Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1903 — Page 2

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senators, had been extended convenient courtesy by the Southern. When his smile provoke! a laugh, he remarked that the senators wldently knew he alluded to passes which are nice things to have but which do nol indicate the attitude of a corporation after the adjournment of the General Assembly. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, who had been exceedingly rt stive during the pyrotechnics, mad it vtry plain that he considered" w much talk a waste of the Senate's pood time and that there was other time to make speeches on this particular bit of business if the senators wished. Out of courtesy he extended the privilege to Mr. Mllburn to close the debate. Mr. Mllburn excused the delay of the prosecutor in filing suit with the statement that he had to wait a lone: time for the county court to convene. Mr. Wood interrupted with the remark that there was nine months that intervened before the dtecovery made by the prosecutor that the law was being violated and the time that the suit was riled. Mr. Milburn took exception to the plain contradiction but did not show Mr. Wood to be at fault. ' VOTE ON AMENDMENT. The vote on the amendment was twentyBeven for and nineteen against. Senator Kittinger moved to amend the bill by extinguishing all penalties in excess of $000, but, finding that the amendment would serve no real purpose, he voted against his own amendment on Senator Fortune's motion to Jay it on the table. Senator Fortune and the Lieutenant Governor had one or two little passages at arms, from which the pleasant senator from Clark and Jennings did not emerge with flying colors, and his motion to strike out Section 2 of the bill was lost. He tried again, and moved to strike out the enacting clause. The Lieutenant Governor, seeing that the time was being taken up by apparently useless discussion, put his foot down hard on further debate, but In courtesy recognized Senator Lawler's second to the motion. The bill was again plucked from the burning by a vote of thirty-four to eleven, with a number of Democrats .voting with the Republicans. The bill was advanced to the third reading. It will be called up without loss of time, and will undoubtedly pas3 the Senate. Karller in the session the committee on reformatories had presented a favorable report on the reformatory bill changing the Kovernment of the Institution. Introduced by Senator Good wine. The House bill appropriating $113.000 for the expenses of the General Assembly passed with only one vote against it, and that wps cast by Senator Ogborn as a delicate bit of humor. Senator Matson called up the voting bill and had it advanced to third reading. It .will also be brought to an early vote. Senator Fortune, of Evansville. earned the gratitude of the newspaper men by introducing a resolution providing that representatives of local papers should be given the freedom of the floor when upon legitimate business. They are excepted from the rule excluding all other persons from the floor. Eleven new bills were introduced yesterday morning. Senator De Haven introduced a bill which provides that the custodian of the Statehouse may add three men to his force, and increasing the salaries of Fome of the present force. The legislation Is regarded by Major Kreitenstein as absolutely necessary since the Statehouse is row being cared for by a force no larger than the force of ten years ago. while the labor is doubly as onerous. The bill la favored by some members of the committee on finance, to which is was referred. Senator Layman's bill for a Shlloh monument commission provides for twenty-eight members. Senator Fortune's bill introduced the day before, is similar except in that it provides for a commission of five. The bills, most of them, were of uninteresting tenor to the general public. Senator "Gray's legislative apportionment bill will be found in another column.

