Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-02

On learning Of the Givan charges, Sen
ator Oscar Rats, Republican floor leader
and author of the bill, moved that the
Senate reconsider the measure. He ex-
panied he was asking for its recall from
the House because a mistake had been
made in the engrossing room" and be
cause the House had refused to receive
1t. The motion was carried.
HOUSE CONSENTS
TO WITHDRAWAL.
The House later concurred in the Sem
ateS request for withdrawal Of the meas
ure.
1t was charged by Mr.. Given that the
opponents of the bill have approached
certain persons connected with the work
of the Senate and that the bill was
changed in a manner that would defeat
its purpose. The utmost confusion
reigned in the House during. the discus
sion Of the charges.
Representative Givan charged that
when the bill passed the Senate the
words office or household" were not in
cluded, but that these words were in
corporated in the Senate bill, which was
transmitted to the House
1t was shown that Senator Winfield
Miller, indianapolis, offered an amend
mont in the Senate containing those
words with the avowed purpose Of kill
Ing the bill inasmuch as there is small
likelihood that a law limiting the hours
of work could be made to apply to do
mestics. The amendment, however was
rejected by the Senate, the records show.
Mr.. Givan declared fraud was being
perpetrated in order to bring about de-
Feat Of the measure.
MAKES DEMAND
FOR POSTPONEMENT.
Because he said there was. fraud some
where in connection with the measure,
Representative Givan returned q minor
ity report fayoring indefinite postpone
ment of the bill
He declared the bill, which was re-
ported in the House by judiciary A Cem-
mittee, was not the bill that was sent to
the House by the Senate or the one that
was considered by the committee when It
first discussed the measure
Representative J. Glenn Harris. Lake
County, in reply to the Givan charges,
told the members Of the House that the
words were not in the bill that was re-
ported back to the House. but that they
were in when the bill was transmitted to
the House from the Senate He said
members of the committee investigated
the records Of the Senate and found the
amendment offered by Senator Winfield
Miller to include the words "office or
household" had failed to carry. Conse-
quently the words were not included in
the bill when it was sent to the en-
crossing room, he said.
CLERK TALKS
OF "FIXING.'
1t was Investigated further and learned,
he said, that one of the clerks In the
engrossing room had confded to a friend
that the bill had been fixed and would
be defeated in the House 1t was not
learned on whose authority the words
had been included in the bill when it was
engrossed, Mr.. Harris continued.
Representative Givan then demanded on
what authority members of the committee
had taken the bill back to the Senate
without being empowered to do so by
the House.
Representative Chester A. Davis, Jay
County, chairman Of judiciary A Com
mittee, declared the secretary of the Sen.
ate, Zell c. Swain, had come to him and
asked that the bill be returned to the
Senate for investigation
This request was refused by Mr. Davis
whereupon, he said, Mr.. Swain appealed
to the Speaker, John F. Mcclure, and
obtained consent to take the bill back
to the Senate for investigation.
What right does the Speaker have to
order that bill returned to the Senate
without consent of the House?" asked
Mr.. Givan.
THAT is his business" replied Mr.
Davis.
Several points of order were raised by
various members that the bill, since it
was not the same that had been passed
by the Senate, could not be considered
by the House Representative Harris
declared no member of the House had
any right to question any act Of the
Senate
The Speaker ruled on the point Of or
der, holding that the mill which was
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