Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 67, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1901 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MItCH 8, 1901.

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The Legislature has favored Governor Durbin with some Rood opportunities to challenge public approval by the exercise of the veto power. It is the cause of positive regret to quite a large number of American citizens that the appropriations of the Fifty-sixth Congress were $128,150,0I2 less than those of Its predecessor. Now It Is said that Senator Ilanna had a hand In the killing of the river and harbor appropriation bill, and that If Mr. Carter had not talked it to death the President would have vetoed it. The United States could not inflict a more deadly blow to the present prosperity or future prospects of Cuba than to give the people complete independence without exacting any guarantees. It is an old trick of lobbyists and supporters of vicious measures to try and have them rushed through during the closing hours of a session. The friends of round legislation should be on their guard against this. Ex-Senator Chandler may be a competent and suitable man for president of the Spanish claims commission, but the people get a little tired of seeing ex-representatives and ex-senators appointed to good places as soon as their terms In Congress expire. It begins to look as if the only Filipinos who will be In arms against the United Sates in a short time will be the Agulnafdoltes in this country and a few men who think it "good politics" to prate about the crime of robbing the dwellers of the Philippines of their liberty. It was to be expected that Vice President Roosevelt would be somewhat strange to his new duties and a little embarrassed in their performance, but no one can deny that he "caught on" very quickly. Ills suppression of applause In the galleries, intended as a popular demonstration for himself, was particularly appropriate. The effort of a class of newspapers to create a popular prejudice against the great body of naval officers because ono of them wrote an absurd letter will fall for the reason that. In times of peril, the American navy has never failed to do Its duty. Just now wo are too near to Manila and Santiago to Join In a foray of abuse against naval officers. It is said the President has advices from Cuba to the effect that the conviction Is growing in the island that the relations delined In the resolutions of Congress between the island and the United States is the only safe policy for the Cubans. The conservative and intelligent residents who uphold the industrial enterprises of the island favor the plan of Congress. The case of the State against George M. Ray has reached a point where the Journal feels Justified In congratulating the people on a distinct triumph of justice. The refusal of the local court to grant a new trial and the sentence of Ray to the state prison under a Jury verdict, fairly and regularly found. Is conclusive, unless the Supremo Court shall open the case, which Is not likely. For whatever penalty Ray has incurred by corrupt practices and by plundering the people either under the forms of law or in defiance of it, he has himself to thank. No punishment that he or any other person may receive for such practices can be too severe. Those who read the Journal's reports of the testimony before the Senate committee investigating the charges against Miss Keel j', superintendent of the Industrial Hchool for Girls and the Woman's Prison, are not surprised that the rep rt of the committee exonerates the accused. The committee declares that It cannot ascertain the source of the charges, which Is a sig nificant admission, since no Investigation should have ix'en ordered unless charges were made and signed by respectable persons. The ordering of Investigations upon the statements of persons who have been discharged fer unfaithfulness and by disreputable perrons v. ho have been sent to institutions for correction Is unjust to managers and detrimental to the discipline In correctional Institutions. Besides, some consideration is due an official whose work has received the highest commendation by supervising boards for a dozen years. Unless the Legislature exercises the same 'eternal vigilance' In protecting the rights of the people that corporations do In trying to extend thi ir own the people will suffer. llcu.e Mil No. 4n seems calculated to give telephone companies very arbitrary powers. It Is brief but comprehensive. I: provides That corporations organized for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining telephone lines and telephone ex-

changes are authorized to set' their pole?, posts, piers, abutments, wires and other appliances or fixtures upen. alone,, under and aero any of the public roads, highways, streets and water:- of this State: provided, that the same sh ill bo erected and maintained In such manner as not to Incommode the public In the use of such road;, highways, streets and waters." There Is an emergency clause attached. This would glv the telephone companies authority to set their poles and string their wires anywhere and every where, thus making them Independent of municipal control. The Legislature should not forget that the rights of the people arc above tho?e of any corporation, and that no corporation should be given the right to uc the highways e-f the State or the streets of any city or town without permission previously obtained from the proper authorities.

