The Indianapolis journal., 1883-03-02

chair asking the secretary, Are you putting
| willard replied: "rhe chair ordered them to ne
taken down" The chair responded: '|Not to be
| put into the minutes"
When the reading was concluded
| The Lieutenant-governor SAID: The minutes
are not correct The minutes show that
senator on this floor was elected President pro
| TEN. last night, and that there a time during
the session Of the Senate last night when there
was no President of the Senate, and desire to
| have the minutes corrected that. l will
call attention to the rules that subject. Rule
8 reads; The President shall have the right to
name any senator to perform the duties of the
chair, bat such substitution shall not extend
| beyond an adjournment. You will remember,
and the minutes show that at the convening of
the Senate Yesterday afternoon the Lieutenant
governor was in the chair. About O'Clock
| called the Senator from Rush tMr. Spannl to
the chair, and was sitting in the coak-room
close by. Il went out for a few minutes aud
when l came into tho Senate chamber the
senator from Rush was still in the
chair. The chair had the power, under this
rule of the Senate when the Senate
met yesterday afternoon to call any senator to
| the chair, and that senator for the time
would have the same rights as the Lieutenant
governor, the President Of the Senate proper.
Therefore, that part of the minutes which de-
| clares there was President of the Senate does
not speak the truth, and that part OF the minutes
ought to he corrected. l desire TO have this
statement OF the chair taken down and 20 into
! the records. Just before the adjournment the
! chair made statement of some length that
! would occupy some three or four pages of that
! journal, stating the position of the chair about
what purported to be an enrolled act of the
| House. see the secretary has only a few lines
on that subject. I desire the remarks of the
| chair on the point Of order to go upon the jour
nal The secretary states in the minutes that
Senator Voyles offered a resolution There
no resolution offered to the Senate. The record
as TO that is incorrect.
! Mr.. Willard unterpcsng)-In what respect.
The Lieutenant t-governor-The senator from
| Washington OIr. Voyles) rose in his place and
| asked leave of the Senate to introduce resolu-
| ton. Several senators objected, and the chair
| stated that the Senate refused leave. Then the
| resolution read for informatlon-that is, TO
see whether the senators would give their con-
! sent.
| Mr.. wilard-That is what the journal shows
| The acknowledgements that is the way it
ls, II Is right. The chair stated to the senator
who offered the resolution that the Senate re-
fused to permit him unless the rules OF the Senate
be suspended. There was no motion made by
any senator to suspend the rules for the senator
| to offer his resolution. Tho minutes do not
show that; The resolution as submitted or Of
| fered by the senator from Washington ought n OF
to go on the minutes for the reason that il was
not before the Senate in any manner, shape
| form.
| Mr.. Bundy thought what the chair has said
about the minutes being incorrect is true, espe-
ciaily that part which relates to the explanation
the chair made early tins morning at the time
the protest was entered by the senator from
Washington. 1t is the business of the journal, If
1t states anything, to state the exact facts. 1t is
the duty OF the Senate to arrive at the exact
facts as nearly as possible, ana when arrived
at 1t can do no one any harm. He moved that
the minutes he corrected in that particular in
the particulars the chair has named.
Mr.. Voyles moved to lay the motion the
table, which motion was seconded by Mr.. Will
| lard
The gOvernor-The minutes have
| to he corrected.
Mr. Bundy thought that a question of the
highest privilege. He did not to do anything
unfair.
Mr.. McIntosh-Didn't you suggest to correct
the minutes as the President sta6ed2
Mr. Bundy-lf so, it was not properly stated.
In the particulars in which the journal is incor
rect he moved it be corrected If there is any
thing IN the journal not correct, it ought to be
corrected That is nothing more than fair.
Mr Mcintosh thought the motion should be
Mr.. Bundy-I will examine the journal and
put my motion in writing in the particulars
think incorrect.
The Lieutenant -governor-The order for cor
rectng the minutes will stay in abeyanee until
the motion is made IN writing.
On motion by Mr.. Ristine the House amend
ments TO the bill to create the Forty fourth jul
dicial circuit-the county of Montgomery-was
ooncurred IN.
On motion by Mr.. Campbell his bill to provide
| for the more profitable and equitable hiring by
the state OF tue eonvicts IL the State prison tsee
page 245 of the Brewer Reports) read the
third time, and passed by yeas 81, nays4.
| Or motion by Mr.. Duncan, his ulll TO amend
| section 2,155 OF act concerning public
| offenses and their punishment was read the
third time, and passed by yeas 80, nays o.
| Mr.. Duncan explained that the bill was in
| tended TO relieve the trustees of townships of
the necessity OF changing doors of one-stOry
| district schoo-houses So as to swing outward,
anu providing that they shall not be prosecuted
| for not doing so.
On mOtlon Dy MT OVerstreet, tne Dill TO au-
| thorize boards of county commissioners to
change the COURSE direction location of the
/ channels of any stream or body of water upon
/ petition OF a majority of resident landowners
| adjacent, whose lands are to be affected by the
same and authorizing the taxation of such lands
/ to keep in repair such works, read twice by
title, under a setting aside of the constitutional
| rule by two thirds vote, and the bill was read
the third time, and passed by yeas &c. nays l.
message from the House announced its re-
| consideration of the vote concurrng with the
agreements of the committee of free conference
OF both houses on the general appropriation bill
On motion by Mr.. Yancey the bill to legalize
/ the incorporation of the Shelbyville and Mari
/ eta Turnpike Company was read twice, under
| suspension of the constitutional rule by two
| thirds vote, read third time by sections, and
| passed the Senate by yeas 81, nays l.
On motion by Mr.. Willard the constitutional
/ rule was dispensed with, and the bill concern
! ing the duties of township, county and State
officers was read twice by title, the third time
| by sections, and passed by yeas 40, nays o.
Mr.. Bell stated that the bin TO provide that
! where patents have been Issued for Wabash tG
! Erie canal lands and have been lost, and where
mistakes have been issued for land sold prior to
| 1877, and where continuous possession and full
! payments have beep made the Auditor of State
may issue patents, is bill very much needed,
and on his motion the bill was read twice by
title. under setting aside of the constitutional
| restriction by two-thirds vote the third time
by sections, and passed by yeas 80, nays 0, with
q committee amendment,
| Mr.. Henry entered motion to reconsider the
vote by which the Senate agreed to and CON
Cured in the report OF the conference committee
on House bill No. 3O2, being the general appro-
trlatiOn bill, ana that the Senate recedo from all
Senate amendments to that bill which nave not
been concurred in by the House.
Then came recess till o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
On motion by Mr.. May the House amendments
TO the bill TO legalize the acts of certain county
association IN Vanderburg county, was con-