Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1901 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1901.

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The much-predicted attack upon the county and township legislation of the last legislature Las not materialized thus far Taxpayers very generally approve of It. SBBBBBBBBBBBSBSBSBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBSBBBSBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBMSBBBBB Senator Vest gave a lilnt that all States can well afford to profit by when he said that New England sent Its brightest men to Congress and kept them there so Ions as hey worked for New Enrjland. Filipinos by the thousand are taking: the " cath of allegiance to the United States, the action of the Democrats In the Missouri and Arkansas Legislatures seeming to afford them no encouragement to stay out. Edward VII Is the fourth British sovereign since George III, under whom American Independence occurred. Three reigns covered the period from 1820 to the present, but sixty-three of these were Victoria's. Tell It not in Gath," eta, but the contract for the press work of Mr. Bryan's new paper has been let to a trust which controls the "ready print" business in the Wyt and has forced to the wall many mailer concerns. j - SSBBSSSSSBSBBSSBSSBSSSSSSSSSSSSBSB Senator Thompson's bill designed to compel transient dealers selling bankrupt or dataaged stocks of goods to pay tax seem a fair proposition. Permanent dealers who contribute to the business of cities and towns are. taxed; why should transients escape taxation? The blU of 1SC3 providing for the registration of barbers should be brought forward to Join the bill for the registration of telegraph operators and for the safety of J steam boilers. Change the titles of these bills so as to make their purpose clear and each would read: "An act to create a soft enap for a half-dozen persons." The Boston Herald, which told us for years that the tariff on an article Imported Into the United States added to the price of the home article the amount of the tariff, has discovered that this is not the case, even in respect to wool, of which w

Jo not produce enough for home consumption. Thus does knowledge increase, but often slowly. X. riL connection with the proposed substitution of granite for Indiana limestone in the construction of the new government building in this city it should be remembered that it would retard the completion, of the building very 'materially. A great dejLl of time would be consumed in transporting? the granite from the distant quarries, and every block would require twice als long to work as the oolitic limestone. i Clf the Missouri Legislature had remem?red that the city of St. Louis was asking Congress for an appropriation of $3,000,000 for an exposition to be held in that city In 1503 perhaps It would not have adopted resolutions of sympathy for the Filipinos and sefuslng to hoist the national flag oyer the Capitol. Now some of the G. A. R. postj in Illinois are forwarding to Congress pro- I tests against the proposed appropriation, on the ground that It "would encourage the people of Missouri to further unpatriotic acts." The Journal is not much In favor of appropriations for local expositions, but it ! "would hardly be fair to hold all the reople of Missouri responsible for the acts of the Eryanites in the Legislature. No good reason Is perceived why the House committee on coinage, composed cf a majority of Republicans, should formally ask Mr. William Jennings Bryan for an' expression - of his views regarding the proposition to make the gold and silver coins of the United States exchangeable for each other at par at the treasury cf the United States at the demand of the holder. The avowed object of the bill is to maintain the parity of the money of the United States and further establish the gold standard. As Mr. Bryan Is known to be opposed to the latter policy the only effect of asking for his opinion will be to give him an opportunity to exploit discarded and obsolete views. The committee i hould not waste time 1n that manner. The Journal has printed the essential features of the primary election bill, but, that readers may understand Its features, now that It Is before the House, its salient features are given. It applies to counties of COJWO Inhabitant's and, cities of 10.CW0 or over; It provides for direct nominations; the primaries of both parties are to be tzlZ tiia came day and In the tame placsj;

the ballot Is to be secret; all county, township and municipal officers are to bj nominated in this way; every precaution appears to be taken to insure an honest vote, all election officers being sworn to perform their duties as In existing laws regulating elections. Any aspirant who is backed by two qualified voters can have his name put on the ballot of his political party, each party having separate ballots. The order of names on the Lallot 13 changed so that no candidate can have the advantage of being ccutinually at the head of the ticket. This bill or or.c having its essential features diouJd become a law. A VEItY ,WEAK FICTION. Those who believe all they see as correspondence from "Washington respecting Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge must believe that they are not on good terms because of the distribution of the patronage. It Is an exception when at least one paper does not print something to Indicate that the senators are having frequent differences. In one paper, Wednesday