The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-26
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AT STATE CAPITOL.

DOQJ III the D4S CIOW0 III IlG senate
charmber late yesterday afternoon was
surprised when the Tomlinson liquor
bill slipped along another notch with
out as much as a fight against it The
committee on public morals made a d.
vided report on the bill, the majority
for killing the bill being signed by
Mattingly, Bowser. Crumpacker, Orn-
dorf and Cox. The minority report
signed by Patterson and Farrell, the
two democratic members of the COM
mittee, was in favor of passage, with
certain amendments that had been
handed to the committee by Senator
Proctor. of Elkhart. These raise the
license fees to some extent so that the
maximum fee is possible to be charged
by any city would be $780, which, to-
other with the state license of 500.
would make practically a thousand
dollar license
The minimum of the license fee, how
ever, is left about as it was in the first
place. Another amendment was that
instead Of voting by wards a city
should vote as a whole at a local OPP
tion election. A third amendment cuts
out the provision by which licenses
might be granted to saloons within
four miles of the city limits. When
the report was made Senator Proctor
moved the adoption of the minority re-
port and his motion carried.
No Republican Opposition.
The republican opposition did not de-
velope as had been expected, though
after some Of the republicans said that
they voted to have the bill printed so
they could study it, but that their
vote on the committee report did not
indicate that they would vote for the
| bill when it comes on for passage. One
of the strongest temperance republic
ans. however, said that he feared now
that the bill will pass the senate in
| spite of all they can do.
1T looks ITO me like the republican
senator's laid down on this BILL" he
said They did not get busy soon
enough and the other fellows have the
upper hand"
But the Tomlinson bill cannot get
out on the floor for passage before
some time next week, and in the mean
time there Will be a large amount Of
| jockeying and possibly a lot of trad
ing of votes to defeat it or to save it
This will be possible because OF the
fact that the senate is up against Il
on the public accounting bill, and there
will be plenty of opportunity to trade
votes on that bill.
The Public Accounting Bill.
The house, yesterday afternoon
| voted to refuse to appoint confer.
| ence committee to meet the senat,
committee for consideration of the pub.
lie accounting bill. Already the sen
ate had voted to not concur in tn,
amendments made by the house anG
had appointed its conference commit
tee. The republicans of the senate an
nounced also that they were perfect
ly willing for their conference commit
tee to agree that the public accounting
board should consist of four member
, appointed by the governor. two to b
from each party, thus making 1t a bi
partisan board in the fullest sense o
the word But the democrats of tn
house refused to listen to any such ar
rangement, and they have now place
the democratic party of the state i
the attitude Of refusing a bi-partisa
board and insisting on a partisan boar
: consisting of two democrats and on
, republican. This is the very thing tina
the public does not want, so the dem
ocrats are in a deep hole on the thine
A Great Deal Being Framed Up.
No further action can be taken by tn
} house, as the matter is now entirel
J tut Of its hands. The senate, therefor,
J must do one Of two two things-com
to the terms of the house or let tn
bill rest in its grave. There are som
. republicans who favor the bill even q
the democrats wish it passed. Their
are also some democrats in the senat
who hope to be able to kill the Tomlir
son bill. Now the proposition is fc
these democrats to vote to kill tn
Tomlinson big in return for whic
: some of the Republicans will vote wit
: them to resSscitate the public accouni
ing bill and pass it as the house SCI
it over. This kind OF deal is bein
: worked nthe quiet and there is a pos
sibility that it may amount to some
thing before the Tomlinson bill come
out for passage. Last night sewers
senator's were in conference on it.
Fleming Must Be Counted On.
But in this plan the schemers hay
the deadly opposition Of Senator Stey
. Fleming, one Of the acknowledge
y leaders of the county option repe
+ fight Fleming is moving heaven ar
n earth to repeal the county option la
n and pass the Tomlinson bill. And /
: does not care a rap for the public a
t counting bill. He would as soon s,
5 it buried as not. Fleming is a pow,
: in the senate and it is hard to tell ju
), what he will be able to accompIi;
J, against this plan Of trading off vote
: AS the matter now stands the
It seems to be about an equal chance f
: the Tomlinson bill and the public a
i counting bill One or the other ma
e pass. but which line is doubtful.
o is almost certainty that both cam
) get through.
y First Appropriation In House.
d The first real appropriations Of Il
d session were made by the house. ye
i terday afternoon. One was SIS, 900 +
h the agricultural experiment station
q Purdue university and the other VI
1t $4,000 for the erection of state no
/ pital for the criminal insane, in co
q nection with the state prison at Mich
n gan City. The former bill was recor
= mended and supported BY the farme
of the house and the latter was su
IS ported by both parties. The hospit
" bill proposes that the new institute