The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-02
MADE-|N-A-N|GHT
CONSTITUTION IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
1t Took Twenty Minutes for
Most Important Measure Of
Legislature to Be Showed
Through.

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the dust and demanded the roll call
which resulted in 80 being against him
which the speaker said was not enough
TO merit serious consideration and he
ordered the minority report tabled and
took fresh chew of the natural leaf.
Then the clerk was ordered to read
the nocturnal constitution To the mem
bers. which he did, discrcetly skipping
whole pages and sections and para.
graphs. BY the time he haG finished
Representative Finley offered an
amendment ~ the document providing
for real blownin.the- bottle initiative
referendum and recall. Finley protest.
cd that 1t was offered In sincerity and
that IL was good Democratic doctrine
but his words fell on skeptical ears.
u Is Perfection.
Nothing could be better than the
constitution as adopted by the Demo.
cratic caucus II was super:ative. To
attempt to- improve 1t would be like
painting the lily or purifying pure
gold. So Representative Cravens
made the suggestion that no flimsy
Republican amendments be tolerated
and Finlcys amendment went down
and out.
u was at this time Eschbach deliver
ed his soul Of It's pcnt-up emotions and
hurled his iavclin smack-dab at the
"a. l..x n. a h,
had been n member of the Legislature
for generations but never since lot
OF ingrates dropped the beans that
made Socrates drink himself TO death
had he ever witnessed such outrageous
conduct. Here was the tremendous
subject of new constitution for In
diana. introduced NJ AIS Standard
time, and being acted on with indecent
haste at i:1G.
He said IL was very important to
have good constitution. and he was
irrcvocably against ready-made. hand
mc-down constitutions. They didn't
ri. The shoulders didn't match and
they always bagged at the knees while
the first time they underwent "a strain
the owner had to excuse himself and
hire cab In order to get home with
out being arrested. And besides, Esch.
bach claimed this constitution was
made In u scab shop. lie never had
seen such constitution: 1t had every
thing from the pip to bubonic plague
and 1t should be quarantined.
Moreover he didn't think much Of the
men who were gadding around with
the constitution as proposed. He said
they had a lot of nerve and should be
ashamed Of themselves. As for the
rude and insolent manner i'm which
they. insisted upon introducing 1t into
the best OF society his language failed
him. II was simply shocking. He
told the speaker that the parliament
tary procedure reminded him of a
street car strike.
At this juncture Representative Ber-
ny discovered he had been talking
when his name was called and he
jumped straight up and down and yell
I'd that his rights rs an american citi.
zon we're being abridged and he want,
cd his name called again. when he
was listening. The speaker after
soothing Representative Berry into a
conversational tone. asked him how he
wanted To vote.
Gavei Is eandaged.
Il vote Mo-" screamed the represcn-
tative from Wabash.
Il thought so." said the speaker. as
he patiently wrapped a piece Of red
flannel around the inflamed gavel. and
shifted the natural leaf TO the other
cheek.
In order that no other Republican
might profane the sacred document
Representative Msrrimann moved it be
passed To engrossment and third read
ing.
Then 1t was that Eschbach came for.
ward and called attention to his head
bowed In shame.
Gus Grieger fired on TT. Sumpter
shook his horny fist In the classic fea.
lures of Merrimann. consigned the
whole Democratic party to the bottom.
less pit aud threatened To go away. far
away. where Jack Walsh or any other
doorkeeper couldn't find him. breal,
the quorum and leave Democracy slit
ing on the doorstep without any visi.
BILE means Of support.
Berry broke his shackies again and
dcfied everybody to do their worst
lie voted no" SO fast the roll cal
clerk had To use an adding machine
These were the three stars. Nc
Clew and Troyer and two or three
others took minor parts. wearing long
shirt.like garments. carrying spears
and coming In heavy on the barber
shop chords.
Speaker Neneman looked at his CAV
al and seeing IL was nearly destroyed
motioncd Crayens. who moved an adj
journment.
And that IL the way the new consti
tuition of the state Of Indiana was
adopted In twenty minutes by co-or
dinate branch Of the state government
Thus are the people indicated and
their sovereign rights upheld.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
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