The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-29
HANLY ASKS
CHARGE Be
INVESTIGATED
Continued From Page One.)

lCOnunueQ
appropriation Of $4,000 for the am
ployment of secret service men and
the making of Investigations and the
bill ratifying the contract between
Pulse & Porter, the contractors who
superseded e. M. Campfield, sof Rich
mond On motion of Chairman Condo
of the committee the bills were made
special order for 10 o'clock this
morning on second reading. This
meant that they must go over until
tomorrow for third reading unless the
unwilling minority should change its
mind and agree to the suspension of
the constitutional rules.
The delay on the bills came about
because the Rider bill did not meet ap-
proval of either minority or majority
in the ways and means committee.
Some members of the committee wish
ed to report 1t for indefinite postpone
ment. Others wished to report 1t for
passage, with the amount reduced. A
few wished to report it as passed by
the senate. The hearing of argument
from Repre- sentat Lieb, of Spencer,
the big tobacco county, and L. L.
Brown an attorney from Leb's own
city, Rockport, the two men taking
opposite sides on the question of the
need of legislation, did not tend to
simplify matters in the minds of the
confused committeeman.
Coincident with the committees con-
fusion is the development Of decided
sentiment in the house against appro-
priating of funds for the purpose ask
ed by the governor. Most members
have never taken talk Of Night Rid
ers in Indiana very seriously Up I'M
til yesterday the only thought given
the matter was that at the outset of
the session, when the house republi-
cans program committee appointed to
act Jointly with such committee from
the senate republicans, reported in
favor of the Night Rider matter being
dropped entirely. In keeping with this
feeling no bill on the subject was ev-
er introduced in the house. the present
measure coming from the senate.
ToNReason For Fear.
The house very readily adopted a
resolution by Representative Lieb call
ing on the governor for information
concerning the alleged depredations
or threats of depredations. The gov
ernor did not make answer to the de-
mand until Saturday afternoon when
his message was received but not
|, read. For that matter it never has
been read. Lieb himself declares and
is supported by a communication sign
ed by twenty-four tobacco growers of
Spencer county, that Night Riders
have no terrors for them. They have
brought the American Tobacco COM
pany to fair terms by peaceable pool
ing of their crops, they say. and the
Night Rider scares emanate from the
trust itself
1t was represen tations of this char
acter by Lieb before the Ways and
Means committee that caused the div
ision in the committee He was ans
wered by Brown, but, it seems ineffec-
lively.
Bribery Charges Discussed.
The KniseIy charges against Cover
nor Hanly and Senator wickwire Of
attempted bribery by the offer of a
lucrative state position caused a
great deal of discussion about the ho-
tel Hobbies last night Some republi-
cans were heard to express regret
that the resolution prepared by house
democrats We're not introduced, calling
for grand jury investigation and
proper punishment of the guilty par
ties. official or otherwise, high or low,
Senators Slack and Stotsenbers of the
senate minority. were chiefly respon-
sible for the charges being withheld.
They convinced Honan, minority lead.
err, that the proper sort of investiga,
ton would be one by the lie legislature
itself. This. they showed. could not
be matter of less than week or ten
days and they did not wish to continue
the session that much longer.
Prohi Bill Killed.
In the senate yesterday afternoon
the prohibition resolution was brought
out and played with for quite awhile
Senators Slack and Stotsenberg did il
lhey signed minority report to the
effect that there being some doubt as
to the constitutionality of the resolu.
ton, an opinion should be obtained
from the attorney general In support
OF their report democrats made feryiS
prohibition speeches, quite worth list
ening 10, but provocative of mirth as
far as the senate was concerned. 4
delegation of ministers in the senate
at the time We're called into the war
of words and put in very embarrass-
ing position. They made it clear.
however, that they did not favor the
action OF the minority, because it had
found its inspiration in politics.
The last of the Vincennes Univer
sity matter is believed to have been
heard. With Governor Hanly's de-
parture for the north end of the state
today. his friends breathed a sigh of
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