South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

ance exchanges in Indiana and place
them under the supervision of the
state. Rep. Hagerty read Yong brief
in opposition To the bill and Rep.
Reeves then charged that he held a
copy of the same brief and that the
"old line" insurance companies were
chagrined because ne held IT. The
hil finally was defeated by vote OF
50 10 40 but a motion TO reconsider
the vote was introduced and the meas
ure will be brought up again.
A public hearing Tuesday night on
the Waltz bill TO allow steam rail
roads in Indiana TO charge two and
On-half cents a mile for passenger
cares resulted in no announcement of
action from the railroads committee
of the house.
Clarke Bill Passes.
The Clarke bill to create a board of
finance appOintive by the mayor, TO
have charge Of all financial affairs of
indianapolis. passed the senate after
a bitter fight The vote was 81 to II.
Sen. Summers of South Bend,
chairman of the committee on cities
and towns. which took the original
action on the bill favOring its passage,
offered an amendment TO the biE put
ting the responsibility for the choice
of the finance board sQuarely on the
mayor and leaving the governor en-
Summers Amendment Lost.
Sen. Summers explained that he
did not believe in the legislature mix
ing up i'm city affairs. He said that if
the legislature undertook To do every
thing asked by Indianapolis it would
soon be compelled TO appoint com
mission To run the city.
Sen. Summe rs' Amendment was
lost. Sen. Reidslbach offered an
amendment TO refer the entire prOpO-
SitiOn TO the people, but this, too. was
lost. Several motions of Sen. Robin
son, republican, of Marion county TO
kill the bill were also lost. \ dramatic
speech by Floor Leader Van Nuys
against a local newspaper, featured
the fight
Would Murder Primary.
House democrats and some sena-
tors met in secret conference again
Tuesday night at the DenisOn hotel to
discuss ways and means of murder
ing the Jones primary bill or sub
stituting for il something that would
suit the majority members. The con-
ference was called Tuesday after an
all day underground" struggle for
position between the friends of the
Jones statewide primary bill and the
opponents of the measure.
The fight on the bill has been going
on for some time and the house COM
ulIJee on eleCUOQS late MONDAY de-
cided TO report the Jones bill TO the
house early Wednesday with a divided
report the majority favoring the
passage Of the bill Those signing the
majority report were Kemp. DragoO.
Erny. Dibble. YOhO and Griffith.
/ Those voting against the bill in COM
mittee and who signed the minority
report were Representative Southland,
Scott, Foster and Nichols the latter
/ a democrat. Rep. Kinder a member
of the committee, was not present at
the meeting.
Keep Jones Out
Rep. Jones was excluded from the
meeting at the Denison hotel Tuesday
night and Thomas Taggart, in an in
terview. said that he felt a few mem
/ berS of the house desired the passage
of a primary bill like the Jones bill,
but that the majority of the demo-
Gratis favored no such legislation. on
the floor of the house Thursday the
fight on the primary bill ought to be
staged.
EugcnicS Bill Ready.
In the house the Neal eugenics bill
was ready for third reading. An at
tempt 10 kill the measure failed yes
terday afternoon. but an amendment
compelling brides as well as well as
bridegrooms 10 furnish a health GER
tificate was adopted and the measure
,,-oe advanced