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THE DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1899. Washington Office—lso3 Pennsylvania Avenue Telephone Call*. Business Office 238 i Editorial Rooms.. 86 TERMS OF SI BSURIPTION. DAILY BY MAIL. Daily only, one month $ .70 Daily only, three months 2.00 Dally only, one year 8.00 Daily. Including Sunday, one year 10.00 Sunday only, one year 2.00 WHEN FURNISHED BY AGENTS. Daily, per week, by carrier 13 cts Sunday, single copy 3 cts Daily ami Sunday, per week, by carrier 20 cts WEEKLY. Per year SI.OO Reduced Kutc* to Club*. Subscribe with any of our numerous agents or ■end subscriptions to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indiana poll*, Ind. Persons sending the Journal through the malls In the United States should put on an eight-page paper a ONB-CHNT jiostage stamp; on a twelve of sixteen-page jiaper a TWO-CENT postage stamp. Foreign postage is usually double these rates. All communications Intended for publication in this paper must, in order to receive attention, be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. c-5 . , 1 ■: rs THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: NEW' YORK—Astor House. CHICAGO—PaImer House, P. O. News Cos., 217 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI —J. R. Hawley & Cos., IG4 Vine street. LOUISVILLE—C. T. Deering. northwest comer of Third ami Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book Cos., 236 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS-—L'nion News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Riggs House, Ebbitt House and Wlliard’s Hotel. The “haulers-down,” referring to those who are opposed to any sort of expansion, Is not a popular title. The Indiana senatorship may be peeking the man, but from all appearances the man Is likely to meet it more than half v y. The man who aspires to the United States Senate sheuld have achieved distinction in some profession or line of employment. The theory that a man is fit for any office he can get is responsible for so many inferior public servants. Fitness should be a prerequisite to candidacy. Pennsylvania papers may now be classified as Quay and anti-Quay, and the tight among them wages fiercely. To outsiders it is not particularly exciting. When Senator CafTery, of Jjouisiana, who is an able man, made his constitutional argument against expansion, last week, six senators were in their seats writing. This is the courtesy which will not limit debate. The assurance that the Scottsburg lynchers are not Scott county’s “best citizens,” as first announced, is gratifying, but the only way to prove it is for the best citizens to engage actively in the effort to bring the lynchers to justice. ilr. Fifield, of Vermont, is reported to be deliberating as to whether or not he will accept the appointment as United States senator offered him by the Governor. The five candidates for the Indiana senatorship wonder what manner of man Fifield is.

Ex-President Cleveland’s recent remarks on expansion are so clearly an echo of the New York Post’s unpatriotic editorials that there is no room for surprise at the improvement shown in their literary style over his former utterances. Editor Godkin’s temper is in a chronic state of roiliness, but his speech never is. The presence of two street-railway magnates in the city at the present time naturally excites attention and causes speculation. Matters are much more complicated now than two years ago, but there does not seem to be much which the company can ask of the Legislature. It can have no use for a lobby. Senator Gray, of Delaware, who was one Os the peace commissioners who made the treaty, was opposed to expansion months ago, but now lie is laboring to induce Democratic senators to vote for its ratification on the ground that the war left the United States in a position where its responsibilities could not be avoided. Democrats in Washington are displeased with Mr. Croker’s political deliverance. Chairman Jones, of the national committee, says that silver will be as prominent in the platform in 19C0 as it was in that of 1896, except some slight modification as to ratio. Modification to conform to the market value would make the ratio about 33 to 1. A few days sinco a member of the Legislature said ‘‘the people no longer desire leaders In the Senate, but men fresh from the people.” This Is a mistake. The people are always proud of able men who can be called leaders. They were proud of Lincoln because he was a great lawyer and an acknowledged leader. They were proud of Morton because he was emphatically a leader. W. E. Curtis, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record, says that a person applied to General Miles with a chemical preparation for the preservation of beef. He was referred to the commissary department, but in some way two sides of beef chemically treated by the Inventor were sent to General Miles at Porto Rico. It was this experience which led him to speak of “embalmed" beef. The response of the Republican press in the country* at large to the attack in the House upon the principles involved in the civil-service law and the rules under it is not calculated to encourage those who made It. Many would like to see it amended, but ■o far as the merit feature Is concerned they would have it changed so as to follow the appointee into the public service and take him out if he is not efficient and faithful. In one county it was reported that commissioners have allowed themselves $2,000 each, the compensation fixed by law being $3.50 a day. As the most they could obtain, counting 363 days of twenty-four hours each to the year, would be $1,277.50, it must be that they have reckoned on an eight-hour day and put nearly two such days into twenty-four hours. He was the county attorney of these commissioners who undertook to organize the county officers and township trustees to furnish funds to defeat legislation to Insure a better system. When the battle ship Oregon reaches Manila Admiral Dewey will have under his command the most powerful fleet to be found in the Pacific ocean. One of the Journal’s exchanges, commenting on this, says: "If our anti-imperialists could have their way they would order the whole outfit to sail for home within twenty-four hours.” Oh, no, they wouldn’t. The anti-imperialists are not half us unpatriotic at heart as it •uits them to appear, and they would not

say what they do against the administration policy If they were not well assured that their criticisms would have no influence whatever. They are simply animated by the spirit of contrariness and opposition; and If they fancied for a moment that President McKinley thought of abandoning the Philippines and calling Dewey home nothing could exceed the agility with which they would get on the other side and condemn his course. They are not to be taken too se.iously. THE SENATORIAL It VNK. In this as well as in other States the office of United States senator has always been conferred upon men not only of recognized ability, but upon a few men who have distinguished themselves above others in some walk of life. They have been the recognized leaders of the party by virtue of ability and experience. Governor Morton was the party choice for the Senate because he was one of the ablest party leaders in a great crisis. Mr. Voorhees was a recognized Democratic leader. He was a lawyer with a reputation beyond Indiana in certain lines of practice. Governor Hendricks was one of the leaders of the Indiana bar, and when he went to the Senate he was preceded by his reputation as a lawyer and man of unusual ability. The same was true of Mr. McDonald. He was known as a ripe lawyer in the Supreme Court of the United States when he went to the Senate. Dissension in a Democratic Legislature ever the money question prevented his re-elec-tion when, six years later, the Legislature was Democratic, Air. Turpie, who was recognized as one of the ablest men in the party at the time, was chosen. In 1881 the choice of the party fell upon General Harrison, because his party recognized In him the proved ablest man in his party in Indiana at that time. Smaller men presented claims, but the good sense of the Republicans in that Legislature led them to elect him. Mr. Fairbanks has been recognized as a man of large capacity in affairs as wejl as a lawyer. He was known to men of influence throughout the country years before he was made senator. He has taken a prominent place in the Senate because he is recognized as a man of affairs. Several Legislatures are selecting now Senators just now. Only two or three men were spoken of in New York, but all were nun of national reputation. Mr. Depcw will probably be chosen, not simply because he is an orator, but because for years he has been a man of affairs—a recognized power in the Empire State. He will be accorded a place in the front rank in the Senate. The Republican Legislature of New Jersey has practically selected a man who is recognized as one of the ablest men in that State. In Wisconsin there is a contest between two or three Republicans, but each of them is an aspirant because he has proved himself a conspicuously able man in some profession or in large affairs. It is very important to Indiana that the Republicans should select a man for United States senator whose standing and imputation, as a positive force in his profession or business will show that the standard has not been lowered since other Republican Legislatures elected men like Lane, Morton and Harrison to represent the State in the Senate. To do otherwise would be to eonfess that the Indiana Republicans of to-day have cast aside the high standard of the past.

