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

temper. or at least his cool head for
moment and as he had threatened be-
fore moved to strike out the enactinS
clause. thus killing the bill. But he
recovered his wits quickly-and watch
ed the blocking of the rash move with
his ever ready smile OF confidence and
complacency.
You Can Get Credit
Senator Netterville brought up for
the second time his amendment for
bidding any dealer selling in less
quantities than five gallons doing
any credit business on penalty OF the
loss of any such debts which patrons
might incur A motion TO table Net
terville's amendment resulted in a tie
with 90 votes on each side and Flem-
ing changed his vote, so as 10 hold il
up. But the direct vote on the Meter
vile proposition which followed
showed il under with 25 votes opposed
and only II in its favor.
Senator Curtis at this point got in
AN amendment successfully which pro-
vides a remonstrance may be filed five
days before the term at which an APP
plication for license is to be heard.
Senator Royse also put across a pro-
vision fixing the fine at S. to $50 for
violation of the terms of remon-
STRANGE.
| Senator Hunt made an unsuccessful
attempt to put in q section regulating
liquor sales by druggists.
Senator Kimmels effort TO pinch
the open hours for saloons down to 6
a. m. to . p. IN. was also overwhelm-
ingly smothered. The hours stand )
a. m. to IL p. m.
Much Ado About Nothing.
An incident which wrecked and
sunk the traditional dignity of the
senate, stove in a hundred holes, fol
lowed the tabling of the Kimmel
amendment to lessen the business
hours of saloons.
For the second time during the af
ternoon Senator Wood maintained
that inasmuch as the amendment
had been tabled, all that was back of
the amendment was tabled. When he
was overruled he appealed from the
decision of the chair for the second
time and this time succeeded in at
tanning the satisfaction of being
squelched by the Democrats.
Wood. Republican floor leader. who
has been voting with Stotsenberg.
Kistler and the rest of the bipartisan
combine, now appeared in a dramatic
parliamentary muss with the Demo-
cratic lieutenant governor. The Dem
Ocratic machinists drew their
wrenches upon him and things looked
awfully, numerically fierce. How
they did scowl! Low lights, the thun-
der machine and shivery music would
have finished out the staging in Won
derful shape, but even at that the act
ors had some of our most hustling
and studious little tragedians dashed
ed on the pillows of observation-disclosures,
frothed on deck with the foam of bit
ter dispute.
Help! Help! Help!
fore business was resumed" shouted
Kistler
1T was seconded by several" was
the answering cry, and sure enough,
up from the supes behind. came the
faint cry, 81 second it" Il second it.
You cannot afford to inaugurate
such highhanded procedure in the
senate" declared Wood excitedly.
This bill is being taken up by Sec
tions." shouted Lieutenant Governor
Hall, red in the face. 1.-The tabling of
one amendment does not table the
bill"
"Twenty-three was the skidoo sec
tion." retorted Wood. THE chair de-
MED an appeal there. and l have just
right to make an appeal on the decis-
ion on section twenty-eight.'
There will be no appeal" shouted
the president shifting the desk un-
mercifully with his mallet.
Senator Stotsenberg then threw
down the gauntlet to Senator Wood,
and said: ITO clear this matter up
let the chair take a vote on the ap-
peal"
Shouting and TumuIt Dies.
Senator Kane rose to have his say
and was commanded TO sit down, but
he did not do so before he rebuked
the Democratic generals as fearfully
unstatesmanlike for attempting to ar
que an appeal from the decision of the
chair. He shouted for the ayes and
noes on the appeal, but his voice was
lost in the. thunder as Hall called for
vive voce vote. After a storm of ayes
supporting the chair. the Republicans
said Boo" back with lusty noes. Re-
CARELESS of the proceeding being an
appeal from his own decision, Lieu
tenant Governor Hall did not surren-
der the chair to anyone else for the
supervision of the voting.
IF you gentlemen are inclined to
run things this way and want a rough
house, you may get it from now on,
exclaimed Wood and strobe back to
his desk in a state of apparently high
choler.
Thunder dies out. Victims grow
quiet. Awful silence broken only by