The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-03
HAS THEM BUFFALOED
AND THEY REALIZE 1T
Under County Unit Law Entire
State viii Go Dry Except,
Probably Six Of the Larger
Counties.
Palladium Bureau,
indianapolis, March 3.

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Good bye, jim; take keer o. YER
Self" That's the remark that the
senate made to the brewers of Indiana
about. $50 yesterday evening when it
killed the Tomlinson bill. which was
to repeal the county local option law.
1t was utter route for the brewers.
They were whipped foot and horse and
they will stay whipped, too.
The vote BY which the county option
law was saved and the brewers whip
ped, means two things:
First, Indiana will be dry state by
1912.
Second. the star Of J. Frank Hanly
has risen higher than ever.
Second One scares EN-.
THE republicans do not care rap
about the first proposition. but the Sec
ond one scares them to death--that is.
the politicians. They are afraid Of
Hanly. He has them all buffaloed
and they know 1t.
But. seriously, the killing Of the
Tomlinson bill by a vote of 26 to %
was q serious blow to the brewers of
the state. Already twenty-six coun-
ties out Of the ninety-two in the state
have voted themselves dry under the
county option law and several elec-
tions are already called in other coun-
ties that will also go dry. This is
bound to continue until practically the
entire state will be made dry under
that law. The only probable excep-
tions will be Marion, Allen, Cander-
burg, st. Joseph and Lake counties.
Vigo may possibly remain wet also.
Then, when the anti-saloon forces
get that far along they will spring a
scheme to make Indiana q prohibition
state, and 1t will carry with a great
sweep. Just remember that predic-
tion.
Were Some Surprises.
There were some surprises in the
Aote by which the Tomlinson bill was
killed Senator Wood made bitter
attack on Hanly and the local option
scheme. He told how he fought
against the plan when 1t was first pro-
posed, and how he tried to have the re-
publican state campaign officials to
call Off the dogs when the fight for To-
cal option started and how they refus-
ed He denounced the county option
plan and said he was for its repeal
with law that would fix thousand
dollar license fee and make other re-
structions. Then he voted to kill the
TomlinsOn bill All along he was
counted as one who would vote to re-
peal the county option law.
swamped With Letters.
Senator Orndorf. Of Huntington and
whitley. was another republican that
surprised them Before the vote was
taken he never told anyone how he
would vote on the Tomlinson bill, but
he had said things that some persons
interpreted to mean that he would sup
port the bill. The temperance people
Of his two counties swamped him with
letters and kilograms urging him to
vote to save the county option Law. He
just kept still and when the time came
he voted against repeal.
There IL no possibility OF anything
more being done with liquor legisla-
tion 1t this session of the legislature.
After the vote was announced Senator
Matting1y moved to reconsider the vote
and Senator Killing. of Peru. moved to
lay that motion on the table. This Is
the polite method Of burying bill that
is already dead. The motion carried
and the bin was dead rs door nail