The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-14
didate for the party and 81 officer that
would reflect credit upon the State.

to report an Apportionment bill, met yester-
day evening and made out q bill which is
practically the same as that presented oy NJ.
Patten. The result OF the committees
is as follows:
First District-Glb'on. Posey, vanderburg, W
rick, Pike, spencer and Perry.
second District-knOx, Greene, Davies. Martin,
Dubois, Lawrence, Orange and Crawford.
Third District Harrison, Washington, Jecksou,
Jennings, Clark, Scott ana Floyd.
Fourth Dis.riet-Iefferson, Ripley, Decatur.
Rush, Union, franklin, Dearborn, Ohio and
FIFTH DistrIct-Owen, Putnam, Rendricxs, Nor
gan, Monroe, Brown, Johnson aud Bartholomew.
sixth Observation-Disclosures Randolph. Wayne,
Seventh District Marion, Fancoek and Shelby,
Eighth District--suliivan. Nlgo Clay. Parke.
Vermillion, Fountaine and Montgomery.
Ninth District-Boone, 11ppecanoe Clinton,
Upton, Hamilton and Madison.
Tenth Distriet-Warren. Benton. Carroll, Cass,
Eleventh District-Howard, Miami, Wabash,
HuntinRton, Wells, aoams, Jay and Baesiord
Twelfth District Allen, Whitley, Noble, De
Thirteenth Distrct-Starke, Laporte, s.. Joseph,
Marshall, Elkhart and KosciUsko.
The foregoing is estimated TO Democratic
msjorities in eight districts, Republican ma-
jorities in two districts, while the Seventh.
Nineth and Thirteenth are close and doubt
fol.
The Senatorial bill agreed upon will give
the Democrats thirty three Senators and the
Republicans seventeen. On this estimate
the Senate two years hence viii stand thirty
s. q Democrats and fourteen Republicans.
The Representative bill agreed upon gives
sixty-one Democrats. twenty Republi-
cans and ten doubtful, II aking Joint bal
lot, Two years hence, ninety Demo
Gratis.
THE KNIGHTsToWN INYEsTIGATION.
The special committee appointed to inves-
tigate the affairs of the Knghtstown Home
met Yesterday morning and continued the
taking of testimony.
William P. Wilson, County Superintend-
ent OF Henry County, testified that he held
county examinations the last Saturday OF
each month. Goar brought a young lady
for examination the last Saturday in
July, l think, of last year. He
went away and then came back. He said
be was in trouble, and that her name would
not be given on his papers, but fictitious
name would be given. The girl asked if she
could skip one subject. told her no. The
name on the manuscript wss LeGrand Bat
Ter. She went of on the O'Clock train.
She was dressed IN white and had 90
q broad hat, and she would weig2
120 pounds, we'll developed seventeen years
old or more. Did not say where her home
was. Goar's reputation for morality is
much talked about in New Castle When
the G. a r. investigation was held he came
to me- and wanted me TO tell what l knew OF
the girl coming there.
Dr. Elias Hubbard-Am sixty years old
ard live at New Castle ! sa in the same
building with Goar and Hedges. June 2S
Goar and lady came up and went 10 his
Office. Hedges then called TO me to come
up. went up and he told me to lOok AM
see what is going on. l went and saw
lady on the lounge IN GOsrs office.
l started to so out Hedges had
put some chairs by the door to look over the
trsDsom. The girl came down with Goar
in about fifteen minutes. She was dressed
in white, and had on broad. brimmed hat.
squarely built, and dark auburn hair, AND
wss fourteen 10 sixteen years old. John
Miliiner asked me on the occasion above re-
ferred to who went up into Hedges off 70.
William Gross-Live at New Castle and
practice law. Know John NJ. Goar. His
moral character is not GOOD Have seen him
intoxicated some few times. Know DR..
White, but don know his moral character.
Daniel Barney-LiYe in New Castle and
arn Marshal OF tbs city. John NJ. Gosr's
moral character at home is bad as is s. MS
reputation for sobriety. Put him IN Jail at
O'clock one morning before the election
and kept him till 3 o'clock. he entered
plea Of guilty to drunkenness.
John Nj. Mowrer-Live in New Castle aud
am Peace Justice. I am a Democrat. Goar's
character for s0briety is bad. l have heard
people talk of his morals, bat don't know
anything myself. Know nothing, except by
hearsay, of the scandal of June %
Philip Wright, recalled, testified to having
conversation with Mower in which ne
said be had no trouble with White.
Mowrer, recalled, said Wright had snOken
III a c0mplime 1tary manner Of DR.. White.
Said be though GOsr was bad man and he
~ q a or hot he af Nar
Caste thought about him.
Ire committee will meet again MONDAY
evening at 7:30 clock TO resume the taking
OF testimony in the case. 1t is also probable
that another visit will be made during the
week to the Home.
THE NEW INSANE HOSPITAL INVESTIGATION.
The committee appointed to investigate
the affairs of the new insane hospitals held
its first meeting yesterday morning, at which
time the contracts and bonds of the several
contractors were submitted and filed. Frank
B.scklidge Clerk of the Board of Com.
missioners vas called and briefly ex-
smined, 1t his testimony was not
OF an important character. Judge
Robinson 8 member of the board, appeared
for examination, and, in order that he might
return to mis- duties at Spencer, where he is
now holding term of court, a special meet
ing OF the committee wss held yesterday
afternoon Immediately upon the adjourn
ment of the House.
The witness made full statement regard
ing the contracts, the bonds for the same
and the progress of the work. q
full account of which has already
appeared in the Sentinel. He regarded the
three ssylums as necessary to accommo-
date the insane and believed that the cen
sus of 1880. which placed the number OF in
sane in the State at $500 was not cOrrect.ss,
in proportion TO population, the numbsr is
much smaller than that of ether States
where more attention has been given 70 the
care Of the insane. He instanced the fact
that Massachusetts had more than 900 per
sons in her ssylums, and since the census Of
1880 Illinois had provided additional room
for 500 more than WAS reported at that
time.
When asked by the committee why the