a indefensible measire. It Is o.alcult to account for the spirit 'hat led the Legislature to pus3 the bill increasing the salaries of firemen In this city. Jn searching for the animus of the measure it must be remembered that the city charter gives the Council and Board ct Safety power to fix the pay of all members anel employes of the lire force; that their present compensation, carefully adjusted according to the city's revenue and Its other obligations, Is fairly liberal; that the proposed bill will Increase the pay roll of tho department $10,000 a year without enlarging its equipment or Increasing Its efficiency; that the city press, representing the lest Interests of tho city at large, and those of taxpayers in particular, was unanimous against the measure, and that it Is a flagrant violation of tho principle of local self-goverr.rr.ent and of municipal reform when all this is remembered It is difficult to conceive of any adequate motive for tho action of the Legislature. Approval of the services of the firemen Is not such a motive, because the City Council knows more about their services and claims than tho Legislature does. If the motive was to spite Indianapolis It was contemptible and unjust. A legislator who votes for any measure, no matter on what subject, through spite demonstrates his unfitness to be a lawmaker. Resides, neither the city of Indianapolis nor the people has done anything to call for punitive legislation In the form of an arbitrary increase of municipal expenses and Implying their unfitness for self-government by denying to the Council a power exercised by that of the smallest incorporated city In the State. Such an Increase of expenses would be in direct violation of the last Republican city platform, that or August, 1898, which, after censuring the extravagance and financial recklessness of the previous city administration, said: "We demand a more economical administration, that all ordinary expenditures be met with the city's current income," and the nominees of the convention were pledged to "an Intelligent, honest and businesslike administration of the city's affairs." It is a poor response to such a pledge and a poor earnest of future Republican performance for a Republican Legislature to pass a bill adding $10,000 'a year to the pay roll of the fire elepartment, regardless of the fact that the tax levy has been fixed and that every dollar of city revenue in sight is practically mortgaged already. The bill Is indefensible from any point of view except that of the personal Interests of the firemen, and these should not weigh in the balance against tho rlghta of the people to self-government and the Interests of the great body of taxpayers. FEWER HOURS OF LAHOR. Many people see that the introduction of machinery which makes the labor of one man produce as much as that of half a dozen years ago must sooner or later make a shorter day of labor a logical necessity. Heretofore, lower prices for manufactured goods have been regarded by many as the chief advantage of the revolution in production, but now people who consider the subject In a thoughtful manner begin to see that the real and logical outcome of vastly increased production by the aid of machinery is a shorter day for labor. Thi -i logical result has been working itself out the past fifty years. In the earlydays of manufacturing twelve or thirteen hours was the day's worltj. After a time eleven, and then ten, anel now, in some lines of production the hours are fewer. In lSitS the nine-hour elay was adopted in the printing and binding trades. In the building trades, In all the larger cities, eight or nine hours Is the length of a day of labor. The eight-hour system Is gradually spreading, not by legislative act, but by the agreements of employer and employe. Except on national works the eighthour day has not been really established by law. On Wednesday the Senate killed a bill making eight hours the legal day's work. It was urged by men who honestly believe that such changes can be made, anel maele effectively, by law. If such change could be made effective by law that would be the best argument for the defeat of the bill, for the reason that an eight-hour day in Indiana, while there Is no regulation of the kind in neighboring States, would seriously affect the industries of this State. If all the greater manufacturing States should enact eight-hour laws, it would be elifferent if such laws could be lived up to. The trouble is that such laws would not bJ regarded by employer and employe. The right of contract between Individuals should not be denieel. but the same agencies which have reduced the hours of labor In a day must be relied upon In the future. The agit.ltlon of the subject by organized labor, the advocacy of the shorter day by economists, and the logic of conditions in the world of production are the agencies which will ere long accomplish what the "be it enacted" of a lawmaking power cannot For that reason the defeat of the eighthour bill by the Senate should not be deplored. ihpehi A I.I SM niscoi nted. Ex-Senator Pettigrew has declarcel that the Dcmociats In the Senate sold their anti-imperialistic opinions or convictions to secure the passage of tho river and harbor appropriation bill. In respect to Republicans the testimony of the ex-senator Is valueless, but in regard to Democrats, with whom he has .been affiliated during the past four years. It can be fairly assumed that he can be credited when his statements are sustained by correspondents like Mr. Curtis, of the Chicago Record. The charge Is maue by the ex-senator and reiterated by independent correspondents. On the other hand. Republicans are saying very little regarding the circumstances attending the passage of the Philippine and Cuban legislation. Assuming that tha

