The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-14
1t Is Called Archaic and the
Party in Power Believes It
Can Introduce Popular
Features.
CONVENTION PLANNED
But Fear of a State Wide
Prohibition Plank in New
Instrument Has Called for
Objections.
Palladium Specially


Indianapolis, Feb. 14.--Apologies
are now in order, and we hasten to file
ours. Whoever inferred on insinuat-
ed the Democratic legislature is
gang Of loafers must have mixed their
card index. for when the assembled
wisdom Of Indiana Democracy got in
room by itself with Stephen b.
Fleming in the chair and Governor
Thomas Marshall at his right hand. it
certainly did some business. Its first
act was to confess its pet child, the
city and township measure and pos
sibly as constitutional measure. The
proposition to remedy bad bill by
tacking on some amendments was dis
cussed and abandoned 1t was deter
mined to go about it sensibly and be.
gin all over. Consequently an entire
~ new township and city local option
bill will be drawn. introduced and
passed as a party measure. 1t will.
of necessity, carry with 1t the repeal
of the other bill, which the governor
has signed and which is now by vir-
tue of its emergency clause law.
One important Change.
The new bill, 1t is understood, will
not vary greatly from the first one, al
though there may be clause III 1T
providing that territory now dry by
virtue of previous option elections
must remain SO until declared wet by
an election under the new law. There
is a demand for such a clause from
many of the Democrats who represent
dry territory, but who favor a change
in the unit That matter is not de-
termined. The next subject to be TAX
en- up was the platform pledges. OF
which none have been redeemed by
laws. The majority of these pledges
affect labor such as weekly pay day,
co-employees liability law. child labor
law, compulsory arbitration, the crea-
tion Of a mine inspector and the cre-
alton OF labor department. Other
pledges include good laws. registration
laws and other remedial legislation.
1t was decided to organize the house
more closely. appoint steering CONF
mittee and put all OF the pledges upon
the statute books. A review OF the
bills introduced revealed the fact that
most OF pledges are touched upon by
some measure already introduced in
either house and bills which can be
whipped into shape. SO as to cover
the promises, will be taken In hand
by the steering committee and modi-
fled to that end. The few pledges
covering which there have been no
bills introduced will be taken care Of
at once.
In order that no slip may occur
each house will probably caucus upon
measures promised In the platform.
and one OF the first will be senate
caucus upon the child labor bill,
which passed the house Monday.
The Governor Speaks.
While restrictive and regulatiye
measure may not be made the subject
of party caucus. yet 1t was the con-
census Of opinion that such mea-
sure was expected Of the party by the
people and there was an unanimity
of opinion that . yiriie measure Of
this kind should be passed. Cover
nor Marshall spoke upon this subject
and without attempting to enter into
any details strongly urged the pass
age OF such bill. Then came tile
most important part OF the caucus.
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