The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-01-04
LEGISLATURE
IS WITHOUT
BIG ISSUES
Multitude Of Small Things to
Be Considered But No
Big Ones

tsrAFF coRsEspoNeENT L. u. SERVICE
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 4.--Oh@
Of the outstanding features OF the Gen
eral Assembly which couvenes Thurs-
day is that there IS not q single bis
issue to be presented that VIII COM
mand great public interest througr.o,-
the state
This does not mean that there arr
not number Of vital measures to
come before the egislature-for there
are many things OF Importance to es
considered.
HAD VITAL QUESTIONs.
Throughout the early years of thc
present century and up to the lsl.
session there were a number Of yfee
questions before the public OF Indiana.
There was prohibition, woman SUI
frage, tax reform. state control ovht
public utilities and several other less
important issues. Each OF the prom
lens that have been preeented to the
legislators in previous years have been
disposed of in entirety or in par.
They are no longer vital questions.
THIRD HOUSE ABSENT.
A+4EAoiC A4AEEG III DC IElL Lhe
sence OF the great third house To-
advocates OF woman suffrage whlct
have heretofore had headquarters ir
the stgtehouse during tho session, will
be absent. The delegations OF church
and dry organizations will not nooa
the corridors of the capitol insjstIaz
Oh the abolition Of the demon run.
The seventy-second General Assent.
~ seems doomed to come and GO with
out any dramatic climaxes. There wHI
be q multitude OF small things TO b.
considered, Few of them VIII rise
above the average in respect to pup~
lie interest. and on the whole Wits
The exception of few fights that may
be staged on several measures. the
session viii be rather mOnotonous. 1t
now seems.
6. o. r. IN FULL POWER.
Another thing that will end to taSs
away the keeness Of contest that hss
marked some other sessions Is the fact
that the minority party is almost neg
hgible. The Republicans will have
everything their own way
But in this fact, and especially al
his time, rests a great responsibt11y.
Perhaps there never has been d time
in the history OF Indian na-most Ger
tainly not in recent years-that a lcg-
islature has faced such a formidabis
economic situation. From ono sids
coming demands for more revcnu 3,
Many demands that arc entirely J-sti-
Ged by the facts. On the other haad
the asemblymen are presented WITH
the stern picture Of the taxpayer, wa
is already displessod with the hisn
taxes being paid, and who is insistipr
that strict economy be practieed py
the assembly.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS.
IT, therefore. seems that there N4l.
be two outstanding problems which
VIII hold tho interest Of the asssmbly-
men throughout the. greater part %.
the session. The one will be the mat
ter Of state appropriations and the
special local legislation being de-
manded by local officials who desire
larger salaries. The other will BE-
plans whereby excessive spending g.
money by the local communities can t.
held down
The 1919 session appropriated q total
Of S1t.ooo, 600 annually. If the dc
mands Of the educational institutions
and other state institutions and de-
partments arc needed by the assembly
it will have 70 appropriate z3o,ooo,oao
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