The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-17
Republican Minority in Sem
ate Also Nominated A. ].
Beveridge-Ballots to Be
Cast Tomorrow.
.DURRE PRODS KERN
ON SHIVELY MATTER
In Nominating Beveridge
Durre Says He Would Like
to Hear from kern-Har-
mony to Take Spill
CPalla dium SpcciaD

Indianapolis, Jan. 17.-With the
tives as it's guests, the senate today
formally placed John W. Kern in nom-
ination for. United States senator as
Democratic choice. A. j. Beveridge
also was nominated by the Republi-
cans. The ballot which will send
Kern to Washington will be cast
Wednesday noon. After lauding Bev-
eridge in his nominating speech SEN
ator Durre of Evansville referred to
the statements attributed to Kern, fol-
lowing the election of Senator Shively
two years ago, which had reference to
the work of the brewers in the sena-
torship election.
Durre concluded, 81 can accept the
choice of the majority with the best
grace of loser, but l would be better
satisfied If this imputation was erased
by some excuse or apology from the
recipient of your generosity"
Harmony will linger in the lap Of
state Democracy until it is ofhcially
announced Wednesday at high noon
by the legislature in joint session that
John w. Kern is United States senator
and then trouble will commence
The storm center will be the liquor
question, and the vortex will be the
bill to repeal the county local option
law.
Upon Wednesday night there will
be caucus of the Democrats of the
house at which there will be great
dOings. Many Democrats of that body
may not know of the caucus yet-but
they will between now and Wednesday
night. Many of them are probably in
ignorance of the fact that a second
county local option repeal bill is now
being written by Representative Nc
Mullen of Aurora. and it will be pre-
sented to the caucus Wednesday night
for Endorsement as the first simon-pure
platform measure upon that subject
which has been written and introduc-
ed (Which will bring loud applause
from Senator Proctor who wrote and
introduced the first bilD.
Representative McMullen is not do
ing this upon his individual volition.
His action is in response to a request
of several influential Democrats of the
house who are tired playing ring
around the rosy" with the forces of
their own party tha, are trying to
make twins" of county option repeal
and saloon regulation.
Senator Proctor has been trying to
get the senate committee on public
morals to act upon the bill he intro
duced to repeal the county local option
law. but without avail Senator Stot-
senberg, chairman of the committee
and also business manager of the
Democrats in the senate is in no hur-
ry and he tells Proctor not to get ex-
cited. Meanwhile time flies and the
anti-saloon leaguers emboldened by
the signs of dissension in the ranks
of Democracy are getting ready to
swoop down upon the legislature and
make a bold. bad fight against the re-
peal of anything.
Sitting on the Lid.
For some reason the house commit
tee upon public morals is also sitting
on the lid. the evident result of which
will be-even though it is not the mo-
tive-to bring the option repeal and
the brewers bill' out together as
twins" 1t is this program that a
large and influential bunch of house
Democrats are going to change.
We were sent up here pledged to
bat one action regarding liquor legis,
lation." said cpe of them Tuesday
and tha. is to abolish the county unit
and substitute the township and city
unit. Yet we have reached NC second
week and the bill has not even been
discussed by he committees 70 whicn
they were referred. Why? Because
the brewers object. They waut thei,
| bill considered at the same lime. and
they are threatening to block the re-
| peal bin until their bill is considered
A number of US do not think the legis-
lature should spend all its time act
| ing as agents for the brewers. Let
them take their chances with ti.eir
interests. 1t is not platform meas
ure. and We do not intend To have ii
made so.
We find our efforts to get action on
the platform measure calling for re
| peal are futile. The committee says
it is waiting for Proctor to cut out
the words Incorporated towns" and
Proctor claims he has authorized its
being cut out. We have asked for a
caucus for Wednesday night and al
that caucus We shall present a bill.
drawn UP by Representative McMuf
len that will contain merely what the
platform promises and We shall de.
mand ii he made "a caucus measure
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