The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-08
CHARGES AGAINST
STATE CHAIRMAN
Rep. Keegan Says korbly
Lobbied Against the Wo-
mems Eight-Hour Bill.
LIQUOR BILL LOST
But Only Because of a Fatal
Mistake Made When 1t
Went Through House.
LIQUOR BILL LOST
(Natfonal News Association)

49, INDIANAPOLIS, March 8.-Charges
involving Bernard Korbly, democratic
state chairman, were made an ddenled
during spirited debate on the Gard
ner-Fleming bill limiting the hours of
labor for women, which passed the
house Friday afternoon, so to %. 1t
limits the working hours of women to
ten day or fifty-four week.
Representative Keegan, that radical
advocate of labor legislation assailed
the measure as an unfair compromise
and simultaneously accused Chairman
Korbly of being a paid lobbyist in be-
half of the employing class.
when the senate killed the nine
hour bill protecting women it declared
to the world that women who work
for wages in Indiana are mems slaves
in industry, profit and prostitution,
declared Keegan. 81 am sorry the
Democratic party will have to answer
for the actions of the senate, which
killed the bill under the leadership OF
the state chairman. The state chair
man has so disgraced the party as
to come here and lobby against wom-
anhood for money"
Rep. Thornton, announced himself
as the mouthpiece of Chairman korb-
1y, declared the state chairman had
never spoken either for or against any
bill regulating the working hours of
women.
did he say he wasn't employed by
the manufacturers association" retort-
ed Keegan. The speaker raped him to
his seat.
Later Chairman Korbly emphatical-
1y denied being employed to work
against the womens bill, but admitted
being employed as lobbyist in other
matters.
The house passed Senator Grube's
resolution calling for the appointment
of commission by the governor to in
vestigate the hours and conditions of
labor of women in Indiana. The four
voting in the negative were Keegan,
Friend, Carter and Dickinson.
Gardner and Ensle said the bill was
big improvement over no legislation
whatever.
A frantic effort to remedy fatal de-
feet discovered in Senator Traylor's
bill reducing the number of holidays
on which saloons must be closed re-
suited in failure, and the chances
are reckoned at l in l 900 that the
measure will become law. On motion
of Tingle the bill was recalled from
senate to the house. Senator Fleming
brought it over. Tingle moved recon
sideration. The object was to insert
the absent enacting clause. The vote
was As to 38, and two-thirds major
ity was required. Among those who
voted no were Cravens, Crawford,
Judkins, Kincaid, Reeves of Henry,
Dibble, Justus, Reeves of Hancock, Da-
Wis of Carroll, Riley, Schaefer, Storen
and Weidler.
Crawford kept up the fight by NOV
ing that further action be indefinitely
postponed but his motion was lost
Cravens raised the point of order
that the enrolled bill already had
reached the governor, but Speaker
Cook said nix.
On motion of Rep. Thornton it was
made special order for Monday. A
coffin for it seemed probable.
Everything considered the outlook
for any legislation for the benefit of
saloons did not appear very rosy.
Four bills calculated to increase sal
aries were put to bed permanently Fri
day afternoon. One anticipated giving
the Marion county coroner more mon
ey; two We're to give office deputies of
Indianapolis assessors more pay an
other provided compensation for coun-
ty assessors for serving on the board
of review, and the other aimed to put
justices of the peace in Whiting,
Hammond and East Chicago on a fee
basis.
Bills receiving approval of the
House were:
Persons must be graduates of den
tai college in order to plug teeth in
Indiana.
licensed (VanNuys.)
Making it a misdemeanor for a per-
son to influence another to leave the
state to avoid testifying before
grand or petit jury Or. Fl. Jackson.)
Providing penalties for dumping re-
fuse into streams &C. r. Wood)
Exempting from taxation the dormi-
tory maintained by the Episcopal
church of Indiana University (Stotsen-
burg}
Providing that where Baptist church
property is abandoned the property
shall revert to the Indiana Baptist con-
vention (Yarlington)
Voluntary associations may dissolve
on agreement of all stockholders
(Stotsenburg.)
INDIANAPOLIS, March THE SEN
ate put over the road bills about which
the house grew militant, late Friday,
in addition to the measure to sell the
Marion county courthouse, and the
bill to appropriate s22.5oo for the Get
tysburg trip of veterans of the civil
unpleasantness. The occasion is the
50th anniversary of some famous bat
tie. and the bill bears earmarks of
specially arranged junket to hornswog-
gle the grizzly musket toter into the
Democratic ranks, according to the
senators. Others characterized it as
patriotic conservation to warrant a
lid on me state treasury.