The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-23

the amendment will say aye. "-the.Lieu-
tenant governor shouted.
There wasn't a vote. No one said
word. Hall looked over the senate His
face got red He poised his gavel in
the fair for a moment and then brought
it down on that marble slab with a
whack that made the sparks fly.
The chair will entertain a motion
to adjourn" he shouted loud enough
to be heard above the hubbub.
No." no." no came from all parts
of the chamber.
This senate will adjourn unless you
senators pay attention to business" the
lieutenant governor answered. Il put
the motion on that amendment and not
a man voted either way If you can't
quit talking long enough to attend to
business you had better quit"
The senators looked sheepishly at
each other. Then Hall put the motion
again and there was a thunder of
ayes" After that the senators paid
some attention-not much to bust
ness.
/ Don't Want Night Sessions,
Speaker Honan says unless the house
holds night sessions and gets down
| to business the session will close with
la lot Of work undone. He tried to
/ force the house to hold night session
last night, but failed. Just before adj
journment yesterday evening he raised
the question of q night session, and the
matter was putsto a~vote. 1t was voted
down.
IF this house expects to getsthrough
with its work 1t must begin night ses-
sions at once" he said yesterday. by
the middle of the week shall have on
my desk not less than $50 bills. Bills
are pouring in and are tFickling down
from my desk very slowly. It is. sim
ply up to the members to stay here
at nightlf' they wantfto get their work
done before the time Of adjournment
But the house members, apparently,
do not care whether they get the work
done or not for they voted down the
motion for night session
Marshall in a Veto Hu1nor.
Governor Marshall seemed to be in
the veto mood yesterday. for he put
the kibosh on four court bills all in a
bunch Three vetoes went to the sen
ate at one time. This was the first
time Governor Marshall had a chance
to use his veto power and it seemed
that when he got. started he could not
stop.
The first bill vetoed-was the one Gre
ating a superior court at Linton. Next
was the bill to create a superior court
at Gary. Next was the bill to give
Hammond an additional superior court
judge. And lastly, there was the bill
which proposed to make Morgan and
Putnam counties separate circuits and
throw Clay and Owen into one circuit
While it is not believed that such 2
thing can be done. yet it is understood
that Senator Fleming and Senator
Proctor, two OF the strongest support
ers of the Tomlinson liquor bill, ars
talking about trying to pass the couTt
bills over the veto Of the governor
This. it is said, is. because trades and
deals were made by which votes fol
the court bills were traded for vote,
for the Tomnnson bill The genera
impression, however, is that the bill
I~wfl1 not get over the veto.
Senate Caucus on 1EerclHantzBim.
, The senate democrats caucused las
night on the merchants bill for uni
form accounting in public Offices. The-
appointed a subcommittee consisting
of Senator'S Ranke, Beal and YarlInl
to go over the bill and make it read.
l-for senate action since 1t came from
the house.
The senate republicans also had
: conference butvthey devoted their tint
to a discussion of the bill to requir
. county treasurers toimake advance pay
ments to the state before the regula
i semi-annual settlement time. This bill
( was Introduced in the senate, late yes
q terday afternoon, by Senator Horac
= Hanna for the purpose of relieving tn
present deplorable condition of tn
states finances and preventing bank
t ruptcy.