The Lake County times., 1907-03-06
Legislature Passes Three
Measures Turned Down
BY Governor.
POLICE BILL ALSO?
House and Senate Make Haste to
Take Up Gauntlet Laid Down
BY Hanly.
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indianapolis, md, Marc: 6.-The |
governors action in vetoing bills that
were manifestly drawn for g special
purpose. and to cover q special case. has
called the attention OF the general as
sembly to the fact that he Is going to
keep a pretty close hand on such special
legislation.
That is, he will do all he can to do
so. whether he will succeed will de-
pend upon tho attitude of the general
assembly. AS indicated by the action
of the house yesterday afternoon, it
looked as IL the veto of the governor
would not be very effective. The house
passed two Of the measures vetoed, and
indicated to pass another or two If
such action should be put up to It.
The house and senate will probably
pass the metropolitan police bill over
the governors veto. also 1t seems con-
ceded that he will veto this measure,
and unless all signs fail, the two
branches will pass it over his veto.
despite the determined effort that is
being made to control the situation.
other Vetoes in Sight.
Whether or not the two branches
will pass the Vincennes claim of $780,
900 over the governors veto is an
other question. The governor has not
vetoed this measure as yet, and he has
said nothing directly concerning the
matter. The general understanding is,
however, among those who know. that
he will veto the measure, and the fight
will be to pass the bill over the veto.
And then there is the Farber insur-
ance bill that comes before him for
consideration. It was. expected that
this bill would get to him today. I'm
oflcia1iy the story is that he will veto
this also. He has refused to express
an attitude on this subject at NafI, so
far.
The Indiana Purdue scrap fiared up
in an idle hour in the senate yester-
day, and when 1t was all over. condi-
tions were as they had been before. The
bill authorizing Indiana university to
establish and maintain a medical de-
partment in indianapolis failed for the
lack of constitutional majority, the
vote standing % to %.
Purdue Friends Rally.
This bill and the Beardsley bill oc-
cupied practically all of the time of the
senate In the afternoon. The friends
of Purdue rallied after the Indiana
men had practically won out, as shown
succeeded in getting injected in the
bill enough amendments to defeat it's
passage.
The bill is exactly in the same po-
sition that it was before the matter
was called up yesterday-it is ready
for passage. 1t did not pass neither
was it killed-it just failed to pass and
may be called up today, tomorrow or
iS
whether or not the measure will be
brought up again.
Carl Minton, attorney for the Anti
Saloon League, said, after the action
OF the senate in passing the Beardsley
bill, eliminating the druggists from the
provisions of the blind tiger" law. that
the temperance people were satisfied
with the bill as it passed
LAS the Beardsley bill was intro
duced, it would have cut straight
through the heart of the blind tiger
law" said MIR Minton. However. the
temperance people have written every
amendment that was adopted. and we
feel that not only is the original meas
ure not weakened by the Beardsley
bill, but it is even made stronger. We
have had no desire to hRrass the legiti-
mate druggist and we think that 1t is
only the legitimate druggist that is
given relief under the Beardsley bill"
shippers Bill Passes.
Contrary to expectations, the ship
pers gave UP the fight on the recipro-
cal demurrage section OF the shippers
bill, and without any debate the senate
passed the measure, leaving out this
objectionable section. yesterday. by a
vote of IL to 0. The measure viii now
go back to the house for concurrence
in the ommission of this section five.
and then If the house concurs, the
bill will go to the governor.
The house killed the bill providing
for the consolidation of the public
library commission and the state
library This fight, thought to have
been ended by the consolidation of the
two institutions in the senate bill, has
been like the school bill. agitating the
state for several years. There is now
one disturbing element in the state
library who caused the defeat OF the
measure In the house.
The senate considered, on special
order. today, the public depository bill
and the bul increasing the salaries oi
the county treasurers. One was sci
for 10 A. NJ. and the other for an hour
later.