The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-13
IN THE HOUSE.
Time to eadin New Bills
The More Important Measures.

hOE ImuoTtuht measures.
The House spent an hour in listening -
the reading of the jour laI. 1t had been
braced for the occasion by an eloquent
! ray er delivered by Representa-.ye Il. vii
SCI Smith. After the reading of the jour
MI the whole session, from % o'clock Lntil
l:31. was devoted TO the introducti, Il VI new
bills. This is n much slower VI e,al.oi, I'm
the House than in the senate, for in the
latter body new bills ar read by tale
alone, while in the House. as a safeguard
against the passage Of vicious Legislation,
measures are read clear through in the
presence of the House upon their introduce
ton. Among the bills introduced were two
or three measures of importance. Mr..
Linck introduced the bill approved by the
State Board OF Commerce for the appoint
ment of a commission of three to codify
and revise the laws relating to city, county
and township government. The bill appro-
PIRATES 81, 800 "A year for two years for the
expenses OF the commission. Two compul-
sory-education bills were introduced by Rep
resentatives Patterson. of Portland, and
Monyhan. Mr.. Goddard introduced a bill
permitting the deduction of mortgage in
debtedness from the tax returns of real eS-
tate. This is a bill which was defeated i'm
the House two years ago after such a hard
fight. Mr.. Schoonover introduced an anti
trust bill defining and declaring unlawful
trusts. Mr.. Root introduced a bill caIcu-
lated TO give the Legislature some reliable
at each session as to the needs
of the States penal and benevolent insti-
buttons in the way of appropriations. 1t
provides for the appointment of a commits
sion of two representatives and one sem
ator by the Governor after each Legislative
election, and makes il the business of the
commission to visit all these Institutions
and report upon them to the Legislature.
Representative Harris introduced bills TO
amend the fee and salary law so as to re-
lieve auditors and treasurers and to legalize
the acts of county commissioners who have
allowed these officers their salaries regard
less of fees.
Representative O'Bannon. of Washington.
introduced a bill to prohibit the making of
gold contracts. The speaker remarked that
he did not know whether ii should go TO
the on canals, but he referred
ii to the committee or federal relations.
MIR. O'Bannon asked what committee il
had been referred to. and the speaker re-
piled: Il do not understand that the bill
could become a law without interfering
with a section of the federal Constitution,
and / have therefore sent it 10 the commit
tee on federal relations" There was APP
plause on the Republican side of the House.
Mr.. Walrath introduced a Joint resolution
sustaining the Chicamaugua Commission In
its contention with the National Park Com
mission about the position of the Ninth In
diana on Snodgrass hill. and it was referred
to the federal relations committee.
The House concurred in the Senate
amendment making the appropriation for
legislative expenses S1C5, coo, and the bill was
finally passed.
There was a little relief from the monot-
ony of the proceedings in a discussion of a
resolution offered by Mr.. Barlow for the
appointment of Willie y. Palmer as a page.
Mr.. Eichorn was inclined to make this a
party question and tried to bring all the
minority against the resolution. He started
"A parliamentary wrangle which aroused the
wrath of Quincy Adams Blankenship. and
he turned loose a whole lot OF eloquence,
in the course of which he declared that the
father of this lad of ten had given up his
life for his country on the field OF battle.
There was an impression that he had got
his dates mixed. The House adjourned at
80 until this morning.