The Lake County times., 1907-01-30
Assembly Disguised With
School Fight Which Has
Become a Nuisance.
2 CENT RATE ASSURED
After Wrangling Long Over Amend
ments Measure Passed to En-
grossment.
Especial to Lake County Tlmes.)

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indianapolis, Jan. SO.-It looks as If
the general assembly would just chuck
over the whole medical college prop
osition, and refuse to recognize either
of the two schools In the house, yes
terday the bill gtlTng the State
University to have a two year med
ical school here was defeated by vote
of 81 to "A.
1t was the middle-of- he-roaders who
defeated the bill-those who did not
care, particularly, one way or another.
And in all probabilities. they will de-
feat the Purdue bill in the same way.
The truth is that the members of the
general assembly are sick and tired of
the entire fight, from beginning to end.
Petitions letters. remonstrances, but
tonholings, etc, there has been more of
it on this school fight than any other
in the Legislature. And it begins to
look as if both schools would get
nothing
Not so with the two-cent rate bill;
this bill passed to engrossment after a
debate lasting practically all day. The
bill that passed to engrossment pro-
vides for a straight two cent a mile
rate. with the privilege Of carrying $50
pounds of baggage free.
Penalty for MIR. Ticket Purchaser.
The bill that Senator Bland intro
duced provided that in case the passen-
ger did not buy a ticket, he should pay
a penalty of one-half cent a. rnile-that
Is two and one-half cents mile.
Senator Kirkman proposed the amend
ment providing for straight two
cent fare. cash or tickets. 1t was on
this amendment that the debate cen
tered practically all day. though Roem-
Ter made the attempt to amend the
amendment by making a ten cent pen
atty for those who did not buy a ticket.
Late yesterday afternoon, the senate
passed the bill, amended by Sen
ator Kirkman. to engrossment, by a
vote on Kirkman's motion of % in
favor of it to seventeen against it.
The senate fought shy of the bill
"enlarging the power of the attorney
general" known the Hawkins anti
trust bill. passing it to engrossment
with very little debate. A motion was
made to amend it when called up to-
day. by excepting labor unions from its
provisions. but as that amendment was
offered by a democrat it was not car
ried.
The action Of sending this bill over
to engrossment was decided upon at
a noon caucus Of the republican sena-
tors, yesterday There the fact that
there were four antitrust bills to be
considered was outlined, and it was de-
cided that all Of them should be print
ed, and then come up before the SEN
ate on third reading Here would be
time enough for amendments. This
and other antitrust bills will probably
have serious sleddinS and may not get
through. unless ms erial notifications
are made
Still another p,--ary election bill
was introduced in the house yester-
day afternoon, and the same one was
to be introduced in the senate some
time today. This makes the fifth pri-
mary election bill that has been in
troduced in either branch. The most
important of the others is the Roem-
Ter bill, that has been printed.
Life Insurance Bill at StandstilI.
The life insurance measure is at a
standstill. 1t seems that the public
hearings are over and yet the com
mittee is not ready TO report on the
Babcock bill vet The bill making
the agent the agent Of the COMPANY
and not the agent Of the assured. pass
ed the house today. And an anti-re-
bate bill has been introduced in both
the house and the senate, but no act
ion has been taken on this bill as vet
1t seems settled that there Will be
some notifications made to the Bah
cock bill as presented originally. These
notifications will be along the gen
email lines of reducing the power Of the
insurance commissioner. There is q
tendency to provide. also. that the
commissioner shall not be appointed
solely by the governor, but either ap-
pointed by him, and the appointment
confirmed by the senate, or election by
the people though this is not done ir
any state in the union.
The wind veers around in favor OF
democratic Senator Bingham, in the
contest case that is being waged foI
Bingham's st. Joseph county seat in
the senate. by Thad NJ Talcott, repub-
hean. who held the seat two and four
years ago. Though none of the mem
bers of the committee will give any
dehnite expression. it seems that they
feel that the contestor's case has not
been made.