Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-01-23
From shc Indiana Joarnai,
INDIANA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
REPORTED by b. D. JONES.

Itwas ordered TO employ ono assistant
sergeant-at arms and five assistant doorkce-
pcrs.
Yaryan, Of Uuion, introduced bill No. 2
for amending the act Of 1852, prescribing
tho duties Of Justices Of the Peace.
A message from the House announced
the passage Of a bill regulating the salary
Of tho Governor
Drew, Of vanderburgh, introduced bill
No. 3 for repeating certain acts governing
the liquor traffic, and for regulating the
traffic In intoxicating liquors.
1t was moved to take up tho messages
Of the House for consideration.
The bill for regulating the salary Of the
Governor and for repeating all othor acts
relating thereto. was read the first time.
Slater, Of Dearborn, moved that the
rules be suspended, and the bill read Sec
ond time.
A call for tho ayes and hayes resulted,
81 ayes, IL hayes.
The bill was read second time.
Suit, of Clinton, offered an amendment
to the House bill, that the Supreme and
Circuit Judges Of the State DO paid $4,000
per annum, in quarterly payments, out Of
the general fund Of the State.
Weir Of Laporte, moved to amend. by
providing for a salary Of $1,000 each for
District aud Circuit Prosecutors.
And aye and naye vote on laying the
amendments Of Suit and Weir on tho table
resultcd-20 ayes, 40 nays.
Murray moved TO refer tho bill, with all
amendments, TO committee Of five.
Objections were raised by Goodlng and
Slater Of Dearborn. Gooding was for
passing tho bill Immediately, without am
ondments, and without being referred to
committee.
Murray remarked that we must have
new apportionmcnt bill, and he could not
aid In tho passage Of bill raising tho sal.
airy Of the Governor until We had arc-dls-
tricticting Of tho State In which the white
males Of the different counties should be
taken into consideration for representative,
and not the number Of Democratic voters
therein.
A message from tho House announced
the passage Of resolution, asking the CO.
operation OF the Senate for revising the
rules Of order OF the last session for the
government OF the present session.
Cravens remarked, in reply to short
speech Of Slater, Of Dearborn, that the APP
portionmcnt bill and the ono for raising
the salary Of the Governor, were right per
sc, and he insisted on the passage Of both
as highly necessary and proper.
Wallace was in favor Of passing the bill
contrasting the salary of the Governor
with those Of the Superintendcnts of the
Asylums and the Wardeps of the Peni-
Tertiary. He said the Senator from How
ard had charged that the present low sala-
ries of the public officers was the result Of
Democratic legislation, but he would say
that the Democracy had done justly now,
in introducing and passing the bill under
consideration through the House.
He compared the present action OF the
Republican members of the Senate with
the course Of the Republicans in Congress
on the passage Of the army appropriation
bill. He did not care enough for the SAL
airy Bill to couple another one with 1t on
its passage, and thus do dishonorable
act.
March said he was in favor Of referring
the bill to committee. Senators had no
right to impugn the motives Of Others.
Suit could not, nor would not, distrust
the honor Of Senators on this floor. The
compliment paid him by the Senator from
Montgomery, fell dead at his feet, after
that Senator had impugncd the motives Of
the gentleman from Howard, in reference
to his position in regard to the bill. He
was certain that tho salary bill, coupled
with the original apportionment bill and its
amendments, would pass the House and be
law to-day. II Senators had not made
objections, tho committee would have re-
ported the bill, in somo shape or other be-
fore this hour.
A call for the previous question was sus-
tanned.
The ayes and nays, on referring thcbill
and amendment to Select Committee oil
Five, resulted-aycs 81, nays %.
Hefren offered resolution instructine
the select committee to be appointed, to
, report the bill back to the Senate at 2 o.
. clock to day.
Hostetter, of Lawrence, offered resolu-
ton Of instruction to the committee in re.
gard to the salaries Of judges.
| Bobbs, Of Marion, moved to instruct the
committee to report the salary of Cover.
nor at $4,000, and made speech Of some
minutes. sustaining his resolution ofinstruc'
ton.
Weir moved that the instructions Of tho
committee be laid upon the table. Adop'
, ted.
. Committee, by appointment of the chair
I consisted of Murray. Suit johnson, Hef
rem, and Rugg.
, Murray introduced bill No. 3, authors
: zing the appointment Of some person te
hold Courts in case Of absence or sickness.
{ Of Common Pleas Judges.
! Mclean moved to adjourn-aycs 30
8 nays -.
Cravens moved to take up bill No. ]
and made an argumentative speech in ia
= vor of its passage-explaining that the
. Irenreseutation was based mainly upon the