The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
This Important Topic Alb
sorbs Legislators and
Lobbyists.
BIG TEMPERANCE GAIN
Blind Tiger Bill Whistles Through
House = Senate to Reconsider
Constitutional Convention.

Indianapolis, Feb. 12.-WhiIe in In
dianapolis today, Warren Bigler. for
mer auditor Of state, took occasion to
compare and contrast the Babcock-
Farber bill. and the Olive insurance
bill, which was prepared by repre-
sentatives of the Indiana companies.
THE Babcock- -Farber bill as reported
combines the best features of super
visory Insurance of several Of the older
states and answers the demand of the
policyholders all over the country for
SUBSTANTIAL insurance reform" said Mr..
Bigler. "A determined effort has been
made to prejudice the ! gislature
against this bill by an unwarranted
and unsupported charge that it is di-
rected against the Indiana companies.
1t IS the best friend that Indiana COM
panies ever had because it provides
for a supervision that will convey with
1t perfect confidence. something that
had been shaken by the revelations in
insurance Investigations, east and
west"
Continuing, the speaker showed that
the Olive bill, pushed by the insurance
companies leaves the conditions practi
cally the same as they are now. He
went over the two bills section by sec
tion, comparing them, and showing up
the Olive bill as one "of many words
as the speaker concluded.
Farber Bill Special Order Today.
The bill was made the special order
in the senate this afternoon-that is,
the Farber bill It was scheduled to
come up at O'Clock, and as this is the
second reading of the bill, 1t will be
the time that the large number of
amendments are offered. It was ex-
pected tf4est II would advances to en-
grossment in the senate. 1t may be
amended there, also.
There was a lull in the investigation
of the affairs of the State Life In
surance company. yesterday. The ex-
animation started in the afternoon, and
was CT a rather prosy nature. The inti-
nation is very strong around the Of
fee of the auditor of state that in
case the substantial proof is offered
showing that Sweeney and Quinn did
get the $4,000 In the deal leading to
the purchase Of the building by the
State Life they will be asked to return
the money. and Will be sued for it by
the state on behalf OF the pcHcyholders,
in case they refuse to pay.
The. Ganiard blind tiger" bill Just
whistled through the house yesterday
afternoon, the vote being 73 to 19. 1t
was greater victory for temperance
than the most earnest advocates of
temperance reform dared to hope for.
Its advancement tc engrossment was
by q very small margin-just three
votes over the necessary 81. It was
brought up rather unexpectedly this
afternoon.
And now for the $1,000 license. 1t
was rather expected that this measure
would come up in the house some time
today. 1t will be favorabIy reported
BY the public morals committee. and
there will probably be some effort made
to amend 1t when 1t is reported back
to the house.
VIII Fight to Reduce $1,000 License.
The best information now Is that
the fight now will be on a reducticn
from $1,000. It seems to be conceded
that some bill, carrying a large in
crease in the liquor license will pass
the house But the fight will prob
ably be on the amount, and perbaps
the division between the teachers and
the cities.
The attempt viii be made to cut the
1000 down 800 at a time Just as
low as the house will stand for: after
the opponents Of the measure have done
all they can toward cutting the license
down by 500 units. they viii try to
cut 1t down by $50 units
I The prediction is made, however. that
the bill viii be advanced to engross-
ment almost exactly as it came over
/ from the senate. The best informa-
4 ton is that there viii be no substan-
+ tial change.
\ OF great interest to Indianapolis was
1 the passage by the senate yesterday
afternoon OF the Cox so cent gas bin.
/ The attempt was made to defeat the
measure by making it apply to cities
and towns other than indianapolis. but
these attempts failed. and the bill was
/ passed, exactly as written originally.
The senate will probably reconsider
the vote whereby the date was set
for the election Of delegates to a con
stitutional convention. This passed the
senate last week. but since thinking
the matter ever. the senate concluded
that they were not SO sure they wanted
q convention-frst because 1t would
cost about 100000 and second because
they feared that the democrats might
make "a cleaning. for this is a very
off year.
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