Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1891 — INDIANA LEGISLATURE. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

The New York Sun suggest* that disbelievers in vaccination for smallpox qboutd consider the . 6tat«menti just mado to the French Acadetnj ol Medicine by Dr. Brouardel. While Germany loses only 110 persons pei annum from small-pox, France actually loses 14.000, to be accounted for bj the rigid way in which vaccination is enforced In Germany, and by the careleasness of the Frenchmen. In 1866, when vaccination was not ooligatory in Prussia, the mortality was 27 per 100,000 inhabitants. After vaccination was enforced the mortality fell in 1874 to 8.60 per 100,000 and in 1886 tc 0.C49. At the present time the mortality from this cause in France is 4S per 100,000. Pierce’s Cabinet is still the only one In our history which . remained un. broken to the close. Gapß have been made, either t>y rceignatvorr or death. in all the others some time a ithin Iht Presidential term. Intellectually, too. it was one of tho strongest Cabinet-? which the country has had. It consisted of William L. Marcy, Secretary of State; James Guthrie, Secretary 6 f the Treasury; Jefferson Davis, Secre tary of War; James C. Dobbin, Sec* retary of the Navy; Robert McClel. land, Secretary of the Interior; Campbell, l’ostmaster-General, and Caleb Cushing. Attorney-General. Marcy, Guthrie, Davis and Cushing conspicuous figures in the national arena long before Fierce s election. ■ ■.-==%= Leaving out of consideration the Koch cunt consumption and the hundred and one kindred “discoveries," which have grown out of tho bacillus cure, the last few months have been notable for some of the most remarkable feats of modern surgery and medical therapeutics. Four human beings have been constructed recently, one with the blood of a goat, another with the bone of a dog’s leg, another with the rib of a cat, and the fourth with pieces of cuticle taken from a hundred or more fellow lodge members. In all of these cases the opperations have proved successful. It is said that it takes nine tailors to make a man; modern science has demonstrated that fewer physicians can accomplish the same feat. Admiiiax Pouter’s famous joke on the confederates at Vicksburg will always be remembered in connection with the story of his service during the war of the rebellion. Ho fitted up a flat boat in imitation of an ironclad. armed it with quaker guns, built a 6moke stack of pork barrels and constructed a furnace of clay under it. Then, building a fire within,he set the craft afloat. The black smoke poured out of the chimney, and when the rebels caught Sight of the quasi monster they supposed their time had come. As the beat approached ioksburg the rebel guns opened upon it in terriblo earnest. It was riddled with shot and nearly torn to pieces, yet it didn t sin'v Meanwhile Two confeFefate'rron-risda were run aground to get them out of danger and the whole loss to tho rebels was estimated at $1,000,000. It was a very costly joke to them. The new navy is steadily coming forward and assuming goodly proportions. The fast cruiser Newark has just been formally accepted by Secretary Tracy. The San Francisco has returned in triumph from tho final lest of her seagoing qualities, which are shown to be admirable as her speed. She behaved splendidly in high seas, and her powerful guns, which severely taxed their own appurtenance- of shields and carriages, did not affect her at all. The Concord has yielded the 3,400 horse power required by her contract, with a few units to spare, giving her builders $453 prem;um. 'This will be heavily overbalanced by penalties fgr delay beyond the stipuleted time; but since the Government has lost nothing by tbe delay, and hahad alUhe more leisure to study alterations, Congress may remit tho time penalties for the Concord as for the Petrel and the Charleston, and on similar broad grounds. The Miantonomoh is to be ready in three weeks, and New York harbor will then have a defender, carrying 10-inch high p' wer guns in Btoatly protected turrets. Tho Bennington will also soon be ready for her trial' trip. . * But while these new and valuable vessels are added to the navy, others go out. The Omaha, the Swartara. and the Despatch, ali of which habeen counted on for longer life, cann ot be repaired within the prescrili twenty per cent- limit. The old wo 3 en craft, in fact, drop away almost as feet as the new steel ones are commissio ted. and Congress must not pad in tbe work of building up the » —N, Y. Sun.

