South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-22
Present Week Likely to See
Final Action on Wright Pro-
hIbitiOn Bill Bushels of
Petitions Received.
7 MDlANA'S SO Ta
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FROM THE NEWS-TIMES
j INDIANAPOLIS BUREAU

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 22-There's
"a storm brewing in the legislative
ofHng here and ID may break this
week. The clouds gathered over sat
urday and SUNDAY and unless the
genial faces of several hundred dozen
rays of compromise sunshine followed
the advice OF the assembly grounding
and appeared during the early DAYS
of this week there seemed every rea-
son for belief that this week WOULD
mark n real legislative simeon with
the senate nor'easter and The house
nor Wester meeting just under the
statehouse dome some time toward
the middle of the week l0r a final
blowout. Trade winds alone seemed
capable OF solving the Indictment sit
uation TO the satisfaction of an con
cerued
The sailors of both good ships had
their telescopes pointed at the clouds
Saturday and sunday and several said
they believed they discerned the
periscOpcs OF submarines that could
live in any weather pecking up around
the statehouse horizon To- add TO the
possible Neptune troubles OF the good
shin General Assembly
Strange TO relate it seemed TO Dee
that The Amazon sailors. who have
been shipping throughout this session
Indianapolis harbOr lines have mad "a
good deal 10 do with The clouds i'm
the Ofing
senate Pa~~c~ Suffrage BiI.
The AmaZOnS Saturday succeeded in
shifting enough OF the cargo of the
senate schooner 10 make the vessel
list badly 60 its political larb0ard and
there pass the Maston bin. giving the
voters Of the state "a referendum on
the subject Of installing IN Indiana
the Illinois plan Of woman suffrage,
which allows women 10 ballot on al
subjects not specified i'm the constitu-
ton and for all officers that are not
what is known as constitutional Of
iiceTs"
And thereby hangs "a tale for the
ancient mariners OF Indiana. who have
watched albarosses come and GO for
many decades. which rivals the story
of the hard-luck cross-boN that
brought down the original alhatross
Only the present sea viii boil while
the one famed i'm lyrics took ON the
calm or . O'Clock in ghost-free Gem
etery.
The statewide primary election
question had most 90 do with the en-
tire situation. perhaps The house
passed the bin Friday and many be-
lieVcd the senate was the goat"
aimed IT. But Immediately in IS
said did the pilots OF the crew Of
the senate schooner devise WAYS and
means OF planting "a contact mine be-
meath tn. bow Of the house sloop The
Jones Il. Jones primary hil was the
same as the Riuear hill. killed BOD the
senate by close vote it viii he re-
membered Thus was the senate
schooner Immediately in trcacherous
water. SO Che storl goes. the sen
ate wheelman put his helm hard over
am no f.r rH.H q
the woman Sonrage bin occurred
Here's the Conundrum.
Now whether The trade winds Niil
calm the atmosphere or whether "a
well-defped scheme to kill both bills
IN the opposing houses has been de-
veloped Is the big conundrum here
The house. on two different occasions
this session has declared. by pre-
ponderant vote. containing democrats
and republicans alike against the idea
OF woman suffrage The senate has
put the question directly up 90 the
house. And meanwhile there's the
primary bilL killed once i'm the sem
ate and now put directly up o. d.
again by The house. Thus do the
clouds gather.
Another seemingly weu-autheuti-
Gated story IS going the rounds here
that the senate leaders have deferm
ined 10 pass the Jones primary bill
the INITIAL Et-lNu-l'lIltH therefore
being with the house Do is Wel
known that many democrats BOB both
houses are thoroughly opposed to the
primary Yet the party pledge de-
mands DO and certain senate Leaders
say they VIII not allow themselves fo
be placed iu the position ~ being The
stumbling block 70 "a parts pledge
even if the house has attempted fo
make the senate responsible
The sudden change OF numerous
house democrats and. apparently the
governor and Thomas Taggart on The
primary bill can bc explained in mauv
ways but this now seems cert aim
there was mo- house caucus ou the
proposition They just agreed fn
carry out the party platform ar all
hazards-and they tried 20 make th
republicans responsible as Wen ln
this theS were only partially success
full
FINAL Notion ou Prohibition.
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