The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-06
Notwithstanding Governors
Rebuke to House for Ex-
travagance, Senate Tacks
On $225, 900 More.
Wherever HOUSE CUT
THE SENATE ADDS ON
Wayne County Officers Will
Not Get Increase in Salar-
les, Amended Bill Leaving
Them in Cold.
Palladium Bureau,
lndjananoljs. Marc

Palladium Bureau,
indianapolis, March 6.
The senate didn't do a thing to the
appropriations bill, yesterday after
noon and last night. No, not thing.
It only added about $c25, 900 to the bill
as 1t came over from the house. That's
Ill.
When the house passed the appropri-
Qtions bill carrying appropriations
amounting to more than S.4OO OOO for
the next two years there was howl
around the state house, and Governor
Marshall proceeded at once to give the
legislature calling. He told that
body In plain words that such bill
was an outrage and that 1t would
probably mean an extra session of the
legislature BY this, evidently, he in
tended to convey to the legislature the
fact that II the appropriations bill car
ried more money than the state will
have In the next two years, he would
veto it. That was what everybody
understood 1t to mean.
But In the face of all that the senate
added more than S225.0GO to the bill.
putting 1t baclS.to where 1t was before
the house undertook to prune.
Senate Versus House.
Wherever the house cut out an ap
propriation the senate put 1t back IN
the bill and It also inserted few new
ones that the house never had In Its,
BILL 1t gave the Indiana University
about all 1t asked for: It gave Purdue
everything 1t asked for: 1t gave the
State Normal school everything 1t ask
ed for It even put back in the bill
$135 900 for the State Normal that the
house cut out. It put back SAG, 900 that
the house cut out Of the Girls school.
All this and more. was done after the
governor had warned the legislature
that tt bill was extrayagant and that
II probably mean an extra ses-
sic
~ it Is up to Governor Mar
sAc tc rake good. He has made good
IN every cause thus far-what will he
do now: He told the legislature that
the appropriations were 100000 too
high. He said the state would lack
that much OF having enough money in
priations carried in the bill. And yet
tlay added $225.O0O to it. II Cover
nor Marshall Is game he will refuse to
sign the bill. just as he said he would,
and this will necessitate the calling Of
IN extra session OF the legislature at a
cost or SEQ ;OGO to $5OO0O. The COVER
nor says II this becomes necessary the
blame will be on the legislature for not
needing the, fact that the state is bank
rupt.
Not Muc,, Party Strife.
There does not seem to be much
party politics In this appropriation dis
grace, for both parties are to blame.
The democrats Of the house had no
business to pass a bill appropriating
more money than the state will have
In the next two years. and the senate
republicans should have taken advan-
tage Of the situation and trimmed the
appropriations down to tit the reve-
nues instead OF adding on to them. So
they are both to blame and neither
side is In a position to throw any
sticks at the other for what It had
done. II a special session is called the
two parties can blame themselves sep
arateiy or Jointly for It.
One Of the interesting features of the
senate session, yesterday afternoon.
when the appropriations bill was nn-
der consideration was the attitude ta-
ken by Senator Bland against Cover
nor Marshall. Bland never loses a
chance to take poke at the governor
ever since he vetoed the Linton court
bill in which Bland had his heart set.
The appropriations bill contained a
provision for a legal clerk in the gov
ernor's office at $4,000 . year. This
1s brand new place. that is to be fill
Cd by Burt New. Of North Vernon, who
was ON the ticket last fall for reporter
Df the supreme court. Some Of the
republican senator's wanted to strike
out that provision and Mattingly made
q motion to that effect.
A Gem Of Sarcasnn.
Bland arose and made speech tina.
was real gem Of sarcasm. He said
he believed that Governor Marshall
needed legal clerk. He needs legal
advice. he said Otherwise he would
not do some OF the things that he does
Therefore, Bland said. he was in favor
Of giving the great governor Of Indiana
everything he asks for. And the gov
ernor got his clerk.
Before the senate took up the appro-
priations bill It passed several other
bills. Among them was one to fix the
salaries Of county officers in these
counties: Allen. Blackford. Boone. Cass.
(Con1iuued on Para T1vo.l