Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1901 — Two Mighty Good Bills Proposed. [ARTICLE]

Two Mighty Good Bills Proposed.

Acting' in conjunction with other interests Attorney Stanly F. Sntton of Hammond is drafting two tills to secure the passage of which great pressure will be brought to bear on the legislature this winter. One bill is a distinct blow at Dowie and his flock at Zion City. It is designed to protect young childrep from the fanaticism of parents who may desire to have them treated by “faith cure” methods. The bill provides that every parent shall employ a registered physician in all cases where chi'dren under the age of sixteen jeaisare sick? and, providing serious penalties for negligence or'violation of the law. The other bill *is designed to put a check on the morphine habits contracted by people who use patent medicines, the ingredients of which they know nothing of. Many people are now victims of this habit from using such remedies and, at present, there is no way by which they may be protected. The bill if passed will compel all patent medicine manufactures to print on the label of each package the full formula of the compound and make oath to the truth of the statement. Several organized bodies in Indiana are interested in the matter and will work for the passage of both bills.