The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-09-28
THREE BIG ISSUES
FACE LEGISLATURE
DURING THIS WEEK
Third Conference Last
Night on Road Bills
Peace Farley
FREE STATE JEFFERSON
TO GET GREAT AIRING
Prohibition and Beer Bills
To Furnish Climax
of Week

The Louisiana legislature met Mon
day for the third week of the extraor.
dinary session. All hopes of clearing
the calendars and keeping the list OF
bills down to what has been denomin-
ated necessary legislation was aban-
doned with the wiping out Of the
Smith resolution and the adoption,
by the lower house at least, of the
Dupre resolution which aims to take
the bride off and not keep members
restricted as to the nature and scope
of bills introduced at this special sess-
ion.
This week a few Of the tangled
threads viii be Strengthened out. At
least that is the proposal now, but
whether any headway win be made
or any final conclusions reached, is
another matter There are three big
issues facing senators and represents
tives this week and each in itself Is
mouthful, 20 quote the expression
of one wise to the existing situation
Each is calculated to stir up things
in both ends OF the capitol building
and make some of the members spill
lot of oratory as they debate the
issues pro and con.
The third public hearing Of the road
bills was staged last night and the
governor took hand and was as
sisted by the compromise element Of
both houses in an endeav0r to smooth
out the wrinkles and pave the way
| for measures that would please all
/ and insure the state OF a highway
law that would not only meet all de-
|. ssr sHut-.at' the same sine neat
with the approval OF the two sides
. to the question that now threaten
to split the legislative arm OF the
state government wide open in their
endeavors to put one over and win
: the approval of any probable matori-
5 ty in senate and house.
: A news dispatch from Baton Rouge
:, gave some of the details OF the meet
ing scheduled for last night. The
s highways committees of both senate
+ and house Of representative we're due
S TO hold this third public hearing and
g the compromise element was suppos
cd TO hold out the olive branch oi
l. peace to the warning factions. Ap
n parently. as aready stated before, th'
:. main issue is the size Of the person
It mel of the commission that Is to o
d created under the pay-as-you-go piai
,s written in the new constitution at tn
1t instance Of former Governor Sanders
g, The one man idea advocated by sal
ar ders in being vigorously fought Will
ut his friends are equally insistent ina
De that is the only method to adopt J
ne framing the new law. However, thi
idea received a serious setback las
of week when the house committee a
IT. proyed the three-man plan advocate
r. bv Mr.. schen Of St. Landry.
ne The "Free state of Jefferson
IN due for a thorough airing as the so
~ cd political linen get a laundering
III the legislature. The public has BEE
on regularly regaled every year or t.
re- with all the misdeeds and misdemea
I'm ors of Jefferson, and 50 strong
came the remuneration Of polite
St. methods In that parish that at Z
a last state election the reform wa
lat sweut that bafliwick and the "a
of sheriff Marrero was swept from po
ay. er by a laundering majority, ms 81
to cessful opuonent being j. B. Daue
rk- bauer. The new sheriff had no 500
ar assumed office before rumors
10Y even worse misdeeds began to le
sse ont and finally the political atmoi
op- here became so sUper-heated that !
rot governor took a hand. Charges a
ub counter-charges have been made a
.ri- now the whole mess is to be uptul
ed and exposed in the legislature a
perhaps the reform sheriff may De
dressed out of office.
UX There is going to be some tail iie
ing and scrambling on this Jeffers
sas affair and all the sidelights ana r
ur lights of politics will be nroa'
rti- forth in an endeavor to secure an
en- vatage. The proceedings ought
che prove rare and juicy reading for th'
ent who ike the Sensational, for that tn
,lix viii be something doing along {
Al line now goes without saying.
no scandal mongers have been at W
ain and are still busily engaged and
ific nile of soiled linen to be washed =
at astonish even the oldtimers at
ng. game political
till Then the other snag which Is 90
en- to come up to help keep the shiT
fCoutInued on mace 81