South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-28
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PRESENT ASSEMBLY, 10 MAIN
TAIN \ SANE EQUILIBRIUM.

TAIN \ SANE EQUILIBRIUM
Happily for the lower house OF the
assembly. and. II not happily for the
house. at least so for the state, the
Lyday resolution amending the rule
10 cut of the rendering Of minority
reports OF committees has been found
90 have failed OF passage Speaker
BedweI has so decided, basing his
judgment on the absence Of a consti-
tuuOnal majority. The attempt 10
eyade the issue fair and square with
regard TO prohibition and woman suf-
frage. has accordingly been foiled.
though the former proposition has
apparently been disposed OF. The
main point is that other important
legislation, yet to come from the COM
mittees. is also to have the old fair
chance.
And the last week Of the session is
now at hand A week from Monday
night and the work OF the 69th as
sembly will be over. Forthwith you
may expect republicans in particular,
and others who have not secured all
the legislation that they would have
liked in general, to begin their cam
paign of detraction in preparation for
change of complexion in the assem-
bly, OF 1917. Already murmurings
are heard that the democratic party
has not made good. but we suggest
that with a week still at it's command.
it would be quite as we'll to withhold
judgment to the end. Confidently we
anticipate that when the work is
finally announced as finished, it VIII
measure up comparatively we'll to that
of any legislative session ever held in
the state.
OF course, the party has made mis-
takes. We have criticised IL in these
columns for what has appeared to US
10 have been plumbers. We believe
that our criticisms have at times had
a salutary effect, even as far away as
Indianapolis. We take just a bit of
credit for so moulding the opinion of
the house with regard TO the Bell
board of finance bill as to bring about
its defeat. The opposition OF the
leading democratic newspaper Of
northern Indiana, was accepted by the
members Of the house as an outside
democratic support. sufficient TO pro-
tect them in following their con-
sciences without having TO appear TO
have been covered into defeating the
measure by the indianapolis News
and the Indiana Daily Times.
To effect such an appearance. or to
force the house to anticipate it, espe-
ciaHy as TO the indianapolis News.
may or may not have been at the
back OF the great anti-News howl in
the senate following the passage Of
the finance bill by that body, but it
looks woefully suspicious. We recall
that Democratic Floor Leader Van
Nuys spent nearly a half-hOur Of his
i discussion of the bill in the senate at
4 its passage. in denouncing the News
|; and by inference and innuendo, i'm
H putting to senators who might fail to
|. vote for the measure. a fear of in
1 currins the iH-wiH of that newspaper.
4 II seemed that il was the defeat Of
the News rather than the merits Of
the bin that was agitaung him the
. more. Then came the sudden request
. from Mr.. Thomas Taggart. with the
4 immediate acceptance, that the editors
8 of the News be called before the bar
s Of the senate for contempt-quite as
4 apparently an outside organization
8 maneuver. calculated 10 poison the
4 political COnsciences of the democrats
& Of the house against the position taken
by that paper on everything in gen.
We were glad to move TO the assist
& ance Of the more democratic demo-
Gratis. over in the house. when the inn
= port of the anti-News agitation in the
senate as seemingly backed by the In
dianapolis and state democratic or
CARNATIONS. became SO apparent The
vancouver To place the house demo-
& Gratis in a pocket" II it was such a
maneuver. failed at least I'm part
through our efforts OF course. our
i democracy is questioned in conse-
4 qucnce We have even heard from
Il occasional senatorial and organization
sources. that we had been "buGaloed"
hy the Indianapolis paper. or other
s. ,sise Influenced into following its
policy, another mauouver. we might
presume. calculated 90 discredit our
position with The members of the
lower house.-but why waste space
i denouncing the iusidicus wies and
Il Cusseduess OF such political idiocy ?
81 The ouly influence we have felt was
/ the influence of righteousness. The
j bu was killed and the assembly
II saved from tnt stain that its MASSAGE