The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-16
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
The Senate and House Both Proceeding Leis-
urely and Doing Little-Notes.


The General Assembly will doubtless resume
work to-day. Four days were lost by the Sen
ate and two by the House last week, and after
the brief vacation the members will probably
enter upon the business of the special session
with refreshed interest 1t is doubtful. how
ever, If there will be quorum before RI ,,,,er-
noon session as many OF the members who have
gone hsIne will be unable to reach the city be-
.ore noon.
The validity of the adjournment of the House
on Saturday is questionable. There were only
seven members present-which. however, was a
sufficient number-and order was called and the
motion to adjourn, which was made immediate
ly, was declared before 2o'clock, which was the
hour fixed for the opening of the session. Rep
resentative Hayden, who has been making a
lonely effort to bring the special session to an
end as soon as possible, expressed doubts about
the validity of the proceeding at the Time and sug
gested that in order to avoid the possibility OF a
mistake, the House should again adjourn after
o'clock, but the proposition was not received
with any support. The important feature OF the
question is that it involves the doubtful power OF
the House to resume work to-day, as the time of
the temporary vacation, counting from last
Thursday, exceeds the constitutional limit
Nearly one week has elapsed since the
special session began, and yet none OF the i'm
portant bills for the enactment of which it was
specially called, have been considered. The
pending order of business, if strictly adhered to
the call of counties for the purpose of allowing
each member to designate one bill to be voted
upon-can hardly be disposed of this week. The
call has already consumed two weeks and is only
two thirds completed The indications are
therefore, that the essentially important bills
will be deferred until the last days of the ses-
sion, just as they were before.
WHAT CAUSED HUFFsTETTER's DOWNFALL.
The Independent says: The downfall of Huff
stetter can be attributed to desire to put on
style and outshine the dudes of Indianapolis,
and he certainly succeeded in this respect. He
occupied expensive apartments at leading no.
tel, INDUCED in expensive habits and ragged
out as the boys say, in the most gorgeous-hued
apparel. His expenses each day were necessarily
more than his honest income, and it is surmised
that his remarkable conceit led him to attempt
to clean out our expert poker players, just to
learn 'em alessop. After his discharge from his
position in the Senate he seemed to lose none of
his magnificent gall, but hung around the city
for several days: indulging in very hyfalutin'
talk about his farms in Lawrence county and
money in bank, etc. He said on one occasion
few newspaper men or not AS he skipped for
tall timber the next day, and as no reporters
were taken to the Surgical Institute, it is be-
lieved that he concluded to postpone the recrea-
ton permanently.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Indefinite leave of absence has been granted
Senator Willard, who is in Washington trying to
get himself appointed consul to Havre, the po-
sition now held by John B. Glover, former
resident of Lawrence county.
The proposed allowance to Henry r. Frye,
the House doorkeeper for summoning wit
nesses to appear before the investigating COM
mittee Of the knightstown institution, has been
reduced in the Senate, by the special committee
of which Senator Macy is chairman, from $3.50. II
to 1854.
bill was introduced by Senator Foulke, on
Saturday, which provides that expert witnesses
may be called upon to testify in all courts, ex-
cept before justices of the peace upon the petit
ton of either party to the suit They shall be
selected by the judge, and he may allow them
whatever pay for their services he deems proper
A spirited fight is in progress for the position
of contingent President Of the Senate which is
specially desirable for the reason that it is be-
leved that Lieutenant governor Manson will
resign if he succeeds in getting an appointment
to lucrative Office There now three can
didates--Morgan III. Weir, of LaPorte; f. B.
Sellers, of Monticello, and A. G. Smith, of North
Vernon, with the chances of success in about
the order named.
A concurrent resolution, proposing an amend
ment to the State Constitution by striking out
section q of article Z, was introduced in the
Senate Saturday by Senator Foulke. The Sec
ton provides that every person of good moral
character being voter, shall be entitled to
practice law in all courts OF Justice 1t is the
purpose of the proposed abrogation of the section
to open way to the regulation of the practice
of law by statutory enactments.
Senator Winter introduced bill on Saturday
provide service to all persons companies COM
plying with their usual regulations. The bill,
although general, applies specially to the trouble
between the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Com
pany and the Central Telephone Company, which
recently arose in this city The bill also pro-
vides that telegraph companies shall receive and
transmit messages, without discrimination in
charges, during business hours
Senator Foulke has introduced bill which
provides that no person shall be confined as an
insane person, in any private asylum in the
State, unless such asylum shall have been Ii
Hospital for the Insane, and that said board
shall visit such asylums at least twice year,
and shall appoint in each county a board of
three or five visitors whose duty it shall be to
inspect the asylulns at frequent intervals 1t re-
quires that the patients shall be allowed to COM
municate consult with anyone they may de-
sire to, and gives them the right to write letters
without any restraints.
!. Roseberry, the Forser, Captured.