The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-19

The Bill TO Roorganize tho State
Board OF Health Passes
the House.
The Kniahtstown Home Bill Discussed
and Ordered Engroseed - The
Lone Greenbacker's Chance.

by unanimous vote the Senate to-day
passed resolution TO adjourn sine die on
zhe 25th Instant.
Hon. Bellamy s. Sutton, a well known
Shelby County statesman and an ex.member
pf the House, had seat on the left OF the
Speaker yesterday.
The resolution of Mr. Passage to 80 amend
Abe rulea that members should be limited to
fwo minute In making lex plantations OF their
votes, came up yesterday morning and pro-
voked considerable discussion, several mem
beIs explaining their votes at considerable
length possibly regarding ID as their last op.
portuniiy 10 occupy more than two minutes
in thst way. After voting down several
amendments the further consderationot the
resolution was indefinitely postponed by q
vote of 90 TO 26.
Representative Pendleton made an effort
yesterday to get an early adjournment by
Introducing q resolution that the House ad-
journ on the 2Sth inst. The resolution was
isid on the table, and Mr.. Dlttemore then
moved to adjourn on the goth, two days
earlier. The House rejected motion to lay
Dittemore's motion on the table and then
turned round and defeated the resolution.
AS the adoption of the motion TO lie on the
liable would have worked the same result,
the action OF the House appears extremely
contradictory.
The bill introduced in the interest of COM
mercial travellers otherwise called drum
mers" requiring railroad companies to carry
passengers on freight trains and provide ac-
commc dAtions therefor, came up on third
heading IN the House Yesterday and was de-
fseted by vote OF 81 TO %. The bill was
made to include all freight trains, both
through and local, and 1t was argued that it
would work q hardship 20 compel through
fIeigets to stop at ali stations. The bill will
Hcrth ha ma do lrr 10 lrCa
only and come up again.
Representative Gooding raped the Re.
publicans' knuckles yesterday when he as.
serted that, If he were inclined to give an
office outside of the Democratic party, he
would certainly favor Grsenbacker before
he would a Republican. He declared that
the Republicans always took everything IN
sight when they had ajority, but when
they had no power TO give anything they
thought there should be division of the
6ihces. The truth of this statement was so
n snifest in the history of the party that
hone of the Solons on the Republican side
entered denial.
During The discussion on the Knightstow n
House bill yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Robin
SOD, the lone Greenbscker OF the General
Assembly, moved to amend the bill so that
no two Trustees shall belong to the same
political party. In response to a question,
Mr.. Robinson said that the day was not far
distant when there would be @ Greenbsck
Governor OF the State, and under the pro-
posed amendment all parties would be rep-
resented. Mr.. Robinson was unanimous in
this sentiment, the suppositon be.rg that
he had held a caucus with himself and de-
cided upon this action. The amendment was
adopted.
Mr.. Dittemore yesterday called up the
Senate bill which provides for the reorgan.
izstion of the State Board of Health. He
said that the bill was designed to remove
any entsglements that might arise from q
lac vot=, the board being now equally di
vidsd in its political complexion. The bill
passed by vote of % to 3d. Four years
.seo. when the Board of Health was consti-
futed, an effort was made to have Porter ap.
point two Democrats, but he refused and,
until few weeks ago, the Board was solidly
Republican, Governor Gray at that time ap
pointing two members The bill is passed
to make the board Democratic and NAV De
regarded as the result of Porter's partisan &C.
tion four years ago.
The reorganization of the State Board oil
Health awakens some speculation as to who
will get the Secretsryship. and thus becom Q
the executive officer OF the Board. Drs.
Metoslf and Brennan are said to be candi.
dates for the position, and there are others
who would not be averse 10 having Secretary
Elders mantle fall upon their shoulders
There has been considerable pressure from
the heath officers of the State against the
bill, and many OF them are said to have
written 10 their Represen tstives asking that
they vote against the measure. This action
was taken in the interest of Secretary Elder,
who Is very popular with the local health
officers, without regard to party.
At 1880 o'clock the House took up the
hnightstown Home bill under q resolution
by Mr.. Toner, making it the special order
aor that hour. A motion to suspend the
constitutional rule and pass the bill was lost,
the necessary two-thirds not voting in the
aInrmanve. Mr.. McMullen moved to amend
the Dill so that two of the Trustees should
ne nonorsoiy discharged soldiers. MIR. Smith,
OF llppecanoe, moved to amend the amend.
ment so That all the Trustees should be
honorably discharged soldiers Mr. BOYD
moved substitute that all be honorably
discharged soldiers, and this was
adopted after some discussion by
his vote Mr.. Kellison said that he offered
the substitute for the reason that he yantei
one OF the Trustees to be a woman Mr.
Lloyd, speaking from his experience as Chair.
man OF the Investigating COMMITTEES. said
that he did not favor q woman as Trnstee.
moved to amend by making woman one of
the Trustees, but it was ruled out Mr..
Adams moved to amend so that the Superin-
tendent should be al honorably discharged
soldier, and Mr.. Kellison moved to amend
the amendment by making a widow of an
honorably discbared soldier the
Superintendent. The amendment TO
the amendment aud the amendment
itself were voted down. Some hslf-dozen
amendments were lying before the Speaker
desk and others were being constantly Pro-
posed, when Mr. Patten moved to recommit
the bill TO q committee of three. to cJnsider
tie amendment aud report to-day. Tais
brought out al animated discussion, bat
fhe motion was 6rally defeated. An am aud
meut than adorsad dociayin1 hat