The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
Joint Committee Reviews 1t
For Amendments and
Will Report Back.
LIKE FIRST MEASURE
Proposed Act Returned to Original
Status-senate Votes for
High License.
fspeciaI to Lake County Times.)

Especial to Lake County TimesD
Indianapolis. Ind, Feb. 5.-The Bah
cock insurance bill was to be reported
to both branches of the general as
sembly today. The committee-joint-
met all morning and went over the
bill, section by section. line by line
and made the changes that the COM
mittee had decided upon. Late in the
afternoon, after both Of the houses had
adjourned Senator Farber chairman of
the senate committee and Representa-
tive Elliot, chairman of the house COM
mittee, got together with a stenog-
rapher and prepared the amendments
to the bill in typewritten form. These
amendments We're to be reported back
to both of the branches today.
This result comes from many Joint
sessions of the two committees There
have been four open meetings. at which
everybody who has anything to say
concerning the bill We're permitted to
speak. Three We're large open meet
ings held in the house. and the fourth,
held last week took place in the in
surance committee room. In addition
to this there have been many executive
sessions Of the two committees.
The bill as the amendments that
were to be presented today will make
*. will be substantially the same as
the original bill. In many places the
phraselogy is softened the same as
the original bill. In many places the
phraseology is softened down--this
constitutes the basis for the most of
the changes,
For example, throughout the bill the
word acontroT' Is taken out. In the
original bill, the commissioner was
given the right to regulate, supervise
and contro1' the insurance companies.
Strenuous objections was made to the
use of the word Control" and this
word the committee has cut out
throughout the bill.
The second change of Importance is
the granting of the right to appeal
from the decision of any lower court
to the supreme court of the state and
the supreme court of the United States.
The bill as drawn provided that an
appeal from the commissioner of in
surance would only lie with the Marion
county superior or circuit court-noth-
ing beyond This was objected to
strongly and the strong objection
caused the modification.
~
as presented is the power in the gov
ernor's hands to appoint the commits
sioner This was objected to as strong
~ as any other single feature Of the
bill. but it seems that the committee
after examining the methods of other
states in this matter decided that the
commissioner should be appointed and
not elected This was left unchanged
therefore
In both branches, then. this report
will be submitted The bills, with Bah
cocks name on 1t in the house and
Farbers in the senate. will take the
ordinary course ~ be printed with
amendments. called UP on second read
ing, be advanced to engrossment, and
be called up on third reading for pass
age There seems to be little question
but that the bin Will pass in some
form-and probably IN substantially the
form that 1t is to be reported back.
High License Bill Unchanged.
The senate passed the high license
bill changed-providing for a distri-
button of 5000 to the school fund OF
each county and s4Oo to the cities. The
bill went through by a good majority
% to is. There were three absentees
Bingham, Pelzer and Stotsenberg. Il
IS not KNOWN now any u tH4SS WouAt
have voted.
The debate on this bill occupied prac-
tically all OF the afternoon session oil
the senate. For three solid hours. the
senator's spoke for and against the
measure to crowded galleries The
promised debate on this measure
brought many to the state house
friends of the senator's friends and
foes Of Temperance legislation into the
senate and they remained there al
afternoon - throughout the debate
When the result of the vote was an.
nounced the spectators broke into
strong applause and the pounding o,
the senate gavel by Lieutenant Govern.
or Miller was not loud enough to drowI
the applause There is much doub
about the house; an effort viii be mad,
tomorrow to poll the house definitely OF
the measure.
The house killed the bill abolishins
the board OF pardons again yesterda!
by a vote of AZ to Al. This has beer
known as the governors measure. an'
the vote indicates that it is still in
defiant mood. though the vote agains
it was not so large as it was before.
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