The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-15
INCREASED PAY
IS OPTIONAL
Woods Bill Affecting "Met-
ropolitan" Cities Deals
With Officers Wage.
COMMITTEES ARE BUSY
Consideration of Public Depository
Measure Long Drawn Out
Crimp in Lobbyists.
Especial to Lake County TImes).


Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 15-Senator
VIII Woods bill affecting those cities
that have the metropolitan police law
was introduced yesterday. 1t provides
in brief, that the boards of police com
missioners will be able TO pay each
oficer and each member s120 more In
the year than under the present law,
which was passed in 1898. This is not
compulsory under the law that Wood
introduced; 1t merely enables the COM
missioners to pay more If they see fit.
Committees got down to business in
the senate yesterday afternoon and
last night One can tell from the first
meeting of the committee on township
and county business that the public
depository bill will be a long time in
coming into the light of day, Five
have been introduced, and the plan is
for each member of this committee to
take one of these bills as soon as 1t is
introduced, go through 1t carefully, and
then at different meetings of the com
mittee. report and compare notes. 1t
is supposed that the house committee
will follow the same tactics, and then
the two committees will meet in con-
ference. Out of the many conference
be drawn up and submitted to both
branches.
Senator L Ert. Slack, democrat, and
leader Of the so-calIed reform branch
Of the minority IN the senate, stole a
march on the majority In the senate
and incidentally stole a march ON one
Gilbert Elliot Of South Bend, who an
nounced last week that he was going
to INTRODUCES an anti-lobby resolution
in the house.
Slack Is FOrehanded.
Elliot failed to introduce his resolu-
tion Friday and yesterday Slack was
forehanded. however, and introduced
in the senate yesterday an anti-lobby
bill, directed against the lobbyist who
employs any other means other than zap
pearance before committees published
statements and briefs" This bill will
probably be brought before the senate,
and so far as can be judged now there is
no reason to believe that 1t will not be
passed.
Senator Beardsley of Elkhart. one of
the big proprietary medicine men,
came out today for the pure food bill.
This is the greatest surprise of the
senate, and 1t was expected that he
would fight that bill from the start.
"Why. certainly 1 am in favor of the
pure food bill that was introduced
in the house yesterday" said Senator
Beardsley, when osked about the mat
ter today. This bill, as / understand
1t, is as nearly in line with the fed
eral pure food bill as state can be
with a federal bill. 1 was in favor of
the national pure food bill, and am
heartily in favor of this one.
The point 1 make is that the man
who makes a legitimate medicine is
benefited by such a measure" con-
tinued the senator. And the fellow
who is the scamp is liable to be put out
Of business"
Another Insurance Bill.
Another insurance bin has been
drawn up and will probably be sub
mitted to either the house or the SEN
ate Wednesday or Thursday. It covers
the subject OF fraternal insurance com
panies, and is thought to embody the
points that the state auditor, John c.
Billheimer, and his actuary, H w.
Buttolph. argued for some weeks ago.
Thorough publicity of the fraternal
insurance business is provided for in
this bill, which is, in fact, a bill that
entirely supplants the old laws govern
Ing fraternal companies. These COM
<sNSS VIII nave 10 make annual state 1
ments giving any facts that may bo
required.
me oill compels these companies to
nave some consistent plan for doing
business, too. 1t doesn't say that they
Snad nave one plan or another-onlv
fhat they shall have some consistent
plan. Provision is made for ADEQUATE
rates-rates not to be below those held |
sufficient by the National FratarpaI |
Congress within the last year II nro-
vides, also, for the protection Of +ba
mortuary fund. the expense fund mo
hibits unnecessary accumulation Of /
surplus. provides for an annual va1ua
tion of the business for pubItcit1-,s
sake, and allows a separation OF class
es and a reorganization of the plan and
present rates.
A. ]. Bowser. joint senator from
Lake and Porter counties. it is said |
intends to father five temperance bills
which will completely rearrange the /
saloon system If they go through. A /
rough outline OF the meaning OF the |
bills is as follows: The first makes /
saloon contracts with breweries IL |
legal The second restricts saloons
to incorporated cities an dtowns and
to the business districts of such cities
and towns. A third bill will ask that
as insane persons. A fourth bill lim-
It's the number of saloons according
% population and fifth regulates the
licenses.