The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-06
Senate Gets Through Vast Amount
of Routine business.

Senate Gets Through "a Vast Amount
of Routine business.
The Senate accomplished the remarkable
feat yesterday of getting out of the way all
House bills before IL. When adjournment
was taken, at o'clock. thirty-nine bills
had been passed, twenty-four of them
House measures. Two bills had been killed
outright, and two had failed to pass. In
addition twenty-five bills had been adj
vanced TO third reading engrossment.
and twelve bills had been reported for pas
sage. President Gilbert kept the senators
hard at it and rushed business with an iron
hand. The Lieutenant Governor Is deter
mined that no night sessions shall be held,
even If the Senate has to stay in day ses-
sion until D. m
BY sharp practice Miss Gallahers bill to
establish day school for the deaf In Ev-
ansville was defeated. Wednesday evening
the bill received twenty-five affirmative
votes. and there were sixteen cast against
it. The absence of Senators Matson and
Thompson prevented the bill going through
Senator Crumpacker, unwilling to keep up
the call for the absentees in view of the
lateness of the hour, withdrew his demand,
and the bill went over until this morning.
In the meantime Senator kittinger, VINO
has been virulent in his opposition to the
bill, saw q few of the members who had
supported Ii and induced them to change
front. This morning, seizing moment
when Senator Crumbaker was out or the
room, Kittinger got in a motion to recon-
slider the vote on the bill. Ball moved to
table the motion to reconsider. and the car
rying of the Ball motion defeated the Dill.
Senator CrumbaIker was very angry when
he found what had been done In his aD-
sence. He characterized ii as little bus1-
ness" and denounced it as an act which
senators should be ashamed OF. The i'm
preston exists that several senators were
not fully aware of what they We're voting
for when they voted ..aye'' on Mr.. Balls
motion.
Miss Gallaher was present when the bill
killed. and she displayed quality OF
''gameness'' which earned the respect and
admiration of every member OF the Senate.
Her face paled, but there were no tears.
Her two months labor was destroyed at
blow, but she smiled and stood Ii like
soldier.
1t is said that number of the senators
had gone to the Governor asking him 10
veto the bill, stating that they hated to
vote against it, but that they would vote
for it If the Governor would refuse TO APP
prove II; 1t Is believed that the Governor
ly manifested his dislike at being used as
a sort of shield.
Senator Ulrey prevented Representative
Tarkington's bill, to regulate combinations
of fire insurance companies to fix rates or
to make a classification of risks, from
being smothered I'm the Senate committee
on insurance, Senator Dausman, chairman.
He moved that the bill be brought out OF
the committees hands and sent to en-
grossment. Ulrey is a member of the. In
surance committee and the only member
that favored the bill. Dausman moved to
table the motion, but he was defeated.
When the bill was read second time,
its consideration. He said the bill was an
determination and outrage" He criti-
cised the action of business mems organi-
cations over the State in taking such an
active mart in legislative matters.
The "gall' of these organizations. he
said. would bring the blush of shame to the
boldest labor organization.
Dausman said there was no more reason
why insurance companies should not fix
their rates than why the agents of such
manufacturer as Studebaker should not
agree on prices. He said unorganized In
surance meant cheap insurance, and eventu-
ally wildcat insurance.
Dausman resented the motion as per-
sonal attack on him. He said the committee
had not had time to consider the bill
properly.
Senator Ball led I'm the fight for the bill.
He resented Dausmans attack on the
business men of the State. He read an
insurance contract drawn by the insurance
combine, which has it's headquarters in
Chicago, and now regulates Indiana rates.
The contract was an agreement to es-
tablish committee of nine in this city, to
which could be referred differences in the
matter of classifications of rates between
the insured and the companies
Senator Lawler spoke against the bill,
indefinitely was lost by vote of n to IL,
as follows:
Ayes-Barcus Coats. Conogue. Crum-
baker, Dausman. De Haven, Hendee, Law
Ter, Lyons. Matthews. Roche, Stricler.
Thompson. Thralls. Wampler. Wolcott,
Wood. Total. H.
packer, Darby, Fleming, Fortune, Gard,
Gray, Harmon. johnson. Kittinger. Lay
man, Lindley. Matson. Newhouse, O'Brien,
Ogborn, Parks, Powell. Purviance. Singer.
"a.
After the passage, on .reconsidered vote.
that vendors OF bottled goods shall have the
right to search property for missing bottles,
on the authority of search warrant, Sen
moved To- reeonsider the y p and senstn,
Fortune moved to table the motion. For
tunes motion carried. This step was taken
in order to make it impossible for the bill
to be called up again.
An amendment to the title was desired
but when Fleming offered amendatory
motion, ii was declared out of order for the
ton had put the bill beyond amendment
The difficulty was finally solved by Sena-
/ tor Wood. who moved that the vote on the
matter of reconsideration be expunged from
the record. This was done and Fleming got
| in his correction to the title.
Representative Adair's bill to place the
| publication of official reports with the two
leading political newspapers of each county
/ was favOrably reported yesterday after
noon and 1t will be taken up to-day. There
| is a powerful lobby against the bill.
The following bills were passed yester-
day: House Bills $780, 3i7 IS. 213. 295, A. 452
81 1os LOG; ss2 4os. q, go 1852 49, $685. ASS. 2Ss. 45a
i0l, 424, 405. 81. 40. 49, 163. 336, las and 40
House Bills 19S and 10 failed to pass for
want of a constitutional majority, and
House Bill 26f was defeated.
Favorable committee reports were re-
ceived on House Bills 233. 256. 453, 34s, Az
es7 and 42s, and Senate Bills se4, s27, s37,
| 412 and 355.
The following bills were sent to engross-
ment on second reading: House Bills 427,
457 50. go, 233. $50. 361. go AT, 1882, 367 235
/ 375. $50, and Senate Bills $780, 391, 352, 267,
| 34S, $40 and 412.