DUSIXESS OF THE HOUSE. SfiT IUHm of More titan the l'nal Interest Introduced. Several new bills of more than ordinary Importance, either from a serious or humorous standpoint, were features of the session of the House yesterday forenoon. Mr. Baird, of Delaware, introduced a measure that is aimed to put an end to grave-robbing in Indiana by making a ghoul a felon and pla ring a heavy penalty on the crime, and by creating a state anatomical board to handle all bodies for dissecting purposes and to distribute them among the several medlct.1 and dental colleges of the State. This bill is indorsed by the Indianapolis medical colleges and is the result of the grave-robbing exposures recently made in this city. It was referred to the committee on medicine, health and vital statistics, of which Mr. Baird is the chairman. Mr. Kimball, of Grant, offered the bill which sheriffs all over the State recently organized to push through the Legislature. It provides that the salaries of the sheriffs hall remain unchanged, but that in event a sheriff does not collect enough fees to pay His salary the County Commissioners shall pay the balance out of the general fund of the county, and the uncollected fees, when finally collected, shall go to this fund. This is not equlvavlent to placing the sheriffs on a straight salary, as the amount of their salaries shall still depend in part on the fees of their office, but it guarantees that they shall not come out short in their salaries through failure to collect sufficient fees, or in event there is not a sufficient amount accruing to the office in fees to qial the amount of salary provided under the old fee and salary law. The bill went to the committee on fees and salaries. STATE FORESTRY RESERVE. Mr. Matthews, of Madison, offered, by request, a bill providing for the establishment of a state forestry reserve. It appropriates WEATHER FORECAST. Fair To-Day and To-Morrovr Except Rain In Southern Indiana Saturday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Friday and Saturday, except rain on Saturday In southern portions; fresh west winds. For Ohio Fair on Friday; Saturday increasing cloudiness, rain in southwest portion; fresh west winds. Local Observation on Thursday. Bar. Tem. R.H. Wind. Weather. Free, ft. ra..3u.l$ . 22 80 fcouth. Cloudy. .00 T p. ra.3C.lJ 33 71 S'west. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 43; minimum temperature. U. . Comparative statement of tta mean temperature and total precipitation cn Jan. 15: Prec. 0.09 0.0) 0.09 D.5 Normal Mean 2 Departure 0 Departure sine Jan. 1 97 Flu. W.'T. BL.TTIIE, Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations k 7 a Abilene. Tex Am&rUlo, .Tex Atlanta. Ga Bismarck. 3f. D Buffalo. N. . Y Cairo. Ill Calgary. AlbcrtA Chattanooga, Tenn ;,. Chicago . Cincinnati. O Cleveland. O Concordia. Kan ....r, Davtnport. Ia ' Denver. Col ..." Des Moines. Ia Doric City. Kan Dubuque, Ia DuJuth. Minn El Pao. Tex Fort Smith. Ark (lalveston, Tex Uiand Haven. Mich Grand Junction, Col Havre. Mont Helena. Mont Huron. 8. D

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a. sufficient sum for the purchase of 2.000 acres of land in such county in the -State as is deemed most desirable, and an additional sum of $1.50 per acre per year, or $3.000 annually, for the maintenance of the tract as a forestry reserve. The -bill was referred to the committee on natural resources. Mr. Denbo, of Floyd, Introduced a bill prohibiting infant " insurance a measure that would vitally affect every insurance company doing business in Indiana. - Tne author of the bill was actuated by the conviction that infant Insurance leads often to infanticide, and he desired to remove the Incentive to such crimes, but his bill was short-lived, as it was referred to the insurance committee, which .met later In the day and decided to recommend the bill for indefinite postponement. There is a possibility that the House will not ; concur in the recommendation of the committee, but as the report Is unanimous such an action is hardly probable. , House bill -No. 101, introduced by Mr. Klrkpatrick, of 'Montgomery, furnished the humorous diversion of the session. It is entitled. "A bill for an act to prevent the destruction of crops by chickens and other domestic fowls," and of course the title had no sooner been- read than the punsters of the House were jumplngup to denounce it as a "fowl" bill or to predict that if it were passed it would only get through "by a scratch." The bill provides that whoever shall permit any chicken or other domestic fowl belonging to him to enter the lnclosuro of another person, without having first secured the written permission of the owner of the inclosed tract, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined from $1 to 13 for each offense. A condition ia attached providing that no prosecution shall be entered under the law without the consent of the person who owns the lands invaded. Mr. Klrkpatrick introduced the bill at the request of one of his constituents, Tom Boraker, who lives on the outskirts of Crawfordsville. and who claims that he has been the victim of his neighbors' chickens until patience has ceased to be a virtue, and he wants the power of the State and the majesty of the law invoked to protect