The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-17
GOVERNOR HANLYS SPEECH
WILL TEND TO KEEP THINGS
LIVELY DURING FIRST DAY OF
SESSION.
REPEAL OF POLICE LAW.
Democrats Will Have the Support OF
Several Republican Legislators
In an Effort to Do Away With the
Measure.

indianapolis, Sept. 17.-1ts easy to
tell that the legislature is on. The
lawmakers have come to town. The
lobbies of the hotels are crowded with
them today and the special session
which opens at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning, is the one thing talked about.
Conferences innumerable have been
under way all day, leading up to the
important meetings of tonight, when
both republicans and democrats will
gather their full strength together to
talk it over The gatherings are bill
ed as conferences. They will end in
caucuses. it is expected. though there
is some opposition among the leaders
of each party to the plan of caucus
ing. Those opposing are fearful of
the result of attempting to bind their
party members on the question OF
county local option-which. of course,
is the real object of the proposed eau
cuses. One or two or three men re-
fusing to be bound. they say, would
do incalculable harm to the party pro-
gram.
However. as matters stand today,
there is little doubt that tonight's
meetings will determine definitely
how much of each party's strength
can be counted upon In the party's s
plans. For the republicans, the lead
ers are declaring there are enough
republican votes assured to put the
county local option bill through in
short order. The partly-revealed fig
ures Of the Anti-Saloon league do not
bear out this assurance, but the lead
ers stand by their declaration. On the
other hand the democratic state com
mittee's workers claim an almost solid
lineup Of democrats against county To-
cal option-saying, in fact that even
Sticks and Hotel can be counted in
with the opposition.
County Option Friday.
How we'll the party managers are
justified in their claims will be reveal
ed quickly, once the general assembly
begins business. 1t is now the inten.
tion of the republicans to have the
county local option bill introduced the
very first day, tomorrow With the
governors address heard and the very
small amount of preliminary work dis
posed of, the bill will be started on
its course. The governors address
by the way, is expected to be one OF
the efforts of his life. 1t will sizzle
so folks Of the state house confidently
predict and the house and senate
meeting Jointly to hear it will not find
their first session dull by reason OF
It.
r. G. Minton, legislative superin
tendent Of the Anti-Saloon league. has
not completed the drafting of the bill
yet. though all the essentials have
been decided. There yet remain Ger
tain puzzling details of the election
machinery to be provided under the
proposed laws operation. The names
OF the authors" of the bill are no,
announced. 1t will be introduced sim
ultaneously in the house and senate
and 1t Is limited that the house father
will be democrat. Democrats toda,
hooted at this suggestion.
With the bill introduced tomorrow
1t will be referred at once, OF course
to the committee on public morals II
each branch. The house committee
contains four democrats of the item
perance" stripe-Hottel, Green. Pier
son and White. Their appointment
was made two years ago with the
blind tiger and $1,000 license bills il
view and they are eminently salts
factory to the leaders of the majorit,
party. Representative Morton O
Howard county. chairman. is a strons
temperance advocate. In the senate
committee, of which Mock is chair
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