The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-21
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
THE SENATE.


Passage of the BIZ Requiring the Payment of
Employees Once a Month.
Yesterday morning the Senate was opened
with prayer by Rabbi Messing, of the Hebrew
Temple
On motion by Mr.. Fowler. his bill rs. 1851 for
suspending Imprisonment in cases of felonies
and misdemeanors. pending an appeal from the
the court convicting the defendant, was called
up He said This bill provides that where one
is convicted of felony and all misdemeanors
where part of the Judgment is Imprisonment, he
shall not be imprisoned while an appeal is pend
ing. Great injustice is sometimes experienced
under the present law. A prisoner ought to be
permitted to give bail just the same as when
first arrested. In case of murder this bill pro-
vides that no bail shall be taken. The object is
to srave off Imprisonment until the appealed case
is decided, in all cases where he can give bail.
Every safeguard should be thrown around every
| man, so that no irreparable injury shall be done
| unjustly.
Mr. Foulke-Great mischief may be brought
about by legislation Of this kind. The time has
| passed when it is necessary to throw safeguards
around persons convicted of a crime It is now
almost impossible to convict man who is really
| guilty. l think it very seldom the ease that an
| innocent man is pronounced guilty. The danger
| Of acquittal on technical grounds is so apt to
| lead to the escape of the guilty parties that
many cases are reported of the people taking law
| into their own hands. and hanging the criminal
| to the nearest tree. The deterrent the law now
| furnishes, if added to, would be productive of
more lynching affairs and the consequent dis
| grace already attending them. If the bail fixed
would, in all eases. secure the appearance of the
parties bailed, such bill might be passed with
| out so much injustice. We want to throw more
| safeguards around society," and not around the
men who attack society. When the verdict of
twelve men declare one guilty, that verdict is
presumed to be right
Mr.. Campbell of Hendricks-the committee
agreed with the purposes of the bill, but the
practical effect would be- that the man able to
give bail would escape, while poor man would
invariably have to go to Jail. move to lay the
motion to concur in the minority report on the
table.
The motion was agreed to- On motion by Mr.
May, his bill, IS. 66ls to establish provisions
1851 for mining mineral lurn Der and manufacture
ing purposes, twas read the second time and under
suspension Of the constitutional rules was passed
the Senate by yeas 40 nays 0.
On motion by Mr. Magee, his bill rs. 201l
to amend sections 255, ce56 and 257 of an act of
March l. 1883. was pressed through two readings
and passed the Senate by yeas 49, nays O. He
stated that while in terms it would be general
law. it would affect only the city of Logans
port
THE EFFECTS OF sTIMULANTs.
The special order of the morning was Mr.
Foulkes bill rs GOT requiring the teaching of
physiology and hygiene and the effects Of alco-
holic stimulants and narcotics in the public
schools. The blu came up with favorable ma
jority report, and report recommending the in
definite postponement of the bill, the committee
being equally divided.
Mr.. Fouke moved concurrence in the first re-
port bill like this had been asked by petitions
in larger number-l5,500 and over. Two years
ago there were also numerous similar petitions,
but they were utterly ignored at that time. The
request was so reasonable 1t hardly would be-
come the Senate to refuse it. The measure pro-
| poses no interference with personal liberty. 1t
/! is thing which the tax payers have a right to
! demand. Tt has been ascertained by scientists
that alcoholic stimulants increase the brain cells
and II used to excess Its evil effects are trans,
| mitted to posterity. Wherever there is special
liability TO fall into special error, special efforts
! should be made to guard against it.
Mr.. Johnson of Tppecanoe-This bill is the
outgrowth Of that fanatical agitation which has
disturbed the people of this State fer the past
| ten or fifteen years Intemperance attacks and
fatally ruins many bright mind, and many
constitution of great strength The almost super
human efforts of philanthropists have been made
to release its perncious grasp society, but in
temperance seems to be on the increase. No one
can claim that the people have been kept in ig
norance of the evil effects of alcoholic stimu-
lants. On the contrary, thousands have echoed
and re-ecnoed these arguments. There must be
email results One of these reasons is the spirit
of intolerance with which the agitation against
this great vice is carried on. The grand mistake
of the advocates of temperance is in moderation.
Mr.. Rahm saw no use in teaching temperance
in the public schools. You may pass all laws
you please, and there still will be drunkenness
We have Sunday schools, churches and families
and these are the places to teach temperance
move to lay the resolution on the table. This
motion was rejected, by yeas TO- nays 20
Mr. Willard made an Intellectual motion ta
commit the bill to the committee on education.
Mr.. Schloss moved to refer it to a committee
Of seven.
Mr.. Weir moved to strike out sections 2 and g.
Mr.. Acknowledging has been before the
Senate which the people have SO favorably
expressed themselves as ON this subject l am
opposed to the motion TO refer.
Mr.. Duncan, of Brown, said that he would
vote in opposition to the bill. but hewas not op-
posed to teaching the effects of narcotics in the
common schools The bill is based upon an in
correct idea OF what IS now taught in the com
mon schools One of the eight branches re-
quired to be taught is physiology, and the effect
OF alcoholic poisons is one branch of that
study. Twenty pages in OF the books used
In seventy of the counties of the State is devoted
TO the effects OF alcoholic stinulants and tobacco
upon the human system.
Mr. MARSHALL believe the peonIe have a
right to petition their representatives to carry
out their views, and of all tine subjects unon
which we have received petitions there have been
more than upon all SUBJECTS In favor of this sort
of legislation do not think we ought to dodge
so important question. | consider many of
these motions as diiatory. Four years ago I
voted for constitutional amendment to submit
this question to the people, because l believed
it constitutionally morally ard politically right
Mr. Hilligass-Ifit is proper and right to teach
this subject in seventy counties why not make
it uniform throughout the State Senators who
oppose this bill say the effects of alcoholic slim
ulants are becoming more and more fatal is the
years go by If that be true it is our highest
duty to put in tho hands of children information
that will enable them to shun its evil conse-
quences
Mr.. Willard demanded the previous question.
The Senate refused to second the demand by
yeas 20, nays "a The motion TO strike out the
enacting clause was rejected-yeas II, nays %.
Mr. Willard moved to indefinitely postpone the