The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-04

ticn-yess, IS; pays 52-to lay this motion
Cd the table.
MI KELLIsoN said that a reform was
needed in this Office. 1t Was time to ad-
van ce ii.
The motion to recommit was rejected.
The question recurring upon the passage
OF the bill
Mr.. REEVES: Some OF the gentlemen
here are afraid to vote for the bill because it
will affect the salary of the present incum.
bent of the office of Reporter of the Supreme
Court. Some one must be affected at some
time. 1t is burning shame Democrats can
not be true 10 their osths above party. This
bill puts the publication of the Supreme
Court Req rts in the ERrds CT the Reporter.
He is to publish them and charge net more
than s. 90 per COPY. There are ninety.two
counties in the State, and suppose two copies
were to 60 10 each county-that would be
ISL, and then ten TO the colleges of the State,
and now the rest go into the archives of
the Supreme C0urt-to be given away to
the pets of the Reporter of the Su-
pleme Court This is done TO dlstribate
IN order to influence legislation
in behalf of the Office of Reporter. In the
last ten years the Reporter has got five vol
umes per year. That makes total expense
to the State per year of S.. $50. This law
seeks to repeat this outrage. Besides this,
the Reporter has been allowed TO sell his
DtOEb 70 Tue at % OJ COPY, aUO
they cost him but ninety-fve cents each.
And the right TO copyright is also given to
the Reporter, and one publishing firm has
recently offered q Reporter $4,000 for his
copyright. That is the kind of law you
ave ssked to keep on the statute books of In
d'eia The bill Of mine proposes that the
pLb iCatiOn of these reports sasll be let
20 tie lowest bidder, and the Re-
porfer shall be allowed a salary of
s. Coo per year. Some ssy that the salary
Is tt o small. Don't fear but that You will
f q nan To Ill it. | will give bond of
$1,000 myself &c fill the Office. We have
/ card great deal of prating about reform.
mstter is worth considering more than
tie rights or large salary of one man.
Mr.. FRENCH: If l ever own a Supreme
Court Report ] tave it yet to buy. So !
shall have no selfish motive. / do not want
TO correct one evil by inficting another.
This bill leaves out of the question the fact
that the office OF Reporter demands three
assistants, ard to reduce, as this bill does
will be but to legislate the Office out of ex-
istence. We can not afford to do that.
That is the reason l shall be compelled to
vote against it. The bill to establish the
Appellate Court will, if passed, take good
deal of work from the Supreme Court, and
thus lessen the income of the Reporter.
Mr.. REEVES: 1t has been said here that
The Reporter must have three assistants
Now under this everything going to the Re-
porter gees to him written out. All he has
to do is to write out small syllabus.
The bill failed to pass by yeas 10, navs AZ.
Mr.. BROWNING, explaining his vote,
said: Believing that the bill is unfair in
all It's provisions ! vote mo"
Mr.. GORDON Believing that this bill
would be quite as M Just to the Reporter as
the present law is said 10 be tn the people,
I vote no"
Mr.. HARRELL: Because the bill does
Mr.. ROBAN: Because The new bill does
not give a sufficient allowance / vote mo-
Mr.. JEWETr: Two years ago | voted for
reasonable reduction in the salary of this
Office, the reduction to take effect, however,
at the expiration of a term of Office, so that
the nan to be elected would know what the
fees would be. AS / am opposed to changing
an officials salary during his term OF Office,
l vote no"
Mr.. KELLISON: Because | want reform
in this Office and in hop5 that the Senate
will amend this in some particulars, l vote
aye"
law now stands those who receive the books
pay for them, and for the reason that the bill
will call for IS, coo OF the peoples money, l
vote no"
Mr.. WILLIAMS: While the bill is not
without objection, yet the bar at my home
and my constituents demand reform, aud
hoping it viii be considered in the Senate,
l vote aye"
Mr.. 60ODING: As a reform is needed,
and as hope the hill will be amended in the
Senate, ! vote aye"
The vote was then announced as above.
So the bill failed to pass.