The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-11
NJ 'CONAHA BILL
WOULD EXEMPT
SERVICE men
IS
Fighters Would be Freed
From Delinquency Tax Reg
ulations Until Six Months
After Discharge.
36 BILLS SUBMITTED
(3y Associated Press,

McConaha would exempt soldiers and
sailors from delinquency tax regula-
tions until six months after their dis
charge under bill which he proposed
in bill he introduced in the Indiana
legislature today.
Introduction of 35 bills at the morn
ing meeting of the senate made to-
day the session red letter day in this
respect.
! Senator Luke Duffey offered mo-
tlOn to instruct the senate committee
on education and request the house
| to instruct its corresponding commit
tee to bring out the bills abolishing
the German language from education
al curriculum. In answer to the mo-
tion, Oliver Kline, chairman of the
senate committee declared 81 want
this senate to distinctly understand
that the committee is not pro-German."
He said that public hearing will be
held tonight by the two committees
and that the measure will be placed
before the legislative bodies as soon
as possible.
Registration Measure.
Repeal Of the present registration
law without provision for a new one
was proposed in bill introduced by
!
duced a bill to prohibit independent
candidacy for office unless the candi-
date announces his name five days be-
! fore the primary election. Two other
amendments to the election statutes,
one by Duncan providing for primary
elections in March instead of May and
one by Munton permitting absent vot-
ers to vote at municipal elections as
| they now vote at other elections.
| Amendments to bill on second read
| ing consideration of committee re-
ports, introduction of four bills and
presentation of petitions against en-
actment of the proposed Sunday mo-
tion picture and anti-German language
laws occupied the attention of the
house of the Indiana legislature this
| morning. Al the afternoon session
Speaker Eschbach said he intended to
hand down on passage. if time per-
mitted, four joint senate resolutions
| for amendment of the basic law of the
state, four measures passed by the
senate and eight house bills, includ-
| ing the administration bill for the
creation of an insurance department.
The house further reduced the sal
ary provided for in the bill recon-
mended by Gov. James P. Goodrich,
which would create a separate depart
ment of banking. The bill, which as
lit was introduced in the senate. pro-
vided for the banking commissioner
receiving salary of $4,000 year,
was amended before passage by the
senate to fix the salary of $4,000 and
the house today cut this to $4,000 on
motion of Representativ Mendenhall,
floor leader of the house majority.
Will Renew Attack.
Senators Beardsley and Wolfson say
they will renew their attacks on Rep
resentative Kimmels bill abolishing
and re-establishing it under Republi-
can supervision when it comes up for
second reading as a special order of
business late this afternoon.
Although they did not make known
the angle from which they will attack
it, other senators expected them to
make another effort to strike out the
enacting clause. They tried this last
Friday, but Republican senators want
ed time to consider the matter.
Minority members will aid them, but
whether they will receive assistance
from the Republican side of the senate
was matter of conjecture. If theit
plan carries, however, it is understood.
that the administration measure plac-
ing the inspection under the pure food
and drug commissioner will be amend
ed to become effective Immediately.
1t would now become effective Sep
tember 80 and the Kimmel measure
would permit the present oil inspect
ors to conduct the work until that
time.
House Gets Bill.
Senator Bowers bill permitting cor
porations to surrender their franchises
at any time and come under jurisdic-
ton of the public service commission,
which passed the senate yesterday.
was transmitted to the house today.
1t was intended to affect rural tele-
phone lines, but would also apply to
other larger corporations.
With thewoman's suffrage resolu-
ton passed by unanimus vote late
yesterday afternoon out Of the way,
the members of the house were ready
to consider on final reading other pro-
posed amendments to the state consti-
tuition of less wide interest.
Speaker Eschbach, however, was un-
certain whether any of these would
be handed down today. Among these
were the resolutions providing for the
word white" being stricken from the
constitution, providing for easier
amendment of the constitution here
after, fixing the terms. and number
of judges of the supreme court, and
providing how property may be classi-
fed for taxation, and others.
The speaker had number OF bills
to hand down on third reading, none
of which is regarded as of wide in
terest.
Votes Change.
Heated debate accompanied an un-
successful effort by Senator Rats yes
terday to revise proposed constitu-
tional amendment SO as to provide
that the legislature shall provide for
the Selection" instead of the ZAP
pointment" of the state superinten-
dent of public instruction. The vote
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