Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1917 — LEGISLATURE TO BE GALLED [ARTICLE]

LEGISLATURE TO BE GALLED

Special Session Is Expected Early ‘ Next Week. It can be stated definitely that a special session of the Indiana legislature will be made necessary by the passage of the army bill by the congress, and that a call for the special session will be issued soon after the bill has been passed by the congress and signed by the President. Governor Goodrich has sought to avoid a special session, but the army bilf, it seems certain, will contain a provision for the taking of a census of all men of military age in > each state of the Union, and the states will be required to take the census. This will ential heavy expense on each state. Indiana has no money on hand with which to pay for the taking of this census, and even if it had the money it would be necessary for the legislature to make an appropriation in order to legalize the expenditure for that purpose.