The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-18
Corporation Committee Gives
Measure. Unpopular Local.
Iy, a Knockout Blow in the
Lower House.
SUNDAY BASEBALL is
NOW ON IN SENATE
It Was Announced This Morn.
ing That the Tomlinson
Bill Would Probably Be Re-
ported Tomorrow.
Palladium Sureau
Indianapolis, Feb. 70.

Indianapolis, Feb. 10.
Today the much mooted public util-
tiles bill introduced by Garrard which
favored commission for the control
of public utilities was reported unfav-
orably on to the house by the commit
tee on corporations. Had this bill
gone through it would have worked a
hardship on the city of Richmond
which owns a municipal light plant
as well as other cities in the state.
The bill was full of loopholes which
were strongly predjudicial to private
corporations. The bill had not at
tracted the attention of any of the
legislators until Mr.. b. B. Johnson of
the board of works of Richmond came
over and laid the matter before the
committee on corporations and tho
house. The members saw the obvious
steal and the vote defeating the bill is
the result. Senator Beal will intro
duce a bill in the senate this after
noon which he calls compromise
measure for the creation of public
utilities commission.
Baseball Fight On.
The Sunday base ball bill fight Is
almost sure TO come off in the senate
today. 1t was also announced today
that the Tomlinson bill will be report
ed out of the committee in the senate
either tomorrow or Monday The
main fight on the bill will be the adop.
ton of the report. 1t is said that the
vote on the report of the committee
will in all probability decide the fate
of the bill.
6everidge to Speak.
Senator Beveridge who is in Ind.
annapolis attending the Tariff Com
mission convention has accepted the
invitation to address joint session OF
the upper and lower branches. The
fact that his services have been urg-
emily requested in the statehood bill
fight now befort congress and his ap-
pearance before the coming republi.
can editorial meeting in Indianapo-
lis, point TO the fact that there may
be some political Significance about
his lingering in these parts.
The house adopted favorable re.
port on the Coahran bill to prohibit
the use OF pumps in gas wells. This
bill if successful will put the Richmond
Natural Gas Co. out OF business and
deprive the citizens of Richmond Of
the use of natural gas.
Leave Walter Out.
| The house republicans will hold =
caucus tonight 10. consider the book
keeping bill. Ratifff of Wayne county
/ will not be invited and the leaders say
not permitted to attend the meeting.
/ The caucus will probably strike out the
part of the bill which makes the COM
! mission a partisan body. II will also
consider the Garrard book bill and will
think over opposing il as a party meas
I ure for future political capital.
New Bills introduced.
Thirty-eight new bills were intro
duced in the house and ten in the
senate. Among those entered in the
Z. house were the following measures:
\ To prohibit billiards and pool in sal
! oons: TO abolish road supervisors; to
I permit the sale of fish caught in this
state; for an open season all year to
/ kill biackbirds: TO require railways TO
+ fence their right of way: to elect town.
ship trustees from outside county seats
or towns: 10 put woman on the board
of women's institutions: to reorganize
the state board of forestry on the lines
of the governors message: TO permit
frafernal organizations TO incorporate
and maintain benevolent institutions:
to regulate Sabbath observance; to
have township assessors to take the
I school enumeration.
/ The new bills in the senate are:To
give council the power to make sewer.
water and gas connection with private
property and make the cost lien on
the property: to make il unlawful for
/ members of union TO attempt to get
employees to quit work: to appropriate
500 for the higher education OF each
graduate of the blind school: to keep
kerosene in red cans.
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