The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-05
PASSED TWENTY-FIVE BILLS.


The House reeled off business at the after
noon session yesterday. passing in all TWEEN
ty-two bills. Most of them went through
without a fight. but some little opposition
developed to few of them.
Warren Sayre got his knife out and start
ed after Senate bill No. 112-Stricler-pro-
viding for the compilation, revision and
codification of the corporation laws. but he
started a little too late and was not able
to accomplish his purpose. The bill was
read third time. and the roll call started
while he was busy looking after another
matter. and he did not have a chance TO
say anything against the bill until his name
was called He explained his vote by stat
ing his objections to the bill in few terse
sentences The Legislature of 1881, he said,
passed bill providing for the codification
OF the statutes, and the original bill pro-
vided for small salaries and small eX-
pense for the work, but at the next session
ii was found that the work had not been
completed, and increased salaries and addi-
tional expenses were asked for and granted
until, in the end the work cost the State
over 100000. He said that the bill in hand
would bring about similar result. This
bill contemplates the expenditure of a sum
member from Wabash, but you will find
that before the work ii provides for is
completed another $4,000 will have been
expended by the State. / vote no.
Stookey spoke for the bill in explaining
his vote-taking issue for once with his
friend from Wabash on a question of econ
omy-and during the roll call Sayre did
little missionary work among the members,
but the bill was passed by vote of 60 to 10.
Sayre also opposed Senate bill No. 235-
Wolcott-enabling married women to bor-
row money on their own responsibility.
characterizing it as measure to enable
worthless and designing husbands to in
duce their wives to sign notes, mortgages,
etc. for their the husbandsD benefit. His
efforts were equally fruitless, however, and
the bill passed by vote of 50 to 10.
The Gard fee and salary bill, as amended
to apply only to county recorders, was
taken up on second reading and then passed
under suspension of the rules by vote of
81 to IA without any debate.
Senator Goodwines bill providing for the
sale of the lands of the Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb and for the establishment
of new institution. was passed by vote
of 70 to A.
House bill No. 5s-Adar-providng that
county auditors and treasurers shall pub
lish all their legal notices in two papers of
opposite political affiliations, was passed
under the suspension of the rules by vote
of Sc to 20. Representative Bell opposed the
bill and said that it was printers graft
The other bills that were passed are
shown i'm the legislative routine i'm another
column.
Representative Sherman introduced a res
olution appropriating 81 a day for John
Ward, the colored man who has the boot
black privilege in the House. He said that
Ward had been of a great deal of assist
ance in the cloakroom. The resolution was
referred to the committee on claims.
On resolution by Bamberger the House
voted to adjourn at IL 80 o'clock Friday
out of respect to the late General Foster
and TO go in a body to view his remains as
they lie in state under the rotunda of the
Statehouse.
Just before adjournment the committee
on rights and privileges reported the bar
bers' BILL recommending that it be referred
to the committee on agriculture an easy
way of killing it. or of entombing il after
it was already practically dead. Berndt, of
Cass, and Jackiey, of Madison, tried to de-
feat the report of the committee, but it was
concurred in.