The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-22
WRIGHT DRY
Amendment IS
REFERRED BACK
TO COMMITTEE
Forty-one Favor Report OF
Bill and 43 Oppose it-Pro-
posed Measure Would
Carnishee Wages.
SUFFRAGE IN SENATE
By Associated Press.l


proposed Wright amendment to the
Indiana prohibition law. introduction
of Is new measures, including one to
garnishee wages, and declaration by
speaker Eschbach that deplorable
condition in considering bills now
pending, exists in the house, featured
the session Of the lower house of the
Indiana legislature this morning.
When Chairman Wright of the pub
lie morals committee reported his bill;
to amend the prohibition law to make
Indiana "bone dry, recommending
passage, Representative Adolph Deck
er, O. Evansville. moved further con-
sideInt tion of the bill be postponed.
Mr.. Wright then moved to lay the
Decker motion on the table. AS
neither motion was seconded, the
speaker called for the vote on approx
ing the report of the committee, recon-
mending passage. A standing vote
was taken with 43 opposing the report
and Al supporting it. The measure
was referred back to the committee
which is expected to meet tomorrow.
The house was in session this after
noon for q short period.
BY provi.iCns of the bill Representa-
tive Barnard of South Bend, intro.
duced, garnishee claims could be filed
in justice of peace and other courts
against wages of debtors.
Representa- tive Fifield OF Lake
county introduced the bill providing
for county unit administration of roads
and repeating existing laws which
would be in conflict
Constitutional amendment for wo-
man suffrage, literacy test for vot'
ers, one permitting the legislature :"
require registration OF the voters
cities Of more than $4,000. and another
authorizing the legislature to provide
for an incline tax were proposed TO
the senate at short session today.
senator English also reintroduced the
Is constitutional amendment resolu-
tiona, which were expunged from the
record several days ago.
Other Legislation.
Around the tax reform bill will Gen.
ter ore of the fights of the legislative
session, some OF the members of the
senate intimate. The fight will not be
conducted along party lines, 1t was
said, each legislator considering the
bill individually. There will be no
attempt to bind men from either side
of the house in caucus, it was sal1.
The bill Is being completed by the
state board of tax commissioners Tor
introduction at an early date. Amend
ments are being attached to the bill as
it was originally drawn.
The bill will be amended before 1t
leaves the senate finance committee,
il was indicated by both democratic
and republican members Of the COM
r.'+too The outstanding features held
Objectionable by Chairman McConaha
and other members are those provid-
ing the assessment Of property be
started on January I, instead of March
/, eradication of all past records re-
garding omitted intangibles and taxa.
ton of intangibles at 25 per cent OF
full value. Senator Southworth, rank
ing member of the committee, objects
also to that provision empowering
tax ferrets to go into banks. This. he
says. will induce the people to take
their money from the banks.
Mcconaha Non-commitaI.
Members of the committee are Sen
>ators McConaha, Southworth, Furnas
Signs. Rats. Self. Cravens. Hepler
and Douglas The last three named
are democrats. and say they will not
act as a unit on the measure but will
consider the various provisions on
their merits. Senator McConaha did
not openly commit himself on the BILL
saying that he had not thoroughly di-
gested it. Yet, he said, the three
foregoing features are not satisfactory
on the surface.
House democrats and two senators
OF the same political faith who met at
democratic state headquarters recent
" to hear Phil Zoercher, state tax
commissioner, explain the bill. were
not satisfied, Senator John w. Decker
said. Here the objections centered
around the provisions relating to in.
tangibles and the time of beginning
the assessments. Oppositions to be
ginning assessments on January l are
based on the fact that at that time
farmers, have much of the previous
years crop In their barns and gran.
aries which would be listed for taxes
TO be paid by the farmer. A public
meeting for farmers on the tax bill
will be held Wednesday evening at
1:20 o'clock.
Provision for presidential suffrage
for women Immediately. and for equal
suffrage eventually is made in meas.
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