The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
Party Leaders Assert Differ
ence of Opinion Over Matter
Will Not Cause Even Sem
bIance of Disruption.
SPECIAL MATTERS OF
UNUSUAL IMPORTANCE.
State of Unfinished Buildings
Requires Haste-Night Rid
ers Menace-County Local
Option Law Approved.

Indianapolis, Sept. 5.-The adyis-
ability OF the call for a special session
of the legislature is a question of con-
contention among leaders OF
the republican party of the state.
There was a difference of opinion ex-
pressed at the conferences, which pre-
ceded the call. but the stories of out
breaks between the men at the coun-
ellis are branded as fakes at Indiana
polls. That the call will bring about
a split in the republican party is held
to be ridiculous. Such policy would
be nothing short of suicide as viewed
by party leaders.
The special matters to be consider
ed are:
Repeal of the law appropriating
s120,54S to Vincennes University:
(2) legislation to aid the executive to
by which the liquor traffic shall be
controlled by local option with the
county as the unit, and, (41 an increas-
ed appropriation for the Indiana
Girls school and the Woman's Prison.
the appropriation for these two insti-
tutions having been found to be in
adequate.
The statement of the governor set
ting forth his reasons for the call is:
THE constitution imposes upon the
governor the duty of convening the
general assembly in special session
whenever. in his opinion. the welfare
of the state requires it. The respon-
sibility of decision rests solely with
the governor. He must assume it
alone. No one else can share IL. IL
is indivisible.
Il have called others into consulta-
tion, most of whom. I am frank TO
say. have advised against the calling
of an extra session at this time. but
have not been impressed with their
reasoning. They are sincere. but they
are not able to view the matter from
the standpoint of responsibility occu-
pied by the executive.
in my opinion conditions now ex-
list which necessitate a special session
of the sixty-fifth general assembly.
So believing, l have issued a procla-
nation calling upon 1t to assemble.
Conditions Of Appropriations.
THE condition of the specific ap-
preparations made at the last session
of the general assembly alone necessi-
tates and justifies my action.
Specific appropriations were made
at the late session as follows:
Indiana University-Power plant,
$56,350; stacks and equipment OF lib
rary, $4,000; addition to Maxwell
nall, s1S.125.
state Normal school-Library, $780,
go.
Purdue University - Agricultural
experiment station building. 100000.
State Soldiers Home-Hospital
$4,000; remodeling old hospital, s15,-
900.
Girls school-one new cottage.
s25, 900.
Southeastern hospital for the in
sane. eighteen buildings. equipment.
etc. s559. .377.s2.
School for the deaf. boys and girls
dormitories. equipment, etc, $367.272.
"Andersonvflle monument, $4,000.
Lew Wallace statue. $1,000.
"Vicksburg monument. s3S, 900.
Reversion Of Balances.
These appropriations became avail
able on the first day of October. OF
last year, 1907. Ordinarily they would
have remained available for at least
two years. BY section OF the act
of 1907. fixing the fiscal year and
providing for the covering OF unex-
pended appropriations into the general
fund of the treasury. 1t is made the
duty of the treasurer Of state biennial
ly, at the end of the fiscal year i'm
mediately preceding each regular ses-
sion Of the general assembly, to cover
and transfer into the general fund OF
the treasury the unexpended balances
of all specific appropriations. except
such as shall have been made avail
able beyond said time by the act ap-
propriating the same
Under this statute all balances of
the above appropriations unexpended
on the Both instant will lapse. The
fact that these appropriations were
not available until the 30th OF last
October and lapse on the 30th of Sep
tember of this year. creates a condi-
tion which It has been physically i'm
possible to meet
The following unexpended baIan-
ces of these several appropriations
will lapse unless reappropriated:
Purdue University :. :. IS 21 $4,000
State Normal School. .... 81 20
Girls School ....... 17,9S275
School for the Deaf -...-. 225, 5,10737
Southeastern Hospital for
the Insane .-..... 500, ,93637
Substantially all Of the appropri-