The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-04
ECONOMY THROWN To THE
WINDS IN APPROPRIATIONS
by Several Hundred Thousand Dollars; Vetoed
Court Bills Have Poor Chance.

was overwhelmingly defeated. Then
an amendment was adopted removing
the limit Of the price that the board
may pay 70 rthe books In that form
the bill was passed. 1t is big victory
for the schools and the people of the
state against the school book combine.
Poor Chance for Court Bills
The senate had another spasm of
passing bills over Governor Marshall's
veto late yesterday afternoon. First it
passed the bill which gives convicted
criminals the right to furnish ball and
remain at liberty while their appeal is
pending. This the governor designated
as the rich mans BILL because, he said,
the rich man could furnish bail and
remain out of prison, while the poor
man could not.
Then the senate passed the Hammond
court bill over the governors veto, and
while the vote was being taken Senator
Bland, whose Linton court bill was We
toed by the governor, made bitter at
tack on the governor in a speech. But
neither of these bills stands much show
of getting through the house. In fact.
there is not the slightest reason to ex-
pect that the house will pass anything
over the veto of Governor Marshall
may do two years from now is another
question. 1t must be remembered that
the majority of the house are democrats
and it must be remembered further
that Governor Marshall. a democrat, has
not made a single appointment since
he took his office. There are still many
plums to be shaken down by the gov
ernor and the democratic members of
the house want to keep themselves in
position where they can either gather
in a plum for themselves or for some
| one whom they recommend The pat
| ronage that Governor Marshall still has
to hand out is one of the reasons why
the house will be slow to override any
of his vetoes
Telephone Bill Revived.
| After having been knocked down and
! dragged out once, the telephone bill,
introduced by Representative Wells of
/ Fort Wayne, came to life again yes
/ terday afternoon and came marching
back into the house. Representative
Harris moved to reconsider the vote
by which it failed to pass. 1t was the
understanding that the bill was to be
amended by striking out that provision
under which independent telephone
companies might acquire each other by
/ purchase and to make the bill provide
that one company might obtain con-
troll of another by lease But 1t was
found that there could not be any
amendment offered on a reconsidera-
ton. so 1t was agreed that the amend
ment should be made in the senate.
This time the bill passed the house by
a vote Of So to 80.
House Does Pile Of Business.
The house did pile OF business
yesterday afternoon. These bills were
passed: To provide for paying fees
of witnesses brought from other states
in criminal cases, to sell property OF
the state no longer needed by the
national guard; to reduce the amount
of surety bond required of depository
, when it gets less deposits that it bid
!, for; to enable cities to issue bonds tc
the extent of per cent of the tax
, able valuation to build sewers; to en-
able school cities to issue bonds to pay
indebtedness of civil cities for build
ing school houses; limiting tax liens
: on real estate to ten years; to require
} all tally sheets and ballots used at ar
l election to be retained by the county
5 clerk for sixty days; to require uni.
three bills relating to transfers Of
2 school pupils; to prevent mutual lif,
insurance companies from changing t.
e stock companies.
The senate passed these bills, among
others; That in an action for deb
it shall be a complete defense tina
the plaintiff is a trust; extending tn,
i scope of securities in which suret.
companies may invest; fixing salary o
: advisory board members at So a day
: providing penalty for engineers VIII
4 run grade crossings.
t HOrse-PIay on Saturday and Monday
: Today and tomorrow will be the las
d days for the passage of bills. Satur
7, day and Monday will be devoted t
d horse play. That is always the case
5 So whatever does not get through b
/, tomorrow night will never see the ligh
+ of passage and will be dead.