his garden from the ravages of wandering fowls. The bill was referred to the committee on rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the State, although there was a suggestion that it go to the committee on public morals or to the ways and means. ' The House was called to order a few minutes after 10 o'clock, with the seats well filled, an argument In favor of the 10 o'clock session. The Rev. Mr. Allen, pastor of the Morris-street Christian Church of Indianapolis, offered the invocation. ROUTINE BUSINESS. On motion by Mr. Mulr, of Marlon, the reading of the Journal was dispensed with. The first order of business was the reports of committees, and the Judiciary, education and cities and towns responded, their reports disposing of no measures of especial importance. The record of their recommendations will be found in the legislative calendar In another column. Mr. Bell, chairman of the special committee, appointed to consider the bills of tho last session returned without the signature of the Governor-House bills Nos. 100, 234, 400 and 529 submitted a report recommending that the Governor's message in regard to each bill be spread of record, and that the bills be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Stutesman, of Miami, offered a resolution providing that the election of a United States senator to succeed Senator Fairbanks be made a special order for the House at 12 o'clock noon next Tuesday. The resolution was adopted. House bill No. 22 Morgan providing for an increase of 6 cents in the school-tax levy for Indianapolis, authorizing the issuance of bonds in an amount not exceeding $450,000 for school purposes, and providing for the rotation of the names of the candidates for school commissioners on the ballots at elections was handed down on third reading, and was passed by. a unanimous vote of 92 to 0. This is the bill that was prepared by a commission of the Commercial Club of this city. Mr. Tarkington. of Marion, got in a little practice for his speech next Tuesday, when

he will nominate Senator Fairbanks for reelection, by rising and addressing the speaker to the effect that he "offered the following resolution and moved Its adoption." He said his little piece before he was recognized, however, and then he had to repeat it all, much to his embarrassment and discomfiture. The "Gentleman from Marion" is evidently worxing up his nerve by getting on his feet for a few words every day. In order that he may gradually overcome his stage fright. He broke his record yesterday by addressing the speaker a second time to ask that his name be called again when the vote was being taken on the Indianapolis school bill. Mr. Tarklngton's resolution was to the effect that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Stutesman, Just before adjournment, took a shot at the State printer or the clerks or .whoever is responsible for the delay in the appearance of the House calendar and the printed copies of the rules by inquiring the cause for such delay and calling attention to the fact that the members were being seriously Inconvenienced by failure to receive the documents in question. He was assured by the speaker that the calendar and rules would be forthcoming Monday, and that the delay was unavoidable. Leave of absence was granted Representatives Morton, of Howard, and Kline, of Kosciusko, on account of Illness. HOUSE COMMITTEES WORK. Barbers BUI Recommended for Pas snare Trlth, Vital Amendments. Several of the house committees were in session yesterday, wading through the bills that have accumulated during the first week of the session. The most important action taken by any of them was that of the committee on labor, of which Mr. Van Fleet, of Elkhart, is chairman, in deciding to recommend for passage the barbers' bill, with, however, some vital amendments. ' The barbers bill, which is known as House Bill No. 64, and which was Introduced by Mr. Berndt, of Cass, provides that all barbers must have a license, to secure which they must first have had three years' experience and pass an examination in sanitary science, and creates a Stato board of examiners to conduct . such examinations and to promulgate certain rules governing the practice of barbers. The amendments made by the committee strike out the requirements that barbers must be educated in sanitary science, bacteriology, etc. The committee held that the fact that the State board ofexaminers was authorized to promulgate certain rules for the sanitary regulation of barber shops, and that any barber who violated these rules should be subject to punishment by fine and by revoking of his license, was sufficient safeguard for the public, and that the requirement that all barbers pass an examination in sanitary science would bar about nine-tenths of the experienced and qualified barbers of the State who have not the scientific education to pass such an examination and yet are competent to carry on their trade under sanitary regulations. The work of the various committees was as follows: Labor House Bill No. 61, Berndt, the barbers' bill. For passage with amendments. Itights and privileges House Bill No. 36. Owen, providing. that gypsies and all other travelers be required to take out a permit or license. For Indefinite