Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-19
Legislative Tangle Looks Little
Better After Week of
Treatment.
MEMORIAL BOTHERsOME

The Goodrich legislature reconyened
this afternoon with nearly all its prob
lens yet to be solved.
These include correcting the mistakes
of the state tax board and amending the
tax law itself, of creating a commission
to have charge of the price and move
ment of coal, providing for a state war
memorial, and agreeing or the amend
ments of the so-called institutional de-
ficiency appropriations bill, which in
cludes nearly everything the fertile brains
Of the legislators could think Of.
During the first week Of the assembly,
which the administration hoped would
not last more than week, seven bills
were prepared for the signature Of the
governor
VI these, four We're requested in the
governors message.
None of the four are bills over which
any particular contest was expected.
During the first week ninety-one bills
were introduced In the house of repre-
sentatives and sixty six were introduced
IN the senate, despite the original hope
that only emergency" bills-hfteen at
nost-would be presented at this very
extraordinary session.
The seven bills prepared fOro the gov
ernor's signature provide for the pay
ment of expenses Of the special session,
amendment of The election laws to pro-
vide for women voters, amendment of
the registration laws, tne increase in
Interest rate for school, bonds to per
cent, the repeal Of the ohjeetionable
Noble-Lagrange county drainage law.
The adjustment of the employment COM
mission and the amendment Of the act
providing for food prevention construc-
ton work at Peru
GOVERNORS BIDDING
WILL BE LAST WORD.
That the assembly will eventually do
the governors bidding in regard to the
principal problems with which 1t still Is
faced, there apparently is little doubt.
The house has done more along this
line than the senate, and is consequently
nearer adjournment
As matter of face. with the single
exception of acting on the amendments
to the appropriations bill, the house has
accomplished everything the admins.
trationi really desires and would be
ready to adjourn if the senate we're as
far along
The house has PASSED the administra-
ton bill legalizing the Illegal action of
the tax board in arbitrarily increasing
property valuations, even going so far
as to assess money deposited in banks
at amounts more than the actual totals
This bin was presented after the ad-
ministration members of the assembly
had spread stories of a compromise
bill
The steam roller was put into opera
tion and the bill was passed under sus-
pended rules before many members OF
the assembly knew what had happened.
The coal bill which gives heretofore
unheard-of power to the administration
to appoint q commission for the regula-
tion of the price and movement of all
coal In the state, was passed in a similar
manner.
Both Of these measures must yet come
before the senate.
In a caucus the republican members Of
the senate apparently had a considerable
argument over the tax bill, but it is
freely predicted that they will obey the
VIII of the governor as usual and do his
bidding like good henchmen.
The coal commission bin also is meet
ing some opposition, but like the tax
bill il is expected to be passed because
this is the desire of a certain gentleman
who sits I'm a big office on the first floor
of the statehouse and issues orders
which must be obeyed.
In regard TO the appropriations bill.
the conference committee of the two
houses is expected to eliminate many of
the additional appropriations agreed
upon by the senate. because the bill dam
aged my record for economy badly
enough in the form IN which it st .ne
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