The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-08

a day salary, replacing it wit
Among the reasons the sue
cessful opponents of the
measure advanced was that
to cut their own pay wou<i
not affect Indiana's tax rate.
However, the legislators are
expected to cut numerous
state department budgets.
The bill was passed to the senate
with a clause reducing pay of house
employees, including doorkeepers
clerks and readers from Sc to S. g
day.
Bills Flood Assembly
Bills which included proposals or
medicinal whisky repeal of the
Wright bone dry" law, unemploy-
nent insurance, transfer of county
highways for maintenance purposes
to the state highway department
and an arbitrary tax on property, in
comes and intangibles flooded the
legislature today.
AS the salary bill was brought to
the floor on report of the ways ano
means committee, voices of several
representatives we're raised in cry
to begin pairing of government costs
bycutting wages of legislators.
Following desultory debate on the
floor, E. Curtis White Dem0, In
dianapolis moved to amend the
measure to eliminate the $40 pei
diem salary, and substitute the IS.
a-day expense allowance.
Whites motion was ruled out o.
order by Speaker Walter Myers anc
a roll call of the assembly was or.
dered,
indianapolis Men Lead Fight
Leading the ranks of house mem
bers opposing the measure as passed
were Fred Galloway DEM, Clyde
Karrer Dem) Jacob Weiss DemD
all of indianapolis, and William E
Wilson (Dem) Greenfield.
Galloway argued that reduction Of
salaries of house members "woulc
not greatly affect the tax rate, ano
Karrer protested that to make the
move would be cutting pay of leg
islators to nothing"
White argued, in rebuttal, that
the appropriation measures pro-
vision to cut pay of house en-
ployes and leave salaries of mem
bers untouched, was not consist
emit"
IF the cuts are to be applied tt
one class, they should be applied tC
ALL he declared.
While the legislators saved Their
own pay, mystery still surrounded
proposals to lift the tax load from
real property. Individual views were
expressed by members of both
houses, but no concerted action de-
veloped
Medicinal Liquor Sale Urged
Eleven members of the house in
troduced a bill legalizing the sale
of medicinal liquor, placing a tax
of so cents on each pint.
The millions of dollars expected
to be derived from this tax would
go into the county general funds,
of which the county auditor would
be administrative officer.
To safeguard sale of the medi-
cinal liquor, no druggist who has
not been in business for two years
prior to enactment of the law would
not be permitted to engage i'm sale;
and violations of any of the provi-
Sions would carry maximum fine
of $1,000 and two to fourteen years
Imprisonment.
Those sponsoring the bill are
Chester Watson, FIT. Wayne; Jacob
Weiss, Gerritt Bates, Fred Galloway
of indianapolis; John F. Ryan and
John M. MaSSelink of Terre Haute:
Fred Egan and Walter Stanton OF
Gary; George E. Stolte of Fl
Wayne, and Payne Morgan OF
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Grimm Of Auburn, Republican.
ROwIey and Bush Disagree
First indication of bad temper be-
tween member of the senate and
the presiding officer blosSomed forth
today with the introduction of A
bill calling for repeal of the Wright
law
The bill, identical with that pre-
sented Thursday in the house. was
tossed into the hopper by Senator
Earl Rowley tRep). Laporte.
Before the opening session Thurs
day Rowley and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Edgar d. Bush reached a COM
plete understanding.
Briefly. that understanding was
this: Whatever you are for I'm
against"
Introduction Of the Wright Law
repeal bill gave Bush his first chance
70 show his fangs. Rowley asked