The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRInAY. January 9. lss5.

The House was called 70 order by the Speaker.
who said: Tie House viii be opened with prayer
by Z. s. FIszel. q Represt NATIVE from the County
The SPEAKER: The next thing in order viii
be the reading Of the journal
The journal was being rssd, when
Mr.. McAULLES moved that the further reading
OF tie journal be dispensed with.
The motion was rejected, and the Clerk pro.
cseded with the reading.
The Doorkeeper having announced a message
A member OF the Senate said: am directed by
the ser ate 10 inform the House of the passage of
the following resolution IN regard to convening
the two Houses IN JOINT sess ion to receive the Gov
ernor's message.
MI. SMITH, OF Tippecanoe: Considering the
amount OF work to be done, / move we sus pend
the further reading of the journal. ! do that for
the reason that the reading of the Journal is a
mere Formally. If IL is necessary TO find out
what business has been transacted we can
refer to the journal. Any member can In
form himself OF that BY referring 10 the journal.
We have other business 10 be accomplished, and
as III hearing OF the message comes this morning,
l think we had better not hear the journal read.
l Will say to the House, however, l am not psrtic-
Mr.. GOoDING: For the commencement 1 think
IT. is q bad precedent 10 dispense with the reading
oil the journal. insist that we ought to hear the
reading OF the journal every morning, so that each
member may know what the journal says, and 1
insist upon the residing Of the Journal, and the
Governors message can come afterward.
Ar. kELLISON: 1 suppose the proceedings of
yesterday Of the most Importance. Put the ques-
ton to the House and / will abide It's decision.
Mr. GORDoE l think any member can have
an inspection of the journal at any time.
The motion was rejected upon a division. 4,
The reading OF the Journal proceeded until
On motion by MIR. LLOYD, the reading OF the
Journal was dispensed with.
The SPEAKER appointed as pages Joseph Fee
blemsn, Charles Murphy, James Burns and Ed
ward Doyle.
joint OF the two Houses at IL O'Clock
to- day, for the purpose of publishing the votes
cast for Governor ana Lieutenant Governor at the
laSfgeneral election, and hearing the biennial
message OF the present Governor, being reid
The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. Loop, Hayden
and Bayworth q committee on the part of the
house to act with the Senate committee 70 wait on
the Governor.
MI. WILLIAMS offered a resolution, which was
adopted. authorizing the appointment OF a com
mittee oftwO TO conduct Senators TO this hall for
the session OF the joint convention.
Whereupon the SPEAKER appointed MessrS.
Williams and Best said M
U. 8. GRANT.
III. BOYD offered the following:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the members
Of this House that the Congres. OF tee United states
should Ct once place General q. S. Graut upOn the
retired list of the army for bis services, for VIVA
ing 20 Us an undivided country.
Mr. GO0DING: think we have more import
ant business. For the present l move 10 lay II Oh
A motion to make the resolution a special order
for one week from Monday was rejected.
neyr 80.
Mr.. POTTER moved to reconsider the vote just
taken anu 10 4dv the inter IAOtiOu Oh the JaOle.
JOINT CONVENTION.
The SPEAKER said. the time hes arrived for the
Joint Convention of the two Houses.
The Senate approving. AND Senators Being FUR
nished seats in the center of the hall,
The LIEUTENAET GOVERNOR, sitting on the
right of the Speaker of the House. called the Con
vention to order. saying: The purpose of this
Joint Convention Is TO htar the biennial message
of the Governor, aud after that to count and pub
lish the votes est for the Governor and Lieuten-
| ant Governor elect. The Joint Committee hereto
Il fore Qnnofufpd IN wait nn0u the fOVernOr will
l please attend to that duty. In order to expedite
matters ! Will call upon the Speaker of tie House
| to publish the votes cast for Governor and Lieu
| tenant Governor at the last election, and we will
| then have the returns referred 10 the Secretary OF
| the Senate and the Clerk OF the House TO tabulate
| the votes. so we may be able to publish the result
at the close of the reading of the Governors mes
The SPEAKER of the House: I suppose the ex-
hibition OF these returns lying on the table in
front of him In bundlesl Of the vote cast at the
| last November election for Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor of the State, will be considered
| sufficient compliance with the law on the subject.
These are the returns That have been delivered to
| me. and il there is no objection they will be in
| this manner referred TO the Secretary of the Sen.
ate and Clerk of the House of Representatives FOL
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: 1t Is so or.
| dered. The clerks will please take these returns
tabulate them and report the result. ,
| Governor Porter now walking up the aisle III
| advance of the committee OF the two Houses ap
| pointed to inform him the Joiut ami was
| In waiting TO hear bis message, was received with
applause. When he reached the Speakers dias-
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR said: Gentle,
men of the Joint Committee have the pleasure
OF introducing to you the Governor OF this State
who will now deliver bis biennial message.
Governor Porter read his message, as folio We:
The Message.
GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
sENTATIyEs-The circumstances under which you
meet are not so suspicious as they were when TIT
Legislature last assembled. Low prices have pre-
vailed for farmers products. Our manufscrurinI
industries have been depressed. Our mines o
coal have not found a ready market for all tn,
coal they could produce. Labor, in many ccupa
tons, has not been rewarded with steady employ
ment nor with adequate returns. When the re
sources OF the people are diminished ii is the dut,
of the legislator TO MAKE the public burtnen q
light as possible. The following isa
STATEMENT or TIVE PUBLIC DEBT.
Foreign Debt.
Five per cent. State stock
TWO and one-naif State
stock ertifcstes~........ 2,355 Is
Five per cent. temporary
loan bonds held by Brook
lyn savings Bank. New
York, due December, 1889.
payable at the pleasure of
the State after April /.
Five per cent. Temporary
loan bonds held by Wins
low, LanIer x Co. New
York City, due April l,
1882, payable at the pleas
ure OF the State after April
six 1--WE per cent internal
Improvement bonds. held
by the United States, due
July ], 1Ss6---.--........ 600 90
Total ioreign.-..~ sD7, SIS
Domestic Debt
School fund bond No. l, is
sued January J. 1867.--.S 7c9.0l IS
School fund bond No. 2, Is
sued January 20, lS67--.-. 2 65s,o57 so
School fund bond No. 8, is
sued May /, 1855. ....-... 18f,2Si 90
School fund bond No. 4, is
sued January 20, ISL. f77.700 90
School fund bond No. 5, is
sued May 3, 1873 ...-----. 1876 CO
Five per cent. bonds held by
Purdue University. Lsfay-
cite. Ind. due April /,
Total domestic -.-- 4.2A,7ss
Total State dett.--.-.. $4.s76, sos
The item of twenty -four internal improvement
bonds past due, S24,000." which appeared in Il