The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-05
the kind of bill to be introduced. !

the kind of bill to be introduced. But !
the promoters of the get together meet
ing say that when they all meet behind
closed doors each man will be asked to |
express views the matter and then ,
a committee will be appointed to pre- |
pare bill which will as nearly a s posi- ,
BILE suit the ideas of the majority of
the Democratic members Some or
them, so 1t is said, want to merely re-
peal the county option law and let II
go at that. Others want to substitute
city and township option for the county
option and stop there. Others want to
make the new law so that it will not
repeal or in any manner affect the
Moore remonstrance law Still others.
including most of the brewers, are in
favor of a bill which will not only adopt
the city and township unit and preserve
the Mooer remonstrance law, but also
provide for strict regulation. the elm
nation of brewery owned salons and a
limit on the number of saloons accord
ing to population.
/ The general belief seems to be that
the latter will be the form in which the
bill will be introduced in the session.
1t is regarded as wholly impossible for
any OIner klnu OF Dill 10 De pdSScu ne
brewers say they realize that the new
law enacted by the coming Legislature
must be fair one and one which will
be satisfactory to the people at large.
otherwise. the same old fight will come
I'D at the next session. two years later,
and the liquor question will still be in
politics What the brewers want. they
say, to the elimination of the liquor
Issue from politics, and that the only
way to do this is to pass fair law
The brewers say they can command
sufficient support to pass such a law
but that they would fail if they We're
to undertake to pass one which would
give them al the best of 1t regardless
of the wishes of the people. 1t is
pointed. out, too, that the Democra tic
platform does not declare for the repeal
OF the county option law, but for the
amendment of the law so as to make
the city township the unite instead of
the county and to restrain the Moore
remonstrance law. And since the
| Democratic members of the House are
Istrongly declaring in favor of following
the platform declarations and promises,
it is pointed out that 1t would be a
breach of faith for the Legislature to
enact any other kind of law or one that
would fall short of this line.
Some Of the men who are interested
in changing the present law declare
that the liberals will control larger
number of votes in the House than
there, are Democrats in that body
There are sixty Democratic Representa-
tives. therefore the liberals are count
ing on more than sixty votes in favor
OF substituting city and township op
ton for county option. They admit
that there are some Democrats who
will vote against changing the law. but
!, they say they will get some Republican
votes to overcome whatever they LOSE
, among the Democrats. 1t is estimated
by some that there are five Democrat.
who will. vote against the change.
! In the Senate. they say, they will
; have about thirty votes. There arr
thirty Democrats in the Senate ant
twenty Republicans. However. TIL
t liberals do not claim all of the Demo
Gratis will vote with them to change thu
l law. They say they will lose two o
$ three Democrats, but they expect al
equal number of Republicans to vot
q with them. They are not giving on
anv names in this connection. however
nor are they telling whom they expec
to lose o. Zine up in the House.
n The Anti-Saloon people admit tina
a the majority is against them in bot
a houses of the Legislature but they ar
e hoping to be able to bring such stron
0 pressure to bear on the members as t
4 cause them to hesitate to change tn
e law The Anti-Saloon League salread
: is at work on this mater. They ar
Il circulating petitions in Adams, Allen
t Benton. Blackford, Dekafb. Delaware
II Elkhart, Fountain, Hamilton, Howar,
t? Huntington. Jasper Jefferson, Lagrang,
e Miami. Morgan. Putnam, Rush, s
d Joseph. Steuben, Switzerland, Wabasl
Warren and White counties, obtainin
e signatures asking the Legislature I
re not change the law. 1t is the hope
e the officers of the League to get at lea:
d 100000 to 100000 signatures to thes
IT petitions, and they say that the Legi:
ic lature will not dare to ignore such
lie formidable expression of public sent
ment and opinion. They admit how
II ever, that there are numerous places
ic the state where the temperance peop
Of impossible to get a petition signe
III They say the result of the recent ele
Id ton threw a wet blanket on the tenn
ID erance movement in many places.
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