The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-11
Ralston Refuses to Receive
the Measure Which Would
Validate l6o Saloons in
Gary, Indiana.
$68,OOO ADDED TO
PORK BARREL BILL
Desperate Effort to Revive
Garnishee Bill At the Fin
ish Was Baked BY the
Upper House.
(National News Association

| (National News Association
INDIANAPOLIS, March 11.-Gover-
nor Ralston announced today that he
would receive the bill to validate 169
saloon licenses in Gary that caused
so much confusion during the closing
session of the legislature.
The controversy over the accuracy
of the vote as recorded is believed to
have influenced the governor to let
the measure die. 1t was passed after
the time limit for receiving bills by
the governor except at his option.
The specific appropriations bill, car
rying increases approNimating $6S,6o0
which the Senate had inserted, and
carrying also a provision for refer
endum vote on the question of appro-
priating $2,OOO,0O0 for a centennial
building. was approved by both Hous-
es of the Indiana Legislature at 1
o'clock this morning, after a confer
ence committee had spent more than
eight hours considering the measure.
The Senate, at its afternoon session,
had added $73,400, exclusive of the
conditional appropriation for a centen-
nial building, and the agreement
reached by the conferees, Representa-
tives Smith and Beatty, representing
the House, and Senators Netterville
and Stotsenburg, representing the Sem
ate, provided for net reduction of
only $4,SO0 from the Senate figures.
The committee stipulated that sep
arate ballot shall be used in voting on
the question of appropriating $4,000
600 for centennial building, and also
that the amount of money to be ap-
propriated, if ordered by majority
of the voters, should be stated on the
ballot for the information Of the vot-
ers.
$4,000 Item Added.
The reductions made by the COM
mittee amounted to $6,SO0, but
$4,000 item added to the bill made the
net decrease only $4,000.
The decreases provided by the con-
ferees were as follows:
Soldiers Home at Lafayette, from
S12,SOO to $4,000 for coal sheds and
equipment.
Superintendent of public buildings
and property, from $1,000 to $4,000 for
repair of roof of State Capitol.
| State board of health, from $500 to
| $4,000 for publication and distribution
of baby books.
Tippecanoe Park, from $500 to
! $500 for care of trees.
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| 81 900 from the Senate amendment pro-
viding for an appropriation of $500
| for the publication by the Switchboard
of health of a baby" book they de-
cided to add an appropriation of
$4,000 to be used in the publication OF
a legislative manual relating only to
the session of 1913 instead of to the
| last two sessions.
| Kill Garnishee Bill.
| Senator Fleming sprung one of the
sensations of the closing hours of the
senate session by an effort to get the
garnishee bill out of committee.
Il rise to a point of ORDER said
Senator Kistler This senate passed
rule that no bill should come out
of committee on a divided report"
| There is no proof that there is a
divided report on the bill,' ruled the
| chair, but in order to get the matter
in proper form I would suggest to
! Senator Fleming that he ask that the
| bill be withdrawn from the considera-
tion of the committee"
Il make that notion" said Senator
| Fleming
Il move to lay the motion on the Ia
| ble." said Senator Kistler.
| The chair put the motion to table
and it carried with a roar of ayes, thus
| effectually killing the measure on its
last daring bid for life.
At first the penal farm bill, intro
duced by Representative Voris, was
voted down, but Senator Netterville,
who was of the committee to investi-
gate penal farms, made a lengthy ex-
planation while the clock hands were
held back. Later the measure was re-
called, about midnight, and this time
| received a majority vote, only a few
| being recorded against it
The state tax levy bill introduced by
Representative Cravens was found.
after it had passed both house and
senate, to carry clause repeating all
other tax levies. Senator Netterville
discovered the mistake and before il
was too late, had the measure re-
| called and ii was repassed in the sen
ate with an amandmauf 90 vine au ,,b