more than twenty applicants for the position and the Governor spent the two hours of noontime yesterday Iti a tlnal examination of the papers and petitions pr-Mentl in their favor. Mr. Sweeney wa recommended to the fSovcrnor by the Rod and HmI Club of Indiana Hnd several f the camp nv-.-tinfc: annuel. itlons interest d Iti pres rvinr the fish In the northern laks of the State, where these associations have camp grounds. Mr. Sweeney, thouirh a minister in active service, t.nds time to u.-e the U-hirsic rod occasionally, and has taken a band in prosecuting violators of the lisli laws. Mr. Sweeney favors rl;;id laws for the protection of tish. $ull line or Uouiicassa &i Wia. L. EMer.

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VOTH OX THE CIGARETTE LICENSE MEASl'HE WAS NEAKLY UNANIMOUS. Senate I'nsMex th Grant Superior and Howard-Tipton Circnit Court Illlls from the House. OTHER COURTS ASKED FOR HOUSE PASSES THE II ILL FOR AN OFFICIAL VISITING HOARD. Stroncr Disposition to Curb Township Trustee Itentsted by the Democrats 3IInor Measures Passed. Cigarette?, politics and a lot of minor measures engrossed the attention of the Legislature yesterday. After a long discussion, devoted mostly to the leal features of tho bill, the Senate, in the afternoon, passed Senator Shively's measure to license the sale of cigarettes and prohibiting their sale to minors under eighteen years. The Culbert-Itogers contest occupied the time of tho Senate all morning and kept It In session until about 1 o'clock. Tho committee on elections reported In favor of ousting George W. Rogers and seating Uriah Culoeri, tho Democrats bringing in a minority report throwing out the contest. Each side was piven an hour for arRument and Senators Drummond. Shea, tSweeney and Ellison talked for the Democrats. They denounced the proceedings as outrageous, unjust and simply an exhibition of the unreasoning tyranny of a heavy majority. Senators Wood and Newby did the talking for tho Republican fclde, and Senator Newby, In replying to some of the arguments put forth by the minority, brought up numerous instances of what he termed the high-handed way in which they did business when they were in a, majority. In the courseof his argument lie referred to the last Democratic attorney general, without naming him, as a "bloody cutthroat." Culbert was seated by a strict party vote of 30 to 13. During the period before this matter came up the Senate passed the House bill establishing a Superior Court In Grant county. It also passed the Howard-Tipton bill establishing a new circuit. This latter is very likely to meet with a veto. Tho time of the House was occupied with second readings and in passing bills ot minor importance. The most interesting was a measure providing for the appointment of a committee of three members of the Legislature every two years to investigate the needs of the State Institutions and furnish the Legislature with reliable information upon which to base appropriations. It is the Intention of this measure to do away with all legislative junketing trips and at the same time to cut off the various luxuries indulged in at the expense of the State by the officers of State Institutions. The ways and means committee in looking over tho vouchers in tho auditor's otllce, has found a good deal of this sort of thing that it thinks can be cut off without hurting the Institutions to any extent. TO LICENSE CIGARETTES. Senate Passes the Shively Rill After n Lone DlMcuMMlon. In tho'Senate yesterday morning the first half hour was taken up with the disposition of minor routine matters. Senator Johnson moved tho substitution of House Bill 22 for Senate Bill 53, on third reading. He said the bill passed in the House was Identical with the Senate bill, which provides for the establishment ol a Superior Court in Grant countj-. On a point of order as to the regularity of the proceeding the vote to substitute was reconsidered and the House bill was passed under a suspension of the rules. Senator Sweeney, addressing himself to the Republican side of the house, asked that the committee which had been appointed to invite Sam Small to lead the Senate In prayer yesterday morning report why It had not done so. Senator Hawkins said that Senator Sweeney had better ask the chairman of the committee to report. "Who is the chairman?" "Senator Alexander." Senator Alexander replied that he had made diligent search for the preacher, but could not find him In his bailiwick. This created something of a sensation, one Senator expressing surprise that Alexander should expect to find a minister in the contines of the bailiwick" he usually parades. Tho committee was continued, with instructions to attend to inviting ministers to appear and pray for tho Senate each day. At 10:30 o'clock Lieutenant Governor Haggard announced that the hour had arrived for the consideration of the report of the committee' on elections. It was nearly 1 o'clock when that subject was disposed of and the Senate adjourned. At the opening of the afternoon session there was no quorum and some time was taken up with the introduction of new bills and committee reports. When the regular order was resumed bills on third reading Senator Shea called up House Rill 22. substituted for Senator O'Brien's bill dividing the State into precincts for Judicial purposes. The