The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-12
TIMES, BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 12.-The dem
ocrats were split from stem to stern
yesterday on the question of repeating
the county option law, and if 1t had
not been for four republicans voting
with them the never would have
pushed the Tomlinson repeal bill
through the house Kliver of Lake
county, Ratliff of Wayne county and
Schroeder and Hewig of Vanderburg
county were life savers of the Tom
linson bill. They voted for it,
Ratlfff voted for the bill because he
has wanted to vote that way all along.
He wanted to vote with the liquorites
| two years ago on the thousand
license bill. He wanted to vote with
them at the special session of the leg
islature when the county option bill
was passed, but did not because the
party whip was applied. He wanted to
vote with them this time, but said he
would hold off until after Wayne coun-
ty had held her county option cleo
tion. When Wayne county voted wet
he Immediately announced that he
would vote to repeal the county option
law
KIfver Trades Vote.
| Kliver didn't care much whether the
county option law is repealed or not,
but he does care about having a court
established at Gary. The court propo-
sition is fast to his heart, and the gen
erals understanding is that he traded
his vote on the local option repeal bill
for votes for the Gary court bill when
it comes up for passage in the house.
Mickey, also republican, from Lake
county. voted against the Tomlinson
bill, although he is as much interest
ed in the Gary court bill as Kliver.
Schroeder and Hewig voted to repeal
the county option law because they
were elected last fall with that un-
Outstanding and for that purpose. The
people of Vanderburg county, brew
ery-ridden county, are opposed to coun-
ty option, regardless of party, and
these two representatives were merely
T representing what their county wish
ed
{ Who Is Backing This Bill.
That tells the real story of the pas
sage of the Tomlinson bill. There
was not much in the way of fireworks
in oratory when the bill came UP fol
made Maish, Madigsan and Chrisney
temperance democrats, spoke agains'
the bill. and called on their demo
cratic colleagues to vote against it
Cnrisney made hit when he asked
the democrats the pointed question:
who is behind this bill?"
But Chrisney did not get an an
swer.
xTI..-a,, r1a,,oc-,ts A. ure,nraroare
Representative Babcock of La
Grange and Steuben counties made
strong speech against the bill, but tn
fact that he was private secretary t.
Governor Hanly during the last few
months of that administration, weak
ened the force Of it and called fortl
from some of the other speakers VIC
lent denunciation of Hanly and Han
lyism
Eleven democrats voted against tn
Tomlinson bill. This was not as man
0 as had been expected The temper
= ance men counted on sixteen or sew
0 enteen, and if they had been able t
6 max good with that number. the bil
would have been buried. This is tn
way the house voted on the Tomlinso
bill:
The Vote.
Ayes (Democrats) -Askren, Basset
y Beaver, Behmyer, Brolley. Buennage
2 Coble, Demberger. Davis. Douglas
Faulkner, Roor, Galbraith, Garrar
Cause Clifford, Harris, Hauck, Ha,
Hill, Kayser, Kleckner. McGinnis, NJ
KEENAN,, Mass, Mitchell, Moss, Mugi
Pierson, Racey, Rentsehler Rodibaug
Goggen, Seidensticker, Shirley, Smit
Stahl, stevens, stephens, Stricklan
sunkel. Sweeney. Thornton. Tomlinso
Wagner, Wells, Gearing, Speaker HI
nan. (Republicans) Schroeder, Hewi
Ratlif, Kliver.
= Noes ts)-Chrisney, GIor
Coahran, Durham Gottschalk, Hoste
ter hartman. Madigan, Maish, Mu
ply. Sticks. (Republicans) Babcoc
Banta, Brown. Carter. Connolly, Gov
. ing, Culbertson. Elliott Eschbach, Fa
is, Furnas. Gardner, Gemmill, Griege
= Haggard, Kessler, King. Maddox, Nee
Z Mendenhall. Miller. Plummer, Shaeft
70 simison, Stewart, Switzer. Talbot 1