CARNEGIE'S MISREPRESENTATION. No man lias made himself more offensive in his efforts to oppose the ratification of the Spanish treaty than has Air. Andrew Carnegie. He was in so bad temper when he went to Washington that ho was reported as declaring that he hoped American soldiers landing in the Philippines to take charge of the islands would be killed. His article in the January issue of the North American Review is written in the same vicious temper. “Americanism vs. Imperialism” is its caption; yet a few' years ago this American was evidently so dissatisfied with Americanism that he advocated the fusing of all the English-speaking peoples into one nation, one of the assumptions being that such a nation w'ould keep the world on its good behavior. “Imperialism” is another offensive word which the owner of castles in Great Britain uses in connection with the Spanish treaty. Imperialism implies absolute power—an imperator who issues decrees and is the law. Russia has such a ruler. No other extensive country has. If Air. Carnegie were not beside himself because the country w'iil not heed him he would, with all his vanity, see that his use of the word imperialism is absurd. In the ranting article of Mr. Carnegie in the North American Review he assumes that the policy of the United States, as set forth by the President, is that we shall hold and rule the Philippines forever. There was never any warrant for that assumption, and? now that the President has spoken, it is dishonest misrepresentation. What the President proposes, and what a majority of the American people desire, is that this government shall assist the people of those islands in building up a better and more liberal government than they have known or have any idea of. They are the longtime victims of extortion and oppression; in the course of events it has fallen to our lot as a duty to help the Filipinos to attain something of civilization. Air. Carnegie would leave the people of those islands to be the i>rey of any pow'er. The rule of Aguinaldo would be so genuine a calamity that the hapless people w'ould restore the lesser evils of Spanish oppression. Where he bears sway to the taxation of Spain is added the oppression of tho6e who have been opposed to him. Air. Carnegie and his associates are blameworthy because they insist that those who favor the Spanish treaty have declared a purpose to do that which the President declares he will not do—that is, to take the islands with a view of perpetual rule. All their arguments are built upon such an assumption. So far as it can be done, Aguinaldo has been encouraged to resist our efforts to do In the Philippines what we are doing in Cuba—which Mr. Carnegie approves. AN ABSURD ARGUMENT. A correspondent whose letter was printed in yesterday’s issue undertakes to prove that the cause of those who have been raised on farms seeking the cities is that ail taxes are not imposed on lands. He assumes that the larger part of the farms are rented, which is not the case. On the contrary, more people now own, or nearly own, the farms on which they reside In Indiana than at any period before. To induce people to remain on farms, he would have the government confiscate all values in lands held by farmers, and, after confiscation, he would have them rented to the former owners for sufficient rentals to pay taxes of every description. The farmer who had expended all his labor and income for years to bring the lands up to a high state of cultivation would then rent them for a larger amount than he

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would pay for lands that had been farmed to death. And this is a scheme to induce men to remain on the lands and persuade others to seek farms! The men who have no lands would escape taxation entirely, but they would become so anxious to be taxed that they would hasten to get a farm that they might pay a portion of the public burdens! There are men who may be captivated by such a scheme, but they are not numerous. The nearest approach to the land tax that the world has at the present time is in Russia. where the peasantry cannot purchase lands, but portions are assigned to farmers for a series of years, for which they pay the government a heavy tax. There are no more wretchedly poor farmers in all the world than those living in Russia under this system, and the land is as impoverished as the farmers. They are so povertystricken that they cannot afford to eat the wheat they raise, while the soil is so wasted with such tillage that the yield is always scant and often there is no crop. The chief reason why few'er people are employed in farming than years ago is that one man with machinery on the cleared fields can raise more wheat and corn than could five fifty years ago. The boys have gone to the towns for the employment which the machines have absorbed. Some lands have been worn out and abandoned. In this State the quantity is small, but large enough to enforce the warning which Governor Mount gave in his message. When the town of Pullman was first established it was the subject of many magazine! and other articles, and it was extolled as an ideal which would be generally adopted. Some time ago it became known that it did not meet the expectations of its founder or the reformers who expected so much from it. As the years passed it became unpopular because it v.as almost impossible for an employe in the Pullman shops to hold his place unless he lived in one,of the Pullman houses. The regulations which were imposed, while proper for a man to adopt In his own family, were naturally obnoxious to men who like to feel that they are independent and prefer to regulate their own conduct or do as they please. They prefer to purchase groceries where they please, particularly when their attention is called to the fact that the grocer is the choice of the owner of the town. The most objectionable feature of the project, however, is that the employes were not permitted to purchase the houses in which they lived. The btst conditions will not be attained in any community when some of the residents cannot own their homes. The town of Pullman is now no more. It was built in violation of the Pullman Company’s