The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-29
Six Republicans Vote to
Slaughter Measure Intend
ed by Governor to Protect
Tobacco Growers.
FOR EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
REPUBLICANS DID NOT SEE THE
ADVANTAGE OF CONTINUING
EXPENSIVE SESSION AND HELD
CONFERENCE.

indianapolis. Sept. Ex-Governor
Hanly this afternoon asked that the
lower house Of the legislature investi-
gate the, charge preferred against him
by Representative Knisley that he
(Knisley) had been offered public
office paying $4,000 per annum, if he
would vote for the county local option
bill. which charge he branded false.
The house adopted resolution to
appoint non-partisan committee to
investigate the charge. However -he
speaker encountered considerable DIFF
ficulty in naming this committee and
UP to 8 o'clock this afternoon 1t had
not been completed. Daily and Con-
do were named as the republican
members and Downey and Pierson
were democratic members appointed.
Downey, however. declined to serve
on account of poor hearing. Hotel
was named in his place. but he de-
clined to serve for the same reason.
jackson was then appointed to the
committee, but he declined to serve on
the ground that he is not a lawyer.
The speaker Is still looking for the
second democratic member of the COM
mittee.
The house will remain in session un-
til the committee has completed it's
investigation. 1t is not known wheth-
er this investigation will be conducted
in private or in public.
IN 1fc nnf he oil
session OF the legislature was expected
to adjourn this afternoon when it
convened at o'clock. Four candi-
dates on the republican state ticket
had made it possible. Just after the
morning session. James E. Watson,
John c. Billheimer, George w. Self
and Lawrence McTurnan, met at the
resentatives including Condo, of
Claypool hotel, called in several rep
Grant county, chairman of the ways
and means committee. They wanted
to know IL there was any way that the
session could be brought to close to-
day. With the night rider bill and
the bill ratifying the contract for the
completion of the Southeastern Hos
pital only on second reading. it look
ed az though another day could not be
avoided.
Suspension of the rules to pass
those bills would require several DEM
ocratic votes and the democrats were
holding out for as much delay as pos
sible.
Nobody had practicable suggestion
night rider BILL. he said.
When the candidates were assured
that this would enable the rules to
be suspended out of democratic pratt
tude they told Condo to go ahead. He
went. Six republicans were persuaded
to vote with the democrats against
the night rider bill and it was killed
by q vote of 53 to 43. The democrats
then kept their word for suspension of
the rules and passed the hospital bill.
Two appropriation bills remained to
be acted on at the afternoon session of
the house. both being on third read
ing. No doubt of their passage was
felt. One night rider bill was passed
by the house that provides a severe
penalties for burning tobacco.
Indianapolis. Sept. 29.-The need
for an additional $4,000 dollars worth
Of legislature. which Is to say, anoth-
er day OF the special session. arose
yesterday afternoon when the commit
tee on ways and means was unable to
report on two of Governor Hanly's
bills yet remaining and so reported to
the house. The bills In question were
the Night Rider bin which carried an
CONTINUED on Pase Two.l