The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-05
CALL FOR
C0NFAB
SENT OUT
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL,

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 5.-The call
for the proposed pre- session. conference
of Democratic members of the House of
Representatives went out today from
this city. and the date set for the meet
ing Wednesday, December H.. at
o'clock P. NJ at the Dension hotel in
this city. 1t is interesting to note that
the call is signed by the following eight
Representatives: Adolph Seidensticker
of Indianapolis; John B. Faulkner. OF
Michigan City; Harry G. Strickland of
Greenfield; ]. D. Foor. of Terre Haute;
NJ. c. Thornton. of New Albany; Adolph
Roggen, of Fort Wayne; Charles Lieb.
of Rockport, and William s. Racey Of
Princeton. The call reads as follows
1T has ben suggested that in ac-
cordance with the custom of former
years 1t would be well for the Demo-
cratic members elect of the House of
Representatives of the Sixty-seventh
General Assembly to have a get to-
gether' and get acquainted" meeting
a Indianapolis some time during the
month OF December. AS there is no
organization of the members of the
House up to this time. it is of course
evident that any committee taking this
matter in hand must be a self consti-
tuted one We that, therefore, that
liO meHlDcT VII tHlHk II DltSuinptlCus
on the part OF the undersigned MEM
bers in calling a meeting on Wednes-
day December IA. the meeting to be
son hotel in Indianapolis at . D. m. on
the day stated
While the primary purpose of this
meeting is to have the members of the
House meet and get acquainted with
- uQ addifiona7
object in this: to perfect some line OF
actfnon to the end that Democratic
platform pledges may be speedily re-
deemed. 1t is the history of past Leg
islatures that the first two or three
weeks of the session are practically los
because the members have not prepar
ed themselves In the way of having the
necessary party bills prepared ant
ready for introduction promptly a The
beginning of the session 1t is nopet
to avoid this customary delay at tn,
coming session by assigning to differ
ent members the duty of having bill
prepared and ready for introduction OIL
the first day. covering every pledg
made by the Democratic party.
we sincerely hope that every mem
Der will find it convenient to be presen
at Indianapolis the day stated pre-
pared and willing to cooperate wit
every other member in making, thi
meeting a complete success"
The call, it will be noticed. bears tn
signatures of four avowed candidate
for the speakership, Seidenstickel
Faulkner. Strickland and Thornton
Racey was talked of in connection wit
the speakership, but he announced
week or so ago that he would not be
candidate The meeting will afford tn
candidate an excellent opportunity t
meet and sget acquainted with all c
the Democratic members OF the Hous
and to push their campaign for Speake
1t is expected that several booms wi
meet with frost a that time and thu
some of the candidates for speaker wi
be laid on. the shelf But which ones
That's the question that cannot /
answered hntil the meeting is held an
the result is known
1t is not rega rded as likely that Ii
speakership will be discussed in II
conference, however. All the talk alon
that line will be on the outside ar
the speakership question will be lie
for settlement until the Democrat
caucus is held the night before II
session opens.
OF course. the big question that w
occupy the attention of the Democrat
members of-the 14th viii be the liQu
issue. 1t is known that a number
members have ideas which they vii
TO embody in the bin to be framed al
introduced as the party measure. al
they will all have an opportunity
thresh their ideas out at the meetin
The Democrats are not all agreed