Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-01

and lived but three hours after the &C.
cident His companions faces were
burned, but not seriously.
Legislative Notes.
Indianapolis, Feb. 26-The bill ask
| ing that the state maintain normal
school at Muncie, was Withdrawn this
evening.
The trading stamp bill will come up
III the senate tomorrow. IL is unques
| tionably the strongest lobbied bill of
this session of the legislature. The
railroad consolidation pill brought a
| lobby in favor of the passage of the BILL
but there were no opposing lobbyists.
1t was very one sided. But this trad
ing stamp bill has brought twenty men
from various parts of the state repre-
senting the merchants associations,
who are demanding the passage of the
bill. The trading stamp msnipulators
have more than dozen paid attorneys
here labOring TO defeat the measure.
There are not many cities in Indiana
which have not sent long lists of peti
tIons and telegram after telegram urg-
ing the passage of the bill. The
strongest men in the senate have been
won to the support of the bill. Senator
Brooks, who voted to kill the bill in
committee, has declared that he will
not only vote for it, but will speak in
favor of its passage.
temperance bill making a remonstraDce
against one saloonkeeper good against
all ssloonkeepers in the ward or town
ship for six months, has not called up
the bill on passage because of the pow
arful lobby of the whisky dealers which
i is here TO defeat it.
The mem bers of the house this morn
| ing received circular attacking the
Calumet canal bill and attempting to
show that TIE project is in the interest
of few land companies, and that it
would be unfair to the small property
owners, who would be assessed.
The real object of the republican
leaders In Withdrawing the bill sppro.
priating money to erect governors
mansion has been learned. The legis-
ature was carefully canyassed and it
was found there were enough republi-
cans ION the fence" to render the fate
of the bill extremely doubtful. 1t was
also known that Representative Davis,
democratic leader. was preparing to
make hard fight against it, and 1t was
TO prevent the democrats from obtain.
ing credit for killing the bill that it
was withdrawn.
Representative Bishops anti-kidnsp.
ping oil was passed in the house this
morning yeas and no
opposition. The bill Furnishes kid
| nappers, without reference TO the age
of the person kidnapped, providing the
object is ransom. The punishment
NAV be life imprisonment and cannot
be less than ten years.
A fight over Senator Brooks express
bill took place in the house this morn
ing. This bill places tax on all for
eign express companies and it is rum
Ored that Senator Thomas G. Plat, of
New \ ork, who is largely interested in
the express business, Is taking hand,
through Indishs republican leaders, in
killing the bill. Chairman BOnham of
the house judiciary committee, which
recon mended the bill for passage, de-
nies this rumor.
| Senator Agnew's anti trust bill, the
first bill introduced in .he senate, was
called this afternoon on special order
On melton of Senator Gochenour, Rep
resentatiye Cooper's antitrust bill wss
called from the committee and substi-
tuted for the Agnew bill. President
Gilbert ordered the Cooper bill read
second time. 1t was then open for
amendment, and quick as fash Senator
Inman was on his feet with an amend
ment. President Gilbert refused to
recognize Inman and ordered the bill
engrossed. Inman appealed from the
decision of the chair and the latter was
sustained by strictly party vote of 81
to II. There were several wsrm passes
between minority members and the
president, and Gilbert was roundly
jeered during his czarish proceedings.