afternoon, there was a dispatch from "Washington In which It was stated that Mr. Fairbanks called upon the President to ask if a certain consulship stood to the credit of Indiana. To this question the President answered that It did. but that Mr. Fairbanks had better take Jir. Beveridge Into consideration In regard to this consulship and other appointments. The correspondent then says that as Mr. Fairbanks left the President, the latter asked him how he stood on the shipsubsidy bill, but got no definite answer, or wcrds to that effect. Any person who has made any considerable progress toward the period of discretion, when he thinks of the foregoing statements a few minutes, must seo that they are such shallow fictions that it Is an insult to the intelligence of the readers of a paper to present them as facts. When a senator calls upon the President about any matter like that here referred to the President and the senator are alone. To get what the Presi

dent said the correspondent must inter view the President about a private con crsatlon. To get what the senator said to the President In regard to the ship-subsidy bill, Senator Fairbanks must have revealed to the correspondent a portion of a private conversation. Now, there Is not a person of ordinary Intelligence who believes thathe President would give to a correspondent part of a private Interview, or that a senator would give him the por tion that the President did not. Yet that Is the only way these statements could have been obtained, unless the correspond ent 13 a mind-reader and his widely-diffused intelligence enables him to be an eavesdropper all over the city of Washington, At the present time, no one believes In the general mind-reader, and yet this very cheap fiction is put forth upon the assumption that all the readers of the paper he represents are lacking In the most or dinary Intelligence, and can be made the victims of every sort of story. The story to which attention has been called Is only one of many designed to make the people of Indiana believe that the senators are fast becoming enemies over the parceling-out of a few offices of no consequence to the public. The papers printing these misleading reports would like to see a disagreement between the senators simply to have a topic for columns of sensational gossip and rumors. A CONSTITUTIONAL SOVEREIGN. In the way of a royal speech nothing could be more manly, appropriate and every way satisfactory than the brief address of the new King of England on taking the oath of accession. The speeches of the British sovereign at the opening of Parliament are usually written by the prime minister and read as coming from the sovereign. King Edward's speech bears internal evidence of hl3 own dictation and revision, if not of his composition. Its allusion to the deceased Queen and to "my ever to be lamented great and wise father, who by universal consent is, I think, deservedly known by the name of Aert the Good," was in the best of taste and calculated to command the sympathy of the British people. But the most notable thing in this brief and suggestive address is the King's voluntary consecration of himself to constitutional government. He said: "In undertaking the heavy load which now devolves upon me I am fully determined to bo a constitutional sovereign in the strictest sense of the word, and so long as there is breath in my body to work for the good and amelioration of my people. To this work," he said, "I am determined to devote my whole strength during the remainder of my life." Perhaps this was intended as assurance to the British people that whatever follies he might have been guilty of as Prince of Wales, they were at an end and the remainder of his life would be devoted to making a record as Edward VII. Nothing could be more indicative of the progress of British liberty and characteristic of the spirit of the twentieth century than the King's assurance that he was "fully determined to be a constitutional sovereign in the fullest sense of the word." Most of his predecessors would have felt it beneath royal dignity to give such an assurance. Ills mother was really the first strictly constitutional sovereign England ever had. Most of the rest have regarded royal prerogatives as above constitutional limitations and the promotion of the welfare of the people as far less important than the assertion of the divine right of king3. The England of to-day is very different from the England of those times when petitions of the House of Commons were either contemptuously spurned by the King or granted only in small part; when the House was packed, as It sometimes was, by order of the King by the return of members never elected; when all the acts of an entire Parliament were disregarded by the crown; when uncles had their nephews murdered to make good their owr. claims to the throne; when the sovereign could put any person to death either to gratify a popular cry or to shield himself from purely imaginary designs; when the King assumed to be not only the state, but the church as well, and out of tlx wives could have two beheaded and two divorced. Those days are past. Personal rule In England continued almost until the accession of Victoria, but her reign ended it forever. Edward VII recognizes this fact. As an English gentleman he understands the English people and knows how to deal with them. No doubt he told the truth when he said he was fully determined

to be a constitutional sovereign In the fullest sense of the word.

