The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-19
FIGHT IS CARRIED
into LEGISLATURE
Indiana University scores
First Point in Her Battle
with Purdue.
MEDICAL SCHOOL FIGHT
BOTH SCHOOLS TO BE ALLOWED
TO SET FORTH THEIR CoNTEN
TIoNs BEFORE THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
MEDICAL SCHOOL FIGHT
(By Demas S. Coe.)

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 18.-There
is merry war between Indiana and
Purdue universities and the battle
royal between the two to- gain legis-
lative action whereby one or the 9th
er shall be taken under the wing of
the state in their project TO establish
a medical course, is some days off,
but preliminary skirmishes which
have been pulled off in hotel corri-
dors of late, are now being transferr-
ed TO the halls of the general assem-
bly, Both Purdue and Indiana have
bills in both senate and house author
izing the establishment of medical
colleges. In the senate today the
committee on judiciary which had un-
der consideration the Indiana bill, de-
cided to report favorably. The Pur-
due hackers made a howl. Senator
Will Wood of Lafayette who intro
duced the Purdue bill in the senate
led the opposition and he won out,
compelling the judiciary committee
to withhold the report until hearing
had been given. The educational
committee to which the Purdue bill
had been heard had planned a public
hearing in the senate chamber next
Tuesday night and a truce was de-
cIared by which both senate COM
mittees will join in the meeting on
Tuesday night and the senate cham
Der will ring out with the oratory
from the throatS of the friends of
both universities. In the house today
however, Indiana won point over
diana's bill reporting to the house
that the bill should be passed. There
was a protest but the house concur
red in the recommendation, the mo-
tion to concur getting a slender mar
gin of three votes. 1t appears that
Indiana university is showing the
best diplomacy and also the best pre-
paration in the way of political play.
They have out-generaled the Purdue
leaders up to date, but just what the
general assembly will do at the con-
clusion is difficult to determine
Nm
In the house this afternoon the bill
which seeks to abolish the Indiana
port of the committee being divided.
The majority report favored the in
definite postponement of the bill,
which means its death, the minority
report, backed the democrats, or
many of them, favored its passage.
There was pratory of the widest
kind, and the democrats charged that
it was time that some of the numer-
Gus state boards were being abolished
if the state of Indiana ever expected
to get out of debt. The republican
leaders, however, showed thht the
state debt is being pared down each
year and that state boards were doing
a good for the people of the com
which they had never
known 1t was pointed out that the
board of pardons was fulfilling a spec
ial mission and that its work had
been meritorious. The bill may bob
up again later in the session.
Senator Woods anti-Sunday bar
bering bill was passed in the senate
this afternoon without opposition.
The bill also will pass the house and
will be one of the first acts of the
general assembly. 1t will
effect barber shops principally in In
this being the only city
where they are being permitted to
operate on Sunday
Senator Will Wood is holding the
center of the stage in the senate He
has introduced more bills than any
other member and he is at all times
busy. His bill which provides that
city councils shall supervise and
pass on the budgets" or estimate of
expenses made out by a school board
promises to stir up a bad racket As
stated in these dispatches yesterday,
It is claimed that the organization of