The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-01-19
Letter fron1- TndtanaDoIIs.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. l6, |

democrats neld Lnelr separate caucuseS last
evening" and Nominated, respectively, as
every body supposed, Governor Lane and
Ex-Governor Wright for the U. S. Senate.
The election of Senator had been made the
order of the day, for P. NJ. this day. The
different branches voted separately in their
respective chambers. A prodigious jam of
spectators filed the Hobbies, and many of |
the fair sex were present at the right of the |
Speaker. The result of the election was so |
clearly foreshadowed, that there was very
little feeling manifested during the progress
of it. In the House Lane received 81 votes |
and Wright Sc. In the Senate the vote
stood q to 81; giving Lane 80 votes out
of 145- The nomination of the old Demo
cratic war-horse, Joe Wright, was of course
only a compliment to him, but even in that
view it shows that his old associates re-
member him kindly, and perhaps
they mean to be understood as ex-
pressing the hope of doing something
more substantial for him, if they shall ever
again have the power. | wish there were
no worse men in the Democratic camp than
he and / am quite sure that in the al
tered state of politics, he will receive a cor
| dial welcome from men of both parties
when he returns again to Indiana.
| But have got away from the matter in
hand. When the Speaker of the House an
nounced Gov. Lanes election to the Senate,
| the new Senator elect who had been pres
ent during the election, rose instanter, and
handed to the Speaker communication,
/ y--bi oI, ha1r Foh a
| ton of the Office of Governor. A resoiu-
ton was Immediately passed, that the Sen
ate be invited at once into the Hall to attend
to the Inauguration of Lieut.. Gov. Morton
| as Governor. All this was carried into eff
feet in the course of half hour, the oath
of Office being administered by Judge Per
kins. Our new Governor made very brief
and appropriate speech, one sentence of
which was in these emphatic words 1.-THE
people OF the State have been promised re-
form. That promise we must at all hazards
fulfill" t5-t tAlo
Mr.. Cravens has been, as a sort Of matter
of course, elected President of the Senate.
The Standing Committees of the House
have not yet been announced, though per-
haps they will be to-day. do not know
the reason of this delay. Probably it is to
give the numerous applicants for clerkships
|
portunity, to become better acquainted with
the Capital. #
The election of Trustees for the Asylums
is the next most exciting business to be
transacted. A change will probably be made
. in the superintendent of two of them and
, the candidates for the supposed vacancies
are legion, When this business is got along
with, there will be nothing to hinder the
Legislature from going forward rapidly with
, its appropriate work. And it is gratifying
to see that there is a good degree of the
working element in the body.
A committee was appointed by the Mill
tary Convention that met here in June last
to draft military bill, providing for re-
organization of the militia, and to present
, the same to the Legislature. That commit
tee has performed its duty faithfully and eff
ficiently, and an excellent bill will come be-
fore the Legislature in due time. 1t is prop
: er to add that this measure has nothing tc
do with the present disunion troubles. II
was originated before those troubles were
apprehended, and is simply necessary
i piece of legislation; the present military
e law being so confused and indefinite as tc
+ amount to nothing.
A man calling himself Jack S. Jpard be-
gan, at o clock last evening, the pleasant
s task of walking 100 consecutive hours in
l Temperance Hall. I am happy to say that
E it excites no public interest and will proba-
bly, be witnessed by few or none of the
moral and respectable part of the communi-
ty. If man chooses to inf1ict such bar
barty upon himself it appears be has q
right to = so, so far as the law of the land
is concerned. But the exhibition clearly
A belongs to the class of demoralizng shows
Per contra, we have this week had two
splendid lectures from DR.. Youmans on the
'"Chemistry of the Stars" | can only say
they were among the noblest instances Of
9 science popularized. SCRIBE.