South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-27
To
DO HARD WORK
Constitutional Amendments
Up for Third Week of the
Present Assembly.

indianapolis, Jan. 27.-The
third week of Indiana's list general
assembly. which started at ,
o'clock Monday afternoon, will see
the legislature plunged into the
work its leaders mapped out at the
recommendations OF the gov
ernoF's wishing committee is prac-
tically the only new business ex-
pected to be placed before the as
sembly. Senator c. ]. Munton,
chairman, said the report will be
turned over to Governor Goodrich
this week and that printed copies
will be on legislators desks proba-
bly, by Thursday, at which time IL
will be published. The report is I'M
derstood to recommend general i'm
provements of state institutions.
Presidential and statewide suf-
frage for women will be before the
senate during the week Rep.
Charles A. Johnson's presidential
suffrage bill. passed by the house
last Friday, will be transmitted TO
the senate probably Monday after
noon, where prompt action is ex-
pected. Senator Beardsley's consti-
tutional amendment giving women
the vote and barring aliens from
the same privilege will come up for
second reading a II o'clock Thurs
day as a special order of business.
All Amendments Up.
All proposed constitutional amend
ments pending before the senate,
except those advocated by Governor
Goodrich, will come up for second
reading In the senate at that time.
as a special order of business There
will be opposition to some of the
governors amendments from both
democrats and republicans. The
democrats on the committee on con-
situtional revision say hey will make
minority reports recommending in
definite postponement. Sen. Eng
lish, chairman. said il is likely that
all proposed amendments will come
up for consideration and SECOND
reading with those made a special
order of business. He asserted all
proposed as amendments probably
will have been reported out of the
committee by Thursday.
Representative Swayne, OF house
ways and means committee. said the
committee may take some action on
the tax reform bill. If he house
passes the bill in its original form,
it will find some opposition in he
senate, leaders predicted. The fea-
lures that they hold undesirable are
the taxation on % per cent. full
value of intangibles and the begin
ming of assessments on January LIST
These features have encountered
some opposition at public hearings
and anoher hearing will De held on
Wednesday evening.
May Report Highway Bill.
The administration highway bill
probably viii be reported out Of the
senate and house roads committees
on Friday. Sen. Duney. father of the
measure in the upper house. said.
He added that the bill Will be
amended to provide that the com
mission will select two kinds Of road
material from which the director
may decide as 10 the surfacing OF
the highways. Another amendment
Will provide that Indiana roads will
connect with similar roads in ada
cent states in order that this state
may profit by the federal aid grant
cd only under this condition.
When the senate reconvenes a
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, il will
take up senator Maier's concurrent
resolution authorizing the governor
TO appoint a Eon-salaried, bi-parti-
san commission CT four members 10
conduct a survey of the 500. 600
acres Of Indiana swamp land for re-
clamation. The work would be done
by the engineer OF Purdue univer-
sity through the county agents and