The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-28
THE INDIANA PRESS.

The Legislature should pass the libel law
introduced in both. houses. Newspapers
should at least. have aysfair. treatment as is
given NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. republican.
A Posey county member of the Legisla-
ture wants the Indiana General Assembly
to settle the Brooklyn strike. Some of our
so.ons seem to think that they members
of the great parliament or the world
which Tennyson speaks apout.-Terre Haute
Tribune. H
The State Senate has passed wise and
equitable libel bill. and it is to be hoped
that the House will concur. Under the Old
law newspapers have operated under an I'M
fair and unjust d .scrinlinatson, and this law
simply places them ON an equality before
law with men and corporations. -Conners-
vile News.
The State Legisla tures can do nothing that
will be of greater benefit to the party than
to get right down TO work and have all
needed legislation passed at the expiration
of the sixty days session. The custom of
postponing action on important bills until
the closing hours is a most pernic.ouS one,
and results in the enaction of mischievous
and damaging legislation. There need be no
hasty legislation II the different committees
wlll PAINFULLY discharge their duties for
the next few weeks.--Fort Wayne Gazette.
The schoo-book trust is a monopoly and
one of the worst sort The Legislature Is
tussling with the question, which will be
completely metamorphosed under their leg
islation, and it is time. too. The Amer
lean School Book Company. to save them
selves from declaring dividend, have con-
sumed the profits resulting from the sale
of the books in exorbitant salaries to the
employees of the company. There may be
some other interesting facts revealed when
the matter is given a closer investigation
by the Observation-Disclosures Graphic
While the present Legislature is giving at
tention to the investigation OF the conduct
of the prisons north and south, and to the
c.,~,y+l chA ,nf
fail to examine the true inwardness of what
&c known as the Indiana School Book Com
pany, a company composed of political ring
sters, who haven't dollar invested In a
Book Company is nothing more nor less
than the agent of the American School
Book Trust. and Is party 70 tne fraud
being perpetrated in Indiana by that trust
IN the sale of school books.-Parke County
Journal o. ..s
The state Senate has allowed mileage to
its members at the rate of 70 cents mile.
Thus Senator Vail. for travelling 200 miles,
gets $50; Senator Mcdonald. of dgonier,
$50 miles, $50; Senator Crumpacker and Lieu
tenant Governor Nye. of Laporte, each $50
for 800 miles. Anyone can make the trip
from these points to Indianapolis and re-
turn for about S.. Considering mat each OF
the $50 members receives 20 cents mile,
the expense for mileage is enormous, 20 per
cent. of which IS over and above the actual
cost of railroad faro. The law which al
be modified.-Goshen Times.
The legislative apportionment bill intro
duced in the State Senate by Senator Wish
ard and in the House by Representative
Newhouse which bill will probably receive
the support of the Republican majority in
the Legislature, gives Whitley joint Repre-
sentative with Huntington, which has also
| q Representative besides. Whitley and
Kosciusko counties together are given one
Senator. We have been accustomed to have
| a Representative all of our own and there
| will be much dissa tIsfaction with the meas
| ure in this county. especially among DEM
ocrats. but on the whole the apportonmeni
| bill seems just and fair--Coiumb!d CITY
Mail.
| There is one thing to be said about the
| fee and salary bill in contemplation by
| the State Legislature, and that is tina
| no law which bases the salary of county
| officials upon population alone will be just
| or even approach justice. There are few
| counties in the state with a population
/ like that of this county which require 81
| much work of the officer. Population alone
| does not determine the amount of worl
| TO be done, ard ordinary common sens,
| dictates that the amount OF work am
/ its nature ought to be considered. Gran
| county has more work than manv com
/ ~ with much greater population-Mss
| rion Chronicle.
! Up to this time the friends of Purdue Uni
| yersity have not made any radical move IL
| the direction of securing Legislative aid soi
| that institution, and we feel privileged t,
! say that they have no intention of main
| tanning q lobby at Indianapolis for the pur
| nose of specially urging members to d,
| their duty in behalf OF an enterprise tia
| mas done SO much and Is doing much /,
| tenhance the fame OF Indiana In the eyes o
/ the educational world. The Legislature i