Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-03-19
AFTERNOON SESSION.

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AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate bill to amend the 18th sect.
of the act establishing Courts of Common
Pleas, so as to allow appeals to be taken
direct from it ito the Supreme Court, was
passed; ayes 81, noes6.
House bill to prevent the spread of the
Hog Cholera was passed; ayes so, noes II.
The bill to take certain Agricultural Sta
tistics every four years, was read third
time.
sch.rmerhorn advocated the passage of
the bill, as being cheaper than the mode
now adopted to take them, and would an
swer as well.
Wagner opposed the bill, because it did
not answer the purpose intended to be ac-
complished by such statistics. No Agri-
cultural operations could be based upon
information that such bill would give; it
makes no provision for publication in time
to act upon it in the sales of the year il is
made, and does not furnish such statistics
often enough to show the increase or de-
crease. There is another bill pending
which proposes to take these properly, and
which has been prepared by the wishes of
the State Board of Agriculture 1t does
not Great. any additional expense to the
State, and requires the Secretary of that
Board to prepare them with no additional
expense to the State.
Lane advocated the bill, for it accom-
plishei one of the great objects we have in
view.
The bill was passed.
Every measure recommended by the
State Board Of Agriculture has been slaugh-
tered. The above bill is worse than moth
ing at all, because it will be useless as to
any information it may give. yet subjects
the State to the expense of collecting it,
Ii makes no provision to require the sta
tistics to be taken properly, and the present
annual collection of them, although de-
'ective for want of proper details in the law.
and : proper head to direct and collate !
hem, yet as these errors operated alike
Zach year, they afforded sufficiently truth /
ul exhibit of the annual increase or de-
crease, which is one of the most important
objects in collecting such statistics. The
above bill could not do this-hence its
But as it will not pass
he Senate, our agriculturists are saved
rom this strange course of their own
riends.
The bill to amend sec.. of the act for
he better government OF the Insane Hos
ital. was passed.
The bill to regulate the practiccof Med
cine and Surgery, was read third time
NJ laid on the table.
MONDAY Morning. March 0.
The Senate met.
The journal of Saturday being lengthy.
considerable time was spent in reading |
hat portion of it was read.
The Democratic members of the Senate ,
resented a protest against the action of
ne Senate in the contested case of Bobbs,
cooper and Rice. j,
The name of Leroy Woods was appen- Il
ed as Senator, and the Republicans OBJ
'cted to his. name going upon the journal
J Senator-declaring he was not Sena- :
.or, and had no right to protest as SEN (;
ior. q
A Message from the Governor was re-
lived. vetoing the Senate bill for the APP |,
basement and taxation Of real proper /;
:, DC.
The question was, shall the bill pass. t
e objections of the Governor to the con-
airy Notwithstanding Thc Governors
ITO was sustained Yeas l6, nays "a. r
Green and Bearss appealed from the de- t
ssion of the chair. declaring that a motion {
strike the name ofLcRoy Woods from
e list of Senators on the protest was not :,
order.
Before this matter was settled, the Sem L
took up the c
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.
Ex-Gov. Joseph A. Wright, having. by =,
solution, been invited to address the SEN
this morning, he appeared within the p
r of the Senate Chamber, and remarked, p
substance, as follows. p
GOV. WRIGHT'S. SPEECH. II,
certainly owe You my gratitude for the lie
adness and Courtesy extended towards al
inviting me into this chamber to speak N
on matters of interest and importance er
myself and the people. OF
Sod knows that things have transpired in
the last two months, sufficient to excite
7 one. But shall keep cool, no mat st,
what may be said. a,
His cheek had blushed when he had "a;
Iked into this Chamber and heard re- tai
rks 20 which he had no chance to reply. nm
ere w4s something due this State, and 1 fe,
nething due this body that should be .
ked into. There had been fastened upon be
lana an Institution to exist for tweaty tel
rs, which would mould our Institutions, vi.
lnciallv. for along time to come. ItUas h.