Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1895 — INDIANA LEGISLATURE. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

The Senate, March 4, adopted Senator O’Brien's joint resolution for an amend* merit to the constitution by which the Supreme Court wil] be reorganized and tho number 6T7 judges increased. The number of judges must be sevcii. Jen, thirteen or sixteen. The BbordTufffoFthn regulation of building as-ociations came up ns a special order. The amendment of Mr. Newby providing that all paid-up and prepaid stock which does not participate tn the earnings shall be taxed was adopted. Senator Boyd moved the indefinite postponement of the bill. Senators Parker and Newby opposed the motion. Senator McCutcheon favored postponement. Motion to postpone was defeated. Discussion of the bill continued. Senator Baker wanted paid-up and prepaid stock only in excess of SSOO taxed. The amendment, was defeated. An amendment by Senator Newby was adopted providing that the expenses shall in no case exceed 5 per cent, of the dues. This, in addition to the, provision in the bill abolishing the expense fund. Another amendment offered by Senator Vail was defeated, and Senator McCord moved a suspension of the rules. The motion failed, however, and the bill was ordered printed as amended and made a special order for Tuesday, at 10 o’clock. Senator Kern introduced a resolution that tJ i eNicholsoiLbill kejnAdjLa spe c.iaLprder for Tuesday at 3 o'clock, and that the committee on temp,erance be instructed to report the bill with or without recommendations. Adopted—2o to 10. The caucus congressional apportionment bill was received and was made a special order for Tuesday at 10:30. Caucus bill for government, of benevolent institutions was rnmJcTT’SpecraF order for U-btelock, Tuesday. 'On the call for bills on third read in g, llrousejoint resol u t ion No. 1 was called up and passed. It provides for an amendment teXhe: co nit Un t ion.- mak in g a ffyO-year residence in,’tile United States a qualification of voters, in the State. Senate biil 288, giving landlords liens on crops for rents, was passed. Also House bill 128. which creates a superior court for the. counties of Lake, Porter and Xiapbrte. The House, March 4, passed a largo number of bills, the most important being: Slii veiey's, to prevent pnrhHng trf Sfthool re 111 rns; Sei b Ts', allow:ng ten yc ars txr [ ury road assessments; Stotsenberg’s, eliminating expense, fund in building associations. .At the night session the bill introduced as n result, of the Indianapolis School Board investigation providing that the school commissioners shall he appointed by the Judges of the Superior Court of Marion county, was passed. Bill amending Indianapolis city charter was passed to second reading. In the Senate, March 5, the building association bill was taken up on special order. Debate was postponed Inorder that Stotsenberg’s bill might bo substi tuted for the Senate bill. Senator Leyden asked that committee on temperance be giyen until 16 o'clock on Wednesday to report Nicholson bill. Continuance was granted—3s to 10. The Indianapolis street paving biil was made a special order for 4 o'clock. Senator Gostlin moved to reconsider: the motion prevailed. Senator Wray asked that the bid be made special order for 4:30 p. m., Wedndsday. Lost. Senator McHugh said: "That settles the paving bill.” Consideration of the Congressional apportionment bill was begun. Senator Haggard moved the previous question. The bill was passed—27 to 20. Senator Boyd reported on the investigation of the. School for Feeble-Minded Youth. The report exonerates-Alexander Johnson of all the charges against him. except that he has a sharp temper and talked roughly to the matron. The report was signed by the entire committee. It recommends an appropriation of $30,000 for the School for Feeble-Minded. Expense of the investigation was $135.95. The Republican caucus measure for the reorganization of the benevolent institutions was passed by a party vote—29 to 19. In the House. March 5, the regular order was bills on third reading. Several House and Senate bills were advnaced to third reading. Shlveley’s metropolitan police bill, providing that police commissioners shall be appointed l>y the mayor, •was passed— 67 to 13. 