IX THE WRONG DIRECTION. Have those who are advocating a proposition that taxpayers shall purchase books to be given to all school children made any estimate of the cost? If they have none has appeared In the newspapers. Perhaps those who are urging the scheme do not think the matter of cost of any Importance. There are those who think that It is a matter of vital Importance. They are the people who pay the taxes. Those people have a right to expect that the members of the Legislature will look out for their Interests in this matter, and before voting icr free schoolbooks ascertain, at least approximately, the probable cost. The superintendent of public instruction and his subordinates ought to be able to give an approximate estimate of the amount of money the free Schoolbook proposition will cost. It certainly will be more than parents and guardians now pay, because they utilize the same books for two or three years, but when the public purchases them, and the taxpayer pays a profit to the dealer, a book that will last more than a year will be an exception. Will the expense be one, two or three million dollars a year? If books are purchased free for all the high schools, with writing and drawing books, would any responsible house give bonds to purchase all the books required for less than a million dollars a year? In a manner that should not be known to pupils in the schools the children of those who are unable to purchase books should be furnished them, but is there any good reason why A should be taxed to purchase books for B's children vhen he is as well able to purchase them himself? If books are given to pupils by taxpayers, why should not lunches be furnished at the noon hour, and street-car tickets? While this bill is In one committee, a bill is before another abolishing the poll tax and relieving certain property-owners from paying taxes on $100 of property if they have no more. It is probable that this last proposition would be declared unconstitutional; but, taking the two propositions together, what do they mean? The relieving of many thousands of able-bodied men of the4 duty the word is used advisedly the duty of contributing to the support of schools, streets, police, etc., and turning upon the property-owners and taxpayers of the State and compelling them to purchase schoolbooks for everybody. Many persons, when taxpayers are spoken of, think only of the rich, but the men and women upon whom the burden of taxes falls are not rich people, but, on the contrary, people who are compelled to hoard a little money to pay their taxes on homes, small farms and limited occupations. Instead of reducing the number who contribute to the revenues the number should be increased, on the theory that government Is beneficial alike to all, and that the Individual who pays taxes on a few hundred dollars is a more conservative person than one who can say "the higher the taxes the better for me, because I pay none and may get employed if plenty of money Is spent by the city." To abolish half a million of poll taxes and add one or two millions to the burdens of the taxpayers to furnish free schoolbooks does not appear to be a timely or conservative proposition. There is nothing surprising in the fact that a large number of Fort Wayne citizens are before the Legislature asking for the enactment of a law which shall give to that city a nonpartisan police force. .The outrageous conduct of those charged with the enforcement of the laws when Senator Hanna visited Fort Wayne last fall was calculated to arouse the indignation and resentment of every man who is in favor of extending the protection guaranteed by the law to every peaceable and orderly individual, and In view of the conspicuous failure of those in authority to disperse a howling mob on that occasion It is small wonder that Foil Wayne people are anxious to have them displaced by others who will do better. The Fort Wayne Safety Board and police authorities might have thought with profit of the possibility of such a thing when they were calmly permitting the outrage complained' of. From present indications a British submarine Pacific cable will be laid while we are talking about it. The postmaster general of Victoria has accepted a bid to lay such a cable at a cost of JS.735.3C7, the route being from New South Wales to Norfolk islands, .thence to FIJI, from Fiji to Fanning island, and thence to Vancouver, British Columbia. Great Britain and Canada have agreed to pay five-ninths of the total cost, and the others four-ninths will be borne by the Australian Federation. The laying of this cable will not lessen the importance of one under exclusive American control. The sinking-fund bill for the city of In dianapolis, which Senator Matson has In charge, contains one Important clause which removes all the objection to slnklngfdnd laws on the ground that the money collected is often diverted to other purposes. This clause provides that the sink ing fund, as collected, shall be Intrusted to the banking association or trust company which will pay the most for the use of it, giving full security. The city should have a sinking fund to meet its maturing bonds. A number of the most loyal, most Intelligent and most useful Republicans in the Stat? are in town holding an annual rreet:ng. It is superfluous to add that they ar the Republican editor. Others are in tha fight occasionally; they are always in battle array. The Journal is pleased to know that most of the Republican papers in Indiana are prosperous, and that most of them, through the Industry and ability of their proprietors, afford them excellent returns. In his recent eulogy of Dutch conservatism as opposed to American expansion former President Cleveland overlooked the fact that Holland conquered the island of Java and by good government has made It the prosperous home of nearly 22,000,000 of people closely akin to the Filipinos. Mr. Cleveland seemed to think the proverb, "The Dutch have taken Holland," meant they had never ventured outside of that country. The fact Is they are a very expansive people. It is sincerely hoped that the House will not permit the opponents of the prlmarr election law to kill the bill at the outset by striking out the enactjng clause, as is

threatened. If all the counties of 30.C00 population do not want the pending bill, let It be amended so that the larger counties can have the benefit of iu provisions. If no other county wants it, the citizens of Marlon county and Indianapolis, who desire better and more responsible government, do want it. This is essentially the case with a large part of the Republican party. In fact, the primary election law is essential to the ascendency cf the Republican party In Marlon county. As a result' of bad government and bad financiering the credit of the city of Chicago Is ruined, at least for the present. Interest on city improvement bonds is past due to the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the bonds which formerly sold for ninety to ninety-five cents are now offered at sixty to seventy cents, and contractors are bidding 30 to 40 per cent, higher for street Improvement work than formerly. In the long run such government as Chicago has been having for years past always proves disastrous. FROM HITHER AND YON.