statements of Mr. Fettlgrew and his associates in relation to the Philippine law are correct. It Is evident that the Southern senators value their anti-imperialistic convictions as s-ome portion o the $r:,.'. '0 the portion which went to the South probably the larger portion. If there were twenty such senators, and the South's share of the Ine1 fensible river and harbor bill was ;j5.'r).CjJ, the convictions of a Southern senator on that question wera put upon the market for $1,250,000 of the fund devoted to the making of rivers and harbors. The senator gets none of the money, bat he values the wishes of his constituents above a policy which his party leaders made much of during the last campaign and have been proposing to make more of in the future. Hereafter there Is nothing to prevent those senators whom Mr. Pettigrew charges with selling out their antl-lrnperlalism for a few millions for rivers and harbors from denouncing the President as committed to imperialism or of painting In blackest colors the evils resulting from a policy which 1 4 conferring a government of education anil security upon that minority of the Filipinos who have preferred misrule under Aguinaldo; still, when their opponents retort that these great principles of human freedom of which they talk so much were temporarily discarded for a few millions of patronage, the public will see that their hostility to the Republican policy respecting the Philippines and Cuba lacks sincerity. Men, who have permitted, imperialism to be fastened upon the Eepubllo for $25,000,(xjo of patronage, when they might have defeated it, will not be taken seriously when they declare that the despotism of the administration Is destroying the spirit of liberty and the lovo of popular government in this Nation. Seriously, this episode in connection with the Philippine legislation and tho expected river and harbor appropriation shows that the opposition to what Is called imperialism is largely pretense. The pacification of the Philippines and tho introduction of American methods of government and education are so sure to commend themselves to the people of this country that Southern senators take the initiative In discrediting as frivolous the bogy of imper

ialism. The report comes from Washington that Southern senators are complaining bitterly because, as they say, the Republicans broke faith with them In regard to the river and harbor appropriation bill. There Is probably truth in the report. The South had a deep interest In the river and harbor bill. Toward the last it was the only measure the Southern senators cared for, and they cared so much for it that the army reorganization bill, the bill reducing the war taxes and the Cuban and Philippine measures were permitted to pass. It was, in fact, a matter of bribery. Senator Carter was the unlooked for. No one expected that he would talk the bill to death, but he did, and his talk was debate. In a most merciless manner he held up the frauds which the $19,000,000 bill of dicker contained. Rivers without water and harbors yet to be made, with no commerce when made, were presented to the Senate. The speech will be one of the few attractive features of the Congressional Record. Now that the attention of the country has been called to the wastefulness of river and harbor appropriations, it is hoped that it will make a protest that will lead to a radical reform. River and harbor improvements are needed, but they should be confined to waterways that have a large traffic, which when improved are for the advantage of the whole country In that they cheapen transportation. Rut the clearing out of streams for boats that are propelled by poles and the making of places for harbors which will never have ships and the wasting of money simply because It can be secured should be stopped. All schemes like the proposition made a year ago, to ask Congress to expend money to make White river navigable, are demoralizing frauds. CONTRACTOR IN TROUBLE. ChnrKed with Attempting to Ilrllie Droklyn nvy Yard Ofllclnls. NEW YORK, March 7.-B. C. Anderson, proprietor of the Jefferson brass works, Rrooklyn, was arrested to-day on an indictment handed down by the federal grand jury charging him, on two counts, with attempting to bribe officials at tho Rrooklyn navy yard to pass bills rendered by him for goods not delivered. He was held In $7,300 bond. The first indictment against Anderson charges him with having attempted to bribe Lieut. Wilfred V. Powelson, who Is in charge of the department of electrical equipment of the navy yard and a member of the board of inspection of that department. Captain Anderson, it is alleged, made a specific offer of $2.000 to Powelson if he would audit and certify a wrongful and erroneous bill for goods and materials which Anderson never delivered. The second indictment is based upon similar testimony from A. J. Porter, chief clerk of the department, who alleged that Anderson placed on his desk an envelope containing a roll of bills, and which was rejected. Anderson holds a contract with the government for the supply of certain brass castings for use In the navy. In fulfilling this contract with the government it is alleged he sought to secure payment for large eiuantlties of goods, through false vouchers, which he did not deliver. APPEALS TO CONGRESS. Af ro-Amerlenn Council AVnnta Action on "eno DlnfrnncliiMement. WASHINGTON', March 7. The executive committee of the National Afro-American Council, which has been holding its third annual session here, has given public expression on "several questions of vital importance to the race we represent." A circular issued says the disfranchisement of American citizens Is a menace to Ihe permanence of the Republic, and apptal is made to Congress to publish the text of all elisfranchlseinent State laws, together v.-ith the approximate number of citizens whose suffrage rights are denied. The council declares further that the "system of slavery practiced In Anderson county. South Carolina, accidentally disclosed at 4 n urder trial, calls the earnest attention or the public to the alarming encroachn cnts of the contract system upon the l.'ibor and liberty of .merican citizens, an I demands the immediate repeal of all ptoslavery cemtract labor laws." Appeal Is maiie for a trial by jury for every person charged with crime; for swift and certrin pun'shrnent of the guilty by eiue proet ss ot Jaw, which last. It is said. vas. suggested by "the burning alive ef two human Lelngj during the past few months. AWARDED 700 DAMAGES. Woman AVlio Wns TaLonMrom Jail and Tnrrcil und Feathered. 13ELLEFONTATNE, O., .March 7.-A jury-to-day awarded Nellie Jackson $7K) damages against the commissioners of Logan county. A mob, in November, ISM, took her from Jail at West Liberty and. with Edward Jackson and David Rlckman, tarred and leathered her.

