Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 310, 22 December 1907 — Page 4

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THE SICID105D PA L L.A D TTTSil A5D ST7X-TELEGRA3I, STJXD A f , DECESIBER' 25, 1907.

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INDIANA IN 1816.

Premature Action in Organizing a State Government. Editor Palladium: The people of Indiana have always bern noted for prompt political action, and this fact was never more fully exhibited than in the organization of their state government in 1S1. The history of this event is interesting though now it is almost forgotten. I wish briefly to recall it. The first movement made in congress toward Introducing Indiana into the Union as a state waa made in the lower house of congrress on January 5, 1816, by Jonathan Jennings, the delegate reprenentlng Indiana Territory in that body. This was in the form of a bill to enable the people of Indiana Territory to form a constitution and state! government preparatory to admitting said Territory into the Union of States. This bill, after fioine amend

ment, passed both houses of congress ,

and became a law on tnt- jam ul 1816. This was simply "an enabling act", which enabled the peopic of the Territory to take the preliminary steps necessary to be admitted as a state into the Union. It authorized them to meet and adopt a constitution, which when approved by congress, would entitle their Territory to become a state. At the next session a 4oint resolution was offered In congress which waa adopted by the senate on the 6ta of December and by the house on the 11th. The resolution was as follows: "Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, that the State of Indiana shall bo onr. nnd is hereby declared to be one of the United States of America, ;ii id admitted Into the Union on an -'qnal footing with the original states

in till respects what ever." I'll us Indiana was admitted to : Union and became a state by ?i cimgrcps on the 11th day of Decemb i, ;

Hut the people could not await the .-low action of congress. After adoptIn;; n constitution in June they called ft general election, for the first Monday in August and elected a governor nnd all other state officials, including a representative to congress and a legislature. They then immediately put into operation a complete state government. And all this was done

four months before Indiana became a state. The legislature met early In November, and after receiving the message of the governor-elect, proceeded to the enactment of laws and among other matters Jhe election of two United States senators nnd three presidential electors. Congress convened on December 2d, at which time th representative presented his credentials and took his seat as "the gentleman from Indiana," nine days before there was any state of Indiana. The senators modestly waited until the state was created and then claimed their seats. The first difficulty occurred when the electoral vote was being counted in a joint meeting of the senate and house. The three electors had voted for president and vice-president and when Indiana was callf-d in the count, strong objection wad raised to the receiving and recording of the votes of Indiana on the ground that "the electors for president and vice-president

having been elected in Indiana before she was declared to be admitted into the Union by congress, the votes of

that state were no more entitled to be

counted than if they had been receiv

ed from Missouri or any other Territory." The question was about to be debated but the speaker of the

house called attention to the fact that no business could be transacted while the senate and house were in joint session. The senate then withdrew and the members of the house entered upon a warm debate which resuted in nothing. The general opinion prevailed that the votes from Indiana were illegal and void but that as the votes counted or rejected would make no change in the result of the election, it was not worth while to waste time over the matter, therefore on motion the question as indefinately postponed and nothing settled. The votes were counted. TSAAC JKNKINSOX.

ROBERT DALE OWEN MEMORIAL

Enitor of Palladium: As secretary of the Robert Dale Owen Memorial association, will you permit me, through your columns, t.i reply to a number of inquiries regarding the status of that organization, which have been put to me of late? The Robert. Dale Owen Memorial association is an independent body, incorporated under the laws of Indiana, and has absolutely no official connection with the Indiana Federation of clubs. liecause it was Indorsed by the two state club organizations, now merged into one under the name of the Indiana Federation of clubs, and because the fund has so far been contributed to largely from club sources, and because a number of those on the board of directors of the Robert Dale Owen Memorial association are prominently identified witu the affairs of the Federation, as a courtesy and a matter of informatioa a report was made to the Indiana Federation of clubs, at Its first meet, held in Indianapolis in October. The president of the Robert Dale Owen Memorial association, Mrs. Julia S. Conklin, is one of the board of directors of the Federation of clubs, and Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, Mr3. Olaf N. Guldlin, of Ft. Wayne, Mrs. S. E. Perkins, of Indianapolis, treas

urer of tha Robert Dale wen Memorial association, and Mrs. Charles II. Dryer, one of its two vice-presidents, with Mrs. Mary D. Maxeden, of Vincennes, are all conspicuously connected with the Federation and active In the club life of the state. On the other hand, Mrs. J. T. McN'ary, of Logansport, the first vicepresident of the Robert. Dale Owen Memorial association, although a well-known club woman, is not a member of the federation. Neither is Mrs. Charles B. Landis, wife of the Indiana congressman; while Miss Julia Graydon Sharpe, one of the best-known Indiana artists, and the writer of this communication, who is the secretary of the Dale Owen association, are neither members of the Federation of clubs nor of any woman's clubs. The association has the enthusiastic support of Mrs. O. P. Kinney, of Valparaiso, president of the Federation, an accomplished, amiable and charming woman, and other officials of the federation, but the affairs of the association, as just said, ere entirely distinct from those of the Federation, and the latter has nothing to do with the awarding of the commission when the fund is completed. A number of wellknown sculptors have signified their willingness to receive the commission but no definite decision has yet been made.

