The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-09
Democrats Last Evening Got
Together in Frantic Effort
To Plan Redemption Of
Platform Pledqes..
ECONOMIC MEASURES
ARE ALLOWED TO SLEEP
Party Leaders Now Realize
That Il They Garry Out
Pledges to People win Have
To Get Busy Now.
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The democrats Of the house held :
caucus yesterday evening. Immediate
ly after the adjourdment oe the afesr.
noon session. Everybody suppoeel
they were getting together on tho
liquor question and that they would,
come out OF the caucus with souo
kind Of . plan Of action On that Oh
streperous propositioa. bat they dlG
not. They will not even talk oe 1ocal
option or the liquor question. Thsy
talked about the best way to redeem
their platform pledges. that thsy
would stand for economy.
Here 1t II. with more than halt q
the session gone and still uothtng
done In the way Of making mod %
their platform promises Of reform and
curtailment Of state expenses. Not -
HEX has been struck toward ro4ucang
expenses or practicinG ECONOMY. o.
the other hand. the democrats fIn&
that only. three bills have -boen pass-
cd by both the house and The senate
and beeene laws. and. that theeo.
three are little things that amount -
nothing. .-....
0lsls Alse~ed - oseee.
Bills that have = titW a. ro1o~
tiou of expenses have beea alloWo1 10
sleep ID committees and g flnally got
% people thought nothing woald svsr
be heard Of them. The democraf1o
house has gone right ahead passing
bills and advancing bills to create
new courts and DO other things that
will saddle extra expenses on the pso.
pie. but they have. dons nothing -
relieve the people Of anything.
Have ossun - Wasss W.
Yesterday It came to . point whse0
the Democrats began TO wake ~.
They began to realiso that n thoy
are to accomplish anything that they
promised the people they wou1d 80
complish they would have % ost hasy
in . hurry. The party IeaAsrs wese
frightened when their atteaeana- was
called to the fssct that. they heA 6uao
nothing and they realized that ~
party would 60 TO smash Ct The nexs
election and tha1 the next leglslatore
would be republican unleos thsy ~
together and nade . show oe soncees
ity by seeking to redeem somo -
their promises.
caueso We Called.
60 4 caucus OF house democsatD
was called. TIE Leaders of tho natees
ity in the house were there ana 81
eryb6dy talked ahout the best plan q
action. 1t Was PLATA 10 them tAae
they were up against II and that thsy
would now have to make .good.
So they decided to Glve actdve sup'
port from now On to TIE deDoefaao
reform measures snd the Doasuree
that are calculated to reduco expear
ses. Anything that sounds nke eoo0-
omy - 10 be boosted mon n0W o.
unless some of them change neR
minds again.
So We may expect fFo0 NV - -
zee the lid clamped down 81 -
democrats sitting o. the H. - H.
The treasury nust b protecte1. ~
II they have to create eo0e DHo
courts to Do It ~
Speaking q courts tAe seaato peee-
ed . bill yesterday aftsrnooa croaA1ng
separate circuits of Morna aD1 CAY
counties ana making go circult g
Putnam and Owen
oonaeo paoooo . 0tol.
Senator F1eming's bil1 30 a1I0w .
corporation 70 Increase Or deesooDo
the number Of shares q IT. caeeta1
stock without increasing o. 0eeruaneng
the total amount 0f It's stock. poo0o4
the senate yestsfday aftsFnooa ~ =
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