The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-28
&c. 0. O.P.LEADERS
HOPE SPECIAL
SESSION ENDS
Governor Goodrich Urges Ad-
journment for Good Tonight
Watches Course of Legis-
latlon Anxiously.
.BAWlS OUT LOBBYISTS

INDIANAPOLIS, July Ex-Governor
James Goodrich and other Republican
leaders were in close touch with the
special session Of the Indiana general
assembly today, and were making ev-
cry effort to bring about a sine die
adjournment tonight of the legislature
which has now been in session Is
days.
Uncertainty prevailed. however, as
to a final agreement of the two tax
bills, one providing for home rule
, over bond issues and tax levies, and
the other taking care of the invalidat
ed horizontal increases.
Conferences on the war memorial
project had reached an agreement
which it was believed would be sat
isfactory to both houses. This bill
probably will be disposed of late this
afternoon.
Senate Is Marking Time.
The senate met for only few min
utes this morning, and adjourned to
meet again at p m. No business
was transacted. The house held
short session but considered no bills
of wide importance.
The house passed by a vote Of S3
to one, a senate bill which provided
| for the institution in cities of over
$4,000 of the two-platoon system in
| fire departments.
Governor Goodrich was sharply crit
icized by Representatives Mckinley OF
Muncie, and Cam, Of Frankfort, for
refusing to sign the previous bill max
| ing it apply to smaller cities.
The house killed a senate bill pro-
viding for the payment Of contractors,
engineers and others who do the pre-
liminary work on roads in advance of
the sale of bonds for the construction.
! Vote was 30 ayes to 40 noes.
The house met again at 3 p. m. ex-
! pecting that some of the conference
committee reports would be ready by
| that time.
Charges lot Of Lobbying
The work of the special session of
the Indiana general assembly has
/ been prolonged and greatly hampered
| by lobbyists, Representative Chester
| A. Davis, Republican, of Jay county,
declared in the house today in behalf
of a resolution asking the attorney
general to take action against those
who would influence legislation.
| Representative Davis said only
three lobbyists had registered with
the secretary of state in compliance
|
| ficer of the senate had been ap-
preached today and urged to with
hold support on a certain bill.
The house of representative today
refused to suspend the rules to pass a
bill by Charles A. Phelps, of Ft. Wayne
| to permit cities and counties to ac-
quire and maintain aviation fields.
| The bill was passed to engrossment.
Appropriation of $2.000.000 by the
state and the donation of the ground
in indianapolis occupied by st. Clair
park and the state blind asylum and
purchase by the city Of two blocks i'm
mediately south of the blind asylum
| constitute the compromise on the war
memorial plan agreed upon by con-
| ferees of the house and senate of the
/ Indiana general assembly. 1t was ex-
pected their report would be presented
to the legislature today.
Both the house and senate Tuesday
| concurred in the conference committee
report, which placed in the hands Of
the state board of accounts the author
| ity to fix fuel prices, which a house
bill would have conferred upon a new
commission and which the senate
would have given to the public service
| commission
Senators Edward P. Elsner OF Sey-
mour and Joseph NJ. Cravens OF Madi-
son, Democratic leaders, opposed con-
currence in the committees report
! Senator Elsner declared that the
] state board of accounts had no ma
| chinery to handle the fuel question.
, and said that placing the power in
| the hands Of this board was making
"a farce of the bill" Senator Cravens
| said Governor James P. Goodrich con-
trolls the state board of accounts and
calling attention to the governors in
terests In the mining industry.