Flrst Thought. Tonkers Statesman. "What animal is it that ! web-footed, Tommle?" "The spider, ma'am." ... Avoiding; the Rush. The Smart Set. Politician Tell me the best way to set out of politics. Friend Turn Prohibitionist. "Oh, -that's too sudden; I want to get out gradually." Rubbing It , Washington Star. "Why did that young man leave so suddenly?" asked Maud. "It was my fault." answered Mamie. "I thoughtlessly got to talking about the beautiful autumn haze ry the river. I forgot he was a West Tolnt cadet." TVo Need of Either. Chicago Tribüne"These rooms are so small!" said the house hunter, looking around disapprovingly. "You coulJn't sling a cat in any of them." "No, madam," majestically replied the Janitor. "And you couldn't spank a baby in any of them. We don't allow either cats or babies In the building, madam." Color. Detroit Journal. The red man perused with profound concern the accounts of the latest lynchlngs in Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. "If I were colored." he exclaimed, when he had done, "I should be blue!" Then he affected to liugh grimly, but we could plainly see that he aa depressed by unwonted forebodings. : HIS HEART OF CONSTANT YOUTH. fc Major Charles L. Holstein. Turn through his life, each word and deed Now sacred as It Is How helped and soothed we are to read A history like hist To turn the years, in far review, And find him as To-day In morning-lands of gold and blue Again a boy at play: The dewy grass the orchard trees, - The sumptuous blossoms there. With song of birds and drone of bees And Springtime everywhere: Turn any chapter that we will. Read any page, in- sooth, We find his glad heart owning still. The freshness: oV his yöutb.1 - With such a heart of tender care He loved his own, and thus His home was, to the loved ones there, A temple glorious. And, ever youthful, still his love Enshrined, all manifold. The people all the poor thereof. The helpless and the old. And little children Ah! to them His love was as the sun Wrought In a magic diadem That crowned them, every one. And ever young his reverence for . The laws: like mornlng-dew He shone as counsel, orator. And clear logician, too. And 89 a boy his gallant soul Made answer to the trill Of battle-trumpet and the roll Of drums that echo still: His comrades as his country dear They knew, and ever knew That buoyant boyish love, sincere As truth itself is true: He marched with them, in tireless trampLaughed, cheered and yfted up The battle-chorus, and in camp Shared blanket, pipe and cup. Ills comrades! When you meet again, In anguish though you bow. Remember how he loved you then, And how he loves you NOW. James Whltcomb Riley. MADE WITTY RETORT. A Debate Detween Thomas A. Hendricks and Henry S. Lane Recalled. "Henry S. Lane w-as . one of the best stump speakers that Indiana 'ever produced," said 'a gentleman the other day, who has resided in this State for over sixty years. "He was essentially a stump speaker, using that term in the old time sense of the word, and I am sure that sending him to the United States Senate was equivalent to putting him in a coffin as far as the display of his peculiar oratorical ability was concerned. He was especially brilliant at repartee, and his ability in this respect might be likened to the play of a master with the rapier. But his nature was so refined, and his sensibilities so delicate that whatever he gave utterance to in the hustings was not possessed of a rancerous sting, and there was a whole souled heartiness of spirit about him that won him many friends. "I shall never forget . the time that I heard him make one of his apt replies to Thomas A. Hendricks. It was back in 17 or '38, while I was teaching school down at Leavenworth in Crawford county. Lane and Hendricks had been stumping the State and holding a series of Joint debates that aroused the interest of all the people Their stay at Leavenworth was limited to the ti me between two boats, and it was agreed that the debate should be governed by this fact. Hendricks spoke first and made a very plausible argument for his side of the question. Lane arose to reply only a short time before the boat was due, but he pitched into the argument of his' opponent with such a vigorous attack that in a very few minutes Hendricks became uneasy, and appeared ta bo very uncomfortable. I was wellvdown towards the front of the audience, where I could see every expression of the two orators' faces Presently, as Lane was in the midst of one of his most scorching and sarcastic periods, the whistJe of the approaching steamboat was heard. "At the sound. Mr. Hendricks, who was seated on the platform immediately behind Mr. Lane, leaned forward, and in a whisper which could be plainly heard by most of the auditors, said: . " 'Mr. Lane, the :boat Is coming. Don't you think you had better stopr "Mr. Lane paused, and looked down over his shoulder for a moment at his Interrupter with a look of utmost scorn on his face, then turning to the audience with a smile, remarked: 'I thought that it was about tirno the gentleman would want to take to the water.' This witty turn, of course, caught the fancy of the crowd, and It was many a day before Hendricks heard the last of the incident."