11. B. 505 to amend election law so that on failure to secure a freeholder or householder to sit on election board any legal voter may sit, was passed —7l to 15. Thomas's bill amending election law. providing that Republican ticket shall bo first bn the ballot, Democratic, second and Prohibition third; that four voters may be in the voting room at ho same Cline; that name of a candidates shall not a ppear on a ballot more than once; pi rmlts a watcher for each party during the count of the ballots, ami provides that all mutilated, disputed ami uncounted ballots shall bo preserved, wiis passed—yeas, 72; nays. 13. The Jackson county scat bill was called. The bill failed to pass, Monday, for lack of constitutional majority. Members explained their votes. Vote was verified. Rep. Mourn maintained that. Rep. Smith had not voted, although the record showed that he had voted for the biil. _Jiep. Moore demanded a second verification, which, the Speaker refused to grant. Voto avas then .announced —yeas._ 51; nays. 41 —just enough to pass the, bill. A message was received from the Governor announcing a veto of the repealing act of-theTegßlativanpporttonmehU. Repealing act was then passed over the veto. The dra-.age bill was then called up. Senath bill was substituted and the enacting cl'Hifce was stricken out. Bill for pro tectian of fish failed for luck of constitutional majority. At the night session tlte ludiatippoiis charter amendment bill was passed. Bill amen ling Evansville charter was passed. Bill givfng dealers in drain tile a Hen on the property improved was passed to a third reading. Mr. Hunter’s bill amending the school law by apportioning the revenues was passed. The only change from the present lies in the fact that $309 is retained instead of eitX). In the Senate, March 6, after several committee reports . had been made, the Senate building association bill was considered. Senator Parker arraigned the lobby as being against the interests of tho people. Mr. Seller said ho would oppose the bill. Mr, Stuart defended the lobby and said that, insinuations that attempts had been mado to corruptly inlluenee legislation were a disgarce to the Senator making the statement. Mr. Ellison favored the bill. The bill failed to pass—23 to 23. Committee on fees ami salaries reeomiiiomicd passage of the fee and salary bill after a number of amendments find hetm made. Til's bill has already passed the House as a caucus measure. The report of the committee was adopted ami t lie amendment; were passed seriatim. Tito bill as amended was then passed and wid go to a conference committee of the two Houses. When tho fee and salary me:isure bad been passed, the friends of the Nicholson bill thought that they could get It considered. Again there was an uproar, and in vain the. President called for order. No attention was paid to him. Hh suspended the roll call on t|te bill for a tax for the •State University, the State Normal. School and Purdue University. lie rapped continuously for order and at last said that as the dOorki'oper scorned to bn unable to piyform h|s;dtity. the Chair would ►end for a sqnnd'of poilcp to seat tho Senators iui I keep the people out of the aisles. '1 his throat had the desired effect. and for a few mhitit.es nence reigned. Then the Semite passed the bill ordering a special State hwy Tor the State University, tlio State Normal School and Purdue Uinver sity. The bill provides one-fifth of a mill for the Statd University and onetwentlcth of a mill for each oL tho other schools. As the Chair handed down a ntimbor of House hills, Senator Nowbv said: . "Mr. President. I want to know If thoeo-ealh'd Nicholson bill was hot made a special order for 10 o'clock? ’ "Yes, I

believe it was. but here are some matters thftvtake precedence. I will give you the rule jttesently.” At, this moment tho Presidetar banded down the House bi(l - abolishing the Monument Commission and establishing a Board of Regents, w hich the House passed oyer the Governor’a veto. Then the Nicholson bill was lost sight of again. Senator Newby .offeredLa_resolutioil that the regency hilt bo placed on its passage. and on this he demanded tho previous question. The previous question was ordered and all itebate was shut off. Senator Alexander tried to secure an adjournment. but the President refused to entertain the motion. The bill was passed over the Governor’s veto. At 2:30' the Nicholson bill was called up. Jhe committee report recommended that Sec. 2 be amended by striking out the word "wholly;” also "and part” in line 8; also add “And, provided, further, that if such applicant for license desires to Carry on any other or different business he shall state the same in his application for license, and the same may be, granted or refused by the Board of Commissioners hearing such application, ami such permission shall be granted in the license, if Also, that Sec. 3 be amended by adding afte’ the word "himself” in line nineteen the words "and family;” A number of amendments were made to secs. 4 ami 8 and sec. 9 was strickenout of the bill. Senator Shively said there was not a Senator present who understood thg report, and moved tJtat tho rejMirt-be concurred in and the bill and amendment bo printed and made a special oreer for Thursday morning. Motion was carried and the Nicholson bill was again postponed. In tho House, March 6, at the opening of business, Rep. Moore, announced that he wished to: offer _a..res_olntioiT to' correctthe jou rna 1. There was objec tion and the preyioiis question was demanded on a motion to dispense with the reading of the journal. Carried—so to 41. Rep. Moore renewed his attempt’tointrod tree the