The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-04
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indianapolis correspondence:
The travelling men of Indiana are
feeling sore at the efforts made by the
factory inspectors office to defeat the
Furnas bill, requiring better protection
against fire in hOtels-a bill that re
quires fire escapes TO be put on the
buildings. The bill provides that the
inspections shall be made by the chief
of the fire department or the township
trustee. The horror Of the ,veline ho-
tel fire at TT. Wayne, is still fresh in
the minds of tie boys on the road The
factory inspector asserted before the
committee that he would need six more
deputies to carry out the provisions OF
the bill. The travelling men say be will
need no deputies-in fact they do not
want the factory inspectors Office to
have anything to do with the inspec-
ton.
From every point in Indiana they are
arriving. Nicely dressed gents, many
of them carrying alligator skin grips
and with big rolls of money i'm their
pockets. They are arriving to have a
good time and help the members of the
legislature transact their business. 1t
Is the same old lobby. 1t is the clerks,
the sheriffs, the recorders, the auditors
aid the various county, township and
towns officers. They are coming because
Representative McSinnis of Morgan
has introduced bill to repeal the sher-
IFS law that was passed earlier in the
session when the members of the legis-
lature were not looking.
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Representative Will Jay was not
present when the Tomlinson liquor bill
was passed i'm the House and he is get
ting a good deal of joshing in conse-
quence but he really does not deserve
IT. Mr. Jay did not know the bill was
coming up and was at his Rushville
home, sick But up to that time he
made a hard fight in the committee
against the repeal of the county option
law, and if he had been on hand would
have voted against its repeal. The
folks at home have no need to worry
about Mr.. Jays position on the county
option law. He stands to keep ii on
| the books
1t is understood that when the right
angle is reached an amendment will be
added to the Tomlinson liquor bill.
r1a Iii ha horr Of
u o'clock instead Of IL o'clock, and
changing the hour Of opening from 5 In
the morning TO 6 in the morning. The
assertion is made for this amendment
that it will reduce the violation of the
law because the saloon keepers viii be
willing to close up at midnight The
amendment. ii is understood. is to an
ply to cities of 10000 population and
OVER.
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The bill amending the present anti
| cigarette law has been reported favor
| ably in the House. and when it comes
up for passage there will not be a great
deal of opposition to it, This bill will
| legalize the sale of cigarettes to adults
and prohibit the selling of cigarettes to
minors. And the funny part of it all is
that there is no lobby here for or
against the bill-the first time such n
thing has happened in Indiana for al
most quarter of century
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| A large number of railroad employees,
conductors, engineers and brakemen
have arrived to look after the bills I'm
| troduced affecting railroads. There Is
q labor committee here at the legisla-
turs that is supposed to watch the in
terosts of railroad employees. but the
companies do not appear to like the
| way the watching is being done, and
have brought in the trainmen to defea.
the bills the labor committee is sup
| porting. And so there is clash.
The members of both houses are del
uged with kilograms and petitions ask
| ing them to vote for the bill making an
| appropriation of 100000 for n ma
chinery hall at the fair grounds. The
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to DO things, but the bill is going TO
have rough shedding in the House just
/ thu same
Dan Reed knows how il is himself.
| nOv. When he was a member from
Fountain county his life was made UNI
happy by the lobbyists who desired his
| vote on certain bills Now ne is MEM
ber of the State Board of Agriculture
AMI he is making life unhappy for some
| OF the others
1T is strange, passing strange. how
| all the fellows who are after special
appropriations and wish claims allowed
are lining up against the merchants
uniform accounting bill. bill that viii
prevent grating i'm public Office.
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4 large bunch of petitions asking
the legislature to make an appropria-
ton for $4,000 to build an armory at
FIT. Wayne recently arrived.
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The Senate and House are opened
every morning with prayer. but no
minister of the gospel e2sr asks divine
help for the third house.
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The General Assembly of Indiana
will adjourn sine die March =.
Has WhooPinG Cough AIT 70.
At the age of a. Michael Gait. a farm