The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-06
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
Test of the Strength of the Temperance
Sentiment in the House.

Sentiment in the House.
The bill Of Representative Staley, requiring
the teaching in the public schools of the effect of
alcohol upon the human system, came up for
final action in the House yesterday afternoon
1t is understood to be test of the strength of the
temperance sentiment in the Legislature, and the
vote upon 1T, therefore, is Of more than orli
nary significance. The bill was passed by a
vote of 43 to A. There were thirteen
representatives who were not present,
and doubtless with full attendance the result
might have been different Those who voted
for the bill were Representatives Adams, Atkins,
Barnes, Best Boyd, Brooks, Brownlee. Brown
ing. Carr. Copeland. Dale, Deem. Dunn, Engel,
Fleece, Floyd, Franklin. Hargrove, Hoban,
Hopkins. Jameson Linville, Long, Mouk Of
Wayne, McCleland Osborne, Overman Patten,
Peasants, Rivers, Robinson. Sayre, Sears,
Shanks Smith of Tippecanoe, Staley, Tlmmons,
Toner, Townsend, Trout Twincham. Wick
rey and Wilson'S. Those who voted may
were Representatives Bailey, Barney, Booze,
Branch, Butz, Cartwright. Cory, Crecelius,
Dittemore, Donhost, Eley, Farrell, French, Gar
den, Helms. Kellison, Klaas, Lloyd, Mock Of
Wells, Murphy, McGovney, McHenry, McMi-
chael, McMullen, Medcalf, Pendleton, Pruitt,
Reeves, Reiter, Robertson. Schley Schmidt,
Speaker Jewett-4 ~ The bill was introduced
by Mr. Staley, of Clinton, who is a Democrat.
THE KNIGHTsowN INVESTIGATION.
The committee appointed to investigate the
charges against the officers Of the Soldiers
Orphans Home and the Asylum for Feeble
minded Children, at Knightstown held meet
ing at the Grand Hotel, last night, and began
the work of preparing the charges against the
persons whose conduct will be investigated Su-
perintendent White was represented before the
of knightstown. John M. Goar, the
trustee Of the institution who demanded
the investigation, was represented by w. D..
Bynum. The charges were not fully prepared,
but the committee win meet again this evening
to complete the preliminary work No testimony
win be taken, however, before Monday The
committee will go to Knightstown tomorrow, to
spend Sunday at the institution, for the purpose
of gathering information that may be useful in
prosecuting the investi cation.
THE BLooUENCE oBSAN ASS
The unusual value of space, yesterday morn
ing, precluded any noticeOf the idiotic speech on
the majority report OF the investigating commit
tee delivered by the ridiculous representative
from Sullivan county, whose career as
statesman has been pitiable
exhibition of asininity. The speech is
classic in its idiocy, and as specimen of ludic-
rous literature it deserves immortality. Moth
ing more cornical has occurred during the
session or probably atany time in the legislative
proceedings since the owlbiil speech by Repre-
sentative Cabbage, which was supposed to be the
| climax of soaring stupidity. The painful effort
with which the Sullivan statesman struggled,
stun bling and hating through the reading from
manuscript Of the following grandiloeuent per-
orationy was strain upon the visibility of the
House: THE gentlemen from Wabash and
Koseiusko put on his feathers and war
paint and constitutes himself the -Republi-
can Warwick, and like the Co-low-sis OF
Rhodes be-strides the-swash of Republican
corruption. and attempts to purify the polluted
waters of the Stygian stream by dragging the
- untarnished regulations of Democratic Off
GERS into - it, but the gentleman, like the
sunshine for moment, and then-ig-n no min
ously perishes, when he camA in
contact with the blaze of Democratic
Investigation, with his false charges, was
avert the fate of his party, which will
be overwhelmed by the waves of oblivion,
and sunken deeper IL obscurity than the long
lost At-a-a'a-lantis which lies buried thousands
Tho above peroration is a fair specimen of the
whole speech. /: leaves little room for doubling
that the Sullivan statesman is the p,1meval ass
MINOR MENTION
A handsome bouquet was presented to Speaker
Jewett at the opening of the afternoon session
yesterday.
A joint session of the House and Senate will
be held On Monday to elect the State Librarian
and the trustees of the different institutions
A motion to reconsider Mr.. Eley's bill re-
ducins the pay of coroners from $40 to So day
was overwhelmingly defeated in the House yes
terday.
Representative Helms voted against the Staley
bill yesterday, for the reason, he says. that he
believes that the agitation Of the temperance
question has been detrimental to the best in
tefests of the country. and it must in the future
be without his support"
Evening News: If the gentleman from Sulli-
van should undertake to chastise every person
who shares Mr.. Fortunes opinion of yesterday s
effort, and Of Patterns speech making ability in
general, he would be kept extremely busy from
now until the end Of the session.
Evening Minutes Mr.. Patten should not get
angry because he is fool He can't help it,
Nature made him SO, ami he should not GO back
on the works of Nature. And this objeoting to
having the cold txnthsaid about his speech shows