The Indianapolis journal., 1889-01-26

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age. Senator johnson charged that the
majority had sought to add insult TO injury
oy placing an additional stigma upon Sen
a,or io na.s Carpenter in that they were seeking
peiling him. Finally, as way
Vne th OF the trap into which
the majority had fallen, Senaror Urmston
moved q reconsideration of the vote NV
" GnIcn tIle resolution had been lost Upon
that the Republicans raised the point of
or9er that a motion TO reconsider could
oniy come rom member who had voted
with the majority, meaning in this in
stance, one who voted with the side pre-
aalihg. Numerous authorities on parlia-
luenIafy law were read in support of the
posiuon, and after another wrangle of half
an hour, IN which but few members could
De heard above the uproar, the Lieutenant
governor held that the point of order made
maioritn M anG tNepHe,leans wsrs was well taken The
nSeredi iSd They had all voted with
ane losing side on the question
and evidently, under all parliamentary
usage, could not move a reconsidera-
ton Thus cornered they reSorted to their
old tactics by appealing from the decision
OF the Chair. The Republicans then raised
Ihe point OF order that the appeal had not
Deen demanded when the Chair overruled
tne previous point of order, and insisted
Ihat the Lleutenant-governor should not
put the question upon the appeal. Senator
Johnson grew impatient and inplored the
Ghair to assert his rights and be man."
1 ne Lieutenant-gOvernor hesitated, and
the majority, announced that if the
question on the appeal was not put the ma
]orlty would invoke the aid of the gag rule,
which gives them the power to make the
secretary OF the Senate the presiding Of
ncer. While the Lieutenant-gouernor was
hesitating, there were motions to adjourn,
TO postpone all action on the reports etc,
al Oh which were voted down as fast as
they come up. Finally the Lieutenant
governor SAID he believed any member had
the right TO appeal. and he put the ques-
tion by party vote. the Senate refused
TO sustain his ruling. The Republicans be-
gan Offering dilatOry motions, and an hour
was consumed In voting them down.
AtOOclock the minority permitted the ma
lority to pass motion TO reconsider the vote
by which the resolution unseating Carpenter
was lost. After the action was reconsidered
the report was referred back to the conf
mlttee on elections, who. In few minutes
again presented it to the Senate with the
words land expeP stricken out. The resO-
0lutlon unseating Carpenter was then
passed by. party vote. The Democratic
members then conferred in groups on their
side of the house. 1t was evident that there
was going to be break in their ranks when
1t came to seating Scott Ray. Several of
the leaders gathered around Sem
ator Howard, who was wavering,
and begged him and those he
leaders that Ray should be seated. In tho
| midst of this confusion Senator Urmston
| moved that the consideration of the minor
| lty report be postponed until next Tues
| day. To that proposition Senator Johnson
| entered strong protest. He insisted that
! the people of Shelby and Decatur counties
| should be represented IN the Senate. and
| that if Ray was not to be seated the action
should be taken at once, in order that the
! Governor might call special election.
| Senator Howard then took the floor and
| read q brief speech from manuscript. He
| went out of his way to repeat the languag ge
| of Senator Barrett the day previous de-
| flaming Judge Woods, and then closed by
| saying that he did not believe Scott Ray
had received majority of the legal votes
| cast In Shelby and Decatur counties, and
was therefore not entitled to seat in the
Senate. He then moved that the resolution
| seating Ray be indefinitely postponed.
Before the motion could be stated Sena-
| tor johnson began replying TO Senator
Howard's unjustitied and uncalled for at
tack upon Judge Woods. Il was only re,
lating some of the things that occurred here
| yesterday" interrupted Howard.
Yes" replied Johnson, there is the
difference between manly statement and
a cowardly inuendo.'
In the meantime, the broken majority had
| been maneuvering, and Senator Barrett
raised the point oforder that the committee
had not reported back the resolution to seat
| Ray. Chairman Cox said he had presented
the report, and the friends of Ray, seeing
that there was, no longer any chance o.
them carrying their point, consented thai
the question on the indefinite postponemen
| of the resolution should be put. The rol
was called. and, by vote of 40 to 0, tn,
consideration of the resolution was indeii
| nitely postponed. The nine Democrat,
Senators who voted against the postpone
ment are Barrett, Berry, Burke, Foley
| Hale, Jackson, Mullinix Thompson o.
White and Byrd. In order to clinch th,
action, the resolution to indefinitely post
pone was reconsidered and laid on the table
The indefinite postponement amounts t,
the same thing, in fact, as refusal to sea
on a vote on the main question. By thi
action Ray can never be given the seat, anc
Governor Hovey will be called upon t.
order special election in that senatorial
district. Scott Ray stood in the lobby dur
ing the entire afternoon. A smile playe,
over his face when Carpenter was unseated
but when he found he had but nine friend
among the twenty-seyen Democratic mem
bers of the body, he hastily left the cham
ber, not even tarrying long enough to than
those who had stood by him.