B THE LEGISLATURE

BUSY HALF-DAY SESSIONS ARE HELD DY BOTH HOUSES. The BUI Exempting Spanish War Veterans front Services on Hlchnays AmendedSENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE A SPIRIT OF RETALIATION SHOWN TOWARD THE HOUSE. The Dill Calling for Tito Stenographers Killed Hauling of Henry Loads on Gravel Roads. Yesterday was the first day of the session when the Indiana House of Representatives could legally hold an all-day session, but as Speaker Artman's desk was clear before noon the House adjourned until this morning. The Senate also held a half-day session. Both houses transacted considerable business. Numerous new measures were introduced In the House during the morning, and there were several committee reports and a number of bills came up for second reading. Among these was the bill exempting Spanish-American war veterans frcra service on the public highways. The bill was amended to Include those taking part in the Filipino war, and was ordered engrossed. Two or three measures were passed. Much discussion was brought out over the bill designed to protect gravel roads from heavy hauling. The bill came up for second reading and was passed to engrossment. One of the members spoke of the heavy tanks of the Standard Oil Company that are hauled over the roads in his locality, and wanted to fix the limit of weight so that it would catch such loads as these. In the Senate one of the events of interest was when the Judiciary committee reported unfavorably on House bill No. 4, to employ two stenographers to do the work In the House. The committee recommended that the bill be Indefinitely postponed, and the Senate concurred in the report. Bills were introduced in both houses looking to the erection of monuments to General Lawton and General Hackleman. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert congratulated the Senate on the amount of business it is transacting. SESSION OF THE SENATE. Discussion of a. County Council BillFederal Building; Resolution. The Senate held another prolonged session yesteruay, it being nearly 1 r'clock when it finally adjourned. The session was opened with prayer by Rev. Martin Luther, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Valparaiso. After the reading of the minutes had been dispensed with, the president called for committee reports, and, as at Wednesday's session, there was a prolonged discussion over the adoption of a report, which lasted nearly two hours. The discussion arose on a divided report on the bill Introduced by Senator Parks (No. 39) providing that county councils shall be bipartisan, and shall be appointed by circuit judges instead of being elected by the peqple. A majority of the committee on county and township business, to whom the bill had been referred, recommended that the bill be indefinitely postponed, and Senator Parks made a report recommending its passage. On the question of the adoption of the minority report. Senator Lambert obtained recognition from the chair and made a telling speech against the bill, saying that it was directly opposed to the theory of popular government, as It took away from the people the sovereign power of choosing the men who should have a hand In the government of their affairs. Senator Lambert was followed by Senator Keyes, who directed his first speech of the session against the passage of the bill. OPPOSED BY INMAN. Another who opposed the passage of the bill was Senator Inman, the leader of the minority In the Senate. He protested that it was not fair to the people to give the circuit judges the appointment of county councllmen, and insisted that the people would elect just as good men as the circuit judges would appoint. Senator Woods spoke In favor of the adoption of the minority report. He said the county councllmen appointed by he circuit Judges before the enactment of the present law had given perfect satisfaction. The office of county councilman, he said, was purely an honorary one, and should not be made elective. The minority report was- also favored by Senators Winfleld and Stillwell. The discussion lasted until 11 o'clock and was then necessarily postponed In order to take up the discussion of Senatcr Brooks's resolution, made a special order of business yesterday, instructing the Indiana representatives in Congress to vote against any increased appropriation for the construction of the federal building In Indianapolis. By permission. Senator Brooks substituted another resolution in place of the one offered yesterday, which, however, Is of much the same character. It asks the Indiana representatives in Congress to exert their best efforts to' have the federal building constructed of no other material except Indiana limestone, and that they vote against any additional appropriation looking toward the purchase of any other stone. In support of his resolution Senator Brooks said that he had received telegrams from every quarryman in his district asking him to have the Legislature take action looking to the use of Indiana stone in the Indianapolis federal building. He spoke of the excellent qualities of the Indiana limestone and told -of Innumerable great buildings that had been constructed from it, and concluded by saying that it wi-uld place a stigma on the stone industry of the State to erect a building of the magnitude of the proposed federal building at the capital of the Statte out of any other stone than that taken from Indiana quarres ' UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. Senator Burns also spoke In favor of the resolution and It was thereupon adopted unanimously. The Senate then took up the further discussion of Senator Parks's bill, at the con clusion of which the majority report of the committee,' recommending the indefinite postponement of the bill, was adoptedby a vote of 28 to 17. A resolution offered by Senator Blnkley, providing for the payment