The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-20


The Governor has suggested a way !
BY which the raid on the treasury may |
be avoided and prevented. and the in |
terests are talking against the plan |
He proposes that the Legislature
should frame two appropriation bills. |
One would contain all appropriations
for the maintenance of the state IN
situations. offices and departments for
the next two years. This bill would
not contain anything at all except ap
propriations TO pay running expenses.
The second bill would contain all OF
the items OF specific appropriations
| which the Legislature wished to make.
The Governor will insist that the first
| bill be put through first and that after
this is done the specific bill be taken
| up and appropriations made accord
ing to the ability of the state to meet
the demands without raising the tax
levy.
In this way the Governor hopes to
i prevent the log rolling which always
i accompanies the fight for appropria-
tons. He does not object making rea-
sonabie provision for the running ex-
penses of the state Institutions. He
believes that they ought to be main :
tanned in the best possible maner and
that any reasonable sum spent in this
i way is well spent and justified. But
he does object to making specific ap-
4 preparations for new buildings and
other things that can be avoided, I'M
less they can be made without raising
the tax levy. He realizes. SO his
friends say, that the people of Indiana
will not stand for increase in the
tax rate, and that if the Democrats
make such increase necessary they
will have to take the blame for it and
, that they will be thrown out of power
! at the next election, as as the
: election day arrives
!, The interests which are asking fol
g lal ge appropriations already are try
- ing to induce the legislators to refus
a to make two appropriations bills. The.
want everything included in one bill
SO that they can do their log rolling
q IL all appropriations are included i
=, one bill they figure that they can hol
~ Up the bill and prevent its passag
unless 1t contains the appropriation
+ they ask for. Thus they might be abb
!, to prevent the passage of any appro
y, prlations for tt e maintenance of tn
state institutions for the next tw
,n years and in this way cause them som
~ embarrassment. They figure, too, thu
If all appropriations are included
one bill Governor Marshall wou
IL either have to sign it as a whole
90 veto 1t as a whole. He could not We
.ir out certain items and approve the res
"a In fact, they are using every effort
~ their command to prevent the carryir
% out of the Governor plan of having tv
- bills prepared.
Just how strong the various inte
will he n no oriS 1at.
yet known, but it is believed that tn
will be able TO line up goodly nur
Der of votes to worry the Governt
He says he is not going to underta
to dictate to the legislature what
must do or not do. He says he w
give the Legislature his views on t
various question and matters tn
come before it but that it is the Leg
lature's own bushes. to regulate
action in all cases. But he says,
81 the Legislature appropriate me
money than the state will have
spend the Legislature, viii have to ia
the blame for it.
In his speech to the Democra
Senators. when they visited him in
office week or so ago, the Govern
made the situation plans to them, a
he said:
money than it has been taking
Now I have been doing that sal
thing for forty years myself. and
know what that will do to fellow
The state institutions have filed w
the Governor requests for appropr
tons for the next two years amour
ing to more than $4,000 in excess
the amount that was appropriated
them by the last general assent
This shows how the raiding proc
works. The total income of the st
from all sources during the year Ell
ing September 80 1910, was sS.1S4,71
81. 1t is estimated by Auditor of St
O'Brien that the total income of
state from all sources and for all p
poses, including the sinking fund,
the years 1928. for which the &C
ing Legislature will make appropI
lions, will be sS,S36,530.