THE BILL IS AMENDED

senate takks t p thi: appropriaTIO.X ME YS I RE. Several liierende Voted That the House of Hcprencntatlvcii Kefuaed to Allov. HOUSE ON THE PRIMARY BILL it itni i sns to coci it ix Tim scxATE AMENDMENT. Ilonac Kill C'ooilvrlnc'M mil for Sale of Woman' l'rinoii Grounds .Medical Ulli Pned. The two branches of the State Leglsla-. ture were very busy places yesterday. The House worked until nearly 6 o'clock and the Senate did not adjourn until 6:30. Today Is practically the last day when bills can bo passed, as Governor Durbin has announced that ho will not receive measures passed after to-day. It Is understood, however, that the constitutional rule will be waived in tho event It Is necessary In the ease of the appropriation bill. This bill was considered in the Senate yesterday afternoon and a number of amend' ments were made to It. The Senate eontddered some House bills on second reading In the afternoon and In the morning had House bills In third reading. The House yesterday refused to concur In the Senate amendments to Mr. MInturn's primary election bill and a conference committee consisting of ReprescntJitlves Mlnturn and James was appointed to meet a like committee from the Senate. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert appointed Senate rs Joss and Legt-mtm to meet the House committee. Senator Goodwine's bill providing for the sale of the land occupied by tho Industrial School for Girls and Woman's Prison met a dire fate In tho House In the afternoon, the minority report of the ways and means committee recommending the indefinite postponement of the bill, being adopted. This report was signed by but one member of the committee. The House passed the Wood medical bill with no argument except when a member arose to explain his vote ... DA V IX THE .SENATE. Approprln t Ion Hill Slightly Amended The Other Ilunlnenn). The Senate yesterday afternoon resolved itself Into a committee of the whole, and, after sending Senator Gochenour to the chair, put In three hours of hard work considering the general appropriation bill, which was passed by the House Thursday morning. A number of minor amendments were made to the bill, and after the Senate had arisen from the committee of the whole It was, on motion, advanced to second reading. Section 1 of the bill was adopted as read. Senator Wolcott sought to amend Item 4 in Section 2 by Increasing the salary of the clerk of the treasurer of state from $710 to $l,Oon, but his motion was tabled without giving the senator from White an opportunity of saying anything In support of it. The salary of. the state librarian, provided for In Item 7, Section 2, was, on motion of Senator Legeman, increased from $1.500 to $1,MH). The salary of the stenographer of the reporter of the Supreme Court was increased from $00 to $720. An amendment offered by Senator Hinkley providing that the part of item 10, Section 22, which relates to the appointment of a custodian and messenger for the museum at a salary not to exceed $3o0 per annum shall not take effect until after April 1, 1001, was carried. Item 12 of Section 2 was amended by increasing the appropriation for the salaries of the assistants to the custodian from $12.(0 to $12.423. INCREASE FOR JUDGES' CLERKS. The salary of the law librarian, on motion of Senator Barlow, was increased from $1,500 to $1,100, and on motion of Senator Wood the sum of $:jo0, which was appropriated by the bill to each of the appellate judges for stenographic work and typewriting, was increased to $300. Senator Winficld sought to have the maintenance fund for the Central Hospital for the Insane increased from $ys,100 to $99.100, and the sum of $100 per capita, which Is allowed for each person actually present over a, daily average of C21 Inmates, increased to $165, but his motion was lost. The appropriation of $L(MJ for a barn for the Indiana State Soldiers' Home was increased, on motion of Senator Wood. to $2,0U0. An amendment offered by Senator Layman to strike out the paragraph in the bill appropriating $100 to Elizabeth Gormley for expenses as a commissioner for the State to the Atlanta exposition was voteti down. On motion of Senator Cregor an amendment was adopted allowing $:)." to William H. Tauley, sheriff, $7 to John R. Smith. Justice of the peace, $7 to V. A. Smith, justice of the peace, $3 to Maggie Pitts, reporter, $3.45 to W. A. Wood, clerk, and $14.75 to W. A. Personett, officer, for services rendered in the Stoner-Cregor senatorial contest. Senator Dausman attempted to have Section G of the bill amended by repealing the law authorizing an annual appropriation of fio.ow to the Indiana State Hoard of Agriculture to be useel for the payment of premiums at the state fair. The senator from Elkhart insisted that It was not right for thejState to expend money on what might be termed a local fair. When there was a deficit at the fairs given In his part of the State, he said, the managers of the fair went down In their pockets and paid it. The amendment and remarks of Senator Dausman excited the ire of Senator Llndiey, who took the lloor in defense of the present law. He' said he did not suppose the senator from Elkhart knew what he was talking about and doubted very much If he had ever attended the state fair. "It's a funny thing to me." said Senator Lindley, "that we yaps from the farm have to sit here all the afternoon and vote thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars of the State's money lor every conceivable purpose on earth, yet when It came down to the thing in which the farmers are really Interested some one h.is to offer a motion to take it nwav from them." The state fair. Senator Lindley said, was the apple of every farmer's eye in the State and there was no good reason why the paltry sum of $10,0u0 should be taken away from it. The remarks of Senator Lindley were loudly applauded and so well received that the motion offered by Senator Dausman was overwhelmingly voted down. HOUSE BILLS ADVANCED. It was nearly 6 o'clock when the Senate arose from committee of the whole, but, notwithstanding this fact, the session was continued until after 6:S0 o'clock, a large number of House bills being called up on second reading and advanced. A bill introduced by Senator Agnew, providing for the separation of the Indiana Industrial School for Girls and Woman's Prison was passed under a suspension of the rules, without opposition. The bill provides for the appointment of a committee consisting of the Governor, auditor of state and attorney general, and authorizes the sale of the land on which the Industrial School for Girls and Woman's Prison are at present situated. The board is also authorized to purchase two separate tracts ot land, which shall not be nearer than two miles from each other, on which the two institutions shall be erected. Both institutions, when so separated, shall be managed by the same board o-r managers, but shall have: separate superintendents and separate corps of officers and teachers. The bill has an emergency elause When Senator Ay now heard in the afternoon that the House had killed the Goodwlne bill providing for th pale, of state property he said that his bill was virtually dead, as It was only supplemental to the Goodwlne bill. On motion of Senator Wood, yesterday mo.nlng, the bill introduced by Repre

sentative Miller to pay the salaries of county clerks and sheriffs quarterly, whether they have collected fees to the amount of their salaries and paid them Into the county treasury or not, was called from the Senate committee on fees and salaries, and after a suspension of the constitutional rules was passed by a vote of 34 to s. An attempt to amend the bill so that It would include county recorders failed to carry. SENATOR LINDLEY'S EFFORT. Senator LInd'ey sought to have Joint resolution No. 1, providing for woman's suffrage, withdrawn from the Senate committee on federal relations, rights and privileges and passed by the Senate under a suspension .of the rules, but his motion was tabled, on motion of Senator Ball, by almost the unanimous vote of the Senate. Representative Reagan's bill, allowing the Board of School Commissioners of the city of Indianapolis to pay the treasurer of the city a salary for handling the school lunds of the city, was passed by a vote of 2 to 1. Just before the noon adjournment Senator Brooks Introduced a railroad consolidation till which, he says, is drawn along the lines suggested by Governor Durbin in hU eto of the Joss railroad consolidation bill. The bill provides for the consolidation of railroads that are neither parallel nor competing, and requires that the companies consolldlated shall be Indiana companies, incorporated and doing business under the laws of the State. Senator Brooks ays the bill Is not in favor of corporations generally, but drafted to grant relief in special cases. IIOISE PROCEEDINGS.