postponement. House Bill No. 23. Jackley, providing a license for the carrying of concealed weapons. For indefinite postponement. Insurance House Bill No. 57, Bell, providing that insurance companies shall make their constitutions, by-laws and all documents referred to In their policies a part of such policies. For passage. House Bill No. 91, Denbow, prohibiting Infant insurance. For indefinite postponement. Affairs of City of Indianapolis House Bill No. 74 Mulr Authorizing police pension fund trustees to fix the allowances of pensioners. For passage. GRAY APPORTIONMENT BILL. Hovr the State Is Redlstrlcted by the XeT Measure. Senator Gray, of Evansville, whose bill for legislative apportionment was introduced yesterday morning, says the bill is not radically different from the measure prepared by Senator Wood, of Lafayette. His bill has been prepared with the utmost care, he says, and he believes It will be approved by the committee. Senator Wood is not weddod to his own measure, it is understood, and may support Senator Gray's should it be found more satisfactory. It is thought the bill which will be presented to the chamber by the committee will be based on both bills now under consideration. MaricO county is given the same number of senators and representatives by each

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measure. Mr. Gray's measure gives the southern part of the State more representation. Following are the senatorial and legislative districts provided for: Lake and Newton; Porter and Laporte; St. Joseph, Starke, Pulaski and Jasper; Elkhart. Lagrange and Noble; Steuben and De Kalb; Kosciusko and Marshall: Fulton and Wabash; Huntington and Whitley; Allen; Allen and Adams; Cass and Carroll; Miami and Howard; Grant; Grant, Blackford and Wells; Tippecanoe; White, Benton and Warren; Jay and Randolph; Delaware; Madison, Clinton and Tipton; Hamilton and Boone; Fountain and Montgomery; Madison and Hancock; Marlon (4); Marion, Johnson and Bartholomew; Henry. Fayette and Rush; Wayne and Union; Hendricks and Putnam; Morgan, Brown. and Monroe; Vigo; Vigo, Parke and Vermillion; Clay and Owen: Shelby and Decatur; Franklin, Ripley and Dearborn; Knox and Sullivan; Lawrence and Jackson; Greene, Martin and Orange; Daviess and Dubois: Scott, Washington and Harrison; Clark and Floyd; Jennings, Jefferson, Switzerland and Ohio; Spencer, Perry and Crawford; Vanderburg, Pike and Warrick; Vanderburg, Gibson and Posey. The representative districts are as follows, one from each district except as designated otherwise: Posey; Vanderburg; Vanderburg and Warrick; Spencer and Gibson: Gibson and Pike; Knox; Daviess and Dubois; Martin and Orange; Knox; Daviess; Lawrence; Sullivan; Greene; Monroe and Brown; Crawford and Perry; Harrison; Floyd; Clark; Floyd, Clark and Washington; Scott and Jennings: Jefferson, Ripley and Switzerland; Dearborn and Ohio; Jackson; Bartholomew; Johnson; Vigo; Vigo and Vermillion; Parke; Clay; Clay and Owen; Putnam and Montgomery; Hendricks; Morgan; Marion (8); Marion and Hancock; Shelby; Decatur; Rush: Henry; Wayne; . Wayne and Fayette; Union and Franklin; Randolph. Jay and Blackford; Adams; Wells; Hamilton; Hamilton and Tipton; Boone and Montgomery; Fountain; Clinton; Howard; Howard and Carroll; Tippecanoe; Tippecanoe and Warren; White and Pulaski; Benton and Jasper; Lake; Lake and Newton: Laporte; Laporte and Porter; Cass; Miami: Wabash: Huntington; Grant; Grant, Miami and Cass; Huntington, Wabash and Fulton; Allen (3;? Whitley and Kosciusko; De Kalb; Noble; Lagrange and Steuben; Kosciusko; Elkhart (2); St. Joseph (2); St. Joseph and Starke; Marshall. -z. COMMITTEES OP THE SENATE. They Are rrocecdlnp on the Theory that No Time Is Like the Present. Senate committees are proceeding on the theory that there Is no time like the present for doing hard work.. Testerday they ground out another large hopper of recommendations. Judiciary No. 1 Senator Parks's committee discussed the garnishee bills Introduced by Senator Wood. As the result a majority report signed by every senator on the committee, save Mr. Wood himself, will recommend that the bill be indefinitely postponed. A bill "by Senator Llndley fixing a drastic penalty for criminal assault will also be recommended for Indefinite postponement. Senator Llndley appeared before the committee to defend the bill. Senator Barcus's bill to encourage the building of levees and dykes will be recommended for passage. N Education Senator Wolcott's committee will recommend this morning that two bills be Indefinitely, postponed. One is Senator Gibson's measure giving trustees holding property for seminary purposes the right to relinquish it to public school corporations. The bill Is obscure and ambiguously drawn. Senator Powell's bill, authorizing school trustees to borrow money beyond the constitutional debt limit, also was shelved. A similar bill was vetoed by the Governor the previous session. Military Affairs Senator De Haven's committee will recommend for passage Senator Wood's bill giving a cannon to the Tippecanoe Battle Ground Association of Lafayette. Senator Starr's resolution favoring the name of Hackleman for the proposed army, post will be recommended for adoption. Senator Fortune's bill to provide monuments in memory of those massacred at