The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-08
Legislative Notes.


A bill to make it q felony for q man to
evade paying his board bill, was defeated
by the ~Senateyesterday.
Miss Alice Bradley, of Kokomo, sister-in.
law of Representative Loop. with Mrs.
Loops daughter, was a guest of that gentle
man yesterday.
The Senate has passed the House bill re-
quiring that all legal advertisements in
cities of owe 10000 inhabitants shall be
published in daily newspapers.
The Senate bill, authorizing the State
officers to sell the States property on the
corner of Tennessee and Market streets,
was passed by the House yesterday.
Both the House and Senate yesterday
passed n resolution extending thanks to
Mrs. Lizzie Calls Scott, the outgoing State
Librarian, for the many cOurtesies she has
shown the members.
The Langstaff bill, providing for a State
Bureau of Labor Statistics, was passed by
the Senate yesterday. Under the bill the
duty of gathering the statistics devOlves
upon the State Statistician.
An attempt was made to call up the
Beaver lax land bill in the House yester-
day afternoon, but it failed. The friends
of the measure are working diligently to
have it called up and passed.
The House bill, introduced by Mr.. Beas-
ley, concerning the adoption of children
confined i'll orphans asylums, was passed
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asylums the authority to bind ont any
child that may be committed to them.
A bill was introduced in the House by
Mr.. Shambaugh, yesterday, which provides
that all moneys received from the national
government on account of the direct-tax
law shall be paid into the general fund, 60
be used III the liquidation of the State debt.
Senator Foley's bill to deprive the judges
In this county of the right to appoint their
court bailitfs, is not to be passed by the
House. The committee TO which it was re-
ferred has made an unfavOrable report.
Two Democrats signed it and many other
Democratic members say that they will
not support the bill if il should be called
mp. Mr.. Hughes, of this county, is one of
the Democrats who is opposing it.
The member of the House had q great
deal of fun yesterday at the expense of
Representative Vandolah. Some of the
member learned that since the beginning
of the session he has been sleeping on q cot
in the museum department of the State
biologists office, and Mr.. Brownlee intro
recommending that he be allowed 81 per
day as might Waterman in the snake de-
partment of the Biologists Office"
The militia bill was passed by the senate
last evening by a vote of 80 TO 8. An effort
was made to pass the bin Monday. but it
t%utional majority. The people who are in
terested in the militia are greatly elated
over this new law. 1t provides for an an
nual appropriation of S37, 600, and the
friends of the measure claim that the
amount will enable the military companies
of the State to be put upon an equal footing
with that of any State in the Union.
The passage of a very suspicious bill was
checked in the House yesterday. 1t was
introduced by Mr.. Wilson, and provided
that the State should purchase a infinitely
described kind of ballOt-box to be used in
each precinct. 1t further provided that
each box should not cost less than S25,
which would have made a total estimated
cost to the State of S250,000. The bill had
been engrOssed before anyone discovered
its character. Mr.. Moon was the first to
raise an objection, charging that the box
described was patented. and could be pur-
chased only of certain individuals. An at
tempt was made to suspend the rules and
put the bill on it's passage, but the motion
failed by a good majority.
The House, yesterday afternoon, by a
vote of 50 to SO. passed Mr.. Cullen's bill pro.
viding for higher saloon license. 1t was
the third time the roll had been called on
the passage of the bill. The vote was first
taken when the measure only received
fOrty-five votes. 1t was taken again YES
terday forenoon. and there were fifty in
favor of the bill. During the noon hour
Mr.. Cullen persuaded three more Demo.
Gratis to support it, and he therefore called
for the third vote. The bill provides that
the license fee in cities shall be $3.50. and in
towns $50. There is no possibility of the
Democratic majority in the Senate support.
ing the bill. and for that reason a few Dem.
ocratic members were willing to vote for it