Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1920 — A SPECIAL SESSION PROMISED [ARTICLE]

A SPECIAL SESSION PROMISED

Later by Governor Goodrich to Iron Out Some Wrinkles. Representative W. L. Wood returned Saturday from attending Gov. Goodrich’s special session of the legislature, which ratified woman’s suffrage. Mr. Wood was one of the members of the legislature Who refused to sign up for the special session, as required by the governor, although a majority did so, and he states that the latter promised him and several others who did not sign away their prerogatives that he would call a special session/ about Meh. 1 to take up matters that these members had insisted should be taken care of at the session last Friday, including the ironing out of several tangles in laws enacted at the regular session, such as the tax law, county unit road law, etc. Relying on this promise the members who had kicked on a oneday session, for the suffrage question solely, did not raise any rumpus and permitted the well-oiled program of the governor to be carried out, although Lieut.-Gov. Bush, who is a candidate for ‘ the governor’s seat, paid his respects to the latter in the senate chamber during the course of his speech in convening that body of which he is by virtue of his office the 'presiding officer.