The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-24
SlxTY-CENT GAS BILL
ENTERED YESTERDAY
Measure Will Not Affect This
City Elevated Track Bill
Entered, But Will Die in
Committee.
Palladium Bureau,
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. "a.

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pei interurban companies to refund
half of the fare when a passenger is
not furnished with a seat in a car was
killed in the house. when Stahl, OF
Kendallville, moved to strike out the
%enacting clause. The motion carried.
This was the principal business
transacted by the house yesterday,
outside Of hearing the governors
message, killing the bill to increase
the tax levy for the state schools and
passing the bill to relieve the present
financial embarrassment of the state
treasury.
Sixty Cent Gas Bill.
One of the bills that interests some
of the cities of the state Is hat OF
Senator Durre to provide for sixty
cent gas at Evansville. If the bill
passes it will probably apply also to
Terre Haute, Fort Wayne and South
Bend and representatives OF all OF
those cities have been here from time
TO time TO talk to committees or the
bill. The gas people are fighting it,
and there does not seem to be much
of a demand for the change among
the people Of those cities. The fact
is that gas cannot be made and sold
in cities of the size of those named
at sixty cents a thousand and make
IA profit.
One of the bills that caused worry
for a few days was that introduced
by Representative Haggard, of La
fayette. relating to the elevation of
railroad tracks in cities. The bill pro-
vided that wherever in any city there
: > three railroad racks crossing
i. Get at grade, two of which were
used for switching purposes the city
council or board Of public works
could order them elevated to elimin-
hte a grade crossing.
To Die in Committee.
Haggard introduced the bill by re.
quest, but he said he did not expect
It to pass when he introduced it.
Since then he has found that the
house committee on railroads intends
to hold up the bill and not make any
report on 1t. The bill will die in the
committee and will never be heard
Of again. Haggard said it would have
cost the city OF Lafayette $780, 900, for
the bill provided that the railroad
should pay %two-thirds and the city
pne-third of the cost of the elevation.
Under pressure from a strong lobby
composed of county officers from all
parts of the state the house commit
tee on fees and salaries has decided
to report against the passage of the
bill to place all county officers on
straight salaries. The report has not
vet been made, but it will be-, prob
ably today.
Representative McGinnis, however,
has introduced a bill to repeal that
part of the sheriff's fee bill which
gives sheriffs what are known as 'in
and out" fees, for locking prisoners
in and out of Jail. This fee bill was
passed at the 1907 session but Cover
nor Hanly vetoed it. This session the
bill was passed over the veto, demo-
Gratis and republicans voting for it.
Now. the democrats wish to knock
out that part of the fees.
Are Court Bills Dead.
Nothing more is heard of the court
bills which Governor Marshall vetoed
the other day. They seem to be dead
or in a sound sleep, for no n is
saying a word about them. No one
believes n effort will be made I
pass them owe the vetoes. In fact,
no II believes they could be passed
over the vetoes.
The only thing that might bring
about such an effort would be a COM
bine between the forces that are be-
hind the court bills and those behind
the Tomlinson bill to repeal the coun-
ty option law. 1t is the general un-
Outstanding that Senators Fleming
and Proctor are working to bring
about such a combination, and that if
they find it can be pulled off they
will not hesitate to join in the effort
to pas the court bills over the
vetoes.
Why the Anxiety?
Il cannot understand" said one
democrat, why Fleming and Proctor
should be so anxious to pass these
Three Of the four court bills were in
trouuced In the senate by republicans
and We're pushed by republicans.
Neither Fleming nor Proctor come
from districts h a would be affected
by n new courts or the lack of
courts. The court bills are against
the principles of economy advocated
by the democrats. | understand, also
that Fleming and Proctor would rath-
- 600 tho Gary court hill naScn1 then
almost any other of the court bills.
It seems significant to me that Rep
fesentative Kliver. a republican who
soted to repeal the county option Law,
Is greatly interested in the Gary court
bill. and 1t was even charged that his
interest in the Gary court bill led him
10 vote against his party for the re-
Nal n thA county local nnfinn law