The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-02
heir power to bring the bill to vote.
May Adopt $1,000 License.

The democrats caucused yesterday
afternoon and decided to stand by the
Tomlinson bill-that is, all but Tilden
and McCarty. They stand firm against
the repeal of the county option law.
But there is move on foot, and it
| was said last night that 1t had gained
considerable Roadway. for making the
Tomlinson bill provide for a fat IL
cense fee Of $1,000 instead of a maxi
mum and a minimum fee, as it does
now. Even Crawford Fairbanks, the
Terre Haute brewer. is said to be wav-
ering in his altitude of opposition to
thousand dollar license scheme and that
he may yet come out and agree to it.
If he does It will be put in the bill, and
then the bill may pass.
wIckey Has Amendment.
Representative Mickey. of Lake
county, came to bat yesterday after
noon with an amendment to the Gar
rard bill to upset the present school
book law. Garrard's bill proposed to
take the power Of adoption of school
books out Of the hands OF the state
board Of education and place 1t with
a county board of adoption in each of
the ninety-two counties. This is the
bill the school book combine is work
!
bine an opportunity to control the
adoption and sale of school books by
obtaining political control of the boards
of adoption in the various counties.
Wickey's amendment proposes to Gre
ate state board of adoption. In the
first place he would have the governor
the auditor of state, the state super
, intendent of public instruction and the
attorney general constitute a board
that would select the members of the
commission that would select and adopt
. the text books. This commission would
consist of the state superintendent, one
a superintendent from city of the first
q class; one from a city of second class;
! one from city of the third or fourth
! class; one from city of the fifth
class; one principal OF commissioned
p high school, one teacher of 1--WE years
: experience in primary grades; one
y from intermediate grades; one from
q grammar grades and one from rural
= schools, and three from congressional
d districts. Thus, the commission would
- consist of thirteen members, not more
r thap one of whom could come from
: congressional district.
Has Poor Chance for Adoption.
2 This commission would select and
s adopt the text books for the entire
state and would take over all of the
duties of the state board of education
so far as they relate to school books
q Wickey's scheme has already attracted
l. some attention, but the objection raised
II is that he commission would be so large
9 as to be cubersome, and that it woul(
e also be expensive. There seems little
'e likelihood that any bill will pass tina
h.
p for even If it does get through tn,
n house it is not easy to see how TIL
le senate can push it along rapid,
+ enough to pass it before Friday night
= the last hour at which Governor Mar
le shall will receive bills.
Id The Votes On Court Bills.
at The vote by which the senate passe,
is the Linton and Gary court bills owe
III Governor Marshall's vetoes is interest
G. ing from the fact that several demo
IN Gratis voted to pass them. Here is tn
Oh roll call on the Linton bill:
n Ayes-Bland, Bowser, Brady, Cor
IN Crumpacker. Fleming, Gonnerman. Hal
10 leck. Hanna of Hendricks, Hanna O
u Montgomery, Hawkins, Higgins, Kim
ed nell, Kirkman, King, Lambert, Nc
ne Callum. Mattingly, Moore, Orndor
ne Pearson, Pelzer, Proctor, Ranke, Shafe
Id Springer. Strange, Tilden and Woo,
nd Total, 20.
in Noes-Beal, Clark, Durre. Farrell
= CRUDE, Harlan. Kistler. Long Mcdowell
Parks, Patterson, Powers and Stotser
. burg Total Is.
On the Gary bill the vote was as 70
Ii lows:
- Ayes-Bland, Bowser, Brady, Co
Crumpacker, Durre, Gonnerman, Grub
HaHeck, Hanna of Hendricks. Hanna
Montgomery, Hawkins, Higgins, Kan
KimmeI. Kirkman, King, Lamber
McCallum, Mattingly, Moore, Orndo1
Int Pearson, Pelzer. Proctor. Royse, Sprinl
~ err Strange and Wood
Noes-Benz Clark, Farrell. Harla
90 Kistler, Long McCarty, McDowe
n. Parks, Patterson, Powers Ranke, Sto
n, senburg, Tilden and Tarling.
.. 1t IS predicted. however. that the
D. bills will have tough shedding in Il
p. house.
"a, Schools Get Relief.
n, The house passed at last nights Sc
N. sion a bill introduced by Senator Fler
ing and passed by the senate providil
hi- relief to the school boards of cities
a. the second class. It is intended to T
q. lieve a situation that exists at 70
D W ayle ana SOulQ Benu, since sou
m.s Bend has been showed up into seco
class. Up to two years ago the Ia
90 was that cities Of the second ella
nd could issue school bonds for the ere
ton of school buildings up to 2
cent of the taxable valuation of all
the property in such cities. This W
not sufficient, however, to meet the d
mands in the cities, and two years a
a bill was passed intended to give the
=. cities the right to issue an addition
=" $4,000 of such bonds. But it W
nj. found that the bill contained an err
that made it limit the total bond
ay school debt of such a city to $500
instead of adding $3.50. 900 to the lin
of issue. Fort Wayne and South Be
II had already far over-reached that lin
." and as a result they were powerless
issue the additional bonds, as had be
- intended This session Fleming intT
g dueed a bin to give the school autho
~ ties power to issue bonds to the lin
. Of . per cent of the taxable valuati
ia the city, and this Is the bill til
- passed last night Fleming carried I
- bill through the senate and Represe