The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-02-26

should have prompt attention.
| DR.. Edwins, chairman on committee of
rights and privileges, has some 80 40 bills,
which his committee have considered and
acted upon that are of very great importance
to the people generally ,e :pecially to the farm
| ing community. AS chairman of the sanitary
committee DIR. Edwins has also other
bills ready to be reported upon that
should receive the early consideration of
| the House as early as possible, and, by the
| way, right here we wish to say that DR. Edwins
| is one OF the most industrious and active MEM
bers ofthe House of Representatives, and the
good people of Madison county must know
| that its representative is doing good work
here in their interests. He is seldom never
absent from the House proceedings, and what
escapes those keen, little, restless eyes do not
need any special looking after. If anything
| irregular makes it appearance, or any big
game comes along he takes down his gun
without moments delay. He has
one pet scheme of importance In which
he takes a fatherly interest. 1t is a
new homestead bill which, lift becomes a law /,
| it will be mainly due to his individual efforts,
aided by good friends who have stsid
| with him.
Representatives Osborne, Meyers and Ed
wins have had the work referred to in the
| foregoing paragraph ready for some time, and
have made every effort to report. The very
] reprehensible habit of SO many members con-
| tinufng to go to their homes and being absent
on Saturdays, Sundays, and sometimes on
/ Mondays, or large portions of the latter, has
/ greatly embarrassed the speaker. and seriously
! iuconvenienced and cripple the action of
! the House. The time of our representatives
is becoming too short and valuable. We hope
that Democrats will stand valiantly by their
| guns during the balance of the session. The
| Democrats of tie Senate. aided by many of
the best Republicans in that chamber, unmls-
| takabIy mean "business.f This state of feel
ing also exist in the Lower House perhaps
more generally than in the Senate, but we
warn Democrats now that if the large quanti-
! ty of important legislation, which the people
| are clamoring for, tails, they will be charged
| with that failure whether it is their fault or
not, unless the responsibility can be put just
where it belongs.
| There is some complaint against the pages of
| the House. Some of them are getting trihing,
| and evidently feel that their duties too
| burdensome. We noticed one on Saturday in
the coat room indulgi 1g in a smoke by way of
| Willing away the dizziness of the time. This
is intended for friendly warning, as some
day Speaker Cauthorne might think it neces-
| sary to make change. Two dollars day,
| boys, is good wages for the page business.
The State House matter will come before the
Investigation will be presented by the COM
mittee. 1t is understood that there has been
nothing detrimental found against the char
acters of the State House commissioners.
| Representative DALI On thinks that the COM
| mIttee on fees and salaries have reported SUBJ
| stGntially his bill on the vexed SUBJ
| ject of tees. AS he is in
dustrious, quiet member of the
House, it is no more than right that he should
have full credit for his efforts As he seldom
claims the floor, his work, and tn at of repre-
| sentatives like him, is sometimes overlooked.
Representatives Briggs and Edwins took
| quite active interest in the passage of the
the Metropolitan police bill. Our citizens will
not forget them when the good effects of the
measure silence all opposition and adverse
criticism. The doctor was quite active also in
the reorganization of the boards and manage
ment of the benevolent institutions.
| Representative Works is one of the most
valuable members of the Lower House. He is
member of the judiciary committee,
and Invariably interests himself in
every important measure which requires
the attention of an earnest, painstaking rep
resentative. If he was minister of the Cos
pei, he would be found reading the law and the
testimony out of the Book to the brethren, but
as he is legislator and a lawyer he usually
arises from his seat with the statutes of Indi-
ana in his hand, pointing to the section and
telling his fellow members that "thus saith
the law Therefore, in the consideration of
the apportionment bill the other day he was
not in favor of the cutting down of the salaries
of good and efficient officers for any other
son than that they should be concerned to the
law on the subject. Whether little or big he
was in favor of giving them all that the law
allowed. Where it could be done he was dis
posed to be liberal and generous
as the worthy representative from
Switzerland does not carry any small
picayunish soul about his organization. Mr..
Works has the bearing and appearance of the
student and scholar, and no doubt has a COM
menabse hankering after the midnight oil.
HIS constituents discovered his good points
| in time to persuade two other candidates-one
withdraw only the Friday before the election.
! He is a National in his political views, and
vote in important matters wherever they will
do the most good. His record Is creditable, and
| his constituents will no doubt approve of the
| manner in which he is handling their inter :
ests.
| the session was but just beginning. instead of
! approaching rapidly its end. Bill No. $50
| was the last one introduced on Saturday.
bill No. ISL, providing for police judges in all
towns of over l6 600 Inhabitants. 1t will hardly
The opinion is prevalent that one or perhaps
| two OF the superior courts OF Marion coun "
i cOElu De aooflSueu 10 a great auNau'ase anu
saving of money. Four courts of this kind
ate too many-as two, or certainly three can
1 do all the necessary work.
FRIDAY, FEB. 81
The interest yesterday in the House CEN
| tered in the unknown fate of the "metropoli-
tan police biilr-the consideration of which
| was q ranged for at o'clock At that hour
| the select committee appointed by the House
| few days since presented two reports. The
1 majority report came from the four Demo-
/ Gratis Messrs. English, Willard, Edwins and
/ VanValzah, and was in favor of the bill, and
| the minority report made by the three Repub
leans, Messrs. Herod, Robinson and Hop
kins, proposed two important ameDdnents-
| one extending the provisions of the
| bull over cities of 10000 inhabit-
ants and upwards. and the other requiring
| commissioners, take one from each party.
| Will ENGLISH explained very Thoroughly the