The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-12
Notes of the Assembly,

Many of the legislators left for home, last
evening, to spend Sunday, and others will
go to-day.
A committee representing the organize
ton OF city attorneys of the State will be
here next week to urge the passage of sew
eraI bills In the interest of the leading cities
of Indiana.
Both the Republican and Democratic
Senators held caucuses yesterday. The
former met in the Senate chamber immedi-
aeely after the adjournment of the after
noon session. and the latter met at the same
place last night. Both discussed measures
that will come up for consideration next
week.
The recording clerk of the Senate attempt
ed to improve on Senator COxs statement
that Green Smith had been elected tempo
f 1ayg secretary pro tenn He put on record
tempOre for the occasion" 1t was this error
that made the Democratic majority consent
to have the journal put into the hands of a
committee for correction.
Senator Cox and Speaker Niblack will
announce their committees ON Monday. I'm
the House, Gabriel Schmuck. of Marion.
will likely be chairman of the committee
on ways and means, and George $. Pleas
ants of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland.
at the head of the judiciary committee. At
any rate, the friends of these two gentle
men claim that they will be SO recognized
The accommodations for the press repre-
sentatives in the House are miserable.
The table originally intended for
them was taken possession of by
Clerk .Newkirk's half-dozen assistants,
of ten reporters were able to find seats
yesterday. Speaker Niblack said that
proper arrangements for the accOmmOda-
ton of the press should be made by Mon
day.
The legislative committee appointed by
I,ah mi of o.t
keeping close watch on both branches of
the Assembly. Several bills prepared un-
der the direction of the committee are in
the hands of Representative Langstaff, and
Will be introduced when an opportunity
comes. Among the measures that are to be
pushed are an eight-hOur law, a law estab-
fishing a bureau of labor statistics. and
more stringent law against child-labor.
The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of
the House, as well as the DoOr-keeper, are
being besieged at all hours of the day aud
night by persons who want to get on the
payroll. The four officers have about COM
pleted their lists of employees but they will
be subject to change until Monday, they
say, and Will, therefore, not be given the
public until then. A number of men are
being tried in the various positions, and
those who prove the most efficient in the
difficult places will be retained. Many of
the ambitious young men seeking place
have had hard time, and few have gone
home disappointed.
The Senators and Representatives who
gather about the hotels in the evening are
constantly besieged by the various candi-
dates for offices which the Legislature will
fill. Tim Griffin and Acknowledgement
Koontz are working for the position of Gus
todian of the State-house. From present
indications Koontz has little support, and
the probabilities are that Griffin will
receive almost the unanimous support of
the assembly. The half dozen ladies and
the two gentlemen who want to be State
Librarian are makinga vigorous canvass.
opinion that the position should be given
To lady. but ii is thought the action will
be controlled by sentiment, and that one of
the ladies will be selected. In that event
Mrs. Gordon. of Greencastle, will likely be
the caucus nominee.