Tbe Senate op the 4th considered the majority and minority reports of the com* m.ttee that investigated the management of the Eastern Insane Hospital at Richmond,which resulted in tabling the motion to reconsider by a vote of 27 to 12. The reports upon the appropriation Tof addTtions and improvements at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home at Knights, town was discussed, resultingin the adop. tion of the minority report by a vote of 30 to 13. which was Apportioned as follows: Chapel $13,00.) Hospital extension 3,000 Six cottages 18,0(50 Workshop and fire escapes 6,000 Two school houses 5,000 Repairs to cottage. 50) To complete dining hall I,oo® For aiuking'weUs 2,000 Electric light 2,000 Library -. SCO Water closets 3,000 Alteration of eohool house.. 1,500 Current repairs 2,000 The following bills wore passed; Prohibiting trustees of academies from mortgaging t)?e property in their charge; fixing the liability of railroad and other corpora, tions for damages for injuries to employes; amending the election law to permit the use of pasters; for the relief of Samuel Williams, ex-trustee of New Gordon township, Wayne county, who lost 1600 by thecoliapse of a bank; appiying the pro. visions of the Barrett law for the con* atruction of streets and sewers to the con atruction of ditches; providing that the State Geologist shall have the oare ami custody of the battle flags of Indiana, and appropriating $457.30 for the construction of cases in which to preserve said flags; giving gity councils tho right to order the survey and construction of drains; legalizing the iucorpSatiqn ofkScottsburg, Scottcounty ; authorizing the appointment of boards of children's guardians in counties of 75,000; raquiring that all allotments for ditch work must be said by the county auditorbeforo the work can be commenced, regulating the incorporation and managemant of live stock insurance companies; appropriating SI,OOO to advertise for bids for the completion of Indiana School.book series. Also, making physiology a twobook series instead of a one-book, and raising the price of histories from 50 to 6 . ceßWrpraviaing for the education ““trf the nrnates of the Deaf and Dumb, Blind and Feeble-minded Institutions by skilled in* structors. and appropriating $13,000 for that purpose; providing for the construci TTon of a sewer from the southern prison to the Ohio river. In the House the Mine Inspector bill was passod over the Governor's veto, The following bills Were passed: Providing for the appointment of admin* istrators de bonis non in cases where as* Bets are discovered after estates have been finally settled. Requiring all dogs to be registered annually, the oharge to be $1 for each male and $3 for each female, and providing that dogs running atlarge unaccompanied by their owners or ..others may be killed. For the protection of blrds> their nests and eggs. Amending the horse thief act by providing that horse thief detective associations may operate in any part of tbe State. Amending an act con* cerning vestrymen and church wardens. Authorizing incorporated towns to issue bonds to buy fire engines and apparatus, Exempting Samuel Williams, ex-trustee of New Garden township, Wayne county, from the payment of some S2OO of township funds lost by the suspension of the Richmond National Bank. Exempting Isaac Y. D. R. Johnson, treasurer of Randolph county, from the payment of $2,000 of county funds lost by the suspension of the banking house of C. L. Lewis & Co., of Winchester. [The two last named bills were passed under suspension of the rules. | Authoring the establishment of pipe*line companies and the laying of pipe in the State for purpose of piping gas and oil. Authorizing the Momence Rock Commissioners to make contain changes in the chan ael of the Kankakee river. Exempting one story buildings from the provision of the statute requiring all doors of public buildings to open out. Authorizing the Board of Trustees of Brightwood, Morion county, to borrow money for improvements upon petition of a majority of the property owners of that tovrin. Providing that life insurance companies shall not discriminate in their charges in favor of individuals whose names they deslrs to use to secure business. To punish school enumerators who make false returns of tho number of bildren in their districts. The Senate devoted most of the day to passing bills of more or less importance Senator Loveland introduced a new fe6 add salary bill. It provides for the appointment of a non-partisan fee and salary commission of three members, with quarters in the State House. It is mado the duty of this commission to inquire ic|othe work required in eaoh of the State and county offices in the State, and prepare a fee and salary bill based on services and population, and that will stand tbe constitutional test. The commission, between the 15th of November and the Ist of December. 