The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-21
IN A CHILLING" MOOD.
House EGectuaIIy DiSpOses of a Num-
Der of Measures at Morning session.

IN A CHILLING" MOOD.
House EGectuaIIy DiSpOses of Nuns
Der of Measures at Morning Session.
The morning session of the House, yester-
day, did not furnish the anticipated contest
over accepting the committee report on the
township reform bill but it did, unexpected
ly, bring out a choice assortment of speeches
over the bill to teach agriculture in the
common schools. The bill was killed.
After the opening prayer by Rev. Father
Gavisk, Of st. Johns Church, Mr.. Barlow
presented a resolution to limit speeches on
| bills to five minutes and it was adopted
| with but few negative votes. Speaker Lit
Teton called up the township bill as the
special order of business and the good re-
Suits of the caucus by the Republican men,
bers at once appeared as the plan laid down
was carried through without a break The
| Democratic members, in order that no claim
to party action on the question of reform
may be made by the Republicans, voted with
the majority members, and as peacefully as
could be imagined the bill was ordered en-
crossed and passed to the third reading The
contest that arose a few days ago closed
with both committee reports before the
/ House Mr.. Noel of this city, moved that
| the minority report of Mr.. Reser and Mr..
| Green be laid on the table. This report
| recommended indefinite postpoaement. Mr..
| Compton seconded the motion and mr.. Eich-
| horn, of Wells, raised the point that
| vote had been taken on the same motion
! when the measure was last before the House
| and 1t therefore could not he entertained a
second time. Mr.. Lttleton first ruled that
! other business on the same measure hav-
ing interviewed, the motion could be enter
tanned and then he took time to look up au-
|
| so ruled. Mr.. Noel withdrew his motion and
| Speaker Littleton said the question was on
| the adoption of the minority report that
| the bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Reser, OF I1ppecanoe, who signed the
| minority report, was recognized. He said
/ that the gentleman from Boone (Mr Art
MANI had charged or insnuated the other
| DAY that he was connected with a bridge
! company. He disclaimed any connection OF
| any kind with bridge company and said
| that he did not impugn the motives of any
member on any position he assumed in re-
| gard to the bill.
Said Mr.. Reser: THE gentleman from
| Boone looks at life as a sad and melancholy
! tale. On the Fourth of July, when the flags
| wave and the drum beats, when the soldier
| proudly marches and when the people are
glad and rejoice | can see the gentleman
from Boone sadly vending his way TO the
| graveyard and there spending the day look
ing at inscriptions on tombstones or sitting
under weeping willow tree" Mr.. Reser
! claimed that he favored reform and that he
had signed many bills with reform in view
He said that he signed the bill providing for
! specifications for bridges and for the letting
| of bridge contracts by competitive biddinQ
! He said he aware that his party de-
clared for reform in these matters, but his
constituents are against this bill and he
| it. He believes he said that the bill as a
| whole is wrong, although there are many
features in it which he would cheerfully
support.
DESERVED NO REPLY.
Mr.. Artman, of Boone, replied by saying
that there are some speeches, nine-tenths of
| which deserve no reply, and this was one of
them. He then said that the bill for letting
| bridge contracts, referred to by Mr. Reser,
was reported by the judiciary committee
unanimously, and that Mr.. Reser is not a
member of that committed Mr.. Reser re-
torted that he voted for it anyhow, and the
roll was called on the adoption of the mi
nority report. But six members voted for
| the adoption of the report-M Clay
| comb of Knox, Dilley of Huntington Green
| of Ohio, McCarty of Carroll, O Bannon Of
| Harrison, and Reser of Tippecanoe. Those
| not voting were Galley, Cravens of Monroe.
| Feist, King Powers, Roots Schaal, Shirley
and Sullivan. All other members voted
| against the minority report, and the vote
stood ayes and SO noes. The majority re-
| port recommending passage was adopted by
| a viva voce vote, and the bill was ordered
| engrossed for third reading and final pas
| sage.
The Roby track bill. which was killed on
! Thursday, was brought up again by Mr..
Manifold. of Madison, who moved to
reconsider the vote by which it was
! defeated in order. to correct the errors
the bill improved the opportunity to dis
] pose of ii more thoroughly than was done
! the first time, IL possible, and IN this they
1 were successful. Mr.. Barlow the author of
| the BILL moved 10 make Ii a special order
| for Monday at p. m, but this failed Mr..
| Huff, of DaViess, moved to table the mo-
| ton to reconsider and this was carried by
a vote of 80 ayes to 81 noes The ofheidl
count shows the vote TO have been 60 ayes
1 and RI noes. Mr.. ShiQeIer, OF Grant,
1 changed his vote from aye" to mo and
| MIR, Scott, of Montgomery, is recorded as
/ voting ave" when ne voted no" The cor
| rect roll call shows the following in favor
/ of the motion to table: Akin, Baker Of
| Caraway, Clark, GompLon. SiaEcoinn lem
| ents. CraVens of Washington, Cotnef, Cutty,
Durham; DoTney, GeIlsel S Tl ,I Iiali,
ing Huff, Hedgecock, Herod, Herrod,
Knots. Krick; LAIR; lawrence l;;ilSeI. lou
| ply of Marion. McCarty, Madden. Marsh,
! Morrison, Murphy of White, Myler Osborn,
| O Damon Powers, Patterson Reece, Reser.
! Schaal Shirley, Sullivan, Titus, Vogel. Will
/ loughby and Wise
| Beardsley Blankenshp Bonham. Burrier,
! Canada. Galley. Cunningham, Dilley, Eleh-
| Holcomb. James, Kerwood, King. kirkpat-
/ rick Manifold, May, Null, Neal, Noel,
! Scott Of MONTGOMERY. Shideler. stevens,
/ Whitcomb of Vigo. Williams and Littleton
| Those absent or not voting We're. CraNens
1 of Monroe, Glossbrenner, Roots. Somers ana
! Whitcomb of Marion.
KILLING" OF ANOTHER BILL
The House was in killing" mood, and
the next bin TO suffer was the bill which
provided for the study of agriculture In the
common schools and which embodied a cher
ished plan OF Governor Mount. Mr. Bar
| low, of Hendricks, was the author of ne
bill. and it came up on second reading for