The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-04


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trying TO break up peaceful gather
ing.
This duel with tin swords made an
awful clatter and excited the crowded
galleries who fully expected TO see
an exhibition of cannibalism, besides
furnishing ocular proof that there is
no bipartisan machine in the senate.
However. IL got no place, and every
time a roll was called upon an impor-
tant provision Senator Wood voted
with Senator Fleming and the awful
Democrats and Senator kistler made
tracks for the tall and uncut TO be
numbered i'm the casualty list as
among the missing"
How II Began.
Senator Proctor offered his amend
mcnt for straight 900 license for
the second time at the beginning of
the Friday afternoon session. Senator
Durre at once moved for substitute
TO this which would make the first
class city licenses $500, second class
$3.50, third and other city licenses
$3.50. incorporated towns and town.
ships 500.
This called for an eloquent argu-
ment by Senator Fleming against
high licenses, who figured the state
would make enough off the saloons to
;,S nd
said II was the desire of the element
which he represented to take the
question out of politics by fair legis-
lation, but if the legislature refused
such enactments, then the breweries
and saioonists would be in politics
with vim because they could not
help It,
Senator Hanna moved TO table the
Durre substitute amendment and this
was carried. Lieutenant Governor
Hall ruled that although the Durre
amendment was tabled, the Proctor
! 81 900 license proposal was not tabled
with it and was still before the SEN
ate.
The Winning Amendment. T..
| from the minority bushes with the
compromise amendment which final
! ly won the day. 1t provided for a
| license fee of $500 for all cities and
environs to the extent of four miles !;
$500 for incorporated towns and en-
virOns to the extent of two miles,
and the same for townships These
are in addition to the $500 state IL
cense. A clause specified in case the
four mile or two mile environs overlap
the saloon in such shall pay it's Ii.
cense to the nearest city.
This still looked far from satisfac-
tory to Senator Fleming who moved a
! substitute for the Higgins substitute
an amendment of S4OO for cities and
$3.50 for towns and townships This
was voted down % to 81. and the sit,
uation looked dismal for the Fort
Wayne senator. The vote broke down
all party lines. Fleming drew seven
Republican votes to his side, but he
: lost fifteen Of his own party. The
! Democrats who voted against the
| Fleming substitute amendments we're
Aiken. Brady. Curtis, Farlow, CRUDE
Lamont. Long. McCarty, Netterville
Powers, Proctor, Shively, Tilden
! Trautman and Yarling. The Republic
cans who went back on the party ira
ditions opposing Democratic free-and
OPEN policy were Commons. Durre
Gavit, Hunt. Jenkens, Kane and
Wood.
Neithor StOtsaphero NOR Eictlor do
sired to be put on record on this
amendment They disappeared short
ly before the roll call and hobbed UP
again on the floor Immediately after
! 1t was over.
A Parliamentary Wransle.
Senator Wood insisted that the tab
ling of the Fleming substitute meant
also the tabling of the Higgins sub
stitute and the Proctor amendment
back of it. and also the tabling of the
/ whole bill. When he received an ad
verse ruling he attempted TO appeal
| from the decision of the chair, but
Lieutenant Governor Hall with his
spine stiffened by looks from Fleming
and Stotsenberg, nervily refused to
be made the subject of any such ap
peal.
The Higgins amendment was mex,
brought up and carried by vote OF
~ to 20.
Senator Curtis tackled on the clause
which adds the environs for two miles
to the incorporated towns as saloon
territory.
Stung by continuous defeats Sen
ator Fleming appeared to lose his