The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-12
65TH ASSEMBLY
NOW HISTORY
Both Branches Close Early
Republicans Managing
This By Coup.
SCHEME UNTIL END
Democrats Plot, But Enemies Counter
and Motion to Adjourn Car
ries Amid Confusion.
Especial to Lake County Times,

Indianapolis, March II. = With a
mixed record Of things done and things
undone the sixty-hft general assembly
came to a close, yesterday afternoon.
Ordinarily, both branches of the body
would have held until midnight last
night, but circumstances arose in the
afternoon that necessitated an early
adjournment in the house, and the SEN
ate therefore, willingly adjourned also.
less than two hours later. The house
adjourned close to o'clock, and the
senate a little after $50.
1t was not the conventional routine
"last day; at least not so in the house
All day long there was the undercur-
rent that the big story" OF the session
was to come some time during the day
perhaps in the afternoon. A deal was
on whereby the governor was to be de-
prived of the small crumbs Of COM
fort that were left him by the general
assembly; the metropolitan police bill,
which he vetoed and the Farber fnsur-
ance bill, which he vetoed, We're both
TO be passed over his head.
The first thing in the morning. the
democrats stood as unit against
passing the Farber bill over his veto.
The democrats. with some of the re-
publicans rallied enough strength to
sustain him In this veto.k This showed
up the voting strength of the demo-
Gratis. who were then jim position to
trade it on the metropolitan police
bill.
For the democrats We're set and de-
termined to pass that bill over the
veto, this was their one aim in the
closing hours OF the legislature. Ac-
cording to the rules of the house, the
bill was dead-the two days within
which they could move the reconsider
alton of the vote whereby it failed had
gone by.
And the game was for the demo-
Gratis to promise the disaffected repub-
lcans to reconsider the vote on the
Farber bill, and please these disaf-
fected republicans-of whom there was
large number in the house-pass the
Farber bill over the governors veto,
and then get the support of these dis
affected republicans long enough to
amend the 1907 rules. declare it to be
in order to take up the metropolitan
police bill, ana pass that over the veto.
also.
1t was a good plan and there was
only one draw back; il didn't work,
owing to the fact that the administra-
tion republicans got wise to the scheme
and prepared a counter scheme in re-
turn. And the advantage of the count
er-scheme was that 1t worked.
The counter scheme was to permit
the democrats to sustain the govern
or's veto; then keep routine matters
before the house until the appropria-
tion bill came back TO the house with
the senate amendments; then concur in
q or,l han cd
journ. sine die.
And this is what happened. 1t was
after 4 o'clock when the appropriation
bin came from the senate. The house
was confusion confounded and con-
sequently nobody noticed when the mo-
tion was made to concur in the senate
amendments to the appropriation bill
Another routine bill disposed OF and
Grieger and Kelley both moved, in the
din, that the house adjourn, sine die
The speaker caught the motion, as he
was expected to. and he but the ques-
tion. BY a viva voce vote, the mo-
tion prevailed. probably not more thar
one-half in the room knowing for what
they We're voting.
The house stands adjourned, sine
die" the speaker announced. and the
house end OF the session was over real
~ before the democrats knew what
had happened TO them There was nc
further chance. The veto stood or
the metropolitan police bill: and the
veto stood on the Farber Insurance
bill.
Previous to the adjournment the
house was in the greatest of confusion
The floor was crowded and the CALLER.
ies packed. People focked to tho
house with the understanding that
something was to happen" scrar
was expected on both the Farber ant
the metropolitan bill. The latter wa.
expected to precipitate trouble. be
cause it would result in a long an,
spirited parliamentary scrap. But non,
of it materialized the house side ad
journea with the customary vast,
basket. bill, paper throwing tha
threatened the happiness If not til,
actual safety of the members, theil
wives, daughters and friends who were
on the floor
The senate ended up with a custom
airy talk-feast The lieutenant govern
or talked, after he had been presented
with a fraternity pin by some of his
brothers in the senate. He told then
all what good boys they had been
and how he hated to lose them. In re-
turn they told him what nice teach
er he had been, and how they hated tc
lose him; incidentally most of then
gave him a gubernatorial boom. anC
ended up with inviting him to dinner
at the Claypool. which most of tn.
members. republican and democratic
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