The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-25
After Hard Fight the Measure
Was Amended and Advanc-
ed to EngroSsment.
PASS "BLIND TIGER" BILL
SENATOR KiRKMAN CASTS HIS
VOTE BOTH TIMES AGAINST
THE LIQUOR INTERESTS-HoS-
PlTAL BILL IN FULL.
(By Demas S. Coe.)

Indianapolis, lnd, Jan. Af.-lI J" a'
another nerve racking day in the sen
ate. The house continued to do lit
tie resting this afternoon, while the
senate pounded away until after D
o'clock The entire session was one
of "strenuosity." 1t tried the nerves
of many senator who wavered as
to how he should vote on two ques-
tions of great public interest and I'M
portance. The first was the S1,O0o
through to engrossment after siege
that beginning in the forenoon was
not concluded until mid-afternoon.
Then the blind tiger BILL aimed at
those resorts which sell liquors with
out a state license, was passed after
two hours of warm debate and in the
presence of the biggest throng of Wis
itors that has graced the senate cham
her this session.
The Mattingly high license bill, pro-
viding that the license fee of the state
for the sale of intoxicants. shall be
$1,000, was called up by the author
on second reading and he evidently
anticipated that there would be no
amendment offered. For two days,
Senator Slack, had been laying
low with an amendment which chang
ed the apportionment of the license
fee between the school fund and the
city or town corporation. The origin
al bill provided that the school fund
should receive $3.50 and the corpora
ton, the balance, $3.50. Senator
Slack's proposed amendment was to
the effect that the school fund should
receive $500, the corporation, $500
But the democratic senator from john
son county never had opportunity to
present the amendment. Some of the
republican floor leaders learned that
the willy democrat was planning to get
his party glory by proposing to enrich
the school fund and Senator Pearson
of Bedford was picked to introduce an
amendment exactly the same. AS
soon as the bill had been called, Sen
ator Pearson's amendment was sent
forward The fun began. 1t develop
ed that there was a general feeling
that t' school fund should get more
than Ii bill provided, but many be-
lieved that half and half was not
the right apportionment. Senator Lin
ton Cox. an Earlham alumnus, and the
leader of the Marion county delega-
tion, caused a sensation by proposing
to amend the amendment" by max
ing the apportionment top heavy in
favor of the school fund. He declared
that $500 was not too much for the
school fund. The balance. $4O0 he
thought, was sufficient for the town,
city or corporation. Senator Thomas
Moore muddied up the parliamentary
waters by offering an amendment to
the amendment of the amendment"
which was declared out of order by
the chair without it being revealed
what the complex amendment contain
ed. In the midst of confusion the SEN
ate adjourned and this afternoon the
debate was continued. Senator Moore
by this time had u7tangled the parli-
amentary rules an eered "a substi-
tute amendment amendment
'It was in other words proposition to
substitute for Senator Cox's amend
ment. a provision that the school fund
should get S40O, the city or town $500.
Under ruling by the lieutenant gov
ernor Senator Cox's amendment was
first considered and much to the sur
prise of everybody, it was adopted.
The question then was shall the am
endment to the bill be made" and
this also went through. The bill was
advanced to engrossment and should
hran in nt
form, 1t would provide that every sa-
loon in Richmond would have to pay
$1,000 license annually and that $500 !
of this would go to the school fund |
There are reasons to believe however |
that the measure will have tough sled |
ding before it energies as an act.
x x X
The fight on the Ganiard blind tig- |
err bill was interesting but was long !
drawn out. 1t was finally passed 80 |
~ T.
Senator Kirkman voted for the ad |
vancement of the high license liquor |
bill with the Cox amendment and he |
also was recorded as voting for the |
blind tiger" bill. The measure it is |
declared. will have the effect of put
ting stop to club houses dispensing /
liquors, even to their members. unless /
state license is taken out. 1t was |
limited here tonight that the Columbia /
club and other Indianapolis organiza-
tions would be .'inconvenienced' 1t /
was clear. however. whether the Co
lumbia club had a state license to sell /
or not the senate evidently not being
we'll informed.
Aside from very large amount OF
routine business of no special interest
there was nothing further done today.
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