Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-02-15
NOTES OF LEGISLATURE.

8. F. Shively. of South Band. paid the
senate and house brief calls the other
day. He took occasion to say word row
and then against the proposed amend
ments 10 the South Bend charter against
which all the members of the South Bend
council. with one exception. have passed
a resolution.
Representative Hopping has Withdrawn
his bill TO provide free text books for
school children. III order TO amend it. A
section fixing tax for i fund for the
books was left out and as soon as the
change Is made he viii again present IL
Mr.. Hopping figures that the bill would
entail special tax levy of one-half or
L per cent IL * expected that there
Will be majority report against the bill
by the house education committee. but
there Will also be minority report. The
house committee Will report unfayorably
on Mr.. MaXam's bill providing for the
election OF county school superintendent
by popular vote.
Mr. Carmichael. of Delaware. expects
to introduce in the house. in the near
future. bill, prepared by Or. ". A.
Spurgeon. Il member of the State Board
of Medical Registration and Examina-
ton, which prohibits county commission
ers granting liquor licenses to any per
son who has not held such a license and
a "A
OF one year previous to the application
The purpose of the bill according TO
the author. Is to contine the LIQUOR bust
ness 10 men of experience who will not
commit the social wrongs that a new
man TO the business might commit I'm
his desire TO build up his trade. DR.
Spurgeon says that he believes that the
temperance people will favor this bill
when they have become familiar with its
provisions Mr.. Scott montgomery also
has a temperance measure which he will
introduce in the house. This bill was
prepared by Eli r Ritter OF Indian
apolis. and embodies the ideas of the
Anti-Saloon League as 10 correct tenn
perance legislation. The bill amends the
Nicholson law by providing that a re-
monstrance of the majority of the legal
voters OF any township against the
granting of a liquor license TO any one
man shall prohibit the county commits
sioners from granting a license to any
man I'm that township, for a period OF
two years from the date of the fling of
the remonstrance-
islature show that there are varied and
peculiar ideas about the laws of the
state.-Muncie Times.
In the senate the Kentucky question
was brought up again by Senator Still
well. WHO luiIOuuCtu Ills lOTfner reSOln-
ton In a slightly altered form. EXPRESS
ing the sentiment of the senate that Tay-
lor and Finley. kentucky refugees in In
diana should be returned to Kentucky
on a requisition by Gov. Beckham. Still
well conferred with some of the Repub-
lican members. ard an agreement was
reached by which President Gilbert was
to hold the resolution i'm order. and. on
motion of that Republican member n
was to be made special order for discus
sion one day this week
The Democrats of Cass county have
started fight against Senator Win
deld's bill TO make Cass and Pulaski one
judicial district. They are also opnosed
TO the proposition to put Cass county
I'm the Superior Court district now com
posed of Grant and Howard counties
Charges of n most sensational character
are being made against the management
Of the Indiana reformatory at Jefferson
Vile and Ii is stated that the COMMITTEES
anpointed TO investigate the institution
will he confronted with an astounding
condition of affairs in reference to tho
extrayagant waste of the peoples MON
ey Those who are in a position to know
cav there Is a deficit of at least 900
600 and that the amount may far exceed
that sum when the exact condition OF
affairs is made public.