Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1901 — INDIANA LAWMAKERS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA LAWMAKERS

The hill to require women to remove their hats and bonnets in all public places, including churches, was killed by the House Thursday. The women gained a second victory when a constitutional amendment giving them the right of suffrage, which was supposed to baveibeen dropped, was reported from committee and agreed to by the Senate. The House passed the Senate bill providing for the consolidation of railroads under provisions which, it is claimed, practically destroy the power of tho judiciary over them. The House also passed a bill defining the practice of medicine and recognizing osteopathy as a science. The Calumet equal bill advanced Friday by the adoption of the majority report, favoring it. The debate Was very bitter. One member pronounced it “damnable.” Railroad members fought it to the end. Fortner's quo warranto bill was reconsidered aud killed. The bill permitted a citizen, on giving bond, to bring quo Warranto proceedings when the prosecuting attorney fails to net to determine whether a franchise has been violated. The Brooks express bill was advance 1 to third reading in the House ou Tuesday, nfter an attempt was made to kill it, by 42 to 35. A strong petition from I.ogansport was received by the Governor protesting ngainst his signing the consolidated railway hill. A bill passed the House for life imprisonment for kidnaping. Many Representatives justify the Terre Haute lynching and the anti-lynch-ing bill made no progress. The House, by n practically unanimous vote, passed the bill to remove the hoard of woman managers of tho Woman’s Prison an I Industrial School for Girls. The bill requires tho Governor to appoint a now board of managers and makes the members removable at will. This is the result of the investigation by a legislative eonimit’tee of charges of cruelty made against the management of-the institution Gov. Durbin on Wednesday vetoed th<Joss railroad consolidation bill, said to have been drawn at the instance of Eastern financiers. In his message the Governor saiil he objected decidedly to taking from the State all control oyer i s own domestic corporations. Further, h - insisted that the bill would take must -of foe suits against railroads out of the Htate courts into federal courts and force citizens to go long distances to pres - cute suits, The 14tate also would surrender all power over Indiana roads an 1 would he powerless to cope with foreign railroad corporations, and once this power were lost it could never fie regained. As n result of the lynching TXeirenrcnt the Legislature has indefinitely postponed ‘ all action on the only anti-lynching bill before it. All temperance legislation before the Assembly was killed. The express companies fighting the Walsh express hill joined forces with the railroads in fighting the Calumet canal bill.