bills were identical in purpose. Senator O'Brien said. On his motion the constitutional rule was suspended ana tne bin passed. SHIVELY BILL TAKEN UP. Senator Shively's anti-cigarette bill (No. S4 was next considered and discussed at length. It provides that it thall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or give away cigarettes or cigarette wrappers without first obtaining a license from tho county commissioners. The license fees are fixed at $50 for wholesale dealers and $40) (as amended by Senator Ellison) for retailers. Another section provides that cities and towns may also require retail dealers to pay a license fee of not to exceed $2u0 and wholesale licenses not to exceed $00. It also makes it unlawful for dealers to sell or give away cigarette wrappers to any person less tnan eighteen years of age. A penalty of a line not lss than $10 nor more than $0o0 may lie inflicted for the violations of the bill. Any person under eighteen years of age convicted of having cigarettes or wrappers in his possession is punishable by a line of not more than $10. After a long discussion, in which nearly every senator in the Senate chamber took part, the bill was passed with practical unanimity. Senator Nusbaum alone voting in the negative, He explained that his constituents wanted a prohibitory bill passed, not one that would license tho cigarette evil. A number of objections were urged against the bill. One on which particular stress was laid was that there are ietitlons before the Senate from thousands of good citizens of the State urging that an absolut ly prohibitory bill be passed. Wednesday Senator ilcCord's bill absolutely prohibiting the sale and manufacture of cigarettes was favorably reported by the committee on public health. Senator SlUvely's bill wan reported by tho Judiciary committee. In order to have an opportunity t have his bill passed first. Senator MeCord moved that the consideration of Senator Shivtly's bill be made special order for next Tuesday. His motion was lost. Senator Ii Follette said that there was nothing to prevent the Senate from passing Senator Shively's bill and afterward passing Senator McCord's. If the constitutional objections against a prohibitory law should be sustained against Senator McCord's bill by tho courts In the event of its bvoming a law. then the prior law licensing the sale of cigarettes would become operative. Serious doubts were expressed as to whether the Shively bill miKht not be overthrown by the federal courts, inasmuch as It has been held In other States that laws prohibiting tho sule of cigarettes shipped intik tho State in original naek:iten front other States were in direct contravention of

interstate commerce. Those favoring the bill were of the opinion that it ouqht to repassed in deference to the wishes of the people, leaving the courts to determine whether it should stand. Others urged that if there was any question as to the validity of the bill it ous;ht to be amended. To this Senator La Follette objected. looking upon such suggestions as being made for the purpose of delaying legislation. When the vote was taken several senators explained that they voted for it because they understood from Senator La Follette they might also vote for the McCord bill. OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED. Senator Wood's bill prohibiting railroads from collecting excess fates from ta scngers who have failed to purchase tickets before boarding trains was passed. A majority of the railroads of the State have a rule that compels pasengers to pay higher fare when buying their tickets from the conductors, some of them providing means for rebates of such excess amounts, however. There was no discussion of the bill. Senator Ellison's motion that the Senate concur in House amendments to hi3 bill authorizing the sale of bonds to build courthouses In certain cases was adopted. The vote by which Senator Houghton's bill regulating the widening of highways was killed Wednesday was reconsidered and the bill recommitted to Us author for amendment. A bill was Introduced by Senator Gochenour legalizing the incorporation of the town of Roan. It was passed under suspension of the rules. Senator Duncan, chairman of the committee on education, asked leave of absence for that committee, which goes to Terre Haute to-day to visit the State Normal and to Lafayette to-morrow. Leave of absence was granted. A favorable report was made by the committee on federal relations on Senator Shivly's bill. No. 2:, appropriating to provide a statue of Oliver P. Morton for the national statutary hall in the Capitol at Washington. A message was received informing the Senate that tho Governor had signed the bill extending the life of the Appellate Court to four years from Jan. 1, lv.7. Senator Homers joint resolution for the adoption of a constitutional amendment for th establishment of an "initiative and referendum law" has been adversely reported on by the committee on revision of the Constitution. The committee's report says the resolution is unconstitutional, as two amendments to the Constitution are now pending. Senator Horner says he will probably introduce the measure in another form, whereby the voters of the State may be given an opportunity to express themselves in favor or adverse to euch an amendment to the Constitution.

