The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05

the fair grounds last summer. Colonel Pen
ningtons leg was broken. Mr.. Baker, of
| Whitley, sent in a bill to fix the salary of 4
prosecuting attorney at ST 900 a year and to
require that all extra help shall be paid for
from that sum. He also introduced bill
to prevent the manufacture or sale Of adult
terated food and defines the word food" to
be anything and everything OF solid or
liquid form used to sustain life or for nour-
iShment.
Mr.. James's bill to authorize county COM
missioners to pay a reward of $500 for the
arrest Of a murderer or lyncher was passed
to third reading, with the amendment that
no prosecuting attorney shall be entitled TO
the reward.
Mr. Cutty's bill to compel fire escapes to
be put on all buildings in which there are
dodgers above the second story was ordered
engrossed. Mr.. Louttit's bill to prevent San
Jose scale and to provide for the appoint
ment of a state entomologist was passed
to engrossment after little breeze. Mr..
Blankenship denounced the creation of new
offices and moved to strike out the enactlng
clause. Mr.. Louttit said the bill was not
Of any personal interest to him, but that
soon as the members tried to do anything
for the farmers they kill it themselves and
then complain that the Legislature does
nothing for them. Mr. Blankenship's mo-
ton was lost BY! 80 yeas to 80 nays
Mr.. Roots's bill applies the parole law to
every girl woman over fifteen years of
age who Nshall hereafter be convicted of
felony 1t provides that courts shall SEN
tence girls and women to the Woman's
Prison and makes the superintendent, the
board of managers, the chaplain and the
physician the commissioners or parole. Inc
superintendent is given the powers usually
conferred on prison wardenS. Should the
Womans Prison become so filled with con-
victs that no more can be received the
Governor is required to make proclamation
to that effect and thereafter the women and
girls shall he sentenced to the Indiana Re
formatory and transferred to the prison
when there may be room.
The House will meet Monday morning at
10 o'clock.
ROUTINE OF THE HOUSE
House yesterday:
Elections
No 3H BY Mr.. Cravens of Washington:
Requiring candidates to file itemized state
ments of expenditures; indefinitely post
| poned.
ing primary elections; passage recon-
No. "a. By Mr.. Sullivan: To change the
time of election of township officers; indefi-
No. Is. By Mr. Scott of Lawrence: Gov
erning primary elections; indefinitely post
No. AZ. BY Mr.. Rifenburg: To require
itemized statement of expenses by candi-
| dates; passage recommended.
| No. 12. BY Mr.. Reser: Concerning cleo
tions and providing penalties; passage rec
| commended.
No 3O5. BY Mr.. Finhhorn: To amend the
act regarding the printing of ballots; pas
| sage recommended.
Education
No 351. BY Mr.. Caraway: Concerning the
common schools; passage recommended as
Rights and Privileges
No. 167 BY Mr.. Hedgecock: To regulate
| the sale of poisonous medicines; passage
No. u.s. BY Mr. Caraway: To prohibit
| combinations to prevent competition among
| persons buying or selling live stock; passage
| recommended.
| No 442 BY Mr. Iouttst: To amend the
| act regarding interest and usury; indefinitely
| postponed.
S. b. las BY Mr.. Gilbert To regulate the
taking of fish from waters or this state,
| etc: passage recommended as amended.
No. 400 BY Mr. Glossbrenner: Affecting
| the rights and privileges of citizens in ne
| gotiating loans; passage recommended.
! No. 90. BY Mr.. Stevens: Regulating
/ hunting and shooting on inclosed grounds;
/ passage recommended.
Railroads
s. B. No. 81. BY Mr.. Shea: Regulating ex-
/ press companies; referred 10 the committee
/ on corporations.
No. 3S3 BY Mr.. Brown: To restrict the
J power OF railroad companies in the delega-
fority report recommends indefinite post
4 ponement and the minority passage. Set as
! special order for Tuesday at 10 a. m.
4 No. SOC. BY Mr.. Bonham: Providing that
use OF the right OF way and depot grounds of
any railroad shall not rtpen into right 10
use II: passage recommended.
No. 3Ss. BY Mr.. Clark. To amend the act
to authorize owners Of tracts of land sepa-
rated by the right OF way OF q railroad to
construct wagon and driveways over the
right Of way; passage recommended.
Rivers and Waters.
No. as BY Mr. LAIR. To require land
owners TO keep natural watercourses free