The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-04
SENATE BILL 105
IS A CORPSE. NOW
Active Support Given 1t by
indianapolis News Did
1t No Good.
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indianapolis. March i.-Scnate bill
No. i0j IL no longer n mystery. II Is
u corpse.
The house Friday afternoon killed
the bill which has caused more talk
and elected less information than any
bin which has appeared this legisla.
ture.
Two factors caused its defeat-the
failure of the friends Of the bill t6
point out Its necessity or what evils
IL would cure. and the unusually act
I've support given IT by the Indianap
oils News.
The charge was made not only once.
but many times during the debate that
the bill was selfish one. having for
It's principal purpose the elimination
Of the United States steel corporation
as n competitor In selling land at Gary
Of u land company In which Deleva.
Smith. owner OF the News. is most
heavily interested.
Members OF the house of both par
ties hurled this accusation at those
defending tho bill and dcficd them to
deny II. which none of them did. II
was also urged In debate by both
Democrats and Republicans that l:
was time for the Legislature of Indiana
IN declare It's independence of the In.
dianapolis News and cease letting that
paper browbcat and intimidate mem
bcrs into supporting or opposing meas.
urcs according to which II wanted
done.
Charge Against News.
Rep. Wasmuth. tRepublican) made
the first charge against the News dur.
ing the debate in answer to a chal-
lenge from those back of the bill to
tell what he knew about the bill that
should mitigate against its passage.
lie called attention To the fight that
had been made for the bill by the
News and the unfair attacks IL had
made upon men who took the other
side. and he gave the specifications OF
the competition ut Gary between tho
land company owned by the United
States steel company and the ono
backed by Dclcvan Smith. He said /,
this bin became n law II would put the
United States Steel corporation out OF
the realty business and give Mr..
Smith the ground floor.
Rep. Wells tDcmocrat. became VIC
lent In his attacks upon the News and
the methods u has used throughout
the session To get things II wanted
done put through the legislature.
Rep. McCicw. tRepublican,. in at
lacking the bill. dwelt largely upon
the tactics Of the News In the fight.
Il know what kind of influence Is
used by the newspaper that has been
working SO hard for this bill" he said.
1T Is n malign influence. II is
Matchmaking influence. The Indian
apolis News prctcnds to be for decent
things. but II has attacked more hon
cat men than 1t has dishonest ones.
from the president of the United
Ststcs down to township officials
This bill In meant to serve the person
nj interests Of the proprietor of that
newspaper"
Rep. Branahan DemocraD. also
took shot at the News. II believe
its merits" he said. land should not
be forced down our threats by any
newspaper. There has never yet been
presented one good purpose which this
bill would serve. For weeks we have
been confronted with the question In
biz type. what Is wrong with senate
bill 1867" but nobody, not even the
News. has told us what is right with
t."
Throughout the debate those sup
porting the bin were on the defensive.
and every attack upon the News and
its methods were received with ap-
piausc by the, body and the galleries
The Vote on Measure.
Those voting for the bill were:
Democrats Benz. Biddlc. Billman.
Butcher. Clorc. Cook. Corr. Cravens.
Duncan. Faulkner. Filter. Foor, Gift.
ford Hammond. Hcdrick. Higgins.
Kecgan. kccncy. I.ieb. McCabe. Nc
Ginnis. Mckcnnan. Masselink. Merri-
man. Moran. Osborn. Peasants, Ra-
ccy. Rensselaer,, Seidenstickcr, Smith.
Spencer. Stevens. Strickland. Sunkel,
Tinglc. vcach. Vcneman, Voris. Wag-
ner and Young-t1.
Those voting against the bin were:
Democrats-Askren. Ault. Brana-
man. Coble. Frisse. Galbraith. Lyon,
McNiullen. Mas. Mitchell. Moellering.
RogEcn. Wahl. Wright and Wells.
Republicans Bcdgood Breining.
Berry. Brown. Campbell. Carter. Clark.
Cohee. Colyert. Connolly. Eschbach,
Eward. Faris. Finley. Furnas. Grieger.
Grimmer. Guild. Hufford. Johnson. A..
McClcw. Mcpherson. Maddox. Men
dcnhall. Myers. 'Oldaker. Oglebay.
Plummer. Ratliff. Reynolds. Ross.
Rupel. Troyer. Van Horne. Wasmuth.
Watson. White. Wider, Williams-5t.
Not voting-Bncnnagel. Johnson. D..
Thornton and Wise.
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