The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-03-05

of the candidates sex. On this occasion no
objection was raised, and for the first time in
the history of this court woman's name is
on the rolls of its practitioners.
Tennessee's Debt = How Bonds Have
Been Issued Against the Law.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 3.-The legisla-
tive committee to Investigate the validity OF
Tennessee's bonded debt, have
made their report The report
says the routstanding bonds which have
been registered and renewed number 2O,2l9.
The outstanding bonds not registered and re-
newed are 7S. There are outstanding
of all bonds issued before the war, and consti-
tuting the debt proper, 2,I05 900. The remain
der of 2i,OOS outstandlng-to-wit, 1s.sOs-are
bonds issued before and since the war, in aid
of railroads. OF the outstanding bonds there
are over 100000 post bellum. The committee
says: That on the issuance of II ,22l bonds, In
nearly every instance the condition of the law
was not observed; also, that the greater part
of the present debt is the result of corrupt leg
islation, superinduced by corporate bodies
seeking State aid. The committee ventures
no legal opinion as to the litigation between
certain of the bondholders and railroads
to enforce the lien of the former
but declares that the sale of the roads was
secured, in order that the property might be
obtained at heavy sacrifice. To the inquiry
if any bonds were issued in violation of the
law, the committee reply that at least seven
of the conditions OF the Ia were not COM
piled with. The funding act of 1873 pro-
vides that only legally issued bonds be
funded, The committee claims that OF the
Ii 10000 ISSUED before and since the war
or sold in violation of the law, hence their
adjustment should not rest on any assump-
| ton oflegally authorized contract The act to
ftrnd fha int fTU dnrf rfr,n
the war was passed when passion,
and decentralization were prevalent.
| The larger number of the bonds outstanding
issued under the funding act of 1873 embrace
either directly or through the result of iegisla-
tive transmutation, the interest or principal
| of the bonds issued TO railroads under the act
| of 1852. The committee further charge that
| the condition of the law was not observed
| in the issue of the bonds to
| turnpikes- In 1866, when the people were al
| lowed no voice in the State and Government
s,siI0Oo, were Illegally added to the State debt
The.year following 5000, ,O00more were corruptly
| added to the debt. One man of influence with
i the governor, got sos bonds without
/ a warrant of law. A tabular statement is SUBJ
| mi:ted with the report TO show the dispropor-
i ton between the number OF bonds received by
! many railroads and the number they were en-
/ titled to, as well as the small amount of pri-
| vate stock subscribed, as an official demon
stration of fraud. That the act of 1863,
/ when the roads were allowed to retire their
indebtedness operates as an esioppel against
/ the people to the outstanding debt is de-
MED. Legislative investigation OF that year
discloses frauds In the issuance of bonds to
/ railroads. Efforts to reject the fraudulent
| issue then were paralyzed by threats of re-
| construction. The report does not concur in
the assertion that the ante and past war bonds
| were sold and purchased without distinction,
| The report is signed by i've of the committee
The other two, Senator Clapp and Represen-
tatlve Smith, of Memphis, will submit a
minority report dissenting from some of the
legal points advanced by the majority.
Aid for the Reno SnHerers-The Chinese
.ot Question.
| SAN FRASsIsCo, March 3.-The Constitution.
| al convention adjourned to-day sine die. A
movement is on foot among the merchants OF
this city to relieve the suffering people caused
by the Reno fire. Supplies have already been
forwarded from Carson and Virginia. and a
dispatch received from Reno this evening says
no further aid is needed. The Citizens Relie
society has been organized, and are distrib
| uting supplies, and those who have beer
/, burned out are already housed. Business mer
| are putting'up temporary structures. Another
|, | body has been found in the ruins, maSins
| the sixth.
, | kilograms continue coming in from al
quarters announcing mass meetings and reso
lutions regarding the veto of the anti-Chines,
. bill. The evening papers of this city speak o
, the veto AS a very weak document, and coun
sci continuance of the agitation and pruden
and peaceful measures.
The workingmen of Copper City. Shast.
, county, have expelled all Cinnamon from tn
, place.
A Ball TO Regulate she Charges Q
II tHu Raflroads.
WHEELING, w. Va, March Ex-senator But
Ter to-day introduced in the Senate of Yves
Virginia a joint resolution instructing tn
board of public works to regulate the rates @
charges for transportation Of freight and pas
sengers over the Baltimore and Ohio railroa
| within this State. The senator claims tina
| under the act of the General Assembly of VII
ginia Of 1887, whenever the net profits of tn
Baltimore and Ohio railroad equals the amour
OF capital stock OF such corporation the boar
| O public works shall thereafter regulate tn
cna argos Of such road, so that the profits sha
not net over per cent. of the capital stoci
Should this resolution be adopted by bot
g branches of the Legislature 1t will decrease tn
: rates of freight to one cent per ton per mile.
| -
the Case Of Archbishop Purcell.
CINcINNArI, March BAH indications mo-
2 point in the direction of assignment b
!. .. Archbishop Purcell for the benefit of his cree
y itors. Ten suits were filed to-day against hil
and his brother, Father Edward Purcell, fs
l. amounts aggregating some sss, 900. These WI
y probably be followed by numerous others t.
( morrow. and 1t il thought this action ON II
part OF his creditors Will compel an assigl
r ment tomorrow. Estimates OF his assets an
l. liabilities still wary, or the real figures a
Al withheld by the church authorities.