charter, and, as far as possible, it was necessary to get rid of the property. Rut before that discovery was made the Pullman plan bad become a failure. There was too much one-man power about it. The Utah representative, Mr. Roberts, who is likely to make some trouble because of his extensive marital relations, has not always been in the good graces of the Mormon hierarchy. In 1896 he was a candidate for Congress, but was denounced and beaten because Lis candidacy was not sanctioned by the church. In the canvass he assailed the action of the elders in opposing him on the ground that it was an attempt of the church to control the affairs of the State, and for that reason was in violation of the Constitution of the United States and that of the State of Utah. The owners of a New York department store celebrated New Year’s day by presenting to every man in their employ a twentypayment life Insurance policy of SI,OOO, with the first premium paid. The announcement was also made that a pension fund had been established by which any employe who becomes disabled wall be pensioned, and every employe, whether disabled or not, who has reached the pensionable age, forty-five years* for women and fifty-five for men, shall receive a pension. The firm is likely to have its full return for the outlay in the loyalty and faithfulness of its employes. In a “literary” editorial the News makes mention of something Thomas Hardy says in liia “Life of Little Ironies.” Will somebody kindly write to the News’s query column and ask who “Little Ironies” is. If it w r ere “Little Danny,” now, we might know'. * Considering the prevalence throughout the country of pneumonia—always a disease threatening a fatal termination—it would seem that microbe hunters could engage in no better occupation than that of running down and putting a yellow flag on its particular bacillus. The Congress of Mothers will meet in Washington in February. The congress of fathers is in session there now. If between them they cannot regulate the affairs of the Nation—domestic, social and political—they might call in the children. The reports of lounge manufacturers show that business to have been better in 1898 than at any time sinco 1892. This is because people are in a sufficiently prosperous condition to take their ease once more. DIBBLES IN THE AIR, Nerve. “Soy, Buggsy sure has de nerve, ain’t ’c?” “Noive? W’y, dat guy las’ week went to de laundry goils’ ball wit’ a doity collar on!” Speech of the Inanimate. “Here,” said the boomerang, as it turned, “here is where I get back at him for trying to throw’ me over.” A Perfect Hohsoness. "Maud has a collection of 216 neckties—men’s ties. 1 mean—all given to her by admirers.” “And do you know’ how she got them? She gave three kisses for each tie.” The Cheerful lilint. “What are sweeping bargains?” asked the ambitious hoarder. “Cheap brooms?” “Sweeping bargains,” the Cheerful Idiot explained with cool condescension, “are those put in motion to raise the dust.” FOR SLAYING HIS WHITE WIFE Colored Man Put to Death toy Eleetrleity in Sing; Sing Prison. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Bailey Decker, colored, was put to death by electricity in Sing Sing prison to-day for the murder of his white wife. The current was turned on at 11:22 and at 11:27 he was pronounced dead. Two shocks were given him. After the current had been turned on the mask fell from the dying man’s face. Otherwise the execution was a success. Decker’s crime was committed on May 25, 1898. His wife was a pretty white woman, the daughter of Jason Luke, of Perth Amboy. Decker, who was an oysterman and worked only occasionally was jealous of his wife and in a drunken rage went to his home from a saloon in Tottenville. Mrs. Decker had retired and fled from the house dressed only in her night gown. Her husband followed her and, catching up with her, shot her In the back. After leaving the body lying in the road. Decker fired a bullet into his abdomen with the intention of committing suicide, but he recovered.

A FLOOD OF HEW BILLS NUMEROUS TOPICS TOUCHED ON BY THE LEGISLATORS. Inheritance Tax, Two-Cent Railroad Fare, I’nre Foood and Other Matters of Interest. HUGG'S NEW STREET-CAR BILL REDUCED FARES DURING HOURS WHEN WORKINGMEN TRAVEL. ■ ♦ Committees of the Senate Announced —Chairmen of Those in the House. ♦ The House of Representatives yesterday afternoon started out with the evident determination to transact business, and a vast amount of it was done with but one slight interruption. It was exactly 2 o'clock when Speaker Littleton called the members to order and the proceedings were opened by prayer by Rev. A. J. Graham, of Christ Church, of this city. The roll of counties for the introduction of bills was started, and Mr. Louttit, of Allen, sent iq) a bill fixing the compensation of justices of the peace and prescribing the number according to the population of the townships. The bill provides that w here the population is less than 1,000 there shall be one justice at a salary of SIOO per annum. The other grades are as follows: One thousand to 2,000 population, one justice, salary $200; population 2,000 to 4,000, one justice, salary $250; population 4,000 to 6,000, one justice, salary $450; population 6,000 to 8,000, one justice, salary $525; population S,OOO to 10,000, one justice, salary s6uo; population 10,000 to 12,000, one justice, salary $650; population 12,000 to 14,000, one justice, salary $725; population 14,000 to 16.000, one justice, salary s'-50; population 16.000 to 18,000, one justice, salary $500; population 18,0 G) to 2“,000. two justices, salary $650 each; population 20,000 to 30,000, two justices, salary $750 each; population 30,000 to 40,000, two justices, salary SSGO; population 40,000 to 50,009, two justices, salary SSOO each; population 50,000 to 60,009, two justices, salary SI,OOO each; population 60,000 to 70.009, three justices, salary S7OO each; population 70,000 to 80,000, three justices, salary $750 each; population 80,090 to SO.COO, three justices, salary $80) each; population 90,000 to 100,000, three justices, salary SI,OOO each; population 109,000 to 110,000, four justices, salary $950 each; population 110,500 or more, four justices, salary