Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-28
Scamper to Dodge $22,5OO
Responsibility For Session
C. 0. P. Chiefs Hoping Administration Linen
Clean Enough for Election.

Mr.. McCray is known to favor the
amended johnson home rule bill, which
will restore home rule, and Lieut. Gov.
Bush has been valuable assistant to
McCray in this respect.
When the senate was Withholding the
kiper bill from the house over Saturday
and Monday, the lieutenlnt governor said
he was willing to take the responsibility
of keeping the legislators together in
special session for the constitutional
limit of forty days, If necessary, until
the joint committee of both houses
agreed on the senate amendments to the
Johnson bill.
Now It appears that grand effort IS
being made to get from under the bur-
den of responsibility of spending about
$1,000 day for a special session.
TRY TO SHIFT
RESPONSIBILITY.
To shift the entire responsibility Of
delay from the shoulders of Lieut.. Gov.
Bush, the senate majority in caucus
passed the following little resolution
Whereas Certain criticisms have been
made in and through the press against
Lieut.. Gov. Edgar D. Bush for his acts
in connection with house bill No. 514; be
is hereby
Resolved, by US, the republican mem
sembled, that the actions Of the lieuten-
ant governor in connection with said
bill were in accord with the wishes Of
this conference and Of the lieutenant gov
ernor at the time such action was taken" ="
Today is the fifteenth day OF the spe-
cial session of the Goodrich legislature
adm figured on a basis Of 81, 500 a day,
the special session so far costs the tax
payers the nice little approximate SUN
OF SD, 500.
Nobody seems to be willing to meet the
public criticism for the expenditure Of
this special session caused by the failure
OF the Goodrich legislature to do its
work during regular session and also
caused by the Illegal actions Of the
state tax board as well as by the ex-
hausted funds of the state institutions.
After the senate agrees with the con-
ference committee on the coal commits
s;on bill which gives the right to the
state board OF accounts TO sit as a coal
price fixing board as well as a food
boarding investigating tribunal. 1t Is
thought the republicans will have some
nice campaign fodder to spread broad
east this fall.
The majority republicans have not
missed a single opportunity to appeal for
legislation against the prevailing high
price OF coal as well as the reported
scarcity Of 1t.
EVEN ESCHBACH
MAKES APPEAL.
Even Speaker Eschbach appealed to the
members of the house to take some ac-
tion to remedy the existing coal situ-
alton, and 1t will be remembered that
Mr. Eschbach relies on the governor to
reappoint him as head OF the state board
of accounts, from which he resigned to
lreside over the destinies of the Coco
rich administration bills in the house.
Both houses foun1 time 10 pass a Num-
ber or salary increase bills and it is un-
derstood To be the governors Intentions
70 veto all salary increase bills Of the
special session with the exception Of the
Lake county bill.
An effort began early this morning to
bring about an agreement OF the cen
ferees on all bills now in conference so
that the special session can end some
time late tonight