The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-28
AK SWINGING
WILL OCCUPY
LEGISLATURE
House to Devote Most of
Time to Killing Bills-Anti-
Picseting, Teachers Pen
sions, Women's S Hours.
THE BLUE LAWS ARE UP

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by PALLADIUM CORRESPONDENT
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 28-It is
not difficult to tell what the house of
the Indiana legislature will do during
the coming week-the last week of
the session. The house, if the most
careful observers know what they are
talking about, will devote most of it's
time to killing bills. Already. it has
achieved a record in this direction.
Last week in the house, 81 house bills
and IL senate bills were killed. It
has been long time since at an after
noon or morning session of either
bills were killed. But that has hap
pened in the house during the last
week.
Some who have observed closely
the work of the house for the last
two weeks-almost as many bills were
killed week before last as were killed
last week-say that the killing pro-
BRAN will be continued. They say that
the house AK will be particularly we'll
sharpened for any senate bill that car
rfes an appropriation or would if
enacted into law mean an expense to
the state. Men familiar with the
temper of the house. say that the ac-
ton of the house in passing house
bills to increase salaries of county
commissioners and of judges of circuit
and superior courts should not be
taken as any indication of what the
house will do when senate bills come
before it.
Up to Senate.
When it passed the house bills in.
creasing the salaries of county COM
missioners and of judges, the house
was in way, passing the buck" said
one house member. "a great deal has
been said about the senate being the
safeguard of this session. Now let
us see what the senate will do when
something is put up to it."
There was some talk today that the
economic trend in the house might
result in that body killing the English
senate bill which provides that spe-
cfal election shall be held Sept. for
consideration of constitutional amend
ments that have been passed by two
sessions of the legislature. 1t was
known, however that certain admins
traction and senate leaders would do
all in their power to prevent adverse
action on this bill by the house, be-
cause they believed that fair chance
for the people to act on the amend
ments might head off a constitutional
convention. 1t was understood that
Senator Rats, Republican floor leader,
of the senate and in a way a spokes-
man for the governor, was greatly in
terested in favorable action on the
English bill
Narrow Margin.
In connection with the action of the
house in killing bills it should be
noted that the two house salary-in.
crease bills that were passed got by
with only a narrow margin of votes
1t is surmised that most of the killing
of house bills in the house this week
will be done on second reading. AT
the beginning of today's sessions there
were As or so house bills ready for
second reading. 1t is probable that
a good many senate bills will be be
killed on committee reports.
One of the important bills that was
on the program for second reading is
the senate Baxter anti-picketing bill
This measure went through the sen
ate rather easily but there are a good
many who think it will cause a hard
fight in the house and that it may be
tive Claude Smith is opposed to the
bill and has expressed the opinion
that it will be killed in the house. This
prediction is made by Smith in spite
of the fact that two so-called anti-la
Dor bills-one for the repeal of the
full train crew law and the other fol-
the repeal of the full switching crew
law went Though the house last week
Drastic Rules.
The Baxter bill makes rather dras
tic regulations in regard to picketing
and the regulations would apply al
the home of any workman as we'll as
at the factory where he was employ
ed.
The so-called blue law bills were
also on the program at the beginning
of today's session for second reading
in the house. These bills would put
an end to Sunday baseball games and
Sunday picture shows. 1t was said
today that the governor does not look
in a friendly manner on any such re
strictions, and the prediction was
made that no such laws would be en-
acted. The governor is for proper
regulation of picture shows and bal
games but does not believe there is
any situation in Indiana that would
warrant the closing or Such amuSe
ments on Sunday it is said.
One Member Firm.
II is understood that but for the
feeling of one member of the commit
tee the blue law legislation would
have been reported unfavorably in the
house. Johnson of Morgan county ia
vors such legislation it is said and i,
was out of courtesy to him that the
legislation was reported favorably
The best bet today was that the pro
posed blue law legislation would be
killed on second reading in the house
Until the wishes of the governor be
came known some expressed the opin
ion that the legislation would sue
ceed.
At the beginning of today's session
the house also had before it the teach
ers' pension bill, the worklng-hou
for-women bill and the budget bill all
from the senate 1t was thought prob
able that there would be considera bic
controversy over the woman's bill
This bill which was passed in the sen
ate and which would provide 52-hour
week for women with an average day
of nine hours, with a 12-hour day once