The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-27

rFIANUI
Church suggested that they bc pul down
H. fieseLi huin voling- Senator Stein
i"nfre0 lhe resolution stating who were
present hui not voting. The mistake
lhe senator's made was iii coming Oh fhe
Moor u the senate before The governor
had notified The senate OF their resigna-
'ilon- !, ~ The time, construed the con-
-titntion Of the state as recurring "a
stisalors 70 constitute quorum. and u
cortended a. will be seen Nv NV remarks
~ the resolution offered by senator
beiiamy declaring that filirlv-gwo seua-
rfS there present constituted a nnorrtn.
i'Age -55 BREWER reports. thai session.
cur reporter herewith riyes the colo
ne = remarks verbatim.
1ir- Grar--l 10 not intend 10 make n
.peecb, because this question has been
discussed here at length. ana I do not
-upI0sc anything might say will
change Tie minds OF senators look
rrcn this r. a grave question. / will
-0 ~ iaras any Seral0r iii The direction
0f the resolution. except when h corpes
INTO conflict with my oath. and that /
hi'sSs w allowed ~ Judge FOR myself. Il
must ke'p this in View. that for eighteen
years We have required twcnty-six votes
10 Iass bill, and why. Because we
consider That Tire senate consists OF fiflyl
memoers, and tie idea la NY mind wa
sllat the constitution required II. because
Wien : Iill receives twenty--ix vote. N
very senator Wa il his seat IL eould
not be defeated. and therefore resect.
tic VIII ot 4 majority vi he people vi
tile Stale. hold tiat the constitution
srs~ upon The presumption thar tie peo-
pir t-iAi e4erl repre- seilt1tivts. and when
The law sAt~ tiat the senate shall consist
"a LILY members tile presumption of the
constitution . that Tie people will elect
ifty- Now II q majority of the mem-
Ders present are To -tifnte A quorum.
We must surrender the principle that III
taxes inenfy-six v0te< 10 pass a bill.
otherwise we might have 4 quorum to
rDnsist of less than twenty-six votes, and
iliai Would be quorum Unable 10 do
business shall considcrtnat tie senatel
consists Of Tie number of members fixed
pv lAw-fltfy-an that the constitution
means iwo-thirds OF thar number conSfi-
uieS 3 qnofum % do bn~inesS. without
going further into fhe argument I shall
vote against the resolution. shall votel
igainsi il. because I know that X II iu-I
itnded tu Lead ID something eIs3. That
ihI- ~enaie l. 10 &c On and enact lerisla-I
,ion. and ! cannot consider any let orl
pill passed with Only twenty-five mem-I
frs present A. legal and constitutional. n
The colonel ronlinuef: -IOcrupird thel
rhair on the l1Ii. tie last dav III the ses-
sirn- Gov Crmhaek having gone home.
-is H. Away ilc ra~c oD the last dav oil
\ session, signed. a. presiding officer
the corenrrrni aua iuint resolutions.
ratifxin- tAe fifteenth amendment I'LL
lii ict require The certificate ~ Gov.
l'aker am willing 10 ~ bound bvI
n Fseeff may have made. Any per-
son can see the part taken ~ every sena-|
Tor and all tllat was sail and done from
ihe time the fifteenth amendment camcl
INTO the senate tin H. final passage, bv
reading the Ercvier reports. special ses-
-ion ~ ls69. commencing on page 22l.l
which shows ali cf The statements oil
Jayiaw kcr 10 be malicionslv false
l.cp.-To what 40 you attribute Jaw
hav ker's Misrepresentation
Col. c. oh. don't know. unless II |
l. because | have refused TO subsidized
him lie has made applications 70 mel
Tor money. saving hc would write mel
Nm and make me governor Of Indiana.
Here i q letter received by mc ~on,eI
Time agO from him asking for So5. II
paid no attention - n AZ did not pro-
pose 10 try 70 gtl the nomination in tliat
way
Hero the original letter was cxhlbifed,l
w which We give true copy. II Rcp.l:
DEAR CoLoNFi--Ycu can 10 NE al
service ii you Will. which j. I'd ~cnd mel
So That amount just now viii bel
worth NI.LfnN~ ~ me, and will recip-I
rprafc when can.
Did yon zee press opinions printed to-l
lay 2 Your friend. J. III. WoorARp.
BOX ~. Indianapclis.I