The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-12
LEGISLATIVE
SESSION WILL
Be CUT SHORT
Expected Business Will Be
Limited to Relocation Of
State Reformatory Other
Business Discussed.
HARMONY is DESIRED
Especial to the Palladium


what probably will happen and what
probably will not happen in conneo- !
ton with the special session of the !
legislature that will be convened in |
indianapolis, day after tomorrow
In the first place it can be said with !
? rather high degree of certainty that !
the session will be short-probabiy |
viii not last more than one day or
AT most, two days. 1t is true that |
Great number of gentlemen have been
quoted as saying that they expect to
introduce this bill or that bill, and is
p. badly is true that there are some
measures on which it would be de
sirable to have immediate action
There is a movement on foot for ex.
ample, TO provide for immediate re.
nioval of the school for the blind in
order TO f. ~ilitate the establishment
OF the soldiers memorial in Indianap-
ellis
And word comes from Terre Haute
that a bill providing for stiff punish
Inent for highwaymen will be pushed.
and in Marion county there is a repre-
sentative who would like to introduce
? measure that would further abolish
fees in public offices.
But ii is not likely that any of the
measures named or any others except
the one for the relocation of the state
reformatory for which the session il
called. will get anywhere.
1t is true that there is no iron-clad
agreement among legislative leaders
10 hold the session to the one subject,
but there is an understanding TO that
effect and what is more there is an
panIIhlipan
ty leaders that the work of the seq
sion shall be restricted to the one
subject
Plans One-Day Session
II is known for example, that Lieu
tenant Governor Branch, who will pre-
side over the senate, has made plans
for a one-day session and nothing be
yond that Mr.. Branch. after studying
The situation and sounding out the SEN
timent among the party leaders, THINKS
he is safe in such plans.
OF course the organization OF the
house cannot be determined until e
speaker has been chosen, but there
seems to be no doubt that the same
conservative plans viii prevail in the
house.
There also has been considerable
talk to the effect that there VIII pc d
group in the legislature who still IA
} vor establishing the state retormatofy
adjacent to the state penal 1arm as
nroyided in the law now in existence
and which it is proposed to amend at
the special session. It is probable thaL
here are some members who VIII take
this stand but there number Will ho'
ne large, and they may be confined
merely to the group that represents
territory that would be Immediately
affected by placing the institution
near the penal farm. 1t is not believed
nv ANYBODY that this group VIII De
able to stir up any trouble OF cohse-
guence.
Harmony Is Expected.
AZ q matter OF fact the SoNeInoi
and other party leaders are IN Tue
eddie and they do not propose to
have a session that VIII CAUSE an
,~ceities or will create any great ~
arso senator New before he lett
~ ci,v a few DAYS ago conferred WITH
the Governor and while they talked
ahout the senatorship contest comm
,,ovt year it is pretty generally under
food that they discussed also the po
iitical situation and possibly the spe
cial session in particular
III
r,,;tad states senators as well as a;
of the congressman and all VINO eN
paek 10 seek state offices next yea
rriu ioin the governor unanimously
cutting the special session shcrt ah'
these men. taken in the agSIesdl~
have powerfulu influence.
There are to be elected next yea
hesides a United States senator AM
several state officers, Is cor r|ressIileu III
.nd the election will be OF more thal
1,e,,aI importance in nauonal way
!. f.acause II will be step IN an eHoi
IN give President Harding RepuoiiTa "a.
,,,nnort during the remainder OF III
2upp;,,istration 2uppp 1t is generally III
dorstood that the armament coniei
once at Washington is merely the ilrs
ton in what the president proposes
~ during his administration toWar
,,al,ing sure the peace OF the "ol'
nd the slogan in the campalsn mex
-aar undoubtedly will be to give TN
nresident the support ne heeuS
hat he is trying to DO. -.
All of these things figure In III
,,Iaps for = short special session aii
i ig about AS certain as anything "a
no that there will be no man OF SlWou W
of mon that will be able TO lhteIiei
with the plans. ~
Contest Unavoidable
Rut it seems today that coh'e'
over the speakership of the mouse
the special session cannot be aNoiue
# appears that there will be straisll
ont fight between Claude Smlth
princeton and Jacob ID. Mlitenoelee
of Muncie. That is the situation aS
stands today. .,,,
II might - that a dark horse Wou
he brought Alto the race but II
doubtful whether a dark horse at tn
stage of the game could accompiis
anything. 1t is known that the Go
srnor above all things else desires
avoid a contest over the speakersn
but at the same time he would flnd q
fic,Ilty in bringing his influence
hear to elect a compromise candlda
and probably would not do So
Next to his desire TO avoid conte
i the desire of the Governor to maj
!, nIain that he as governor Is taklr
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