The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-15
Favorable Report Is Made on
the Anti-Capital Pun
ishment Measure.
SOAK LOAN SHARKS
Speaker Cook Keeps House
on the Job Today Baking
Adjournment Plan.
National News Assocfation)

National News Association
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 15.-The alb
clifton OF capital punishment for muir
der and treason and the substitution
therefor of life sentence, as provid-
ed for in Senator Traylor's bill will re-
ceive a favorable report from the COM
mittee on criminal code early next
week. Traylor's anti-tipping law also
will be recommended for passage.
Senator Clarke's bill making it a
misdemeanor for a traction company
to maintain crowded cars will be fav-
orably reported, as will Senator Kist-
1er's bill assessing penalties on per-
sons making false statements concern
ing the value of stocks and bonds
when negotiating sale therefor.
The law submitted by Senator Van
Auken, calling for the issuance of au-
tomobile driver licenses and their re-
vocation whenever a driver has been
twice convicted of violating the ordi-
nance will be indefinitely postponed,
If the committees recommendation is
followed.
Check Hog Cholera Fight.
The committee on the organization
of courts will favcrably report the bill
proposing to establish a department
of horticulture, after amending it so
as to permit the retention of the pres
ent forestry department, but doing
away with the state entomologist.
The same committee will recommend
that the appropriation for the fight on
hog cholera shall be cut from $4,000
to $4,000 and of this amount $500
will go to Purdue and the other
$4,000 to the state authorities. The
amount originally sought for this pur-
pose was 100000 but the house
whacked it in two.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Men
will be favored by the railroad COM
mittee to the extent of ommending
the doubleheading of engines, COM
pulsory closing of water cranes along
rights of way, and having a pilot en-
g1neman or motorman accompany
trains on foreign roads. The bill to
prevent more than fifty cars in any
one freight train will be recommend
ed for the scrap heap. This latter
was considered of great Importance
by the railroaders.
The bill backed by the Indiana man.
ufacturers and shippers association
which extends authority to the rail-
road commission in matters of freight
rates ON interurbans will be recon-
mended for passage.
House Kept on the Job.
For the first time this session,
Speaker Cook triumphed in his desire
to keep the House machinery in op-
Grafton on Saturday.
Representative Thornton of Floyd
county made strong effort to move
adjournment until p. m. Monday, but
Mr.. Speaker sidetracked him with the
remark, II can't hear you"
When the Enslie bill extending the
terms of all present county superin-
tendents for two years, the Speaker
had the nerve to request the mem
bers to vote for it. This is a bill in
which I am very much interested"
said the Speaker before ordering the
roll call; II don't want you to vote
for it just because it will help me, the
county superintendent all being
friends OF mine, but 1 will consider 1t
personal compliment if you will pass
this BILL" 1t passed all right, but
there were thirty-two negative votes
cast. Fifty-two votes were for it.
Pass loan Shark" Bill.
Representative Hughes loan shark
bill was passed, IS to IT.. Represen-
tatives Beatty, Branaman and w. NJ.
Jones opposed it because it permits
loan brokers to charge two per cent a
month interest, but Hughes called at
tention to the fact that under present
laws there is no limit to what they
may charge.
After Representatives Storen, Weis-
man. Beatty and Smith warned the
lawmakers of the House that it
would be political suicide for the legis-
1ature to pass the Enslie bill increas-
ing the salaries of all the county aud
itors in the state, only fourteen dared
to vote for it. They we're Adam. Car
ter. Enslie Koenig, Lyday. Masse-
link, Moellering, Moran, Roland,
Spencer of Marion, Tingle, Van
Horne. Voris and Wolfe
Other bills passed by the House ON
Friday were:
BY Senator Ratts-Providing that
debts on real estate Of deceased per.
sons shall not be lien on the proper.
ty after the owner has been dead
three years.
BY Carter-Increasing the salary O,
the township assessor at Gary.
BY Perry Davis-To permit the cree
ton OF township high schools on petit
ton of freeholders as well as land
holders.
BY Tingle-To authorize the audit
or of state to examine the books of In
surance companies while they are be
ing organized.
By Eschbach-To grant communi
ties existing within closed grounds Of
Chautauqua assemblies to incorporate
as towns.
When Representative Weisman re
Gently told the committee on rights
and privileges about a certain loan O.
$50 to q legislator by a prominen
lobbyist, he did not refer to any mem
Der OF the present legislature. Thi:
was the finding of the special investi
eating committee appointed to get tn,
facts In the case. Chairman Lyday o