The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-26
SENATE ADOPTS MINORITY
REPORT on TOMuNSON BILL
Compromise Has Chance to Live But Will Have Hard
Shedding to Get on F1oor-Trading on Public
Accounting Measure May Be Resorted To-

of trustees of the state prison and shall
be part of that institution. There
are scores of insane criminals in the
states penal institutions with no place
where they may properly be cared for
and treated Tt is believed the bill win
pass the senate
Cigarette Bill Up TO Governor.
The amendment to the anti-cigarette
Dill which was introduced by Senator
Cox and passed the senate last week
was passed by the house late yester-
day and is now ready for the signature
OF the governor. 1t changes the pres
ent law so that cigarettes may be
sold to adults but not to minors It
makes the penalty for selling to minors
much more severe than under the pres
ent law.
Sunday Baseball Bill Ready to Sign
The Sunday baseball bill triumphed
over its enemies yesterday afternoon,
when the house concurred in the
amendments which were made in the
bill by the senate. This action by the
house puts the bill up to the governor
for his signature. But it is the general
! belief that Governor Marshall will
veto the bill when he gets chance
at It, He has not said so, bat there
are many who believe that he will use
the ak on the bill.
Many of the lawyers of the house
and senate believe the bill is uncon-
stitutional because it is class Iegisla-
ton, and because it proposes to legal
tze, during certain hours. an act that
! is a crime under the law. This, the
lawyers say, is illegal This, they be-
| lieve, will be one of the grounds on
: which the governor will veto the bill.
Another ground, it was pointed out
| yesterday, is that under the wording
| of the bill it is believed not only base
ball and football. but any kind of a
/ game may be played between l and 6
o'clock on Sunday afternoons They
/ say it will even permit poker, craps,
faro, roulette or any of the other
! games that are usually found on the
green table emporiums. The part of
the bill, which, it is claimed, will al
low this kind Of gambling, read as
follows:
Legal Question Is Raised.
=" 1t shall be unlawful for any per
son or persons to engage in playing
any game of baseball, football or
OTHER GAME where any fee is
charged, OR WHERE ANY REWARD
OR PRIZE OR PROFIT OR ARTICLE
OF VALUE IS DEPENDING ON THE
RESULT OF SUCH GAME on the frs
day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, between the hours of a. m
and 1 p. m. No statute of thi.
state shall be construed to prevent suct
game or games on Sunday between
the house of l o'clock and o'clock in
the afternoon >"
The lawyers point out that this viii
permit the playing Of any kind of ;
case during those hours and they ever
go so far as to say that since the bill
only prohibits such games between tn,
hours of a. m. and / p. m. on Sun
day they may be played at any othe
time during the ween. They point gu
that under this bill gambling may b.
renewed at Grench Lick and the res
of the resorts in the state.
: Whether this contention will hol,
good is question that only the court
will be able to determine.
After the Yellow Back Novel.
The senate took fall out Of tn
yellow back novel and the wild-eye
wild and woody pictures that ar
! printed on the fronts of the incendiar
+ novels and books that are sold to tn
youths of the state, melting them t
robbery, burglary, Indian killing an
the other dangerous pastimes. Whe
q the senate was considering the hous
!, bill to prohibit as the display Of fir
arms in show windows it adopted a
q amendment eliminating firearms fror
q the bill, but making it crime to dis
q play billies, knucks, sling shots an