The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
IN SENATE.
THURSDAY. March 26. 1885.
APPELLATE COURT.

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tenant Governor made the committee to con-
sist of Metsrs. Weir, Mccullough, Foulke,
Mcgee and Willard.
KNIGHTsTowE TEvEsTIGAT-oS.
The Conference Committee thereon re-
ported an allowance of $40 to the House
Doorkeeper and 500 to the Grand Hotel.
The report was concurred in.
TO PROHIBIT UNDAY BALL PLAYING.
The bill Fl. K. 6 being read the third
time
Mr.. SMITH, oiJay: I am opposed to the
passage of any penal statute containing an
emergency clause. l move to recommit the
bill with instructions to strike out the emer-
gency clause and report back the bill at
once.
Mr.. HILLIGASS moved to instruct the
committee to insert the words where an sd-
mission fee Is charged, " and also the word
'fbase." The bill as it is would subject boys
to prosecution in every township in the
State where they may be found tossing a ball
on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. FOWLER: This bill is rather broad
in its terms.
Mr.. FAULKNER: The farmers boys can
take care of themselves; it is the city boys
who play base ball and every other Kind of
a bail on Sundays. gathering large body of
people together and disturbing those re-
ligiOusly inclined.
Mr. OVERSTREET: a bill with the
amendment proposed would amount TO
nothing. The farmers boys are not the
ones to violate such a law.
Mr.. SELLERS opposed the bill.
Mr.. WINTER: l think the bill should
pass as 1t is. IL would not be applied TO
small boys. II Is just as much of an evil 70
play a game of ball where a large crowd is
gathered together on Sunday, whether an
admission fee is charged or not.
Mr.. WILLARD: The amendment pro-
posed would destroy the effect desired by
the bill. i concur fully with the remarks of
the Senator from Jay. Where boys toss a
bell between themselves it is not a game.
This kind Of Sabbath amusement hiss grown
TO De almost
Mr.. SHIrH, of jennings: The more leg
islstion enacted to compel the observance of
the Sabbath day the more reverence is in
epired for If. de would not have so much
objection to the DILL il amended as proposed.
Mr.. MAGEE would not restrict harmless
enjoyments on Sunday If il did not disturb
the people. shall never vote TO restrict in
cividusl liberty on any subject. Cities can
pass ordinances to prevent lawlessness that
will result from playing base ball on Sunday.
Morality must come from the fireside and
schools, and not from legislative enactment.
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: l am
told that at 8 preachers meeting some one
(I don't care 10 give his name) stated that
the Speaker OF the House or the President of
tae Senate informed a committee of minis.
tiers that this bill had passed the House, but
it ould 90 no farther. / wish to say that l
never stated that TO any minister or to any
booy else. 1 have been for this bill from the
beginning. and am for it noW l have never
proposed 10 state what the Senate is going TO
f0 fnF i dnn't knnW And L don't EnnU
because 3 man is a preacher that he is at
liberty 70 tell 8 lie deliberately. Laughter.
Mr.. THOMPSON: have been informed
that the other ministers were very much
mortified over that statement. The idea they
received was contrary to that expressed, in
asmuch as the Houre had already passed the
bill.
Mr.. MCCULLOUGH; No law should be
put on the statute book that will not be re-
spected. The fine imposed in this bill would
not deter the game. / favor very large lati-
tude on the question OF Sunday laws. IL
such 3 law IS this is enacted the penalty
should be enforced against the employers of
these base ball players as we'll as the players
themselves, or against the ticket seller or
those who attempt to take gate money, other
wise the company could pay the fine and
continue the Sunday games. You might as
well say it was unlawful to play marbles or
to go in swimming on Sunday. A bill to
stop money making by such games on SUI
QE1 NOu4A 10 AnbCA LULU CnCCbud HAL II
provisions proposed.
Nj. CAMPBELL, of st. Joseph, moved TO
amend the amendment by striking out of
the amendment the word base
This motion was rejected upon q division
affirmative, 10; negative, %.
The amendment was agreed 20 by yeas Il,
nays 70.
Messrs. Magee, Weir and zimmerman vot-
ing aye" though opposad to the bill.
The motion 10 refer was agreed to and the
Lieutenant Governor appointed Mr.. Over
street as sald Committee of One.
AMENDMENT or PLEADINGS.
The bill q. Z = 10 amend Section 1864
OF The code was read the third time with a
Senate amendment.
MI. WINTER explained: The party shall
ttsie socltional proof will be required, sRd
inat lhey can not produce that proof at the
time N order to secure q continuance.
Inc Dill passed by yeas 80, nays ?.
PHYSIOLOGY IL THE SCHOOLS.
The bill d. l6, with the Senate substitute
adopted yesterday, was resd the third time.
Mr. SMITH, OF Jay: The bin IS amended
by the Senate Is directory, aud the resnlt of
it's passage would be the common schools
\ viii be narassed by any person who may fall
out with the school teacher. We ought to
look beyond the question of temperance and
consider whether such 3 statute would mot
lead TO confusion and to the b~reaking up of
many schools.
Mr.. FOULKE moved to postpone the fur.
Their consideration of the bill till il comes
ne IN the next order on the third reading OF
House bill.
Mr.. SMITH, of Jay, moved to amend by
indefinitely postponing the bill.
Mr.. FOULKE: The bill does not mean
anything impossi5le-neither does il mean
that physiology shall be taught TO the A B
Q classes in the schools. The fact is demon
strable by medical science that alcoholic
stimussnts are injurious in this climate, and
in so far IS science has demonstrated that
fact Just so far will this bill propose to have
the science taught.
The motion to indefinitely postpone was
sgreed to by yeas p, nays 20.
MIR. BIN exniaininO his v0te. think