S. B. 25-Senator Self: Regulating the appointment and tlxlng the pay of deputy county assessors. County and township business. S. B. 200 Senator Humphreys: Defining public highways established by usage. Roads. S. B. 301 Senator Hogate: To perpetuate section corners as located by government survey. County and township business. S. B. 32 Senator Collette: To permit the taking of gravel from the grounds of state Institutions for use on tho public highways. Benevolent institutions. S. B. 3tt Senator Homer: Regulating the weighing and screening of coal. Mines. S. B. 304-Senator Wood: Relative to the recovery of costs in suits in Circuit or Superior Courts. Judiciary. S. B. 303 Senator Shively: Authorizing officers of penal and benevolent Institutions to hold autopsies. Benevolent institutions. S. B. 3iiG Senator Newby: To amend Section 40 of an act concerning public offenses and their punishment. Judiciary. 1 S. B. 307 Senator Gochenour: Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Rome. Rules suspended and the bill passed. S. B. 30S Senator Horner: Providing for the examination of mine bosses and employes and for issuance of certificates of competency. Mines. I 1OUlv OF THE HOTSE. Vinltlng Committee Provided For Disposition to Limit Trustees. The House opened with the in; oduction of a couple of bills, one of which was for the payment of the claim of A. M. Sweeney, ex-clerk of the Supreme Court, for the copying of some records. The other was by Mr. Reynolds, fixing a schedule of fee3 to be paid township trustees instead of a per diem in townships of less than 2".000 Inhabitants. Then ensued a very long discussion over unimportant details of the bill providing for the discharge of convicts. As finally passed by the House the bill provides hat the discharged prisoner shall be given $10 in money, a suit of clothes costing $tj and an overcoat costing $. and shall be placed upon the train with a ticket to such destination within the prison district as he may choose by the warden and there given his discharge. The bill for the relief of Henry Dunklo from a tax lien In Tipton county was passed and Senator Ellison's bill enabling the Commissioners of Allen county to Issue $500,000 bonds for the completion of their courthouse was passed under suspension of the rules. The bill of Mr. Roots providing for a visiting committee of three to the State institutions was discussed to some extent and passed by a vote of C3 to J.l. The bill is designed to give the Legislature accurate and rellablo information as to the needs of the State institutions In the way of appropriations and to do away with the junketing trips of legislative committees during the session. It provide? that at least forty-live days before the beginning of the session the Governor shall appoint a committee composed of one senator and two representa-tles-elect who shall visit all the Institutions of the State and prepare a report upon their necessities to the Legislature in order that the ways ami means committee may have reliable information upon which to base the appropriation. It provides that the members of this committee shall be paid $." per day and their actual expenses, but they shall not spend more than thirty days in their investigations. Mr. Kayser's bill extending the term of township trustees from November, lifts, to August. 19. was handed down on second reading. The discussion showed very plain ly that the House .vas not disposed to ex tend the terms and ihe Ml was recommit ted. Mr. Sutton's bill giving tho trustees of incorporated towns power to regulate and license bankrupt aies. peddlers, gam bllng devices, poles, vehicles and liquor sell lng was discussed slightly and or dered engrossed. Mr. Littleton's phar macy bill was read the sacond time and made a special order for next Tuesday morndi?. The bill of Mr. Roose. providing for tne formation a labor commission was 'ilso read tho record time and made a special order for Tuesday afternoon. Second readings were resumed In the afternoon and Mr. James s bill providing a method of renewing school-fund loans for a second five years where there nas been no default was engrossed with a slight amendment. Mr. East's bill repealing sections of the tax law was handed down on vhir-i reuhni The author explained that the four sections repealed by the bill gave oppot.imiies for people to get possession of land sold for taxes by simply paying the cobts of. tuit. It was liberally discussed and parsed by a vote of 67, to lb. Mr. Canada's bill amending the road laws was hand?d down on third reading. The only effect of the bill is to extend the time for working out the road tax. so that the roads can be worked at any time between April 1 and Nov. 1 following. The bill was passed without discussion. Mr. Canada's bill requiring county commissioners in counties where ther. ar; or phans' homes to keep in sticn homes til children who are charges upon the county was read the tnird time and discussed. Mr, Canada made the point for the bill tWt the managers of .he hom.'S a'wis found permanent homes for the waifs and they would thus cease to become charts upon the county. It was rina'.iv rocomm'.tt a. Half it dozen such mil.