SI,OOO each. The bill provides that all fees shall be taxed and when collected shall he turned into the township treasury, ami reports shall be made by the justices on the Ist of March, June, September and December, if the justice fails to tax the cost or is negligent in any way a penalty of both fine and imprisonment is provided. The fees of the constable shall be the same as under the existing law. The bill went to the judiciary committee. Mr. Louttit also presented a bill to prevent the spread of the San Jose scale or other insects in orchards. The bill authorizes the State Board of Agriculture to appoint a state inspector of nurseries and orchards and requires that this inspector shall give certificates to owners of orchards or nurseries. There is a line of $1 provided for each tree or vine shipped which is infected with anyiinset, and the bill provides that all shipments must bear the mark of the inspector in the form of a certificate that the nursery or orchard has been inspected. The inspector shall receive $3 a day for his services, and for a violation of the provisions of the bill a fine of from $25 to SIOO, with imprisonment of from five to thirty days, is provided. All inspections must be made before Aug. 1 of each year. MECHANIC’S LIEN AMENDMENT. Mr. Shirley, of Allen county, presented an amendment to the mechanics’ lien law which provides that the mortgagee, when ho shall have taken possession of any property cn which tiiere is a mechanic’s lien, shall become responsible for that lien. Mr! Shirley also introduced an oleomargarine bill. This measure provides that every package of oleomargarine or butterine offered for sale shall be so labeled in letters at least ono inch high, and in the place where they are sold there shall be signs with letters at least four inches high showing that oleomargarine or butterine is sold there. Mr. Hall, of Benton county, presented the expected measure to remove Benton county from the Thirtieth judicial circuit and putit into the Twenty-first circuit. This bill is the result of the recent trouble between the judge in Benton county and the bar, in which the entire bar was held in contempt of court. Mr. Artman, of Boone county, sent up a bill to amend the law regarding t lie bringing of actions against corporations that they can be brought in any county where the corporation has an accredited agent who can be served. Another bill of Mr. Artman s provides that where an attorney is called upon to act as judge he shall receive as compensation $5 a day, and shall file an itemized statement of the time spent on the bench with the clerk of courts. Air. Titus gave some attention to farming matters and offered one amendment to the highway law by which the time for working on the road is extended to Oct. 1. Mr. Titus’s other measure provides for the distribution of congressional school funds in districts within two counties according to the population or on a per capita basis. Mr. Bonham, of Blackford, presented his two measures also. The first provides for the establishment of a superior court in Blackford and Delaware counties. The other was the dead-beat bill desired by the retail and wholesale merchants and the professional men. It provides that a person buying goods or procuring the services of a professional man with the intention to defraud him shall be subject to a line of $25, with imprisonment for sixty days, or both, and that the amount of the benefit he received shall be a lien on his property, and that an execution may be issued by any court of jurisdiction. Air. Cravens, of Clark county, took up the subject of commercial fertilizers and presented a measure which creates the office of state chemist and provides that the professor of chemistry at Purdue University shall be the state ehefnist. It further provides that no package of commercial fertilizer shall be sold within the State which does not bear a certificate of approval by the state chemist, and provides for the fees to bo received for the examination thereof. Air. Cravens also sent up a measure to amend the law' regarding the election of county superintendents by placing it in the hands of the county commissioners instead of in the hands of the township trustees, as at present. Air. Cutty, of Clay county, offered a bill to create a board of children’s guardians in counties where such a board does not now exist and giving to such boards greater authority in taking children from improper parents than such organizations now have. FREE LUNCH IN SALOONS. Mr. Hedgecock presented two important bills. The first relates to the sale or giving away of articles to eat in saloons or in any place of business where intoxicating liquors are sold. The bill prohibits both and imposes a fine of from $lO to $25 for the violation. The bill specifies such small matters as crackers, cheese or anything edible and prohibits anything of the kind. This hill meets the approval of the saloon men. so their representative said, in so far as It applies to free lunches, but be claimed that as drawn it will prevent the serving of liquors in a hotel. The other bill of Mr. Hedgecock’? was the law' known in the last session as the Schoonover anti-trust law. which was the product of the Democratic caucus. The main features of the bill is that it prohibits manufacturers from combining and establishing card prices for the retailer. The bill failed to puss at the last session. Air. Feist, of Dearborn, sent up two bills. The first provides for a more stringent punishment for damages to roads, guide posts,

