The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-02
1t Took Twenty Minutes for
Most Important Measure of
Legislature to Be Showed
Through.
STEAM ROLLER WAS
VERY INDUSTRIOUS
Walls of Suffering Minority
Only Resulted in Driver Of
the Machine Hitting 1t
Up" More.
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Indianapolis, March 3
Fury said to a mouse that he met in
the house,
Let us both go to law; l will prose
cute you.
Come, I'll take no denial; we must
have trial,
For really this morning I've nothing
to do
Said the mouse to the cur, Such a
trial dear sir,
With no jury Or judge would be vast
ing our breath
I'll be judge. I'll be jury said cunning
old Fury;
I'll try the whole cause and condemn
you to DEATH"
Whereupon Jesse Eschbach bowed
his head in shame, and Gus Grieger
seeded from the union, while Thomas
F. Berry shook his leonine locks at
| Speaker Neneman and hOiSted on high
the red flag of anarchy.
Thus was the Tom Marshall'' con-
stitution introduced to the house We'd
nesday afternoon.
The hour was late. The minority
was fraZZled and peeved for all day
long the Democratic road roller with
450 to 600 cubic inches piston dis
placement had trundled backwards
and forwards over their life. liberty
and pursuit of happiness. making new
records for road rollers of that class.
They had Witnessed Proctor's third
attempt at an option bill go past the
! judges stand; they had seen their be-
| loved congressional districts torn limb
from limb and their Legislative dis
tricts rent asunder and even their jul
| licial districts twisted out Of shape to
please the Moioch of Democracy.
Protested in Vain.
They had tried to protest, but every
voice they raised only served as new
incentive to the driver of the road roll
er to hit it up another notch. The
machine of Democracy was perfect.
| 1t experienced no tire trouble. The
gasoline tank was ineXhaustible. 1t
chugged around and around with IA
tai monotony that got on the nerves
of the minority.
Did the Republicans offer a minority
report? 1t was indefinitely postponed.
Did they want to debate? The previous
question was ordered.
Speeches the minority had saved for
weeks were never heard, not even vast
ed on the dessert air of Democratic
talent. The grand old ship of state
drifted rapidly toward the rocks and
every time some vigilant Republican
lit a torch to show the reefs ahead a
gust of Democratic Noes would blow
it out. The Speaker gradually assum-
ed the aspect of a gargoyle with a
setting maui in his left paw
How cheerfully he seemed to grin
How neatly spread his claws
And welcomed little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws"
And when the worst was apparently
over and a few inoffensive legaliZins
bills were being scudded through, the
Republican members drew a long
breath and looked at the clock which
announced that ii was after the hour
Of 4 p. m, signifying the approach of
adjournment and a rest for their trou
bied spirits.
But they had not observed the dain-
ty tripping hither and thither OF
Joseph Cravens and John Faulkner
and the quiet assembling Of all the CO
horts of Democracy. For once Jesse
Eschbach and Cal Faris were asleep
at the switch, exhausted by their
visils. 1t was then the speaker lean.
the reading clerk a formidable looking
document.
Uo sobs Constitution.
"Engrossed Senate Bill No. 401'' yell
ed the clerk and he commenced to
read the committees report.
1t was the made-in-one-night consti
tuition.
The Republican minority looked like
the transient who awahes to find the
walls red hot. the fire escape burned
away and the ground fourteen stories
below.
Had it been the angel Gabriel sound
ing the last and final trumpet cal
it would not have caused more con
sternation.
Here was the day OF reckoning and
they had not even counted the loose
change in the cash drawer.
The clerk maliciously hurried
through the majority and minority re
ports and Crayens moved to table the
minority report which recommended
the constitution TO be indefinitely con
signed TO limbo. Eschbach arose from
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