The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-06

$247. s62 more than the entire expenditures of
the state, leaving out the interest on the State
debt.
Ineed not repeat the argument used in my
former message, denying the right of the GEN
eral Assembly to elect or appoint any State Of
ficer when such Offices have been created by
statute. It Is enough now to say that I hold all
such elections or appointm ents by the General
Assembly as clearly unconstitutional. and that
no such officer so elected or appointed is entitled
to a commission under the Constitution of the
State. The solution as to who is right will have
10 be left to another departments OF our State
government. ALVIN p. HoyEY.
A poll of the House, taken Immediately
after the message had been read. showed a
majority of Democratic members present,
and the bill was passed over the veto. An
hour later the message was read to the
Senate, and that body, by a partisan vote,
repassed the bill.
Just before the noon hOnr the Governor
returned to the Senate the bill which origi-
mated in that body creating the Office of
custodian and chief engineer of the State
house. His message thereon wasas follows:
STATE HOUSE, INDIANAPOLIS, March ., 1889.
To the Senate Of the state of Indiana, Hon. Ira J..
Chase. acknowledgement:
Ireturnw without my approvalSenate bill mo. 274,
entitled "a act to provide for the appointment
ings and property, and providing for the ap-
pointment and compensation of a State-housc
engineer, prescribing their duties and liking
their compensation. ts well as the compensation
of other persons that may be employed by such
~officers, and other matters connected therewith.
and declaring an emergency.
After due consideration | do not believe the
General Assembly has the constitutional power
to enact such a Law. Waving the seeming dis
courtesy Of thrusting upon the respective officers
of State, persons who are empowered to visit
their respective offices night and day without
their consent, / do not consider the act constitu-
tional, and the great amount OF $4,000 per
annum allowed the custodian, engineer and as
sistants seems to me TO be exorbitant.
ALVIN P. HovEY.
On motion of Senator UrmstOn, the bill
was taken up as soon as the message had
been read, and without any debate it was
repassed. There was no delay in informing
the House of the action, n that body took
similar action early in the afternoon ses-
SIGN, and in time for the official named in it
to be elected at the joint convention which
convened at $50 o'clock.
The third veto was very brief. 1t was
sent to the Senate in the afternoon. with
the bill fixing the terms of the directors of
the northern prison at Michigan City. 1t
was as follows:
srATE-HoUsE, INDIANAPOLIS. March 3. 1850.
To the Senate of the State of Indiana. Hon. Ira ]
Chase. Lieu-tenantgovernor:
Ireturn without my approvalS Senate bill No. 34S,
entitled act concerning the ofhcialterms of di-
reetOrs of the northern State prison, and declar-
alton of said act, L regard this act as unconstitu-
tiOnal, the General Assembly having no right or
authority to elect or appoint said directors.
ALVIN Z. HoyEY.
Both the Senate and the House gave no
heed to the message, and put it in line with
other bills of like character. There are
several other bills that will not be approved
by the Governor, it is said, among them the
Bigham and Curtis bills. which propose to
deny the people of Indianapolis the right to
govern themselves. The first one named
will be returned to the House to-day.