The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-17

- Tie purchase OIL copies Oh the REVISED
Statutes, and whether he was working
under the order of some one whom he con-
sidered higher in authority than the SEN
ate. A motion was promptly made to table
the resolution.
Senator Baker suggested that the DEM
ocrats had made the question a political
one, and that the action of the secretary
would be shown to be sufficiently advised.
Senator Kern replied, with some show Of
spirit, that he had introduced the resolu-
ton because a subordinate of the Senate
had disobeyed the Senate's orders and defied
its authority. He wanted to know what
man had authority to alter the orders of the
Senate after it had adjourned. He denied
the right of any employee to ignore the au-
thority of the Senate, and the right of any
Senator or Senators to dictate to the Sem
ate.
Senator Boyd deplored that an attack
should be made on an employe OF the
made any attack save in the inquiry that
his resolution contemplated. Senator New
the statutes had been made a POLITICAL
measure; that it would be wrong to compel
the secretary to make a. useless expendi-
ture of money that the people would NOT
approve.
Senator wishard said the secretary had
been elected by the majority and would be
governed by the orders of the majority.
There was much laughter as Mr.. Wishard
continued with the statement that a steer
ing committee had been appointed bv the
majority which would look after the sub
ordinates and manage the Senate's affairs.
The minority was informed that it would
have to take its medicine whether it liked
it or not, and the Lieutenant Governor was
informed that II he did not obey the wishes
of the majority the majority would take
things in its own hands and run things to
suit itself. st
FILIBUSTERERS DEFEATED.
TIL motion to lay the resolution of Sem
ator Kern on the table was carried by q
vote of 27 to %. Senators Cranor and Boord
voting with the Democrats, The former,
by some owe rsight. had not peen invited to
the Tuesday night caucus and the latter
refused to bs bound by the caucus action.
Senator Kern made a motion to reconsider
which was lost by the same vote.
1t having been decided that Secretary
Oglesbee was not to be disciplined for his
alleged infraction of the order of the SEN
ate, Senator Shiyeley~ recognized and
introduced d resolution resembling the action
of the Senate in ordering the purchase or
So sets of the Revised Statutes, and author
izing the secretary to purchase TWENTY
eight sets for the use of the Senator's and
the committees. a. "a
minders OF some of the contests Of 1891,
when the conditions. were exact4y. reversed.
the chair then. and the Republican minority
with his assistance was frequently a match
Gratis had in the upper branch of the Cen
erai Assembly OF that year.
yesterday Lieutenant Governor NyH stood
by his party. 1t was difficult for him to
see a Republican who would arise for. rec
ognition on the light side of the house, but
his eyesight was excellent when turned in
the direction OF on the dark
side. At one time a small war cloud ap-
peared when Senator Shively threatened to
invoke the rule authorizing the Secretary
to put a question and declare the result
should the Lieutenant Governor fail or re-
fuse to put 1t, the presiding officer declar-
ing that he would resist that rule to the
bitter end. 5
duction of Senator Shiveley's resolution the
position of the Democrats was that the
question had beenspernanently and finally
passed upon and that the matter could not
be again opened mp: except through the
violation of all parliamentary rules and
was that it would be absurd to say that the
Senate could not undo what Ii had done.
If the Senate hadpmade a mistake it was
clearly within the province Of the Senate to
correct that mistake. and that was the
thing that in this instance it was proposed
to do. t93sa
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ASSISTS.
Senator Shiveley's resolution being before
the Senate Senator Mcdonald raised the
point of order that the resolution was out
of order, for, the, reason that scientifically
the same matter had been disposed of. The
Lieutenant Governor held the point of order
we" taken and ruled the resolution out of
order. An appeal was taken from the de-
cision of the Chair, and as the roll was
called nearly every member took occasion
to explain his vote. Senator Cranor helped
the row along and drew considerable APP
plause from the minority by denouncing
had been done. The action of the majority,
he said, was at the beheSt of some news
paper. which would howl whether the thing
1T wanted done was done or not He de-
ciared that the time consumed in this dis
cussion had already cost the State more
money than the difference between the cost
of twenty-pi2ht sets and ffty-twO sets and
he asked the Senate to settle this thing
like men. and not like Boys. Moreover, he
could not be held stfbjee. to the orders of
the steering committee.
Senator Stuart caused q smile when he
charged the majority with resorting to pea
nut politics, and Senator Wray thought
the spectacle the most disgraceful that had
He called Senator wishard a czar~the
ear of the steering. committee. Senator
Shiveley demanded the previous question,
circus continued. Senator Vale said the
minority had boosted that it would hang
and that the boast had come from the
senior Senator from Marion. Senator Kern
to know the authority for Senator Wales
charge. The latter said 1t was common
rumor, and Il it was not true he was Will
son stated that the books had been con-
tracted for and delivered, and Senator
Wray wanted to know whether this Senate
was going to do something to impair the
| sacredness of a contract.
Senator Shiveiey said he had it direc;
from the Secretary that he had not ordered
the books, and if they had been delivered
ii had been at the order of the minority,
or of some book agent who was trying te
work the Senate. The appeal from the
Chair was sustained by a vote OF Is to o.
Senator Boord moved to adjourn, but the
motion was defeated by a vote OF Is to 81
Senator Mcdonald then proposed an amend.
ment increasing the number of sets tina
the Secretary should purchase from IS te
so. one set, as he explained, for each Re
publican member. The amendment was de
feated and Senator Shiveley demanded the
resolution. The demand was seconded. ant
the resolution passed by a party vote. Sen
ators Cranor and Boord having by thi.
time got on their own side of the fence
The Senate adjourned at 1890