Pigeon Roost finally reached a haven of rest. It will be favorably recommended. The two bills introduced by Senators Fortune and Layman providing for a commission to ascertain the position of Indiana troops during the siege and campaign of Vicksburg were considered, but deferred by the committee, with the hope that one bill may be evolved from the two. Judiciary No. 1. Senator Wood's "dog bill" was the only one recommended for passage. Senator Wood appeared before the committee and his appeal was heeded. The bill had been unfavorably recommended the day before. Finance. Senator Goodwine's committee will recommend that the bill by Senator Gochenour, providing for the taxation of mortgages when the mortgagee is a nonresident, will be recommended for indefinite postponement. Senator Layman's bill recommending a reapproprlation for the Shlloh Monument Commission and an additional J1.S00, will be recommended for passage. Agriculture. Senator Gibson's committee was unanimous In the opinion that the bill Introduced by Senator Parks, providing that oleomargarine shall not be served in State institutions in place of butter, should pass. County and Township Affairs. Senator Gochenour's committee took up Mr. Parks's bill providing that members of county councils shall be appointed by circuit Judges in order to ecure nonpartisan boards. The recommendation fixed upon is indefinite postponement. Public Libraries. Senator Newhouse's committee will recommend that the bill abolishing the public library commission and transferring its duties to the State librarian should pass. A bill providing that 100 copies of Supreme and AppellaU

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SENA NORTH VIEW 0FTWE hhti GOING SOUT1 JOE KEAUN6 A L WAY 5 ON THE FlflNG tINE u TWO Court reports be furnished the Indiana University law library annually will be recommended for passage. HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTOR. Hill to Create Such an Office to He Backed by Educational Interests. A bill to create a new state office Is being prepared and will be offered for the consideration of the Legislature within a few days. The office is that of state high school inspector, and the bill will provide that the official shall be appointed or elected by the State Board of Education. A salary of 52,500 or ,000 will be attached to the position, making it, in event the bill becomes a law, one of the desirable berths in the Statehouse. The bill will have tho Indorsement, It Is understood, of the State Board of Education, the State Teachers' Association and the County Superintendents' State Association. The State Board of Education will have a meeting to-day and this afternoon the members of the Roard and the members of the legislative committees appointed by the State Teachers' and County Superintendents associations will meet with the committees on education of the Senate and House to discuss educational legislation. The Joint meeting of the Senate and House committees was announced .yesterday, but it was not intimated that It was to be for a conference with tho representatives of the educational organizatioans. It was said last night that the proposed bill creating the office of state high school inspector would be the principal topic for discussion at the conference this afternoon. Charles A. Van Matre, of Muncie, who is a member of the county superintendents legislative committee, is authority for the statement that the bill will be introduced. Mr. Van Matre said last night that there is a very general demand among those inter ested in the schools of the State for such an officer. Other States have high school inspectors, and the experience has been that the high schools have been greatly improved. "Our high schools are not as uniform as they should be," said Mr. Van Matre, "and the object in creating a state high school Inspector would be to bring the schools into closer relation with more uniform courses and a common standard of work. Of course it is not believed that the high schools could all be brought to the same standard of excellence as those of the larger cities will always be able to do more advanced work than those of the smaller cities and towns, but all the schools could be brought to work along the same lines, and the general average could be materially raised." The State Board of Education is also interested in the proposition to Increase the state schol tax levy from 11 to 16 cents. A bill to this end has already been introduced in the House and is now in the hands of the committee on ways and means. It was Introduced by Representative Corn, of Augusta. This bill will also be discussed at the conference to-day. Bar Association Acts. The Marion County Bar Association yesterday adopted a resolution favoring the increase of the salaries of the Superior and Circuit Court Judges of Marlon county from $4,000 to 53,000 a year. Copies of the resolution will be mailed to the Marlon county representatives and senators in the Legislature and also to the members of the committees on Judiciary. Several speeches were made by members of the bar association at the meeting, disapproving the resolution unless it were intended to raise the pay of the Criminal Court Judge, who now draws $3,200 a year, to the same figure