The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-21
OELUGE Of
BILLS FOR
GOVERNOR
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.


AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis. Ind. Feb. 21--If the
democrats succeed in pulling through
the legislative program which they
have laid out for themselves to be ac-
comp1ished during the coming two
weeks, they will have to go some, and
it looks now like they cannot do it. SO
many of their plans have gone wrong
that most people believe that they will
not be able to pull themselves together
for the hot finish. The session will end
in two more weeks.
While the governors pet scheme of
having the appropriation measures
passed early in the session has failed the
results which the governor hoped to at
tain his movement In that direction
cannot be said to have been a failure
1t looks like the two bills will get
through the senate as they got through
the house without any log rolling
worthy of notice. The delay in the
senate action on these bills has not
been explained save by saying that
they will eventually be passed on that
side virtually as they passed the house.
and that there is no need of throwing
them in the way OF other measures
needing attention. While the COVER
over the bills being held back it is
understood that he has been wondering
for several days why they have not
made their appearance.
The indications for next week are
that there Will be a verita BILE deluge OF
bills on the governors desk, a SUM-
cient number to prevent his attending
to any considerable amount of other
business for the next two weeks save
| the examination and signing of bills.
From now on the order in both houses
will largely be bills on third reading.
with the likelihood of their being pass
ed more rapidly than the governor can
examine and sign them without work :
| ing over time.
Some of the most important work of
the session, in addition to the passage
of the Appropriation bills remain to be
done. Since the house and senate ma
jorties in caucus decided that they
would enact a measure to take the
place OF Proctor option act amending
the county option law there cannot be
said to be any of the platform measures
| which have been put through and
placed before the governor All the
bills designed to redeem the democratic
platform. promises are now under way
thS last having DCSh 4htiodutcu Dy
Representative Wise in the house or
Frida>-
A disposition on the part of the ma
jority in both the house and the senate
to Join forces with the minority or
some of the most important measure.
under consideration has served to retard
progress not a little. In the senate g
bipartisan combination retarded i'm
portant work day after day, before tn,
majority finally found itself discoveret
that the minority leaders were plains
with them and were liable to brins
about final adjournment with mar
party promises unfulflled. because O
time wasted In dallying with thu
: minoritsr leaders.
In the house the BIZ partisan tendenc,
displayed itself in consideration of thu
bills designed to affect the uniform
public accounting law and the muci
/ talked of and perfectly simply Senat'
!: bill No. 1O5 designed to regulate th'
operations of foreign corporations II
E this state. While the democratic ma
. jority had the power at any time t,
5 dispose of these measures at once an,
5 go on about their business of redeem
ing platform pledges, they lost consid
. cradle time because a number of tn
/ majority cnOSe 10 play into the mana
of the minority while the minority en-
/: joyed hugel the predicament into whicl
J, the had been able to lead the majority
J., A number of the leaders had hope
THAT following the appearance befor
. the governor in the joint majorit
D caucus Monday evening that tn
a members who were being made tn
i. lcatspaw for the republican minoritie.
and more especially in the house
, would right about face and set abou