The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-02

make such suits easier.
Mr.. EichhOrn said it amused him to hear
the majority members talk about wasting
Tune after the caucus action which had pre-
ceded this bill He declared that the only
men fighting the bill as originally drawn
were those for the corporations. He said
it was claimed that the bill would be a
hardship, but if to remove one-half of the
hardship from the Plaintiff adds a hard
snip to the corporation, where does all the
hardship rest now? He said the bill will
relieve the laboring man.
Mr.. Cravens, of Monroe, moved the previ-
Gus question after over an hour had been
consumed in the speeches, and Mr.. Noel then
rose to a question Of personal privilege. He
said he had been spit on because he
favored this bill, and believed it was good
bill. Mr.; Eichhorn, Mr. Huff and half a
dozen other members were on their feet at
orCe. and Mr. Eichhorn was recognized to
make the point of order that in a question
Of personal privilege no reference to the
bill could be made. Speaker LittletOn held
that the point was well taken and cautioned
Mr. Noel not to refer to the bill. Every
time Mr. Noel spoke he hit the bill, and
there were half dozen protests against
his speaking on the bill under the personal
privilege; IN every case the speaker ruled
against Mr.. Noel and he was cautioned each
time. Protests We're so numerous that Mr..
Noel ceased to pay attention to them and
continued his remarks Speaker LdttletOn
began TO pound with his gavel Fully q
dozen members were on their feet shouting
Mr. Speaker Among them was Mr. Neai,
who sits in front of Mr.. Noel As the noise
increased Mr.. Noel raised his voice, and Mr..
Neal did likewise Speaker Iittleton
pounded harder with his gavel, until finally
Mr.. Noel was finishing his remarks at the
top of his voice, while Mr.. Neal was utter
ing stentorian protests Speaker LittletOn
was welding the gavel with the strength Of
a blacksmith and the members began to
cheer the contest between these three Mr.
Noel did not seem to pause for breath and
Mr.. Compton jumped to his. feet and en-
tered protest against such conduct
BY this time the members cheers had been
changed to shouts of Sit down. by those
foK rnVD fhn ,CI,,,o
and the disorder was at its height The
members seemed to suddenly realize what
they were doing and there was a sudden
quiet Mr.. Neal made his protest and Mr.
Noel sat down. The roll call was ordered
and the amendment was reconsidered by a
vote of % yeas to "a nays The vote was
Yeas-BarIow, Blankenship, Bonham,
Burrief, Brown, Burkhart. Canada, Cara
way. Compton, Clements, Cravens of Wash
1ngton, Cravens Of Monroe, Cunningham
Guilty. Downey, Eichhorn, Fuller. Feist
Geisel Hayes Of St Joseph. Hays of Green,
Huff, Hedgecock, Herod, Herrold, James,
Louttit, Manifold, Messick McCarty, Mad
den, Marsh, May Morrison, Null Neal Os-
porn, o. Bannon, Reece Rifenburg, Roberts
scott OF Lawrence, Somers, Stevens, Suli-
-Nays-Aikin, Baker of Whitley, Baker of
Martin, Clark, Galley. Dilley, Durham Fur
ness, Glossbrenner. Green. Heuring. Hol-
comb. King, McGary, Marshall, Miller
Murphy of Marion, Murphy of White, Noel,
l. L
scott of Montgomery, Shideler, Strong
Shirley, Nogel, Whitcomb of Vigo Whit
comb of Marion, Williams, Willoughby and
Littleton.
THE FIGHT OVER.
This ended the fight, with the exception
of caring for the remains" and Mr. Akin
tried to postpone this ceremony by a motion
to adjourn, but those flushed with victory
promptly voted it down. Mr.. Huff moved
to table Mr.. Noel's amendment and fol-
lowed Immediately with aanetion for the
previous question. The decisive moment had
passed, so the amendment was laid on the
table by vote of 81 to IS. Mr. Marshall
made the last attempt to kill the bill by
striking out the vital words but his motion
was declared out of order, and Mr.. Huff
moved that the bill pass to third reading
and followed by motion for the previous
question. mis- was done by a viva vOce
N9S5' ana the Rouse Immediately adjourned
me results or the caucus by the Repub-
llcan members which was held Tuesday
afternoon, were seen earlier in the after
noon session Mr.. Artman moved to recon-
slider the vote by which Mr.. MarshalPs bill
on the common schools had been passed to
cngrossment, and stated that no provision
had been made in il for the pay of county
superintendent. The vote was promptly re-
considered and he presented an amendment
TO fix their compensation at 81 day for
the time actually employed. This was
a surprise by motion to reconsider the
vote by which the emergency clause was
stricken out. Mr.. Eichhorn moved to table
the notion but his motion was lost by
strict party vote, every man in the House
voting. The vote was then reconsidered by
another party vote, and Mr.. Artman offered
ency clause. Mr. EIchhorn protested, and
said the sole purpose of restoring the
emergency clause was to put the bill into
immediate effect before June, and thus
Of c7lv int r re
who are Republicans. He said that the ma
jOrity of trustees are now Republicans, and
of course Republican superintendent would
be elected. he declared ii was peanut poll
ties and administered q tongue-lashing to
the Republicans. who waited patiently until
he was through and then adopted the
amendment by another strictly party vote
Mr.. Holcomb offered q resolution for the
appointment of two more clerks. and his
resolution set forth the great amount Of
work done by this Legislature as compared
with the last and the force that was neces-
sary to handle the last one Mr.. Caraway
Offered a substitute TO authorize the chief
appoint a committee to investigate the ques-
ton and see if some OF the committee clerks
could not be used for THIS work. Mr.. Eich-
horn wanted the minority represented on
this committee, but his motion to that eff
feet was tabled by motion from Mr.. Roose
Mr. Caraway's substitute was accepted, and
Mr.. Caraway, Mr.. Shideler and Mr.. VIII
llamS were named as the committee.
RELATING TO SALARIES.
Previous to this the House had grown
facetious. Mr.. Herod sent up a concurrent
resolution, which, raised much laughter and
was as follows: SOB
Whereas, Great confusion and uncer-
tainty now exists in the minds of the people
at large as to the proper day to be OBJ
served as Ground Hog day now, therefore
in order that this question shall be settled
and set at rest, be it resolved by this House,
the Senate concurring: First, that the sec
ond day of February is hereby fixed and de-
clared to be the original ground hog day,
3nd the one to be observed by the people ;
second, that the same shall be and remain
persons are hereby forbidden from ObSerV-
ing the first day of February of any year,
or any other day, as ground hog day eX-
Cept such as may entertain conscientious
scruples upon such subject; third that all
citizens, including his Majesty, the ground
hog, be forever forbidden to wander from
home or engage in dress parade on such day.
Fourth, That copy of these resolutions be
furnished Sir Hog, with our admonition
that he strictly observe the same both he
and his posterity, even unto the latest gem
Grafton.
Mr.. Eichhorn said that the question ought
to be settled, and settled right He moved
that the resolution be referred to Mr.. Shide-
Ter and Mr.. Downey. The motion was sec
onded by Mr. Artman and Speaker Little
ton put it. The members voted unanimously
for it, and it was so referred. Mr.. Shideler
asked who was to be chairman of the COM
mittee, and Speaker Littleton named Mr..
Mr. Louttit called up the bill to amend
the Fort Wayne charter. and unanimous
consent was given for it. He explained
that under the charter as drawn there is no
method of enforcing the payment of street
assessments. There will soon fall due about
5000 worth of street bonds. which the city
has no money to pay. The amendment pro-
Vi6eS that the city can issue bonds to meet
these and then can place the assessments