as the other Judges. It was said by the speakers that the Judge of the Criminal Court has as much, if not more arduotis. work In his court than In the courts where none but civil suits are tried. Le-KtslatlTC Sidelights. Julian D. Hogate, of Danville, one of the prominent Republican newspaper -men of the State, was at the English last night, mixing with the politicians. xxx Former Senator Agnew, of Valparaiso, who was one of the prominent members of the Legislature of two years ago, is in the city, and rumor has it that he is here as a member of the third house. x x x Fred Joss, of Indianapolis, who was a member of the Senate two years ago and fathered the railroad consolidation bill, gave a box party at the English last night, treating some of his legislative friends to an evening with "Dolly Varden." xxx Mrs. Glen D. Kimball, wife of Representative Kimball, was an Interested spectator of the proceedings in the. House yesterday. She occupied a seat of honor on the right hand of the speaker. Mrs. Kimball will be In the city throughout the session. xxx Dr. William E. Stone, president of Purdue University, is here for the meeting of the State Board of Education to-day. incidentally he was mingling with the legislators last evening, speaking a good word for his college, which Is seeking some special appropriations this year. xxx Former Representatives John H. Bonham, of Hartford - City, and Larz Whitcomb, of Indianapolis, were visitors on the floor of the House yesterday forenoon. Mr. Bonham said that he could scarcely resist the impulse to go down to his old seat and begin "dipping" into the proceedings. xxx When the Senate passed the appropriation bill yesterday morning some of the employes felt like crying "hallelujah." They had come to town with only a few dollars in their pockets, enough to last a week or ten days, and finances were getting un

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pleasantly depressed. The bill will be signed by the Governor at once and the first week's salary will be obtainable. xxx L. P. Newby, of Knlghtstown, has been in the city for several days mingling with the members of the Legislature, and it is understood that he is looking after his political fences with a view of making the race for Lieutenant Governor again. He has not announced his candidacy, but his friends say that he will be In the fight. 'xxx The ways and means committee of the House has not had a meeting as yet Only two bills have been referred to it, and they are not of vital importance, consequently Chairman Sayre is permitting his committee to take it easy. The real troubles of the ways and means will not commence until the general appropriation bill is taken up. xxx Mr. Decker, of Evansville, is beginning to rue the day that the Journal started him on the road to fame as tho youngest member of the Sixty-third General Assembly. He has received so much newspaper notoriety, both in the way of caricatures and reading notices, that he is ready to drop out of sight for a time and let some one else take the center of the stage. xxx Senator Ball was early fixed upon as a good subject because of his massive physique, his square chin-and other marked characteristics. While an artist was getting his 1 "face," he being quite unaware, a group of senators watched the performance with amusement. fThey took delight in moving the senator this way and that while talking to him so that the artist could have every chance. k x x Senator Barcus was made the victim of a conspiracy of this kind. The senator from Terro Haute is a hard man to catch, because he Is always doing something and is seldom in repose. A newspaper artist, who wanted the senator's profile badly, prevailed upon a reporter to engage the senator in earnest conversation and to hold him at all hazards. Fourteen bills were discussed before the man with-the pencil signified that the deed had been done. It seemed a shame to make the courteous senator the victim, but there was no help for It. XXX Senator "Jimmy" Fortune need have no fear of going broke in Indianapolis, because he cr.n borrow money any time he wants to from the newspaper crowd which "does" the Senate, providing that he select an auspicious time near Mondays or Satur days. The senator from Clark and Jen nings made himself strong with the boys yesterday morning by his resolution giving them the privileges or the floor. There had been an attempt made to exclude the reporters from going here and there as urgent business called, but the senator saw the inconvenience of such a rule and neutralized it. xxx Senator Kittinger calls the committee on judiciary No. 2 "the little committee." Its duties so far have been light, but the member from Anderson is determined that whatever comes up shall be done at once. Slightly vexed because there had been some absentees from committee room, the senator declared yesterday: "I want to say that these bills will be considered if there is nobody there but myself. I will read them, pass on them and bring In a majority report on them!" His declara tion was received with cheers by the senators, who patted him on the back and said he was a good fellow. xxx Reading Clerk Rosslter, of the House, has not yet grown familiar with the names of all the members, and