The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-06
Another Intellectual Effort TO Call Up
the Appropriation Bill.
Congress Congratulated for Piac'
ing Grant on the Retired List.
Mr.. Lloyd by no Means Sanguine of
Passing the Knightstown
Home Bill.
Several Bills signed by the Governor
A Colored Man Views on Town
sends BnI-Other Notes.

yesterday afternoon, after debate in which
a number of Representatives participated.
The Senate bill permitting County Com.
missioners to issue bonds for the c1nstruc-
ton of cCurt-h0Uses was passed by the House
yesterday.
w. .. Foley is seeking the appointment
SIS National Bank Examiner, and petition
In his interest is being circulated among
the II embers of the Legislature.
Mr.. Lloyd made a motion yesterday after
noon to hold an evening session for the pur-
pose OF considering the Knightstown Home
bill, but the House refused to assent by a
vote Of IL TO 43.
In speaking on the Militia BILL yesterday
morning, Repre- sentative Harrell mentioned
the name of Speaker Jewett in connection
with the Governship four years hence, and
was loudly applauded tor the sentiment.
The Republican Senators have fled
statement OF their reasons for opposing the
apportion ment bills at their several stages,
the statement embodying substantially the
same points as made by the signers in de-
bate.
BY an almost unanimous vote the House
yesterday passed a resolution congratulating
the Congress of the United States on the
fact that il bad placed Grant on the retired
list OF the army. Mr.. Gooding alone voted
in the negative.
The Governor yesterday appointed and
commissioned Orlando ]. Lott, of Delaware
County, Judge of the Forty-sixth Judicial
District, and Emerson McGrlff, of Randolph,
Prosecuting Attorney for the Twenty-fitth
Judicial District.
The Democratic members of the House
held caucus yesterday afternoon for tie
purpose of coming to an understan ling
about the appropriation bill, but the meet
ing resulted in nothing and ad burned with.
out any definite action.
The House yesterday afternoon passed
joint resolutions allowing the claim of Miss
Lizzie Calls for SS6lS So for preparing the
balls OF the House and Senate, and the
claim of the Knightstown Home Investi-
eating Committee for expenses aggregating
S1,oS9.
The claim of John Martin for $40, 1866
was reported from the Judiciary Committee,
Mr.. Williams submitting minority report
The claim is for work done on the Insane
Hospital and seems to haze been unneces-
sarily delay ed. Both reports were laid on
the table till such time as the bill should be
called up for action.
Mr.. Lloyd does not appear to have much
confidence in his ability TO have the knights
town Home bill considered before adjorun
ment. He has exhausted every means in bis
power to get the bill considered, but under
the rule to take up bills in their regular or
der, there is no probability of its being con
ssdered. In the event that the bill is not
passed, Goar and White will continue in Of
fee for the next two years.
At 2:30 yesterday afternoon Mr.. Patten
move to take up the appropriation bill at
O'Clock. Mr.. Dittimore moved to lay ths
motion on the table, and the ayes and noes
were demanded. In explaining his vote
Mr.. Patten denounced the action OF the
members who opposed the consideration OF
the dill, and declared that the responsibility
should be made TO rest where it belonged.
The motion to Law on the table prevailed by
a vote OF So to 80 the Republicans voting
with few Democrats 10 prevent its consid
Grafton.
The Governor signed several bills yesier-
day, among which were the following; An
act creating judicial circuit in each OF the
counties OF Randolph and Delaware which
formerly constituted the Forty fifth judicial
circuit; an act legslizlng foreign surety com
yanies doing business in this State, prescrib-
| ing the duties of the agents thereof, aud of
| the Auditor of State in connection there
| the town of Bourbon, Marshal County, aud
70 ieghize the official acts of the several
boards OF trustees and the officers OF said
town; an act making appropriation for the
/ State Government and Its institutions, di
rectiDg the application of such
appropriations, requiring sccouts to be
kept and repeating 1nconslstent laws; an act
| providing for the construction and repairing
| of fish ladders defining certain misde mean
ors and providing penalties. Immediately
after The signature OF the Governor had been
iliA these bills they we've fled with the
Secretary of the State,
A coLoRED MANS VIEWS.
The Republican press is charging the
Democracy with being unfair to the c1lole ed
| people, simply because the bill introduced
by Representative Townsend, the colored
member from Fort Wayne, entitled bill to
abolish all discriminating laws on account OF
race, color or previous condition. was de
| feated in the House by a vote of 43 TO 10
| The facts in the matter are these: Senator
| Thompson introduced civil rights bill IN
the Senate, which appears on the calendar
as Senate bill No. 43. identicslly the
same bill which Congress made law,
and was set aside by Republican
| Supreme Court. The Republicans in
the Senate attempted to defeat that measure
by lacking on riders to it, and lastly, by in
| lectlDg into IL an amalgamatl0n clause, Dut
were not successful. Now, the same tactics,
Ii was the ught would work in the House
if the colored member would be induced TO
champion it. How to defeat the passage OF
a bill that would break the color line in pol
it;cs was the enigma II the measure be
comes Indiana law. as was the case under
Democratic rule in the States of Ohio, New
Jersey and Connecticut, it will unmask the
prttension that the Democracy is unfriendly
to the colored people. So, in order to arrest
this turn in affairs, an exigency arose, and
that was to have the colored MEMBER intro
duce some sort of a bill. which was numbered
House bill 80. which it was thought, on &C
count of his connection with the race that OF
itself would be sufficient to dlserm all crit
cism, and both defeat the Thompson bill aad
place the Democratic party on record. Be-