That Ilody IIiim with Important Meuaii rm I) ti rintc the Day. The House yesterday afternoon killed Senator Goodwine's bill providing for the sale of the property occupied by tho Industrial School for Girls and Woman's Prison. This was one of the Important acts of the day in the lower branch of the Legislature. The question of the disposition of this property came up on a report of tho Houso committee on ways and means. There were two reports, the majority recommending the passage of the bill with amendments. The original Goodwlne bill provided for the sale of this property and adjacent vacant ground owned by the State. It also provided that a fence bo constructed about St. Clair Park and that this ground be occupied by the Institute for the Blind. The amendments proposed by a majority of the committee on ways and means were to tho effect that this fence should not be built, and that when the property occupied by the Industrial School lor Girls and Woman's Prison was sold the two institutions should be kept separate. The minority report, recommending the Indefinite postponement cf the bill, was signed by one member of the committee Representative Stout. Mr. Stout made a speech on the question and Mr. Stutesman followed him. Their argument was evidently convincing, for the House voted to sustain the minority report. At 2 p. m. House bi.T No. 40, with the Senate amendments, was considered brietly as a special order of business. This is tho. primary election bill. It was introduced by Mr. Mlnturn. but when it went over to the Senate a new bill was substituted in its place.. The bill was read yesterday, but some of the members claimed they wer? unable to get a clear idea of it from the reading. Representatives Van Fleet and Alrhart claimed they went to the front of the House to get within good hearing of the reading clerk's voice, but they retired when thev saw he was turning five or six pages at a time. In accordance with the action of the caucus Wednesday the Republicans declined to concur in the Senate amendments and requested that a conference committee be appointed. The speaker appointed Representatives Mlnturn and James on this committee. Some of the Democrats voted with the Republicans on the proposition to refuse to concur in the amendments. PASSED WITHOUT ARGUMENT. The Wood medical bill came up on third reading and was passed without argument, except as some of the members explained their votes. Representative Short read a petition which he said contained 1,238 names of Fort Wayne people who asked that tho bill be passed. Representative Louttlt then read a statement from a Fort Wayne man who said he had signed the other petition under a misapprehension. The bill passed by a vote of 61 to 21. Among other important bills passed In the afternoon was Senate bill No. 232, by Mr. Johnston, which authorizes search warrants to be issued for fish and game taken In violation of the fish and gama laws. Senate bill No. CIS, by Mr. Blnkley, was passed. It gives the Council of the city of Richmond authority to appoint a nonpartisan board of business men to take charge of and operate the electric light plant of that city. Another bill by Senator Binkley was passed by the House. It takes the place of the Klrkman btll requiring railroad companies to keep lights at crossings in cities. IN THE MORNING. Representative Carmlchael offered prayer at the opening of the morning session cf the House. Tho two committee reports on the bill Introduced by Representative Davis, of Greene county, providing for a separation of the Industrial School for Girls and Woman's Prison, were at once taken up as a special order of business. These re ports were made by the committee on benevolent and scientific institutions. After an argument the minority report, indefinitely postponing the bill, was. adopted. The vote stood 47 to 23. Mr. Davis said the bill was merely carrying out the recommendations of the State Board of Charities. During the debate on the question Mr. Davis, after attempting to interrupt Mr. Whitcomb, who was speaking, with several questions, appealed to the chair for permission to ask the desired questions. Speaker Artman replied: "No, you cannot. The gentleman from Greene is entirely too obstreperous. He asks more e-uestions than all the other members put together, and he wastes entirely too much time. The chair is going to object to further Interruptions." Under a suspension of the rules Representative Reagan's bill authorzlng the State to sell a small tract of land belonging to the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb was passed. The land is to be occupied by a railroad switch, and is really for the benefit of the institution, as the railroad will use the switch In hauling cxjal there. Representative Jack introduced a bill and had it passed under a suspension of the rules. The bill authorizes the school trustees of the town of Portland to Issue bond for the erection of a school building at that place. STREET IMPROVEMENT BILLS. The House concurred in the Senate amendments to the Indianapolis street imrrovement bills over the protest of Representative Morgan, who wanted the amendments referred to a special committee, and asked that the matter come up as a special order at 3 p. m. His motion was lost by a vote of 52 to 15. The principal Senate amendment provides that a property owner may appeal from a decision of the Board of Public Works to the Circuit or Superior Court, and the Judge of such court shall appoint three disinterested freeholders, who shall make a report to the court of the benefits and damages to the property affected. The House passed Senator Corr's bill relating to the funds of the State University. The bill gives the state auditor authority to loan the university's funds at 6 per cent, interest. Senate bill No. 149, by Mr. Klttirger, fixing the time when county and city ejffices shall be kept open, was defeated. The bill provided that countyoffices should be kept open from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. in counties of more than SO.GuO population, and that city offices should be kent open during the same hours In cities of more than 15,(w0 population. Representa tive Roberts, oi Jentrson. made the prin cipal speecn againsi ine diu. . A bill by Senator Gochenour, providing that additional copies of the Indiana Chickamauga Park Commission be printed, waa up for passage, and an amendment was ofHed by Mr. Scott to the effect that the committee award the contract for the printing to the lowest responsible bidder instead of awarding it to the state printer without competition. There was an objection to this amendment, and where there is an objection to an attempt to amend a bill on third reading the amendment cannot be added. In order V get around this point Mr. Slack mov that the bill be referred back to the committee with instructions to amend It in accordance with the amendment offered by Mr. Scott Tho

motion failed and the bill was placed on lt. passage. It was successful by a vote of t7 to 0.