etc., and amends the road construction law to that end. The other hill provides that county commissioners shall be elected by the districts instead of by the county at large. Each district shall vote on Us own candidate for commissioner only. Mr. Holcomb, of Decatur, sent up a bill which provided for the location of freehold bouundry inclosures and requires a posting of a notice for thirty days. Mr. Brown, of De Kalb, looked out for the protection of those who purchase patent rights, in a measure which provides that before a sale of a patent right or a part of one can be made an affidavit must be mtiv’ and filed with the court of tnc county wnere such a sale is to be made, certifying that the patent is a valid one. Failure to comply with this law involves a fine of not mure than SI,OOO and liability to recovery of civil damages. Mr. Brown’s second bill provides for the appointment of ditch viewers by the county commissioners, beginning in June, 1599, and to be made each year thereafter. Mr. Ross, of Delaware, started his measure looking to securing a proper return of promissory notes to assessors for taxation. The bill provides that all promissory notes shall bear on the back the stamp of t\\e assessor and this stamp must be affixed each year, else the note is not collectible. I'he penalty provided is a fine of from $25 to SIOO. Mr. Sullivan, of Dubois county, presented an amendment to the laws relating to the election of township officers by which they shall be elected on the first Mondays in April, beginning in the year 1900 instead of in the fall, as at present. The officers elected are required to qualify within ten days after election. Mr. Roose. of Elkhart, interrupted proceedings just long enough to present a resolution instructing the clerk to have the House directory printed. It was adopted and the grind of hills was resumed. A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Mr. Patterson, of Franklin, managed to get in a joint resolution before the call of counties tvas resumed, which provided for an amendment to the Constitution providing that all county officers shall serve terms of four years each and no officer shall serve more than four years out of any eight, instead of two-year terms and serving eight out of any twelve as at present. Mr. McGary, of Gibson, also gave some attention to the roads in a bill giving the commissioners authority, if petitioned by fifty taxpayers along any road, to levy a tax of from 25 cents to 50 cents on each SIC 9 worth of property along the road to improve the highway. The bill also provides that SO per cent, of the contract price shall he withheld until the work of improvement is accepted. Mr. Shideler, of Grunt, presented a bill regarding the work of convicts in the State prison,, which is the same measure introduced fn the Senate. Mr. Knotts, of Jasper county, will offer an amendment to this measure providing that the convicts shall he put to work printing the school books for the State, as he believes that such work will not only keep them busy, hut will have a beneficial effect on them and will save a large amount of money to the State. Mr. Burrier, of Grant, had his little bill ready and sent it to the clerk’s desk, it provides that the limit of taxation for a railroad subsidy shall hereafter he one-half of 1 per cent., instead of 2 per cent., as formerly. Mr. Shideler precipitated a discussion by presenting a. resolution that the Republicans, being in the majority, should begin with the seats on the east side of the chamber and occupy all down each aisle until the majority members were seated. This was offered because Mr. Shirk y and Mr. Downey. Democrats, are seated with tlie Republicans and refuse to give up their seats, while Mr. Powers, a Republican, is forced to sit far back on the Democratic side. The resolution requested those Democrats occupying seats which should be occupied by Republicans to vacate them by this morning. Mr. Eichhorn, Democrat, was on his feet in an instant, and asked if a courteous request had been made of those two Democrats, and protesting against such a resolution if it had not. Mr. Eichhorn said lie was satisfied that if such a request had been mad' this resolution would not have been necessary. Mr. Shideler said that such a question should have been unnecessary, as he would have offered this resolution only as a last resort. He said that such a request had been made to the Democratic members, and that they had refused to vacate their seats. Mr. Roots at this point suggested that, as good feeling seemed to be the order, he would move to refer the resolution to the two gentlemen who had just been talking. 'Mr. Eichhorn said that the matter might as well be settled then as any time, and moved to lay the motion on the table, but Mr. Roots withdrew it. Mr. Hedgecock added to the extreme hilarity of the occasion by offering a substitute that the Republicans occupy the west side and the Democrats the east side. This only served to take up time enough to lay it on the table and disgusted everybody. Mr. Downey then rose and made a speech, the equal of which has probably never been heard before in a legislative hall. He said he was made deaf by the protestations of loyalty which he had heard from the Republicans last summer and fall, and he expatiated at length on the Golden Rule. From this he switched to the statutes of Indiana and claimed that he had a right to his seat under the profane law, and from this he leaped to the Lord's Prayer and told the Republicans their consciences would trouble them, if they passed this resolution, when they repeated that section regarding the forgiveness of trespasses. Mr. Noel, of this county, calmly awaited the end of this extraordinary exhibition, and then asked Mr. Downey if he had not selected his seat before the election was held. Air. Downey was much disconcerted, hut said that he had. Air. Noel then said that the House has the right to regulate the seating of its members. Air. Blankenship then secured the floor and urged upon Mr. Downey that he show some honor and integrity. Mr. Downey then rose on a point of order ami claimed that Air. Blankenship had no right to grow so personal. While Mr. Downey was speaking Air. Blankenship concluded his scathing remarks, and as his voice was the more powerful of the two, it was only after he had concluded that the others in the House could hear what Air. ( Downey was saying. The speaker said that he did not think the remarks were intended as Air. Downey had taken them, and he did not understand them as impeaching Air. Downey’s motives, and then he recognized Air. Brown, who suggested that the resolution adopted on Friday covered the case. Air. James moved to adjourn and it was promptly voted down. The resolution was then put on its passage, and. by a strict party vote, it was adopted. The vote was 56 yeas to 34 nays. TWO-CENT FARE BILL.

