The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-15
HIS REASONS
MYSTERIOUS
Hanly's Object in Desiring
Special Session is
Darkly Yelled.
MUST DETERMINE SOON
Has Only Until Tomorrow Night to
Decide Whether Legislature
Shall Reconvene.
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Especial To Lake County Timcs).
Indianapolis. March 15-The one
over-shadowing question here at the
state capitol today is: Will Governor
Haniy veto the appropriation bill, and
thus necessitate the calling of a spec
ial session of the legislature?
by tomorrow the question will be
solved beyond any guess or perad-
venture. Tomorrow night he will have
to sign the bill, veto it or permit 1t to
become law without his signature.
The constitution gives him five days
after the close of the general assembly
within which to act on bills delivered
to him within the last three days of
the session, and this time expires Sat
urday night at midnight. Before then
he must act, or all the bills he has in
his possession now, including the ap
preparation bill, will become laws.
There is still deal of mystery
about the special session appropriation
bin story. That the governor has not
made up his mind Is certain as 1t is
that he has talked with half dozen
of the leading republican politicians
with reference to what would be his
wisest course of action. Since Monday
these conferences have been going
Not until Wednesday did the matter
become the subject of newspaper COM
ment, however. And even today all
but those who are closely associated
with the governor are almost absol-
utely in the dark with reference to his
reasons for considering veto. Back
and behind the apparent reasons, none
of which seem sufficient unto the evil.
there are more serious reasons OF which
the general public know nothing.
Four Improbable Reasons.
SO TAR, -FOUR reasons have been as
signed cor the veto, none Of which
seem suificient-and for that matter al
together do not seem sufficient One
is the $4,000 item in the bill applying
to the expenses of the jamestown ex-
position commission. authorized by
joint resolution of both the house and
senate.
There is no question but that the
governor, with the other leaders of the
republican party are opposed to this
appropriation, in view of the fact that
the opening of the exposition is only
forty five days away. In this time it
would be impossible for the commission
to build a building suitable to repre-
sent the state, especially as all of the
buildings at Norfolk are to be of a
permanent structure The belief is.
therefore, that the money appropriated
would be wasted and frittered away in
useless and expensive junketing excur-
sions.
The second reason assigned is the
opposition to the governor over the
increase that was given Miss Mary A.
Stubs, chief of the bureau of sta
tistics. While this is said to operate
very slightly. yet it is one of the items
that the governor does not approve.
The third is the $4,000 appropriation
provided for in the bill for additional
help in the auditor of states office.
This appropriation virtually creates
ar Insurance department there. and all
along he has opposed half-hearted in
surance measures, as shown by his
veto OF the Farber insurance bill.
In the fourth place it is said that he
objects to the provision that the salary
of State Treasurer Oscar Hadley shall
date it's Increase from April / of this
year. when the public depository law
does not become effective until Dec 1,
1907
This knocks Reason cone"
OF these four -~the first involves
the greatest amount of money and ma
turelly would be expected to be the
most important However, 1t was
learned yesterday that the state audi
tor was going to resist the payment of
this $4,000 item anyhow. on the the
ory that Joint resolution cannot pro-
vide for the appropriation and ex-
penditure of money. This is the an
nouncement of State Auditor Bill
heimer.
Three comparatively unimportant
reasons remain. To the one on the out
side they do not look sufficient to ne
cessitate an extra session.
And this leads to the belief that
there are other and graver defects in
the appropriation bill than any of the
above mentioned. Even the sanest and
the most conservative political advis-
ors of the governor, those who are not
inclined to agree with him on many
points in talking over the veto ques-
tion have one answer-that they can
see good reason for the governors in
tended action. Further than that they
will not say.
For a day or two there has been
the talk that the bill will be We
toed unless there are CONCESSIONS
This is the phrase quoted to the in
quirer at every turn, and quoted with
no further explanation
Back to the Old Question.
Unless concessions are made-what
concessions? What concessions can
there be as regards an appropriation
bill? Does the governor demand the
right TO name the deputies in the state
auditors Office, deputies created by the
appropriation bill? Certainly not 1t