The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-17
LETTER FRoH INDIANAPOLIS.
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TNp4ANApoLIs, April II.


Editors Journal:
II IS perhaps a difficult matter at |
hest ~ account for the unreasonable |
weather which we have had lately. |
but it might be supposed that April
snow storms are as refractory and
unreasonable in their operations as
the late seeding members of the Leg
islaturc, and possibly the weather IN
in its fckleness has taken them for
model. If such is the case, we do
hope for the sake Of consistency, that
April viii at once put on pleasant
airs and bland smiles Of sunshine,
such as wreathed the faces of the re-
penting Democrats when they were
received again into the Legislative
family. IF, however, Miss April can
not cease her eoquetry with old
Winter, and allow him to linger
| in her lap no logger, We will be COM
PEELED to resort to legal measures or
some other. Cor protection and self
defense In the premises.
But joking aside, the severe snow
storm Of Saturday, coupled with an
, ether dash Of the same kind yester-
, dav. Is in striking analogy with the
. conduct of the obstrepcfous Demo
Gratis before alluded to. just think
of ia regular snow storm, which
: lies on the earth for two or thfet
, DAYS in the middle of April Well
, there's no telling what will, or vii
! not happen, it seems, hence, all We
can 10 is to be philosophical, anc
T take things as they come, and this Il
I also the conclusion to which GU
! Democratic friends seem to have
come.
Both Houses organized on Monday
Z after a vast amount of buster anC
c ganmon in the House the c0nsidera
: ton Of the Fifteenth Amendment wa
promptly postponed until the iii
Of Man. George A. Buskirk wa
l elected Speaker vice Stanton, re
: sigued. and the other officers remain
tEc same. Business is takeRl up OF
the calendar just where the othe
/. session left it off.
{ Yesterday afternoon the Goverpo
r. delivered his message to the JOIN
# convention of both Houses, and hi
/. views are certainly very just and tenn
It ucrate. Tie makes no allusion to tn
: Fifteenth Amendment, but strongl
urges the passage of a law by whlcl
s money can be appropriated for tn
q purpose of carrying on the regula
i machinery of the State, IN the even
= Of the failure of the Legislature t
make the biennial appropriations TO
such purpose on account of seced
ing minority. and so avoid the eX
pense of these special sessions of tn
q General Assembly.
e lie also puts in a strong plea for tn
4 S0liiers' Home, that MODEST Of on
; State charities The battla-scarret
war-worn veterans ought to find n
a lack Of sympathy at the hands of tn
representatives of a people, to saw
n whose liberties they periled life an
al limb. Other State obligations aT
" met to the day, and promptly dis
charged, but debts Of gratitude ar
praverbial for slow payment, an
States and nations form no eXeeptio
> to the rule.
q The orphans Of the slain heroe
l. also lift their feeble hands for bell
aud justice demands that their claim
too, shalt be Needed. Already th
Home is filled TO its utmost eapaeit
o. and more than sixty orphans, man
r, Of them iu the various county poe
houses, are asking for admission, bJ
without additional aid from the Stat
/ they must remain where they are,
n the disgrace of the State which n
fuses TO care for them.
One thing that | had almost forgo
ten is too good ito omit. When til
d, Senators were called up to take til
81 oath Of office, they were requil
od of course TO present their Gel
S. tiicates Of election. When Judg
/ Hauna's turn came, he very grave
Of ly handed his certificate to til
Secretary, who opened it and bt
gan to read, :" hereby resign nly otii,
as Senator" &c, which was greete
T. with shouts OF laughter and cries {
T. Read, read, turn him out" &c
much to the Judges embarrassment
0, as he had, by mistake, handed ovC
n his resignation, which he had prepa
1e ed for an emergency, instead of tt
i proper election certificate. Being I'll
leader of the boiling Democrats, it
certainly one Of the richest jokes
= the season.
A Iraadv this sheet is full