The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-18
GARn|SHEE BILL IS
PRACTICALLY DEAD
House Votes to Consider 1t
After Adjournment,
March ..
ROADS BILL P A S S ED
Progressive Legislators Come
to the Front With
Measure.
ROADS BILL S S ED

INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., FeD. Io.-oen-
ator Billman's garnishee bill, against
the supporters of which labor unions
had sharpened their axes, was sand
bagged into oblivion Monday after
noon when Representative w. w.
Spencer in the house solemnly moved
that it be made a special order OF
business for 300 p. m, March THE
last after the General Assembly ex-
poets to adjourn, and to make doubly
sure of death the date was fixed for
Sunday when no legitimate business is
transacted. Not voice was raised
against the motion and the spectators
cteered Justify when they realized
what had happened.
Two representatives-Beatty and
Daughter-constitute the sum total
Of opposition registered against the
semi-monthly pay bill for railroad en-
ployes. With this second triumph
labor sympathizers were jubilant.
The Hawkins-Spencer good roads
bill found only twelve votes against its
passage after all amendments had
been voted down. This measure pro-
vides for the appointment of county
road superintendent and assistant
superintendents to look after the re-
pair and maintenance of county high
ways Also it establishes scale of
automobile fees to take the place of
all other taxes on motor vehicles ex-
cept the ordinary personal property
tax.
Representatives Brenaman and Bier
" talked to death the Stahl bill in
tended to increase the amount of taxes
townships must raise in order to OBJ
tain a portion of the deficiency school
fund. They characterized 1t as I'M
fair to the poorer counties.
The Hughes bill authorizing the In
dianapolis school board to issue half
q million dollars worth of bonds for
the erection of library on site Civ
en- the city by James Whitcomb Riley,
the Hoosier poet.
Other Measures Passed.
Other measures passed were:
BY Cravens-Reorganizing the de.
partments of the state library and
making the legislative reference libra
ry a separate department.
BY Bedwell-Forbiddin publication
or circulation Of false or misleading
advertisements.
BY Storen-Repealing the law per-
uniting state railroad commission the
right to authorize interurban roads to
refuse to haul freight when the rev.
enues from such traffic are less than
80 per cent of the gross revenues.
BY Branaman-Requirin persons
engaged in operation Of trains to be
able to read and write the English
language and understand the signals
and book of rules.
BY Diel-Re-imbursing John w. Wit
tner of Noble county, 500 for land to
which state could not furnish clear
title.
That Ditch Bill.
Senator Kattman's ditch bill was
made special order for 200 m. on
Wednesday, after Representative Nc
KEENAN, pointed out many flaws in the
measure.
Representative Cravens moved re
consideration of the bill increasing tax
exemptions on property of Greek Let
II
1t was killed last week and viii remain
dead.
Hard on Chinese.
Chinese laundries are doomed in In
diana IL Representative Van Horne's
bill, introduced Monday, becomes law
1t says all public laundries must be
licensed by county commissioners
that no person shall sleep or eat In
rooms used as laundries; and no tu
with communicable disease may be
employed in laundry.
Fines for Tips.
Here's what Representative Hoddi
motifs anti-tipping bill threatens:
fine of from $50 to 500 for accepting
a tip" or permitting an employe tc
accept one in hotels. restaurants
sleeping cars passenger coaches, bar
Der shops. shoe-shining parlors an6
"other places in which tipping is the
custom" Do you get me, Steve?
That lonesome Bull Moose-Judkins
of Wayne-sprang into the limeligh'
late Monday for just a moment He
introduced the Progressive primar,
bill, built by the legislative COMMITTEES
Of the Progressive party, which is the
second party in Indiana, size, vim and
vitality reckoned with. Representative
Judkin's bill applies to all county
state and city officials, members oil
Congress and the Legislature, United
States senators, presidential elector.
and embodies the first and SECOND
choice ideas. Platforms. under thi.
bill would be formulated by meetins
of candidates for state Offices, con
gress and the legislature.
CHILD LABOR LAW.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1S.-Senatol
Gavit, representing one-half of the