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

great pleasure TO be in a position to state
that so far / have had no occasion to call
a meeting of my committee, which, con-
sidering that this House has been in
session now for about two weeks, during
which time the members of the same have
had a great deal of leisure, which accord
ing to the generally accepted theory in
vites Generalization, Is certainly matter
Furthermore. the commonwealth more
especially constituents, whom we rep
resent and. metaphorically speaking, SIT
in judgment, 1 have just cause TO feel
proud of It's servants, so we find little to
criticise.''
Mr.. Stechhan is apparently finding that
the duties of the chairman of the public
morals committee are by no means irk-
some
MR.. MUIR's BILL.
The committee on judiciary recommended
Mr.. Muir's bill, grading the punishment for
embezzlement the punishment for lar
ceny is graded. for passage, and recon-
mended that Mr.. McDowells bill concern
ing taxation be indefinitely postponed. The
committee also recommended favorably
Mr.. Denbo's bill, No. A. making the law
prohibiting the sale of lottery tickets more
stringent and providing that whoever shall
rent a building or any other structure to
any person who shall therein engage in the
sale of lottery tickets of any kind shall be
punishable by a fine of from $40 to $500.
Mr.. Cravens, of Jefferson. endeavored to
secure the reconsideration of his bill pro-
viding for the sanitary construction of
schoolhouses, which was killed Friday by
the committee on education. He moved
that the report of the committee be re-
considered, and after some skirmishing this
motion was held out of order. Mr.. Sayre
then came to the rescue with the proper
motion, which was to the effect that the
vote of the House in concurring in the COM
mittee's report be reconsidered. When this
motion was put to a vote IL appeared to the
casual listener that the ayes and noes were
about equal in volume, but the speaker de-
clared that the noes had it and refused to
grant Mr.. Miller's demand for a division
holding that the request was made after
the result had been declared.
Later, however, Mr.. Cravens succeeded in
reviving his bill. The speaker left the hall
and called Mr.. Sayre to the chair Mr.:
Cravens then offered a motion that his bill
be recommitted. Mr.. Kirkman raised a
point Of order. but the chair held the mo-
ton in order, and on the vote that followed
he declared that the bill was recommitted.
Twenty-Five new bills were offered on the
roll call of counties, and one OF them, No.
135 (Dirkson), fixing the time OF holding
| court I'm the Twenty-sixth judicial circuit,
was passed under the suspension of the
rules. Among the new bills was one for the
suppression of anarchy and the teaching
| of anarchy. Mr.. Kirkman is the author.
| The bill is a material modification OF the
| anti-anarchy bill offered in the upper house
| by Senator Parks in that Ii emphasizes
| solely the matter of the teaching of an
years Imprisonment with a fine not to ex-
| coed S.. 600, and provides that any one who
| shall rent a building or room for anarchis-
| tic meetings shall be liable TO imprisonment
| of from one to three years. The author of
| the bill holds that the existing homicidal
| laws are sufficient safeguard for that phase
| of the question and that Indiana should
keep pace with ether States in passing laws
| striking at the propagation and promulga-
| ton of anarchistic principles. The Dill is
modelled on a law adopted by the New York
4 Il yic1o tt,r0 Of
| On motion by Mr.. Kirkmen the House ex-
| tended cordial welcome to John Mitchell.
the president of the United Mine workers
| of America, and appointed a committee OF
| three to wait on President Mitchell TO In
/ vite him to address the House at any time
| that would suit his convenience. Messrs.
| this committee.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
1 Mr.. Luhring offered motion that when
| the House adjourn ii stand adjourned until
4 10 o'clock this forenoon.
| Mr.. Sherman, of Decatur, asked permits
| sion to introduce a bill the reading OF
| which furnished diversion for the tired leg
| islators. The bill is entitled an act for the
| relief of II. c. Smell. of Decatur county.
and appropriating the sum of SIS to pay
said Smell for a saddle bride and saddle
| blanket that were taken from him in 1868.
/
| was referred to the committee on claims.
Smell has been trying to get reimbursement
| for this saddle and bride for several years.
and the bill has been introduced at pre-
| vious sessions
| House bill No. 7-Bouden-providing for
| the restriction of contagious diseases, was
| made a special order for Wednesday at II
| o'clock No. 64-Berndt-providing for the
| issuance of licenses to BARRIERS and estab-
| fishing a State board of examiners, was
| made the special order for 10 o'clock Fri
| day. These bills came up on second read
ing House bills Nos. 46, 81. LOG and "a
| which also came up on second reading. were
| advanced to engrossment.
| Senate bills Nos. 4, 5, Is, 20, Is, 80, 81 and
| rs were handed down on first reading and
referred to the proper committees. House
| bills Nos. 81 50 and 81 were handed
down on third reading, and the first two
| were passed, while the last was made a
| special order for 1890 o'clock to-day. No
81 is Representative Muir's bill providing
| that the probate commissioner of this
| county may employ an additional assistant
| No SO is Representative Bamberger's meas.
ure legalizing the Incorporation of the town
| of Southport, this county. No. 81 is the
| bill introduced by Representative STAINS
bury at the instance of the State Bar Asso.
citation, and it provides for appeals from
justices and municipal courts in misde.