The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-07

the fees are uncolIectable and that they
have made an effort TO collect them, was
set as a special order for 10 o'clock TUESDAY
on motion of Mr.. Sayre- When the latter
sent up his motion the friends OF the Dill
became alarmed. as he has been dlspiay.lnns
a propensity for slaughtering salary bills.
and they were greatly relieved TO find that
he desired nothing more than 10 defer &C
ton on the bill. Mr.. Sayre indicated that
he was not hostile to this bill, as he Is
toward salary-increasing measures
TERMS OF COUNTY OFFICERS
Senator Askren's bill. which provides that
all county officers shall assume the duties
of their respective offices on the first day
of January, was handed down on third
reading, and some opposition developed TO
it, Mr.. Boyd, Democrat, of Putnam. spoke
against the bill, taking the ground that II
was in the interests of the present officials
whose terms would be extended for periods
ranging from a few months TO a year. He
also pointed out that the present system has
it's advantages i'm that the officers come in
one at time and the county does not find
itself with an entire new set OF ineAperi-
enced officials all at once. The ola ones
can help the new ones with SUGGESTIONS
and the county'S business VIII De peter
handled under the present system, ne salu-
The bill was passed, however, with only
four negative votes, seventy-elght Votihs
Just before adjournment Mr.. sherman
asked unanimous consent TO introduce
memorial against Sunday baseball from
Decatur county people He said the docu-
ment had all of twenty-fiv signatures. OBJ
jections were raised and the memorial sun
fingers in the desk OF the member from
Decatur.
/ On the opening of the afternoon session
Mr. People. of Laporte, attempted to oifer
a motion to reconsider the vote by which
the House on Thursday defeated the bill
4 for fxxn Odd mo-
inspectors and increasing the pay of all the
inspectors. Speaker Marshall refused to
recognize him, however. as the motion was
| out of order at that time. The afternoon
slipped away and the House adjourned
without the motion being offered again
and considered. and consequently the fac
| tory inspectors bill is dead, very dead. so
far as the lower branch of the Legislature
| is concerned.
Four House bills were advanced to en-
| grossment without amendment or discus
| sion, and twelve Senate bills were handed
| down on first reading and referred TO the
proper committees. House bill No. 20
! Miner-to prevent the fraudulent transfer
| of stocks of merchandise, was placed on
its passage and lively fight opened.
SLACK is UBIQUITOUS.
Representative Slack, the minority floor
| leader took the floor and assailed the
measure bitterly. This Is bill to take
the goose of the POOR man to feather the
bed of the rich man." he exclaimed. 1T is
class legislation, it is special legislation for
interests that are given plenty of protection
| under the existing laws
| Mr.. Adair, the minority caucus chairman.
took issue with his colleague. This bill, -
| he said, with heat, lis right and should be
passed 1t is aimed at the damned thief
who buys a stock of goods on credit, sells
it under the cover of night and slips out of
| the State, leaving his creditors with the bag
to hold Mr.. Adairs off-hand and familiar
use of the vigorous adjective which he at
tached to thief rather took the breath OF
the galleries and the House, 1t being the
! first time during the session that a member
has awaited himself of license to wax pro-
| fame, but he uttered 1t in such sincere
manner that the speaker hadn't the heart
to call him down. His speech made an i'm
preston.
Mr.. Bamberger, of Marion county, fol-
lowed in defense of the bill. He paid par
ticular attention to Mr.. Slack, saying that
| he was surprised, shocked. alarmed,
grieved, panied and, in fact, generally up
| such palpable play to the galleries when
he had not opposed the bill when 1T was
considered in the judiciary committee. Mr..
Slack took exceptions to this by declaring
that he had opposed the bill in committee
WELL" replied Bamberger, you have
made your statement; stand by mine. :
the measure, which, he declared. would
work injustice on no honest man.
Mr.. Sellers spoke against the bill and
/ Mr.. Boulder for Ii. The vote was then
taken, and it was passed-62 to 20.
| BASEBALL MEMORIAL KILLED.
! Mr.. Watsons bill amending the law es-
tablishing the State Board of Embalmers
was reported from the committee on health
with two recommendations-the majority.
| that it pass with amendments; the minor
| ity, that it be indefinitely postponed. The
vote on the question of concurring in the
minority report was tie-33 to 33-and the
report was lost. No one raised the obvious
point that quorum did not vote on the
| question.
Mr.. Slack introduced a memorial against
Sunday baseball from Johnson county peo-
pie, and on motion by Mr.. Luhring, Sec
onded vigorously by a dozen members, the
memorial was laid on the table.
| Mr.. Allen arose to address the chair and
the speaker recognized him as the mem
Der from away back in the corner" not
| being able to call his county. The unique
| recognition raised hearty burst of laugh
ter and applause. Mr.. Allen wanted to
! offer memorial, but the House was weary
| of being 'memorialized' and objections
| were raised.
Mr.. Luhring offered a resolution providing
that the House pay its copying clerks S:
per day, the same allowance made for the
same employment by the Senate, but the
| speaker held the resolution out of order
AT $3.50 o'clock the House adjourned and
1T stands adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday
EPISODE IN THE HOUSE.