- wvre read tho ttcond time and rasseci io surosnkit. Among the Ilouso bills on second reading was that of Mr. Koois r.mitlng the iur chasing power of towmhlp trustees. 'J ho bill provides as follows: "When it becomes necessary for the trus tee of any township in this State to incur on behalf of his township any debt or debts in excess of the fund on hand, to which such debt or debt tre chargeable. such trustee shall first procure vn order from the Board of County Commissioners of the county in which said township is tituated. authorizing him to contract such indebtedness. Such township trustee shall give due notice by publishing in a weekly newspaper in the county at least three weeks prior to the first day of a session of the Board of County Commissioners, that a petition to incur Indrbtedruss on behalf of the township will be presented to the board. Such ietltion and notice ihall state the oh ject for which such iMt or debts are to be incurred and the amount required. "The trustee of any township is hereby prohibited from binding his township by contract or obligation, written or verbal. for any supplies of whatsoever kind In an amount exceeding $50. But he shall have power to contract for necessary supplies

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pi ."?. or mini wie lowr.siup iy cuimui i or otherwise for said supplies in an amount exceeding j.'iO, he shall first obtain the ap proval I of the county commissioners at any of their regular or called meetings to make said purchases and bind said township for said supplies. it shall be unlawful for any township trustee to Issue an order, or warrant, on any fund, namely, the special school, townsnip, tuition, road. dog. or special funds unless an amount sutheient to cover the sr.me be in the township treasury to the credit of the fund on which such order or warrant is drawn. 'Any violations of the provisions of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished bv a fine of not less than JOO, nor more than to wnich Imprison ment may b added in the county jail for not less than six months nor more than one year. At the regular meetings of the Board of County Commissioners in March. June, September and December, township trus tees shall make a report showing the re ceipts and expenditures of the several funds in their hands; said report shall be sworn to and filed with the county auditor. Boards of commissioners shall designate the day of the term when such trustees reports will be received and examined." Mr. Ise moved an amendment practical ly killing the bill. Mr. Roots made a brief argument and the amendment was tabled. Mr. Fast offered an amendment striking out the publication clause and this was promptly tabled too. The bill was then enerro-'sed after a motion by Mr. East to recommit had been tabled. There Is no doubt that tho bill will pass the House just as it is. RAISES OBJECTIONS. An Anderson Labor Leader on the Ar bitration mil. Senator Johnson has received an emphatic protest against tho passago of the bill Introduced in the House by Mr. Roose, pro viding for a board of commission of arbi tration and Investigation of labor troubles, from V. T. Morgan, of Anderson, a wellknown labor leader in the gas belt. Mr. Morgan regards but one point of the billthat which makes the arbitration voluntary as good. Ho objects to th. bill lec.ause the Judge of the Circuit Court has no more voice In the decision than either of the other arbitrators. Ho regards such a board as one-sided, as there would bo but one friend of the workingman on It. "All experience has shown," he writes, "no mat ter to what kind of a board you submit any questions, which ever side has the ma jority will get the best of the judgment." Mr. Morgan govs on the theory that the judge would favor ths contentions of the employer rather than thoso of the workingman. Mr. Morgan regards the provision that when a decision has been made the power of the court, may be invoked to enforce obedience as inoperative. now couia they compel a manufacturer to run h!s works if the decision was against him?" he asks. "He could in a dozen different ways keen his works idle. On the other hand, if the decision were against tne workingman. how could they compel him? Suppose he should get up in the morning with a headache or some other ailment, would the sheriff, backed by the State militia, come to him and say: 'Here, you must either work or go to jail?' " He objects also to the provision that the party against whom tho award is made is not in contempt of court for not obeying the award until his objections have been heard and overruled by the court and he still disobeys the award. He regards this as even more one-sided