Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-01-03
STATES FACE BIG
PROBLEMS TODAY
In As Convene With
Real Business Before A Lot
of Them
(By Associated Press)

OF 40 states anG territories, most 4
of which open their sessions today |
or later this month, 3lave before |
them formidable programs of tax
reform, dry law enforcement,
ielection redistricting in accord
ence with the 1920 census, soldier
bonuses, public improvements, re-
Ivision of constitutions, laws for
husband and wife, industrial and
suffrage legislation, state aid for
farmers. boxing commissions.
new financing, retrenchnent by
consolidation or abolition of state
departments, anti-radicalism, att
,tomobile regulation, rcorganiza
Ition Of state militias, relief for
public utilities amendment or
repeal Of primary laws, commits
IsIOn or "managcr plan for cities
and counties and pro and anti
blue laws cnaCtmcnts.
California. with its Es75O0CO,OOQ
state wide irrigation project leads
the state in the matter of propos-
ed public Improvements and will
task the legislators to authorize d
survey of the contemplated enter
lprIse. Colorado also has big
mountain tunnel i'll contempla-
ton. West Virginia solons will
be required to PASS laws at the
session opening January IS. pro
vldIng for the expenditure Of $50
100000 for building good roads,
Tor which the people voted bond
iss'tc at the recent election. Miss
otri also must provide $oOOOO,OOO
'rc1d building legislation.
Establishment OF Il state con
stabulary, urged largely by farm
icrs, and enactment OF a bill legal
izing boxing, i'll addition to pro-
'posal 10 repeal her state primary
law, held unconstitutional by the
State Supreme Court, will be tax
EN- up by the legislature OF Illinois
sometime after that body meet,
for its Iopening session next Wed
lnesday. Fights against primary
laws are to be made III Indiana.
Missouri, Nebraska. New York,
New Mexico, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Vermont and Wyo;
ming.
Vermont liberals" plan ali at
tack on the blue laws Of the state
insofar as they relate to observ-
ance of the Sabbath. An effort
Twill be made. it is said, to modify
the present statutes SO as to per
NIT amateur sports, particularly
baseball OH Sunday, where the
sport IS not COmmerC1alIzed. LO
cal option such as exists i'll Mass
achusetts. enabling individual cit
les and towns to determine their
own practice II the matter of Sun
day games, will be sought. New
Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and
South Dakota. are also expected
TO discuss anti-bluc laws. Caliior-
MIA. meanwhile, will argue the
merits or demcrits Of q Sunday
closing law.
/ Reorganization Of the state IL
dietary system and a constitutions
al amendment proposing that
none but s'Ameican citizens, na
tive or fully raturaiized. be allow 4
ed the right of suffrage i'll Texas
will be before the law making
body at Austin, Texas, beginning
January H. Another Texas bill
would exclude Orientals from ac-
.qtliring land within the state.
/ Kansas representatives will have
bills before them providing state
al for highway construction and
i financial assistance to farmers in
purchasing homes.
Capital punishment, as a result
; of legal discussion over the Cole
; Gramlner murder case, will con-
front the Nebraska legislature
and West Virginia will act on pro-
;posals to abolish private detective
agencies. The last named state
,also will consider amendments to
laws relating marriage i'll order
Ito make non support all extradit-
able offense. California ]egisla
tors once again will again be call
fed upon to consider the act Of
1919, which was designed to place
a wife OH a equality with her hus-
band, and which was defeated last
lfall
| Many states will be confronted
with the problem of raising funds
to pay soldiers bonuses voted at
1.-THE last election. South Dakota
is pledged to obtain $6,OOO,OOO;
Montana legislators will vote on.
the question of bonus for 10000
ex-service men; Delaware law
makers will take similar vote;
Connecticut must raise $2,5OO,OOO
for soldier relief; New Hampshire
lin addition to bonus, may ex-.