The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-02
TO PUSH PROGRAM
Gov. Goodrich Seeks Aid i'm leuis.
Iative Scheme.
BITTER FIGHT is EXPECTED
Administration Measure Which Stirred
Up Most Trouble Proposes to Levy
Excise Tax on Cor.
porations.

porations.
indianapolis, Feb. t7.-Govcrnor
Goodrich has accepted the challenge
OF his opponents In the legislature and
has gone 10 the mat with them In his
effort To put across his program of
what he deslgnates as economy aud
efficiency legislation. Ever since the
session opened there has been n well.
defined condition of insurgency. as.
peclally In the senate. which threat.
ened the success OF the governors pro.
gram. There are - Democrats aud
20 Republicans la the senate. aud the
Democrats and n few Republicans nre
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 ut that there Is
grave doubt a. To his success.
The administration bill that has
stirred up the most opposition Is the
one that proposes To levy an excise
tax on NIL corporations doing business
In the state, the tax being graded ne
cordlng 10 the amount of their profits
anu dividends. \ great crowd Of man
ufacturers, railroad officials, bankers
and others from all over the state has
arrived here TO work against this bill,
and the governor has accepted tie
challenge by going before the legisa-
ture with 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.
Ii 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
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 a 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 aud 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 present
statute which specifies that applicants
for bank charters may give a guaran-
tee of protection TO depositOrs.
Authorizing vacation and raang of
all uninhabitable dwellings, known rs
Mrs. Bacons 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 counsel
to governor and public service COM
mission and of clerk TO the commits
sion.
Making judicial circuit Of Wa-rick
county, placing Spencer and Perry in
another circuit and leaving Crawford
and Harrison counties rs n circuit.
Providing that dealers in poultry,
other than raiSers. shall obtain
county license and keep public record
of sales.