Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01
SPECIAL SESSION
OFLEGISLATURE
SET FOR DEC. Ia
BIunders Again Responsible
for Calling SolOns
Together.
MAY END WORK IN A DAY

The third special session Of the Legis-
Iature called by a Republican Governor
during the last two years will convene
Dec. II. AS in the previous sessions, the
session is made necessary by legislative
and executive laundering, this time in
disposing Of thereformatory at Jeffer-
sonville without adequate arrangements
for building a new institution.
The announcement Of the date Of the
special session was made by Governor
Warren 7. McCray last night following
conferences with members of the Senate
and the House of Representatives. Al
though the members of the assembly are
bound to no agreement to limit the ses-
sion, the Governor is using his influence
to limit consideration to a bill for the
removal of the reformatory.
In connection with the announcement
Of the date OF the special session the
Governor made public a statement OF
Colgate & Co. offering 100000 additional
for the property and which reveals the
fact that the Governor had intended to
call a special session should certain
OF the proposed amendments to the con-
Stitution have been adopted and that he
expected that the refOrmatory removal
middle would be taken up at that time.
The statement also reveals the fact that
Colgate & Co. had no intention to wait
until after the next regular session TO
make arrangements for taking posses
sion Of the reformatory, although the
public had been led to believe this to be
a fact.
FIND REMOVAL BILL
NOT WORKABLE,
The reformatory was sold to Colgate &
Co., Immediately following the last reg
ular session, and the company made q
100000 initisl payment. After the sale
an investigation was made to determine
whether the removal bill was workable
and it was found that under its pro-
visions It virtually would be impossible
to build a new institution.
Representatives Of Colgate & Co
then went into conference with the Gov
ernor and following the conference the
statement was made that the cOmpany
had agreed to wait until after the next
regular session 10 take possession Of the
property. At the same time a signed
statement, saying there was a mutual
agreement, but making very vague asser-
lions as to its nature, was made public
Jointly by the Governor. and Colgate s
Co.
LATEST PROPOSAL OF
COLGATE AND COMPANY.
The latest statement OF Colgate and
Company in the form Of a communication
to the Governor follows:
Colgate and Company desires to make
a further proposition to the State Of In
Jacksonville, our offer for which was
accepted by the State in June Of this
year. The matter stands as follows:
The act OF the regular session OF the
Legislature Of 1921. which authorized the
sale, stipulated that the new institution
was to be completed by Oct. 80, 1922. Our
bid provided, accOrdi~ gly, that we might
withdraw if delivery OF the property
were not made by that date. and IL was
accepted with that condition.
You subsequently advised rs that the
commission appointed under the act had
found that its provision so restricted
their action that II was impracticable for
them to proceed. At that time. however
Il was thought that certain amendments
20 the State constitution win reference
to taxation, then about to be voted upon
might be adopted, in which case there
would OF necessity have followed a spec
ial session Of the Legislature to carry out
the changes in the tax laws which the
amendments contemplated. 1t was your
intention In that event to propose to the
Legislature amendments TO the act of
1921. which would make II possible 10
proceed with the location and cOnstruc-
lion Of the new Institution and thus TO
carry out the sale Of the old one to us
The defeat Of these amendments, however.
seemed to leave no hope OF carrying out
the purchase unless, We were willing to
await the 1928 session Of the Legislature
and that we could not possibly do
while confronted with this situation
and the apparent necessity Of with
drawing our bid and giving mp wholly
the plan for 4 plant at Jeffersonviue
we are advised that II has been sug-
gested that in the public interest there
be called a special session Of the Leg
islature for the specific purpose OF
amending the act OF 1921.
ADDS To EXPEDIENCY
OF CALLING SES SION
I'VE could not ask that favorable