The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-01
GOODRICH URGES
COMMISSION FOR
CONSERVATION

Confers With Senate Leaders
- Anti-B olshevik Bill
Passed by House.
| (By Associated P-ess)
INDIANAPOLIS, March 1.-At a
noon conference today with several
Republican senate leaders, among
them being Senators Smith, Strobe,
Mckinley, Duncan and Rats, Cover
nor Goodrich was understood to have
touched in much Of the pending legis-
lation which he desires to push
through, particularly on the house bill
creating commission of conservation
embodying several state offices. The
senators went to the Governors Of
flee Immediately following adjourn
ment and were in there for some time.
Noon adjournment left the senate
in somewhat of a tumble over propos-
ed amendment to the house bill which
would supplant the present highway
commission law. This measure came
up for second reading after Senator
| Dobyns tried unsuccessflly to suspend
| passage.
There is a movement on foot-and
it started here this morning-to rail-
road this highway bill and get it ahead
of the county until bill and then kill
the unit BILL" Senator Nejdl declared.
Adopt Bridge Measures.
Replying Senator Dobyns admitted
that such rush tacticts and the killing
of the unit bill were possible but that
this was not contemplated. Senator
Beardsley, Kiper, and Elsner argued
In favor OF letting this section remain
In the bill
On motion OF Senator Van Auken
the senate adopted two amendments,
one providing that two types Of
bridges INST be specified in letting
bridge contracts and another regulat-
ing the advertisement for bids in news
papers. The amendment provided
that advertisements for bids should be
inserted In two newspapers in the
county in which the work was to be
done.
Another amendment proposed by
Senator Van Auken would have per-
mitted county commissioners to use
the crushed rock, lime stone, Stag, or
gravel in constructing county roads
without approval of the commission.
This was defeated.
The Wright prohibition bill was
placed in the floor of the senate again
today signed by all members of the
committee on public morals. It was
impractically the same condition as
when reported yesterday except for
some slight changes in phraseology.
Favorable committee reports also
brought the Symons "blue sky" bill
Bill Called Useless
The bill defining Bolshevism and
prescribing penalties of fine not to ex.
coed $1,000 and Imprisonment from
two to fourteen years for the first
offense and fine not to exceed $10,-
600 and a prison sentence from 10 to
25 years for a second offense was
passed by the house Of the Indiana
legislature today. The vote was ST..
Representative Smith of Princeton,
said the bill was not clear and such
law as 1t proposed would be useless.
Representative Hamilton, Of South
Bend, who voted against the bill, said
If the legislature had no more impor-
tant bills than it to act upon, it was
time to adjourn.
The Rothrock bill creating school
attendance districts and recurring
school children to have passed salts.
factorily, the work of the elementary
grade passed 64-26 today. 1t failed
last night because of lack of consti-
tutional majority. Members were in
formed today the senate would prob
ably strike out an amendment which
would prevent enforcement of physical
examination provisions.
By vote of 81-9, the Baker bill,
concerning repairs Of dredged bitches
by allotment to land owners benefited
was passed.
Requests will be made of the senate
by the house that the senate rule that
no bills submitted with a divided COM
mittee report be considered, be chang
ed. Representative Miltenberger de-
clared many house bills are suffering
because of divided opinion among the
committeeman. Speaker Eschbach ap-
pointed a committee to confer with
senators on the question.
After being passed yesterday and
then held up by motion to reconsider
the Southard measure legalizing war
time charges for labor, materials and
food stuffs paid by public officials, and
permitting payment of 60 cents day
to sheriffs for boarding prisoners was
sent to the senate today. 1t was said
the senate will lamend the bill to make
it satisfactory to objectors in the
house.
When the Frick bill to divide coun-
ties into three districts and requiring
the election of county commissioner
from each district came up for passage
statements that it was a political
measure were made. The enacting
clause was stricken out.
The Wood bill providing procedure
for the voluntary liquidation of mort
gage guarantee companies on petitions
Of owners of four-dfths Of capital stock
was passed.