of $263 to Chas. E. Shively, for expenses Incurred as a member of the O. P. Morton Statue Commission, was adopted. Senator Agnew then offered a resolution to concur In the report of the special committee on Vincennes University, snd that it be spread of record, and it was adopted. A petition was introduced by Senator Layman from the George II. Thomas Post, of this city, asking that the statue of Oliver P Morten be not removed from Monument Place to the Statehouse yard. The petition was referred to the committee on 'Soldiers' Monument. An Invitation extenned to the Senate to vlit a special meeting of Geo. H. Thomas Post on the evening of Jan. 2 was accepted. The Senate then passed to bills on second reading. Among the bills passed to the third reading was that of Senator Harrison making electrocution the legal mode of execution In the State, which was advanced without amendment. The bill of Senator Burns removing the cities of Terre Haute and South Bend from the fort Wayne charter, and the bill of Senator Parks, exempting real estate owned by county agricultural societies, were also advanced. After the introduction of several new bills the fenate adjourned, on motion of

Senator Gochenour, until 10 o'clock this rr.ornlng. nOUSE PROCEEDINGS. An Unusual Amount of Business Before that Body. The session In the House was opened yesterday morning with prayer by Rev. C. C. Rowlison. of the Third Christian Church. Speaker Artman announced that a committee consisting of Messrs. Louttit, McCarty. Lawrence. Whltcomb and Reser had been selected to prepare a memorial on the death of C. L. Drummond. of Fort Wayne, who was a member of the Generr.i Assembly. The first order of business was committee reports. The committee on manufactures was divided on Mr. Minturn's bill which provides for a state board to examine and license expert accountants. The majority favored the bill, but Mr. Small submitted a minority report recommending indefinite postponement. Mr. Xeal asked that the bill be printed so that the members could see what it was before definite action was taken. Mr. Stutesman spoke against the bill, as he could see no adequate reason for it. The minority report was adopted. MORE NEW BILLS. The usual number of bills was Introduced during the roll call of counties. One of the first was by Representative Allen, who wants the House to pass a measure providing that county auditors shall have publication made of the amount of assessment of different individuals, certified to him by the county assessor. Mr. Allen's belief Is that this plan would prevent much property being sequestered by owners who want to escape paying taxes on it. "For Instance," said Mr. Allen, In explaining his bill after the session, "a man would more likely give a true statement of his taxables If he knew his neighbor would read in the county paper just what his assessment was. He would be afraid to hold back any property for fear his neighbors would grow suspicious and start an Investigation." Mr. Catley wants to change the method of selecting city attorneys, civil engineers, street commissioners, fire chiefs, etc., in the smaller towns. He introduced a bill providing that these officers be elected instead of appointed by the town councils, as they are now. Mr. Catley believes that the councils do not appoint as good men to office as the people would select by direct vote. He explains that his measure will not affect those who are serving In these offices at this time. The law would take effect at the next general election. Mr. Marshall, of Fountain county, introduced a measure which tends to lessen the loss of life in mines. The bill applies to those mines where twenty or more men are employed and provides that mine owners shall employ a man whose special duty It will be to fire the shots In blasting and that no blasting shall be done While men are In the mines. The bill fixes a penalty for violation of the law. Representative Johnson also Introduced a bill relating to mines. His measure provides that before a mine is abandoned and the pillars pulled out twenty days' notice shall be given, so that owners of adjoining land may have an opportunity of ascertaining whether the owner of the mine to be abandoned has encroached on other territory. This bill is designed to stop "pirating" in mining territory. GRAVEL. ROAD BILL. Mr. Morton Introduced some gravel road bills, one of which provides that the preliminary expense incurred in establishing a gravel road shall be paid by the township through which the road runs. The township must also pay for the work of superintending the building of the road. A bill introduced by Representative Jack provides for a woman's building at the state fair grounds and appropriate $10,000 with which to build the structure. Mr. Slack, of Johnson county. Introduced a measure to amend the impeachment law of 1897. The bill provides that all Impeachment proceedings must be brought through the grand Jury. A new bill was introduced by Representative Clark, of Marlon county, providing for the Inspection of stationary

