South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
STEPHEN FLEMING
QUITS SENATE IN
HUFF OVER BILL

HUFF OVER BILL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.)
Judson threatened TO resign the secre-
taryship of the senate democratic
caucus late Tuesday afternoon, when
that body took up the anti-lobby bill
passed by the house, and attempted to
Kill IL by amendments including one
10 make lobbyists of newspapers con-
tanning comment on bills before the
assembly, and TO prevent such papers
being brought into either chamber
while in session. The fight against
the anti-newspaper amendment was
led by Sen. Mccormick, Sen. HaZen of
Bonneville and Sen. G.. r. Summers of
South Bend
THAT is a cowardly attack on a
free press declared Sen. Mccormick
matched up for the purpose Of de-
feating the bill by men who lack the
nerve to vote against the measure
but hope TO kill it with ridiculous
amendments"
Leaves Caucus Room.
When the amendment had carried
he added, that with so many demo-
cratic senator's on the ragged road to
rot, he didn't care to record any
more of their performances, and left
the caucus room.
Sen. Summers Tuesday introduced
the Ft. Wayne-South Bend admin
stratiOn bill allowing cities of the sec
Ond class freer scope IN making paw
ing improvements and in the grading
of streets. The POttawatomie park
bill will not be introduced this week
Rep. Charles A. Hagerty. Tuesday,
introduced the Hurry health bill pro-
NJ
ent in the place of county physicians,
the superintendent to give their full
time to their work.
The habitual drunkard bill pro-
posed by City Judge Warner of South
Bend will undergo some amendment
before being introduced. Rep. Hag-
erty having received a request from
the author to insert a. limitation limit
within which the three convictions
must take place.
Local Citizens Present.
Several South Bend citizens ap-
peared here Tuesday night TO argue
against the VanHorne bill providing
for the construction of street lamps on
petition of so per cent of abutting
property owners in downtown streets
and providing that the cost of main
tenance and operation shall be di-
vided between the property owners
and the city. John c. Yeagley and
w. A. McInerny of South Bend. repre-
senting the Indiana & Michigan Elec-
trio Co. argued against the measure
on the grounds that such a law might
conflict with some utilities in the
state. which might want TO operate in
the future under an indeterminate
permit from the public service com
mission.
Two Bills Passed.
Two bills directed toward the relief
of the situation existing in particular
counties in the state were passed by
the house late Tuesday afternoon,
the address by Sen. owen.
one was the Coons bill which grew
out of the destruction by fire of the
Boone county court house In 1856,
when land records of Boone county
were destroyed. The bill provided
that the auditor Of a county may issue
quit claim deeds to correct irregulari-
ties in titles of lands where titles be-
come defective through burning of
records This bill passed unantmousl
A second bill. designed to provide
for the repayment of money to for
mer saloonkeepers of Howard county
who were put out of business by SUI
preme court decision while the
licenses still had a term of life was
passed.
The OVermeyer Dill providing IoT
the appropriation of 1854 TO be re
funded TO the city of Valparaiso be
cause Of an erroneous payment of that
10 the state by the city, passed
by unanimous vote.
Sen Norman late Tuesday intro
duced a bill in the upper house of the
sixty-ninth general assembly provid-
ing that the governor of Indiana shall
not have power to pardon first degree
murderers without the consent of the
state board of pardons. This seems a
direct slap at the present pardoning
system in Indiana and is taken by many
here to mean that If the bill passes
the sixty-ninth general assembly will
go on record as favOring limitation
of the pardOning power in Indiana.
This condition, which has been eX
planned much recently in the argu-
ments on the bill to abolish capital
punishment. is much To be desired,
some content. with the addition Of
the abolition Of the death penalty in
this state. The Norman bill trends
toward support of the anti-capital
bill, it is declared here
by many.