The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-02
TABOO SUNDAY
BASEBALL
Measure Legalizing that
Pastime on Sabbath as
Good as Dead.
FAVOR DOWNEY BILL
Primary Election Situation Ominous
From Republican Standpoint =
Result, No New Law.
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Indianapolis, March 2.-The Brolley
bill, Iegalizing Sunday baseball is as
good as dead. This was shown by the
attitude that the senate expressed, yes
terday. when the divided committee re-
port was acted on.
A a matter of fact. the vote stood
20 to 20 against indefinite postpone
ment, indicating that the senate was
favorable to the bill The vote did not
tlon would be, other than to indicate.
in part that when the bill came up fer
final passage it would be killed.
Half a dozen of the senators who
voted against indefinite postponement
explained when they so voted that they
would be against the bill. and they
voted in favor of the bill yesterday
only in order to permit 1t to be printed.
When the bill comes UP for final pass
age. there win probably be as many as
2S or 80 votes against it.
AS spoken of in these columns. sew
eral days ago. the primary election sit
uaticn in the house is ominous from a
republican standpoint. So far every
vote has indicated that the democrats
of the house would stand absolutely
as an unit in favor of the Downey bill,
which Is a caucus measure, and the
vote on this bill. yesterday, showed
that some republicans were still sup
porting the democratic measure. 1t
failed t. pass, yesterday. by vote of
40 to AZ, only two more votes being
necessary to put It through. King and
Hays were the two republicans that
voted for the bin.
Feared Republican VIII Refuse support
1t IS feared that these two and per-
haps several more republicans viii res
fuse to support the republican measure,
which provides only for partial pri-
maries. If this comes true, the house
will just about pass a democratic pri-
mary BILL the senate has passed the
republican caucus measure, the Roem-
Ier bill. and thus the situation stands.
Unless half a dozen disaffected repub-
liean republican representatives are
whipped into line, there will probably
be no primary election bin passed at
this session.
Even worse is the present insurance
situation. The senate, by summary ac-
tion, yesterday, killed the BabcCck bill,
WhlCn was a 1AuCn stronger measure
than the Farber bill which passed the
senate. Among the strongest support
ers OF the Babcock bill was Senator
Farber himself who said that the Bah
cock bill was a better bill than his.
There is little question but that the
house, now, will return the compliment
and kill the Farber bill. when 1t comes
up again, unless the bill is so amended
as tc be substantially as strong as the
Babcock bill. In this event, the bill
may be passed, and sent back to the
senate for concurrence. On the ques-
tion of concurrence In the house amend
ments, then, Will the senate have the
same old fight over again.
Insurance Men for Good Bill.
Within the past few days a new ele-
ment has entered In behalf OF an in
surance bill this is none other than the
Indiana insurance companies them
selves, who seem to realize now that
they can regain the confidence of the
people only by supporting a good in
surance law. 1t seems that their rep
resentatives have seen that non-ef-
fective bill cannot become a law either
because the house would refuse to
pass it CT even If the house did pass it.
because the governor would probably
veto it. And they feel as If their sal
walton must come through the passage
OF some law-thus they can point to
the errors Of the past as being eradi-
Gated by the law Of 1907"
Merchants ali over the state Will be
interested in learning what has hap
pened tc house bill 277. introduced by
Represert rtative Voltz. This bill. as in
troduced. provided that all merchants
in making their tax returns should
itemize out every dollar that was due
them, along with every note. stock and
bond that they possessed.
No bill has created a greater stir
among the Legislators. Letters and
telegrams come from very town and
city in the state. protesting against the
bill, the merchants urging that this
bill would require them to itemize out
hundreds of items every assessment
time Any large store that had hun
dreds of accounts out would have te
place them forth in detail.
Well, the senate committee. to which
the house bill was referred. after Il
had passed, just made one change il
the bill. This change was all that va:
necessary, however. 1t seems; this com
mittee so changed the bill that 1t vii
not now require an itemized statemen
in gross-which removes practically al
of the objections. With this amend
ment the bill has been reported IA
vorably.