boilers and requiring owners oi Doners to supply them with an equipment described In the bill, which will tend to prevent explosions. A bill introduced by Representative Morgan gives the millers association of the State the right to establish a mutual insurance organization. Mr. Seiferts introduced a bill providing for the maintenance of a residence in this city for the Governor of the State, and appropriating $7o,000 for carrying out the provisions of the measure. Representative Bonham, who has sufficiently recovered from his recent illness to be In his seat in the House, Introduced a bill that fixes the time when certain state officers shall take their offices. Among those officers mentioned are the attorney general, clerk of the Supreme Court and state geologist. Mr. Bonham's bill provides that they shall assume the duties of office on Jan. 1, after their election. BILLS HANDED DOWN. . A number of bills were handed down by the speaker for second reading and engrossment. One was House bill No. 17, to exempt men who served In the Spanish-American war from serving on the public highways. Mr. Louttit. Democratic member of the House, fought the bill and moved that the enacting clause be stricken out. He said that while he had great respect for men who served in the war, he thought they should not be exempt from working the roads. "The government will look after them." he suggested. Mr. KIrkman and Mr. Marshall, of Fountain, spoke for the bill. Mr. Louttit's motion was defeated by a vote of 52 to 30. On motion of Mr. Burrier the bill was amended so that it will apply to soldiers serving in the Philippines, and in this form it passed to engrossment. The next bill handed down for second reading was Representative Clark's "express" bill, which provides that all express companies must deliver packages within' the corporate limits of cities and towns of over 2,000 population. On motion of Mr. Whltcomb the emergency clause was stricken out, and the bill. If It becomes a law, will take the regular course in becoming effective. Mr. Whltcomb explained that as there is a penalty attached he thought companies should have an oppottunity of studying the bill and familiarizing themselves with its provisions before it becomes a law in the event it is successful in the other house. Among the other bills handed down for second reading was House bill No. 78, designed to prevent desecration of the monument. The emergency clause was also stricken from this bill, and It passed to engrossment There was quite an argument over House bill No. 83, a measure to prevent the hauling of heavy loads over gravel roads. Mr. Murphy wanted the bill amended so that 1.800 pounds would be the limit for the combined weight of both wagon and load. Mr. Murphy said his amendment would stop the Standard Oil Company from hauling Its heavy tanks over the roads of the State. Mr. Scott objected to the bill because he said It would work a hardship for many men who make their living by teaming. Mr. Hopping favored the bill, but thought the limit suggested by Mr. Murphy was too low. The lattcr's motion was finally tabled. A motion to strike out the emergency clause, offered by Mr. Roberts, of Jefferson county, prevailed, and the bill was ordered engrossed. The bill limits the weight of loads to be hauled to 2.WX) pounds. -BONDS FOR LIBRARIES. 'House bill No. 84, giving school boards in towns of 13,000 or more the right to Issue bonds for libraries, was handed down for second reading, and was ordered engrossed. Mr. Louttit's bill giving the school trustees of Fort Wayne authority to issue J100.000 of bonds to build a high and manual-training school, and limiting the powers of the trustees, was read a second time, then amended by the author and ordered engrossed. House bill No. 22. giving prosecuting attorneys the right to administer oaths, was read a third time and put on its passag. There were seventy-four ayes, no one voting against the measure. House bill No. 5. by Mr. James, "a bill for an act to require attachment and execution plaintiffs to execute to any officer having made a levy on personal property by virtue of a writ of attachment or execution, etc.," went to third reading and passed by a vote or 71 to 5. House bill No. 91. relating to the settlement of decedents estates, passed by a vote of 73 ayes and 11 nays. A communication was read to the House from George 11. Thomas Post. G. A. II.. inviting: th members to attend a special meeting of the post on Tuesday evening, Jan. 29, to be given in honor of the Legi, lature. The invitation was accepted. Another communication from the . name post

declared that any plan to move the Morton monument to the Statehouse iriounds would be objectionable to Mr3. Morton and aLjo to the po.-t. The Hovhc adjourned, to meet at 9 o'clock this morning. NEW SENATE BILL9.

The Indianapolis Senators Present Some Measures ; 1st of Others. Senator Cregor Introduced a bill In ths Senate yesterday providing for the appropriation of $50,000 for the purpose of erecting two equestrian statues at the capital city of the State In memory of Gen. Pleasant A. Hackleman. who was killed early In the civil war, and Gen. Henry W. Lawton, killed during the late Spanish-American war. The money appropriated by the bill Is to be added to the funds that have beer collected by the Indiana Lawton Commission. The bill also provides for the appointment by the Governor of a commission to consist of ten citizens of the Stat. and to be known as the Hackleman and Lawton Monument Commission. A bill was introduced by Senator Joss prescriblr.g new duties for the surveyor of Marlon county and fixing his salary as J2.SJ0 per annum. The bill also provides for ths allowance of $3.000 for the payment of tho purveyor's deputies. A second bill introduced by Senator Joss takes away the power of tho County Commissioners to make any allowances from the county treasury for voluntary services furnished by any person, or for any thing voluntarily furnished to the county. xxx Senator Matson introduced a bill appro-r-riating $2,147.27 for the relief of Armin Koehnc, treasurer of Marion county, for the purpose of paying street sprinkling and street Improvements assessed against property held by the State of Indiana. A second bill introduced by the same- senator asks for an appropriation of $JfG.M for the purpose of paying F. U. Fuehring for sprinkling the streets in front of the Female Reformatory and the United States Arsenal during the year 10)9. XXX A bill Introduced by Senator Darby is to enable township trustees and the treasurers of incorporated towns and cities to demand and receive advance payments from the county treasurers of their respective counties. Township trustees and treasurers