The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-20


winters and poachers would do more 10
counterfeit the work Of men with principle
than all the good that might come from
five or three years protection.
Mr.. Fortune, of Jacksonville. declared
that Indiana has now the best fish and
game laws OF any State and that there is
radically changed. AS it is, he said, the
farmer has the right OF ordering all tres
passers off his land and is as fully pro-
tected so far as that goes as he would be
If Mr.. Coatss bill should pass.
Senator Gray spoke for the three-year
amendment. saying that IL really favored
the hunter, and IL the quail were given that
length OF time 10 propagate. free from the
attacks of hunters, there would be more
quail than ever.
TWO MAIDEN SPEECHES.
Two maiden speeches were made in sup
port of the bill. Senator Coats and Senator
Presley NJ. Smith. the latter just out OF a
sick bed. broke their silence with arguments
in favor af the passage of the amended
bill. Both contended that necessity exists
for a law that will give the feathered army
a chance to increase it's numbers.
Senator Barlow, who was against the
bill. said there is no necessity for such
law and that the quail are given full pro-
lection under the present laws and the effi-
cient supervision of the game wardens.
This supervision is known to be strict and
productive of good results he declared. IL
quail were given five years to breed unln-
terrupted, they might. he thought, prove
in the end nuisance to farmers:
Senator Ball, as an opponent of the mea-
sure, moved that Ii be recommitted TO the
committee on rights and privileges. After
furry of discussion, the motion was
finally held in order by the Lieutenant
Governor.
Mr. Barcus, of Terre Haute. considered
IL would be unwise, If not ridiculous, TO
pass bill that would prove dead letter
l1rr he Nntr hn win
lated by all kinds of sportsmen, be thought,
so long human nature continues the
same, and there are enough dead laws on
the statute books. There is no reason, he
should be tempered with.
Then Senator Lindley, as the real and
only farmer, came TO the front with an
impassioned eulogy of the little brown bird
as the true friend of the farmer. He elo-
quently pictured the billing and. cooling
or quails in the early morning hours and
told what a sweet sound il is TO the simon
pure agriculturist who has his ear near to
the heart of nature. He alluded TO the
quail hunter as "a giant with blunder-
buss. Think of these fellows going around
shooting the life out of every tomtit they
see." he exclaimed. 1T comes near being
outrageous" Senator Lindley's effort
came near being a prose poem and
breathed an atmosphere of the fields and
the woods.
After another speech by Senator Wood.
In which he said that if a long closed
SedSO0 Oh tnlS KIND were 10 De maze lawful
there would not be one-third many quail
at the end of 1t as there are now, the bill
was recommitted to the committee on
rights and privileges.
Sportsmen of the State are keenly in
terested in the fate of the measure and
legislators in both houses have received APP
peals to prevent such legislation. The SEN
timent seems TO be that quail are efficiently
protected under the present law.
MITCHELL-RESOLUT
The return of John Mitchell to Indian
apolis was made the peg upon which two
resolutions were hung yesterday morning.
Senator Fortune had been sitting back in
his seat waiting to present one, but he
went to sleep temporarily, and Senator
Burns got in ahead of him with a reso-
luton to the effect that the sense of the
body be that John Mitchell is warmly well
coined back to Indiana after his notable
services for the cause of labor. Senator
Fortune went little farther and his reso-
luton provided that committee of three
should be appointed to invite Mr.. Mitchell
10 visit and address the Senate
The Lieutenant Governor appointed Sena-
tor Burns, Senator Fortune and Senator
Newhouse as committee to call upon Mr..
Mitchell and arrange with him a time when
II Will be convenient for him to pay the
Senate visit.
The appearance of the massive figure of
Or. Joseph Swain. former president of the
Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania,
| moved Senator Lindley to ask the chair to
invite DIR. Swain to a seat of honor and to
address the Senate. DR.. Swain was es-
corted to the presidents chair by Senator
| Lindley. His was a familiar figure to many
or the senator's, as on many occasions In
or Indiana University. he had been seen on
the floor OF the Senate. His speech, while
brief, was a pleasant assortment OF
sentences by which he conveyed to the SEN
a nc trnll 9TH mar 1Hor
| of the General Assembly whom he had
known, are men of strength of character
and ability. DIR. Swain is on his way to
Bloomington, where he will take part in
| the ceremony of installing DR.. William
Lowe Bryan as president of Indiana Uni
versity
The Senate had another opportunity for
discussion when Senator Johnstons auto
mobile bill was called up for second reading
Senator Johnston offered an amendment 10
his bill providing that automobiles shall be
| registered by the initials of their owners
| instead OF numbers, as originally provided
Another amendment provided that a
signal from the driver of an approaching
vehicle the automobilist must stop his ma
chine. A number of the senators declared
| that such law would be too drastic, and
| on motion Of Senator Ball the bill was re-
| which had recommended it for passage.
SENATE DAD REAL WORK.
| Some opposition to the Reformatory bill
Of Senator Goodwine was expected when il
| was called up for second reading but there
| was not a whisper against it and the bill
| was passed to engrossment without voice
| being raised. in opposition. The fight in the
Senate on the bill is expected this morning
| when it will be called up for third reading
| Considerable business was transacted by
the Senate yesterday morning and as tn,
| fruits of hard committee work, there were
| numerous measures advanced to engross
| ment and seven bills passed. Among tn,
| bills passed were Senator Parks's bill pro
| viding that the expense of maintaining de
| pendent children in institutions to which
they may be sent shall be borne by tn,
4 twonship sending the children; Senator
| Layman's bill re-appropriating fund fol
| the erection of Indiana monuments on tn,
| battlefield of Shiloh and making an addi
tional appropriation of $500, and Senator
| Woods bill. which provides that 6 PEI
| cent. interest shall be charged on delin
| quent taxes after one years delinquenc,
| In addition to the other penalties prescribed
| by law.
Nine new bills were introduced i'm thu
Senate yesterday morning, none of tran
| scendant Importance.
The policy of holding only morning ses
sions in the Senate will be continued unit
| the committee have disposed of the &C
emulation of bills presented
The Senate adjourned to meet this morn