The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-21

The bill to provide for Railroad Commits /
sioner was adversely reported from the com /
mittee yesterday.
The Temperance Committee yesterday
recommends the indefinite p9s'ponement I
OF all the bills in their hands Chis includes /
Staley's proposed constitutional am sndment +
and Best's bill tOT u local option iaW
Senator FO Elsrs 5ll 30 suspend morrison
ment IN cases Of feionies snd misdemeanOrs
penoing an spret from ne court convict.
Z 2 the defendant Gas called mp yesterday,
and after a discussion, was laid on the table,
Five members OF the Committee on Claims
recommend the payment of $4,000 to Mrs
Edwin May for services rendered by her
husband as architect of the new State house.
Two members recommend the reduction Of
the amount 10 So, 600
Mr.. Gordon from committee yesterday re-
ported bill for the ests blishment Of an Indi
ana weather bureau. He said that a bureau
is now in operation at DePauw University,
that the expenses were paid by that institu-
Ton, and tnst no appropriation was asked
from the State. The bill wss referred TO the
Committee on Rights and Privileges.
The Senate Committee on Banks has de-
cided to report none OF the several bills
which have been introduced with reference
to the exa minaiiOn and other matters con
nected In private banks. The committee
appears 81 regard examinations as uaneces-
ssry, bnt tae probabilities are that the House
committee will report a modified bill.
Nashville, Brown County, correspond
ent says Hen w. w. Browning, Repre-
sentative for Brown and Monroe Counties
now temporarily located at the Capitol city
is never unmindful of his friends at home
a fact evidenced by receipt OF valuable pa
peIs-SenunPl and Others-ior which re
cipients tender common thanks gratefully.
Mr.. b. is much missed here, bat we feel con-
tent to spare him while he Is doing good
work for the people"
10 cor sidering the General Appropriation
bill Yesterday the affairs of the Kuightstown
Home came up, and an amendment was
offered providing that the Governor should
have power to remove any Officeror employe
of the institution with or without cause.
Mr.. Sayre in speaking on the amendment,
said that the state OF affairs now existing at
/ that institution is public disgrace, and yet
/ ii seemed that nobody had q right to remove
/ the offending parties. Mr.. Cooling moved
| to amend by giving the Governor authority
/ to remove an officer for cause. Objection
/ was made to the amendments and the mat.
ter went over till this morning.
Senator Foulke's bill TO require instruction
/ in the public schools on the effects Of alcohol
and narcotics on the human system, was the
/ special order yesterday, majority and minor
/ lily reports having been presented. The mi
nority report claimed that sUch law WOULD
/ give temperance fanatics or enthusiasts az
/ OBJ ortunity TO msKe their OWE intsrprsts-
/ Iiuns, and would lead TO Disturbances ia the
\ schools Senator FOulke favored the bili
ole cod hat a of
one. fourth j. dies and three fOurlbs yOers
( had petitoneo for the passage OF such
bill. 4 motion 10 strike out the enaC,ing
clause was defeated whereupOn Senator Vii
/ lard moved that the dill be indefinitely post
/ poDed, and the motion prevailed.
The Specific Appropriation bill prepared
| by the Committee on Ways and Means was
reported by Mr.. McMulsn yesterday. It's
most important provisions are as
I fcilCws: Perrin q Gaf Manufacturing Com
I rsny, for workshops at the Southern Prison.
! So $50; Commissioners OF Marion County.
/ Tor Extra rooms, light and fuel for Legisla.
tive sessions OF 1879 and 1855. s. 900; for
! tie present session. l500 f9r inherent on
the e bt Of the STATE Board OF Agriculture
; - Geo for completion of chapel at S0ath-
err Prison, > COO; for brick vail Ia enclose
/ the grounds and four stone towers, S}2 COO
/ 4 mo- bsr 81 smaller allow cces. rAnging
/ frcr g. zoo 20 s. coo. were recommended cor
various services rendered the stare by en-.
I uloyes of different Institutions spsci 8
Judges and others
{ TIE House Committee on Prisons SUB.
mitted its report yesterday, and made &C.
concentrations for appropriations, improve
meats and changes. Regarding both insti-
tutions, the committee declares that they
are in excellent condition, the TODD Is good
and plentiful, and the cOnvicts apparently
cobtented. The consideration of the Legs
lstuIe is called to proposition to appoint
State agent whose duty il shall be 10 lock
after The future Of discharged convicts an
appropriation OF $500 for the purchase Of
/ library books Is recommended: also. IL 4ttwo
new heating boilers be purchased aud. that
cells &c provided for insane ccuvicts Re
garding the Southern Prison the following
recoDmeL dations are made: The purchase
/ Of three more acres Of ground st a cost of
3 800. and the binding of a wall around 10
+ 1T a cost of So eco; the purchase of al sd
I dtionel house at cost of : 900; furnishing
+ Of the chapel at cost of 81 600 It IL also
recommended that Or. W. r. Sherrod the
I prison physician for years, be retired on &C
count of advancing age. and that younger
and more sctive man be appointed. The
most important accommodation made is
that the Legislature should take some action
10 provide that cOnvicts who were sentenced
10 life imprisonment, and whose conduct
has been exemplary, should be released
after having served fourteen or sixteen
wears.