South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-04
Democrats Will Be in Control
First Few Days But Repub-
IiCanS Are Trying to OFF,
set Advantage.
Ners-Tlme. sneclaI service


theme of the 10th general assembly
of Indiana. II became known today
that no TWO days Of that session,
which opens here Jan. 4. viii be
anything at all alike. And the
principal reason therefore Will be
the 1917 senate. There - demo-
Gratis. with one democratic lieuten-
ant governor, will he in control dur
ing the first four or five days Of the
session. and thereafter p repubh-
cans. with the new republican lieu
tenant governor. will be in control.
Whereupon il now has been decid-
ed by the democrats that they will
organize the senate during the first
few days, when they are in control,
will name the committees. distribute
the patronage as they see fit and
then adopt rules, providing that
thereafter in the session il would take
three-fourths Of the total senate
membership to amend the rules
again. Meanwhile such rules as are
necessary TO insure the democratic
organization Of the body are to be
passed. while Lieut. Gov. William
r. O'Neill is in the chair Thus goes
the democratic present platform.
Republicans Have Plan.
The republicans, meanwhile. hear
ing of this situation. have secretly
decided that they Will resort TO the
old parliamentary dodge that they
used in the Indiana house OF rep
rcsentatives during the closing
hours Of the seth general assembly.
They have framed il up" to fail
20 attend the opening sessions Of the
legislature. remaining away until
after the new lieutenant governor
has been indicted into office and
thereby breaking the quorum in the
senate and thus preventing the DEM
ocrats from carrying out their pres
ent program.
This program of the republicans,
becoming known TO the democratic
leaders through sundry under
ground passages hereabO by
which such news is carried has re-
suited in the announcement from
democratic ranks that if the repub-
Leans accomplish such dastardly
tricks as those described. they will
be paid off in the same coin.
Then More of IL.
Fer the orders have gone out that
f che republicans break the
quorum early in the session, then
will the democrats. in turn. break
the quorum throughout the re-
mainder Of the session. thus pre-
venting the republicans from even
approaching the fulfillment of their
platform pledges and embarrassing
the whole republican state admins
tTation UNNECESSARILY.
The present plans of the demo-
Gratis contemplate adopting such
rules early in the game as will
effectively prevent the republicans
from organizing the senate. To
this end. instead of adopting rules
that would require a two-thirds vote
to amend, they will seek 10 adopt
rules, TO govern the remainder of
the session that Will require \
three-fourths vote TO change. With
the upper house divided exactly, il
would be impossible for the repub-
"a
traded" or detected" to obtain
actual control of the patronage sit
uation. the committees. and in fact,
almost all perquisites of the senate,
except that of passing actual laws
where the constitution provides that
n majority vote Of any quorum pres
ent is sufficient TO enact a bill into
q law.
Huffman l. Candidate.
With this situation i'm view. prac-
tically few candidates for the biz
positions I'm the senate have appear
ed in either party. The -edoubtaDIe
col "RU" Huffman of Anderson.
however. is on hand as "a repuhh-
can candidate for secretary Of the
senate. Bill always has been either
clerk Of the senate or his most
confidential adviser in recent years
For Bill usually has worked his
.'bill factory" i'm the back rooms OF
.te legislative halls at all times OF
the day or night. and therefore il
49, been necessary for him 20 he
closely i'm touch with the senate'>
secretary. From "BuTs" bill fac
tory any corporation. individual.
person. party or irm can obtain
copies or any bin that is introduced
i'm the session. only the price
thereof is produced And Col Bill
has even been known to press into
his private service the complete
stenographic corps OF a legislature
C. assist him I'm the righteous work
or distributing underground knowl-
edge OF what the legislature is doinG
10 all men-who have she price
Thus. Of course. Is Bill a candidate
for the place.
York Also After Job.
Now Guy York of Peru also
would like TO be secretary 20 the
senate in case the republicans re
successful in controlling the body
And Harry Styner OF Montmorenci
would like 20 be assistant secretary.
Milton Garrigus of kokomo is "a
candidate. or perhaps the candi-
GATE for chief dCorkecper of the
senate state Senator Arthur Rob
iEson Of indianapolis probably viii
he republican floor leader in the
senate. Charles Hagcrty Of south
PEND wants 90 be floor leader of the
senate for the democrats. and the
lame OF Abe simmons OF Button
.r-, fe hainu mentioned iu that cone