HILLS SIGNED. Governor Durhln I)Upoe of Several More Mrnnurr. Governor Durbin yesterday signed the following bills: House bill No. 293. an act concerning the levying of a tax in certain cities for the support of kindergartens. House bill No. 17, an act exempting from road labor persons who served In the army and navy of the United States during tho war with Spain or in the Philippine islands. House bill .o. 453. an act amending an act concerning the incorporation and government of cities. House bill No. 475. an act amending an act defining the Twenty-fourth judicial circuit, etc. House bill No. 5. an act relating to attachments and executions. Senate bill No. 40C. an act to amend an act for the organization of savings banks. Senate bill No. 61. an act relating to the management of libraries. House bill No. ool, an act concerning tho meetings of the State Board of Tax Conimlssionets. House bill No. 372, an act concernlnt old soldiers' reunions. Senate bill No. 213. an act relating to express companies, defining their duties, prohibiting discrimination, etc. Senate bill No. Ill, an act concerning the Incorporation and government of cities having more than 35,cM0 and less than 49.0k) population. Senate bill No. 112. an act amending an act concerning the Incorporation and government of cities having more than C5.000 and less than 49,oon population. Senate bill No. 227. an act for the loaning of common school funds. THEY FAIL TO AGREE. A Futile Conference Held to Consider Primary Election lit 11. The conferees appointed to consider the primary election bill Senators Joss and Legeman and Representatives Mlnturn and James met In conference at 7:30 o'clock last night. Mr. Mlnturn submitted an amendment that contained 'several concessions. The effect was to make the Mlnturn bill apply to Marlon county after adopting the features of the Joss bill rlatlng to the election of precinct committeemen and the election of delegates to state nnd congressional conventions, the Joss bill to apply to other counties In the State except where by vote of the people a preference was shown for the Mlnturn bill. Senator Joss held out for the adoption of his bill as It passed the Senate, refusing absolutely to make any concessions. He was supported by Conferee Legeman. An effort will be made to-day to secure the appointment of other conferees, with Lieutenant Governor Gilbert and Speaker Artman Included. . FOR EXTRA COMPENSATION. Speaker Artmnn 1 Opponed to Its Allowance. Representative Reagan introduced a resolution in the House yesterday evening pro viding for an appropriation of $1,000 wlthj which to pay the principal clerk and assistant clerk of the House for extra work performed In getting out the House calendar and preparing the journal. Some of this work will have to be done after the Legislature adjourns. The bill provide? that the principal clerk and his assistant shall have $300 each for this work. Speaker Artman held that no extra compensation should be paki for preparing the Houso calendar, as this is one of the duties of th3 clerk and his assistants, and this feature was stricken from the resolution. The matter was referred to the ways and means committee. A Life Innurnnce 11111. One of the bills passend by the House yesterday afternoon was Senate bill No. 3C9, Introduced by Senator Gard, providing for a definite amount to be named in life insurance policies. The bill regulates the writing qf life and accident insurance on the assessment plan. It requires these companies to specify the exact amount which they agree to pay in case of death or accident. The bill exempts all fraternal companies doing business under the fraternal laws of the State. Representative Van Fleet, of Elkhart, fought the bill, intimating that it was designed to Injure the American Mutual Company of Elkhart, and that the state auditor was behind the bill. Ho claimed It would be impossible for companies doing business on the assessment plan to conform with this law and remain in business. ElKht-Hour DIU Pnssed. Late yesterday evening Representative Neal's eight-hour work day bill was passed by the House under a suspension of rules. The bill as amended says "that on and after the passage of this act eight hours shall constitute a legal day's work for all classes of mechanics, worklngmen