The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-03
ROAD and TAX.
MEASURESmAY.
Be Hell D BACK
ANOTHER WEEK
Important Issues Expected to
Remain in Committee
Suffrage Resolution to be
Acted on by House Soon.
: APPROPRIATIONS UP

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and good roads-two important issues
before the Indiana general assembly
from the standpoint Of popular inter
tee another week, according to mem
bers Of the lower house.
The house, when 1t convened for the
fourth week of the session at
o'clock this afternoon, had about
twenty measures ready to consider on
passage while committees will report
many other bills which can be dis
posed Of during the week.
Most important Of the new business
expected to be introduced is the spe-
cific and general appropriation mea-
sures. now being drafted by Repre-
sentative Swain, which will carry very
heavy expenditures for the different
activities of the state. Consideration
of the bill will begin Monday after
noon before the ways and means COM
mittee and 1t is expected it will be
introduced by Wednesday or Thurs
day.
Other Important Bills
Action on the joint resolution, al
ready passed by the senate, providing
for amendment to the state constitu-
ton to give equal suffrage to women.
is forecast by house leaders. Other
important issues to be considered are
the proposals to abolish pital pun
ishment on which q public hearing
will be held Monday afternoon; the
anti-foreign. language measure to be
up for passage Thursday; introduc-
tion of another "blue sky" measure,
reports by committees on workmen's s
compensation and child labor mea-
sures and on bills to raise the educa-
tional standard of teachers, particu-
larly county superintendents. and to
increase pay of many public servants.
The administration program, leaders
believe, will be. advanced by passage
Of several measures recommended by
the goveEnor, although fights will be
mads % each ~ the BSm0cratss Ex1
pressiou by members lends Weight to
their assertions, however, that the
following bills can be passed In the
house: 80
To create banking and insurance de-
partments; to create commission to
investigate and study social insurance,
legalizing the 100000 expenditures of
the state council of defense. and pay
ing its indebtedness; establishing a
farm colony for the benefit of the
feebleminded; removal of Indiana Re-
formatory from Jacksonville to a
more central location in the state;
and creation of a conservation COM
mission under which the work Of sew
eral state departments would be car
ried on.
Income Tax Law.
Wide interest throughout the state
on the taxation question has brough,
to the fore the proposed constitutional
amendment to provide for an income
tax law Students of taxation have
told legislators that they believe If the
pending bill should fail there will be
benefit because tax payers have be-
gun to consider the limitations under
the constitution as it now reads.
Owners of real estate, especially
farmers, are advocating that citizens
be taxed according to incomes. They
say in this way only will the state
be able to obtain taxes from all citi-
Zens. So far there has been no open
ly expressed opposition to the income
tax amendment
The opposition has been centered
on provisions In the tax bill to ex-
empt IS per cent of the value of GER
tain intapgibles while other classes
of property would be appraised and
taxed at full value. Added interest
has been given the tax measure by
claims that IL it should become a law
in its present form it would be uncon-
stitutional because authority is vested
in the state board of tax commission
ers. appointed by the governor, to re-
move elective officers.
Take Up Road Law.
The highway commission measure
which is being fought by some county
commissioners, county superintend-
ents of highways, contractors of pub
lie works. and some taxpayers, was to
be considered at l o'clock Monday af-
ternoon by the roads committee. The
committeeman say they expect to
agree upon some proposed amend
ments. They said 1t is possible, but
hardly probable, that the bill will be
reported to the house some time in
the week. At present the committee
is not unanimous in it's support of the
principal provisions and when the bill
comes from the committee it may be
with majority and minority reports.
Proposed amendments to the consti-
tuition. among them some of the
planks Of the Republican platform,
and other administration measures,
probably Will receive fnal cOnS1dera-
tiOn by the state senate this week.
Republican members of the upper
house will discuss this legislation at a
conference to be held early In the
week, probably tomorrow afternoon.
Registration Changes.
Two administration amendments
will come up for consideration at
o'clock Tuesday afternoon-joint reso-
luton No. IS on second reading, and
10 on committe report-and it has
the intention of the administration
forces expressed today. to call the
: conference before that time. The
amendments would make the Office of
clerk of the supreme court and that
of the superintendent of public in
struction for the state, appointive.
Senator Van Auken's proposed
amendment compelling voters to show
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