South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-12
BLAZING THE WAY FOR GETTING ALL
WE WANT OUT OF THE NEXT
STATE ACCEATPI y
STATE ASSEMBLY.

- HAT legislative dinner scheduled Tor the Cham
Der Of Commerce Wednesday evening. If il
runs 20 discussion of all the questions sched--
uled FOR consid ration is going prove decidedly
enlightening our members OF the nexe state
sembly should go to- indianapolis well prepared
plug" least. for those things dearest TO ou-
hearts. There is 70 be hearing housing and zone
ing track elevation car service public utiii-
ties home rule BILL county hospital health and
itati5n. automobile taxes and schools
But what a lot OF PEOPLE on w. LasaIIe ava for
instance would like to know is we imagine where
our members Of the state assembly were during
the special session last summer when senate bin
40. ss7 was passed. and whether they viii be able
20 get any action on this subject as the legisd-
live dinner proceeds? 10 might be discussed under
The heading Of street car service public utilities.
home rule BILL but will it, This is one the finest
bits Of ripper legislation, that has been put
IN this section for some little time. Until this bill
IS repealed. IasaIIe avenues kick on the use u
that thoroughfare for freight. by the South shore
interurban ines. amounts TO about the same as
kicking against stone wall.
This Is no particular brief for the W. Iasaue az.
residents. Perhaps the e2dgencies Of business the
problem OF freight transportation to the heart Of
the city. is Of more Importance to the whole com
munity than the peace of mind and freedom from
earthquakes. disturbed by the passing heavy in
.erurban freight And what is true along W.
Iasane may also be true of w washington av,
anent the freight activities Of the Northern Indiana
All laws or parts of laws. in conflict with this
statutory permit transport their respective
roads and along and upon an highways
streets and alleys occupied by such roads
all classes Of freight" are repealed. this too
snder pretense that there was an emergency.
New. of course. the legislature had TO time 40
with favv tee durfug
hat special session; It was an emergency legisIa-
ure. caIIed,-whenever anything came up that the
solons did not care tackle,r-to remedy the taz
aw. It will be different with the coming regular
session. this communion Of citizens, with
their new representatives and new senator, at the
chamber OF Commerce, to apprise them Of the
iocal trend Of mind. 1t is to be a sort of "third
house" pre-assemby lobby. And after that; weE.
then comes the lobby that viii need storm the
legislative halls and surrounding corridors, to see
That the assemDymen do not forget that somt-
hing is not put over on them while their one-track
minds are trying TO remember; something like that
nterurban freight biz that slipped by while the
sion could think only Of tax measures.
The lobby, Huh! But that much hated insti-
tuition the average state legislator never would get
wise to what is going on; would know the
good, bad. from the Indifferent from any
other relationship. would like to suggest now
that It is regretable that there is no organization
IN South Bend. representing the people, the
Chamber of Commerce represents 10 the business
interests to call IN the assemblymen, and the
old. and Of tutor them what the common
people want That has always been the trouble in
and national legislation. The PEOPLE, as the
people. have no special interests orr axes to grind
and the tumble Of legislative dinners. lobbyists
about the state house, and concentrations of mind
this or that their representatives and senator's
sent thither their servants. soon forget them.
The Legislative dinner ought TO be good thing
at that-for after all the Chamber OF Commerce
members are only people and they viii have
chance TO look their representatives over anyhow