The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-10
IT'S ALL over!
NO, THAT'S A
BUSTED HOPE
Dreary, Weary, BIeary, the
Noble Lawmakers Just
Won't Go to Rest.
ONE NIGHT OF DELIRlUM
Jazz, Razz, Din and Some
Little Gin and That's
the Windup.

A handful OF pleary-eyeu SVSte
senator's and representatives stray
gled into Indiana's legislative halls
at II this morning to make the per-
functory motions of bringing the
seventy seventh general assembly to
ad journment. sine die.
But 1t didn't happen as per
schedule. It hasn't happened yet.
When 1t doeS-well, when 1t does?
The clocks In the two houses,
however, ringing out the time for
adjournment, failed to disturb the
Slunber Of the majority of Indiana'S
lawmakers, who tuInbled into their
beds at 8 this morning after an all
night delirium of politics, debates,
motions and monotonous roll calls.
For dawn seemingly had found
the legislative deadlock no less
tight than it had been all night.
They Grow Weary
Dawn came without disturbance
to the few who had found sleep
in their leather chairs, feet propped
ON their desks, but rather annoyed
those who milled around the roS-
truns OF two obdurate presiding
officers. For legislative clocks were
not running to mark the breaking
of a new day. It was, theoretically,
still March 9-last day Of the leg
-1ature.
/ Lawmakers wives, who so proudly
had taken their seats Monday
night to watch their husbands
match oratorical and persuasive
powers, leaned YEARLY against the
rails as broad daylight flooded the
high-ceilinged chambers. They were
tired of the arguments.
Looks of admiration had turned
to those of tolerant compassion
How do men get that way?"
SOubrette on Job
Monday night had started mer-
rily enough. In the house practical
iokers staged their antics; band
blared from the balcony; = Negro
quartet "harmonized," and q comely
soubrette tripped down the aisles,
where pages were won't to Scamper,
chucking grizzly solons under the
chin while their colleagues roared.
But intermissions in the merri-
n1ent became longer as bill after
bill was sent to enrolling rooms,
where typists, out of the fun, brushed
sleep from their eyes and banged
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Smoke from innumerable cigars
and pipes befogged the atmosphere.
Crowds of the curious squeezed
nearer the rail, shifted from foot
to foot and looked to new and fire.
uuent angry outbursts from jmpa-
tent legislators for relief from the
strain.
From the senate roStrum Lieuten-
ant-Governor Edgar D. Bush made
it clear he was IN no hurry to act
on reapportionment.
Lots Of Time
From his perch across the hall,
Speaker Walter Myers made 1t
equally clear he still had lots Of
time in which to act on the biennial
budget bill.
! Threats Of boiling were to no
avail. Then, finally, break came
in the senate. But it was no fault
of Bush.
Just as dawn was breaking and
the jazzy strains came from a
piano across the lobby, in the house,
Senator French Clements (Rep.,
vanderpurgh) precipitated the long
drawn-out fight for concurrence in
the conference committees report
on reapportionment, adopted three
hours before by the house.
Clements asked unanimous con-
sent to introduce a measure pro-
viding for the election Of twelve
congresSmen-at-large. Altho h
there was a chorus of noes" Bush
permitted the bill to be introduced.
Another Wait Starts
But that was as far as 1t got. The
senate voted, "a to 10, against sus-
pending the rules to place the bill
on second reading and assent OF
thirty-four senators was required.
Bush settled In his chair for an
other long wait. Senators Sprawled
out at their desks or milled about
to keep awake. Their nerves were
getting on edge.
From across the hall came the
tinkling of the piano and then the
chorus of Sweet Adeline," sung
Justify, but not sweetly, by the rep
reSentativeS.
Senator Chester Perkins (Dem.,
st. Joseph renewed his attempt to
get the senate to concur in the con-
ference report, and Bush shook his
i 4.