The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-23

recommitting the bill The present Law l.
that mortgage executed by q married
woman 10 property belonging to her hus-
band is valid. Oar Supreme Court has de-
cided that D married woman can convey her
property. 1t Is simply humane provision
OF our law to protect married women from
being induced by their husbands 70 convey
away their property.
Mr.. REEVES: II has long been the ten.
dency OF this Legislature for years 20 ques-
ton the rights and privileges of married wo-
men. IL has been held that she may carry
on her epsrate business and that she may
make contracts OF her own. II this is the
sentiment of the people they certainly have
come TO recognize the fact that women with
in themselves have some inherent sense
that they are not lot of dun mics tn be led
by their husbands into all sorts of foolish
ness. say this law is not imposing any
hardship uDon the women. A great deal of
gush has been expended on this subject. II
seems 70 me that gentlemen seem to think
that the interest OF the husband is antago.
nistic to the interest of the wife that the
husband wants to invade and take away
the domicile OF the wife | bad always sup.
posed that the husbands aud wifes interest
were common. | don't believe it has come
to be regarded that the husband is the
natural foe of his wife. These amendments
to the law simply give them rights where
necessity seems to demand them. l am not
In favor OF concurring in the report of the
committee
Mr.. GORDON: ten years ago the Legis.
lature saw d to take the first important step
in enlarsing the nights of married women.
1t wss then enacted that when real estate
was held conformity the wife mad the right of
partition. The Legislature realized the
hardship of that matter, and they passed q
law allowing her 10 enjoy her part of the
real estate In 1879 they were given rights
TO contract. The gentleman from Barthol-
omew MIR. Reeves has said that
ability of married women to con-
tract for themselves. Let Us not forget that
while they were enlarging their rights by
contract they were diminishing their rights
by mortgage. II a married woman to day
desires to mortgage her property to pay a
debt, or II she desires to mortgage her prop
erty to carry on her own business. she can
do that under the law as it now stands. The
report OF the committee ought to be con.
CURED in.
Mr.. BROWNING: / am in favor of con-
curing in the report of the committee for
two reasons, the first of which is that We
have too much change of law; we have too
much legislation on many subjects. and this
is one of them. And it has come to be the
rule that one Legislature passes law, and
in about four years the people learn what it
is, and then the next Legislature will change
it. Second Il venture TO say that you can't
find memorial praying for such measure,
with five names of women attached to it., in
this Legislature. 1t is the improvident hus
hands who want this change. That Is the
strongest point.
MIR. WILLIAMS: This is a bill of great
importance for the reason that good many
estates that have been held in entirety have
been mortgseed or will be mortgsged soon.
While may not indorse good deal OF the
sentiment just expressed, yet l think this
bill should pass TO a second or third reading.
| therefore move you. Mr. oeaker, to amend
the report by striking out the recommends
ton therein read, and that the bill pass to
the second reading.
The motion was rejected.
Mr.. GORDON demanded he previous
question, and under its operation the report
Of the committee was concurred in by yeas,