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OF THE

Indiana State Senate

DURING THE

SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION

OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

COMMENCING THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925

INDIANAPOLIS:

WM. B. BURFORD, CONTRACTOR FOR STATE PRINTING AND BINDING

1925

Indiana St. Library

1-16-1930

JOURNAL

OF THE

State Senate of Indiana

THURSDAY MORNING.

January 8, 1925.

The Senators holding over and the Senators elect of the State of Indiana met in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol on January 8, 1925, at 10 o'clock a. m., this being the time fixed by the Constitution of the State of Indiana for the convening of same, viz.: "Commencing on the Thursday after the first Monday of January of every second year after the adoption of the Constitution in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three."

Auditor of State, Lewis S. Bowman, President of the Senate called the Senate to order.

Prayer was offered by Rev. J. A. Long of the North Park Christian Church of Indianapolis.

The following named Senators elected in 1922 for the constitutional term of four years, appeared and answered to their names: Barker, Batt, Brown, Chambers, Cravens, Crosby, Daily, Davis, Durham, Easton, Erni, Harlan, Harmon, Hodges, King, Lambert, Lochard, Lutz, Merry, Penrod, Perkins, Saunders, Southworth, Sweeney.

Auditor of State, Lewis S. Bowman, ordered the roll call of the Senators elected in 1924, and the following senators answered present: Alldredge, Blackburn, Bradford, Branaman, Cann, Dickerman, English, Fitch, Harrison, Hill, Holdeman, Holmes, Inman, Leonard, Lindley, Martin, Moorhead, Nejdl, O'Rourke, Payne, Pell, Quillin, Shank, Sims, Steele.

Each presented his certificate of election.

The oath of office was administered by Judge Julius Travis, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Nomination of President pro tem. was now declared in order and Senator Nejdl and Senator Cravens were placed in nomination. There being no further nominations, President orders roll call, which was as follows: Those voting for Nejdl were: Alldredge, Barker, Blackburn, Bradford, Brown, Cann, Cravens, Daily, Dickerman, English, Fitch, Harlan, Harrison, Hill, Hodges, Holdeman, Holmes, Inman, Lambert,

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Leonard, Lindley, Martin, Merry, Moorhead, O'Rourke, Pell, Penrod,
Quillin, Shank, Sims, Southworth, Steele; total votes 32; those voting
for Cravens were: Batt, Branaman, Chambers, Crosby, Davis, Durham,
Easton, Erni, Harmon, King, Lochard, Lutz, Nejdl, Payne, Perkins,
Saunders, Sweeney; total votes 17.

Senator Nejdl having received a majority, was declared elected
President pro tem. of the Senate.

Nominations being in order for Principal Secretary, Zell C. Swain was placed in nomination by Senator Harlan and seconded by Senator Sims; Chester McCormick was placed in nomination by Senator Cravens. Swain having received a majority was declared elected.

Nominations being in order for Assistant Secretary, Mrs. R. H. Miller was placed in nomination by Senator Daily and seconded by Senator Harrison; Edward Mullin was placed in nomination by Senator Sweeney and seconded by Senator King. Mrs. Miller having received a majority was declared elected.

Nominations for Principal Doorkeeper being in order, Jerome Brown was placed in nomination by Senator Alldredge; Adalgo Wandel, of Bluffton, was placed in nomination by Senator Saunders. Jerome Brown having received a majority was declared elected.

SENATE MOTION.

Senator English presented the following motion:

MR. PRESIDENT:

I move that the Rules of Procedure of the Senate of the Seventythird Session General Assembly be the Rules of Procedure of this session until such time as changes be made therein.

The motion prevailed.

MR. PRESIDENT:

ENGLISH, Senator.

COMMITTEE REPORTS.

Your committee appointed to act with a like committee of the House, to wait upon the Governor, to notify him of the organization of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and to ascertain at what time the Governor will deliver his message, respectfully report that the committee has discharged its duty and that the Governor is now ready in the Chamber of the House of Representatives to deliver his message. PENROD, Senator. ENGLISH.

SENATE MOTION.

FITCH.

MERRY.

Senator Fitch presented the following motion:

MR. PRESIDENT:

I move that the Senate do now repair to the Chamber of the House of Representatives to receive the biennial message of the Governor.

FITCH, Senator.

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The Senate and the House met in joint session at 11 a. m. January 8, 1925, with Secretary of State, Frederick Schortemeier presiding.

The Governor delivered the following message to the General Assembly:

MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR EMMETT F. BRANCH

TO THE

SEVENTY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF INDIANA. Members of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly of Indiana:

The theory is old but nevertheless true today "he that serves his country best serves his party best."

When it comes to making laws politics should be left at home. While the members of the legislature are nominated by political parties yet they come here not as Republicans or Democrats but the representatives of all the people. Neither should they come as doctors or lawyers or farmers but as men delegated by the people to perform their duties in the interest of the State and not as any profession, business or class. This is not intended as a thrust at any organization but a statement of what is absolutely necessary that proper and fruitful results may come out of your deliberations. Believing as I do in the three distinct departments of State, I wish to assure you that there is nothing dictatorial in this message. Whether you act favorably on any of these recommendations is a matter for your own judgment.

OUR WARDS.

No one believes in economy in state matters more than I do, but in the making of appropriations and levying a tax, let us not be misled by false economy. There is a solemn duty on the part of the State of Indiana and that is to take care of its wards. It is impossible to go into details on this subject, but when I call your attention to the fact that there are hundreds of mental defectives in this State for which no provision is made for their care you will realize one of the great problems that confronts you. As time passes and our population increases, the demand for more and better housing facilities correspondingly increases. The jails and poor houses are not fit places for our wards. These different benevolent institutions have submitted to the Budget Clerk and Committee their estimates for the coming two years, and if you feel you have to use the pruning knife in any of the departments of State, consider the needs of our wards with courage and discretion. When the legislature met in 1921 we found a condition confronting us. Just previous, and during the world's war, material and labor were so high that the State as well as the citizens ceased repairing and building. Everyone thought that when the war was over the prices of commodities would go down, but the last year of the preceding administration the purchasing power of the dollar was only forty-four cents and during the last four years it has been sixty-five cents, so it has cost the taxpayers more on account of the decreased purchasing power of

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