The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-16
HOUSE COMMITTEES
SPEAKER ADAMS Announces ALL
HIS APPOINTMENTS.
Important Legislation Proposed i'm
a Constitutional Convention.

peared, and it is probable that the present
Legislature will not fall far behind other
sessions in disposing of the thousand and
one ideas which members wish to incorpor-
ate in the law of the State. Bills proposing
radical changes in statutes are coming in,
and the topics Of taxations, railroads and
others will appear frequently from now on
In the reference to legislative doings. The
committees of the House nave been we'll
chosen, so 1t is generally recognized, and
the different phases of legislation will be
ably handled in the little rooms where the
preliminary work is done by the commit
tees. The announcements of the chair
manships caused no surprise, as most of
them have been forecast in the last few
days. Mr.. Allen. a brainy young man of
Washington county, is at the head of the
important committee on ways and means,
and the Speaker expects him to display
much ability in the House. Gibson county
has an important Craftsmanship in the APP
pointment of Mr.. Robinson at the head of
the on judiciary. Mr.. Leedy is
to preside over the committee on the city
of Indianapolis, which includes all the
members from this county and gentlemen
from franklin and Allen counties. Mr..
Statesman, of the committee on congress
sional apportionment, MI. Merritt of that
ON corporal tons, Mr.. Melendy on military.
affairs, Van Arsdel on fees and salaries,
Hamrick on railroads., McBeth on insur-
ance. Holloway on cities and towns, New
house on legislative apportionment are
among the others who have obtained impor-
tant chairmanships.
The full list of committees is as follows:
Elections-Crozier, Hunter, Thomas Stake
OF Shelby, Billingsly.
Ways and Means-Allen. Merritt, Suites
spaalding "i BoSliya, wii Mias.0sn' or0A'ef'
Observation-Disclosures, Moore, Petit, Remy,
Cardwill. Davis, Wilson, Stakebake. Thorn
Organization OF Courts-Lambert. Humid
ley, Griffin, Hunter, Robinson, Stakebake,
Thomas, Duncan, Stotsenberg.
Banks-Elliott, Terhune, Simons, Suites
man, Culbert, Finkbinder, Melendy, Will
liams, McGeath.
Nicholson. Becker, Allison. Vonnegut, Da-
Wis, Remington, Duncan.
Prison Subdivision, Poindexter. Stew
art, Reynolds, Bohannon, Porter, Howe,
Bowers, Remington.
Prison North-Culbert, Nicholson, Ell
hott, Floyd, Hester. Grimes, McCaskey,
swamp Lands-Dinwiddie. Hunt, Splitter.
stetler, McBeth. Booher, Gregg. McGeath,
Military Affairs-Melendy. Crozier. Har-
ris, Allison, Coates, McCrea,s Stetler. Bob
ilya, Stotsenburg
Claims+Terhune. Allen, Barber, Harrison
Feist.
Trust Land-Thomas, woodruff, Garriott,
Fees and salaries-yan Arsdel, spaulding,
Hanna, Ross. Gregg. Willis. gilbert. VIII
Sinking Fund-Lloyd. Woodruff, Ramp.
Biningsly.
Rights and .PrivilegesEPettit. Hesler.
bake Mr(eafh Harrison of ShetbU
MISUNDERSTANDING. Blakely, Farrell,
Griffin, Dinwiddie, spaulding, simons. VIII
Manufacturers and commerce-vonnegut,
Gregg, Kamp, Laidlaw. McGregor. Howe.
Wilson. Hunter, Hundley, Robinson, Nc
Crea. Gibson. Billingsley, Cooley.
Coates. Grimes, Smith Of Huntington,
Boardman. Remington, Billingsley.
Soldiers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Harris.
McGeith, McCrea.
ACCOMPLISHING, Poindexter. White.
Dinwiddie. McGregor, Poindexter.
Enrolled Bills-MeIntosh, Holloway, Will
Remy. Ioring. Holloway. Longwell, New
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Wilson, willis,
Gibson, Blakely. McCasky, Grimes, Cooley,
H1iCoeC oAo OS1, diIOC
Polndexter, Finkbinder, Vonnegut, Lloyd,
Splitter. Higbee. Billingsly.
,n corporastioasnMerritt. Van Arsds,; Nc
Terhune, McGeath. stotsenburg.
CanalsmHowe, WEIGH; Smith of Hunting
Remington, Dalman.
y P arr1no, ExTPena1tpres-H A1,1;s: stakebaRe,
simons, Stetler, Kelly, Feist.
Federal Observation-Disclosures, Howe,
Gather, Booher, Hessier, McGregor. stot-
Affairs of City of Indianapolis-Leedy,
Vonnegut. VanArsdel, McGregor. Moore,
Boardman. Adams of Marion. Cooley. Bob
Cities and uTowns.Holloway. .Terhune.
Er1osh. s SafaMlt,; rln sohlixa Lambert Nc
Engrossed Bills-Hesler, Merritt, Petit,
Becker. Elliott. Newhouse. Reynolds. Hig-
Roads-McCrea, Adams of Parke, WEIGH.
Gibson, Floyd. Gather, Garriott. Dalman,
statistics-Laidlow, Loring, McBeth, Me
lendy. Ross, o'Brien. Feist. Remington.
Insurance-McBeth. Van Arsdel. Petit.
Printing-Harrison of ,Elkhart, Reynolds.
widdIe. Willis. Blue, Swope. A"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Blake
ley, Boardman' Hamrick. Terrell, Fowler.
Drains and Dykes-Jackson, Barber, Laid
low Nv Gather. Culbert. Floyd. Smith Of
Mines and Mining-Booher. Lloyd, Coates,
OBrien. Gather, Fowler, Higbee,
Williams.
Labor-O'Brien, Howe, McGregor, Nc
Casky. Grimes, Jackson, Longwell, Swope, |
of Shelby.
Medicine, Health and Vital Statistics
Porter. Spaulding, Reynolds, Wood
ruff. Hunt. Fowler, Bowers, White.
Inspection of the JOurnal-Adams of Mar
ion, Allen, Reynolds, Kelly. Harrison of
Natural Resources-McCaskey, Hundley, |
Griffin. Ross, Stewart, Floyd, Hanna, Blue,
Park; Cardwill, Remy, Melendy, Lam
bert, Harrison of Elkhart, Dalman, Kell.
Congressional Observation-Disclosures.
Stewart, Swope, Blakely, Remy, Elliott, Ter
hume. Spaulding, Nicholson, Splitter, Kell,
Williams.
Deglative Apportionment = Newhouse,
Kamp. Porter, Stotsenburg, Howe, Stake
bake. Leedy, Davis, Hunter Jackson, Petit, |
Dalman. Hunt.
A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Mr.. Howe, of Morgan, quietly sent up a
to the Speakers desk, and when
opened it was found 10 contain a PROPOSE
for a constitutional convention. He re-
cited that the constitution under which the
State is now operating IS obsolete, and has
long gone out of date. It was constructed
in 1852, the first one having been adopted
1916. Mr.. Howe thought that If the people