The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

son and Brown; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Union and Fayette.
The Sparks bill arranges the circuits as
follows:
Forty-second-Orange Washington and
Scott; SHORTCOMINGS, Jackson and Brown;
Sixteenth-Shelby and Johnson: Eighth
Rush and Fayette; rty-seventh-Ripley,
Franklin and Union.
All five of the circuits are Democratic
under the existing arrangement, but all or
them are close; under the change the
Eighth will be safely Republican and all
four of the others strongly Democratic.
Representative Watson has been extremely
active during the day and half that he
has been in the city and has lined up a
formidable support for the bill. Mr.. Ed
wards was not altogether pleased yesterday
at the summary manner in which his Dill
ly against him that he could accomplish
nothing by opposing 1T. That the minority
will oppose the Sparks bill is to be ex-
pected
The House was opened at 10 o'clock with
prayer by the Rev. Lewis Brown. pastor
of st. PauIs Episcopal Church of this city.
The following telegram from Senator
Fairbanks, in answer to the one sent him
by the committee appointed to notify him
of his reelection and to invite him to adj
dress the General Assembly at his convent
ence, was read:
81 am in receipt of your telegram notify
ing me of my reelection to the United
States Senate and inviting me to appear
before the joint session of the General AS
sembly at my convenience. L am profound
ly gratified for the action of the General
Assembly and shall be pleased to appear
before il in its joint sessions on Tuesday,
the 9th inst, at II o'clock. noon. L thank
you most sincerely for your generous con-
CALCULATIONS"
The House voted to hold a joint caucus
with the senate at noon on Tuesday next to
hear the senior senator.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Reports of committees was the first order
of business. and the following bills were
recommended for passage and the reports
concurred in: Appointment of special judge
by Governor if judge in change of venue
cases fails to qualify. Mummert; establish
ing Superior Court in Miami, Wabash and
Huntington counties, Statesman; education
boards bill regarding qualifications of coun-
ty superintendent, Branch; amending COM
pusory education law to exempt children
under fourteen years who may have been
graduated from common schools, Kimball
making IL illegal to kill quail for three
years Lopp; enabling citizens to compel the
building of joint township schoolhouses,
Boulden; providing for State forestry re-
serve, Matthews.
The following bills were killed on recon-
mendations for indefinite postponement:
Against usury, Sherman; authorizing coun-
ties to build market houses, Morton; for
compensation for Joseph Raible for a loss
of an arm while a member of the Home
Guard, Wright; FOR appointment instead of
| election of county councilmen, Schermer-
horn; making county commissioners respon-
sible for accidents due to defective bridges.
BARBER BILLS FATE.
House bill No. Ga. providing for the exam
ination and licensing of BARRIERS and Great
ing State board of examination, was
| taken up on second reading as a special
order. 1t was evident from the amendments
that were offered that there is serious OBJ
| lection to the bill, and after some little
| sparring it was recommitted to the commit
tee on rights and privileges. Such opposi-
ton has developed to the bill that it is
doubtful if it will pass the House.
Senate bills Nos. q. 80, 5S, 63, 80 and 121
were handed down on first reading and
referred to the proper committees.
number of bills were handed down on
| second reading and advanced to engross-
| ment. One of these bills, No. $50, the State
Board of Taxation's measure, is so lone
| that the reading clerk ground away at il
| for an hour and then skipped many sections
before he reached the one declaring an
| emergency. 1t has not been the custom in
| the past to read the bills in full on the Sec
! ond reading, but this year the programme
has been changed. and all bills are read in
| full on both second and third reading II
| is hard on the reading clerk, and he is
heartily in favor of a reversion to old GUS
| TOMS
| House bill No. O0-Baird-providing fo,
| a commission TO distribute bodies for dis
| secting purposes among the various medica
| and dental colleges of the State, was hand.
ed down on second reading, but it was made
| 4 special order for IL o'clock Tuesday
| Mr.. Carmichael, of Delaware, introduced
| the only new bill offered, as the roll-cal
| for the introduction of bills was not reached
| His bill provides for special charter fol
| the city of Muncie, modelled closely after
| the charter of the city of Indianapolis.
The House adjourned until o'clock Mon.
day.