than the first provision to which he objects. Mr. Morgan 8-ssorts that the employer has a prestige in court tho workingman has not. His objection to the provision that in case the parties refuse to arbitrate the commissioners, with th aid of the attorney gen eral, may investigate the facts and report to the Governor, Is that it is an easy mat ter for an employer to fix his books so as to show an actual loss. He closes his ob jection with these words: "I am not in favor or this Din. tor, wnue 1 deorecate strikes and am opposed to vio lence, I do not see anything in this bill to nrevent lhcm. I am I leased to see tne bin offered, for it will bring on a discussion which will probably do some good. I think it would bo Inoperative were it passei, just as all antl-trust bills are." Mr. Morgan says there are bills before the House and Senate which will aid materially in reducing labor troubles, among them thoso providing for a state factory inspector and the compulsory education measures. He says that he. understands that the dint-gless manufacturers are opposed to the hitter on tho grounds that they must have boys to do the light work of the factories. He would also Indorse a bill that would require employers to pay the same wages to women as are paid to men for do ing like work. K D V C AT I O X A L M E A S V It E . Its Authors Explain Its Provisions to the Joint Committee. At a joint meeting of tho Senate and House education committees held in the of fice of State Superintendent Geeting last night Superintendent Geeting and Superin tendent Goss, of the -city schools, explained the provisions of the bill, section by section. Superintendent Goss said that there was considerable misapprehension as to the proposition to have the State Board of Education pass upon examination papers for licenses. He said the only purpose of having tho papers sent to the board was that their academic value might be rated. Questions of personal equation and the peculiar fitness of teachers for their work are still to be decided by the county superintendents, who aro to work the gradings of the teachers in that respect before the papers aro sent to tho state board. After the papers are returned with their markings the superintendent is to take the average between the markings. of the papers and the markings on personal qualifications made by himself. Tho average of the two furnishes the figures for licensing the teachers. There was some discussion on tho provision of the bill which fixes the term of superintendents of city schools at four years. Suin-rintendent Goss said that it was no more reasonable to appoint a school superintendent for the term of one year than it would be to elect a circuit judge for a like term. Neither of them could do his whole and manifest duly without incurring enmitiey. By increasing the term of the city superintendent to four years the feeling of unrest and uncertainty would be eliminated and tho superintendent might be expected to exert himself to the utmost. In answer to a question on this subject Superintendent Geeting said that the laws provide that superintendents might be removed at any time for incompetency. Then, it was asked, what benefit would it be to tho superintendent to have the term Increased? Superintendent Goss said it was a serious thing to bring charges of impeachment against a man. So long as he was elected for one year thero was no staRepresentative Nicholson asked if there was any danger mat incoiui-ii m. i.. mt'iinMl localise of the unwillinna r sphnni boards to make charges? Senator Early said there was danger along that line, but that tne damageschools from that direction could not bo so great as that which tne - sunt i T f'uVwr tirnvisions or tne mil were discussed at length. Various membf rs of the committee ieemeu io w e vorably Impressed with the bill than they had been belorc. Qt ESTIOX OF NEW COI ItTS. Proposition! Before the Leslslnture for 31 ore A IlenriiiK Yesterday. The committees on organization of courts of the two houses held a 1olnt session after adjournment yesterday afternoon to give a hearing to persons interested in several propositions for new judicial circuits and the rearrangement of old ones. The faci ity with which four bills for new courts have gone though this session has aroused a belief that others can go through, and now the committee has before it propositions to divide the RushDecatur and Shelby-Bartholomew districts and a plan for a different arrangement so as to Klve Elkhart a separate circuit. The opponents of the plan to divide Decatur and Rush and create a new circuit of the latter county charge that the chief necessity for it lies in the minds of the friends of Representative Watson, who will ask to have him appointed judge of the new circuit. Both sides o the case were listened The. first proposition In the Elkhart matter was to cut Lagrange olT from Elkhart and put it with Steuben and Do Kalb, but there was such strong objection to this from all these counties that it was abanthe tilan is to put ia grange with Noble, which would be very agreeable to the la grange people, nut in mat case they would not know what to do with Whitley, which is now In a circuit with Tfi.i It nitht be out with Kosciusko. but the present judge of the circuit resides In Whitley and bus two more years to

