Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-04-29
FRIDAY MoRNrNe, APRIL ga, 1859.
Legislative Summary.

i Legislative Summary.
SENATE-Yesterday in tie forenoon, petitions were
presented by Messrs MlIiken, KnowltOn, and sIeeth
resolution adopted meet hereafter 81 O'Clock
in the morning. number cf bills, introduced on Wed
nesday by the committee revision ordered to be
engrossed without material amendment.
In the afternoon, bill Of the House explanatory Of the
act passed before the adjournment, in relation the
election Of and city officers read three times
and passed A lsrge number Of bills introduced on
Wednesday, by the committee revision order
ed to a third readng-generaly without amendment.
HoUsE.-In the forenoon the Speaker laid before the
House supplemental report Of the Trustees of the In
diana University. Numerous petitions presented in
favor Of the Maine law and also petition from the Ger
citizens of Hamilton county against the passage Of
any law prescribing the kind and quality ofdet and drink
they to use Mr.. Slower from the joint committee
Revision reported bill regulating general elections and
bill provide for contestng the election ofState and eth
officers Mr.. Owen from the committee reported
bill concerning the partition of lands bill for pro-
lection Of lands held by morgaged to the State, and
concerning charges thereon and bill surrender the
public works of the State. Mr.. Gibson, from the same
committee, reported back House bill for the relocation
of county seats; laid the table. Also, House bill
regulate the traffic in intoxicating liquors postponed
until Tuesday. The bill explanatory Of an act
passed March 10. 1882 relative city officers passed.
Mr. King introduced ablrespectng the compensation of
death by wrongful number of bills were read
second time.
In the afternoon Messrs Owen and Gibson submite ed
several bills from the revisory committee which
were read and disposed Of.
U-We publish in another, column, a communication
from Hon. Geo. W. Carr the subject Of the expenses
the late Constitutional Convention and in reply Mil
ton Gregg, of the Nsw albany Tribune Milton has been
quite conspicuous in his Efforts of late manufacture
little political capital out of this subject in order to crs-
ate prejudice against distinguished democrats, and
divert public attention from the thousands and millions
of dollars sunk and squandered in this State BY Wing
officers under Wing rule. The convention has always
been eye to portion Of the Wing party They,
n the first place, opposed calling it, On the third day
after convened distinguished Whig (Gen Kilgore)
moved the adoption of the old constitution without
amendment and an adjournment sine die When the
new constitution completed bv the convention the
Wings in the Senate, led on by Geo. G. Dunn opposed
the passage of law submitting it to the people, and
finally, at the polls, it Wings chiefly, who voted
against s adoption, and who ridcule its provisions
and talk contemptuously Of the number of foreign
ers, Germans, &C. who since its adoption allowed
vote.
Such members of that convention as Milton Gregg
may have consumed time, uselessly, in the consid-
Grafton Of irrelevant and unmportant matters. Don
Quxotte and Sancho Panza not more renowned for
their assault the windmill than Gregg for his fur
charges the poor stenographers keepers and
reporters. It was
'charge. Greggy charge.
On, Milton, on,'
to the great annoyance Of the members and terror Of the
poor subordinates The laurels won by him in these
'perilous encounters" only equaed in glory oy
those awarded Sir Raphe and the knight related in
Hudbras, particularly nI the of the battle of
the "bear batng:"
"He won his laurels fairly may he them long"
No member did to stir up political strife in the
convention, thus producing delay and adding the
penses than Milton Gregg, and but few less towards
the transaction of the important business for which it
convened.
His efforts to create prejudice against such sterling
men as Owen, Carr, Read and English and make po-
ca capital Of these few pitilu items Of expense,
picked out OF an aggregate expenditure of $50, ,6S3
made in the execution of great work, of incalculabe
benefit to the present and future generations will be
dersood and appreciated by all liberal and fair minded