The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-01-06
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ne senate CHucuA vote fnIopTNi
Rats, 22I Don STROBE, Kokomo. 1ot
James NeJdI, whiting, :, winfield Nil
Ter. Indianapolis, I.
Other caucus choices vvcret
senate-secretary, Zeu Swain, Mid
dIetOwns assistant secretary. Miss
katherine smith, IDdlnnapoIist chief
doOr-keeper, Jerome Brown, Anderson;
Postmaster, George Graham, LOEans-
ports caucus chairman, Miles Burma.
Lyuns caucus secretary, Andrew II.
8eardsIey, EIkhart.
House - Principal clerk. Frank
Wright, LynnI assistant clerk. Arthur
l.. Stage, KBlshtstovni door-keeper.
Everet Newlin, Hendricks county.
By HORACE N. COATS
written for international News So
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Jan. 6,-Fac-
Ing the greatest task, probably which
has confronted any legislature in In
diana in the last nifty years, tho Sew
enty-second session of the Indiana
general assembly opened today.
The first business to come before
the lawmakers was the farewell mes
sage delivered BY Governor James J..
Goodrich. who will step out Of tho
statehouse January tenth
Reconstruction problems CROWNS
out Of the world war, rescuinr Of the
various state educational and benevof-
cnt institutions from tho desperate O
naneial conditions into which they
have fallen. revampins Of the educs
tIonal laws, changes in the tax law.
repeal OF the primary election law. sp-
propriatiou bills which viii reach ev-
cry department Of che state govern
ment, and relief for the state depart
neut OF conservation. which it is de-
clared, has reached q point where u
must branch out to be Of further us
to the state, ali will come before the
state legislators during the sixty-one
days of the present session. In add
tion. there will be scores. probably
hundreds, OF minor bills affecting this
and that community, to be passed up
on.
While the legislature convened
formally this morning. no business
VIII be transacted, other than the
reading OF the governors message
until the middle OF next week. THIS Is
because OF the change in the state ad
ministration which taxes place with
the inauguration nexe Monday Of Gov
ernor- elect Warren r. McCray and
Lieut.. Gov. Emmet F. Branch.
The present administration and the
present organization in the legislature
will not attempt to have bills intro
duced or transact any business further
than to name the speaker of the house
and the president pro tenn. in the sen
ate, until the new administration has
been installed. committees named and
dnal organization OF the two branches
perfected.
As usual, appropriation bills wul
receive the major portion of the at
tention OF the legislators during the
session. The almost precarfous sttua-
ton into which many of the states
higher educational institutions have
fallen, and the serious financial state
OF many OF the states penal ana
benevolent institutions demand thar
appropriations he made soon enough
and large enough to take care Of the
institutions.
The legislative visiting committees.
consisting Of Senator Estes Duncan of
Cioverdale, Representatives Otto Fi-
field Of Crown Point and David n Cur
ry Of Carlisle. has been ct work sew
eral weeks going over the needs os
the state institutions and cutting down
the appropriations to the lowest pos
sible amount on which they can exist
for the next two years.
Next in Importance to the appropria-
tion measures, perhaps. is the repeal
of the primary law. This IS one ~
the platform pledges ,of the incoming
governor and was one OF the main
issues in the recent primary and gem
eral elections. IT is the aim Of the
legislature, as one of the members put
1t. "to make II possible for poor maa
to run for high office in Indiana
Important changes in the tax law
are forthcoming. also. Along with Mr.
McCray's avowed intention OF giving
the people q new deal in tax Affairs
the incoming governor has deolarel
himself ss favoring many changes in
the tax laws. II is recommended ta
the farewell message or Governor
Goodrich that a Limitation be placed
on the tax levies and the bond issues
under "home rule" by local
taxing units. other important changes
also are scheduled in the tax laws.
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