The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-26
Nearly Four Hundred Bills Intro
duced, hut Only Three Have
Passed Both Houses.
FORECAST FOR COMING WEEK
1T WILL BE A MOMENTOUS ONE IN
THE HISTORY OF THE SESSION.
Committee on State Institutions VIII
Report This Week-BiIls Under
C0nsideration-Side

That this week will be momentous one
in the history of the SxtyThird General
Assembly all signs indicate. The fate of
the Reformatory bill will be decided IN the
House Wednesday. and in all probability
nothing which the Legislature will do will
have so much interest for the general pub
lie as the action on the Goodwine measure.
The week will see lot of hard work done
in the committee rooms of the Senate and
the House, and II is expected that the ma
jority of the bills which have been intro
duced will be reported. The policy in both
branches is to do as much work as pos
sible early in the session so as to prevent
an accumulation which would prove diff
cult to handle in the closing days.
Three hundred and ninety-two bills have
been introduced since the Legislature con-
vened Jan. g. OF these 1s4 are Senate bills
and 20s are House bills. The total is slight
ly less than the aggregate for the same
time during the session Of 1901, 4S1 having
been introduced I'm both branches at that
time. 212 In the Senate and 269 in the House
While the conclusion might be drawn that
there Is no tendency toward conservatism
In the introduction of measures this session.
IL IL pointed out on the otner hand that the
senators and representatives are following
the policy Of introducing the most of their
measures during the first few weeks Of the
session and that the bills remaining to be
introduced are few in number.
BILLS BECOME LAWS.
Three bills have been passed both by
the Senate and the House. The bill max
ing an appropriation for the purchase of
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Admiral Henry c. Taylor; the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the expenses of the
General Assembly and the Indianapolis
school bill increasing the tax levy by 6
cents have passed the Senate and the House
and have been signed by the Governor.
In the House Representative Harley's con-
Wet labor bill, continuing the present sys-
TEN, will likely be passed, and Senator Mat
sons bill. identically the same, will be re-
ported favorably in the Senate. A lively
fight Is expected In the Senate over the
bill to establish a state board of examina-
ton for BARRIERS The measure is bitterly
fought by colored BARRIERS of this city and
it will probably be killed. Another bill
which will likely be sent to the graveyard
Is Representative Stechhan's bill to reduce
railroad mileage rates to cents a mile.
of the General Assembly so far has been
transacted in the Senate The commit
tees in the upper house have accomplished
more work with the result that more bills
have been reported and advanced i'm the
Senate. Some OF the important bills that
have been passed by the Senate are: Mr..
Woods bill to increase the salaries of the
Supreme Court judges to $500. Appellate
Court judges to $500 and the reporter of
the Supreme Court to 5000; Mr.. Matson' g
bill creating a state board of audit with
IN nd he
erty of the Vandalia, should the road be
ordered sold by the court; Mr.. Ogborn's
bill establishing a state laboratory of n.y.
giene; Mr.. Askren's bill equalizing the
terms OF county officers; Mr.. Woods bill
providing that per cent. interest shall be
charged on taxes DELINQUENT a year in ad-
Mr. Kittinger's bill giving Supreme and Cir
cult Court judges power to take minor
ehidren I5em hi IN cases; and
railway companies to have closets and
| water tanks in their passenger trains.
In addition to these the Senate has passed
ton, such as Senator Fleming's bill amend
| ing the Fort Wayne charter; Senator
| Parks's bill providing for the cleaning of
bitches, and several bills legalizing the in
| corporation of towns.
BILLS THAT WILL COME UP.
Important business will be considered in
committee rooms of the Senate this week.
lative apportionment will take up the bills
introduced by Senator Wood and Senator
Gray and endeavor to evolve a satisfactory
method of apportioning the State for legis-
lative purposes. The two bills are not
radically different and will be used as a
basis for a substitute measure. The gar
nishee bill introduced by Senator Wood
will be reported in all probability.
After stirring up a lot of dissension in
| the committee room of the first division OF
| the judiciary the bill has been given to a
| subcom mittee consisting of Senators Wood
| and Thompson, who will prepare a SUBJ
stitute bill. AT first all the members, ex-
| cept Mr. Wood himself, were against the
| measure. The labor unions sent represent
4 atives before the committee. but their arg
/ uments were met by representatives OF
i the Merchants Association. The commit
| tee was in something of a quandary.
| Senator Matson's voting machine bill Is
/ made a special order of business for to-
| day az IL 80 o'clock and ii is probable that
| IL will be advanced to engrossment and
| passed later in the week. The bill has beer
| reported favorably and II Is likely that II
will receive the support of the Republican
| members. Another special order of bust.
| ness Tor to-day is Senator Johnston's bill
fixing the penalty fo- criminal assault.
Senator Thompson Is hard at work on hi.
| primary BILL revamping IL 10 meet the sug
| gestons offered at recent citizens meet
| ing at the Statehouse. The bill may be re-
| ported by the committee on elections thi.
| week.
For the bill to establish a juvenile cour
| I'm Indianapolis under the Jurisdiction OF
! the Circuit Court. another bill will prob
| ably be introduced a substitute thi.
week establishing a judicial bench Il
| have exclusive jurisdiction all case:
! to which children may be parties.
So far neither the House nor the Senat,
| has had afternoon sessions and IL will
| probably be found desirable TO continu,
| the policy for sometime. because of tn,
| opportunity IL gives for committees ts
give plenty of time to the consideration
| of bills.
DAUsMAN INSURANCE BILL.