The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-23
HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR
THE GUARANTEE OF BANKS
Would Also Increase School Representatives Ad
to Going Into Night Sessions Senate
Caucus on Merchant Bill
TIMES BUREAU,
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

TIMES BUREAU,
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb 2s.-The pas
sage Of the Behymer bill for the guar
antee of bank deposits and the pas
sage of the King bill to increase the
tax levy for the maintenance of Indi-
ana university, Purdue and the State
Normal school from ~ cents to cents
on the 800 were the features of yes
terday afternoons session of the house.
The bank guarantee measure became
party measure and the vote that
passed it was So democrats for the bill
and SO republicans against it. The bill
creates a commission to be known as
the state banking board which shall
have charge of the fund created for
the guarantee of bank deposits. An
assessment on all private and state
banks Of one and one-half Of one per
cent OF their average daily deposits to
obtain the guaranty fund is provided
for. The bin was patterned after the
Oklahoma law.
wise of Marshall county, in a speech
! declared that the law would bring
much money out of hiding because it
would make depositors feel that their
money is safe in banks.
To Raise school Tax.
| There was a red hot debate over
the King bill to increase the state
school tax, but 1t finally passed. 81
to 40. For a time it looked like there
would not be enough votes for the bill
to passsft. When the roll call had pro-
duced 46 votes for the bill some one
asked that the absentees be called in.
| Several members were out. of the room.
| Speaker Honan instructed the door
keepers to hunt UP the men and bring
them IN. Pretty soon they began drop
ping in one by one. BehyIner was of
in q corner all by himself and had not
voted. Finally some one spied him and
he was forced to his seat to vote. He
did not want to vote but reluctantly
said aye" This made a total of so,
or one short of enough tospass the bill.
TITS up to YOU" said one member to
Speaker Honan. The speaker, by vot-
ing for the bill could pass it.
Il don't want to vote unless I have
to-" said Honan, but if have to vote
I vote aye"
But before his vote was counted
Gearing of Marion county changed his
vote from no to aye and so did Tom
linson of Shelby. This made SO and
Honan did not havesto vote.
Hears Request for Funds.
The senate finance committee and
the house ways and means committee
are meeting this week for the purpose
of hearing the requests of the various
Estate institutions for appropriations fol
Ithe next two years. Last night the
joint committee heard the Indiana re-
formaory, the higans City prison, the
woman's prison and the soldiers and
, sailors orphans home.
The pro- gram Of hearings for~thes resi-
of the week Is as follows for thessenats
finance. committee. which will meet sep.
arateIy the rest of the week:
t Tuesday niglt-Indiana university
State Normal school. Purdue, institu-
ton for the blind, Central hospital FOL
| the insane. Indiana girls school, STATE
chronological
Wednesday night-SoIdiers' home
, l.school for feeble minded youth, Easter
hospital for the insane, attorney gener
al, clerk. of the supreme and appellate
courts.
Thursday night-viaage for epiIep
tics. Southern hospital for the insane
Northern hospital for the insane, stat
t auditor, executive department.
? Saturday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS re
. porter of the supreme court, depart
a kment of public instruction, state Ii
l. sbrary, adjutant' general, bureau of pub
lie printing.
y Saturday night-Bureau of statistics
/. gas inspection bureau, state veterinar
ian, custodian of the state house, boar
Y of forestry, board of health, board o
. state charities, Nancy Hanks Lincol
monument commission, railroad com
mission, horticultural association.
J Hall Raises Cain.
:. In the senate yesterday Lieutenan
Governor Hall had occasion to show
5. little of the fire that is in a quiet ma
l. when he gets riled UP. For severa
days it has been almost impossible fo
Hall to keep order in the senate. TIL
}. members gather in groups and talk an
l. the crowd around the edges engage
{ in a continual buzz of conversation, s
j. that no matter how hard Hall pound
T. the marble slab with his gavel it is al
{. most impossible for him to keep tn
n senators down to business.
d Yesterday while the noise was at il
height there was before the house a
/. amendment to bill then pending
r Those in favor of the adoption