The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-01-19
LEGISLATURE
NOW HAS TOTAL
OF 265 BILLS
SALOON MEASURES OF PRoCT-
OR AND FLEMING ATTRACT
MORE INTEREST THAN
ALL OTHERS
MARSHALL HAS IDEAS
Governor Desires the Power of Cor
porations Limited in Indiana
Many Bills Viii be
Withdrawn.
MARSHALL HAS IDEAS

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 16.-That
the so-called administration and plat
form measures introduced in the six
ty-seventh general assembly of 1ndi-
ana will have to be carefully conid-
cred. disseeted and perhaps redrawn
seems practically "a certainly from
the fact that upon nearly every topic
that has been touched there have
been several bills introduced contain
ing different phases of the policies
advocated.
Two hundred and sixty-five bills
have been introduced and number
of these touch upon the platform
measures. Governor Thomas Mar
shall said this evening that he could
not definitely give his sanction to any
specific measure at this time because
he had not had time as vet to 90 into
the measures bearing upon the plat
form pledges and matters advocated
In his message. but that In general he
expected the legislature to enact laws
that would carry ont the intent of
the platform of the democratic party
upon which the men were elected to
Office.
Marshall for Regulation
In respect to the local option and
the Hquer situation. he regards it as
Imperative that the legislature enact
q bill for the substitution OF the city
and township unit for the county uni
and in addition a strong regulatory
measure with severe penalties for the
violations of any regulation. In
solar as he has examined the Fleming
hill he feels that it is drawn along
the right lines and that some definite
law should be agreed upon covering
this ASPECT of the change in the liquor
laws of the state.
A local option measure was intro
duced in the senate by Senate Rob-
ert F. Proctor Of Elkhart and in the
house of representatives by Keenv of
Rising Sun this week The saloon reg
ulation measure was offered in the
upper branch of the legislature BY
Seatnor Stephen B. Fleming Of Fort
Wavna and in the lower by Represen-
tative Adolph Seidensticker of Indi-
annapolis.
Prevents Watered Stock.
Governor Marshall is particularly
anxious to have a corporation bill
preventing the watering of stocks
enacted into law. In the upper house
this week a measure designed to meet
his views were introduced by Senator
Proctor. The hill provides that no
corporation shall issue stock without
the permission of the auditor of state
and that dollar for dollar shall be
paid In for all stock issued.
Another bill introduced by Senator
Proctor, which Is said to cover evils
that are on the administration s cor
recting list. is one to prevent for
eign corporations from exercising
greater powers in the state than In
diana corporations. The bin also
provides that the foreign corporation
shall have no greater privileges in In
diana than it enjoys in its own state.
Convict Labor Attacked
There is a bill on Governor Mar
shall's desk at the present time deal
ing with the question of prison labor.
Convict labor attacks for a number Of
veqrs. ard Governor NersHa,l de-
cI-.es himself to be thoroughly IN
sympathy with the efforts of free la
Dor to take prison-made goods out of
competition with the product of paid
workers. The governor believes that
the state institution should be COM
PEELED to use prison-made goods
wherever possible. As the governor
puts it, he would like to have the
state consume its own products. The
bill in Governor Marshall's possess
sion is drafted along the lines recon-
mended by him in his late message.
It probably will be introduced during
the coming week. although. it is said,
no one has been designated to per-
form this Office.