resolution. There was a demand tot the "regular order.” Speaker held that tho resolution could not bo hitrodneed if there was objection. Rep. Moore moved to suspend regular order. Laid on the table. Rep. Moore pretested that the House had acted unfairly. The House then passed to consideration of bills on third reading. Repl Duncan offereda written protest against action of House in feet journal. Tho protest states thatthe journal shows that S. B. 119—the Jackson county seat' bill—was passed by the vote,of Rep. Smith of Tipton who w-as not in the House wlien tho vote was taken. The protest was entered upon j the journal., fl. B. 515, amending damage law was then passed— 76. to 3. A quorum was secured with difficulty and the Speaker ordered the doors locked. A large number of bills were then passed under the "regular order.” The salary bill, with amendments, came back from the Senate a few minutes before 3 o’clock. Many members expressed indignation at the action of the Senate. Rep: Leedy said there was only one thing to do, and that was to refuse to concur in thearaendments at once. Other members agreed with him. Member after member denounced the action of the Senate. Rep. Holloway in the closing speech declared that the-blll had been agreed upon in caucus after five hours’ wrangling, and that itr was dishonorable for the Senate not to stind by the caucus action. lie declared that the County Officers’ Association had got in its work, and the House, he said,, would have to suffer with the Senate. The House by' an overwhelming majority moved to take up the bill immediately. The amendments were read. .The House rejected all the Senate salary law amendments. There were 76 votes against concurring in tho amendments and 12 in favor. Every Republican voted against the amendments. At the night session the “anti-compact” insurance bill was killed—32 to 49. Mr. Mcßeth made an exhaustive speech against the bill. The result of the vote was a great surprise to the friends of tlio bill. t An immense crowd of visitors occupied the lobby and galleries of the Senate, March 7, in anticipation of tiie coming Struggle over the. Nicholson bill. Before the Nicholson bill was cailed up committee on judiciary-made several reports. A resolution to give clerks additional pay for work after session closes and to add $1 a day to pay of colored employes was adopted. 11. B. appropriating $16,000 lor statues of Oliver I’. Morton and William Henry Harrison for National statuary hall was called. Bill provoked bit ter discussion which became personal. "Senator Newby moved the previous question. Adapted—24 to2o. Bill was then ordered to .third reading. At 11 o’clock President Nye refused to entertain any' mo-” motions and called tho "regular ordei”—the Nicholson biil. dGreat"niip lane.] —Nieholson bill was' produced by the nlo clerk and the reading of the amendments was begun. The part of the, committee’s report striking out ■''wholly” was adopted by a vote of 34 to 15. The an ti-resiauraiit clause was <d iminated_ from tho bill—President Nye giving the casting vote in favor of this section of the commit e 'sieport, the v de of the Senate, stan...ng 21 to 24. Aim n Imcnt allowing u saloonkeeper's family to enter thq saloon in prohibited hours Was adopted--31 to 17. Committee's amendment to Sec. 4 referring to number of times a saloonkeeper r u ’ eonv c nd before his 11cemecui .7: ».oked x. as. dqited. After the rea ling o, alio amendment to bo added to Sec. 8, Senator McDonald tried to get an adjournment. The Chair refused to entertain - his motion, and there was considerable confusion. At the afternoon ; s ion the local option section, known as Slw. 9. came up. A protracted debate endued until 4 o'clock, when a vote was reached on a motion to strike out Sec. 9 yeas, 26; nays, 28. Senator Baker moved to suspend the rules' and put the bill on its passage. Lost —31 to 18. Amended Nicholson bill was then made a special order for 9 o'clock Friday morning. Senator Newby called up Mr. Vail's motion to reconsider tho vote on the Moore temperance bill. Motion to rec insider was then rnadd a special order for Friday, at 2 p. in. Motion to suspend rules and put bill appropriating for monuments on Chmkainangti battlefield on passage failed. Bill was made special order for Friday at 10 a. m. Bill providing for return of convicts to Counties where they were tried passed. At the night session Newby’s bill relating to appointment of justices of the peace, aud one for the relief of R T Overman, were passed. In the House,March 7, Rep. Newhouse called up S B. 238. providing for changes of venue from justices to attorneys and it was passed—6s to 15, Bill providing for apt olntmentof police matrons was passed. Bill requ r ug railroad companies to put in interlocking switches passsd. Bill requiring township trusteces to print statement of receipts and expenditures was passed. Ron Robinson called up hi: anil-pass bill, which malcesjit unlawful for any judge or public officer