The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
To PUSH PROGRAM
Gov. Goodrich Seeks Aid in Leqis-
Iative Scheme.
BITTER FIGHT Is EXPECTED
Administration Measure Which Stirred
Up Most Trouble Proposes to Levy
Excise Tax on Cor
porations.

Indianapolis. Feb. 17-Governor
Goodrich has accepted the challenge
of his opponents in the legislature and
has gone TO the mat with them in his
effort TO put across his program of
what he deSignates as economy and
efficiency legislation. Ever since the
session opened there has been q we'll
defined condition of insurgency, es-
pecially in the senate, which threat
ened the success of the governors pro-
gram. There are % Democrats and
% Republicans In the senate. and the
Democrats and few Republicans are
lighting his program.
The governor has called upon all of
the powers of the Republican party in
the state TO aid him in putting through
his program but even at that there is
grave doubt as to his success.
The administration bill that has
stirred up the most opposition is the
one that proposes to levy an excise
tax on all corporations doing business
in the state, the tax being graded ac-
cording to the amount of their profits
and dividends. \ great crowd of man
ufacturers, railroad officials, bankers
and others from all over the state has
arrived here 10 work against this bill,
and the governor has accepted the
challenge by going before the legisla-
ture with a message denouncing the
opposition and setting forth his rea-
sons why the bill should be passed.
Indications are that the fight over
the excise tax law will endanger the
entire Goodrich program.
1t was understood that the house
would pass its own woman suffrage
bill today and allow the senate bill to
die in committee. The house bill
would not permit the women to vote
for the election OF delegates to the
constitutional convention
The house has passed the following
bills:
Establishing state department OF
conservation and abolishing the de
partment of geology, entomology, for
estry AMI the Office of the state vet
erinarian.
Authorizing appropriations by the
county council as premiums for corn
exhibitions in counties where there is
no fair association.
Preventing the sale or distribution
| of serum or virus for control of dis
eases among swine that has been man
ufactured in establishment situated
near stock yard.
Providing for the keeping of per-
manent public record of the drains
! on farms.
Prohibiting the publishing or cir
culation of derogatory and false state.
| ments concerning banks and trust com
panies.
The senate has passed the following
bills:
Regulating the consolidation of town
ship and town schools and providing
means of bearing the expense.
To extend the scope of Farmers
Mutual assurances companies to in
clude insurance on public property
Amending the charter board law by
emitting the provision in the presen,
statute which specifies that applicants
for bank charters may give a guaran
+ tee of protection to depositors.
Authorizing vacation and razing OF
all uninhabitable dwellings, known as
| Mrs Bacon's housing bill.
To amend drainage law so that cost
of drains constructed across SWAMP
lands owned by the state may be as
sessed against the state.
Repeating the law requiring the as
sessment of stockholders in telephone
companies for double the amount OF
their stock in case of the failure OF
the company and providing that the
assessment in such cases shall be only
for the face value of the stock.
Providing for the consolidation OF
school districts in adjoining townships
Abolishing Office of special counse
to governor and public service com
mission and of clerk 10 the commits
| sion.
Making judicial circuit of Wa-ricl
county, placing Spencer and Perry il
another circuit and leaving Crawford
and Harrison counties as Il circuit.
Providing that dealers in poultry
other than raisers, shall obtain {
county license and keep public record
/ of sales