The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-06
SECOND SESSION
:. ENDS IN FAILURE
Machine Club 10 Necessary 10 Force
Adjournment When Deadloeked
Legislators inpsrii Party
Harmony.
CAMOUFlkGE USED IN
TAXATION MEASURES

Indianapolis. Ind.-Atter being in
session nineteen days II required the
combined Efforts OF Governor Good.
rich. Warren T. hcCray and the Re-
publican state organization to break
the legislative deadlock over the tax
bills and to force an adjournment II
10 worthy OF note that the determined
effort TO bring about the end OF the
session did not become apparent untt
after Senator James Nejdl, Repub-
lican OF Lake county. had exposed the
Administration's big stick" tactics Ia
q speech In the senate and II Is de-
clared that II was q fear OF further
disclosures that resulted In the ma
chine taking direct action.
TIE end come as result OF a con
fereacs held At Charlottesville Thurs
day aight by Goodrich. McCray.
Senator New and State Chairman K.
~. Wssmuth. Ii was decided then
cut OF the way at once.
The net result Of the second sps
cial session OF the Goodrich regime
may hs weighed In the balance OF po-
nttcal sxpsdieucy. IL WAS called pri-
nAsiiy to patch up the legislative
bunsling OF the Sevsnty-first assem-
bly,. bxt aftsr convsning practically
every nsvs OF ths iswmaksrs was
dictated bv the Republican machine
Goodrich. hcCray. Watssh. ct al.
kssisiakisa hy causus.
The .iaoislatoss we're net allowed TO
1tseass measures on the Aoor. but
we're forced into ilunerabls caucusss
whore the disqualification supporters
bent them to their will. II II said
that Ne ether session Of the lsgisls.
tare has ever witassssa - many
sausssss a. the eas just ended.
Ths ssssion appropriated approx
natsly ei.seo. 600. part Of this being
used 70 refund money Illegally trans
fsrrsl frsm other sources by Auditor
ef state Otto L. Klauss TO keep the
state Institutions operating. In fact
ths Assembly was convened In the
nrst place TO avert = threatened
scandal In the auditors ONCE 1t IL
charged. and has never been denied
tAat II the Seventy -Arst assembly had
net been bent on making a parsimoni
sas economy record. the state woulc
nst have been bankrupt by the mid
Als Of 1870.
Cansd ~ Il was to rectify the mis-
ashss Of 0eodriehism. It cost tn,
state mere than $4,000. This hgur'
includes % . day to the members
Aany Of whom were not present dur
iaS the last two weeks. In fact hat
Il net been for the constancy OF thu
0snecsAtic members no quorum
vsald have been present during tn,
last week
Paw - cisas Tax Middle.
The salient feature OF the entir
session Vas the utter failure OF H.
OsoAYieh administration TO clarif
The taIstion situation. The Johnso.
ss-eAllsA homsruis bill 10 declared b!
legal experts TO be = clever camou
AASs designed to bridge the Repub
A<aa party ever until after the elec
Nsa. While Il vests the control O.
A0al issXss and lsvies IN the county
councils. Il u u patent faet that the
legislators have little faith In It's
operation. otherwise they would not
have made Il operative beginning
With January I. 1871. II Is pointed
sat By critics Of the measure that III
tts makers AaA hssn at all convinced
sf its vsstAiAsss they would have
made Il effective at once.
The KipsYTuthill measure. over
which the deadlock resulted. Is an
ether piece Of political tricksry. IL is
charged. To oil intsnts and purposes
Il lsgansss the horizontal increases
declared invalid by the state supreme
court. BY . clever bit OF manipula-
sisn II does not employ the word
"lssaliss." which the house advo-
satsA. bat instsad vsed the term
validate" TAXATION experts declare
that the compromise bill is In effect
Q lAgslisstion measure.
Senator Edward p Elsner OF Sey
RouT. Democratic floor leader. voiced
the epinieas Of many opponents OF
the curative measure when he
charged that IL would not stand the
tests In the courts.
Nov you have this bill. which if
AAeut - clear a. mud" he ssid