The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-15
Governor HanIy will Go
Down in History as
States Greatest Veto
Executive - Good at
MESSAGES Too.

executive, Governor Hanly probably
will go down in history as the state S
greatest chief vetoer. Before the leg
islature adjourned, Governor Hanly
made a distinct record for the number
of bills vetoed by MIN and the length
Of his veto messages. Following ad-
journment, the veto AK was kept sharp
and handy. Fourteen measures were
killed by him yesterday. The work
of destruction was still on today. Many
of the bills vetoed by the governor
during the time the legislature was in
session were repassed, notwithstand-
ing the executive objections. Those
vetoed, however, since the adjourn
ment will probably remain dead for all
time to come.
Have Absolute Falling Out.
AS part of the legislative after
math is a story of the absolute falling
out of Governor Hanly and John c.
Billheimer, auditor of state. Both had
been friends and co-workers in poll
tics for years. The enmity now is be-
cause of the failure of the governors
program for insurance legislation. The
bill-created separate department
of insurance, aside and apart from the
auditors office. Billheimer did not
look with favor upon this He was I'm.
willing that the insurance affairs OF
the state should be divorced from his
office. Being an astute politician with
a large following in the general as
sembly, he succeeded in getting the
bill amended so that the department
of insurance should be left as an an
mex to the auditors office; that the
officio of the department, and that
the auditor should have the right to
appoint the new officers to be appoint.
ed under the bill to help in conduct
ing insurance affairs. The original
bill left the naming of the commits
sioner and the appointing of the addi-
tional officers to the governor.
No Aid From BiIiheimer.
Even after the bill was amended,
Billheimer did not aid in getting it
passed. On the other hand he joined
in the movement to substitute the
emasculated Farber bill. This in
censed the governor His anger was
shown when in vetoing the Farber bill
he devoted much of his veto message
to an attack on the auditors office
and on auditors, former and present
This naturally reused the ire of Bill
heimer, and thenceforth he did all he
could to get the Farber bill repassed
over the veto. 1t is now a matter of
history how this attempt failed.
Item That is Offensive.
But the sequel came when it was
that the appropriation bill
as passed contained a $4,000 item to
the auditor for the employment of ex-
ira help just the same as if the Far
Der bill had been passed. When the
budget was made, the ways and means
committee took it for a thing granted
that the much-mooted insurance meas
IRE was to become a law. Conse-
luently, the committee made prcvis-
on in the appropriation measure for
he additional expense in the auditors
office that the Farber bill would en-
all. The appropriation bill was pass
I'd as drafted. The Farber bill did not
pass AS a result, Billheimer, the au-
litor, was given an additional $4,000
With which to hire extra help. This is
Wiling to sign the appropriation meas
ire His veto would mean an extra
session of the legislature before next
October, the beginning of the next
fiscal year, as the state would at that
ime be devoid of funds with which to
conduct its business.
Two Birds With Stone.
BY vetoing the appropriation bill
md thereby making an extra session
Hanly, it is pointed out,
night bring the legislature together
md get an insurance bill passed with
tut calling a session for that purpose
lone. Sentiment would probably be
special session for the
ole purpose of getting an insurance
aw enacted, in view of the fact that
he governor vetoed a bill, which, to
many was satisfactory. But to call
special session for the purpose of ap-
,ropriating funds with which to con-
lu-t the business of the state and
hen incidentally to enact an insur-
nee law might not be subject to such
treat criticism. This is not the argu-
nent of the governor, but the dope
hat is heard around the state house
nd in the hotel Hobbies where legisla- |
ors and politicians still are congre-
ated.
Druggists Are Anxious.
Druggists throughout the State are |
Waiting with breathless anxiety to |
ear the fate of the Beardsley meas |
re. If the governor signs it they will |
e unable to sell Intoxicating liquors |
4 quantities of a quart or more with |
ut the purchasers presenting pre- |
cription from a physician. A state |
aent must be signed by the buyer, |
owever. stating for what purpose the /
quor is to be used, and it must not |
e for beverage purposes. There is a |
ceiling in many quarters that the gov /
rnor will veto the bill. This belief /
ppears TO be based largely on the /
act that he leans toward reUneraoca /