and laborers, excepting those engaged in agricultural or domestic labor, but overwork for an extra compensation, between employer and employe, is hereby permitted, except upon work by or for the State or a municipal corporation, or by contractors or subcontractors therewith, unless in cases of great emergency caused by fire or fiood." No Uolaterousj Conduct. Speaker Artman informed tho members of tho House yesterday evening that he did not propose to have any boisterous conduct the closing day of tho session, and to avoid cny desire on the part of members to shy books, etc., at each other's heads he will have the desks relieved of everything of a "throwable" character. CompulNory Ediieation 11111. Senator Goodwine's compulsory education bill came up In the House yesterday for passage, but was referred to a special committee consisting of Representatives Scott, Clem and Roberts, to Insert an amendment proposed by Mr. Reser, changing the bill so that it will apply to children between the ages of seven and fourteen instead of seven and sixteen. Monument J i ill In Senate.One of the last measures to be passed by the Senate yesterday afternoon was House bill No. C16, abolishing the board of regents of the sailors' and soldiers'-monument and providing for the appointment of a custodian. The bill was called up by Senator Lindley and passed under a suspension of rules by a vote of 30 to 6. State Hoard of Emhalmern. The Senate yesterday passed House bill No. 456, introduced by Representative Davis, which establishes a State Board of Enibalmers and provides a system of examination, registration and licensing of embalmers, by a vote of 23 to 12. LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE. House Illlla on Third Rendlnsr In Senate. No. 413 (Alrhart) Concerning drainage. Passed 34 to 0. No. 207 (Catlcy) Prohibiting the sale of adulterated fertilizers. Passed 38 to 1. No. AM (Horsfield) Creating a joint commission for the certification cf the la as relating to mines and mining. Advanced to second reading. No. 141 (Dirkson) Providing that school trustees need not establish high is-cols in any township unless there Is a total of twenty-five students, l'assid 37 to 1. No. 450 (Davis) Establishing a state board of embalmers, to provide a system of examination, registration and licensing of embalmers. Passed 28 to 12. No. 43 (Scott) Regulating the transfer of children from one school corporation to another. Passed 33 to 1. No. 2s3 (Morgan) Giving the Indianapolis Board of Park Commissioners chaige of the planting, culture and care of all the tres and shrubs in the parks and on tho streets of the city. Amended so that in all cities and towns having- no boards of park commissioners tJie town marshal shall act as ex officio forfester. Passed 41 to 0. No. C'.2 (Cox) Concerning taxation. Passed-30 lo 2. No. 223 (Schreeder) An appropriation for monuments for Shlloh Military Park. Passed II to 0. No. 540 (Allen) Legalizing the Incorporation of the town of Otterbein, Uenton county. Passed 31 to 0. No. 51 (Bishop) Defining kndnaplng and prescribing punishment therefor. Passed 3j to 0. " No. n (Morton)-Helatlng to the co:i-

Rtructlon of frte gravel roads. Pasjed 3J to o. No. 02 (Bein Allowing Union City to make a special tax levy. Passed Z'J to 0. No. 557 (Miller)-Provldlng for the quarterly payment of clerks and sheriffs. Pasted under su.rptn?inn of the rule. 21 to S. No. 5J1 (Stutesman)-Regu!'ttng foreign Investment compunltn. Passed 2i to 2. No. 410 Dirkson For the release of certain school fund mortgage.. Passcd-31 to 0. No. (Pritchard) Providing method of printing ballots. Passed 33 to 2. No. 3o7 tCotner) Concerning the incorporation of insurance companies. Passed 23 to 2. No. 355 (Murphy) For the relief of Moses A. Dilks. of Pulaski county. No. I2 (Reagan) Concerning the common schools of Indianapolis. Passed 23 to 1. No. 59 (Bell) Authorizing cities and towns to p!at unplatted small tracts within corporate limits. Passed 30 to 3. Senate Bills on Third RcndlnMT In House. No. 27 (Carr) Concerning the government of the State University. Passed 74 to 0. No. 119 Klttinger Requiring certain, county and city offices to be kept open from S a. rn. to 5 p. m. Defeated 21 to 54. No. 40 (Parks) Concerning the appointment of election inspectors. Passed 5S to 12.

