The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-15
GILBERT IS CONFIDENT
THE ANGOLA SENATOR ENTHUsIAs-
TIC OVER II. $. TAYLOR's CHANCES.
Senator GiIbert's Views on Public
HeaIth-J. Frank HanIy Leaves
the City.


yesterday to look after the candidacy of
Judge Taylor for the Senate. lie is an en-
thusiastic Te ylor man, and yesterday stated
that Judge Taylor would have on the first
ballot either nineteen or twenty votes at
least, and that he is the second choice Of
the majority of members of the Legislature.
Senator Gilbert has been devoting some
time to the needs of the State Board of
Health and will introduce bill at the COM
ing session to give them greater power. EX-
planning his measure yesterday he said:
THE bill will present will give them great
er power. 1t will not go into details as to
the course to be pursued in certain diseases,
but it will give the State Board power to
formulate rules for their control and gov
ernment and will give them authority 10 en-
force the rules. Furthermore, it will revise
the present laws governing county boards
of health. AS 1t is now the secretary of the
county board is chosen according to the
smallness Of the salary he is willing to hold
the office for. My bill will provide for the
election of secretary for the term of four
years, and his salary will be according to
the population of the county in which he
serves. He will be subject to the rules of
the state board, and penalties Will be pro-
Vided for his failure to enforce those rules.
He will be also subject to removal by the
state board for continued neglect or incom-
potency. The bill will also require that all
plans for sewage disposal must first be sub
mitted to the county and then the state
board for approval, and no municipality will
be permitted to put in a sewerage system
without first securing this consent. A prop
er system of health laws will save lives in
the State If a proper set of rules is pro-
Vided and enforced by health boards for
the proper fumigation of houses and rooms
in which there have been contagious dis
eases the effort will more than pay for itself
in the results.
Il am heartily in accord with any move
ment for the better care of the unfortu-
mates of the State. There must be proper
provision made for the insane, feebe-mind-
ed and others of that class. Indiana now
has thirteen insane for every 10000 of pop
ulation. Twenty years ago Massachusetts
mad exactly the same per cent, and then
massachusetts, passed the proper laws for
lnelr care and cared for them in numbers
NOW Massachusetts has three insane for
every 10000. We can do the same thing.
ana not only reduce the number of insane
put make a corresponding reduction in the
otner unfortunate wards of the State. 1t is
not generally known that Indiana has re-
duced the per cent. of insane. Careful sta
IstlcS gathered in the Logansport and
Richmond divisions show that the Der cent
or insane to the population in those dis
tr1ctS is gradually decreasing and l want
70 see the same results all over the State.
l am strongly in favor of appropriating
large enough sums to give them such care
instead of making such great efforts to re-
duce the public debt, as it will be economy
IN the end 1t will take more money now
but it will be a great saving There must
be some legislation looking towards the
complete separation of the sexes in poor
houses and all institutions"
The Denison was deserted by senatorial
candidates yesterday. In the afternoon J.
FRANK Hanly packed his little satchel and
with his new hat and Representative Mar
shall, of lafayette set out for the depot
and left indianapolis for a day or two Geo.
w Steele will leave Washington either to-
thursday to remain until after the caucus
decides who shall be the next senator
Judge Taylor. will probably arrive to-day
for day or two, unless his health forbids.
as ne Is suffering from a most severe cold
Last evening another confident candidate
cropped or IN for day or two in the person
OF representative George A. H. Shideler of
Marion, who aspires to the speakership of
the House. Mr.. Shideler was actively stat
speakership is not in the interest of any
candidate for senator. He says he is in the
race on his own hook entirely. He is con-
fident that he will lead the other candidates
Tor speaker on the first ballot and says
that he expects the race to narrow down
to two or possibly three candidates. He will
ISludlu over lO-udy anu see VINO comes IN.
Representative u. T.. Neal, of Noblesville.
was mingling among his fellow-members
during the afternoon and feeling the public
pulse, while Representative Caraway. of
Greenfield, spent few moments looking
around.
A DOCTOR" WHEN HE AWOKE.
Representative ]. NJ. Huff, of Washing
ton. went to bed the other night a lawyer
and woke up in the morning a doctor and
as DR.. Huff or Doc Huff he has been
known ever since. 1t all came about through
the Journal When Mr.. Huff came to the
city couple of weeks ago, his name went
into the paper and with the dignity befit-
ting member of the Legislature who dis
claimed any political significance to his visit
in advance of the session and who was, in
q measure, here 'fncog," the Journal at
tempted to say that Mr." Huff was here.
The attempt was failure and instead the
here and DR. Huff it has been among
the members. Now the mail coming to the
member from Daviess is all addressed to
DR.. Huff and the title seems to be fixed.
The members here have decided that the
title is valid in that it was a change from
an M to q ''D'' and therefore DR.. HUFF
has a perfect right to the degree of NJ. ID.
Manifold Is for HanIy.