The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-31
rHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Another Half Day Wasted on Account
Of the Absence of a Quorum.
The Committee of the Whole, in the House,
Concludes Consideration of the Gen.
eral Appropriation Bill.

Another half day was practically lost by the
Legislature yesterday. There was no quorum
during the morning in either the Senate or
House, and. in consequence. only minor business
could be transacted. After dragging through an
hour and a half the Senate adjourned until. 2
o'clock in the afternoon, and the remainder Of
the days session was devoted to discussing the
bill to prohibit gambling on the grounds OF
county fairs and the appellate court BILL without
resulting in any decided action. The House did
more work than the Senate, but the time of the
morning session was mostly wasted on account
of there being no quorum.
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION.
|. The preliminary consideration of the general
appropriation bill in the House by the commit
tee of the whole, was finally concluded, yesterday
| after more than week of irregular work. The
only notably important change made yesterday
was in adopting an amendment proposed by
Representative Kruger allowing $50, 600 for i'm
provements on the northern penitentiary, to be
used in building hospital for insane and re-
fractory prisoners, a bath house and purchasing
q library When the bill afterwards came be-
fore the House on second reading, an amend
ment was proposed by Representa-
tive Smith of Tippecanoe, giving $14, $50
to Purdue University for buildings with
the provision that the money could not be used
until an equal sum is raised among the friends of
the institution by subscriptions. A motion TO
lay the amendment on the table was defeated by
a vote of As to %, which indicates that the
amount viii be allowed. The leaders in the
fight against giving aid to the institution OPP
posed TO any allowance, and there will doubtless
be another prolonged debate over the matter.
The question was pending at the time of ad-
iournment last evening" and will probably be
resumed when the bill again comes up for con-
sideration today.
THE LIMIT THE END.
The action of the House, yesterday. in prompt
" laying on the table resolution fixing next
Wednesday as the date for the final adjourn
ment of the Legislature, by tie decisive vote "a
to a. is another indication that the majority are
determined to continue the session until the ex-
piration of the constitutional limit. The leaders
in the movement to bring about agreement to
adjourn next week concede that there is no
probability of the session coming to an end
within at least two weeks. Representa-
, tive McMullen, who has been actively urging
the proposition to adjourn on next Monday,
yesterday remarked to the Journal representa-
: tive that there were twenty five bills pending
which would have to be disposed of before the
members of the House would consent to an adj
journmcnt, and the consideration of these bills
will occupy the whole Of the next two weeks
time. Other business will arise which will pro-
long the session, and by proceeding leisurely the
remaining nineteen days can be filed in. The
session will necessarily have to end not later
than April Is, although there is no good reason
Why there should not be a final adjournment
during the present week.