serve, while Kosciusko Just elected a new Judge last November. Thus this new circuit would have two judges for a couple of years. DREW THE COLOR LINE. 9 Representative Jones and ii IleMn.irnnt Keeper IIav Words. The Hon. Gabriel Jones, member of the Legislature from Marion county, fell ino difficulties yesterday in a restaurant on Market street kept by one "Charley" Thome, who has a considerable reputation as a pugilist. Tiie Hon. Gabriel is an athlete of no mean proportions himself. The waiter declined to serve him until he threatened to cause trouble if not properly treated. He ordered 15 cents worth of food and devoured it in peace until it carne to settling the bill. When a check for 3") cents was presented him his blood was aroused and he vowed that he would pay nothing extra on account of his color. Thome told him that he would pay the price asked, and this difference of opinion led to a warm argument which ended in Thorne ordering the Hon. Gabriel out of the house. Mr. Jones went on the outside and dared the restaurant keeper to come out." The latter politely declined, and thus discretion got the better of valor on both sidec

Ilalldiiij; ami Loan Legislation. The building and loan committee of the House held a meeting last evening for the purpose of making a thorough, examination of the bill prepared by the commission appointed by Governor Matthews. Mr. Sutton, a member of the commission, is also a member of the committee and went over the bill section by section with the members. It Is likely that some modifications will be made Jn the measure and that it will then be introduced as a committee bllb Report on the Prison North. The prisons committee held an executive session last evening to determine upon their report on the Prison North. It is understood that the report wi!l show the buildings of the prison badly in need of improvement, if not of practical reconstruction. Dteusing the Medical mil. The House committee on health held a meeting in Room 11 last evening to continue the hearing on the general medical bill introduced- by Mr. Snideler in tho House. Various phases of the measure were discussed. by local physicians. Insurance Legislation. To th Editor of the India inolia Journal: Tho Journal of Sunday, 10th inst., publishes In full the two bills that are now be fore tho House, Nos. 279 and 278, and states that the State Life of this city has sent out a circular letter Inclosing copies of the bill and asking support for them before ihe Legislature. Rough Notes of the 14th pub lished both these bills, and commenting on them states that the first one, as published (No. 278), was in tho interest of the assess ment companies In general, and the second would be introduced in the interest of the State Life, and that this billl should meet with neither opposition nor amendment. In a later number that paper concedes that this bill should be amended to obviate the objection that it might be possible, under tho bill as drawn, for securities to be deposited for more than they were worth. that the bill bo so amended as to require that the state auditor or some trust company be required to value the securities. Will the amendment cure tho bill so that it be not harmful or capable of being made harmful to the public? I submit that it will not, and if my reasons be good I ask that they be considered. If the bill be, amended jus stated, then let it be further amended that "only such companies, associations or societies as by the terms of their contracts definitely state the amount the policy holder Is to pay to the company, and the amount the company shall pay to the policy holder, shall be allowed to operate under the provisions thereof. Why? Because then the policy holders of any such company as failed to keep good the reserve, the company then being Insolvent, according to the law as applied to any other corporation or person, can protect themselves against fur ther loss by bringing about an apportion ment of the reserve among the persons who paid It In. and apportioned In the proportion as they had paid it in. Without certainty of contract being required of such com panies, then the so-called reserve Is not a reserve. It becomes only a mortuary fund or an emergency fund, from which any death loss may be paid, and in which the largest contributor to it has no more interest than has the smallest. Policies are written of so low a duality that the reserve 13 nothing or as nothing. The funds of the policy holder that contributed his $1,000 or more to this "mortuary-emergency-l'und-klnd-of-a-reserve can