to accept a pass from' any railroad. Mr. Robinson spoke briefly, urging the passage of tho bill. The bill passed—ayes. 65; nays. 9. Bill providing that" the State Board of Charities sh'tll act as-a clvilgjervlee commission for all State in*»Htntions was pawed—s 2to 27. A large number of bills were passed at the afternoon session,, the most important being; To amend tho Barrett law, Putting State, Library in hands of State Board of Education: Rebasing foreign building associations from depositing $100,6 )0 with State auditor. Tim nlaht session wps one of great disorder. What Is known r.s "political legislation" Was completed. IL B. 13? providing for rcmovaßof Custodian Griffin, previously, passed by the House, was received from the Senate with an amendment exempting Engineer Cain from the provisions of the bill. Mr. Robinson took the floor and denounced the Sonata for violating the uclioh of the caucus. “Here you have a mtn excepted from tho provisions of thia

bill who/hM openly censured by thl» house,’Lhe shouted. * The upper hoqsa has broken faith and acted in a manner thatshoukl «»xempt it ftom all consideration by this house. I apjwal to you to stand by the dignity of this body and refnso to allow such‘traitors to dictate a to what you shall do.” Other members spoke in the same vein. When a vote was reached on the bill as amended by the Sena eit passed 63 to 21. Tho conference Committee bn the~lee and salary bill reported an agreement to the House, The agremrmt was the Tee and salary bill as Itjpnssed the House, with the exceptions that salaries of supremo judges are raised from $4,003 to ?4.500 and salaries of judges of appellate court are raised from $3,500 to $3,750. Tho-fees allowed the Secretary of State were also mado additional to/-the regular corporation fee. In the House the report was received with some surprise and much gratification. It was a clear victory for the House. The bill was put through the n-nal parliamentary rbtiMhe.zTtz^wasmUo:o"m>^/wtenjicrksu came running into the hall with the completed enrolled bill. Speaker Adams hastily affixed his signature. Clerk Brown, having a carriage in readiness, rushed to the Grand Hotel and obtained the signature of Lieiit.-Goy, Nye, and returned to the State Hopso and reached the - ernor’s room with tho bil£ at 11 • r r. m.,just five minutes BeTnr''"* T ' t'me after, which the Governor cou'd refuse to receive bills. T 7/" LEGISLATIVE NOTEST”” Mr. Leedy again offered his resolution allowing Indianapolis to use for park purposes tho fifteen acres north of tho deaf and dumb institute. It passed the House. There is a bitter feeling developing on the part of tho House toward the Senate for its early adjournments and failure to hold night sessions in view of the restrict-, ed time. Mr. Pettit. Monday, intro-duced-.v-rosalntion, which passed, to the effect that no Senate bills be considered at the night session. The Senate. Wednesday night, passed the Moore temperance bill, which confers upon common councils powers to regulate the liquor traffic. The gist of the bill is in Item 13 of Sec. 2, which authorizes councfls'"tbTfcCiiKe,~regntatxraTrcFrestra+nall shops, InnsTtayerns or other ’places where intoxicating liquors are kept for sale, to boused in and upon the premises, and in regulating, restraining and licensing such inns, taverns, shops or places aforesaid, they shall have the power to designate the room, building or structure where, such liquor may be sold, and may excludo such sales from the . suburban or ’ residence: portion of . such city.

;ind confine the ulaces where such sales may be made to the business portion of such city, and may direc tiie arrangement and construction of th§ doors, windows and openings of the particular room in such buildings where such sales may be had or such intoxicating liquors be drunk, and may direct the location, arrangement and construction of tho bar kept therein, and the interior arrangement and construction of such room and may direct what games may be carried on therein and may forbid the keeping or use of wine rooms: to regulate and restrain all tables, alleys, mixchines, devices, or places of any kind for sports or games, kept, for hire or pay, or to prohibit the use of the same.” 5 Gov. Matthews sent to tho Senate, Thursday, a message vetoing the bill in troduced by Senator Watson, which legislates out of office the present prison boardsand Wardens, and places the appointment of new boards in the hands of the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, and the Attorney General. Tho bill I 'abolishes the office of Prison Director for the Northern and Southern Prisonsand creates a Board of Prison Directors for.each ..institution. Tlio Governor’s message was read and ordered spread on the records, and the bill was promptl}' passed over the Governor’s veto by 'a party vote. Tho veto was read in the House nt the night session. Thursday. and tho bill was passed over the Governor’s veto. It is now a law.