Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-14
SUSPENSION
OF RULES PUTS
PLAN ON WAY
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to prevent it from breaking loose. AS
soon as the Governor had delivered his
message, instead of going on with the
regular order of business which would
have been the introduction of bills, the
upper house adjourned until . o'clock.
| The motion was made by Senator William
| E. English Of Indianapolis. The adj
| journment was taken for the obvious
| purpose of preventing any attempt to
| introduce bills. 1t was indicated that
! despite the time set for converting, the
Senate would recess until the reforma-
| tory bill is ready to be acted on. In
this way action unfavorable to the adj
ministration was made difficult.
! SMITH NAMED SPEAKER
BY VOTE OF SO TO 10.
Both Houes were called to order shortly
after 10 o'clock. Immediately after the
| opening of the House Claude A. Smith
| of Princeton was named Speaker by a
| vote of 50 to 10. The ten dissenting
votes were cast by the Democratic mi
nority for R. U. Barker Of Posey County,
Democratic floor leader.
The Senate was called to order at 10 %
o'clock by Lieutenant Governor Emmett
F. Branch. The invocation was delivered
by the Rev. George H. Savary, pastor
Of the First Congregational Church.
roll call showed a quorum present. Sena-
tor Maurice Douglass of Flat Rock, a
Democratic member of the public service
commission, was in his seat, although he
had not resigned as a member of the
commission to take his place in the AS
sembly.
A resolution on the death Of John F,
Mcclure, late Speaker Of the House of
Representatives, was presented by Sen
ator John Alldredge of Anderson and
unanimously adopted Senator Oscar
Rats of Paoli presented a resolution pro-
viding that the rules of the last session
shall apply to this session and it was
adopted.
OFFICIALS AND
COMMITTEES NAMED.
Senators Andrew H. Beardsley, Oliver
F. Dunn and James H. HUMPHREYS were
appointed to notify the Governor that
the Senate was in session. Senators
Glenn Richards, William E. English and
Joseph Henley were named to notify the
House. Senators Roscoe Kiper. VIII
Brown and Joseph N. Cravens were ap-
pointed to escort the Governor to the
joint session Of the House and Senate.
William Lowden was named assistant
secretary Of the Senate and 1t was an
nounced that he would serve without pay.
Zeu Swain is serving as secretary Of the
Senate without pay.
The regular business was postponed
until after the Governor had delivered
his message. The two houses went into
joint session and the Governor started
talking at about II O'Clock.
In the House Mr.. Smith was nominated
by Representative r. X. Bedgood of Tip
pecanoe and Warren Counties, and was
seconded by Representative Omar New
man OF Marion County. Mr.. Barker was
nominated by Representative Thurman A.
Gottschalk of Berne Justice Louis b.
Ewbank Of the Supreme Court admins
tered the oath to Mr.. Smith following his
election.
Committees were appointed to wait on
the Governor and the Senate and notify
them that the House was in session.
GOVERNORS VETO
OF BILLS UPHELD
Two House bills passed at the last reg
ular session and vetoed by the Governor
were returned TO the House. They are
House bills Ill and 21T The former per-
mits the trustees OF the State Soldiers
Home to expend funds Of deceased sol
diers TO beautiful the home cemetery. The
other bill provides for the enlargement Of
school districts in townships having pop
ulations Of more than 1850 and less than
1900 and fixing the salaries Of trustees.
The Governors veto OF the first bill
was upehld by vote Of 81 to o. The
veto of the second bill was upheld by
the same vote.
ABRAMS CHG IN TO HEAD
JUDICIARY J. COMMITTEE.
Representative Henry Abrams Of
Marion County was elected president Of
Judiciary B committee to succeed Rep
resentative Chester Davies Of jay County,
who is now attorney for the State fire
marshars office Representative John NJ
Grayson Of Vincennes was named chair
man Of the committee on rights and priv
ileges to succeed Representative w. r.
Jinnett of Rush County.
Objection was made by Representative
r. L. Barker 10 Mr.. Davis and Repre-
sentative Ray V. Gibbons Of Anderson,
both OF whom are employed by the State,
being paid mileage for coming to the
session. The objection was overruled by
the adoption OF the report of the COM
mittee on mileage by the House.
What was believed to be a significant
indication concerning the question Of the
duration Of the session was the fact the
Republican members of the House In their
caucus by an almost unanimous vote
defeated a resolution binding them 70
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