The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-03-12
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,

The last days of the legislative session are
becoming more and more r; interesting as the
ward in the House; the discus.
no time is lost, and there seems to be dispo
sition on the part of ever ybody TO make the
best of the brief period of time yet remaining
The specific appropriation bill passed the
House yesterday morning We have already
given the principal items. 1t amounts to only
Sl39,000, nearly 600 less than the one passed
two years ago by the last Legislature. The
have a valuable friend in the honest old chair
man of The committee of ways and means: in
fact, the entire committee are of the same way
of thinking and acting:
The Conner bureau of statistics bill received
a large majority in the House yesterday. The
day before it lacked only one VOTE Yesterday
Representative Davidson yesterday wanted
sired the consideration of his bill. He 'saw''
him. 1t was Tully, of Whitley.
The genial Quaker member Mr. Hubbard, OF
Henry county, was very much elated over the
passage OF his pet measure-providing home
for the feeble-minded children Of the state.
dren from the County poor houses,
they may be improved, at least, and possibly
be made useful. Mr.. Hubbard made very
% s Of the
the United states, and the statistics gathered
show that 20 per. cent. of the feeble minded
10 resd, and AZ per cent to read and write
while all of them were very much improved
phianthropist, of Philadelphia, engaged in
the work, who took a child SO feeble minded
daily backward and forward before its ewes
at the end of that time it noticed
the ball and az the end Of two years more
ought to have a monument raised to his
honor, dead or alive. Mr.. Hubbard farther ex-
planned that the parents of children who were
able to pay their expenses would be required
to do so by the provisions of the bill. or If they
A similar bill to the foregoing was introduced
into the Senate by Senator Shirk, q GENTLE
man OF phiianthropic and benevolent ten
understand that both bills oriainated in the
mind of the honorable representative from
therefore, acrne to the State or to the poor
feeble minded children thereof, Is due to the
w,srd was added by Mr. sleeth, OF Rush, who
took the bill on the wiring as he explained
his vote ts T faeor measure so gathered 81
the negative explained that their counties
were taking good care of this unfortunate
had some weak points in regard to the admis-
sion of the children into the Home proposed.
this city, with Miss Faulkner, the charmine
daughter of the honorable representative from
teray urn tSe debats ON the yes
superintendent bill.
The very important measure-especiaIly SO
W 4udfion cohu' county lQQeDt
edness, introduced by VIII English and
READILY passed the House. received the in
dorsement of the Senate yesterday, and now
only awaits the governor signature to become
law. 1t prevents a.y further indebtedness
OF Marion county, puts county expenditures
on a strictly cash basis, and limits the rate of
county tax to q rate not exceeding 80 cents OF
the Sl00-the present rate is A cents.
The prison bill, as passed the Senate and
which we fully explained few days since,
passed the House yesterday and win become a
law with the governors signature attached.
An amendment was attempted preventing the
tractors who were willing to encourage them
in small way, but 1t was voted down.
The fate OF the interest measure was unte-
cided all day yesterday, and continued to be
the subject of conversation and speculation.
The conference committee agreed upon q spe-
cial rate Of per cent. and contracts allowed
At per cent, but the Senate refused to concur