The Indianapolis journal., 1899-01-17

read IN the daily papers of the city the TACT
that the libraries committee was favorably
disposed toward the BILL and that imme-
diately afterWard ne noticed that a large
lobby made it's appearance for the purpose
of defeating the bill. That its influence had
already been felt was inferred throughout
his talk The language of the senator from
| Brazil gradually becoming more fiery
when cooler heads interfered, and Senator
Hawkins asked for a call of ayes and noes
or the motion of Senator Early To take the
Dill from the libraries committee. 1t re-
| suited overwhelmingly in favor OF leaving
the bill where it is. the vote being 35 to TO-
As soon as the vote had been announced
Senator Huhbeli arose to the question OF
personal privilege and at once began vio-
! lent attack on the senators from Clay and
Hendricks, who had intimated that the in
| terests of the bin were best cared for in
the hands Of the committee on libraries.
| Said he: The senators from Clay and
| Hendricks say that the committee on educa-
| ton stands ready to kill any legislation
| tending to reorganize the State Board of
| Education, but l, as a member of that COM
| mittee, stand here for the purpose of saying
that l disclaim any such intention shar-
ing any Such teellng. am ready to do any,
| thing possible to secure the passage of any
| legitimate legislation which will reorganize
the Board of Education and the words OF
| the senators indicating that the committee
is so dishonorahle and corrupt that it has
| lost the respect and confidence of the Sem
ate are unktnd, unjust and unworthy of a
member OF this body, and l spurn their
words and hurl them back in the face Of
those who utter them
HE KNEW OF NO LOBBY.
| L called the
attention of the Senate that the public
press published the statement that the
present committee in charge of the bill was
favorably disposed toward it, and that at
once powerful lobby began to work
against it in the effort to have it referred
to the committee of which l am member.
l have not seen a lobbyist since l have
been in the city, and if the senator from
Clay knows Of one it is his duty to tell of il
and hold the lobbyist up to the Senate so
that we may all know him. / don't know
what the sentiments of the rest OF the
committeeman are i'm relation to this bill
nut do not believe any of its members are
so dlShOnorahle as to decide to kill a bill
before it reaches their hands" ThrOughout
ms long arraignment of his opponents Sem
ator Hubbell nervously paced up and down
the aisle. showing unmistakably the agita-
tors, seeing the trend of things. decided TO
END the argument as soon as possible and
as soon as Senator Hubbell resumed his
seat senator WinneId introduced a resolu-
ton manifesting the complete confidence Of
the Senate in the members of the commit
Tee on education In ruling the resolution
out of order Lieutenant Governor Haggard
SAID there was no doubt that the Senate
had full confidence in all it's committees,
put that other questions being before the
mouse the resolution was not admissible.
Senator Drummond, with his peculiarly
humorous drawl called attention to Rule
I5' by which all members are prohibited
IRON indulging IN any personal remarks or
asperslons against each other saying that
from his observation large chunks of this
sort of language had been hurled by both
sides, and that time was too valuable to
waste IT In the discussion of personalities
| Senator HoSate, taking his cue from this
| arose and said that if his remarks had
conveyed the impression that he had no
confidence in the committee on education it
was due to failure of language and was
not the expression Of his sentiments and
that II he had wounded the feelings of any
member of the committee he most humblv
apologized: AT these words smile spread
over the features of Senator Hubbell and
the question or personal privilege died then
ana there. The bill will remain where It
is and will be favorably reported on
Several important measures came up YES
terday in the form of resolutions one was
Dy senator Wood who offered Joint resolu-
tor ton NO no 2 providing that Military Park.
St Clair Park, University Square and sew
eral tracts of land in the neghborhood of
the. Deaf and Dumb Asylum,' the titles to
which rest in the State, be sold and the
money turned into the treasury of the State
to be used in wiping out the State debt
According to the resolution the lands have
increased in value prodgiously since the
State came into possession of them, and at
| the present time should yield enough to
pay the State debt twice over" 1t is
shown that the tracts have cost the State
large sums in the way of improvement as
sessments, from which it has reaped no
! future are that there will have to be con-
tlnued outlays Of money by the State if it
! retains possession of them. 1t is proposed
! that committee consisting of the Cover
nor, secretary of state and state auditor be
| appointed to look into the rights of the
STATE TO dispose of the lands and report to
! the next General Assembly what obstacles
there are to their disposal 1t is understood
| that there is a constitutional prohibition
| against the State ever selling any of its
| lands, although in the case of several of the
| tracts it is matter of doubt The Consti-
tuition especially provides, however that
| Military Park, the Statehouse ground and
! the Circle cannot be sold, and it will be the
| duty or the committee to ascertain if there
| are any statutory nhibitions against the
| sale of the other tracts.
SENATOR STILLWELLS PROTEST
Another sensational resolution was offered
| by Senator Stnlwen, who asked that no
committee be allowed to make an adverse
report on any bill without first allowing
the author the opportunity to appear be-
fore it and explain fully the import and in
tention of the bill. 1t did not require any
explanation of the meaning of the resolu-
tion to make it plain to the senators that
it was introduced as a protest against the
way Senator Stillwels anti-prize fighting
bill was killed by the judiciary committee
last Friday. In explaining his position and
ator Stillwell said that few people were
aware of the gravity of the situation in this
State regarding prize fighting. Said he:
There is no law on the subject of prize
fighting under which a conviction can be
secured in this State, and it is only ques-
ton of time until the thugs who follow the
brutal game viii find this out, and the
sequence will be that the State will be over
run with fighters of all degrees"
Senator Newly, for the committee said
the bill had been given careful attention,
but that, speaking for himself, if the Senate
intended to compel the committee to allow
every author of bill TO appear before 1T to
talk on the merits of the bill, he for one
would resign at once Continuing he said
he had been a member of the judiciary COM
mittee for eight years, and that, hadt such
u rule been adopted when he first entered
| the Senate, the committee would yet be con-
| sidering some of the bills presented eight
| years ago. Senator Early, as chairman OF
| the committee, said ne would ask to have
! the bill referred again to the committee if
| Senator Stillwell felt that il had been slight
| ed, but it finally decided to refer the
| resolution to the committee on rules.
Senator Minor offered an anti-expanson
| resolution providing, as did Senator Goche-
| nour's previous resolution, that Senators
| Turpie and Fairbanks be instructed to use
| their influence TO secure the ratification Of
the treaty with Spain, and in addition try
to secure legislation which would withdraw
| the United States army from the Philip
pines and all other islands now tempo
! Iarily'' in possession of the United States
as a stable and satisfactory local
| government has been established on the
islands. The resolution was referred to the
committee on federal relations.
The Invocation yesterday was delivered
| by Rev. George Johnson, OF Naperville, H.,
after which a message from Governor
Mount requesting the Senate TO make APP
| preparation for the building of a suitable
case for the protection of the Spanish gun
! presented by the crew of the battle ship In
diana, was referred to the finance commit
tee
House bill No. 144 was reported as. passed