The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-02
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Action OF the Senate Regarding Some
OF It's Employees.
The Congressional and Legislative
Apportionment Bills in
the Senate.
The Mrs. Edwin May claim in tas
Hands CT the House Committee
Communication From
the Governor.

LIE congressional ard Legislative appor-
honment bills were introduced in the Sem
on saturday and made the special order for
today. Senator Foulke moved that their
| consideration be postponed till FRIDAY. evil
oently hoping 10 defeat their passage, but in
| this ne signally, failed.
1t having appeared that some two or thrse
employees who have now been dischaged had
drawn pay to the end or the session. a rese-
| luton was introduced authorizing the At
torney General to take the necessary stems
for the recovery of ell money Illegally
drawn by Senate employees.
From the present prospect the bill prohib-
! iting baseball playing On Sunday win hard
ly be passed this session. II passed the
House some time ago, but has never heen
called up in the Senate. Whether il is in
tended for II TO sleep tie sleep that knows
no waking is not, of course. known. but il
strikes the casual obserye. as looking very
strongly that way.
Mr.. Engle's bill with reference TO persons
who are acquitted OF any crime on the
sole ground OF insanity vas read a third time
and passed the House. It.provides that when
any person is so acquitted that fact should
De set forth in the werlich of the Jury, and
the court should, upon this finding order
him to be sent to the Iosane Hos pitai and
kept there until further order. without any
formal insanity proceedings, also providing
punishment for persons who are accessory to
crimes after the fact.
Senator Thompsons bill appropriatipg
SIC, 900 to Mrs. Edwin May was read q first
tine in the House on Saturday. Represent.
alive Gordon mace a speech in opposition
20 the measure, and moved that the bill be
Indefinitely postponed The motion was
ihen referred to the Committee on WAYS
aud Means, with instructions to examiae
the State House Commissioners under oath
IS u the justice of the claim and get from
them, II possible, authorized statements of
the amount of money, IL any, due to Mrs.
May, and report 10 day.
In appointing successor to Mr.. Huffstet.
ter on Saturday, General Manson took occa-
sion to ssy that he regretted exceedingly
that be had signed the warrants for pay i'm
advance of some of the clerks, and officers
whose conduct had been 1.-THE subject of in
curry. He had instructed the Secretary
Mr.. Kelly to present no pay warrante
either for Senators or clerks for his sigma.
tuTe. until the money was absolutely due
And Mr.. Kelly had assured him that his
books were posted every day, and that no
advance warrants were made.
At the opening OF the Senate Saturday the
Preiident ordered the clerk to read a COM
n unicstion from Assistant Secretary Huff
stetter, in which that official rendered his
resignation. 1t probably unnecessary to add
that the same was accepted without bebaie.
General Manson then announced that, in
accordance with instructions from the Demo
cratic caucus, he would nominate Mr.. Huff.
stetter's successor in the person of
John u. Carter, soldier of the
late war, who received a severe
wound in the battle at Richmond. XIV.
The nomination was unanimously confirmed
by the Senate The new appointee has been
railroad and telegraph agent for q number
of years, and served one term as Auditor of
Orange County.
The Senate bill to regulate the public
printing OF the State came up on Saturday,
and with it was read the following COM
munication from the Governor the bill and
communication both being referred TO the
Committee on Printing:
Gentlemen of the House:
Your attention is called to the subject of pub-
nc printing, In page Go OF the report OF the Audi
cost of the State printing You will find upon
examination OF the report that this branch of the
pubic service has cost during the past four years
the sum OF slo7,420s 50. can see no reason for
gst ana the reports OF the State Institutions for
the year in which the legislature does not meet
Iney might very properly and without any detrf-
ment be very considerably curtailed. and would
suggest the advisability OF law giving the Bosrd
OF commissioners of Public Printing and Bind
Ing some discretion in determining what part of
the annual report should be printed in the inter
ests OF economy. invite your careful considera-
ton OF this subject. Respectfully submitted.
ISAAC p. GRAY,
Governor.