Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-27
GOODRICH WILL
FLOUT PARTY ON
EXTRA SESSION
Call to Assembly Predicted
Within Two Weeks, Despite
G. o. p. Enmity.
TO BAR TAX TINKERING

A special session Of the legislature will
be called by Gov. Goodrich within two
weeks, according to word passed out by
persons close to the governor today.
The governor will outline to the as
sembly a legislative program which he
hopes will be enacted into law in ten
days or two weeks. This program will
not include amendments to the tax law,
according to the information which has
Its source at the statehouse.
1t is said an effort will be made to pre-
vent the tax law from becoming q part
Of the program of the legislature because
of fear that the assembly will make
changes not approved by the admins
tration.
Efforts have been made, according to
reports, to persuade Lieut.. Gov Edgar
d. Bush that he should not demand the
amendment of the law when he takes up
the gavel on the opening of the senate
Strength has been added to this report
by the fact that the lieutenant COVER
nor decided at the last minute to attend
the meeting Of state candidates with Gov.
Goodrich at the SEVERN hotel yesterday
at which the proposed special session
was discussed Gov. Goodrich and Mr..
Bush also are reported to have conferred
privately.
CALL AGAINST
PARTY WISHES.
II the governor calls the session, as
1t Is reported he will do, be will do so
against the wishes of the republican
state committee, which voted unanimous
~ to ask him not to call It, He alone
must assume the responsibility for the
session as the result of the Committees
action In disappearing the proposal The
committee took this action yesterday aft
ernoon at a conference which was held
separately from the meeting held by
Gov. Goodrich with The candidates for
state offices.
A desperate effort is being made to
show that the conferences were harmoni-
Gus, despite the fact that the state com
mittee did not meet with the governor
and the state candidates. Frederick e.
Schortemeier, secretary Of the state com
mittee, made the statement that Il was
not Intended that the committee should
meet with the governor. He made this
statement despite the fact that Gov.
Goodrich had previously announced that
the state committee had been invited
TO the conference and despite the fact
that Edmund NJ. Wasmuth state chair
man, stated Wednesday that the com
mittee would meet with the governor.
STATEMENT BY
GOV. GOODRICH.
Following his conference with state
candidates, the governor said:
The entire matter was discussed In an
INFORMAL way. 1t WAS the consensus OF
opinion that a special session should be
avoided II at all possible The hope was
expressed that II the governor determines
10 call session the republican members
VIII agree on program and after pass
ing such laws as are necessary to the
public interest that II will adjourn at
the earliest possible date.
The spirit Of the meeting was har-
monious throughout and there was evil
deneed spirit OF cooperation.
i viii determine as soon as possible
whether a session will be called. will
have nothing further to say until q
decision is reached
I'VE did not go into a program for the
session. II is up TO the legislature 10
determine what legislation, II any, shall
be enacted
am In complete harmony with the
opinion that q special session should be
avoided II it is at all possible"
Mr.. Schortemeier, ia bis statement
takes exception TO any report OF LACK OF
harmony and also TO the published report
that Lieut. Gov. Edgar u. Bush would
not attend the meeting At II O'Clock