The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-09
HOUSE
Joss Primary Election Bill Wins
Separation Bill Lost.

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The House yesterday afternoon voted to
adopt the Joss bill as the primary election
law for Indiana. This was dom by con-
curing in the report of the conference
committee Of six members of the Legisla-
ture, which considered the measure at
noon yesterday. The committee recon-
mended that the Senate amendment to
House bill No. 40, be adopted and the
House concurred in the report by a vote of
81 to SO. The members of the conference
committee were Speaker Artman and Rep
resentatives Minturn and James, of the
House, and Lieutenant Governor Gilbert,
and Senators Joss and Legeman, of the
Senate. Speaker Artman and the Lieuten-
ant Governor were added to the committee
at the request of the other members when
it was found they could not agree on a re-
port.
Speaker Artman and Representative
Minturn, who introduced House bill No.. 40,
were for the latter bill. The others favored
the Senate amendment, which is really the
Joss bill. When the report of the commit
tee was read in the House. Mr.. Minturn
arose and declared that although he signed
the report recommending that the House
accept the other bill, he did not think any
more of the measure than he did before.
The members voted as follows on the
question of concurring in the report:
Ayes-Adamson. Allen, Beckman,. Bell.
Bishop, Bonham, Burrier, Carmichael,
Clark, Glenn, Cooper, Davis of Wayne, Dill
ley. Erdlitz. Gauntt, Jack, Jackman, Jak-
ways. John, Johnson, Kelley, King, Kirk
man. Marshall of Fountain, Marshall OF
Tippecanoe. Matthews. Maxam, Miller of
kosciusko, Miller of Ohio, Minturn. Num-
inert, Neal, Owen, Parker. Passage, Per-
rett, P%ritchard, Reagan, Reser. Roberts of
Statesman, Thomas. Van Fleet. vestal,
Wesling, Whitcomb, Speaker Artman-5l.
Noes~Airhart' BurkhaTt. Goble- Cotner'
Dirkson, Gerber, Haines, LAIR, Lawrence,
Louttit McCarty, Madden, May, Metsker.
Murphy. Myler. Parks, Reeves, Robertson.
Scifers, Short, Slack, Small, Sparks, Stout,
Trout, Tucker, Waugh, Zollman-33.
THE MEMBERS TALK.
A number of the members gave their
views of the bill in explaining their votes
when their names were called. Representa-
tive Adamson said he had taken a deep in
terest in the movement for a primary cleo
ton law and regretted to have to vote
against the Senate amendment. He voted
no." but, with others, afterward changed
his vote. Representative Davis, of the mi
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the bill in its present form as a pretense
and one made in bad faith. He voted
against concurring in the report. Repre-
sentative Scott voted in favor of the amend
ment, explaining that he did SO inasmuch
as it would only hurt two counties in the
State and as the Republican party had
pledged itself to give the people a primary
election law. LAS this is the only chance to
get one" said Mr.. Scott, in concluding his
explanation, l vote aye" Mr.. Whitcomb
exp.ained that he did not believe the bill
would accomplish as good results as the
one introduced in the House., he would vote
for 1t. IF it had nothing else in IT," he de-
clared, but the section that prevents men
from voting outside their districts, l would
gladly give ii my support Representative
Bonham did not vote until his name was
called as one of the absentees. Then he
voted in the affirmative, saying he regarded
the measure as the best that could be
passed under the circumstances Repre-
sentative Bishop voted aye under pro-
test and not until his name was called as
an absentee. Representative Minturn voted
against cOncurring in the report, but later
changed his vote. He said he did so at the
request of his Republican friends. Repre-
sentatives Mummert and Van Fleet, Of
Elkhart county, first voted against concur
ring in the report, but changed their votes.
announcing that they did so because of the
fact that the bill would not affect their own
county.
AGAINST SEPARATION.
The bill introduced by Senator Good
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separate the Industrial School for Girls and
Woman's Prison was considered by the
House, but the action taken was unfavor-
able. The House declined TO suspend the
rules and pass the bill, although friends of
the measure made an earnest appeal in its
interests. The bill provided for the reloca-
ton and separation of the two institutions
on other lands in Marion county. but did
,A~ rAo;fx- tho In-I- Il o;+ A.
preparation for carrying out the provisions
of the bill to $4,000 and placed the matter
in the hands of a commission to be COM
posed of the Governor, auditor of state ami
man urged that the House pass the meas
ure, as IL was a meritorious one. He said
this was an excellent time for the House
to give a united vote on a bill that deserved
favorable consideration. Representative
Louttit, Democrat, was also in favor of the
separation of these two institutions, and
said he thought the rules should be suS-
pended and the bill passed. Representa-
tive Davis, of Greene, fought the bill, de-
claring 1t to be a mere pretense for sep
arating the institutions, although it may
have been in good faith. The bill did not
provide where the institutions were to be
relocated, he said, and under this bill they
might be separated and still be practically
together. He said he would oppose the bill
as a block in the way of final separation
OF these institutions. Mr.. Slack was OPP
posed to the bill, and Mrs. Sellers objected
to it's passage, saying it should have been
more specific. Mr.. Whitcomb spoke in IA
vor of the bill, pointing out that the OBJ
jections raised by those who had spoken
against ii were purely technical. On motion
of Mr.. Whitcomb a vote was taken on the
question of suspending the rules. The mo-
ton failed, as not a sufficient number of
votes were cast In favor of suspending the
rules. The vote stood SO for and 20 aeains.
the proposition. The members voted as fol-
lows:
Bishop, Bonham. Burrier, Carmichael,
Clarke, Glenn, Cooper, Davis of Wayne, Dill
ley, Dudley, Erdlitz, Jack, Jakways,
James, John, Johnson, Kelley, King, Kirk
man, Marshall of Fountain, Marshall of
Tippecanoe, Matthews, Maxam. Miller of
gan, Morton, Mummert, Neal, O~stermeyer,
owen, Parker, Parks, Passage, Perrett.
Pritchard, Reagan, Reser, Roberts of JEFF
ferson, Schroeder, Scott, Short, Small,
Sparks, Stookey, Stout, Statesman, Thomas,
Van Fleet. Vestal, Whitcomb, Zollman.
Speaker Artman.
Noes-Airhart. Burkhart, Galley, Coble.
Cotner, Cox, Culley. Davis of Greene, Dick
son. Gerber, Haines, Jackman. LAIR, Lawr-
ence, Lopp. Madden, May, Metsker, Muller,
Murphy, Myler, Reeves, Robertson. Sellers,
Slack, Trout, Tucker, Waugh. Wesling.
Of the Republicans, Representatives
Wesling and Muller voted against suspend
ing the rules. Messrs. James, Parks. Pas
sage and Zollman. of the minority side
of the House, voted in favor of the motion
to suspend the rules. Nothing further
was done with the bill. as it was too late
to push the measure through in the regular
way.
OTHER BILLS PASSED.
Among other measures passed during the
afternoon was Senator Ogborn's bill, No.
45O, providing that the children of those