The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-01-12
LEGISLATIVE LABOR.

The interest manifested in the meeting of
the Assembly was about the same as that
incumbent upon former meetings of the
Legislature, save there being an unusual
interest manifested in the organization OF
the Senate as to which party should have
the spoils. At 1920 o'clock General Man
son, Auditor of State, called the Senate to
order Shortly after the gavel had fallen,
Elder W. b. L. Treat invoked the Divine
blessing upon the session, and asked that
all acts might be for the benefit of good and
the general welfare of the people OF the
State The names OF the holding over
Senators were then called by General
Manson, and answering TO their names,
the new members afterward came forward
and took the oath of Office, administered by
Judge Niblack, of the Supreme Court where
upon a constitutional quorum was an
nounced TO be present.
The first motion of the session was made
| by Senator Menzies, that the Senate proceed
to the election OF d President pro tenn.
nominating Senator Viehe of Knox County.
Senator Niehe had no opposition, and re-
ceived all the votes east, but that of Senator
Spann, on the Republican side OF the
| Chamber.
| Mr.. Menzies nominated James ii. Rice, of
! Floyd County, for Principal Secretary OF
the Senate.
Mr.. Langdon nominated Oliver NJ. Wilson,
of Marion County, for the same position.
There being no further nominations, the
roll was called with the following result:
Those voting for Mr.. Rice were: Messrs.
Bell. Benz, Briscoe, Brown, Coifey, Comp
ton. Davidson Davis. Foster, Hart, Hefron,
Howard, Hutchinson, Cramer, leeper,
Majors, Marvin, Menzies, Rahm, Travlor,
Urmston, Viehe, Voyles, Woods and Wool
/ len-25.
Those who voted for Mr. Wilson were:
Messrs. Bisehowiski, Bundy, Chapman,
Comstock. Garrigus Graham, Grubbs,
Henry, Hostetler, Kahlo, Keiser, Lang
don, I.ockridge, Mccartney, Owen, Poin-
dexter, Ristine, Sayre, Shaffer. Smith,
Spann, Van Vorhis, White, Wilson and
! Yancey-25.
| No one having received a majority of all
| the votes cast another ballot was ordered.
On motion by Mr.. Menzies, ii was ordered
| that when the Senate adjourn it be till 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
-Four other ballots were taken, resulting
exactly as the first.
And then the Senate adjourned.
Considerable amusement wasafforded the
Senators in the different pronunGations
/ given to the name of Senator Bischowski.
For the benefit OF those who are
not blessed with the powers of call
inc things by their right xames, the
Senator wishes it understood that
the proper pronunciation of his name is
Bish-o-wisky. The latter end is quite sug-
gestive but that Is the way it sounds, and
by that name the Senator should be called
Judge Chapman. of Marion County, butted
his head square against the Constitution of
the State the first time he rose to his feet, in
appealing from the decision of the President
pro TEN. when that officer had made his rul-
ings in strict accordance with the Constitu-
ton OF the State.
The deadlock in the Senate was broken
on Saturday morning by the Democrats
going over to Poindexter. and resulted in
the election of Charles w. Brouse, of Marion
County. as Principal Secretary; Robert NJ.
Sears, of NermilliOn County, for Assistant
Secretary. and W. y. Monroe. OF Floyd
County, for Doorkeeper, all of whom are
alleged members of the Greenback party. The
victory was for Poindexter, while the defeat
was for the Republicans. Had the dead
lock continued until to-day, after the inaug
uration of Lieutenant Governorelect
. Hanna the Republicans would have had
the power to complete the organization, and
I elected one of its own party for the different
offices. The result was highly offensive tc
the Republicans. Several of them, after the
election was made, were loud in their denun
Citations of the Democratic Senators for hav
ing voted for Brouse. \ few of the Repub
lican Senators INDUCED in giving the Demo
( cratic Senators no small amount of taffy il
, saying. after the selection had been made
l ''That il they had known the Dem
: ocrats would all have voted 70
! BrOuse, they 1the RePublicans) would
: have voted with the Democrats and elected
i Rice rather than TO have had it resulted il
. the election Of Brouse, and said that if tn,
; vote would be reconsidered they would vot
I for Rice 1t would be safe to wager tht
. price of Jay Gould's railroads that the prop
: ostion from the Republicans was bas
d snare and delusion. 1t is plain that If tn
n Republicans preferred Rice TO Brouse the,
> had ample opportunities of expressing
themselves long before the election O
Brouse. Brouse was the late Secretary OF tn
= Greenback State Central Committee, while
e Sears and Monroe performed like labors il
G their respective Counties for the goot
= of the Greenback "caws." Senators Chap
e man and Yancy refused to vote for Sears
!. Chapman saying "he would vote for Mr.
i Robinson, and did not want to vote for
d Republican who had received the indorse
5 ment of the Greenback party" Senate
: Benz was almost the peer of PoindeXter il
g attracting attention fora few ballots pre-
r vious to the final result, he having refuse,
e TO follow his Democratic friends in the sup
}. port OF BrouSe, but remained true TO hi
: friend Rice until the last-vote, when "a
gave way to the power of the storm, ant
: went with the current, making Brouse th
e lucky candidate.
d IN THE HOUSE.
n A much larger crowd assembled to witnes
- the organization of the House of Represent
N atives. Prayer was offered by Rev. NJ. "
& Reed. Secretary OF State Shanklin in az
y cordance with the Constitution, called th
Is body TO order, and began calling the roll c
70 new members.
e The new members were sworn in by Judg
Elliott, of the Supreme Court. After all TIA
preliminaries had been disposed of, tn
work of perfecting an organization was bt
K gun and soon accomplished in the electio
{ of Hon. w. NJ Ridpath, of Clay County, fo
q Speaker; Cyrus t. Nixon, of Marion, fo
2 Clerk; c. C.. Riley. of Marion for Assistan
It Clerk, and Owen Evans of Henry County
n for DOorkeeper. The entire vote OH tn
e Democratic side of the House were cast fo
) the officers of the last Legislature Henry
n Cauthorne, of Knox County, tor Speaker
b Webster Dixon. of Bartholomew, for Clerk
!. w. +. A. Bernhamer, of Marion, for As
y sistant Clerk: David b. Wilson, OF Shelby
1 for Doorkeeper. In the organize
d ton of the House it was dis
covered that there was one membe
who belonged to neither the Democratic no
Republican party. LII such a thing had hap
J, Pened that the Legislature had not met a
n all, he might not have been discovered with
a out the aid of microscopical examination
t His name is Wheeler, and very worth,
d gentleman too, hailing from the Counties @
\ Fulton and Pulaski Mr. Wheeler is a mod