The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-13
STATE SENATE.
PROTESTS ACT
GIVING c. O.'S
FULL LIBERTY
Senate Resolution Demands
Investigation Of All Baker S
Acts While Head of War
Department.
AMEND GERMAN BILL
(By Associated Press)

| (By Associated Press)
| INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 13-Resolu-
tions condemning the release and
granting of full pay to conscientious
objectOrs" on orders of Secretary OF
War Baker, and asking congress to
conduct a full Investigation of all of
Secretary Bakers acts while in office
and make public report were intro
| duced In the Indiana senate today by
Senator Negley, Republican. On mo-
the resolutions were referred to the
committee on federal relations.
After describing the term "conscien-
tious objector" at least in these in
stances but another and less specific
term for the plain and well under
| Stood word traitor the resolution
continues:
BE 1t resolved, that it is the sense
OF this assembly that the action Of
our secretary of war as above set out
Is hereby disapproved and condemned
by this body in regular session as
sembled, and our national congress is
hereby respectfully requested to make
full investigations of all the acts of
said secretary of war during his en-
tire incumbency and to make such re-
| ports as will advise the citizenship
OF our country of the true conditions
| surrounding same"
Talking against hasty action on the
resolution, Senator Van Auken de-
| clared it virtually preferred charges of
pro-Germanism against federal Off
cial. He said he assumed Secretary
Baker acted in good faith.
AntI-German Measure.
Adoption Of an amendment to the
Negley anti-foreign language measure
already passed by the senate, to pro-
vide that "the elementary schools of
the state shall be taught in the Eng
lish language only featured the ses-
sion of the house Of the legislature
this morning. This afternoon the
Lowe measure with the Rothrock
amendment to provide that the Eng,
lish language be taught and used for
instruction purposes in the elementary
grades Of public, private and parochial
schools will be considered as special
order of business on passage.
With the indulgence Of the senate
Senator Duffey reintroduced his bill
creating new highway commission.
His original bill for this was with
drawn because it contained a section
relating to revenue and under the con-
stitution could not originate in the
senate.
Senator Van Auken's bill appropri-
ating $250,000 to be used in coopera-
ton with the federal government in
settlement of discharged soldiers on
public lands, lost its effectiveness in
committee report eliminating the
appropriation. The report was adopt
ed.
Provides Salary Increase.
An increase In salary from Sc to
$40 day for Indiana legislators is
provided in a bill introduced by SEN
ator Nejdl. The bill would fix the
salary of the speaker of the house at
SIS day and would become effective
at the next general assembly.
Senator Grants bill giving the city
courts in cities of the second, third
and fourth classes, Jurisdiction in CIV
IL cases up to $1,000, instead of the
$500 now provided for, was killed on
recommendation of the committee.
The Hogston bill eliminating free hold
ers from residence proof in a divorce
case failed to pass for want of a con-
stitutional majority, the vote being
% to 10. A bill by Senator Helper
authorizing counties to issue bonds to
pay expenses where they join cities in
maintenance of a market house and
public hall under the same roof, was
passed without dissenting vote.
Among the bills introduced were:
ty Bowers, authorizing the county
| commissioners to spend sum equal
to one-tenth part of one per cent of
the assessed valuation of taxable
property to commemorate the deeds
of the county soldiers; and by Van
Auken, defining the crime of Bolshev-
ism and fixing a penalty drawn on
lines similar to the bill pending be-
fore the house. Senator Alldredge in
troduced concurrent resolution ask
ing that congress perpetuate the day
light saving law. This met with
strong opposition from farmer sena-
tors who said the bill interfered with
their harvest.
Define BoIshevism
Other business before the lower
house included the adoption of a ma
jority report of the committee on state
medicine and public health recon-
mending the postponement of the Will
lis all-time health officer measure and
the introduction of II new bills, in
clud1ng one to define Bolshevism and
to provide that any one practicing Boil
shevism or anarchy be heavily fined
and sent to Jail and another to prevent
the vivisection of animals by physi-
clans or surgeons.
Republican members of the house
were in caucus at 1 o'clock this aft
ernoon. 1t is understood that the
question of anti-German legislation
would be considered. When Repre-
sentative Kessler, chairman of the
house committee on education, sub
mitted the report of the committee for
the amendment Of the Negley anti
foreign language measure, Represen-
tative Barker, Democrat. of Posey
county, charged that the amendment
was not the same as was agreed to by
the committee at its session Tuesday
evening. TT might be the amendment
the Republicans agreed to yesterday
at the caucus" he added.
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