The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
Senate Committee Has Al.
ready Made Favorable Re-
port on MattingIy Measure
And Is on Second Reading.
JURY SYSTEM REFORM
-- BILL Is INTRODUCED
Thousand Merchants Storm
Legislature Yesterday to
Root for the Proposed Gar
nishee Amendment.
Palladium Bureau.

lndtanapoiio, Jan. 20.
II looks like the senate is In earnest
with the Mattinsly bill for publicity
of campaign contributions. for the
senate committee has already made a
favorable report on 1t and IL il now
ready for second reading In the SEN
ate. On second reading a bill may
be amended. but as far as Is known
now there are no amendments in
sight, and the bill Ia likely to pass. II
prohibits corporations from making
contributions to campaign funds eth
er directly or indirectly: provides that
no candidate or office holder shall
contribute to any organization Of
which he is not a member. thus keep
ing him free from being the victim OF
lodge grafters and church social tic
ket sellers: provides that all contribu-
tions shall be published both before
and after the election; that . candi-
date for office must publish his own
personal campaign expenses: and pro-
vides heavy penalties for violations
OF the law. It will be the most severe
election campaign law yet enacted in
Indiana and the peculiar part of IL ID
that 1t appears to have the support of
democrats and republicans alike.
Report on hunting 0iIl.
Another bill that the seuAte com.
mittee has made favorable report
on IL the one to amend the hunting
tresspass law. Under the present law
II hunter is found tresspassing on
land and he has gun or fish pole
this fact Is prima facie evidence Of
the fact that he is tresspassing to
hunt or fish. The proposed amend
ment would change this Law SO that
the presence of the gun or fish pole
would not be prima facie evidence Of
tresspass for that purpose
The same old bill that has appeav/l
at every session Of the legislature Or
many years bobbed up again yester-
day. 1t II one to compel railroads to
stop all OF their passenger trains at
every county seat. Nearly always
this bill comes in because some mem
ber who lives in q small county seat
has had a rumpus with . railroad and
takes this means Of getting even. In
this instance, however. English IL the
town sought to- be benefited and
English il important enough to de-
serve the stopping OF trains.
To Reform the Juries.
One of the most important Of the
bills introduced yesterday was the
one to reform the jury system II pro-
vides that instead Of two Jury COM
missioners as now there shall be but
one and he shall receive as his salary
$40 year for each thousand inhabi-
tants of the county. This commission
er would have entire charge of tho
preparing of jury lists. He would Sc
lect the names, according to IN elab.
crate set Of rules. which he would
place In the box and from these tho
county clerk would draw the names
Of those who are to serve on any
panel. The bill provides severe pen.
alties for any person who seeks to b
appointed on jury or any Jury COM
missioner that heeds such a request
This jury bill has the backing of
many OF the commercial bodies and
business organizations OF the state,
which have seen the nece essity for .
reform in the jury system. II IL now
| not unusual to see men placed On
juries because they asked To Be put
on. This practice would be stopped.
Merchants FJoek In.
About q thousand retail merchants
| from all over the state came to towu
yesterday and swarmed on the floor
OF the house and the senate after tho
balloting on senator. They al wore
big blue badges, and At their head Vas
D. n. Foster. Of Fort Wayne. II de-
veloped that they swooped down on
the legislature to root for the passaee
OF q bill that proposes to amend the
garnishee Law. Under this bin o
creditor could have . writ OF attach
ment issued Tor any Of the causes now
stated In the statute and could hold
1 ten per cent Of the debtors wages un-
der the attachment. regardless Of tho
exemption law. This bill also has
been before every session Of the leg
fslature feF years. but II never has
made much proGTess- The Indiana
Retail Merchants association is hold
ing its annual session here.
| An lndSonaejen Meeting
| YESTERDAY aftefnoon nearly al OF
the democratic senators and several
Of the democratic members of the
house got together and held aa iudis-
nation meeting. Thefr indignatdon
knew no bounds. They declared that
1.-THE republican majority IN the senate
is giving them the worst Of 1t In that