The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-04
LEGISLATORS FEAR
GARN|SHEE BILL
Thank Their Lucky Stars
When 1t Was Not Called
Up in House Monday.
MERCHANTS FOR 1T
And They Are Flooding the
Assembly With kilograms
All of the Time.
MERCHANTS FOR 1T
(Natfonal News Association

INDIANAPOLIS, March with
forks on one side and the famous
deep sea" on the other, members of
the House OF Representatives thanked
their lucky stars that the perplexing
Garnishee bill did not come up as ex-
pected Monday afternoon.
Vague rumor had it that no less a
parsonage than His Excellency the
governor had advised that definite
action on the garnishee matter be in
definitely withheld. 1t became known
that merchants all over the state, big
ones and little ones, had flooded the
administration with kilograms, letter
grams, Diagrams and nightgrams, in
sisting on the passage of a garnishee
measure, while representatives of
laboring people We're known to be
lined up nearly as strongly against it..
Not word was mentioned regard
ing the bill Monday afternoon, during
the proceedings Of the lower house.
1t was up to Speaker Cook to deter
mine whether the vote on the PROPOSE
ton Of making the garnishee bill a
special order for Wednesday had or
had not been "juggled." With one side
afraid and the other side frightened,
wise ones Monday night declared that
the garnishee bill would remain in a
comatose state, to obviate the neces-
sity Of delivering the fatal blow.
Anyhow, it's up to Speaker Cook, as
to whether it is made special order
for Wednesday, or dies of general de-
bility.
Viewing the senate regular appro-
priations bill as hopeless, the House
Monday afternoon, in committee of the
whole, took up the Cravens substitute
bill which cuts out all those juicy
salary increases for state officers, and
recommended it for passage. Repre-
sentative Cravens enjoyed complete
revenge on those legislators who
tainted him so bitterly last week for
inconsistency in the appropriations
matter. Having called their bluff,
there was no alternative, and his bill
was amended only in two respects
One Of these restored the $4,000 for
the food and drug commissioner and
the other gives the printing board
$4,000. Thus the house reversed itself
on one item and reversed the senate
on the other.
Unless the senate accepts the re-
buke of the house, and passes the new
bill. conference committee will be
necessary to reach an agreement
The total reductions total $39.5OO or
$4,000 less than the senates figures
Those who lose heaviest by the salary
increase eliminations will be supreme
and appellate court judges, deputy Sec
rotary Of state and second deputy at
torney-general.
Permission to sell the Marion county
courthouse and site was given by the
passage of Spencer's bill, providing
the people decide to do so by refer
endum vote. Spencer's bill passed, So
to 25
The Arst omnibus" measure to pass
this session. was put through Monday
afternoon when the American Bar
Associations bills to provide uniform
laws to govern the drawing of ware
house receipts, bills of lading. and bills
of sale, and provide for the codifica-
ton of state laws on these subjects by
a commission on those subjects, after
comforting with other states. passed