The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
HOUSE WORKED ALL DAY.
Representatives Ground Out Routine
While Senators Picnicked.

Representatives Ground Out Routine
While Senators Picnicked.
While the dignifed senators were enjoy
ing holiday the members of the House
held two sessions yesterday-the first Sat
urday sessions of the Sixty-third Genera
Assembly-and they ground out considera
bic business. passing a number of bills, re-
ceiving committee reports and, most i'm
portant of all, receiving the general appro.
priation bill.
Chairman Sayre, of the ways and means
committee, introduced the bill at the open.
ing Of the forenoon session. The bill will
be printed, and on Monday the House will
resolve itself into a committee of the whole
and consider the bill item by item. The
appropriations carried by the bill were
published in yesterdays Journal.
The committee on public morals reported
the Wood bill, providing that saloons may
not be located within a radius of one mile
OF the National Soldiers Home at Marion
In obedience to the demand of the House
Friday that the committee make some kind
OF report OF the measure. The report
recommended the indefinite postponement
of the bill, but there was large and vigor-
Gus protest, and after a limited debate the
report was amended so as to provide for
passage and then adopted
Chairman Stechhan opened the debate by
urging the adoption of the committees re-
port. He said that no one from Marion.
where the soldiers home is situated, had
appeared before the committee to request
the passage of the bill, in spite of the
n IQt Inns hot hnI
In that city was anxious for the bill to be-
come law. 1.-The editor of the Phalanx,
the Prohibition organ, notified me that he
would have a large representation of Ma
ron people before the committee to argue
Tor the bill, said Stechhan, but although
L gave him ample notice of the meeting at
which the bill would be considered, his
ueiegatlon did not appear. L think that
az Tbs nody h mas more to do than to legslate
represented by the editor of the Phalanx. -
STUTESMAN DEFENDS BILL.
statesman, of Miami took UP his cudgel
In defense of the bill. He said that the
cluster of saloons and low dives around the
entrance to the Marion Soldiers Home was
an outrage and a disgrace and a constant
menace to the lives of the old veterans. He
said that the old soldiers were doped and
ROBBED In these resorts that were peopled
by the most despicable birds of prey.
Decker, of Evansville, opposed the BILL
He said that to require the saloons to re-
move mile from the home would not les
sen the evil. The old soldiers who are
ADDICTED to the use of intoxicants would
satisfy their appetiteS If they had to crawl
five miles on their hands and knees to get a
drink, he said. AS long as the saloons are
near the home the soldiers do not get far
protection nj he ff1fa
Decker said that the best thing which could
be done to reduce the evil would be to 60
tapllsh canteen in the home, where the
veterans could get limited amount of pure
liquor.
Bell, of Randolph. favored the bill. as did
also the venerable member from Delaware
MI, carmichael, who made practically his
nrst speech OF the session. Mr.. Carmichael
salu that anything which would in the
sightest degree remove temptation from the
old soldiers should be done
Slack, of johnson, was unuuaIifedlv for
the bill, and he warned the members that
IL they wished to make the saddest mistake
or their legislative lives they needed only
10 defeat this measure. Slack manifested
some Ignorance as to the nature of the in
stitution at Marion by referring to the
members as wards Of the State of Indiana
whom the State was solemny obligated to
protect as a guardian would protect a help
less child. The home is national institu-
ton.
People, Of Laporte, as a member of the
0path
the bill, argued for the adoption of the re-
port. He said that the representatives and
senator's from Grant county were opposed
TO the bill and that they were certainIv in
a position to know what the people of Mari
on want People also submitted a petition
from Marion people protesting against the
bill.
BILL WILL PASS.
However, when the vote was taken on the
report as amended to the effect that the
bill pass there was volume of ayes that
showed that the House was practically
unanimous in favoring the bill
Senate bills Nos. 226, 227 and 22s, affecting
the salaries of the justices of the peace in
Allen county. making the salaries 81 900.
were taken UP on third reading and passed
without opposition after Morgan, of Marion,
by unanimous consent made an amendment
10 No. 22I TO nullify an amendment which
he had tackled to the bill when il was on
second reading. Morgan conceived the idea
that there was something wicked about the
bill when II was on second reading, and he
offered amendment which provided that
the bill should not affect Marion county
Later the discovery was made that the
bill repeats the law fixing the salary of the
justices of this city at $1,000 and provides
a new law fixing the salaries of the justices
in both indianapolis and Fort Wayne at
that figure. BY Morgan's amendment the
justices of this city would be deprived of
their s., 900 salaries.
The House concurred in the Senate
amendments to House bills Nos. 167, 13l and
80
OF the bills passed during the forenoon
the most important were the Indianap polls
track elevation bill and the Statesman bill
exempting from taxation municipal and
state bonds.
Senate bills Nos. 372, 1873. S62. 297. So7. 2ss.
$751; go. 1853, S3i, 313 and 323 were reported
from committee with favorable recom-
mendation. House bill No. AS was recon-
mended for indefinite poStponement.
House bill No. 452 (TalcotD, providing
that South Bend may issue bonds for
school purposes and increasing the number
of school directors of that city, was passed
under suspension OF the rules without on
position. This is the bill that was original
~ introduced by the late Senator Burns
GARD BILL MAY RE KILLED