Mr. Neal, of Hamilton, sent up the usual two-eent fare bill with a penalty for its violation of a fine not to exceed SSOO and imprisonment not to exceed six months or both. Mr. Caroway, of Hancock, sent up a bill to secure purity in elections, both primary and general. The*bill repeals all laws now in existence for the punishment of the buyer of votes. It provides that a man who sells his vote shall be disfranchised for from ten to twenty years, and the one securing a conviction of such a person shall receive from the County Commissioners the sum of SIOO. Mr. Caroway's theory is that it is impossible to secure a conviction of both buyer and seller, as they will not tell on each other when both can be held. Therefore, he makes an inducement to get hold of the floating voter and get him out of the way for a few years. Mr. Caroway's second bill concerns the election of County Commissioners. The last bill of the afternoon was by Mr. O'Bannon. of Harrison, and provides for the taxation of inheritances. His bill provides that where the gift or inheritance comes from a parent, brother or sister, the exemption shall be SIO,OOO. and on all above that sum the tax shall be 2 per cent. On an inheritance from an uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or others of like degree of relationship. the exemption shall be $2,000. and above that the tax shall be 2 per cent. In all other cases an inheritance of $.'..000 to SIO,OOO shall be taxed 3 per cent., from SIO,OOO to $20,000 the tax shall he 4 per cent., from $20,000 to $30,000 the tax shall be 3 per cent., and on all over $50,000 the tax shall be 0 per cent. The bill provides for the appointment of appraisers and other, details in connection with the collection of the tax. It was by this time long after 5 o'clock and the House adjourned until !) o’clock this morning. A summary of the bills introduced yesterday. and the committee to whom they were referred, is as follows: No. 2. By Mr. Bouttit: To tlx compensation and to prescribe the duties of justices of the peace of certain townships; judiciary. No. 3. By Mr. fxiuttit: To prevent San Jose scale; agriculture. No. 4. By Mr. Shirley: Amending m jehanic’s lien law; judiciary. No. 5. By Mr. Shirley: Regulating the sale of oleomargarine and butterine; lights and privileges. No. 6. By Mr. Hall: Defining Judicial Circuits 21 ant' 30: organization of the courts. No. 7. By Mr. Artrnan: Prescribing the manner in which actions may be brought against corporations; judiciary. No. 8. By Mr. Artrnan: Concerning coml*ensatlon of special judges: judickiry. No. 9. By Mr. Titus: To amend the highway act; roads. No. 10. To provide for the distribution of certain school funds; county and township business. No. 11. By Mr. Bonham: To establish a Superior Court In Delaware and Biackford counties; organization of courts. No. 12. By Mr. Bonham: To protect retail merchants and others; rights and privileges. No. 13. By Mr. Cravens: Prescribing the sale of commercial fertilisers and creating the office of state chemist; agriculture. No. 14. By Mr. Cravens: To amend the

act relating to the election of county superintendents; edueqjion. No. 15. By Mr, Cutty: Creating a board of children’s guardians; education. No. 16. By Mr. Hedgecock: Prohibiting the sale of edibles in saloons or free distribution; rights and privileges. No. 17. By Air. Hedgecock: To amend the trust law; judiciary. No. 18. By Mr. Feist: To amend the roadconstruction law; roads. No. 19. By Mr. Feist: To divide townships for trustee election purposes; county and township business. No. 20. By Mr. Holcomb: To locate freehold boundary inclosures; rights and privileges. No. 21. By Mr. Brown: To amend the act regulating the sale of patent rights; judiciary. No. 22. By Air. Brown: Concerning drains and ditches; drainage and dikes. No. 23. By Air. Ross: To stamp all promissory notes; county and township business. No. 24. By Air. Sullivan: Amending township and election laws; county and township business. No. 23. By Air. McGary: To improve highways; roads. No. 26. By Air. SUdelei. Concerning employment of convict labot state prison. No. 27. By Air. Burrier - To reduce railroad subsidy tax; coun. and township business. No. 28. By Air. Neal: To fix railroad fare; railroads. No. 29. By Mr. Caroway: To secure purity of primary elections; elections. No. 39. By Mr. Caroway: To amend the act regarding the election of county boards; county and township business. No. 31. By Mr. O’Bannon: To tax inheritances; county and township business. Joint resolution No. 1. By A4r. Patterson: To amend the Constitution regarding terms of county officers; county and township business. THE SENATE COMMITTEES. Mr. Hugg’M A’etv Street-Car Bill—lusnrnnee. Forty-five minutes was all the time required for the senators to complete the business of the day yesterday, ar.d the afternoon passed off without a sign of a wrangle, each senator attending strictly to the business before the house. Promptly at 2 o'clock Lieutenant Governor Haggard called the Senato to order, and a call of the roll showed that ‘eight senators were absent. Senator Hogate introduced a resolution providing that the clerk be instructed to prepare a list of all hills passed during each week and furnish copies to each senator. A communication from the Governor was read announcing that in compliance with acts of the last Legislature he had appointed Lycurgus P. McCormack and Dr. B. Frank Schmid as labor commissioners and Daniel H. McAbee as factory inspector. A communication from the House announced that the appropriation hill had passed that body. The president then announced the Senate committees as follows, the first named being chairmen: —Senate Joint Committees.— Enrolled Bills—Lambert, Ball. Stilwell. Public Buildings—Wood. Aliller, Horner. State Library—Ball, Agnew. Winfield. Joint Rules—Hubhell, Brooks and Heller.

—Senate Committees.— Elections—Gilbert, Hugg, Joss, Osborn, Brooks, Stroup, Inman. Finance —Hogate, Leith, Charles, Aliller, Binkley, Coir, Purcell. Judiciary—Early, Hubhell. Hawkins, Newby. Gilbert, Agnew, Brooks, Joss, Stroup, Drummond. Shea. Organization of Courts Brooks. Ball, Wood, I-tinbert, Binkley, Inman, Winfield. Education Goodwine, Early, Hubhell, Wood. Agnew, Corr, O'Connor. Corporations Hubhell. Hawkins. Goar, Johnson of Jay, Burns, Nusbaum, Purcell. Roads—Charles. Culbert, Hugg, Goar, Goodwine, Gill, Campbell. Benevolent Institutions—Binkley. Wood, Keyes, Lambert, Guthrie, Kell. Gwin. Reformatories Gilbert, Hogate, Joss, New, Johnson of Madison, Inman. Shea. Agriculture—Keyes, Goodwine, Gochenour, Guthrie, Patten, Campbell. Gill. Bankt—Guthrie, Ho,ate, Gcch nour, Lei h, Binkley, r-win, Cregor. Public Printing—Lageman, New, Hubhell, Osborn. Keyes, Nusbaum, Shea. Public Buildings and Library Miller, Goar. Goodwine. Brooks, Lambert, Keeney, O’Connor. Prisons-Cultert, Gochenour, Wood, Burns, Newbv. Winfield, Heller. Swamp Linds and Drains—Guthrie. Burns, Aliller, Johnson of Jay, Newby, Kell, Patten. Fees and Salaries—Osborn. Legeman. Earlv. Wood. Hubhell, Gochenour. Johnson