as a result he sometimes makes a break in pronunciation, to the amusement of everyone except the innocent victim. Yesterday in reading a commmee report ne came across the name of Representative Bamberger, of Marlon county, and, without a moment's hesitation, he proclaimed it "Bumberger," with the accent on the "Bum" and the pronunciation likewise. A day or two ago in reading a bill for the presentation of a sword to Admiral Taylor he had the State of Indiana presenting a sword to the admiral in recognition of his "notorious" services, instead of meritorious. However, Mr. Rosslter has a voice that penetrates every corner of the hall, and he reads rapidly, consequently he Is "making good" in the Job at which three or four men were given trials. xxx The "anti-chicken" bill that was introduced in the House by Mr. Klrkpatrick, of New Richmond, yesterday, may be passed as a reward for the valiant political services of Its author, Tom Boraker, of Crawfordsville. Boraker lives in one of the out precincts of the capital of Montgomery county in which there Is a large floating vote, and yet this precinct Is one of the most satisfactory from a Republican standpoint of any in the city. This condition is attributable to the strenuous work of the man who has been plagued near unto death by his neighbors' chickens, and. as he has never asked any other reward than the introduction of this hill, his friends are going to see that it receives fair consideration. The bill will, of course,' furnish no end of amusement for the legislators, and when it comes up for second reading. If it escapes death in committee, it will doubtless provoke all sorts of amendments. Representative Stutesman said last evening that he thought, the bill should be so changed as to make it a capital crime for a chicken or other fowl to scratch anyone's garden, and that the penalty should be instant death not to the owner, but to the fowl itself, the executioner to be the victim of Its depredations. Representative Slack, the minority floor

leader, is considering the advisability of calling his cohorts together with a view of making the bill a caucus matter. "I tell you," he was overheard saying to one of his Democratic colleagues yesterday afternonn. "this chicken bill's got to pa?s the people demand It. It must pass by all means; in fact it must pass by fair means or " But the member from Johnson did not know at that time that the bill was Introduced as a reward for a Republican precinct politician or he would not have been indorsing it by such a pun. xxx Not a few senators and representatives wonder how on earth their faces get into the newspapers when they in the morning sit back In their seats for a glimpse of their favorite journal. They see themselves

in all sorts of attitudes, and pretty faithiui likenesses at that, and the surprise on their faces, particularly the countenances of the new ones, is funny. To see a newspaper artist at work, however, explains the puzzle. Ills methods are peculiar. He must first round up his prey without the prey "getting wise." Then he mu?t catch the victim in a favorable attitude, in a favorable light, without the victim suspecting that he Is posing. He must be prepared to conceal his pad and pencil at a moment's notice to avoid a certain em barrassment, and on the whole hLa posi tion is difficult. XXX There seems to be a .considerable demand among the constituents of certain of the members of the House for copies of the annual report of the state commissioner of fisheries. A resolution was introduced early In the session providing for the publication or 5,000 copies of the report ror uisiriDution over the State through the members of the Senate and House, and then yesterday a bill was offered for the same purpose. The difference between the effect of the resolu tion and the bill Is that if the former is adopted the expense of the publication will come out of the appropriation ror tne expenses of the Legislature, while if the latter goes through it will carry a special appropriation to cover the expense.. However, a little investigation has shown that the publication of the 5.000 copies will cost in the neighborhood of $2.500, or 60 cents per copy, and as an actual demand has not been made for more than a hundred copies the ways and means committee will probably decide to let both the resolution and the bill die a-boming. LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE. Jiew Senate Bills. No. lie Barcus Prescribing duties of county surveyors in counties of between 60.000 and 65,000. Emergency. Fees and No. 117-Crumbaker-Glving attorneys liens on demands, including clairs for unliquidated damages, put in their hands for suit, compromise or collection, whether suit be brought thereon or not, and also upon any verdict in favor of clients. Judiciary No. 2. No. 118-De Haven-Defining duties and compensation of statehouse custodian, and providing for the employment ' of Janitors, etc., and their compensation. Finance. No. 119 Gny Providing a new senatorial and representative apportionment. Legislative Apportionment. No. 120-Harrison Providing for keeping clean and free from obstructions the channels of unnavigable streams, not exceeding seventy-five feet in width. Swamp Lands and Drains. No. 121 Kittinger