1892, is to mail two copies of the bill prepaid to eaoh member of the General Assembly, and one copy to every newspaper in the State. The pay of ths member 8 of the commission is to be $5 a day for each day employed. The following bills were passed; Prohibiting citie* of from 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants (EvansviiJe) from extending franchises covering tbe use of streets while such franchises ara stiy in effect; prohibiting the granting of a franchise for a term to exceed twentyfive year* and providing for the payment into tbe city treasury of 2 per cent, of the gross receipt* arising from the exercise of such franchises: appropriating 11,500.93 to pay Leckman & Shearer for cement ■idewalks about Military Park; Authorizing citi«s of over 10,000 to lay out parks. Prohibiting railroad companies trow making overcharges fer freight. Providing fer ltec* against real estate for labor aj.d material used in the construction of ditches, etc. Levying a tax of 6 cent* cn each JIM during the your* 1591 and 1592 for the support cf the. bsnevoleut and re* foncatcr* institutions Of tire State Making it a misdemeanor fer persons cot entitled to do sc to wear G. A. R. or cihoi secret society hedges. Authoring the So

f perintendent of Public Instruction to set aside $15,000 semi-annually for theaupport of the State Normal. Appropriating $2,010 to pay for the construction of a sewe r adjacent to University Park. Providing for the appointment of a commissioner'in counties having a voting population of thirty thousand. Repealing the law exempting fl.ue.acre. tract* within4be corporate limits of oities from city taxes; providing that the appeal sbal l not effect pending litigation. Providing that in cities having homes for the friendless,' women and girls convicted of misdemeanors shall be sent to said homes inrtead of county jails. Legallzingtbeincorporation off Macy, Miami coußty. Appropri&tiog $100 i 0tK) for tbe completion of the soldiers’ and Bailors’ monument. The House on the sth defeated the bill regulating teaming oa turnpikes and fr6e gravel roads by 29 yeas to 52;c ays. Aiso a bill amending the ditch law. The Senate oonvened with the House to participate in the election of State Libraran and trustees of benevolent and penal institutions. Upon motion of Senator Fulk speeches were barred. The chair called for nominations for State Librarian, and Representative Voigt named {Jacob P. | Dunn of Marlon, the present incumbent, while Senator Loveland nominated Miss Emma L. Davidson of Miami. The vote resulted: Dunn 101, Mrs. Davidson 35. Dr. E. H. Houser, of Bartholomew, was elected trustee of the Central Hospital son Insane, over Leonard Wild of Porter, the Republican nominee, the vote being 101 to | 37. The Republicans refrained from voting. I The Democrat* voted solidly for David Holt for trustee of the Northern hospital and Perry H. Blue for trustee of the Southern hospital, and they were deolared elected. Upon motion of Senator Kopelke tbe election of three trustees for the Riche mond hospital was deferred. The remainder of the cauous programme was then carried out without incident, the vote rev suiting as follows; Director of the State Prison North—John Brodie, Porter, 105; Duncan McArthur Williams, Benton, 34. Director of the State Prison South— Floyd Parks, Clark, 104: G. W. Osborn, Greene, 32. Trustee of Institution for tho Blind—i John B. Stoll, St. Joseph, 102; M. S. Robinson, Madison, 29. Trustee of Institution for the Deaf and Dumb- Joseph L. Blaze, Posey, 14H; Thos. A. White, Henry, 127. The following resolution was .adopted: Whereas, From an investigation of the affairs of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, made by a joint committee from both houses of the General Assembly, it has been made to appear that George W. Koontz, John S. Martin and Milton C. Benham, trustees of the said Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, are incompetent to properly manage said institution : therefore be it Resolved, by the House of Represent*, tives, the Senate concurring, that George W. Koontz, John S. Martin and Milton C. Benham, of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, are hereby removed from their offices as trustees of said institutiou on aocount of incapacity and negligence, and a vacancy in the offices of the several Trustees -of-The Eastern Indiana Hospital for the insane is deolared to exist. The following bills were passed on the 6th: Empowering cities to condemn railroad rights of way to open streets. Authorize ing judges of oircuit courts in counties having a voting population of thirty thousand and over (Marion) to appoint probate commissioners. Fixing the duties and compensation of Supreme Court Reporter. Exempting David McWilliams, a deputy tax collector of Warrick county, from the payment of $lB2, which was lost through phe burglary of a safe in which the money was deposited. Fixing ths- time of holding court in the Eleventh judicial circuit' ‘For the preservation of the health of female employes in manufacturing and merch&ntile