The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-14
AXE IS READY
FOR WELDING
BY ASSEMBLY
Week Should See Final Action
on Number of Bills-Home
Rule Measure Ready for
Consideration.
SCHOOL LEVIES ARE UP

this week should see final action on a
number of bills and many more mea-
sureS that might be classified under
The general head of foolish" should
be put to sleep.
This legislature and particularly
the house. it might be remarked. has
shown a rather high degree Of dis
elimination in handling that great
variety of foolish bills ranging from
measures regulating the building OF
PARTITION fences to those having to
do with the use of benzoate of soda.
II is interesting to note that the
house last week killed more bills than
it passed and this development was
an eye opener for those observers
who at the beginning of the session
said the senate would be the life saver
and must be depended on to kill un-
wise and radical legislation which
probably would go through the house
which had many young members. in
cluding 20 Or 25 world war soldiers.
At this time it appears that the world
war soldiers have not performed so
outrageously after all.
Quick Passage.
It is probable that the specific ap-
rripriation bill will be disposed Of by
Ine mousse IIllS week SllIlllS tilC
committee of the whole. One of the
notable accomplishments of the legis-
lature last week was the final action
on the regular appropriation bill.
Many of the old timers around the
legislature can recall the times when
the appropriation bills dragged along
to the last night of the session and
the clock was turned back and sleepy
sDectators slumhered around the
edges Of the house and senate cham
bers while the members of the steer
ing committee burned the after-m'd-
night oil poring over the appropria,
tion measures ard trying to satisfy
all those who wished to make deals.
But it is different this year. The
general appropriation bill was made
ready for the governor last week and
the house should finish work on the
erec'fc bill this week. Both measures
should be out of the way and in the
h~rds Of the governor long before
':-,e for sine die adjournment March
Tth.
Should Move RsnidIy.
The general approximations bill car
ried an aggregate of $500. 900 in ap
propriations and the total of the sne-
cific bill is little more than $500.
COO. This bill should move rapidly
in the house because it has been eX
amined by members of a joint com
mittee and the figures contained III
it are said to have been anprovcd by
leaders of both houses. One OF the
important items in the bill is an ap
propriation of $3.50 COO for a new mems
building at the Central hospital fol
the insane.
In connection with this item. a gooC
story is told 1t is said that Governor
McCray sent an emissary to look ovel
the mems building at the hospital. ant
he reported back that the situation
could be met by making repairs. The
governor. however, decided that he
himself would go and look over the
building.
One of the peculiarities of a govern
or is his habit of early rising. 81
he showed up at the hospital at 73'
in the morning and asked DR.. George
F. Edenharter, the superintendent, tt
show him through. 1t is said tha
before the governor had finished hi:
inspection. he was fully satisfied tina
new building should be provided
Anyhow the appropriation is in th'
bill and the legislative seers say i
will go through.
levies Hang Fire.
Another important measure that i
still hanging fire and may come vi
in the house is the one that take
care Of the common school levy. Val
ious interested persons who have beel
here to look after this measure seen
to think that the seven-cent levy i
the one that will be provided with
provision that 80 per cent of th
amount raised go into the deficienc
fund to aid the poorer schools of tn
state.
In fact, it seems that a degree o
harmony has been reached on all &c
ucational matters in the Legislature
Representatives of the poorer countie
wish a generous supply of money 70
their schools and in return they ar
willing that the higher educational II
stitutions shall be taken care of.
Farmers in Favor.
1t was a far cry from the Garlic
DAYS when Representative Abraham
Sieg, a farmer from Floyd and Harr
son counties. stood on the floor G
the house the other day and argue
in favor of a generous vocational &c
ucation levy. Representative Sicg
quiet sort of person, Che has nc
introduced a bill this SESSION. and t
see him strolling around the lobby c
the Claypool hotel and knowing he
tiller of the soil, you might imasin
that he would oppose any such higf
falutin thing as vocational education
but not so.
Another measure that has arouse
considerab Bile interest and which prof.
ably will come up for action this wee
is the one to give cities the right t
adopt the commission or the commits
sion manager form of government
This bill has been amended to take OF
the referendum feature and to max
it possible for cities to vote to go bac
to the old form of government as we
as to vote for adopting the new form
1t is said that the proponents of th
measure do not object to the prov
sion making it possible to return
the old form. AS to whether or nc
this measure finally will go throug
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