Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-13


IN each senator's desk.
! Following the announcement OF the
| filling of committees by Lieut.-Gov Bush,
Senator Elsner asked for the floor, and
launched into a stinging arraignment Of
the administration with regard to the
printing of bills and their drafting, with
out the authority of the senate to have
them printed.
"Mr. President" began Senator Elsner,
''by what authority are these bills placed
on our desksf
Have they been introduced, or will
tney be introduced at this session.
Are these the bills that have been
prepared at conference of the governor
and few republican candidates who
have proposed a series of bills which
this senate will be asked to place a
rubber stamp Of approval on2
Are these the bills that 1 have read
about in the papers that the. governor
and about ten republican candidates nave
| framed 2"
| GOVERNOR INSULTS"
| INTELLIGENCE OF SOLONS.
Il tell you gentlemen OF the senate
: this is an insult to the intelligence of
every senator in this house, for the gov
ernor to presume that we are not able
TO take care of the framing of our own
bills, and that we can not arrange for
their printing.
This is public humiliation to the
senate, and to every senator here.
"Shall we allow the governor of this
state to propose our bills for US and
to tell US what shall go into them?
The governor and several candidates
J suppose, helped to prepare and present
these bills
Il just wonder, and would like very
much to know, if Ora Davies Of Kokomo
republican candidate for treasurer OF
state, who is said to have been short in
his accounts with Howard county, helped
to prepare them.
Shall we allow a man who is short
IN his accounts come in with the gov
ernor, the 'Hoosier Caesar the pu-est
OF autocrats, and lay bills on our desks
and ask us to pass them?
w ny this is the same thing that was
done at Chicago, when a few senator's
from Washington came down and die
tated to the people the candidate whom
they must accept
Il, for one, am opposed to >Ora Davies
coming here to dictate to tfis EeHase I
am opposed to Jim Watson coming down
ANAN ~ tNAA US Nndb TO 90.
Jim Watson had better be at Wash
ington, looking after the peoples inter
ests, as be was elected to do
Gentlemen, who pays for the printing
of these bills?
who is to stand the expense of all
this hill preparation and rubber stamp
methods, which the administration has
carried out, and expected the senate ~
approve?
OTHER SENATOR'S
ASK FOR FLOOR.
1T is not right to attempt TO make
mere igureheads of the senate"
In the heat of his address. Senator
Elsner called the men of tie senate
gentlemen of the jury" to which the
republican side of the house began to
jeer.
Senator Elsner rose to the occasion,
however, when he said that the senators
were jurymen, who would be called upon
to decide If such insults could be heaped
on to the members of the senate
All the time Senator Elsner was speak
ing other members of the senate, on the
republican side of the house. were ap-
pealing to the president to give them the
floor.
Mr.. Bush, however, refused to recog-
nize them. and allowed the speaker to
continue.
"We are here to correct the mistakes
and the evils of the Goodrich admins
tration," said the speaker.
I'VE now hold the worlds record for
three sessions of the legislature in four
teen months, and, thank Heaven, there
are only six months more to go or we
would break this record by having
probably three or four more sessions"
A slight ripple of laughter greeted
this concluding statement of the senator.
Several majority members appealed to
the president for the privilege of reply
ing to Senator Elsner, but Mr.. Bush
denied them the floor. taking the op-
portunity to speak himself.
1T makes no difference" said Mr.. Bush,
''who comes down here. be it Ora Davies,
Jim Watson or Frank Hanly (ex-Gov.
Hanly was seated on the rostrum of the
senate during the morning SESSION. to
/ speak in this senate.
"As long as I am the presiding Of
fcer Of the senate any man will have an
opportunity to voice his sentiments here.
BUSH DEFENDS
GOVERNOR.
Speaking in reply to the question of
Senator Elsner, as to the persons who
were responsible for the framing Of the
bills in question, Mr.. Bush defended the
action of the governor, quoting from his
message delivered Monday.
He appealed to the members of the
senate to discard all partisanship dur
ing the special session, in order that
matters might be expedited, and that
they might be able to take care of the
business before them with a minimum
| of expense.
Nineteen bills were introduced by the
members of the senate on the roll call.
} Many of those presented were admin
istration measures, including legislation
providing for changes in election laws to
provide for the voting of women in the
November election.
Invocation was offered by Senator Al
dredge of Madison county, following
which substitutions on senate commit
tees were announced by Leut.-Gov
Bush, replacing vacancies caused by
death or resignation. since the last reg
hular session as follows:
Senator English, to replace Senator
Hutchins, on the committee on cities and
towns.
Senator Becker. to replace the late
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