The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-25
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AGAINST USE
OF GER Man
IN SCHOOLS
Repeal Of Lowe Bill to Be Con-
sidered by Senate Next
Week Registration Law
Change.
DRY Law SUGGESTION
(By Associated Press,


INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 25-Less dras-
tic change of the Indiana prohibition
law than proposed by the Wright
amendment. phobably will be recon-
mended by the public morals commit
tee of the house next week Members
of the committee said that it is unlike
ly there will be any recommendation
to remove the one-half Of one per
cent provision in the present law, an
ticipating the principle recommends
ton to make penalties for violation
much sitter than now provided.
or the new measures in prospect
for. next week a few which would
change the registration law are of the
widest interest. There is much senti-
ment among the members from rural
districts to make one registration per-
anent until voter changes his place
of residence from one precinct to an
other. No well developed sentiment
for changing the present primary law
is evident thus far.
Fewer than dozen representatives
and less than ten senators were at
their seats in the state capitol today.
No meetings of committees were
all members living out-state toow ad-
vantage of the opportunity to be at
their homes
Campaign in Schools
Leaders of both the house and SEN
ate today in reviewing the work so
far accomplished by the legislature,
expressed their satisfaction and be-
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portant one from the standpoint of
progress made.
House leaders were pleased espe-
cially over ending up the weeks work
by passing the Johnson measure to
provide woman's suffrage for presi-
dental electors and of the Lowe bill
to repeal the law of 1869 whereby
upon petition of TWENTY-FIVE patrons
or schools, instruction In all subjects
could be conducted in the German
language. The former was not favor.
ed by only three members of the
house while the latter was passed by
unanimous vote. Both bills now go to
the senate where passage is declared
to be assured.
Senate leaders likely will urge the
Lowe measure be pushed in order to
get it out Of the way and enable the
state school authorities to inaugurate
a campaign to enforce the law Then
it would be possible, it was pointed
out, that il additional legislation is
needed it may be provided later in
the session.
There are many schools in the state
in which instruction is conducted by
the use of German or some other for
eign language exclusively
New Waterway Bill
"Our fight will be three-fQurths won
when the law is enacted which denies
the right to use some foreign language
to the exclusion of English in instruc-
tiOn work in Indiana" said Dr. Horace
Ellis, state superintendent of instruc-
ton. IF any Of the schools refuse to
obey the law and begin using the
English language, we shall take legal
action to force them to do so. We
will take the same position against
them that we would in proceeding
against school where thievery was
taught. We can show that there has
been nothing more hurtful in our
school life than the insidious propa-
ganda of foreign nations as made pos
sible by using some other language
than English in the school room"
The house committee on rivers and
waters expects to propose either a
new bill or many changes in the ad-
ministration conservation measure
now before it. There are objections
to fixing the salaries of department
heads at more than $4,000 a year.
while the provisions for acquiring
lands and for removing sand and
gravel from northern Indiana lakes
does not meet with entire approval
The house committee on Judiciary A
will hold a public hearing at 1880
o'clock Wednesday evening in the
chamber on the taxation bill. The
meeting will be given principally to
discussion of provisions of the mea-
sure as they would affect banks, trust
companies and corporations. Holding
CT a public hearing on the proposed
state highway law next Thursday
evening is being considered. Opposi-
ton to the former measure is largely
tecause of the exemption on intangi-
bles' feature and to the latter be-
cause it is proposed to increase auto
mobile taxes and convert the receipts
entirely to the use of the highway
commission has caused legislators
some concern. Both bills are admin