Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1903 — INDIANA LAWMAKERS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA LAWMAKERS

In the House on Thursday the lie was passed clothed in diplomatic language. Warren Sayre and James F. Statesman, both representing the county of Wabash, called eacli other liars several times during the discussion of the bill to increase the duties without increasing the salaries of the State tax commissioners. Sayre had the bill amended a few days ago to reduce the salary from $3,000 to $2,000, the preterit saliyy. The' bill failed to pass by a vote of 31 ayes and 58 nays. The new Indianapolis juvenile court bill passed under a suspension of the rules, in the Senate Miss Gullaher’s bill for n day school for the deaf was defeated, much to the disappointment of the young woman lobbyist that has been about the Capitol since the hill was introduced. Thu Senate called Tarkington’s hill, to regulate combinations of fire insurance companies to:fix rates, out of the hands of the insurance committee, which desired to kill it, and advanced it to engrossment. A motion by Senator Dausman, chairman of the insurance committee, to postpone indefinitely failed. The Bamberger- hill for fire escapes hi buildings of three stories and more failed to pass. The Kirkpatrick bill allowing the voting of subsidies to Interurban companies passed. The Indiana Legislature Friday defeated the bill exempting from taxation property of fraternal beneficiary organ izntlons, which was introduced to bring to Indianapolis from Chicago the headquarters of the national endowment rank, Knights of I’ythias. By a vote of 78 to 11 the House adopted the motion of Representative Morgan of Marion County to non-concur in. the Senate amendments to the Indianapolis track elevation bill, giving the city power to deal with grade crossings. The Governor was authorized to appoint a commission to visit the scene of the Vicksburg siege and locate positions for Indiana troops.’ A thousand dollars was appropriated. Gov. Durbin vetoed the bill giving increased salaries to judges in Marion, Vigo, Ynnderburg and Allen comities, except Judge Itaseh of Evansville. He said the hill was wrong in principle. One of the reasons for the veto was the exclusion from the provisions of the bill of the court over which Judge Ilusch of Evansville presides. The legislative renpportionment bill passed the Senate Saturday, and the House concurred in the Senate amendments. The motion of Representative H ume of Hendricks County to non-eon-cur, was tabled by a close vote of 40 to 44, nnd the Speaker then declared, after a viva voce vote, that the House had concurred. The Democrats joined with the enemies of the Smith “excess” hill in the House to vote down the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill. The House sent to the Governor for the return of Sheridan’s road supervisor bill. Mr. Sayre recalled the bill with a motion to reconsider the vote) by which the House concurred in the Senate amendments to raise the wages of supervisors from $1.50 to $2.50 a day. The House passed the Singer veterinary surgeon’s bill. The Parks Senate hill for the cleaning of dredge ditches was passed by the House, after being killed the previous day. The Sixty-third General Assembly adjourned Monday noon at 5 o'clock. Governor Durbin signed ninety bills that day and has forty-two yet to act on. The session, appropriated $150,000 for an Indiana exhibit at the St. Louis exposition, decided to have erected two State institutions at a cost of nearly $1,000,000, passed n law compelling the use of voting machines in the four largest counties and increased the Governor's salary to SB,OOO.