The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2-Thc house is sn
ragged In "a handsome row over the Mechah
bill restoring the patronage OF state insu'u
tons TO the governor, which passed the senate
on Monday This Is practically the same
measure as the Cullop bll which the house
democratic caucus sat upon two weeks ago rs
| "A vote Of a. 10 :. Since then the governor
friends have been at work. ANA now nave
twenty democratic votes pledged 10 the bill,
witch. with the thiriy-h,e republican votes,
will pass The opponents OF the measure &C.
clare that II the caucus action - smashed
| on this IL VIII be smashed Tor the whole
| session. and they will vote ~ they please on az
| portionmen, and other political measures The
| bill will be favoraby reported by the commit
| tee In charge and the night viii be on. he
wavs and means committee Wednesday voted
| 10 report agains, the bin approprating 5000
| 10 help entertain The q. A. X cncampmeni nest
| September, the democratic members voting
| asains. the bill and the republicans for II. a he
| house Wednesday passed "A bill making the
| railroad receiving shipment responsible for II
| all the way through. and the senate spent thc
| day discussing q bill to license druggists, upon
| which no action Was taken
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb a--Thc great struggle
| which the county cfncers ~ the state are max
| ing 10 secure relief from lurdcnsome discrmi-
| nations in the fee and salary law received
| q set back In the senate Thursday In the
| Indefinite postponemcn, reports by the
| committee having bills in relief under con-
| sideration Some OF the bills related 10
| local determinations while others looked 10
| n revision OF the entire law. The most com
| prehcnsive OF these bills WAS one by senator
| Moore relating to salaries OF state Officers. ~
| had been drawn with great care ana was re-
garded as an honest effort TO correct numerous
| alleged INEQUALITIES. This bin shared the iato
OF inde finite postponmeLt the same as the
others The talk Of an extra session Is AGAIN
revived. There are q number OF important
measures before the legislature ana IL Is
claimed that the governor III be compciled 10
/ 10 carry on state affairs without an approprla-
ton unless he agrees 10 an extra session
Thursday the governor WAS sounded on the
probabilities OF calling an extra sess on anu nc
talked urfavorably. He said there was no ne
cessiiy for il and believed that needfrl leS'sla-
ton could be accomplished during The regular
meeting.
INDIANAPOLIS Feb 4-Ihc BIZ 10 compel all
railroad trains TO stop at county seats, against
which the railroad lobby has maze Srt ha strong
/ hight, died n quiet death In the house frldav.
The railroad committee reported X adversely
and the house acqriesccd without @c'
bate. In the same way IL killed I'LL 10 'hr "a
the safeguards OF the Australian la lot
law about primary elections and nominating
conventions. In 10th houses the vork OF fr.-
day was purely negative. consisting IN the XIII
Ing OF numerous minor bills. The senate - tuoi'
cial appor,ionmcnt committee Friday reported
its cerrynlandcr az the courts reducing the
number Of Judicial circuits from fity-fOur Ia
forty.seyen The judges left out can rot he
legisaied out OF Office but the legislature Will
decline 10 appropriate money for their salaries
, thus compelling them TO retire
> Indianapolis, Feb 7-SENArE. --Moudiy
! ! morning two legislative apportiormcnt biils
, were introduced one by Senator Fulk demo
crat and one by Senator Wishard, republican
! the latter OF which will be supported ny 'ht
republicans Senator Fulk's bill changes The
old apportionmcnt in the following places: The
senatorial districting is changed In the case 81
Brown county. which would he taken out OF ih'
Y district now composed OF Brown. Morgan ant
. | Johnson Representative districts Lawrence
burg and Orange are placed togelher jay ah'
Adams are given one representative eaeh. an'
= Wells and Blackboard are given Joint reprcsen
D iative. Senator Wishard's bill - a very loni
= one and makes very radical Changes.
Horsr-1he house after arguing all after
noon led the Fippen bill to tax mortgage
+ owned by non.resdcnts. The bulk OF The argu
v ment against It that II would either driv
!. out FOREIGN capital or load up borrowers VIII
additional burdens few minutes later IN
/ McMullcn bill accom- plish ne the same purpose
y by a different way, was passed by heavy vote
3 The democrats who had voted with the reput
licans against the Firpcn bill voted Tor I'M
one, without knowing what IL was. They DIS
u covered their mistake in time TO get IN mouo
:, 70 reconsider which will be called up later
4 INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. s-SESA1E--Thc scnat
II wrang.ed long time Tuesday morning over ID
elections committee report on senator hopc
kcs bill, which proposes 10 repeal that scctio
!" Of the election Law which provides TOT me pTin
- ing OF sample ballots in not less than two news
papers IN each county senator Cranor Intro
= duced a Joint resolution in the senate luesda
- afternoon instruciing Indiana's senators an
representatives In congress 10 vote Tor the %
now pending requiring railroad companies
10 provide all ears with safety coupling. Senate
fcr hn
Or and supervision Of foreign and domestic buil'
~ ing and loan associations, was much discus Sc
Il, and some hat amended by the scna'e Tug
- day afternoon. The purpose OF the bill y
re rid the state OF so-called national loan asSoci
10 tions.
le HorsE-Bills on third reading was the ord'
.ir OF business Tuesday Mr.. 1iigpee's bin PROV.
ing for The letting OF the printing OF u
" denoucnt tax list To the lowest bidder. not
III exceed ten cents description, came UP ~
tn failed for want OF cO,sti'utloral mllJil'
., The can.-r-owers' iii fixing penalties Tor q
!. adulteraiion a. sorghum, making the max mn
- penalty 1fm fine. passed without opposition.
did also Mr. Browns lill authorizn. iownsh
ny trustees TO purchase not 20 exceed hNc acr
ri for cemetery purposes. Mir. cra,crs bi!! 70 z
~. scrinc prcmisury notes taxed A. notes t"ini
''s instead OF notes due" was passed win no n
40 verse votes Mr. Hcnch's bill 20 I'll long =
he want in criminal practice was passed Mh'
~ the supreme court rcvcrscS decision ~ crA
/, inal case ihc prisoner . returned 70 The corn
Jail. Then II rchcarinr Il ordered and The \
prcme court rcvc ses itself ana anirfns To" w
he ing OF The lower court. th,re T. no irpvi>on (
NJ. getting The prisoner back 10 the icniicr tar
MIR Herch's bill Is TO correct this defect
~
The Frances Com fort Thomas Orrha
home in Columbus, which has bee
NJ. completed at n cost Of 100000 w
~ formally thrown opcl to the public
VA few days ago. with imposing Ger
" monies The building Is large al
- handsome, erected upon plat OF TO
~ acres OF ground donated TO the coun
10 by Richard Thomas, of the Ccrcali
- Manufacturing Co.. after whose q
~ ceased wife the home has been name
~ DR. c. ID. McLArGHIIS, prominc
III physician at llarrodsburg. fourtc
H. railcs north Of Bedford, committed s.
eide the other day. His body was sou
his hanging in the cnginc-room of the q
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