The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
SHORT AND UGLY WORDS
RE-ECHO IN The SENATE
Fleming and Hawkins Get Personal-House Busy Kill
ing Anti Liquor Bills; County Local Option
May Depend One Vote.

passage of the bill appropriating mon
ey for the DRAPER claim. Fleming an
nounced that he had intended to vote
against the bill, but since he had heard
the "asinine and false statement of the
senator from Jay" he would vote for
the bill. The bill passed.
Hawkins VS.. Kistler.
After the session had adjourned Haw-
kins still with the declaration by Kist-
Ter ranking within him, approached
Kistler
4 want you to substantiate that
state" said Hawkins.
4 What statement said Kistler.
That you are not the author of that
three mile road law"
You are liar
L want you to substantiate your
statement"
You are a d liar"
And Kistler and Hawkins both
walked away in opposite directions
There are those who believe that the
end of this is not yet and that it will
break out afresh before the session is
much older. 1t is the sensation of the
session thus far.
Senator Fleming says he is keeping
his hands off the local option fight and
that he does not intend to get into 1t.
Fleming owns a brewery in Fort
Wayne.
If were to take a hand in the To-
cal option fight" he said. people would
say that I was doing it for personal
, reasons. Therefore. l am keeping hands
off l have not said anything to any
one about it and do not intend to-
VIII the repeal bill pass the SEN
ate?'
I don't know thing about it."
Bad Day for Liquor Regulators.
Yesterday was a bad day in the
house for anti-liquor legislation The
house killed FIVE bills of that kind. The
first was the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Wells, of Fort Wayne, which
would have permitted the sale of near
beer in dry territory. 1t provided that
all beverages that contain in excess OF
one-half of one per cent of alcohol
: shall be subject to the lawse regu-
). lating the sale of intoxicating liquors
d Another was bill by Representative
: Roggen, of Fort Wayne, to repeal the
t county option law and to license res
: taurants in which liquors are sold
: The ak was applied also to the Sticks
bill which was to strengthen the blinC
" tiger law, and also to the Sticks bill
s which would prohibit bootlegging. This
= latter bill provided that liquors coulC
g be sold only by the drink and SHOULD
be drunk on the premises where sold
i 1t was discovered that this woul,
q abolish the growler Then Kleckne
IS bill to suspend license for the frs
violation and revoke the license TO
a the second violation of the law wa
3 killed. 1t was felt that this was gonl
a little too strong and that most saloon
+ keepers could not stand for it.
:, But there are plenty more liquor bill
h in the house, and some of them will no
= be killed.
70 For 6O-Cent Gas.
% There are some symptoms of 60-cen
~ gas for Evansville, Fort Wayne, TER
,e Haute and South Bend. Senator Dur
re, of Evansville, has introduced a bill
le in the senate providing that no NOR
- than 60 cents a thousand cubic fee
shall be charged for gas in cities hav
ing a population between $4,000 an
100000. Evansville is now the onI
ID city that would be affected at once b
II the passage of the BILL but after tn
next census Fort Wayne, South Ben
and Terre Haute would be in this elias:
~ South Bend does not appear to b
deeply interested, however, because n
representative from that city appeare
before the committee when a hearin
80 was held. j. NJ. Barrett and S. E. Mul
f. holland, of Fort Wayne, were preser
TO in the interest of the gas company i
o. that city.
ee John T. Beasley, of Terre Haut
Sc made the chief argument for the pull
- lie service companies. He said it wa
unreasonable to expect gas companit
operating in cities of that class
manufacture gas and make a profit
SO cents. The cost of manufacture We
too great and the consumption tc
/ small, he said. He told of the lare
q investments of the companies in citi'
which would be affected by the law ar
said that should the bill be passed
would work a hardship on both con
panies and consumers, as some Of IL
gas companies would be forced out
business.
The committee seemed to think tn;
gas could be manufactured cheaper
Evansville than at Fort Wayne, Ter
Haute and South Bend. because all IL
coal is transported by river instead
by rail The committee took no fin
action on the bill.
1t Depends RatIiff.
ew The bill fathered by the Indiar
ect State Federation of Labor on the il
~ junction question is ready for intr
1t duction in the house. 1t provides f
ear trial by jury in cases where contem
re- in the violation of injunction IS charge
9TH and that such trial shall be held b
lein fore some judge other than the Of
ro- that issued the injunction.
for There is still the same uncertain
me as to what will happen to the bill f
de- the repeal of the county local opti
cry law. The fight has narrowed down
to the house to a point where the vote
rly one man will probably have to deci
20 whether the bill passes or not. TIL
the one man is Representative Ratliff.
Wayne county. Ratlin wants to va
in favor of repeal. it is believed. b
the republicans are holding over I
n head a pledge which he signed last f
i before the election at which he was
81 ltcandfdate for reelection in which