The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-21

er counties, they are taken to the courts in
larger counties, where special judges have
TO ne h!red IN many cases put OF the pockets
or the judges themselves who are unable 10
attend to the cases. He held that when such
changes of venue were taken the judge of
the trial court should not be compelled to
pay a special judge to try a case which
did not originate in his own court.
Senator Newly held that while it might
be that changes of venue should be discOur-
aged, and that judges, in some of the cir
cults should be better paid, still all the cir
cult judges were state judges and not in any
sense county offlclals, and they should be
expected to attend to all the work given
them to do by the State.
Senator Hubbell made another fight for
wOman'S suffrage yesterday, when the judi
ciary committee reported adversely on the
bill to allow married women to become
surety for another person. He held that 1t
was unjust to allow a single woman to act
as a free agent in such affairs and at the
same time prohibit a married woman from
doing So Women, said he, ARE the intel
lectual, physical and moral equals of men,"
Senator Drummond, in responding, said
that he was not the champion of the new
woman as the "old woman" suited him
best, but he did want to go on record as
feeling that the present law is the best
safeguard, for the woman and the home,
that ever was adopted by any Legislature.
Senator Hawkins, with no attempt at ora
tory, stated fatty that the only people who
wanted women TO be allowed to become
surety for others, were the money sharks
and not the married women themselves, and
that the only protection the married woman
from the opportunities of husband, dissolute
son, scheming friend and Shylock, because
it was not in her power to give way to the
influences of any of them
Senator Agnew said that in his opinion
the only weak point in the present law was
that it did not make it impossible for mar
ried men, well as married women. to be-
come surety for other persons, and that the
law was only made possible by the exigen-
CieS of business.
Senator Wood, in few words, said that
the purpose of the present law was to pro-
tect woman from her friends and her male
relatives from themselves. The report was
finally concurred in and the bill killed.
The committee on the affairs of the city
of Indianapolis recommended the passage of
Senator Hugg'S bill, with two amendments.
The first provides that policemen retired for
permanent disability may be called up for
REORGANIZATION at different periods after
their retirement to ascertain II their dis
ability continues The second amendment
provides that it shall not be possible for any
beneficiary to sell or assign his pension to
any one.
THE SENATE ROUTINE
The different committees reported favor
ably on bills as follows:
Judiciary-No. 1923: Defining the crime of
dog stealing; No 100: Regulating the APP
pointment of court stenographers; No. S6
Regulating the making of wills; No TO-
To make a tender of money good by paying
it into court; No. IS: Specifying the method
of drawing petit jurors; No 81 Regulating
charges by express companies, amended to
reduce legal charges materially.
Agriculture-No. - For the inspection of
nursery stock to prevent spread of the San
Jose scale No. 141: Providing for a bounty
on beet sugar; divided report. Made spe-
cial order or business for Monday afternoon
Military affairs-No 154: To erect mon
ument over the graves of maSsacred piO-
neeers at Pigeon Roost; divided report made
special order of business for Monday after
noon; No. ISL: Appropriating $2.253.29 to
complete the work of marking historic spots
on Chickamauga battlefield
Cities and townS-No. 121: Specifying the
manner of paying claims against city.
Agrculture-No. SO: Regulating the man.
ufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers
Building and loan associations-No. no.:
Concerning the mthods of making loans
through building and loan associations: No
81: To take away the rights of receivers
of foreign associations TO sue I'm this state.
Education-No So: Providing for a gen.
eral system of common schools Ito be
printed; No. 107: Prescribing the fees of
school officers (to be printed) No. A.: Civ
ing the Governor the power TO appoint the
members of the State Board of Education
to be indefinitely postponed.
F'inance-No 14S Regulating the payment
of mileage to members No. 142: Increasing
the exemption from taxation from $50 TO
$500.
Judiciary-No 105: Making the acknowl-
edgment of justices of the peace good in any
part of the State No 80: Defining usury;
No. rs: For the protection of fish: No. q:
Regulating the granting of divorces; No. "a:
For the notification of marriages in GER
tain cases; No. 50 Providing for the pay
ment of trial judges in changes of venue,
by the county from which the change Is
taken: No. "A: Allowing married women TO
AgTieulture-No. los: To protect dogs on
which the tax has been paid No. Az Reg
ulating the building Of partition fences for
the protection of live stock.
Fees and salaries-Froviding for the pay