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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-14

rived. He therefore seconded Mr.. Ewing's
motion TO table, and it was subsequently
adopted by a strict party vote.
Mr.. Magee offered q joint resolution
providing for the appointment of a COM
mittee of two from the senate and three
from the house to investigate n report
whether or not the manufacture of twine
III the state prisons was a feasible project.
At his request the matter was made the
special order OF business for Tuesday at IL
O'clock a. M.
Mr.. Towards motion that the secretary
be instructed to prepare at the end of each
week a calendar giving the titles of the
various bills pending and what action, if
any, had been had on them, was taken by
consent.
a memorial from the Farmers institute
of Elkhart, with reference to the Worlds
fair was referred TO the committee on
Worlds fair.
Messrs Magee, Howard, Burke and Hub
bell were named by the president to
serve as a committee on joint rules.
The motion OF Mr.. Hayden that when
the senate adjourn it be until . D.. m.
Monday, was adopted, and the body taking
a recess went over to the house to hear the
reading of the message of Governor
Hovey.
When the senate reassembled Mr.. Hub
bell offered a resolution that 10000 copies
! of the message be printed, 5000 of which
were TO be in the German language. This
ledto considerable discussion. Mr.. Magee's
amendment changing the numbert to 5000
copies, 1000 if which will be printed in
German, was adopted and the senate took
q recess,
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rHE eovERNoR,s MESSAGE.
An Attack on the Election Law-The Differ
emit Recomm endntions.

An AttaCk on the Election LaW-IheD iuer-
emit Recomme ndations.
Governor Hovey's message is a lengthy
document, but contains little information
that the readers of The SENTINEL are not
already familiar with, and few, If any,
original recommendations. He finds fault
with the election law, and intimates that
it is unconstitutional in its vital provision
forbidding the marking OF ballots. He
recommends the Connecticut system.
which compels tickets to be publicly dis
tributed before the election, and which
broke down utterly at the recent election.
He recommends tn at all public officers be
put upon fixed salaries, to 60 into effect
at once; that the power OF township
trustees to make contracts be abridged;
that free text books be provided for pupils
attending the public schools; that a board
of railroad commissioners be created;
that the road laws be revised; that addi-
tiOnal money be appropriated for
the soldiers monument; that an apprO-
priation be made for an Indiana exhibit
at the worlds fair; that $1,000 to 5000 be
appropriated for the purchase of ground
at the Gettysburg battlefield on which to
erect the Indiana monuments that an act
be passed making it a misdemeanor with
penalties for the officers of any of our
state institutions to make contracts with
each other relating to the property or
business of such institutions, and also
making it a misdemeanor for any officer
who has the financial control of, or man
agement of, any institution to fail in max
ing out his contracts according to law;
Aho@1 ~4 O1rofa oHRal1ofn .Drrrfo hn -
ated for the relief of the supreme court;
that boards of commissioners be author
lied to pay, out of the dog-tax fund, re-
wards for the conviction of the White
Caps; and hat the tax-levy be increased
to at least % cents on the 500, on a sys-
tenn of collecting revenue from corpora
tons and licenses be adopted.
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Afternoon Session.

Mr.. Adler offered the following concur
rent resolution:
Whereas, The democratic party in their
platform, at the last state convention, pledged
the people, providing they were successful in
securing the legislature, which is now entering
upon its duties. that a new fee and salary law
would be enacted in relation to county officers,
and
Whereas, The people of Indiana, amongst
other reasons, declared at the polls, in Novem-
Der last, in favor of the plank in our platform
looking to their relief on the fee and salary
question, and
Whereas, Being successful on this issue and
having a large majority of the members in both
senate and house and desiring to fulfill the
pledge of our party to the letter, therefore,
be it
Resolved, By the house of representatives,
the senate concurring. that a committee of
thirteen be appointed by the house, one from
each congressional district, to Get with a like
committee on the part Of the senate, to report
a bill at their earliest convenience in relation
to the fees and salaries of different county
officers. Said committee shall have power 10
send for persons, books or papers to aid them
in framing a bill that will eQualize the pay OF
the officers in the different counties and shall
have power to employ one clerk or stenOgrapher
at not more than s. per day.
Mr.. Harrell doubted the necessity for
the clerk referred to in the resolution he
thought that there was a sufficient num-
Der of clerks to perform such labor and
moved to strike out this portion of the
resolution.
Mr.. Mccullough thought that a commit
tee of twenty-six was too cumbersome.
and moved that the resolution be referred
to a special committee to be appointed by
the speaker, which motion prevailed.
The chair suggested that all resolu-
tons on the questions OF fees and
salaries should be referred to that
committee. He said that there
was no difference of opinion upon this
question on the majority side. His sug-
gestion was adopted.
Mr.. McCullough's resolution for room
mittee to limit the number of employees of
the house to a minimum number was
adopted, and Messrs. Mccullough, Fowler,
Kilgore, Nolan, Work, Beasley, Witten-
berger, Claypool and Aikinan were ap-
pointed as members of said committee.
On motion of Mr.. Beasley the house adj
iourned at 3 o'clock.
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THE HOUSE PREPARING FOR WORK.
The Governors Message Read and One
Bill Introduced.

