The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-20
Kimbrough and Hawkins
Indulge in Exchange of
Personalities.
DEMOCRATS LAY PLOT
Take Advantage Of Republican Hard
Feelings to Gain Credit for
Antitrust Law.
(speciaI 10 LnIe Conntv Tlmesl.

Especial to Lake County TTmes).
Indianapolis, Feb. 20.-Leaning over
the desks that separated them, Sena-
tors Kimbrough and Hawkins shook
their fists at each other, reinforcing
this by making about every sort of
personal remark and invective that
would be tolerated on the floor of the
senate during the discussion of the
Hawkins antitrust bill that came up
for consideration in the senate yester-
day afternoon.
Added to the general excitement of
the afternoons session was the anti
Hanly, anti-Indianapolis News speech
Of Senator Kitttnger and the sharp
efforts Of the democrats to make poll
teal capital out Of the republican sit
uation. The democratic effort failed,
for although each of the minority
members Of the senate with the ex-
ception of shafer. who was sick, voted
for the antitrust bill, yet there were
enough republican members who voted
for the measure to insure its passage,
twenty nine in all
And Thus the Trouble Began.
Senator Kimbrough, speaking in op-
position to the bill when the senate re-
sumed it's afternoon session, was max
ing a heated speech in which he said
something that aroused the ire of
Hawkins.
do you know how much Ball broth
ers, in which you are interested, made
last year?" asked the senator from Jay
and Randolph.
That's my private business" Kim
brough answered with glare.
but did they not make 100000 last
year and -"
What If they did make 100000 or
$1,000. .0oO," answered Kimbrough,
wrathfully; what did you make in
your bank, / would -"
Il am not here as a banker" yelled
out Hawkins. rising out of his chair,
white with anger, and shaking his fist.
Il am here -"
who buys tax receipts" shouted
Kimbrough, coming down the aisle to-
ward Hawkins. 4 never bought tax
receipts and then came here and tried
to have an appropriation made to pay
them, and that's what YOU did" shout
4 ca Kimbrough, shaking with anger.
Any man that will -"
Mr.. President" shouted Senator
Hugg above the din. I rise to a point
/ Of order This thing has gone beyond
all bounds Of decency and reasonable
ness, and it should be stopped at once"
Then make the senator from JAY
and Randolph. your hacker. sit down
and keep still," hurled Kimbrough to
\ Hugg.
Now, look here" returned Hugg.
I sharply. Don't you try to take a fan
i out of me- If you do. I'll give you a
skinning"
Well I'll be in at the skinning."
returned the Delaware county senator.
+ And he resumed his discussion of the
+ bin. 1t was few minutes after that
that Kittinger belched forth his i'm
passioned TRADE against the governor
and the indianapolis News. which he
said had ruined the governor and the
republican party by its complete dom
ination Of the one and its attempted
domination Of the other"
Democrats Do Some Plotting.
Throughout the discussion o. the BIZ
which lasted all day, it became evi-
dent that the democrats wanted Ia set
enough senator's to vote against the
measure to insure that the thirteen
minority voters would be necessary 10
pass It, All along the line the demo-
Gratis assumed a hostile attitude against
the bill. but the republicans saw
scheme. and when the vote came to
final passage, there We're only eight
votes against it, Durre Forkner. Kim
brsugh. Kittinger Mccain, Pearson
stephenson and Wood Of Tippecanoa
Shafer was sick and all Of the others
voted for the bin. The eight nera-
tive votes We're all cast by republi-
cans. Little else was ACCOMPLISHED ~
the senate all day The TWO sDeciaI
orders set for afternoon were botb
postponed until this afternoon. The
more important of these is the Farbar
insurance bill that has set tho Ieeisla-
ture BY the ears.
As predicted on Monday this Sin
which VIII probably go through mis-
afternoon, VIII not recognize itself 81
vitality has it been amended bv the
republican members Of the senate ~
conference. At every one Of the thraa
conferences the governors proposi+io,
for the establishment of a new iDsur-
ance department has fallen down eo,,b
time BY a smaller vote. Monday r{rvb+
there were twelve in favor Of So
arate department. and fourteen ae~a3rs+
-as close to victory as the governors
party have come. The bill thar nh
probably obtain will be subsrantialI,,
the SudlowOuv bill, drawn nm ~ =
A. Sudlow. one OF the Indiana insurance
men, and introduced by Representative
olive From the standpoint of the ad-
ministration the measure is wholly in
effective.
Again the outlook for high license
brightens. The measure was to come
up in the house today. and the work
Of the temperance people yesterday
probably put the bin in shape for pas