establishment. For the relief of G. M. Ballard and others who Invested (5) in State lands, the title to which was defective. (The bill provides for the payment to Mr. Ballard es this amount with interest beingslU.) Exempting exTrustee Samuel Williams.of New Garden township, Wayne county, from paying township funds to the amount of S2OO, lost turough the failure of the Richmond National Bank. Mr. Gent introduced a fee and salary bill providing that all county officers shall receive two-thirds of the fee of their offices, the other third to be turned into the treasuries of the several counties. After referring the bill to the temperance committee the House adjourned until Friday. The following bills wsre passed in 4#je Senate: Appropriating $25,000 for the maintenance of the State militia. Fixing the compensation of township assessor* at $2 per day. Authorizing associations of the Protestant Episcopal Church, organized for the maintenance of superanuated ministers and their families, to hold and convey real estate . Making it a felony for any banking institution to receive deposits when said institution is known to be insolvent. Authorizing companies organized under the laws of tbe State to borrow money, to purchase real estate and to carry on their business, authorizing the incorporation of companies for the transportation of oil by piping; amending the Barrett law to provide that benefits and damages arising from ths construction of sewers shall be assessed by a committee of three oitizens instead of by the city engineer; authorizing the prompt application of sinking funds to the re demptionof bonds of incorporated oities I defining incest and fixing the penalty at from two to five years; legalizing the incorporation of Baltilioville, Washington countv; making itunlawfulforanyonenot authorized to change sny gas pipe, mixsr or stop cock of any natural or artificial gas company; authorizing the vacation cf oemeteries that have fallen lute disusGjintended to apply to Gresnlawn Cercstery, Indianapolit; providlag that an corporation stall purchase stock iu another corporation without the consent of all the stockholders of both corporations: Defining an “Accessory before the fact,” and providing lor the infliction upon an vccessiry the same penalty os that visited . upon a principal. Providing that, ,ths Eleventh Judicial eirouft shall consist of the oeuaties es Gibson, Duhaio Pik;e.

and fixing the time and length of terms la each. Apprupri»t ng *17,50u for improvementsat the Deaf an 1 Dumb lotTYute. Prohibiting insurance' compa-ios paying no taxes into the Stale treasury from doing business in the Stale. Authorising a lev of 5 cents on theslU) in cities of 100 0( 0 inhabitants for the erection of industrial schools. Prohibiting the removal of mortgage personal property Irom one county to another under penalty not toexceel -S3OO, to which may be adeed six months’ im: prisonment. Transferring to the State the the Hendricks monument. The House on the 6th reconsidered it vote, wherein it Don-concurred With tht Senate’s action on the fee and salary hill, and adopted it a* it came from tbe Senate With the Governor a signature it will become a law, not affecting present incum bents. The following bills were passed Requiring railroad companies to place flagmen at all crossings where there are otort than two tracks or where switching is done; making the published decisions*! the Supreme Court of Indiana evideneei in certain cases; amending an act providing for the election of clerks of the Circuit Ceurt; legalizing records and acknowledgments of deeds net properly certified; providing for the appointment of world's fan commissioners and making an appropriation. [The House amendments to this bil fix the appropriation at $45,000, reduce the number of commissioners from twenty-sl to thirteen, and vest their appointment in the Governor, Secretary and Auditor ol State.] Amending the civil code by providing that when an attorney releases * judgment it shall be a complete satlsfac tion to all parties to the suit, whether oi not he receives the money; legalizing the acts of all minors noting as deputy county officers. Both houses continued in session throughout Saturday and Saturday evening, not adjourning until near midnight. In the Senate, as committee of the whole the appropriation bill was considered during the day, and in the evening the House amendment to tho loan bill providing for one of $700,000, instead of two, was concurred in. . It was provided, however, that, if neccessary money notexceeding $700,050 may he borrowed to pay interest. Both the House and Senate adopted a resolution ordering the $700,000 or more to be ob-' tained from the federal government as n return of the direct war tax to be credited to the general fund of tbe State. The world’s fair appropriation was, after a long struggle, passed by botb. bouses $75,000 being the amount named. The tax commissioners were ordered to report to the next Legislature a tax bill.