Bill Introduced.
The house was in session two hours
Friday morning and adjourned until
Monday 2 P. m. to give the speaker an op-
portunity to form the committees.
The session was opened with prayer by
Father B~essonies of the st. Johns catholic
church, who prayed for everybody con
nected with the government.
\ call OF the house disclosed ninety
seven members present. a resolution was
adopted calling upon the y. NJ. c. A. of
this city to make arrangements for the
the presence OF a minister at the
beginning of every days session
to pray for the house. 4 recess
was then taken for thirty minutes to give
the door-keeper an opportunity to prepare
the hall for the reception of the senate.
At IL o'clock, the hour fixed for joint ses-
sion, the senators entered in a body and
took the seats assigned them. Lieutenant
Governor Chase presided over the joint
assembly. Private Secretary Roberts,
with a message from the governor, was
announced by the door-keeper. The mes
sage was read by Mr.. Roberts, after which
the joint assembly was dissolved, and the
house resumed business.
Mr.. HARE ell introduced a bill providing
for an appropriation of $4,000 to defray
the expenses of the legislature. He
moved to suspend the constitutional rules
and put the bill upon its passage. Mr..
Mccullough said that the bill should
be referred to a committee the
same as any other bill. The bill
proposed did not only appropriate
money to pay the expenses of the legis-
lature, but it contained four sections; one
which would repeal the existing law in rela-
ton to the limit of employees of the house..
Before passing this appropriation bill, the
committee appointed to report on the cur
tailment of the clerical n dOorkeeper's
forces should be given time to report. Ii
the bill passed in that shape, it would let
down the bars for extravaganza in the
way of extra pay to employees, and the
employment of unnecessary assistants.
Mr.. Harrell said the bill simply fixed
the amount that could be expended for
legislative purposes. The u~nexpended
balance would be turned over to the gem
eral fund. This was the same bill that
had passed every session. No money could
be drawn out of this fund except upon the
warrant of the speaker.
Mr.. Alder said that under the indefinite
appropriations heretofore made, thousands
of dollars had been voted to employees
during the last DAYS of the sessions. Boot
blacks and cuspidor cleaners had been
placed ON the pay roll at s. per day dur
ing the session and at the end managed to
~log-roll resolutions for extra allowances.
No appropriation should be made until
the house had determined upon the num-
Der OF its employees. The senate had al
ready increased the doorkeeper's force
from eight to nineteen. He thought the
house should not make the same mistake.
Here, the chair called Mr.. Alder to or
der for rejecting upon the action of the
senate.
Mr.. Alder replied that me was only stat
inc what the senate had done, but the
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IN THE COMMITTEES HANDS.
The McHugh-Osborn Contest Closes With
Arguments BY the Attorneys.