of towns and cities are often compelled to borrow money and pay interest thereon when large sums of money belonging to the townships are lying Idle in the county treasury, and the bill is intended to remedy this evil. XXX Senator Wamplcr introduced a bill to permit poor persons who have goods subject to replevin of an amount less than $2u0 the same rights under the law as Is now provided by law in cases where the amount exceeds f2o0. xxx A bill Introduced by Senator Wolcott provides that in all cases where any city or incorporated town of this State has annexed or shall hereafter annex any territory the. property of any school township on which there is an indebtedness it shall be the duty of the school corporation of such city or town to assume and pay such indebtedness. XXX Senator Klttlnger Introduced a bill prepared by Attorney General Taylor, which provides that hereafter town trustees shall be elected for a term of four years and all other town officers for terms of two years. The bill seeks to give town clerks the same Jurisdiction within the corporate limits of the town as justices of the peace, xxx . Senator Fortune's bill is to prevent sales of merchandise in fraud of "creditors. The bill provides that a sale of a stock of merchandise otherwise than In the course of regular trade or the sale of an entire stock of merchandise in gross shall be presumed to be fraudulent and void as against the creditors of the seller unless the seller and purchaser at least five days before-the-sala shall make a full -detailed Inventory showing the quantity and the cost price to the seller of each article of the stock. It aU-o requires the contemplated purchaser to inquire of the seller before the sale the name of his creditors and in what amount he is Indebted to them, and thereafter to give them notice of the contemplated purchase of the stock. The bill Is copied after a Minnesota law in force at the present time. xxx A bill Introduced by Senator Corr is to allow county commissioners to make an appropriation not to exceed $00 a year for the expenses Incurred by county boards of charities. The bill was prepared by the State Board of Charities and Introduced by Senator Corr by request. 9 PROPOSED' SCHOOL LAWS. A Joint Meeting of the Committees on Education. The committees on education from the House and Senate held a Joint meeting yesterday afternoon. Chairman Good wine, of the Senate committee, presided. The legislative committee of the County Superintendents' Association was present. Superintendent Harris, of Grecncastle, spoke for the committee. He said the county superintendents oppose the election of superintendents by popular vote. He recommended on behalf of the association that the transfer law be amended so that no more than $1 can be charged per mcnth in grades aid $2 in high schools by the corporations to which pupils are transferred; that tht transfers be made by the trustee for cause; that truant officers outside of cities be appointed by the county boards of education: that the compulsory education law apply tc children between the ages of seven and sixteen years Instead of from six to fifteen, as now; that the minimum wages of teachers be fixed by law to be not less than 2j cents multiplied by the general average of the teacher made in his examination for license by the county superintendent. For instance, a teacher graded 80 per cent." could not receive less than $2 a day. He recommended that teachers be paid for attending county Institutes, lie opposed the Corr bill, which gives patrons power to elect teachers: indorsed the proposed free text-book law; recommended that the books become tho property of the pupils to whom given out for use, but that but one book be granted to one pupil in any one year on any one subject. It was stated In advocating a law fixing teachers' wages that in one township In the State teachers are being paid only $12 a month, and that the highest wages paid any teacher in the county in which that township Is located Is but $23 a month. It was argued that such wages are entirely Inadequate, espet tally when teachers are expected to purchase school magazines and reading-circle books. are required to attend county institutes and pay for Instructors, and are expected to attend normal schools In the summer. It was declared that the average price paid teachers in the State Is now $2.u2 a day; that the per capita cost of pupil in tho country Is $10.30 and in the city $7.07 per year; that there are 115 fcIiooIs In the State, with only an average attendance of five, and with an average attendance of less than twenty. It was recommended also th?.t any school board be allowed to set aside a school for the education of truants, and thit In the case of !nirrWble truants application may be made to the jndqe of the Circuit Court and have boys tent to the Reformatory and girls to the Industrial School for Girls. Representative A. O. Reser, of the House committee, says that committee has not yet considered the free text-book bills, there being one Introduced In the House by Mr. Hopping, of Delaware county, and one in the Senate by Mr. l.'amtert. Mr. Refer says hi first impressions are igainst the bill. He point? out that there are UW.0U0 school children In the State, and that the expanse is an argument against ths bill; that if the object of the bill is to furnish the poor with text-books, there is a mandatory law already on the statute books requiring township trustees and school boards to furnish not only free textbooks to the poor, but also clothing. Mr. Reser asserts that the passage of such a law -would open the way for jobbery: that . it would be opposed by those who tend their . children to parochial schools on the trroui.i that they would have to te taxed to furn!?n ' school books for the children in free schools. Under the Constitution the puplli In parochial schools could not fc f urnUned