The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-19
Luman K. Babcock Who intro
duced Bill at Last Session
Will Present 1t Again and
Has Supporters.
MARSHALL SAYS HIS LIFE
BELONGS TO THE STATE.
Will Make No Chautauqua En-
gagements During His Term
Unless His Salary Is Too
Small.
Ellis Searles.

Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 1S.-An IN
heritance tax bill will be introduced at
the next session of the legislature by
Luman K. Babcock, Representative
from LAGRANGE and Steuben counties
Babcock introduced such bill at the
last session, but it failed to go
through. He is just as thoroughly
convinced now as ever that the inheri-
tance tax Is good one.
The bill introduced at the last ses-
sion divided inheritances into three
classes. viz: those ranging from $2O,-
600 to $50, 600; $4,000 to $4,000; from
$4,000 to $4,000; and those of more
than $4,000 The tax provided rang
ed from 2 per cent on the smallest in
heritance to per cent on the highest
class. Babcock does not know yet
just how nearly like this bill his new
measure will be.
It is likely, also. that the inheritance
tax bill will find its champions In the
senate In the session of 1905, Senator
Wickwire introduced such bill that
ed in the lower branch that bill to
raise revenue could not originate in
the senate. For this reason 1t was
necessary to introduce bill in the
house and 1t was then SO late in the
session that the measure did not get
through.
Senator Wicxwire will not be in the
senate this year, but the inheritance
tax bill will probably have champion
in Senator Edgar Poe Killing, who in
troduced such a measure in the last
senate, and will probably do all he can
for any house bill of the kind that
comes over to his side during the next
session.
The old question of negotiable In
strument law which had been consid-
cred by the legislature for many years,
will come up again at this session.
Representative Babcock has in mind a
negotiable instrument bill that he will
introduce. He introduced such a bill
at the last session, but 1t did not get
out of the committee room. He has
been making study of the question
since that time and will have more
reasons than ever for presenting the
law at this session. Speaker Branch
was one of the strong foes of the me-
gotiable instrument bill during the
last session. 1t is said that thirty
three states have introduced law ex-
actly like the one desired for Indiana.
Indiana is said to be one of the four
large commercial states that has no
such law. The National Bar associa-
ton has been trying hard to get the
negotiable instrument law passed in
all the states.
Announce Themselves.
Charles R. Pollard, of Delphi, has
announced that he is a candidate for
member of the State Tax Board. So
is George Wolf, of this city, and so is
Parks Martin, the present democratic
member.
Mayor James Lyons, of Terre Haute,
is an applicant for the position of war
den of the Jeffersonville prison.
Representative A. ]. Behymer, of
Elwood, was In the city yesterday,
looking after his chances for election
as speaker Of the house. He believes
he Is going to land the place.
viii Not Lecture.
It has been learned that Governor
elect Thomas r. Marshall has refused