AC ODLk1oN AO606 N1ANAA
Arguments BY the Attorneys.
For three solid hours Friday the seven
members of the senate committee on cleo
tons listened to the arguments of the at
torneys in the McHugh-Osborn con-
test. Mr.. McHugh's legal repre-
sentative was Jay ii. Adams OF Lafayette
while Stanton ]. Peelle OF this city and
Dewitt Wallace of Lafayette presented
Osborn's side OF the question. Mr.. Adams
opened the argument, and was followed by
Mr.. Wallace. Mr.. Peelle spoke next and
Mr.. Adams closed with a very clear and
concise presentation of his clients case.
Each side was allowed an hour and a half
for argument. 1t was about IL o'clock
when the committee retired to consider
the case, and if possible prepare a report
for submission to the senate on Monday
afternoon.
Much comment has been made by the
of the state on the Ntzhugh,
Osborn contest which comes from Tippe-
canoe county, and the people generally
are conversant with the facts in the case.
The opening of the protested packages
disclosed a total of los ballots. Judging
from the testimony of the witnesses who
have been examined by the committee,
the republican election officers carried
things with a high hand,i in orderto secure
the election of Osborn. For instancein one
precinct where t~wenty-three ballots were
thrown out Osborn suffered the loss of but
one vote. The precincts where nearly all
of the votes were thrown out are strongly
democratic. The law expressly sets forth
that in no case where the intention of the
voter can be discovered can a ballot be re-
jected. AS a matter of fact il may be
stated that nearly all of the ballots
thrown out in Tippecanoe county plainly
showed the intention OF the electors to
vote for McHugh. The dispositions in the
case cover $50 pages of legal cap paper.
The ballots honestly counted give MIR.
McHugh q majority of 8, and there is ev-
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Afternoon Session.

Almost Immediately afterthe senate had
reassembled at , p. m. Mr.. NIagee OF
fered a motion that the roll be called for
the introduction of bills. The motion car
ried and it was decided to simply read the
bills by title, hence a suspension OF the
constitutional rules. The roll was called
in alphabetical order and the following
bills introduced and referred to the proper
committees:
By Mr.. Boyd: Establishing a worlds fair
commission, to be composed OF thirty-six citi-
zens. to be equally chosen from the two po-
litical parties polling the largest vote at the
last presidential election. This commission
shall be appointed by the governor within
ninety days after the passage of the bill, aud
they, in turn, have the power to appoint su
executive agent. at a compensation OF S. per
day, who shall have personal supervision OF
Indiana's exhibit at the fair. The bill also calls
for the appropriation of 100000 toward the
fair. Referred to committee Oh worlds fair.
Mr.. Foley: Defining what defense cannot
be made to action hereafter brought, when per-
sonal injuries are alleged to have been received
as the result of negligence Of employees. This
bill holds corporations responsible for the neg
igence of their employees. Referred 10 the
committee on judiciary.
Mr.. Magee: For the relief of railroad en-
ployes. Under the provisions of this bill, the
railroad companies are made liable for all in
juries sustained by employees, owing to defect
i've machinery. Referred to the on
Judiciary.
Mr.. Kerth: ApprOpriating money for tie
completion and equipment of the Southern In-
diana hospital for the insane. Referred to COM
mittee on benOvelence.
Mr.. HobsOn: For compulsory education.
This bill provides that all children between
the ages of seven and fourteen years shall at
tend either a public or private school for at
least sixteen weeks in the year. 1t also pro-
vides for the appointment of q truant officer by
the various county boards of education, and
empowers the aforesaid officers with the au-
thority to arrest truants. A penalty of not
less than 81 nor more than sol is prescribed for
violations of the law by either the parents or
guardians of children between the ages named.
Referred to on education.
By Mr.. Harlan: Providing for local option
in towns of less than 10000 inhabitants. Re-
ferred to committee on temperance.
Ry Mr.. HubbeIl Regulating the manner of
conducting the business of building ~associa-
tons, and authorizing local associations to do
a national business. Referred to committee on
Judiciary.
By Mr.. Morgan: Providing for the appro.
pTiatIon of the sum of $4,000 for the home for
feeble minded youth. Referred to finance
committee.
By Mr.. Shockney: To suppress bucket shops
and gambling in stocks, and prescribing q
penalty of 500. The bill also provides that
any person renting property for such purposes
shall be subjected TO q similar penalty. Re-
ferred 20 the committee on judiciary.
The call of the roll was completed short
ly before 3 o'clock, and the senate adj
journed until Monday 2 p. M.
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FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The S-cnate-severaI New Bills Already In
troduced.

