The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
House Passes Measure Only
to Annul It Before Vote
IS Recorded.
1T DIES ADJOINING
Question Now, What Will Become of
Teacher Legislation" That is
Before Assembly.
Especial to Lake County Times).

indianapolis, FEB. 23.-The house
passed the high license bill yesterday
afternoon by vote of 81 to AZ. The
bill was killed on a motion to postpone
further consideration indefinitely. This
motion to postpone prevailed by a vote
of 81 to Al
The effort was not made to clinch
this vote by moving to reconsider and
then tabling this motion. The margin
was too narrow for that. And tech
nically, therefore the bill may be re-
considered and voted on again.
As a matter of reality, however. there
/ is probably no chance for the bill at
all. and it is just about as dead as it
would be had the reconsideration been
killed. 1t will probably not come up
again this session.
That ended one of the most remark
able fights made in a recent legisla-
ture. Starting with practically no sup
port this $1,000 liquor license BILL
backed by no political party, denounced
! by many temperance people, given no
substantial backing by the anti-saIoon
| league, gained friends from the very
! start, and came very close TO passage.
The fact that the interests of the
teachers were tied up In the passage
of the bill aided the measure to a large
extent. Without this fact in all prob
ability it would not have received the
large vote that it did. The teachers
sent in hundreds of petitions-from all
over the state, kilograms, printed re-
quests, personal letters-all bearing up
on an advance in the teachers salaries.
! and carrying an end that concerned
| 81, 900 licenses.
Press support Its Only Strength
Some of the leading newspapers of
the state supported the measure, also,
| this gave the bill it's only other
strength. The general feeling is that
! the bin did better than was expected
under the circumstances.
There is a question as to what will
! become of the different teacher bills
now pending before the two branches
/ of the Legislature. Both branches, up
/ to this time have shown an attitude
! friendly to the teachers, and it may
| be that some means will be devised
whereby they may be helped. Nothing
definite has been formulated as yet,
! however
There is no question but that the in
surance fight will be carried over to
the floor of the house-and little ques-
/ tion but that the governors insurance
/
a Jolt as was received in the senate.
To start with, there, too are the
democrats lined up almost to man in
favor Of the mutilated bill that was
agreed upon at the caucus of the re-
publican senators. The understanding
is that the minority senators caucused
to agree with the enemies of strict
reform law, "in order to put the re-
publicans in a hole" as one of them is
/ quoted as saying. It is natural to ex-
pect that the house members of the
minority will adopt the same course,
though there is q movement on foot
for the democrats there to stand for
the reinsertion of the strong features
| Of the ori gtnal Farber- -Babcock bill and
| thus, working with some of the re-
publican representatives. take off the
credit for having enacted good insur-
ance legislation. This plan has not
been brought to a definite head, how
ever.
Primary Election Bill Today.
The republican caucus primary cleo
ton bill was to be brought up in the
senate today, and probably advanced to
/ engrossment. This is the measure that
provides for partial primaries only at
first, and is the amended Roemler
biII'-that is practically a substitute
with Roemlers name on the back.
The Beardsley bill, eliminating the
druggists from the provision of the
blind tiger" law was reported back
to the senate today. There was a di-
vided report, and the matter was not
to be fought out. The arrangement
was that the bill would be printed
anyhow, whatever was the final dispo-
sition on it.
Yesterday was routine day in the
senate Aside from concurring in the
house amendments TO the two cent fare
bill. there was nothing of general i'm
portance in any of the thirty odd house
bills passed. Under the two cent fare
bill that went to Governor Hanly
those falling TO get tickets will have tc
pay an extra one-haIf cent per mile or
the train. He will get a receipt which
in turn will entitle him 10 the rebate
to the amount OF excess fare paid. one
other bill that the senate acted upor
was the bill that permitted justices OF
the peace to destroy gambling para
phernalia. This was aimed at tht
French Lick and West Baden cases
but through ignorance the republican
members OF the senate, not knowtna
what its purpose was, killed il at the
request of the minority leaders 7vhC
smilingly helped It along to II death
The bill was aimed at Tom Taggart
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