The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-31
SUFFRAGE Bill
IS PASSED BY
STATE SENATE
UNANIMOUSLY
Bea r dsley Amen dm ent
Adopted by Vote Of A to 0
No Discussion Of Measure
Precedes Voting.
STRICT PARTY VOTING

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31.-Suffrage
for Indiana women received approval
of the state senate today when 1t
adopted by vote Of A to 0, the pro-
posed amendment to the constitution,
granting women the right OF fran
chise and barring aliens from that
privilege There was no discussion OF
the amendment.
Heated political arguments on ad-
ministration amendments to the con-
stitution preceded the suffrage vote.
Lieutenant governor Bush ordered
Harry E. Negley, president pro tenn,
to his seat, when the latter insisted
on interrupting Senator Cravens, who
spoke for the indefinite pOstp0nement
OF the two amendments.
Votes on divided committee reports
were cast strictly on party lines. the
Democrats favoring minority reports
signed by Senators Van Auken and
Cravens, recommending indefinite
postpoement.
Resolutions Considered.
The Republicans voted for ma
1ority report which corrected faulty
phraseology, and recommended pas
sage.
Joint resolutions, 20, 21, % and %
were considered. These were a .spe-
cial order of business for 10 o'clock
and provided respectively:
That the legislature may classify
counties to come under the registra-
ton law.
That the legislature may classify
property for taxation.
That the governor may veto items
IN the appropriation bill
That the executive department
shall operate under budget system
All four amendments were passed
TO engrossment.
Plan Another Conference.
Senate joint resolution 10, providing
for the appointment of state superin-
tendents of public instruction. instead
Of his election and number IS. making.
the office Of clerk of-a supreme court
appointive, instead OF elective were
made special order of buSinesss for 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Number
10 was to have come up today but
some Republican opposition to these
two has appeared and majority lead.
ers want another conference such as
was held yesterday to line up the
doubtful ones on the four questions
considered today.
unanimous for passage, but the Demo-
Gratis opposed the other three in
speeches and in voting
On motion OF Senator Negley, SEN
ate joint resolution "a for amending
the constitution to provide that every
voter shall present poll tax receipt
at the poll and pass a literacystest
was special order of business for 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
amendment was introduced by Sen
ator Van Auken.
Little other business OF importance
was transacted. Three bills were in
troduced and few minor measures to
engrossment
Repeal of the two-cent passenger
fare law is proposed in bill which
Representative Tuthill, OF Michigan
City, introduced in the lower house OF
the Indiana legislature today. The
legislature has been asked by Cover
nor Goodrich to repeal the law and to
place within the jurisdiction of the
public service commission the author
ity to control passenger rates of public
carriers after the roads are returned
to private control.
Eighteen other bills were presented,
two were passed on to the senate for
its considera tion, three were received
from that body and committees report.
ed eight others, recommending pas
sage. The afternoon session was ex-
pected to be brief, as Speaker Esch-
bach had little business to hand down.
Adjournment until Monday Afternoon
was expected to be taken.
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