The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-17
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Long Debate over Pharmacy Bill
other Measures Considered.

Long Debate over Pharmacy Bill
other Measures Considered.
The latter part Of the afternoon was de-
voted by the Senate to the advancing of
House bills on second reading, and Nos, 10Y,
2c4, 1872 200, 49, lis, 240, 1O1 rs, 100, 493, 100
and q were passed by without any discus
sion. No AZ, the House pharmacy bill,
stirred up trouble, however, which contin-
ued for full hour, and, when the Senate
adjourned at 500 o'clock, the matter was
still unsettled.
The trouble originated over the same
clause as that which created the big dis
cussion on the Senate BILL and as soon as it
had been read amendments began to pour
in from the senators who more or less op-
posed it.
Senator Winfield, as was the case before,
led the van against the provision which pro-
hibits country dealers from selling drugs
without first passing a suitable examina-
ton. He alleged that the keepers of small
stores, distant from the centers of popula-
ton, had within the memory Of man
handled certain kinds of family medicines.
and the patrons of such stores fully under
stood how to use them without being in
structed by doctors.
Senator Brooks, as a measure to draw a
dividing line between proprietary and
patent medicines, the latter of which it was
conceded the country grocers ought to be
allowed to handle, moved to amend the bill
by inserting the provision that such deal
ers should be allowed to keep for sale "all
preparations commonly called patent medi-
cines." Senator Winfield offered a substi-
tute to include in the amendment "all pat
ent and proprietary medicines" Senator
Agnew helped the good work along by ask
ing, in the interests Of a constituent that
It also include such poisonous drugs as
Rough on Rats, extract of ginger root,
paris green, calomel' and a few other
things.
Senator winfelds amendment finally
passed, to the extreme disgust of the sup
porters of the bill, who openly said the
amendment had virtually killed the bill.
After Senator Nusbaum had announced
that the radical members had, by the pro-
visions Of the bill, compelled all merchants
who wished to handle such drugs to pass
an examination before the State Board of
Registration Senator Gilbert regained part
of the ground lost by the friends of the bill
by securing the adoption of an amendment
providing that when country dealers handle
such medicines their stocks shall be re-
stricted to medicines which are not poison
GUS" Senator Winfield opposed the meas
ure for minute, with the statement that
all medicines contained poison, even TO
cord shouted out NO in q loud voice
Before Senator Agnew's amendment could
be disposed of the Senate adjourned.
THIRD READINGS
The day was largely spent in passing
bills on third reading as follows:
No. 274. BY Senator Burns: Increasing
the pay Of circuit and superior judges in
counties of over 5000 population to $500 a
year The bill affects the Second, Eighth,
Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Six
tenth, Seventeenth, Thirtieth Thirty
fourth, FoFty-second and SiXtieth circuits
No. 24S BY Senator O'Connor: Providing
for the preservation of the documents Of
the State Teachers Association.
No. 257. By Senator Newly: Authorizing
boards of county commissioners to apprO-
pirate money to establish historical So
cieties The bill failed to pass the Senate
on Wednesday became of the lack of a con-
stitutional majority and was called up yes
terday by consent
No 2H. BY Senator Nusbaum: For the
establishment of state department of
hygiene, Senator Gilbert moved to amend
so as to allow the State Board of Health
to make diphtheria anti-tOxin for free dis
tribution to the people, which was done by
consent of the author Senator Gilbert then
secured the amendment providing for de-
crease In the psychologists salary from
S2,0Q0 to 1850 and a. shaving of the appro-
priation from 5000 TO $2,0O0
No. So By Senator Stroup: Regulating
the taxing of dogs and the disposition or
the money received for such taxes.
No. 3Sl. BY Senator Early: Providing for
a special election In April to allow the peo-
pie to adopt or reject the constitutional
amendments passed by the legislative as