troduced.
When the Acknowledgements took his
place at his desk Friday morning he did
notimmediately call the senate to order, but
anxiously scanned the chamber for a min
lister who would open the session with
prayer There was not a clergyman with
in range of his vision, however, and with
an air of reluctance he allowed the gavel
to fall. The upper body of lawmakers
did not transact a great deal of business
during the morning and in fact they were
not in session over an hour.
Scarcely had the members settled COM
fortably in their seats before Mr.. Morgan
of Allen for some unknown reason moved
an adjournment until 10 o'clock Monday
morning. He was declared out of order
as the journal of the previous days pro-
ceedings had not even yet been read.
When the assistant secretary had fin
ished wrestling with this thrilling docu-
ment Mr.. Hubbell opened the ball by the
introduction OF a lengthy preamble en-
bodying innumerable "whereases." 1t set
forth that the foreign and domes-
tic debt of Indiana was SS,540,615.12,
the annual interest charge thereon
now being $273,S25. The report of
the auditor showed that the estimated de-
felt over and above the net receipts for
1891 was S757, 0S0.SS. Under the present
system of conducting the state govern
ment its expenses for 1891 would be
g, POS, 1928. As the tax rate was bur
densome to the people 1T would be unwise
to increase it. The state treasury was
practically empty and it was necessary to
provide for current expenses. In view
of this fact the resolution instructed the
finance committee TO prepare a bill for the
purpose of taxing corporations and pro-
viding for q revenue from the sale OF
franchises; also that the committee on
organization of courts report a bin to re-
district the state for judicial purposes,
establishing not more than twenty-five
judicial circuits. The preamble finally
set forth with the statement that the SEN
ate closely scrutinize the expenditures
during the session.
Mr.. Ewing moved that the resolution be
tabled, whereat Mr.. Shockney~ securing the
floor on an alleged point of order, began
a harangue in which he endeavored to.
show that the democrats in opposing the
resolution were breaking the pledges en-
bodied in the platform on which they
were elected. He brought his long
winded Grafton to q close with the declara-
ton that the highly moral party of which
he is a representative had for years been
warming to do something toward the re-
lief of the oppressed people of this great
commonwealth, but was prevented from
doing so by worldly democrats.
After the gentleman from Delaware had
given expression to a great deal of bun
combe of this character, Mr.. Howard ex-
pressed himself as being highly gratifed
to learn hat the republicans were such
ardent supporters OF reform, although the
fact came to him i'm the nature of news
That, however, was neither here nor
there. The majority would, before the
session closed, propose and carry out re-
form all along the line but the time for it
to begin the good work had not yet ar
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doorkeeper. The usual resolution to sup
ply members with copies of the revised
statutes was adopted.
Mr.. Adler offered a resolution to cut
down the per diem of doorkeepers from
So to s. per day. Upon motion OF Mr..
Moon it was laid on the table.
The following resolution, introduced by
Mr.. Trimbell of Orange, was adopted with
out opposition:
Resolved, That there be no smoking, swear
ing or vulgar language about this house of rep
resentatives.
The following resolution by Mr.. Beas-
lev was adopted:
Whereas, The tax and revenue laws of the
state should receive the best consideration of
this body. to the end that they NAV be D aeed
in a condition to equalize the burdens of taxa
ton, and at the same time meet the demands
of the increasing expenditures of our state
government, and
Whereas, These laws are of great interest
and importance to our whole people, and
Whereas, The prospect of receiving whole
some legislation on this subject will be greatly
enhanced by early action and concentrated
effort to that end by the authority of this
body. therefore be IL
Resolved, By the house of representatives
the senate concurring, that in order to insure
an early and harmonious consideration of said
subject by the general assembly, that a COM
mittee of five, consisting of three members of
this house, to be chosen by the speaker, and
two members of the senate, to be appointed by
the president, be appointed to prepare and re-
port TO this house, for its consideration, a bill
revising and modifying our tax and revenue
laws, in the lines indicated in the preamble to
this resolution, and that such committee be in
structed to report said bill TO this house at the
earliest possible moment.
Mr.. Claypool offered a resolution for a
joint committee Of three members from
each house for fees and salaries to report
before Feb. 10. The democrats did not
propose to allow the minority to steal
their thunder and upon motion of Mr..
Nolan laid it on the table.
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J-BSNNsYL YARiR sAlLRoAD.
sUhUYLKILL DIVISION,

