The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-19

i'm the legislature. The same old plan
of doing nothing important that has
been fOoxved during the entire SEES
sion thus far characterized the pro-
ceedings OF yesterday, and all appear
ances IL may be expected to continue
throughout the rest of the session.
Most of the day was spent in the
senate In a discussion of a bill to re-
quire lawyers to make their demurrers
more specific. In other words it is
/ to require them to state in their de-
murrers the reasons for fling the de-
murrers. This is a rather important
matter so far as court practice is con-
cerned, but it is not a matter that is
of vital interest to the general public
And yet the senate began the consid-
Grafton of the bill on Wednesday and
did not finish it until yesterday after
noon. It costs thousand dollars a
day to run the senate. SO the way the
money Of the state is being wasted on
trivial things is easily seen on this in
stance.
Clerks Get Graft.
And then, Immediately after the SEN
ate got through with this demurrer
bill IT passed over Governor Hanly's
veto the bin passed two years ago to
give county clerks the fees collected
by them for making transcripts.
Under the old law all Of these fees
amounting to many thousands of dol
lars in all OF the counties OF the state
went into the county treasury, but this
new law gives all of his now to the
clerks themselves. In Marion county
; alone 1t is estimated that it will add
) $4,000 a year to the income of the
: county clerk.
Here we have legislature wasting
A time in the consideration of trivial
bills and voting the peoples money
away to county officers. It about
the limit.
Another big crowd was in the SEN
ate chamber yesterday all day ex-
= pecting the Sunday baseball fight to be
pulled OF, but 1t was disappointed
again. 1t was postponed until today.
More OF Importance.
The house passed three or four bills
but none of them were of Importance
Senator Proctor introduced a bill tina
will attract some attention. 1t IS pat
termed after the Texas law on the sub
ject of the rights of laborers to or
ganize and conduct their labor organi
cations affairs. 1t provides that i
n ganize for their mutual good, and tina
1t shall not be unlawful for them a
e individual members Of such organiza
= ton TO attempt to induce others to qui
II work In other words it would legal
lie picketing in strikes. But tn
g pfcketing would have to be done by in
&c dividuals and not by organizations.
The bill has the sanction of tn
~ State Federation of Labor and a red
- hot fight is expected over it.
y Bill to Prohibit 1t.
A bill to prohibit the keeping of poe
y and billiard tables in connection wit
- saloons was introduced the hous,
- This VIII raise an unusual howl, be
7 cause there are many saloons in tn
= state in which there are pool and bill
lard tables.
:, No new move has been made in tn
=; liquor situation in the senate, an
there is no telling when anything wi
- be done The Tomlinson bill is sti
- in the hands of the committe
- on public morals and no one seems
know when it is to be reported GU
Uncertainty still exists as to how Gel
tain republican senators will vote c
the bill It has been said that If II
% bill is properly amended it will &
the votes of Durre, Wood Gonnerma
Orndorf and Pelzer. But 1t must |
amended in many ways. The ros
house feature must be cut out, the bi
ns must provide for a straight out thou
IN and dollar license. the number of s,
n looms must be limited and other thin;
no must be done before it will get Il
NJ vote of Pelzer. He says so. Pelz
~ would not vote for the Kleckner bi
iS which provides for the repeal of Il
county local option law and the su
~ stitution OF the township and ward la
ga The Kleckner bill is still in the hous
but may be called up again for pa
sage at any time. This is assumed
Ar be Pelzer's attitude from the fact tn
ng he has declined to say what he wou
or do.
NJ What Wood Said.
III Senator Wood has said that he wou
ne vote to repeal the county opaion Ia
- II a satisfactory high license, restric
o.e i've law were ogered in its place. B
80 he will not favor township and wa
substitution. Gonnerman refuses
.ne say what he would do If the bill car
- to him for township and ward optic
~ a thousand dollar license fee, and o
saloon for each one thousan inhal
fF IanIS. me CndTBe IS maze Lnal Bid
+ba made trades in the interest of !
~ Linton county court bill and that he
- bound to vote to repeal the county q
tho tion law, though he denies that
the has made any promises.
ttv Among the democrats there seems
and be about as much uncertainty as amo
,es- the republicans. 1t is said that all
hev the democrats in the senate exct
ov- McCarty and Tilden would vote for
Kleckner bill. These two democr
ar are standing firm for the maintenaI
one of the county option law and say Il
: Of they will stick to 1t to the end. I
ing therer are some others who would v
lem for the Kleckenr bill who may not
he willing to support the TomlInson
in any form. For instance, there
Senators Long and Yarling. They
nit that the Kleckner bill is in G.
formity with the democratic plato
lur- declaration and for that reason wo