The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-03
VICTORY
FOR "DRYS"
Anti Saloon Forces Tri.
umphant; Bitter Attack
Is Made on Hanly.
TIMES BUREAU
AT STATE CAPITOL.


indianapolis, Ind. March 3-"Good
bye, Jim, take keer o. yerself." That's
the remark that the senate made to
the brewers OF Indiana about $50 yes
terday evening when it killed the Tom
1inson bill, which was to repeal the
county local option law. It was utter
rout for the brewers. They were
whipped floor and horse and they will
stay whipped. too
The veto by which the county option
law was saved and the brewers whip
ped means two things:
WHAT 1T MEANS.
First-Indiana will be dry state by
1912
Second-The star of J. Frank Hanly
has risen higher than ever.
The republicans do not care a rap
about the first proposition but the
second one scares them to death-that
is, the politicians They are afraid of
Hanly. He has them all buffa1oed and
they know it.
But, seriously the killing of the
Tomlinson bill by a vote of 26 to %
was serious blow to the brewers Of
the state. Already twenty-six coun-
ties out of the ninety-two in the state
have voted themselves dry under the
county option law and several cleo
tions are already called in other coun-
ties that will also go dry. This is
bound to continue until practically the
entire state will be made dry under
that law The only probable exceptions
will be Marion. Allen. yanderburg, St
Joseph and Lake counties Vigo may
possibly remain wet, also
PROHIBITION IN INDIANA.
Then. when the anti-saloon forces
get that far along they will spring |
scheme to make Indiana a prohibition |
state and it will carry with a great !
sweep. Just remember that prediction |
There were some surprises in the |
vote by which the Tomlinson bill was |
killed Senator Wood made a bitter I
attack on HanIy and the local option |
scheme. He told how he fought |
against the plan when it was first pro-
posed and how he tried to have the re-
publican state campaign officials to call |
off the dogs when the fight for local
option started and how they refused.
He denounced the county option plan
and asid he was for it's repeal with a
law that would fix a thousand dollar
license fee and make other restrictions.
Then he voted to kill the TomIinson
bill All along he was counted as one
who would vote to repeal the county
option law.
ORNDORF A SURPRISE.
Senator Orndorf, of Huntington and
Whitley. was another republican that
surprised them. Before the vote was
taken he never told anyone how he
would vote on the Tomlinson bill, but
he had said things that some persons
interpreted to mean that he would sup
port the bill The Temperance people
of this two counties swamped him with
letters and kilograms urging him to
vote to save the county option law. He
Just kept still and when the time came
he voted against the repeal.
There is no possibility of anything
more being done with liquor legisla-
tion at tbs session of the legislature ,
After the vote was announced Senator !
Mattingly moved to reconsider the vote I
and Senator King. of Peru, moved to 7 .
lay that motion on the table. This is :
the polite method Of burying bill
that is already dead. The motion car =
ried and the bill was dead as a door ,
nail
LAST BIG FIGHT TODAY.
Today will probably see the last of ,
the big fights of the session. The Sun
uaE pdSeoaii Oil Will come up In the ,
senate and the school book bill will
come on for passage in the house
These are the only remaining bills of
general interest and when they are
disposed of the rest of the time will 9
probably be taken up with the general
appropriations bill. Thus the session
IS getting down to brass tacks. and !
when the gong sounds next Monday
night little of Importance will be left I
lndone The fact IS the legislature has
lone better than was expected of it $
n the start For several weeks IT
ooked ike there would be nothing
lone, because so much time was wasted v
N little things But when Governor u
MARSHALL got after them and gave them
Q understand that 1t was time to get C
'usy they woke up and went at 1t. He
lid not tell them what they should II
Ass or not pass. He merely told them q