be taken to pay a loss to the man who has contributed nothing, while under a definite contract the re serve can only be used to pay the claims of Its contributors, and then only to tne extent of their respective contributions to it. The company peeking the passage o these bills was organized under the act that bill No. 278 is intended to amend. The title of that act (Acts 183. page 20.1) is as follows: "An act to provide for organizing and regulating the business of life insurance corporations, associations and societies tranacting business on what is known as the assessment plan." Section 7 of such act provides that no company organized under this act shall issue any endowment certifi cate or policy undertaking or promising to pay anv member during lite (except for ac cident or temporary illness) any stipulated sum of money. Does that company in any policy it issues promise to pay any stipulated sum of money to the holder of such policy? If the answer be that it does not, then It will likely hear from its policy holders who think it does, and with good rea son, and if the company answers that it does, then what of said Section 7 and the "regulating of such companies as stated in the title of the act? The point rs not sought to be made that, having been given an inch, that company has taken an til. but, in view of the foregoing, if given the mile asked for in House bill No. 279. even with Its conceded amendment, it might take a million, and the "regulations" provided might, as in the act under which it is organized, fail to regulate. Associations almost Innumerable from without and within admitted as doing a life insurance business on the assessment plan only, and so classified and certified by the auditor of state, are making the people believe (and collecting definite polfcy rates therefor) that they have ten. fifteen, twenty or life-payment policies, without any pretense of reserve, as reserve, any longer than it takes to get the policy holder's money. This Legislature seems to be a-worklng-ln-the-interest-of-the-people one. and they can In no other line do more good to more pe6ple than to stop their being worked any more on this line. "Safety clauses" and "emergency clauses" never appear In the body of any contract, but no matter how deftly concealed, thy have the effect of transferring the reserve collected that should be conserved for tho benefit of the policy holder that paid it in into an emergency or mortuary fund available to pay any death loss with, and exempting the company from a charge of insolvency, until the last dollar is paid out, and of placing on the fleeced policy holders the liability of assessments at the hands of a receiver to pay the unsatisfied death claims of the company. Stop It. It is rot the writer's wish to swop compliments or have the question at Issue diverted: if it were I would remind Mr. Wynn and his company that the company he refers to In the Sunday Journal as having collected $1,409,762 in the last fifteen years in Indianapolis (he must mean the State of Indiana) and paid !n losses only $"..V'G3. whatever the inference he Intended, compares favorably with his company as reported to its policy holders Feb. 15, lW. which shows total collected from policy holders $70.W;.4S and paid in losses only $7,.V Th Inference that may be drawn from both these statements Is mischievous and misleading, and has nothing to do with the questions raised In my article in Saturday's Journal, to which his statement purports to be a reply. JAMES A. BUCHANAN. Indianapolis, Jan. 23. Klrotlon l-n w ChunKr. To the Editor of the Indlat.apolis Journal: As the legislature is planning to make some amendments to the election law, I would suggest that in the Interest of economy, without injury or risk to purity of elections, it might make precincts to contain not to exceed 050 voters Instead of Z'S) as now. The law now provides that each inspector shall, ten days before election, receive from the auditor the poll books and tally sheets; then he must make another trip to the clerk's ofiitc for the ballots. The trustee ot each township might receive the poll books, tally sheets, ballots and all, say, two or three days before election and deliver them to the Inspector, the trustee receipting for all and each Inspector receipting to the trustee, and each election board could, as row. carefully examine seals, etc.. to see that they had not been tampered with. In this county this work need not take more than two days for each trustee, or fourteen days, whereas under the present law it takes two days for each Inspector, or sixty-four days, and Drotably costs $lu in mileage. Changing

precincts as suggested and also the manner of receiving supplies would save in this county $o to JhihJ. without any harm to the sanctity of the ballot. I speak from experience, diavlng been on the flection hoard and talktVl with others who have had experience. J. North Manchester, Ind.. Jan. 2S.