No. 457 (Wood) Extendlrg the term of the present Judge of the Superior Court of Tippecanoe county. Passed M to 0. No. 21H (Klttlnger) Legalizing proceedings of Common Council and officers of the city of Elwood. Passed 70 to 3. No. 201 (Goodwlne) Concerning the compulsory education of children. Recommitted to special committee. No. 2n2 (Crumbaker) Legalizing the town of Howell, Vanderburg county. Passed Ci to 0. No. 200 (Gochenour) Providing for publication of additional capier of rcjxirt of Indiana Chickamauga Commission. Passed rr to o. No. 232 (Johnston) Authorizing the issuance of search warrants. Failed to pass 42 to 32. No. 203 (Stillwell) Concerning felonies. Passed -54 to 19. No. 222 (Johnston) Authorizing the issuance of search warrants. Passed 5 to 23. No. . 31S (Blnkley) Authorising incorporated cities not acting under nneclal .-harter to create boards ot rlectrlc-llßht commissioners, etc. Passed to to 13. No. 407 (Blnkley) An act prescribing !uties and powers of towns In relation to requiring railroad companies to keep and maintain lights In streets, etc. Passed -74 to o. No. 220 (Goodwlne) An net entitled "An act to amend Section 1 of an act entitled 'An act concerning the duties of the trustees f the ludlina School for Feebleminded,' " approved March 4. 1M1. Passed -3 to 12. ... No. 127 (Thompson) To amend an net regulating foiclgn insurance companies loing business in the State. Passed--') to 22. No. 3ol (Heller) An act for the inco: potation )f farmer' and citizens' volunt.irjr associations for the purpose of Insuring farm and other prorjety, etc. Passed i to 11. No. 309 (Gard) Providing for a definite amount to be named In ach policy of Ufa insurance, etc. Passed 54 to L2. No. (Goodwlne) Regulating the transfer of children from one school corporation to another nnd fixing the price of tuition, etc. Recommitted to committee. No. 3-3 (Lambert) Relating to the, car and control if orphans. Passed CO to 0. No. 352 (Matson) Providing for the selection of talesmen for Juries In certain counties, etc. Passed 72 to 0. No. 254 (Thompson) Giving park board charge of the planting of iees, etc. Passed 07 to 0. No. 2".s (Wood) Regulating the practice ot medicine. Passed 01 to 21. No. 3'.tt; (Gochenour) Concerning jurisdiction of the State over certain lands of this State owned by the United States. Passed CO to 10. No. 327 (Fleming) Concerning the incorporatlou and governing of cities of more than 35.CMJ and less than 40,(X)0. Passed 16 to 11. No. 2S7 (Fortune) Relating to the incorporation of the town of Vernon, Jennings county. Passed 0") to 0 No. 351 (Layman) Authorizing the organization of boards of trade and defining ' their duties. Passed 3 to 8. No. 250 (Fortune) To legalize certain bonds of the town of Port Fulton. Ind. Passed 5 to 2. No. 177 (Corr) To amend act providing boards of county charities, etc. Passed 15 to 4. No. 113 (Layman) Relating to the regulation of insurance companies. Passed 54 to 19. No. 202 (Miller) Concerning the release of mortgages by corporations. Passed 03 to 6. Honse Committee Reports. Ways and Means. Senate bill No. 2K1 (Goodwlne), provldlna for the sale of certain real estate and for the relocation of certain State institutions. Majority for passage, with amendments. Minority for indefinite postponement. Minority report concurred in. Judiciary. Senate bill No. 212 (Ball), for an act for the payment to minors, by the clerk of the Circuit Court, wifhout guardian, on order of the Circuit Court having JurUdlctlon thereof, moneys in his hands belonging to said minors, to an amount not exceeding $lu0. For passage. Taken up on second reading and passed to third reading. Senate bill No. 405 (Burns), relating to the sale, etc., of food or food substance. For passage. Taken up on second reading and passed to third reading. Senate bill No. 273 (Wolcott), concerning landlord and tenant. For passage. Taken up on second reading and pased to third reading. House bill No. 42G (Reser), to amend an act providing for a homestead, etc. Relerred back to House without recommendation. Senate bill No. 2G5 (Winfield). for the relief of Ezra Bowman, of Pulaski county. For passage. Passed under suspension of th rules .2 te 0. Senate bill No. 4M (Conlogue). authorizing the Albion township trustee of Noble county to transfer tuition funds. For passage. Passed to third reading. Fees and Salaries. House bill No. 17 (Stutesman), concerning salaries of county officers. Majority for passage. Minority for Indefinite postponement. Minority report concurred in. Affairs of City of Indianapolis. House bill No. 6öf, (Mlnturn), authorizing city of Indianapolis to purchase water works. Indefinite postponement. House bill No. 440 (Clarke), concerning the government of cities. Indefinite postponement. Insurance. Senate bill No. 2 (Agnew), concerning fire insurance policies, etc. Indefinite postponement. , LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP. Stories Picked I p In the Corridor of the Capitol. Mrs. W. E. English learned a few thlng3 about lobbying a bill through the Legislature a few days ago. She was greatly interested in having the kindergarten bill passed, and so expressed herself to a member of the House of Representatives. "Well, you had better go over and appear before the committee that has the bill in charge." suggested the representative. "My, do I have to do that?" she gasped. "It would certainly be a good idea for you to do not only that, but to remain in the House until the bill is passed." Accordingly, Mrs. English followed instructions, and when the bill passed the House returned to the hotel. Meeting the same representative who had given her the advice, she cried out Joyously, "Thank goodness, that matter is off my hands. The bill has passed the House of Representatives." "How about the Senate?" inquired the man. "Oh. I sent the bill over to the Senate by Mr. Whitcomb." the replied, artlessly, "and it's all right." K X "The last time I came up to Indianapolisas a member of the Hoiue of Representatives," said Representative Alva O. Reser, of Lafayette, "the newspapers and peop! of the city tried to kill me with maledictions and abuse. On this vi.-it. however, they stem bent on killing me with k.ndness Columbia Club smokers, and the like. So. you see. any way you look at It. they have got it in for me." huh "Judge, do you know you look uncommonly like Actor Robert B. Mantell?" said Charles (J. 1hnaii, of the street-car company, to Appellate Judge William J. Hen. ley In the lobby of the Senate yesterdij afternoon. "Why," replied Judge Henley, "the other day 1 walke! ir.to a hottl ovti at Terre Haut' wearing my lory ul.-ter, and when 1 sot uo to the desk the cltrk smiled with more than usual affability, x. tended his hand to me and tld. 'Whv. how do you do. Mr. Mantell. 1 m Riad to e you back. " As a matter of fact," the5 r Is player's blood ir. Jud Henley's tamiltr