The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-03-11
LEGISLATIVE NOTES:
Governor Gray Issues a Call for
an Extra Session.
The Democratic Caucus Appoints Com
mittee to Investigate Door.
keeper Frey.
Speaker Jewett Receives Handsome
Testimonial From the Legis-
lative Solons-Other
Notes.

ate speech yesterday upon adlournlng the
House. His remarks will be found in our
regular report elsewhere in this issue.
Under the call of the Governor the Gen.
eral Assembly will meet in special session
this morning, but it was whispered last /
night that an adjournment would immedl'
ately take place for three or four days. |
What truth there is in this report will be
made manifest to day.
The committee appointed to investigate
Mr.. Hoffstetter examined the warrants at
the Auditors Office yesterday, but nothing |
of importance was developed. 1t was re- /
ported last night that Mr.. Huffstetter had |
returned certain sums, charged to Senators, |
to the Treasury, but this was only romor |
and could not be traced to any reliable |
source.
Oh. Adair was appointed Prosecuting
Attorney for the judicial district composed
of Jaw and Adams Counties by the Gov
ernor Yesterday. The members OF the Board
of Commissioners of the additional Insane
Hospitals. Messrs. Skinner, Robinson, Gray
and Gross, were reappolnted and conmis-
stoned
The House and Senate appointed COM
rnittses Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock to
wait upon the Governor and ascertain
whether he had any further communities
ton TO make 10 the General Assembly.
Senators Mccullough, Magee and Moon
on the part of the Senate, and Representa-
tives French and Floyd on the part OF the
House composed the committees.
Sneaker JeWett's manly and impartial
course during the session was handsomely
Endorsed in the House yesterday in the pass
sge OF the. following resolution, the vote
being unanimous:
'ResOlved. That the thanks OF this House are
due, and hereby rendered, TO Hon. Charles l.
Jewett for his uniform kindness and courtesy
during the session. and for the able ana Impartial
manner in which ne has discharged his duties.
The thanks Of the House were rendered
TO the employees yesterday and with them
something more substantial-extra pay IN
two or three instances. Martin A. Morr-
son, the Reading Clerk, was rendered a vote
OF thanks by unanimous rising vote, dis
tincton not made in any other case. 1t IS
not uncommon to hear old members say
that Morrison is the best Reading CLERK
ever employed by the Legislature.
The Governor signed several bills yester
day among which were the following: An
act for the relief of Mrs. May; an act to pro-
tect all persons in their civil rights; an act
regulating weights and measures; an act re-
lating to the removal of oDstructions from
highways: an act for the incorporation Of
building associations; ar act preventing the
act authorizing colleges 10 own and sell
real estate; and an act to amend the act re-
latiDg TO the presentation of claims sgsinst
counties.
Representative Wilson, acting under the
impression that his Kosciusko constituency
would not think him great man unless he
made ass of himself, introduced rssolu-
tion yesterday calling upon the new admin
l. l. 4
child in the United States the IS which it is
said Hendricks promised during the cam
paign would be distributed from the surplus
IN the national treasury. The Speaker very
properly ruled the resolution out of order
and the member from Koscuisko sank back
into the insignihcance which he so well
adorns.
In the closing hours Of the session of the
House yesterday Mr.. Kreuger introduced q
resolution thanking the daily papers for fair
and impartial reports made OF the proceed
iDgs OF the Legislature. To this several
members, among them Messrs. Browning
and Cooling made speeches in opposition,
taking the ground that they could not thanh
those papers that had maligned and misrep-
resented them during the session. 1t has
been the habit OF some of the Organs" to
mlsHepresent Mr.. GoodiDg on all occasions
else, they would sneeringly refer 70 him as
the economist the peoples friend" etc
1t can be said of Mr.. GoodiDg that be has
been one Of the most industrious and ETH.
Gent members OF the lower House, and that
no has dlVayS been governed by what he con /.
scienuously believed to be his duty to the
people who commissioned him as their repre-
sentative in the Legislature. Were he less q
man or discharged his duty less fearlessly
the organs would not thus bark st his heels
HANDSOME TESTIMONIAL.
Some forty or fifty members of the House
met in the parlors of the Bates last evening
and presenIsd to Speaker Jewett handsome
geld chain and seal as testimonial of their
appreciation Of his acts as presiding officer.
Representative Pendleton made the presenta.
ton speech, eulogiziDg Speaker Jewett and
expressing the high confidence and apprecia.
ton which the contributors to the purchase
OF the present felt in his ability and firmness
as demonstrated during the session. Speaker
Jewett made neat response, acknowledging
his appreciation Of the gift aud declaring
that II would be cherished in future wears
as an eyiceace of their friendly regard. and
at all times to remind him of the occasion
OF his labOrs and associations as Speaker OF
the Indiana House of Representatives..
The seal and chain cost in the
neighborhood of 500, and many of
contributed to the purchase money. Its in
trlnsic value however is as nothing compared
with what its presentation saws of the esteem
IN which the Speaker of the House is held by
his fellow members.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The Democratic members of the General
Assembly met in caucus last night, and had
altogether lively time. The question under
consideration was the reappointment of
the officers and employees, and on this ques-
ton some difference Of opinion was soon
manifested. A resolution 10 retain the Of
dcers and employees was introduced, when
Mr.. NcMichael called for division of the
question. On the retention of the Speaker
Clerk Darnell and Assistant Clerk II Tanning,
the caucus was unanimous. When it came
to selecting a Doorkeeper Mr.. McMchsel
moved that ]. ID. Armstrong be elected. In
secoudiDg this motion Mr.. Lloyd stated that
he bad been informed and believed that
Frey had made assessments on appointees,
and bad charged constructive mileage. A
long discussion followed, in which the same
statements were made by others. Mr.. Pat
ten said he believed the statement was true,
and he bad been informed since coming