The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-03

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that they should do something instead
of nothing. That, in fact, accounts for
the student activity that has lead to
some really good legislation.
AWAITS GOVERNORS SIGNATURES.
The repeal of the metropolitan police
law was accomplished, yesterday, when
the house passed the repeal bill that
had already passed the senate 1t viii
be a law as. soon SIS the governor signs
the bill, which will probably be to-
day.
Representative Wells of Fort Wayne
was sitting in a corner in the house
yesterday afternoon when a bill was M
Tor advancement to engrossment to re-
peal the in and out fees that were
given to the sheriffs by the bill which
Governor Hanly vetoed two years ago
and which was passed over the veto
rev weeks ago. When motion was
made to advance the bill to engross-
ment a standing vote was taken. Wells
stood up and voted against the bill.
sit down, there Wells" yelled
Speaker Honan. Give the bill a
chance"
ATTEMPT TO REDEEM PLEDGES.
It was understood last night that
since the Tomlinson bill has been killed
the democrats of the house will make
an effort, probably, today, to pass the
| Kleckner bill, which proposes to sub-
stitute ward and township option for
county option and retains the Moore
remonstrance law. They say thew
will try to pass the bill through the
| house, and even If It does it cannot
| possibly pass the senate.
TELEPHONE co. CAN'T MERGE.
The cry of monopoly was raised YES.
terday when the bill introduced bv
Representative Wells to permit tele.
| phone mergers was placed on it's mas.
sage and the bill failed to pass by a
/ vote Of SO to 80. Wells has sucb :
cold that he cannot talk and was not
able to defend his bill, which was river
him for Introduction by William 1.
Moeilering of Fort Wayne. in the in.
terest Of the independent telephone
companies of the state The bill pro.
vided that telephone company NIGH
buy out or lease competing companies
1t applied to companies organized
under the laws Of the state of indiana
only, and was intended to place the in.
dependents on an equal footing viii
the Bell company, which is organize,
as an ulinoi scorporation and has tn,
right under its charter to buy out com
peting companies in this or anv othe-
state. It was to meet this competitio,
that the Independents asked that thi;
bill be passed.
But Representative Smith, of Port
land, and several other members raise,
the cry that monopoly of indepen
dents would be as bad as a monopol
of the Bell, and whether they intende,
it or not, the cry had the effect o
killing the bill
DIRECT VOTE FOR L. s. SENATORS
Representative Miller, of Pulaski
St Joseph and Starke, cast the onr
vote, yesterday against the resolution
calling upon congress to submit Al
amendment to the constitution for tn
election OF United State senators bv tn
people AS his reason for his vote, h
said:
Il feel that one OF the wisest pro
visions of our government made by GU
forefathers was that which has III
senators elected as they are now. GU
government is naturally a system o
checks and balances and with tn
lower house of congress representa-,
the people much as weather cocks in
dictate the direction of the wind. tn
senate, freer from the direct pressur
Of the people, is better prepared 70
proper consideration of measues affect
ing the welfare OF the nation"