Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-24
HOUSE
then adjourne

The House met at 2 o'clock, p. N Mr.. Speaker
in the chair.
A quorum being ascertained to he present, the
Journal of Saturday was read and approved.
SENATE BILL no. ~.
This is the winslow. & Lanier interest bill ,aad
Mr.. Speaker announced it as the special order
Mr. Buskirk had his substitute for the bill
pending at the adjournment, read.
Mr. Speaker. Shall the House agree TO the
substitute of the gentleman from Monroe Mr..
Buskirk) 7
The yeas and nays were called with the fol
lowing result:
Ayes-Messrs. Albeit. Beckel. Bird, Brown,
Burwell, Buskirk, Collins. COlover, Croan,
GlszebroOk, Gregg, Hargrove. Humphreys,
Hunt. Lasselle. Lemon. Lopp, Major, Miller,
of Clinton, Miller. of Tippecanoe MiIroy,
O'Brien, Osborn, Patterson, Perigo. Puett.
Richardson, Roach Shoalf, of Allen, Shoaff, of
Jay, Spencer. Singer. S%tringer, Stuckey, Veach
and White-33
Nays-Messrs. Banta. Boyd Branham, Burnes,
Church, Cox, Crook, Foulke, Goodman.
Gregory of Montgomery. Gregory, of Warren,
Griffith, Groves. Henricks, Hershey, Higgins,
Hogate, Hoover, johnson, Kilgore. Meredith
Miller. Of Clinton. Montgomery, Newcomb.
bin, Shuey, Sim, Steward, T%rusier, Epson,
v elch, W oodruff, Woods, W right, Zigler and Mr..
Speaker-45.
So the substitute was not agreed to.
Mr. Brown then offered the following amend
ment to the bill
Aud whereas such bond holders assigned TO
Winslow, Lanier 4 Co. their claims for install .
ments Of interest, who assigned the same to
Matthew l. Brett, who is now the legal holder
thereof amend thQCrst section by striking out
the names of WinslOw. Lanier / Co AID insert
the name of Matthew L.. Brett.
Mr.. Brown supported his proposition. Mr..
Matthew L Brett deposited this money to pay
the interest. W%inslow, Lanier & Co. assignee to
Matthew l.. Brett, and not to the treasurer of
Indiana. Brett holds these assignments as an
individual. and in his judgment by enactment
only could We take up the orders of deposit grant
ed TO Brett.
Mr.. Brown understood that the gentleman
from Floyd desired TO make some remarks on
this amendment, and he would give way for him.
Mr.. Durham began by deprecatiDg party is
sues in connection with this bill. Partisan as
~perities, in this criss OF our country should be
somewhat rAsped down. he came no here to re
present what be conscientiously believed to be
the will OF his constituents, and every other gen
tlsman should come Up actuated by the same
motives
The question was in this instance land we only
condense Mir. punham's remarks whether the
executive of the state should take upon himself
the responsibility of conducting the government
without regarding the peoples representatives
la other words. take upon himself the respon-
sibiliiy of running the machine himself All
persons and parties wanted the credit OF the state
sustained, but those who maintained the consti
tuition and the laws did not believe that the
course pursued by Governor Morton vas such a.
to vindicate that constitution, enforce those laws,
and maintain beio e the world the public credit.
Why ? Gov. Mon did not propose to pay this
Unrest 10 the c~rcu.iors OF the state, but 10 bank
eus and brokers-.o Messrs. lnslow, Lanier &
Co, aud We, the representatives, OF the free
people of this proud common weaith-this great
state that IN men aHt money never yet, upon the
cil OF patriotism bad been delinquent-we were
required by this bill to give votes sanctioning
the usurpltiOn Of the executive We did not
intend TO DO il.
We would appropriate the peoples money only In
accordance with Law. BY this issue We would
stand or fall. Upon this issue we would appeal
To the sovereign people. For the last year We
had been told that u pas this interest DO sppro-
%prit;ion Vas necessary. This assertion was
made, and arguments based thereupon were
used, throughout the last campaign Notwith.
staining what stump political cauyassers had
said, the Supreme COuTt-tle highest tribunal
had decided the question. Gov. Morton had no
more right to set hi judgment up against the
Judgment OF that court than the humbiest citi-
zen in the land Gov. Morton could not escape
The obligation to obey the decisions of the jadi-
cial tribunals Of the country. whether wrong or
wheiheriright, until reversed.
Lanier. being a lawyer. lAnd.he was an old citi-
zen of the state who. in private life. was re
~spec.ei knew that not one dollar could be paid
out Of the treasury unless appropriated by Law
be knew that the executive could do nothing in
The ma tier; that the executive had no power
whate .er 10 take any action in the regard !
Bat now that the elections were over be found
be wanted ''rsince"-yes. that sas the term,
''usance." Before the election IL was stated that
these eminent bankers bad come forw ard. volun-
tATiy, Ike immortal patriots. in behalf OF the
state II Der great emergency. Botnor We found