Slimp high license bill killed in Indiana House vote
Indianapolis Feb 27 The Slimp high license bill aimed to collect 1000 from saloonkeepers for fire and police funds with no school fund money was killed by the house in a 48 to 45 vote after a heated session. The day featured debates on local option measures and other bills as Senate and House considered insurance, banking, and gas-franchise issues amid lobbying.
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Indianapolis
Slimp
Washington
Scholl
Senate Lobby Race Draws Fire in Indiana Report
Indianapolis February 27. Report notes sharp charges by Senator Cavins accusing lobbyists of undue influence in state politics. Article outlines allegations and potential political impact amid ongoing debates over legislative ethics and access.
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Indianapolis
Night Sessions Begin In Indiana House Amid School Text Book Debate
Indianapolis Feb 28 The first night session in the Indiana House is set for tonight as lawmakers tackle second reading on numerous bills. The Moss uniform high school text book issue faces amendments with a special order for Saturday, while the anti trust and county treasurer salary measures move forward. Senate acts on ditch bills and a large backlog stalls progress, with leaders forecasting most major items could clear by mid next week.
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Greiger
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House Committee On Education
State Board of School Book Commissioners
House Committee On Corporations
Hawkins Senate
Governor Hanly vetoes tax lien bill and small city bank bill
Indianapolis reports Governor Hanly vetoed the senate bill limiting tax liens to ten years and the house bill allowing loan and trust and safety deposit companies with a 15000 capital stock in cities under 15000 population.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Senate
House
Insurance reform bill slain in senate
The Indiana senate defeated the Babcock insurance reform bill 2 to 16, ending its passage after forecasts of a fight. Governor Hanly and allies hoped to salvage the measure. Also killed was Senator C. T. Moore’s proposal curtailing insurer officer salaries, by a 21 to 18 vote.
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Babcock
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C. T. Moore
Indiana
Temperance bill on remonstrators in signatures cases
Indianapolis article notes the Moore bill to ease remonstrance challenges and shift burden of proof for liquor license applicants, amended in the senate to require only an affidavit of name. Also Moore’s library reorganizing bill advances. House to focus on house bills today and tomorrow. senate reports and third reading roll calls resumed.
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House Today
Moore
Senate
State Library
Library Commission
House
Indiana cities gain home rule on police appointments
In a 34 to 13 senate vote the McCullough house bill shifts police commissioner appointments to mayors in 12 Indiana cities and requires council approval. Governor Will Sign is expected, with critics arguing the change offers relief from quarreling over appointments and strengthens local rule.
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New Albany
Vincennes
Richmond
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Marion
Logansport
Lafayette
Kokomo
Jeffersonville
Hammond
Elwood
Elkhart
Hanly
Stotsenburg
de Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Kittinger
Metropolitan ‘Police
Jaw Ba
Gova
Lawmakers clash over McCullough metropolitan police bill
Senators from Indiana debate the McCullough bill with remarks on mayors and police oversight. Wood touts Lafayette police efficiency while Kimbrough and Hawkins criticize the metropolitan system. Strange supports repeal arguing for home rule amid Logansport sentiment.
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McCullough
Lafayette
Kimbrough
Muncie
Hawkins
Strange
Kistler
Slack
Logansport
Ditch Bill Battle Ends in Parks Legislation Victory
Indiana senate revives Parks ditch bill after heavy amendments, leaving ditch work to township trustees while countering Tyndall proposals. Parks bill faces fierce debate, with about sixty amendments, major changes toward drainage for cities, schools, and open drains, plus surveyor and trustee role shifts.
Fort Wayne track elevation bill passes house in Indiana
The Fort Wayne track elevation bill, introduced by Mr. Fruechtenicht, passed the Indiana house 72 to 14 under suspension of rules and moves to the senate. The measure assigns public works duties, timelines, and cost shares for abandoning grade crossings with railroads and outlines city and railroad financial responsibilities.
