The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-07
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The House Declares the Constitutional
Amendments to be Pending.
a Number of Important Bills Introduced
The General Appropriation Bill Ordered
Engrossed, and Other Matters.
TIE AMENDMENTS AGAIN.

they were legally pending, AT 3 o'clock the
House went into committee OF the whole,
with Mr.. Jewett in the chair, for
the consideration of the various reports
made on the amendments by the judici-
airy committee. The report made by the
Republican members that the amendments
were properly referred to this Assembly was
voted down by vote of Al to 49, The ques-
ton then required to the report made by
Messrs. Jewett and Patton-that the amend
ments were agreed to and referred
to this Assembly-and it was concurred
in by vote of SO to "a, the announcement
of the result being received with applause
on both sides of the chamber. The COM
mittee then arose, reported progress and was
relieved from further services. The motion
to adopt the result was then agreed to by
vote of 90 to 50, as follows:
Those voting yea were Messrs. Adams,
Antrim, BeeSon, Best Brazelton, Bryant,
Campbell Copeland, Davis, Deem, Fleece,
Frazee, Frazier, Furnas, Genung, Gibson,
Gilman, Graham, Ham, Hanson, Helms,
Holler, Huston, Jewett, kirkpatrick,
Knowles, Mccormick, McClelland, of Law
renee; McClelland, of Porter; Marsh, Mellett
Mering, Mosier. Patton, Pettibone, Pulse,
Robertson Robinson, Shafier, Shively,
Shockney, Smith, of Blackboard; Sterritt,
Stewart, Straughan, Thomas, Thompson,
Weaver, Westfall, Wiley, Wilson, of
Kosciusko and Woodling-52
Those voting no were: Messrs. Bowers,
Brooks, Cabbage, Carr, Chandler, Chitten-
den, Eley, Ferriter, Fisher, Gordon, Greene,
Rowland, Kennedy, McHenry, McMullen,
Mauck, Miller, Mock, Moody, MUTT, Nave,
Price, Prutt Schloss, Smith, OF Perry; Spain,
Stevenson, Sucker, Sutton, Tuley, Whitsit
Williams, of Knox; Williams. of Posev;
Wilson, OF Marion. and the Speaker, Mr..
Bynum-35.
Absent or paired: Messrs. Akin, Barr,
Giants, Gerber Heffren Henderson, Hester,
Montgomery, Peters, Shaw, Smith of La
grange, Smith of Tippecanoe, and Wright
49,
An analysis of the vote shows that the Re-
publicans were unanimous in support Of the
proposition that the amendments are still
pending, and that the following Democrats
conceded in this opinion Messrs. Bryant,
Davis, Gibson, Graham, Ham, Jewett, Nc
Cormck Patton, Pulse, Robertson. Shaffer,
Smith of Blackboard Thomas, Weaver, and
Wooding-l5. When the vote was announced
Mr.. Gibson moved that the amendments be
now taken up in their order and considered
by the House; but the motion was lost, as
there was a special order pending. A vote on
the amendments, however, will doubtless be
reached to-day, and they will be agreed to by
the House, This leaves the matter in rather
an anomalous condition, for when they are
agreed to by the House they must go to the
Senate, which has already decided that they
are not pending. When they come up in the
Senate they will probably be decided out Of
order.
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The general appropriation bill occupied
the attention of the House for most of the
day yesterday and was ultimately engrossed,
there being but few changes from the orig
assembled yesterday morning it continued
the consideration of the proposed appropria-
ton to Purdue University. Mr.. Wiley's
amendment that the amount be fixed at
$4,000, upon the condition that no students
be excluded on account of being members of
secret societies, was defeated. A PROPOSE
siosr made by Mr.. Robinson to fix the amount
at $4,000 was favored by Mr.. MUTT and Mr.
Smith, of Tippecanoe, and opposed by Mr.
,Jewett and Mr.. Patton. A motion to lay it
on the table was defeated by a vote OF ~ to
46, and then the $12 600 amendment was
adopted-yeas %, nays 38.
Another discussion arose over the
proposed appropriation of 5000
TO the State Board of Health, the enemies
of that institution endeayoring to prevent
any appropriation. so that this fact might be
repeal the present law authorizing its exist
ence. Messrs. Patton and Heffren were
particularly energetic in this matter, the
latter claiming that the, State Board of
Health had cost the people of Indiana atleast
S400 600, and had not been of any benefit in
the least Mr. Jewett, Mr.. Wilson, of Ma
rion, and others, thought that it would be
manifestly unfair to cut off the appropria-
ton until law had passed doing away with
the board, and this view was concurred in
by majority of the members rs the appro-
priation was ordered to remain by a vote of
Ga to q. This, however, cannot properly be
regarded as test of the sentiment of the
House concerning the proposed repeal of
the board of health act.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The House yesterday by a unanimous
vote, passed the bill appropriating S62 900
for the completion of the new female de-
partment of the Insane Asylum.
Senator Hilligass has introduced a bill
making the official terms of mayors, city
clerks, treasurers and marshals four years,
and making them ineligible to reelection.
Captain " Mitchell, of Martinsville ad-
dressed the Senate committee on the Over
street contested election case, last night
Messrs. Harrison and CrOpsey are yet to be
heard.
No session of the State-house investigating
committees were held yesterday Howard
q Denig, the contractors, are summoned to
appear before the House committee this
evening.
The Senate spent all afternoon yesterday
in discussing proposed changes in the road
law, and the Benz bill, which re-enacts the
old law, will probably be passed with few
amendments
The political bill providing for the election
by the Legislature OF directors OF the prisons
for term of four years, was carried to en-
grossment by the Democratic majority in the
Senate yesterday.
Senator Bell yesterday introduced a bill
which, if enacted, will do away with grave
yard" insurance and similar Infamous opera
tons. 1t makes it felony for any person to