The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-08

straight in their voting and seeing to 1t
that there was nothing vicious in the
punches of bills.
Representative Wasmuth is Popular.
One Of the new members of the house
that has attracted much attention and
made a fine impression is Representa-
tive Wasmuth, of Huntington county.
Wasmuth is a business man and a good
one, and when he came to the legisla-
AZURE he was sled up at once as a care
full, conservative man. He was given
places on several important committees
and has worked hard to bring out good
bills and have them passed. He has
introduced but four bills. He has pre-
ferred to help select the good bills for
passage rather than try to Iog-roll for
bills of his own. Wasmuth has not been
a noisy member, having made few
speeches, but he has been taken into
the councils of the republicans his opin-
ions adm advice have been needed
Representative McGinniss, of Morgan
county. and Seidensticker of Marion
count. are tied for the honor of intro
ducing the largest number of bills. Each
has sevteen to his credit. Wells of AL
len county, introduced eleven, Faulkner,
of LaPorte, introduced ten; Ratliff. of
Wayne, introduced three
KIiver Introduces No Bills.
Lake county has two representative,
Kliver and Mickey. Whether it was SO
arranged beforehand or ont. Wickey has
introduced all the bills have come from
| Lake county. He has eight to his
credit. Kliver did not introduce a
single bill
| Other members OF the house who in
| troduced no bills are Goble. Cowing,
Meek, Rensselaer,, Simison and Watson.
I Roggens, of Allen, introduced six
bills, and Shirley of the same county
| four. Shaefer. of St Joseph. intro
duced three, and Miller four
In the senate there is only one man,
Farrell, of Marion county. that did not
introduce a bill But KIrkman ran
him closer race, for he has introduced
only one BILL which required all in
| structions to juries to be given in writ
ing. And he might as well not have
introduced the bill for It was killed in
committee
BowSer Introduces Sixteen Bills.
Senator Stotsenburg, of New Albany.
is the champion producer of bills for
the session. He has introduced thirty
two. Matting1y comes next with TWEEN
| ty-four, Cox next with twenty-five and
Wood next 18th twenty-one. Bingham,
| Of St Joseph, has introduced three
bills; Bowser of Lake and Porter, six
teen; Orndorf, of Huntington and Whit
ley, four; Ranke, of Allen, nine; Proc
tor, of Elkhart, one of the busiest men
on the minority side in the senate. in
troduced only six bills Crumpacker
OF LaPorte and st. Joseph has seven
bills to his credit for the session.
Marshall Backs Up a Point.
Governor Marshall backed up from
his position on the appropriations bill
on Saturday, because he found that il
would be impossible to avoid an extra
session of the legislature unless he
made a concession. At first he demand
ed that the appropriation be kept with
in the income of the state for the nexi
two years, and in order to do this Il
would have been necessary to cut of
nearly all of the specific appropriation.
for the various institutions. and Civ,
them merely the sums necessary to pa,
J actual running expenses. The governoi