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Fruechtenicht
Indianapolis
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Senate
Meeker
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Andrew
Elliott
South Bend
Branch
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Daily
Sweeney
Cravens
Track Elevation Measure Moves to Lower House
City Controller A. M. Schmidt traveled to Indianapolis to back the elevation bill, with support noted as it advanced to the lower house. Officials limited details available this morning, but the measure aims to address track elevation concerns in Fort Wayne.
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Fort Wayne
A. M. Schmidt
Indianapolis
Indiana House endorses uniform high school text books
A test vote in Indianapolis shows strong support for the Moss Senate bill for uniform high school textbooks, mainly from Democrats. The measure moved to engrossment after defeating a postponement, with a key amendment removing contracts for book bids from the advertising requirement. Senate actions include Vincennes University funding and boiler inspection debates. dog tax amendments were rejected.
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Lutz House
Indiana
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Pearson
Crumpacker
Parks
Marshall
Wis
Gas bill up to governor hearings set in Indianapolis
The sixty cent gas bill reached Governor Hanly and he scheduled a hearing this afternoon. Ferdinand Winter attorney for the Indianapolis Gas Company and Senator Linton A. Cox appeared to present both sides before final action.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Ferdinand Winter
Winter
Linton A. Cox
Senate kills bills on school finance and utility regulation
The senate defeated Senator W R Wood's bill granting city councils control of school finances and killed Senate Bill 338 establishing a public utility commission. The Wickwire bucket shop abolition bill was reported for passage today by the house committee on criminal code.
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W.R. Wood
Public Utility Commission
House Committee On Criminal Code
Bribery Rumor Circulates At State Capitol
A March report from Indianapolis notes a lobbyist attempting to influence senators. Senator Parks said he was approached improperly but no money was offered. The Senate also passed the blind tiger law amendment to allow druggists to sell liquor in quarter increments without a physician's prescription, by a one vote margin.
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Busidiens
Cox
Finance Committee
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The
Sentinel
Indianapolis
State Capitol
Parks
Indiana House and Senate clash over insurance reform bills
Indiana lawmakers head into a final showdown as the Farber senate bill faces passage while many House members oppose it, preferring the Babcock bill with its original insurance reform provisions. The vote is awaited with high tension as factions mobilize for the outcome.
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Indianapolis
House
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Babcock
Factory Bill Killed and Liquor Law Narrow Escape In Senate
The Indiana House killed Senator Kimbrough’s factory inspection bill as a manufacturers measure shielding owners from liability. Debate on township trustee acts advanced to engrossment under Senator Will Wood’s bill. The Senate considered the Beardsley amendment to the Blind Tiger law, with 25–18 voting amid a near-majority. Opposition to a shippers’ bill cited duplication with the railroad commission bill. Weaver’s life insurance bill, amended, passed the House while the Senate committee killed the companion. One hundred bills had been signed and sent to the printer by closing time.
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Kimbrough
Organized Labor
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Beardsley
Railroad Commission
Weaver
Arthur Jordan
Roemler
Jordan
Meridian Life and Trust Company
Committee On Insurance
Indiana
Secretary of State
Governor Hanly signs gas, school pay, Wallace statue bills
Governor Hanly signed the Indianapolis sixty cent gas bill setting the maxi all artificial gas price at 60 cents after the current contract expires. He also signed the statewide teacher minimum pay bill and an appropriation of 5000 dollars for a General Lew Wallace statue in Statuary Hall. He vetoed a mortgage exemptions bill raising exemptions from seven hundred to twelve hundred.
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Hanly
Indianapolis Gas Company
State Educational Commission
Lew Wallace
Washington
Cities and Towns Bill Passes in Senate
Indianapolis March 5 The senate advanced several bills including a Sunday baseball bill and the cities and towns act of 1903. The latter reclassifies cities and ends the offices of board of public works and city controller in fourth class cities, with Terre Haute and South Bend moved to second class and Muncie affected. The measure passed 52 to 32 and moves to continuation tomorrow.
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Terre Haute-and-Souts
Bend
Muncie
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