The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-03
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payment to sheriffs of the in and out
fees for locking. prisoners in and out
Of Jail. This has always been con-
sidered a graft, pure and simple and
it has been one of the most fruitful
sources of income for the sheriffs
whenever it was allowed. But at last
the supleme court held that the pay
ment of such fees was illegal and it
was stopped. Then this bill appeared
and was passed. Governor Hanly
vetoed it. This session the bill came
on for passage over the veto and doz-
ems of sheriffs came in from all over
the state to pull for it.
Several democrats and republicans
made speeches against it and pointed
out that the motto of this session was
economy and no increase in salaries,
but this was a bald.faced attempt to
give the sheriffs something that they
should not have. But the bill went
through with only IA votes against it.
The Local Option Fight.
The next big fight in the house will
be the local option fight and that is
likely to come on today, though it is
not known whether it will or not for
sure. It will come when the commit
tee on public morals makes its re-
port on the Kleckner bill, which pro-
vides for substitution of township and
ward option for county option, and
license fee of 5000 in towns and $500
in cities. This is the bill prepared
by the brewers and sent into the
house by roundabout route, and it
Is the one that met with the approval
Of majority of the caucus Monday
night. There will be majority re-
port and a minority report on the bill,
and the temperance people will seek
to have the minority report, for killing
the bill, adopted. This is where the
first fight will come.
Can Pass the Repeal.
Much surprise was caused here
yesterday. when it became known as
fact that forty-six democratic men,
bers Of the house had lined up for the
bill and that three more would do so,
and that these forty-nine, with two re-
publicans from Evansville, could pass
the repeal bill. Seventeen democratic
members Of the house had been de.
claring In loud tones that they would
not support any such a measure. But
something happened. Some of them
changed their minds or at least their
attitudes on the matter and now they
will vote for the bill
Senate Was Very Lively.
There was something doing every
minute of the time in the senate yes
terday. for the first real political fight
of the session was pulled off over the
resolution offered by Senator King,
of Peru, denouncing the secret caucus
method of nominating United States
Senator'S. The resolution declares
that such caucuses behind closed
doors thwart the will of the people.
Senator Killing said in his open speech
that an example OF such case was
found recently in the caucus that NOM
mated Benjamin F. Shively. of South
Bend. for senator. This made the
democrats mad and they went at that
resolution like a thousand of brick.
They accused republicans of trying to
make political capital out of it. Sem
ator Proctor said the democrats have
for years stood in favor of the ut
most publicity in everything: they
were in favor of the election of United
States senators by the direct vote of
the people; in holding caucus behind
closed doors they had only followed
the same plan followed by the republi-
cans when they nominated Fairbanks,
Beverage and Hemenway for senator.
Are Not Ashamed.
Are you ashamed of the way you
nominated Fairbanks. Beveridge and
Hemenway? he shouted
The republicans said they were not,
but they believed that the will of the
democratic party had this time been
thwarted. Senator King said the bulk
of the democratic party wanted John
w. Kern nominated instead of ShiveIy.
Proctor said it was not so. Proctor
characterized the resolution as bun
combe and rot Bland. republican, de-
nounced the Shively caucus and said it
was SO rotten it skunk.
These pleasantries were handed out
to each other right and left, and when
the smoke cleared away it was hard
to tell who had done the best-or the
worst. The bad feature of the whole
business is that it Is likely to leave a
bitter feeling In the senate that may
result in the holding up of some of
the hest bills Of the session Won