Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-03-09
The Indiana Legislature.
A MINED CASE.


INDIANAPOLIS, March 5.-Gov. Porter
sent in his veto of the Metropolitan
police bill this morning to the legisla-
ture and it was passed over the veto.
There is no probability of an extra ses-
sion being called.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 4.-The
failure of the house of representatives
to pass the general appropriation bill
last night is occasioning much csm-
ment in political circles here, and
Speaker Bynum and his circle of sup
porters are being bitterly denounced
because of their arbitrary course i'll the
matter. The issue, il will be remem-
bered, was made on the metropolitan
police bill, the passage of which was
prevented by the republican minority
in the senate by unfair and illegitimate
means The hnnsa democrats, th ora
fore, reconsidered their vote passing
| the appropriation bill and held it as n
menace over the heads OF the republi-
cans. Had Gov. Porter sent in his
veto to the police bill yesterday, the
appropriation would have been made
in regular form, and even up to ten
O'Clock last night it was thought this
would be done. According to the con-
stitutional limitation no bills could be
passed after midnight, and q short
time before that hour it became ap
parent that Speaker Bynum and his
intimate supporters were determined
| to prevent any consideration of the
appropriation bill. The democratic
senators and the ooler-headed men of
the party urged upon them the folly of
such course. claiming that il would
| throw upon them the responsibility for
not providing for the state institutions,
and an extra session, if it was called.
A messenger was dispatched to Senator
| Mcdonald, who replied that the demo
Gratis must not endanger the appro-
priations on account OF the police bill.
In spite of these things, however
Speaker Bynum peremptorily ruled
out of order all motions To- call up the
appropriation bill, ard. just before mid
night, took the floor himself and spoke
until it was too late to be considered.
| Under an act of 1877, a number of the
state institutions and officers will be
provided for under the old appropria-
tion bill. But this does not include the
educational institution, the female
reformatory, the asylum for feeble
minded children, or any provision for
the payment of interest on the state
debt. Gen. Porter states positively
that he will not call a special session of
the assembly, and intimates that
meane will be contrived whereby the
above.named institutions will meet
with the requisite support. The demo-
Gratis have been anxiously discussing
the situation all day. and the feeling is
general that this is crisis in
the history of the party. Judge
Stotsenberg, Senator Mcdonald,
J. III. Rice, w. II. English, and others
of the older leaders express the fear
that the action last night will hurt the
party in the cam paign Of 1884, because
the people will not readily understand
that IN refusing TO pass the appropria-
ton bill the democrats in the legisla-
ture were eontending for the principle
of majority rule. The younger and
more active members OF the party,
head ed by Will Z. English and Speak
er Bynum, are inbilant over the result,
and claim that the end justifiCs the
means. They saythat the republicans
revolutionary opposition TO the police
bill justified the democrats in refusing
the appropriations. and that the party
as whole will support them in this po-
sition. The general feeling, however,
is directly to the contrary, and tonight
it is given out on good authority that
leading democrats have approached
Gov. Porter with proposition that if
he will call an extra session they will
give their personal pledge that il shall
NOT last longer than three days, and
that nothirg shall be considered but
the appropriation bills.