The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26
Contention
Floor Leader Cravens
Says Fugitives Seek to
Prevent Politics From
Dominating in State
Legislature,


DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 26.-Demo'
cratic State Senators in the fight to
Ohio are seeking to prevent Re-
publican politics from dominating
legislation. declared Senator Joseph
M. Cravens, Democratic floor leader
and leader OF the fugitives today.
Cravens' statement:
1.-THE Democratic members have
done no more than 1t has been the
intention Of the Republican major.
ity In their effort to hurry through
the business of the Senate that they
might take snap Judgment and In a
moments notice adjourn before the
time limit, not from any thought OF
ecoIiomy, but to crafty the desire
OF the Republican State chairman
and make good his boast OF a forty.
five-day session. leaving every con-
structive and economical measure
that tends to lessen the burden of
taxation hanging on the legislative
hook.
'NTime WASTED
"They seek to do this while they.
in a luxurious Pullman palace car
are speeding on their way to pleas.
ure to attend the inauguration of
Silent Call The minority has not
consumed any of the time Of the
Legislature up to the present, but
hours and days have been wasted by
the majority and the presiding OF.
flcer OF the Senate in the considera.
ton OF measures that were Of no
real benefit to the taxpayers OF the
State.
THE action of the minority in re-
fusing to- so to the Senate to see
the Democratic party trampled upon
by the passage OF a measure which
IL unfair, unjust and unlawful, was
no hasty action, but taken after a
thorough consideration of the wrong.
fulness OF the majority's selfish,
greedy attitude.
Charges were made on the floor
Of the Senate Tuesday that 1 was
floor leader Of the Senate in a pre-
vious session had done the same
thing as provided in Senate bill 800.
The regular period for Congression-
al apportionment Is in 1927 and
there Is no justification for the &C
ton 70 be taken at any other time.
The instance referred to Tuesday oc.
CURED in 1911. year when it was
necessary by law to reapportion the
State for Congressional purposes.
There was no real necessity from a
population standpoint at that time,
but to comply with the law. did
draw a bill making but one change
in the thirteen congressional dis
tricts.
This was to take Decatur County
from the Sixth district and place it
in my own, the Fourth district. This
change equalized the vote in the
Fourth district. Decatur County was
Republican and it endangered the
Democratic majority in the fourth
1 ask for a comparison OF justice
Of that act and the Injustice Of the
Penrod bill which places Lawrence
County with a Republican majority
Of $500 in the Second district
which is considerable more than the
Democrats carried the second IN
1922 and 1924. The Third district Is
already Democratic by 1000. This
Penrod bill would give the Second g
greater number OF votes than the
average district and more than is re
quired by the Federal law.
Comfortably Located
"The minority Is now comfortabl,
located in Dayton and see no I'm
mediate necessity Of returning Il
the legislative halls during thu
present week unless we have un
qualified assurance that the over
whelming Republican majority will
net carry out its program will
reference to this bill.
at will be well for the boastful
majority in the Senate that is now
proposing to play the baby act by
appealing to the Marion County
grand jury to stop and realize thai
no quorum has yet been broken by
the minority"
Members Of the cruising senatorial
party are Senators Bait, Chambers
Cravens, Crosby. Davis. Durham
Easton, Harmon. King, Lochard
Lutz, Payne, Perkins, Saunders
Shirley. Senator Branaman is Ill ir
Indianapolis and Senator Sweeney 1:
i'll at his home in Tell City. Senator
Erni was left In Indianapolis tc
watch proceedings.