The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-24
House Ways and Means Committee
Decides TO Recommend Remy Bill
Taxing Greenbacks.
SOLDIERS HOME DEBATE
SENATE DISCUSSES THE APPROPRIA-
TION FOR THE INSTITUTION.
School Hoard investigation Resofu-
ton i'm the Unconstitutional Pass
Questfon-GeneraI Notes.

The ways and means committee, headed
by Mr.. Allen, who is showing himself to be
one of the ablest young men that have
been in the House for years. will have the
task of overhauing the State finances and
fixing the tax levy. The committee has al
ready begun to put a few calculations on
paper, but will be unable to fix the rate
definitely until the final disposition of
number of measures before the two bodies
of the General Assembly. The bill exempt
ing mortgage indebtedness from taxation
and the one putting greenbacks on the
duplicates will play an important part in
fixing the rate. The committee practically
decided yesterday to recommend the pas
sage of the Remy bill. taxing greenbacks.
Several bills with Ike end in view have
been introduced and are to be killed, it
is thought the Remy bill best covers the
ground. The author of it thinks that
S5.O0O,O00 will be added to the duplicates if
the measure becomes a law, and there
seems to be little opposition to the policy.
The committee is not yet quite ready to
give final report the Newhouse bill,
which would have the effect of taking an
estimated $75,0OO,00O off the duplicates. This,
1t is believed, would make deficit of S225,-
700 In taxes under the present levy, and the
State could not well reduce the levy and at
The same time release the mortgage indebt-
edness. There will probably be a 100000
appropriation for the Soldiers Home the
ways and means committee having agreed
20 the bill which the committee on military
affairs recommended. There was $4,000
Worlds Fair appropriation two years ago.
which will be offset by the $4,000 appro-
priation this session for the extraordinary
military expenses during the labor troubles.
Other appropriations are asked in bills now
before the House. If home for dependent
children is founded there will be a consid-
cradle appropriation with 1T.
The committee has not yet determined
upon even estimate for the Soldier s
penses of the monument have been met out
of the incidental fund.- although the COM
mission has a construction fund of more
than 100000 to its credit.
The total debt of the State is now over
$7.00000. including foreign and domestic OBJ
legations. The committee thinks it would
be wise to provide for the payment of this
debt at the rate of $500 900 or $500 900 year.
The COMMITTEES will report adversely on
the burden of the State tax.
The judiciary committee had a meeting
yesterday afternoon and listened to the two
Lake county factions. onekpf which is clam
oring for a suQfrior court for Hammond,
and the other. from Grown Point, opposing
the proposition. The Joint resolution for a
constitutional amendment taking from the
Legislature the power of passing measures
OF relief for public officers who have lost
money, will be recommended for passage.
The coronial bill of Mr.. Van Arsdel.
which is especially directed at the office in
Marion county, is favored by the commit
tee 1t will prevent the coroner from hold
filed showing that there is a strong sus-
picion OF death from violence.