on and qrer November 15, 1891, trains totU
ledUe shenandoah az JotLoUS:
for Wlggan, CsllberJon, FrRckville, New
satie. st. Clair, ana way points, so, $40.
Has n and 4.15p pm.
sundays, 600, $40 = M and 3.l0p m.
For Pottsvllle, 6,OO, slU, II IS M ana l.l6
sundays, 800, 84Oa no and $40 D m,
For Reading, 800 II 40 m ana 4.l5 pm,
sundays, 800, $40 8. N. and $40 p m,
For Pottstown, Phoenlxville, Norri8toWn
= Philadelphia BROAD street stationJ, e.OO
ii As 4. m. and Ais p IA week days
5uEdays, 800, $40 a m 3.l0 p M,
Trains leave FrsnSvilIe tor Shenandoah a.
l4O q M aud l2l4, 5.0i, T.42, 1909 p IN: Bum
d Ays MS a m aud 5.4O p N.
Leave Portsville Tor Shenandoah, l0.I5 enT
u4S, g n 4.4O, 7.l5, 9.42 m. Sundays, 1910
~ j.l5 p m.
or Pottsville aud Shenandoah, 6.57, S.35 m
1. 70 and 700 p m week days. Sunday $50 and
sor Ne York, $40, 4.O5, 40, 5.S5, $50, II
.2OS.S1 $50, l1.O0and1I.14, IL .35 m. IA no
,lui5ed express, 1.O3 $50 . MI l2.44, I35 i.45.
A8o, 3%i i,O2, 5, 8, $40, 6.5OzlS s.l2 and 1000
"a sundays, $40, 4.O5. 40, 5S5, liz, $780, $3.50,
lbs "a. and l2.44, Lao, 2,SO, 402, Omitted,
For Sea Girt, Long Branch and intermediate
days. Freehold only, 5;00 m week days.
For Baltimore and Washington $50, 7.20
o. 10 and Is a. M. Al, 81, 7.40 pm. and 1908
| night daily anG 81, 1870 a. M, II 80 Qlmited
| p. M. week days For Baltimore only 2O2, 4Oi
weez days, sos, IL. 80 D. M. daily.
| For Richmond, 20 a, M. aud 1903 night
! daily, 80 p. "a. daily, except Sunday.
| Crstns leave Harrisburg Tor PiLLsDurR and
| le west every day at 1925 and 3.l0 a 10 and
| 3 y flimt ed and $50, 7.25 IA. Way for
4 too Is 10 N and 4.l0 p "a every oays
tor PittsDurg only, ll.20 a NJ daily and l0.3U
| IN week days.
| Leave Sunbury FOR William port, Elnnira,
| lanandalgua, Rochester, Rr ttalo and Nlagare
| call $40 M daily an 80 pm week days,
aoi Elmira 30 Q n We Lays.
FOI Erie and intermeu .s.te points, 5.l0 M
| ieily. For Lock aaVsn, 5l0, and 9. So m,
| laily, Lbs and 681 .. N, week days. Foi
senova $40 q m l.95 and $50 p "a week Gays
| 10 q, II Buudags.
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RussIA,s SAD STATE.

Bankruptcy Spreading, and the Rich Do
,s-<Sa soendinR to Poverty.
ST PETERSBURG, Dec. IL Bankruptcy
is spreading in this city, and the gen e
eral condition of trade is deplorable.
The same account is received from all
parts Of Russia. In city and country
insolvency is the rule, instea of the ex-
ception, AMI while the respectable poor
are becoming mendicauts the noble and
formerly rich are descending to poverty.
The prospect for the remainder of the
winter is most gloomy. Fewer deaf his
are reported from starvation, but the
area of destiJution is much increased,
the small number of deaths being at
tributed to the greater efficiency of
govern ment relief The relief is now
largely supported by the proceeds of the
recent loan, and 1t is extremely doub t.
full whether any taxes can be coll ected
in more than half the empire.