The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-11
SENATE SPIKES
WRIGHT LAW
REPEAL MOVE
Shift to Referendum Held
Unconstitutional; Weiss
ASSaiIS Action.
G. o. P. SCHEME WINS
House Will Ban Approval;
Cheering News Wired
to Hoover.

to Hoover.
A few minutes after the Indiana
senate lodged the issue of repeating
the Wright bone dry law and sub
stituted futile" referendum meas
ure Wednesday afternoon, President
Hoover was informed of the action.
The Times today obtained infor-
nation that Ivan c. Morgan, Re-
publican state chairman, who sat
through the entire senate battle,
rushed to a telegraph office and
wired Hoover at the White House
OF the senate vote.
Although repeal of ne dry law
is contained in the G.. o. P. plat
form, opponents of the referendum
measure declared the Republicans
had "refuted their stand at the first
opportunity"
With Representative Jacob Weiss
fDem). Indianapolis, author of the
repeater, charging rank insincer-
1ty' in the senate's actions, an I'M
official opinion from the attorney
generals office today branded the
referendum measure for the No
Vember election as futile"
Weiss predicted the house of rep
resentatives never will pass the bill
as amended by the senate. Attempt
will be made in a conference COM
mittee to revamp the Wright re-
pealer into it's original form
The amendment to wipe out all
but the enacting clause of the Weiss
bill and substitute a referendum at
the November election was offered
by Senator Ralph Adams Rep),
Shelbyville.
Known to Be Unconstitutional
Supporting his charge of insin-
certify, Weiss today disclosed the fol-
lowing:
Il went to Senator Adams when
] learned that such amendment
was to be offered and pointed out
that, as lawyers, both he and
knew that such referendums are i'm
possible under the Indiana constitu-
ton and so have been held at least
three times by the supreme court.
His answer to this was, Maybe
that is what we want.
L took that we to mean the
Republican majority in the senate.
In such case I want to point out
that Wright law repeal is the only
thing upon which the Republican
party in this state took a definite
stand IN its present party platform
and at the first opportunity it
repudiated it,"
Referendum Held Futile
There is no state law or section of
the constitution providing for the
referendum, it was said at the at
torney- generals Office.
AT the attorney generals office II
was said referendum would not
be binding on future legislative
action.
After refusing to accept the bill.
which would allow doctors to pre-
scribe whisky for patients, the same
senators voted approval of a COM
mittee report for passage of the
Kenny house bill, which will legal
1ze pari-mutuel betting.
Vote on the Bill
Those who supported the referen-
dunn amendment:
REPUBLICANS u9
Adams Miller
Herkiey Moorhead
Hart1eu Sherwood
Hoadley ShuII
Hoffman SIenker
Holmes SOuthworth
run TOrOhmen
sindiey Walter
DEMOCRATS (s)
Ballard Gormar
Brewster Iockard
Druley Raber
Total. IS.
Those voting against it were:
REPUBLICANS t9)
AlIdredge Niblack
backeu Rowley
Brown Sims
Clements Stew
Netdl
DEMOCRATS u0
NhamberS Kehoe
SlouSer Ketchum
Dennigan Morris
OoogS Perkins
Drake Wade
Gottsohalk Williams
Holman
Total, 90.
The Adams amendment provides
for submission of these questions to
the voters:
do you favor repeal of the In
diana state prohibition enforcement
act?
DO you favor modification of the
Indiana prohibition act to conform
to national prohibition laws?"
Adoption of the referendum pro-
poSal followed a two-hour debate.
In which a motion indefinitely to
postpone the bill was lost, &c to 10.
Morgan on Rostrum
Morgan was on the roStrum with
Lieutenant-Governor Edgar D. Bush
when the bill was up for considera-
ton on second reading as a special
order of business.
Bush called Senator Lonzo L.
Shull (Rep). Sharpsville. AS Shun
returned to his seat he whispered to
Senator Roy M. Friedley (Rep)
Muncie, who moved that the bill be
killed.
In closing for his motion, Friedley
charged that strong-arm methods
had been used by "one man" to
force the Wright law repeal plank
IN the G. o. P. platform and that
the rank and file of Republicans are
DRY.
He made it plain that the man he
meant was Henry L. Marshall, La
fayette publisher and mentor of
Governor Harry G. Leslie.
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