The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-11
Promised Report by Dehori-
ty Failed to Show Up at
Appointed Time, and Then
There Were Doings.
WELLS RESOLUTION
ADOPTED BY HOUSE
1t Demands Report from the
State Board Of Accounts
Matter Promises to Stir Up
Lively Fight.
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Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. I.--What
gave high expectation of first class
row among the majority members in
the house Wednesday morning, over
the state board of accounts, ended alb
ruptly by an adjournment until 10 a.
M. Thursday, after the house, by a
vote of "A to Is, has sustained Repre-
sentative Wells, Dem) in his resolu-
ton demanding report from the state
board Of accounts. After Representa-
tive Wells introduced his resolution
Tuesday demanding the state board of
accounts make report to the legisla-
ture of what it has done during its
existence he was given assurance that
by II o'clock Wednesday morning the
report would be in his hands. Prompt
ly upon the hour he arose, moved his
resolution be called from the judiciary
committee and voted upon.
Representative Cravens, the MAORI
ty leader. took the floor and spoke
to the point that the resolution was
hasty. He said the legislative visiting
and investigating committee has been
assured by w. A. Dehority, chief of
the State Board of Accounts, that the
board would have a full report filed
with the legislative committee before
it made it's report to the legislature
and this report, when filed, would con-
tain the information asked by Repre-
sentative Wells. Cravens added he
had tried to persuade Wells not to
push his resolution. Immediately
Representative Wise asked If this re-
port had not been promised by IL
a. m. Wednesday, answering the ques-
tion in the affirmative himself and in
sisting that further extension of time
to Mr.. Dehority was not advisable, or
necessary in the name of fair play. He
urged the house to sustain Representa-
tive Wells resolution.
Jump to Their Feet.
| BY this time half the house was on
it's feet and crowding around the desks
Of the leaders. Representative Esch-
bach, minority leader called for ayes
and noes and the roll was ordered. BY
the time the first dozen names had
been called it was seen that the Demo
Gratis intended to follow Representa-
tive Wells instead of Cravens, and
Cravens himself voted for the passage
of the resolution as did the speaker.
Immediately after the vote was an
nounced Representative Strickland
moved an adjournment until Thursday
at ten, and it was carried. 1t was an.
nounced later that the board of &C.
counts will have the report filed with
the legislative committee late today
During the roll call Speaker Veneman
showed himself to be an observant
presiding officer. who has heard OF
Gear" Reed. Representative McGin
mis- of Martinsville was engaged in a
conference as his name was called and
did not answer, whereupon Speaker
Veneman said, The gentleman from
Morgan county will answer to his
name and vote
To Be Hard Fight.
1t is certain that the fight upon the
accounting board as now operated viii
be a hard one as it has given offense
all over the state by its treatment oi
public officials. 1t will be alleged iI
the house during the session that the
board has been more interested ir
making grand stand plays than in es
tablishing a uniform accounting sys
tenn; that it has spent hundreds o.
thousands of dollars needlessly; thai
it has kept a small army of employe.
on the pay roll without cause. snt
that it has been man handled by al
indianapolis paper, the News. for pri
vate and political reasons and in thi!
! process the regulations of innocen
, men have been smirched and the in
tegrity of whole communities need
lessly libeled. 1t will be alleged tina
while this board set itself up as tn.
!; Judge of all Offices and officers in In
, diana and purported to be able to es
tablish a system of accounting, it wa.
unable when called upon by the legis
lative investigating committee for ;
report of its conduct, acts and ex
penses to make such report, although
it had 12S expert accountants and ex
aminers at its command and it wa
the only state Office or commission o
board that was not able to give tn,
committee a report up to the minute
Among the important bills introduce,
in both branches Wednesday were
Compelling cities of over 10000 t,
have police matron appointed by tn
mayor; prohibiting steam or electri
roads from using public highways TO
right of way; establishing state deb
sinking fund and levying a state Ia,
of one and one-half cents to create it
making it compulsory to have full
switching crews: abolishing capita
| punishment: prohibiting sale of gar
| nisheement claims to parties or agen
cies outside the state.