The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-11
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
A WEEK AMONG THE LAWMAKERS.
Fee and salary BIZ Passed by Both Eouses
The Worlds Fair APPOINTMENTS
State Levy-ImpOrtant Bills Of
Various Kinds.

report on Indianapolis charter defeated
and bill restored to its normal cond ition;
Barnes-Loveland contest decided in favor
of Loveland. neutrality-suspicious. bill
considered in committee of the whole; in
vestigating committee on Richmond
asylum reported large number of bills
passed.
Tuesday March -Senate-Clty charter
passes practically as originally intro
duced; fee and salary bill passed with
amendments; legislative apportionment
bill also goes through; substitute for In
man liability bill passed. House-Amend-
ments to charter bill concurred in; bill to
raise state levy from twelve to eighteen
cents passed: Terre Haute metropolitan
police bill passed over governors veto;
worlds 1alr appropriation cut down to
$4,000.
Wednesday. March 4-Senate.-Bi lis
passed appropriating $4,000 for soidi ers'
orphans home; amending election law so
as to permit use of pastors: providing for
the industrial education OF the deaf and
dumb, blind and ieeble-minded by teach.
ers and abolishing present contract sys-
! TEN. House.-Two cent railroad fare bill
! passed. Resolution compelling temper
I ance committee to report adopted. Con-
/ stiiutional amendments all right. Ees
| and salary bill in conference.
! Thursday, March 5.-Senate.-Law ex-
! empting lots OF more than five acres from
! city taxation repealed. Bills passed, ap-
! propriating $4,000 to complete the SOL
| diers' monument; also, levy Of cent on
/ each 500 worth of taxable property; for
| additional levy OF cents for support
of benevolent institutions; Legislative and
! congressional apportionment bills passed
| over the governors veto. House-CCn-
| greseional appOrtionment bill passed;
also legislative appOrtlonment bill over
governors veto. appropriation ready to
| 90 through.
/ FRIDAY, March 6-Both houses agreed
to an appropriation OF $4,000 for the
worlds fair; also agreed upon a general
appropriation bill, to authorize a tenn
porary loan of 100000, and making the
first Monday in September a legal holiday
/ and authorizing the formation OF farmers
pension fund.
Saturday, March Fee and salary bill
agreed TO by both houses Senate-The
! Kelley railroad insurance bill again fails
because of lack of constitutional majority,
several members lodging the vote ap-
/ preparation OF 81 500 Tor deaf and dumb
/ asylum; bills passed authorizing special
levy for establishing industrial school IN
L this city; making It a peniteutiary offence
/ for officers of banks to accept deposits
when such banks are known by them 10
! be insolvent; non-concurred in action Of
| house in reducing worlds fair appropri-
alton to $4,000 HOuse-Worlds fair and
appropriation bills passed; also congres-
| sIonal appOrtionment bill over governors
veto.
Almost Immediately after something
Il like order had been secured IN the senate
/ Monday morning, Mr.. Ewing submitted
II the report OF the committee on elections
Il on the Barnes-Loveland contest. The re-
Il port recited that Milo w. Barnes, the con-
testor. began proceedings to contest the
seat of Robert ]. LOveland within the
time prescribed by law, but sew
eral weeks after the election
abandoned the same, ana no further
steps We're taken until after Loveland had
received his credentials as senator from
The counties of Howard and Miami and
taken the oath OF Office. The committee
was therefore of the opinion that by res-
son of the dismissal of the proceedings
and the failure of Mr. Barnes TO file a pet
ton within a reasonable time he had lost
his right TO contest, and they recon-
mended the indefinite postpOnement OF
the matter. On the face OF the returns
Mi Barnes received 1851 and Mir. Love
land 5,579 votes, giving the latter major
ity OF Is.
Mr. Burke was opposed to the adoption
of the committees report. He said that
il was within the province OF the senate
and not the committee to saw when a con-
test should BEGIN. If the committee
found that Mr.. Barnes was not
elected it should say so. He thought
that this was a most cowardly method of
disposing OF the matter. He concluded by
Offering a substitute to the rrport setting
forth that it was the sense OF the senate
that Mr.. Loveland had been elected sens-
a,or from the counties Of Miami and How.
ard.
Mr.. Ewing said that if the senate
adopted the substitute it would virtually
declare that the committee had failed 10
perform It's duty. II would also set itself
up as being better informed as TO the
views of this case then the committee
which had thoroughly investigated IL.
He therefore moved to reject the substl-
tute.
The motion to reject was lost by the fol-
loving vote, the names OF republicans be-
ing in italics:
Yeas-Messrs. Byrd, Chandler. CIenans
Ewing. Foley, French Griffith, Hayden, Hol-
comb, Jones, Magee, Smith. Thompson pa
Nays-Nsssrs. Boyd, Burke, Carver. Cater.
Ellison, Gilman, Gr0Se. hGneg Harlan, BGgs,
Howard, Kennedy, Kerth, kopelke. Lynn,
Lynn, McHugh, Morgan, Moore Mount,
Snauks. ShockRey, Sweeny, Thompson (Marionl
PA
The substitute was then adopted by a
viva voce vote and Mr.. Ewing sought 10
withdraw the committees report. The
presiding officer, however, decided that
this could not be done since the substi-
tute was simply substitute to that por-
ton of the report which recommended in
definite postponemenL Withdrawal OF
the report would. therefore, mean a with
drawal of the entire matter.
The report Of the conference committee
appointed 20 confer with similar COM
mittee from the house on the tax bill was
submitted. This report recommends the
appointment of twotax commissioners in
4. steal of three-such appointment to be
made by the governor.
Mr. Howard demanded the previous
question on the adoption of the report.
Mr.. Burke characterized this as an at
tempt to rush the bill through the
senate without giving he members an OPP
portunity 10 discuss it. He said that he
was in favor Of democratic commissioners
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