Giving Circuit and ßupreme Court judges authority in divorce rases to take children under age of sixteen and place them in orphans' homes. Judiciary No. 2. No. 122 Layman Providing for a commission of one member from every Indiana organization that took part In the siege of Vicksburg, twenty-eight in all. to ascertain the positions of Indiana companies in this siege, and to make a recommendation for the marking of these positions, and providing for the expenses of this commission. Emergency. Military Affairs. No. 123 Llndley Making life imprisonment the penalty for criminal assaults, with the option of castration at the end of two years imprisonment. Judiciary No. 1. No. 124 Lyons Prohibiting the sale of goods in second-hand bottles or bottles that have been used for the same purpose, except In the case of beer, milk or medicinal or mineral waters, and making it unlawful to gather bottles from garbage or refuse plies for the purpose of sale, unless the bottles be broken up and sold as cullet. Public Health. No. 125 Newhouse Providing for the frlntlng of 2.000 additional copies of the ast report of the fish commissioner and game warden of Indiana. Finance. No. 126 Ball Concerning the levy of road tax and working It out on the roads. County and Township Business. Ncvr Honse mils. No. S2 Sheridan Providing that county commissioners may pay daily wage not to exceed $3.50 for man and team on road work. Roads. No. 83 Wells Making it misdemeanor for any one to take or retain milk bottles, etc., belonging to any firm. Health. No. 84 Harley Amending law concerning banks and savings associations. Banks. No. 85 Harley Prohibiting companies from doing general banking business that were not organized for that express purpose. Banks. No. 86 Boulden Concerning establishment of new school districts and erection of schoolhouses therein. County and township business. No. 87 Boulden Amending law regulating holding of court In Forty-fifth Judicial circuit, affecting only Clinton county. Judiciary. No. 88 Sherman Prohibiting charging of more than 8 per cent, per annum interest by persons or firms loaning money on chattels or future salaries. Cities and towns. No. fc9 Sherman Providing for payment of claims of surviving members of Home Guard Legion. Military Affairs. No. 90Van Fleet-Changing method of pleading and proof In suits against common carriers. Judiciary. No. 91 Denbo Prohibiting insurance on Infants. Insurance. No. 92 Kimball Concerning the salaries of county sheriffs. Fees and salaries. No. 93 Lapp For protection of quail and other game. Rights and privileges. No. 94 Stults Legalizing act for town of Warren, Huntington county. Cities and towns. No. 95 Wilson Providing for extension of water works in East Chicago. Cities and towns. No. 96 Slack Amending indeterminate sentence law by giving Judges power to fix minimum sentence. Indiana Reformatory. No. 97 Edwards Creating new Judicial circuit, making Jennings and Ripley counties one circuit, Scott and Johnson one and Washington and Orange one. Organization of courts. No. 9S Matthews Appropriating sum of money for purchase of 2,000 acres of land by State Board or Forestry lor a permanent reserve and $1.50 per acre per year to maintain it. Natural resources. No. 99 Jackley Providing flags for all schoolhouses. Education. No. 100 Baird For the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves. Health. No. 101 Klrkpatrick Preventing the de struction of crops by chickens and other fowls. Rights and privileges. No. 102 Owen Legalizing Incorporation of town of Diamond, Parke county. Cities and towns. No. 103 Bader Providing for filing of liens on crops and for the protection of millers. judiciary. No. 104 Boyd Concerning construction of roads. County and township business. No. 105 Decker Providing for publication of 5,100 copies of report of commissioner of fisheries and game. Ways and means. No. 106 Watson Authorizing state suner intendent of public instruction to adopt and scneouie tne items entering into teachers success grades and providing for an appeal. Education. - No. 107 Hall Amending law concerning roau supervisors. l toads. No. 108 Wilson Concerning sale of land for delinquent taxes. Judiciary. Bills on Second Heading In Senate. No. 8 Coats To provide for the further protection of quail. No. 13 Dausman To provide for the further regulation of county and township business. No. 31 Ogborn To establish a State laboratory oi nygiene, No. 48 Askren To equalize terms of county offcers. No. 51 Dausman To regulate number of township omces ana nxing salaries. No. 67 Mllburn To authorize bringing of action Dy injurea persons. No. 73 Wampler To provide for the erec tlon and repair of bridges. No. 75 Ward To fix salaries of Supreme Court Judges at $7,500 and Appellate Judges at ana reporter of Supreme Court at

.xw. No. 22 Johnston Fixing penalty for criminal assault. No. 97 Parks Fixing amount on which appeals may be taken to higher courts. No. 84 Dausman Providing that administrator shall compromise reasonable claim against estate of decedent. No. 114 Wood Giving attorneys right to levy on clients' claims. No. 10 Crumpacker To establish new public ditches and drains. No. 80 Parks To fix attorneys' fees of

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