Let the fiovernor Appoint. To the Editor of the Indiar.arell Journal: I see by th action of the Republican caucus that they contemplate taking the appointment of statehouse custodian from the Governor and placing it in the hands of a commission composed of the State officers. Why do they wish to do this? Why should the powers of the (Jovernor be curtailed? State oClcers have enough to do If they discharge the duties that legitimately belong to their offices. The statehouse custodian and the engine-er of the State Capitol should be apiolnted by the Governor. To leave these apjointments a suggested by the caucus looks too much like Democratic civil service A REPUBLICAN. Franklin, Ind., Jan. 2S. The Legislature Is All Right. , To the Editor cf the Indianapolis Journal: I notice the usual cry comes from certain quarters that "the Legislature Is doing nothing." Let the members not be alarmed; this is an old story. From observation I think this Legislature Is to be commended for the number of bills that have been killed, thereby savins' the Governor from using his veto power. Rut little legislation is required.- and me bills that do become laws should receive careful and mature deliberation. Thre is greater danger of doing too much legislation than not enough. As a rule, the cry "Tho Legislature is doing nothing" comes rom parties that have axes to grird or some pet scheme that, perhaps, has been defeated. OBSERVER. Indianapolis, Jan. 2S. INJUSTICE TO STRUCK. He Did Not Evict the Horn Family on JVeivman. Street. Thera was a story printed yesterday about a case on Newman street which does an injustice to Philip Strack, a real estate agent and barber, who has a place of business at the corner of Columbia avenue and Seventh street. Tbe story was told of the eviction of tho family of II. C Home, a painter, from a house of which Struck was the agent. It now appears that the family moved out of Its own accord, having been delinquent over three months in rent. Home, it is claimed, has been promising for a long time to pay part of the rent when he obtained money which he claimed was due him from the State Board of Agriculture. This money. It Is claimed, had been paid him in full long before hts began making his promises. Mr. Strack is a German who came to this country only three .years ago. but by his energy and enterprise has earned enough to buy him a little home. It has been shown that, while he brought suit for the rent, he did not evict the Home family. He Is spoken of highly for his integrity by those who have had business dealings with him. WAY HER SWEETHEART WENT. Kate Riehter Tries, -with. Carbolic AcId, to Follow Him to Shadow Land. Wednesday bight Kate RIchter, aged eighteen years, daughter of George RIchter, of 409 West Eleventh street, proprietor of the Pearl laundry, 270 East Washington 6troet, attempted to commit suicide. She took 10 cents worth of carbolic acid while at the laundry, but it happened that Henry Reinken, a saloon keeper, heard of the case and gave her salt water before the arrival of the doctors. This 1st an antidote and saved the girl. Three years ago her boy sweetheart committed suicide with carbolic acid and his body lay eleven days in a room over Reinken's saloon before it was discovered. It Is supposed that the girl wanted to join her sweetheart. She Eays she is glad she did not die. Dr. Guido Bell was called and the girl was taken to her home in a hack. Her parents will say nothing about the case and it is understood that Miss Riehter refuses to make any explanation. To Entertain the Superintendents. There was a meeting of public school teachers at the High School Hall yesterday afternoon to plan for the entertainment of th National Association of Superintendents, which will meet in this city next month. This meeting will probably draw about five hundred of these school otficials to the city. The last meeting was held in Jacksonville, Fla.. but it is reported that little was done towards entertaining the visitors. The teachers decided to give the visitors a banquet and reception. The Propylaeum will probably be used for this event, as tho Commercial Club has engaged It for one elav during the meeting. Superintendiit Goss will have charge of the arrangements for this banquet. It is hoped that this convention will also furnish the local teachers an opportunity of holding a reunion with the old superintendents ot ine Indianapolis schools. Formosa Tea, Rare Quality. R. M. Mueller, 61 Mass. ave. Tel. 673. Insure with German Fire Insurance of In. dlana. General offices, 29 South Delaware street. Fire, tornado and explosion. Genuine Ceylon Tea. R. M. Mueller, 61 Mass. ave. Tel. 678. Feed your horse JANES'S Dustless OaU. McG Hilar d Agency Co. Fire Insurance. Insure your home In the Glens Falls. Delaware Insurance Company. Insure your proprty with A. J. XIETER A CO.. S3 Lombard. Phons 130. Kimball Pianos. Carlin & Lennox, 21 East Market street.

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