The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
PASS AMENDED
FARBER BILL
Each Faction of Republican
Element Charges Other
With Responsibility.
is SLAP At GOVERNOR
High License Measure Is Set for the
Special Order Late This
Afternoon.


Afternoon.
With each side charging the other
with the responsibility OF the measure.
the senate almost unanimously yester-
oay afternoon passed the amended Far
oer insurance bill, sending it over to
the house for further consideration.
mis- measure, which occupied the
tlrne OF the senate for the greater part
OF TWO days finally passed in a form
'hat was almost totally different from
the FORM in which it was introduced
primarily the bill that passed provided
Tor the insurance department to remain
IN the State Auditors office 1t was
on this that the big fight had been
made and when this was decided the
supporters OF the bin as originally re-
ported lost heart and the other repub-
mean conference amendments passed
without much opposition.
Three of the republican senator's
bIand' Cavins and Bowser charged that
minority members were responsible for
the passage Of the bill. Their charge
was based on the fact that the mino-
amendments that were agreed to in
republican conference.-the amend
ments which the Governor and his
friends claimed entirely devitalized the
measure. Had the minority members
voted to sustain the Governor with the
unanimity that they voted against
him. he would have been sustained.
for the republicans were almost
equally divided nineteen favoring the
Governor and eighteen favoring the
Indiana life companies
Hence as a matter of fact, the matter
was left in the hands of the minority
members and they voted as a unit
against the Governor
Direct Slap at HanIy.
However, much the talk to the CON
trary the passage OF the Farber bill in
It's amended form was a direct Sian
at the Governor. Above all he stood
for the separate department of insur-
ance; and above all things this is what
the senate turned down. Hence by
any hook or crook, the Governor was
bested in the contest
Slack, speaking for the minority was
equally free to charge the republicans
with the responsibility for the pas
sage of the bill in the present form
He based his argument on the fact Of
a large republican majority in the
senate. There is little question but
that the house will pass the measure
substantially as it passed the senate
The senate was to pass on the house
amendment to the Bland two cent
fare bill today. The house amendment
to this bill provides for 2b cent
fare If the fare is paid on the train
While this amendment, proposed by
Bland. himself was voted down in the
senate when the bill was up for pas
sage, it is thought that now that the
house has passed such an amendment
it will pass the senate. Then the mea-
sure will be ready for the Governors
signature.
The high license bill was sent for the
special order this afternoon at three
o'clock. While the bill was sent to
second reading by the vote of As to
Al, yet this just tends to show how
very close the measure is 1t was
thought probable that amendment
would be adopted that would reduce
the license to from $500 to 500 and
that in that form the bill would pass
1t was not thought that the bill carry
ing the full 81 900 fee would obtain. As
a matter of fact, however, the vote on
this measure is so exceedingly close
that any advance prediction is nothing
more than a prediction.
Reciprocal Demurrage Bill Passes.
With surprising unanimity the dras-
tic shippers bill, providing for recip-
rocal demurrage, and for the appoint
ment of a temporary receiver on motion
of the railroad commission in case
railroad refuses to accede to the de-
mands of the commission, passed the
house Yesterday There was not a
single vote against it. There is no
explanation as to why the railroads
allowed this bill to go through unless
they are waiting to make their fight
IN the senate.
It would not be at all surprising If
the bin providing that the price Of gas
in all cities having a population of
between 5000 and $4,000 passed both
branches of the general assembly. The
situation is such that the representa-
tives and senators are afraid to vote
against such measure. even though
they think that that is too low a price
for manufactured gas. None of them
want to be put on record as opposing
cheap gas for their communities, in the
face of their support of the sixty cent
gas bill.
The pure food bill sailed through the
senate yesterday, also. with no votes
against it. There is TO be conference
between the house and senate com
mittee on two provisions CT the bill. but
it is thought that substantial and
satisfactory pure food bill viii result
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