of Madison, Binkley. Joss, Gill. Heller. Corr, Cregor. Claims and Expenditures—l-ambert, Ball, Wood. Hugg. Binkley. Campbell, Heller. Alilitary Affairs— Gochenour, Gilbert, New, Leich, Burns, Horner, Gwin. Phraseology of Bills—Goodwine. Early, Ball. Osborn. Brooks. Stilwell, Heller. Federal Relations—Binkley. Hubhell, Johnson of Aladison, Legeman, Culbert, Keeney, Gwin. Temperance—Leich. Charles, Goodwine, Burns, Keyes, Kell. Gwin. County and Township Business—New, Gochenour. Leich, Gilbert. Brooks, Agnew, Lambert, Charles. Nusbaum. Shea, Gill. Public Health. Vital and Other Statistics— Goar, Gilbert, Gochenour, Goodwine, Keyes, Gill, Nusbaum. Insurance—Newby, Gilbert, Agnew, Keyes, Early, Minor, Winfield. Railroads—Hawkins. Culbert. Leich, Guthrie. Osborn, Ryan, Nusbaum. Mines, Alining and Manufacturing—Ball, Culbert. Aliller, Johnson of Jay. Joss, Horner. Keeney. Congressional Apportionment Wood, Legeman, Brooks, Early, Binkley, Hugg, Ball, Gilbert. Osborn, Burns, Keeney, Inman, Campbell. Legislative Apportionment—Joss, Charles, Legeman. Miller, Newby, La in her t. Hubbell, Keyes, Hogate, Early. Hawkins, Campbell, Drummond, Patten. Minor. Inspection of Journal—Burns, Early, Goodwine, Johnson of Jay, Osborn, Cregor, Stilwell. Executive Appointments*—Hogate, Hawkins, Wood. Brooks. Binkley, Ryan, Cregor. Cities and Towns—Johnson of Madison, Hogate, Gilbert. Ball, Agnew, Ryan, Minor. Labor and Labor Statistics—Burns, Wood, Johnson of Madison, Ball. Keyes, O’Connor, Corr. Rules—Lieutenant Governor, Hubhell, Early, Binkley, Osborn. Stilwell, Heller. Natural Gas—Johnson of Jay. Gilbert, Goodwine, Johnson of Madison, Joss, Shea, Corr. Revision of Constitution—Joss, Early, Hogate. Gilbert, Hawkins, Horner, Heller. Building anil Loan—Agnew, Ball, Hubhell, Wood, Joss. Alinor, Nusbaum. City of Indianapolis—Hugg, New. Haw’kins, Joss, Hogate, Purcell. Drummond. Soldiers’ Monument—Leich, Gochenour, New, Gilbert. Hubhell. Cregor, Horner. Senator Hubhell moved to comply with the rules and have the journal read, and the president instructed Assistant Secretary Wayman to proceed with it. He only uttered about a dozen words, however, when the reading was dispensed with. Leaves of absence were granted to Senators Johnson, of Madison, Agnew and Drummond on account of illness. Senator Brooks introduced a hill providing that it shall be illegal for any hoard of trustees of any town or the council of any city or any member thereof to make any allowance or allow any claim against the corporation except at a regular session of the board or council, and no claim shall in any case be paid without verification by some person having a knowledge of the facts. It further provides that the clerk shall provide himself with a claim docket, in which all obligations against the city or town shall be listed. \ HUGG’S STREET GAR BILL. Senator Hugg offered! a hill providing for radical reforms in street car control by the city. Besides regulating the heating accommodations in winter apd the manner and time of running ears, the hill says that passage tickets shall be sold for the benefit of workingmen at the rath of eight for 25 cents, to bo used between the hours of 5:30 and 7 a. m. and 5 and 7 p. tn., except on Sundays, the Fourth of July and Christmas. It further provides a penalty for charging any higher rate. The rights of passengers to use transfers is also clearly defined, and places them less at the mercy of the representatives of the company than has been ttie case heretofore. Senator Early introduced a bill allowing the trustees ol the State Normal School to issue certificates of protieiertey to such teachers as shall have completed any of the prescribed courses of study and’whose moral character and disciplinary relations to the school have been good. Whenever graduates shall present satisfactory evidences of having taught and managed successfully for a period of two years certificates as teachers shall lie given. In all cases, however, the certificates issued shall entitle the holders to teach only in the common school grades, and are not qualifications for a high school license. Senator Hugg handed up a bijll providing that in every city of 100,000 or more a police pension fund shall be created, which shall lie managed by a board of trustees consisting of the mayor, city treasurer, superintendent of police and six members of the police force, to be selected on* the second Monday in March, 1899, two to hold office for one year, two for two years land two for throe years. Tho fund Is to be, create.! by the turning over to it of all Police Court fines and tho assessment of amounts against each member of the police forcef not to exceed sls a year. In case of death $l5O shall be paid from the fund for funeral expenses, and an annuity of S2O a month shall he paid

to each widow and $6 a month for the benefit of each child of a deceased member. AH pensions shall he exempt from seizure or levy upon attachment or execution. NEWBY'S INSURANCE BILL. Senator Newby offered a bill for the incorporation of life insurance companies on either stock or mutual plan. It provides that the capital shall not be less than SIOO,OOO. half of which must be paid up and invested In government or state bonds, certificates of deposit In any solvent bank or in bonds and mortgages upon unincumbered real estate In Indiana, the property to be worth at least double the sum loaned. It also provides that any ten people may incorporate a company, providing at the time of incorporation there are 250 applications for Insurance for at least SI,OOO each. The till further provides for a full report of the actual condition of all complies to be filed with the auditor of state annually. Senator Stillwell offered in anti-prize fight bill, providing that whoever engages as principal In any prize fight, or attends a fight as backer, trainer, second, umpire or assistant, shall be fined not less than SSO and not more than SI,OOO and imprisoned for not less than two years, and be disfranchised from holding office for any determined period. It provides that it shall not he necessary in order to secure a conviction to prove that the fight was for a reward, either in “money, mastery or championship.’’ Senator New introduced a bill providing that the judge of the court In which a criminal proceeding originates, in capital offenses, shall be the only person to appoint counsel to defend poor persons or to make allowances in such cases, and that on a change of venue to another court, the judge of the latter court shall accept the counsel appointed by the court from which the action is taken. Senator Patton introduced the pure food bill prepared by the State Board of Health, which was printed in the Journal several weeks ago. It provides for the labeling of all food products strictly in accordance with their compounding and ingredients. It specifically prohibits the using of the word “creamery,’’ "dairy,” “Jersey” or any other misleading word in labeling oleomargarine. The same restrictions are provided in the case of vinegar and canned goods, and a penalty is fixed in each case for all violations. Half of all fines collected are to go to the State Board of Health to pay for tha necessary investigations in making the law effective. Senator Winfield, in his bill, asked to have the railroads compelled to keep the same r umber of employes on all trains as are at present employed. While the hill does not say so, it is learned that the purpose of tha bill is to guard against an expected move on the part of the railroads to cut down the number of train hands on freight trains. It is said that the federal law requiring railroads 1o equip all cars with safety couplers and air brukes will, in the minds of the railroad officials, do away with the necessity of employing as many men as are at present required to operate trains equipped with the old-fashioned couplers and hand brakes. MINOR BILLS. A large number of minor bills were offered, as follows: Senator Hugg—Allowing Union soldiers and sailors to receive peddlers’ licenses without cost. Senator Lambert—Giving to county clerks the power to furnish clothing to patients in Indiana hospitals lor the insane to meet emergencies. Senator Gwin—Providing for the erection by township trustees of guide posts on all public highways, particularly at intersections and diverging points. Senator Nusbaum—Providing that all children between the ages of five and fifteen years shall he placed under religious instruction during nine months in each year, at least one hour every Sunday. Senator Osborn—For the immediate taking effort of the act providing for the State assuming jurisdiction over the lands on which the Marlon Soldiers' Home is located. Senator Osborn Amending the election law so as to make the challenger and pollbook holder members of the board of elections. Senator Patton—For the exemption of all real estate from taxation to the extent of tho amount of any mortgage against it. Senator Hubhell-Providing that hereafter all divorces shall be granted in two classes—absolute and qualified. Absolute divorces shall he granted to the injured party only for adultery and abandonment for seven years. Qualified divorces may be granted for the following causes: Physical weakness, cruelty, habitual drunkenness and failure to provide. In all qualified divorces either party may be prohibited from remarriage under a penalty of imprisonment for from two to fourteen years. Senator Hugg—Providing that hereafter it shall not he necessary for plaintiffs iti actions to prove w’ant of contributory tiegllgefice on their part in alleging negligence on the part of any pe. son. copartnership or corporation in suits for damages brought on account of personal injuries or death of any person, but that contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff shall he a matter of defense to be proved under the answer of general denial. Senator New offered the township reform hill drawn up by the Township anil County Reform Commission, and which was fully set forth in the Journal some time ago. Before the grist of bills began to grind; Senator Hawkins moved that House bill No. 1, the appropriation bill, he taken up for passage under a suspension of the rules. On the third reading Senator Shea offe.red an amendment cutting down the amount from $105,000 to $95,000. Inasmuch, however, as tha hill was considered engrossed and had passed the points at which amendments could ho offered the senator was ruled out of order. In explaining his position. Senator Shea said that at every session there was always a surplus, which was invariably wasted. Before adjournment Senator Hubhell, chairman of the committee on rules, reported that the joint committee from the House and Senate had decided to use the same rules during the present session as were in force during the Sixtieth General Assembly. At 2:45 the Senate adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning. ♦ JUSTICES TO WITNESSES. A Statement In the Stoner-Crearor Contest. A wrong construction lias been placed upon the connection of Mr. J. M. Patterson, of Anderson, witli tho contest of Stoner against Cregor. resulting from the notice of the contest which appeared in Sunday s Journal. Mr. Patterson’s testimony was in corroboration of the story that men were hired to stay jiway from the polls on that day and to avoid voting, not that he himself was hired to do so or that he was with the party which went fishing. Mr. Patterson was one of the blockmen serving that day in Anderson and in his duties as such found instances where men had been hired to go away and testified regarding them only. Mr. Patterson is a business man of high standing in Anderson and the inference that he was one of those purchased or that he was of the fishing party does him a great injustice, as he was haul at work for the success of the Republican ticket. The platang of Air. Patterson in this false position arose from the fact that in the list of witnesses given as corroborating the story of hiring men to remain away from the polls appeared not only Air. Patterson’s name, hut the names of several who were of the fishing party on that day, and the list was given as corroborating witnesses to the story outlined above the names. Anderson papers are requested to give space to this explanation. In the Journal's account of the contest proceedings between E. E. Stoner and Dr. Crpgor J. J. Bravy was mentioned us one of the men hired to leave tho city on election day. This was a mistake. Air. Bravy was Republican challenger in his precinct and was at the polls during the entire day. He was summoned as a witness in this case to testify to the fact that two of the parties alleged to have he. n hired on that day were taken from the noils before voting by one John Limey, and did so testify. This i all tho connection Air. Bravy had with the case. BOLD MASKED BANDITS. Hound and Gagged a Polleeman und Then Held I p Two Hotel". FORT SCOTT, Kan., Jan. 9.—Three masked men early this morning a policeman, took him into the woods, bound and gagged him, and with rare coolness held up and robbed nine men in the Cottage House and the Sayres House, two hotels on prominent business streets. Alfred Afeade, ati engineer on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis, was one of the victims, and was shot by one of the robbers, and Geo. H. Young, a colored man, was mistaken for one of them and shot. Several hours after the robbery the police Identified the bandits as they hoarded tho St. Louisbound M., K. & T. passenger train and had a fight with them, but they got away. Wealthy Mine Owner Released. DENVER. Col., Jan. 9.—The Supreme Court to-day granted a writ of habeas corpus for James Doyle, a wealthy mine owner and mayor of Victor. Col., whom Judge Lunt committed to jail at Colorado Springs on uccount of his refusal to sign a stipulation agreeing to set aside a judgment for about $750,0uu obtained by default in lowa, against his former partner. James Burns, in defiance of an injunction granted by Judge Lunt,