The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-04
When the Legislature Gets
Through With It, Author
Won't Know 1t.
TEACHERS TAKE HOPE
High License Law More Promising
Than Ever Before--End Of
Session in Sight.
4r....a1 10 Lake County Time.l. !.

Yoatanapolts, Ind, Feb. 4.-The new
4,,rn in the primary election develop
ments Is the statement from on high
that the primary election bill that be-
cop,as lew will not be the Roemler
huI. at least in its present form. The
one that will become a law will be
. bill that viii not at one swoop over
turn all party organization and bring
about chaos. 1t Will be more limited
n its scope than the Roemler bill.
which provides for primary elections
for every candidate from township
trustee to a governor
committee from one the repub1f-
can members of the senate, represent
ing the senate republican caucus, has
been appointed to draw up amendments
to the Roemler bill. on this commit
tee are Senators Hugg, indianapolis
Roemler. Indianapolis; Mattingly,
washington; Pelzer, Boonville, and
Lane, Lebanon. The committee has IN
structions to so pare down the Roem-
Ter bin as to make it apply to moth
ing above county offices
Voters Rights VIII Be Limited.
Ana 80 while there will be a pri-
mary election bill In this state, en-
acted by the present general assembly.
the voters will not have the right to
EXPRESS their direct wish for candi-
dates for the state, offices, for con-
oressionaI nominees; nor will they be
ab1e to exert a direct vote on the ques-
tion of the United States senator. The
bill win be limited therefore, In its
application, probably a good deal along
the lines of the Fitch bill in the house.
THE high license bill wakes apace.
With tie senate practically settled for
S1 .Uu0s sffcense. the fight Is en- over N
the house Ten days ago the house
was found on poll to be very decided
is against the high license. There
seemed no chance for this bill to pass
there To-day the chances are better
than ever before.
The teachers have joined the fight
for ii on account Of 1ne hooking up
Of their interests with the measure.
The senate bill gives $500 of the money
from the ST 900 license to the teachers,
and the other $500 to the cities. Pc
titions from teachers are coming into
the general assembly thick and fast
ell for the high license
Even Fassett A. Cotton. the state
superintendent Of public instruction,
and the leader of the movement for the
increase in salaries for teachers in a
bulletin Just issued joins the teachers
movement to this demand for the high
license The saloon license could and
should be made $1,000 and one-half or
three-fourths should go to the teach
ers This is a perfectly logical solu-
ton.
Teachers Movement Gets Impetus.
As mentioned in these dispatches
some days ago, the teachers movement
is receiving tremendous impetus. On
SATURDAY Senator L. +. Moore's bill
increasing the basis for the teachers
daily wages was passed 70 second
reading in the senate. This Is the most
important of the teachers measures,
and will result in uniform increase
in their salaries if passed. TIE esti-
mate, than on the average. It will raise
the salaries of the teachers over $4,000
day. OF about fifty cents for each OF
the 10000 teachers And it is more
effective. too owing TO the penalty II
carries against any school official who
will not pay tire minimum that the law
provides.
Today starts the fourth week of the
legislative grind. The end OF the week
will see the legislature one-half over
So far only four bills have reached
the governors hands. one of which he
has vetoed. Starting with this week,
however, will come tho end Of many
bills one way or another.
Fer the past three weeks has been
period of foundation laying. Both
IN the house and the senate the effort
has been made to get tho bills started
on their rock road. over $50 have
been introduced The nrst two weeks
got them out of committee. This week
has seen them 90 TO engrossment or to
third reading-up to passage. With
such a good start tA- finish will come
literally on hundreds or bills from now
on.