Lawmakers Consider Local Options and Bills in House
The house debated local option measures as Proctor pushes town and city unit status. Bills include allowing telephone company absorption, two year terms for fifth class city officers, a rat bounty, a second state normal school, and city treasury payments. The McGinnis tenement bill was postponed again. Speaker Honan expected to unveil passage bills, including a repeal of the Sunday baseball law.
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Sweeney
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Garrard
Hewig
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Terre Haute
Hay
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McGinnis
House
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Honan
Strickland bill confrontation in Indiana house session
Indiana representatives clashed over the Strickland bill for voter qualifications as amendments sought to require affidavits by voters in their precincts. The measure passed to engrossment amid protests that soldiers at Marion National Home would be disfranchised. Five other bills cleared, including Faulkner's governor staff cut and costs for appeals.
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Ind
House of Representatives
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Grant County
National Home
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Mr. Gemmill
Strickland
Honan
Hanover College
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McGinnis
Fish and Game Report
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Switzer
Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners
Davis
Faulkner
Hewig
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Thornton
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Hays
White
Sicks
Clare
Greiger
Senate
Stotzenburg
Fleming
State Board of Registration
Wood
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Springer
Criminal Code Committee
Clark
Merchants’ Association
W. H. Drapier
Indiana House Passes Strickland Voter Qualification Bill
Democrats push Strickland voter qualification in the Indiana House with heated debate and party-line passage by 58 to 40. Senate moves on local office reforms, mortgage exemptions, and clerical salaries as lawmakers adjourn after a busy session.
Indiana Senate debates mining stock bill and Confederate flags
The senate advances a bill to require agents to file property descriptions with the county recorder before selling worthless mining stock. Another measure grants county officers in larger cities a half holiday on Saturdays. Senator Brady proposes returning Confederate flags stored in the state house to Confederate veterans, prompting anticipated debate.
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Juhe
Senate
Brady
Indiana
State House
Indiana legislature agenda and bills pass in morning session
Both houses completed the morning routine and adjourned for two hours as four bills cleared for second reading. The Eschbach measure to cut judges salaries to 2500 dollars sparked the lone morning contest and was defeated by both Democratic and Republican votes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Senate
House
Eebubttegs
Indiana Democrats Split Over County Local Option Debate
In Indianapolis on January 30 the state legislature remains far from agreement on county local option. Democratic factions clash over repeal and dual option proposals while active lobbying by temperance and liquor forces intensifies. A party caucus failed for lack of quorum, and committee talks on the Kleckner bill produced no consensus.
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Democratic Representatives
House
Merriman
Anti-Saloon League
Temperance
Demwcrate
Kleckner
Repub
Proctor pushes local option repeal in Indiana Senate
Senator Robert E. Proctor of Elkhart unveils a bill to unite Democrats on local option by prohibiting saloons in towns under 1500 population with a per town fee not less than 300 and up to 1000. House leaders plan to introduce and caucus later, while opposition debates repeal and county local option rules.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert E. Proctor
Elkhart
Proctor
Friends
Chrisney
Merriman
Temperance Democrats
House
Democratic State Committee
Denison
Peter Foley
Senate
Mattingly
Japs Seek Peace With Uncle Sam
Japanese officials urge harmony with the United States amid California legislative debates. The note emphasizes that peaceful relations are central to Japan’s foreign policy and hopes for minimal international tension.
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Uncle Sam
California
Japan
Plan of River Drives Connecting St Marys Maumee Rivers
Plan outlines river drives joining St Marys and Maumee rivers from Rudisill avenue to Edgewater avenue with paths along the riverbanks to Wall and Superior streets. It describes St Joseph River Drive connections and links to the proposed St Marys Maumee river drive, noting several street routes and park traverses.
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College Street
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Wood Street
Harrison Street
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Walton Avenue
St. Joseph River Drive
St. Joe Boulevard
Romy Street
Pleasant Avenue
State Street
Spy Run Avenue
Sp Run Avenue
Elizabeth Street
Baltes Avenue
St. Mary’s-Maumee River
St. Mary’s-Maumee ‘River
Barthold. Street
Taft to be made Mason at sight in Ohio
Grand Master Hoskinson of Ohio will confer Masonry at sight on Judge William Howard Taft in Cincinnati. Taft accepts and will return Feb 16 for a Scottish Rite ceremony in the cathedral with a distinguished company. Only one earlier Mason at sight exists in 100-year Ohio Masonry history.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles S. Hopkinson
Zanesville
William Howard Taft
Taft
Asa S. Bushnell
Springfield
Levi C. Goodale
William B. Melish
H. Bramwell
Hoskinson
Judge Taft
Grand Lodge
Messrs. Melish, Goodale and Bromwell
Earle Declined 10 Quit Selling Obscene Books
Fred Earle was arrested again on a charge of selling obscene literature after being ordered out of the city. Police found evidence he sold at least one book from a box of titles including The Witch's Dream Book and Life in a Harem. He promised to leave but remained, facing action to remove him or place him elsewhere.
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Fred Earle
Fort Wayne Normal school graduation exercises Friday
Graduation exercises for nine Fort Wayne Normal school graduates will be held Friday afternoon in the high school auditorium. Dr Aley will deliver the principal address and Mrs Anna Rogall Root of New York will sing. All are invited to attend and other program numbers are noted as particularly interesting.
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Fort Wayne Normal School
Aley
Georgia battleship captain charged with intoxication at shore reception
Admiral Sperry's fleet reports the Georgia's captain Edward F. Qualtrough is under arrest on board his ship in Gibraltar. He faces court martial on accusations of intoxication at a recent shore reception, with Rear Admiral Wainwright filing the charges. The trial opens aboard a battleship with Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder presiding.
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Gibraltar
Sperry
Seaton Schroeder
Dion Williams
Marine Corps
Edward F. Qualtrough
Georgia
Wainwright
Charles P Taft Denies In Panama Isthmus Claims
Charles P Taft denies making statements about any interest in the Isthmus of Panama. He asserts no direct or indirect involvement with William Nelson Cromwell or any party past or present and asks the truth be upheld against misstatements attributed to him in a prominent forum.
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William Nelson Cromwell
Panama
Charles P. Taft
House Committee Shapes Debate Privileges and Limits
A house committee defines member privileges and debate limits amid disputes over President remarks. It argues hostile speech harms decorum and should be struck if it cannot be separated, while urging protection of free speech within constitutional bounds. Representatives discuss John Kissinger’s Cuba service and pension issues.
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New York
Willett
Gilliams and
Bahart
John R. Kissinger
Bend
Cuba
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