The following Richmond clubs most i

generously and courteously responded: The Tourists, Magazine Club, History Class, Athenaea and Occult Research Society. Other contributions to the fund from this city were given by Mrs. Henry Gennett, Mrs. II. C. Starr, 'Mrs. Isaac Jenklnson, Mrs. Walter Hutton, Mrs. W. R. Dill, Mrs. S. S. Strattan, Jr., Mrs. John Liontz and Mrs. William Dudley Foulke. The secretary has literature concerning the inception and history of this movement and will be glad to supply it to any one interested. ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE. Secretary of the Robert Dale Owen Memorial Association. i STEAL THEIR CHILDREN

Mothers Fear a Lonesome Christmas in Homes.

BONDS OUT HAVE TO BE- SUBMITTED

By All Banking Concerns Making Proposals Under the Depository Laws.

BONDSMEN TO BE OFFICERS

AT LEAST FIVE OF THE BONDSMEN FOR BANKING INSTITUTIONS, MUST BE OFFICERS OF ' BANKS SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

At a meeting at the office of Governor Hanly the State Board of Finance, created by the public depository law, set December 26, at 10 a. m., as the time for opening proposals of banks and trust companies that wish to become public depositories for State funds, under the provisions of the new law. The board also elected officers. Governor Hanly was chosen president and Oscar Hadley, Treasurer of State,

was elected treasurer. John C. Billheimer, Auditor of State, is secretary of the board by reason of his capacity as a State official. These three comprise the board. The proposals will be received up until December 26. It will not be necessary for those submitting pro

posals to submit bonds with their pro

posals. They will merely have to give such information In regard to the condition of their banking institutions as is provided for in the formal blanks prepared by the Attorney-General. There is no competition in the proposals and the board did not believe that bonds would be necessary until the depositories had been created. In regard to personal bonds to be furnished by the institutions which

j become public depositories, the board

decided that at least five of the bondsmen should not be officers of the bank. The law requires that there shall be seven bondsmen when a personal bond is given. It is likely that the depositories for State institutions will be created shortly after the meeting of December 2tj. it is probable that some banks outside Indianapolis will be selected as depositories for State funds. It is estimated that about $2,000,000 of State funds will be turned over to the depositories January 1 when the law becomes operative.

SAN FHAHCfSCO iS BECOMEBEAUTIfUL Are Now Many Beauty Spots On the Plazas Which Suffered Through Fire.

THE PEOPLE ARE BUILDING

EVERYWHERE PEOPLE ARE ENGROSSED IN THE WORK, BUT ARE TAKING TIME TO DEVELOP THE AESTHETIC FEATURES.

William T. Stead's latest hobby is the bacteriological regeneration of barren lan is in England.

San Francisco, Dec. 21. Day by day the beauty spots in San Francisco's burned district are increasing. The first dains have clothed the hills with verdue, and with the passing of tha refugees the parks are begiuning to take on something of their old appearance. The first to be put in shape after the fire was Union Square in the very heart, of the civic center. Fortunately the valuable row of palms in Post street was left untouched by the

flames, as were some of the rrettj ornamental shrubs and trees. Gradu ally the grounds have been reclalme until today the excellent condition rt the grass, flowers and shrubs maket it a delightful resting place. The garden of the mint, over In Mit sion and Fifth streets; the green gra plots about the James IJck statue li front of the city hall, the velvet- la t around the Hall of Records; the rrct ty garden of the synagogue in Sutte. street these are other beauty pot. that brighten the asyect of the bust ins downtown district. South of Market street little ha been done to beautify the city. F.

ery one has been too enwrapped in thcolossal task of rebuilding the prac I tical necessities of a great city th j wholesale houses, the mamifacturin. plants, the warehouses. It will r 'sometime before South Park look a. j inviting as it did before the fire, I: S the fifties and earlv sixties it was th. ! social center of San Francisco. It. ; neat little walks and gre-n lawn, bot dered with eucalyptus trees later pro ed a godsend to this congested sec tion. and since the fro it has bee' covered with refugee buildings, whie i are soon to gho way to lawns un flowers again.

A single female frog tvill product 1.000 pgs at n time. Frogs subset oe insects and are themselves devoured PALLADIUM WANTTDS PAY

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Chicago, Dec. 21. Feeling the lonesomeness of the Christmas season without their children with them, two mothers turned kidnappers and recovered their loved ones. One instance was that of Mrs. John Matika. who was estranged from her husband. Yesterday she went to Whiting, Ind., and with the aid of a man stole away her nine-year-old daughter after a fist fight with her twelve-year-old son. The other case is that of Pearl Soper, whose foster mother, Mrs. George E. Soper, of West Pullman, brought her back from a home in Milwaukee. The little girl was much pleased with the change. Detectives today were scouring the city for Mrs. Matika and her confederate, and a description of the pair as given by the boy has been sent out.

Mother Why, children, you should not be playing store on Sunday. Ethel Well, we will play drug store. Indianapolis Star.

With the Approach of the New Year '08 NEW RESOLUTIONS ARE IN ORDER What better resolution could you make, than to resolve to put aside a portion of your income with Dickinson Trust Company Be ONE to join our prosperous army of 7 900 Savings Depositors. WHEN YOU. DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY HERE--YOU KNOW IT IS SAFE Dickinson Trust Company extends to all the Seasons Greetings.

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Bostonian $4.00 Men's Shoes, Now $3.60 Strong & Garfield Men's Fine Shoes $4.50 Rubber Boots for Men and Boys Reduced

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