South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-03
Speaker BedWeIPS Request
Brings Deluge of Measures
to be Submitted to Commit
tees For Action.
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III INDIANAPOLIS BUREAU

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 3.-Polyg-
amy became an issue today in the
Indiana legislature when sen Clark
OF Marion county introduced a meas
ure advocating an amendment to the
state constitution prohibiting the
practice of polygamy and asking
other states to aid in the fight
against plural marriages. Copies of
the Clark bill will be sent TO the
national congress and to the legis-
latures of every state.
Sen. Krau of Elkhart today offered
a bill to permit newspapers TO accept
transportation on railroads in eX-
change for advertising space
A bill to permit the erection of a
public building in cities of less than
O,00O population on petition of 20
per cent of the voters was introduced
hy Sen. R;near. Sen Thornton Of
fered a bill TO prevent any corpora
tion from furnishing water taken
from the Ohio river TO consumers
without first tiltering and purifying
it,
In spirited debate over the
Thornton bill to stop the fees drawn
by the prosecutor of Marion county,
otu- ' diA NugH utCldltu any RuDilC
officer who accepted more than just
salary for his services was "flching
from the pockets of the people"
lie later changed his remark TO
read. taking from the people that
which does not belong to him" The
bill was sent back to the senate COM
mittee on fees and salaries for fur
ther consideration.
Flood of Bills i'm House.
On account of Speaker BedweIl's
request that house business be
brought to such a stage that COM
mittees could get to work on bills
without delay a flood of 80 new bills
descended upon the house today.
Rep. Lube added to the workmar-s
compensation legislation by intro
ducing in the house a measure sim
liar 10 the one already before the
senate. Rep. Miller introduced a
measure 10 quarantine and register
all tubercular patients. Rep. Strange
offered an amendment TO the three
mile road law that would make it
ineffective in corporate limits of
cities and towns
In the senate today the discovery
VISA made that the Kinder bill to
make Gary a city of the second class
would also bring the city of Indian
apOlis down to the same claSSitica-
tion The Kinder bill which was in
tended primarily to raise the city of
Gary. makes no exception, but says
that all cities in the state of more
than 5000 population shall be sec
Ond class cities. 1T is expected the
bill viii be remedied before il is
given consideration I'm the house
Following the killing of Rem.
Cleary's bill prohibiting the appoint
ment Of relatives 10 Official positions
by the holders of public Offices. it
became known today that another
bill on the same subject Will De in
trOduced in the house soon. The
new measure Will come from the
democratic side of the house, and
IL is said Majority Floor Leader
Branaman will interest himself in its
passage. The measure Will be as
near like the Cleary bin as the rules
OF the house permit
VIII Report FavorabIy.
The house committee on morals
today was ready 10 report favorably
the Habermel measure for stringent
rules TO govern the handling Of
liquor by druggists. At a public
hearing last night, several members
Of tke Indiana pharmacists associa-
tion spoke against the bill. declaring
the present law on the subject was
sufficient Rep Habermel address
ing the committee declared he had
tested the present law himself. and
that he had succeeded in buying
whiskey in drug stores by the drink
in nearly every city and town be-
tween the Ohio river and Michigan
City.
A recommendation that the Jones
primary bill be printed was con-
tained in a partial report Of the cleo
tion committee.
Sen. Meals eugenic marriage bill
was reported favorably by a majority
OF the house committee ON state
medicine and health a minority
report on the measure recommend
iEg indefinite postponemeut was also
presented.
The Perry Davis free lunch bill