The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-26
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If Anyone Believes the Leg
islature Has Not Been
Busy, Look Here!
SENATE IS STILL AHEAD
Of 500 Bills introduced Two Are
Signed by Governor and One
Awaits Signature.
Especial to Lake County Times) +,


Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 26.--Two bills
signed by the governor; third pass
ed by the two branches of the general
assembly ard ready for the governors
action; a total of COS bills introduced,
of which 325 have been introduced in
the house and 2S4 in the senate; ten
bills passed by the house. and four
teen passed by the senate; nineteen
bills killed by the house and fifteen
killed by the senate-this, in brief, tells
the story of the first two weeks Of leg
islature.
For many reasons the senate is ad-
vanced faster than the house; it is a
smaller body; it is more wieldy, not
only because of its size, but because
one party is overwhelmingly in the
majority; more than one-half of the
members are old hands at the business,
including the president, Lieutenant
Governor Miller. who IS very fine pre-
siding officer. Because of these things
the senate is in far better shape than
the body on the east side OF the state
house.
House In killing Mood.
Truoghour the two weeks the house
has been in a killing humor. Anti
lobby bill, backed by the governors mes
sage; the bill abolishing the board of
pardons the bill against capital pun
ishment-these, the chief bills killed
In addition to this two bills carrying
small appropriations We're killed-one
raising the salary OF the geologist from
$4,000 to $4,000, and one appropriating
money with which to fight the San
Jose scale, the latter bill being killed
because of a fight in the state horticul-
tural society. OF the TEN bills passed
by the house, only one, a bill relating
to the preservation of shrubs and trees
deserves any mention. The others are
local. The house, with the senate is
given credit for the passage of the two
joint resolutions, one requiring the rail-
road commission to investigate the two
wrecks and one authorizing the gov
ernor to aid the flood sufferers.
Women Lose out.
The only two bills of Importance
killed by the senate were the ones in
creasing the amount paid to the cir
cult judges over the state from $4,000
to $4,000 and the one specifically per-
mittihg women to hold state offices
and be eligible to the different state
boards.
portance have been passed by this body
the one forbidding barbering on Sun
day. the ono permitting owners or
tenants to hunt on their own land
without a license, and the bill abolish
ing the state board of pardons To
this must also be added the blind tiger
bill that was passed so overwhelm
this week
The one bill ready for the governor
action IS the bin passed by the senate
yesterday afternoon, providing for the
creation OF a superior judgeship for
St Joseph and Elkhart counties. This
was a house bill and it passed the SEN
ate by a good vote, thus putting it UP
TO the governor What his action on
this bill Will be IS not known; some
say that this will be his first veto;
he has been Investigating the matter,
1t IS understood
Children Must Pay Fare.
The two cent fare bill was the first
of the five republican platform meas
ues that has seen the light of day.
The Bland two cent fare bill was re-
ported out of the senate committee yes
terday. and the favorable report was
concurred in. This bill provides for
two cent fare when tickets are pur-
chased. and additional half cent when
the fare is paid on the train. Children
under five years of age are to pay one
cent mile This bill has no specific
provision to baggage being carried
free. and it is expected that this will
be inserted in the bill.
Public depository bill viii probably
be the next one reported. Six different
bills have been introduced, but it is
thought that by the frst OF next week
the essential features of a good bill will
be decided on by the house and senate
committees. These committees will
hold joint session Monday night.
Last night Fassett 4 Cotton. state
superintendent of public instruction.
Professor J. N Study, Fort Wayne. and
President w. w Parson of the state
normal presented the argument in the
teachers bills to the senate committee
on education. This was the last meet
ing Of the week.