The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-10
1t Was Mr.. HOgnte's Bill and He Ex-
planned 1t Thoroughly, but His
EIOqucnce Was Lost.
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL is UP
AND PASSES WITH THE AMENDMENTS
OF SENATORS SHEA AND AGNEW.
Thirty-Seven Were for 1t and Four
Were Against the Measure
Senate Routine.

The two important features of the after
noon in the Senate, were the killing of
Senator Hogates bill for the calling of
convention to revise the Constitution, and
the passing of the educational bill, by Sen
ator Goodwine. with one amendment. The
fight over the bill for the constitutional con-
vention was precipitated by the senators
from most of the small counties, who
wished to have these counties have the
same representation in delegates as would
be accorded to Marion county.
In explaining his bill Senator Hogate
said that all the late sessions of the General
Assembly bad demonstrated that the State
had outgrown the Constitution of 1850 and
that IN all departments, there was a crying
need of a more flexible Constitution. This,
he said, was especially true with regard to
the apportionment of judicial districts,
which could not be made more satisfactory
under the present Constitution.
Senator Agnew moved TO amend the bill
so as to allow each county to send one dele
gate to the convention, but this aroused
considerable opposition from the senators
from the more populous counties, who held
that the plan would not allow of proper
representation of either population or tax
able property and would give Brown county
the same representation as Marion county.
After considerable discussion on both sides
Of the question, during which the Repub-
lican senators began to caucus in order tc
defeat the amendment by & party vote,
Senator Agnew announced that, as he had
no intention of precpitating trouble, he
would withdraw the amendment. Senator
Shea thereupon introduced another provid-
ing that. instead of drawing the delegates
from the senatorial districts, they should
be selected from the legislative districts to
the number of one hundred.
SENATOR GILL'S POSITION.
This amendment was adopted, but on mo-
tion of Senator Gill, was reconsidered a
moment afterward. In explaining his posi-
ton, Senator Gill said, as the sole repre-
sentative of the Peoples party, that he was
convinced that better work could be done
by small number of delegates than a large
number and no danger need be apprehended
from the delegates improperly doing their
duty, as the Constitution, as framed by
them would have to be ratified by the vote
of the people
On the second vote twenty-seven senator's
voted against adopting Senator Shea
amendment and seventeen for it. Senator
Hogate then secured the reconsideration OF
the vote which increased the appropriation
Tor holding the convention from $4,000 to
$lOO,OO9. This being done and the amend
ment being withdrawn, the original bill was
eeFrousht OUT Tor passage and defeated by
Senator Agnew's bill to reorganze the
State Board of Education by the addition of
three new members was passed Senator
Agnew offered an amendment as soon as the
Dill had been read providing that the Gov
ernor should appoint three new members
OF the board, who should all be county
superintendent, but no superintendent could
be chosen from any county which was al
ready represented on the board.
In explaining the purposes of the amend
ment Senator Agnew said he had made the
motion because he wanted to bring the state
board closer to the educational interests of
the State. He referred to the fact that a
present the state board has no representative
on 1t from the common-school interests of
the State, excepting the state superintend-
ent alone and therefore the common schools
are lost sight of by the board. The amend
ment was finally adopted, as was one by
Senator Shea requiring that the Governor
appoint the members of the board immed-
ately on the taking effect of the act, one
for one year, one for two years and one
for three years, the regular term thereafter
to be three years.
HOW THE SENATORS VOTED.
On the vote to pass the amended bill thir-
ty-seven cast affirmative ballots, against.
four negative. Other bills passed on third
reading were:
No a. By Senator Guthrie: Prohibiting
the sale of impure drugs.
No $50. BY Senator Gilbert: Legalizing
the acknowledgements made by notares
public who are officers or stockholders of
companies or firms interested in the ac-
acknowledgement.
No 1856. By Senator Carr: Providing for
the sale of real estate by either husbands
or wives when one of them is permanently
insane.
S. r. No. L. BY Senator Early: To amend
the Constitution of the State so as to in
crease the number of Supreme judges from
five to eleven. The resolution was passed
he nf hrff aNf fI..
House. The effect of it will be to consoi-
date, if desired, the Supreme and Appellate
courts by making the extra judges do the
work at present done by the Appellate
Court.
Senator Gin called up for passage bill No.
13S, to enable the city of Seymour to ac
quire water works, and Senator Shea at
once moved to substitute tor it House bill
No. 276 which had been passed by the House
and contained the same subject matter as
the Senate bill. The bill was introduced,
read three times and passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
Senator Gilbert, as chairman of a special
committee appointed by the last General AS
Sembly to ascertain where the ex-GOVefnors
of the State were buried and how many of
the graves were marked by appropriate
monuments, submitted the following report:
The undersigned special committee, APP
pointed by the Senate of the Sixtieth Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Indiana TO
examine into the facts and circums -aaces
in relation TO the burial places of each of
Indiana's deceased eX-Governors and to re-
General Assembly, with such recommended
ton as it may desire to make In relation
thereto, begs leave TO submit the following
report: OF the twenty-four deceased GcV-
errors of the State of Indiana we find that
five of them are buried outside the State
Of Indiana, to wit: William Henry Harrison,
at North Bend, o.. Thomas Posey, at Shaw
neetown. ILL.,; Ratlin Boone. at Louisiana,
Mo-. James Brown Ray, at Spring Grove
Cemetery. Cincinnati. o.; Joseph A. Wright,
at New York city. That eleven of them
buried in Indiana have monuments erected
at their graves, to wit: Jonathan Jennings,
Cnarlestown; James Whitcomb. Greenla IN
Cemetery, Indianapolis; Paris c. Dunning,
Bloomington; Abram Hammond, Crown
Hill Indianapolis; Henry S. Lane, Craw-
louisville; Oliver p. Morton, Crown Hul,
Thomas A. Hendricks, Crown Hill, indian
apOlis; James ID. Williams Vincennes: Al
bert G.. Porter, Crown Hill, Indianapolis;
Alvin +. HOvey, Mount Vernon. That eight
Of them are buried in Indiana VINO Lave no
monuments TO mark their last resting place.
to wit: William Hendricks, Fairmount
Cemetery, Madison; Noah Noble Crown
Hill, Indianapolis; David Wallace, Indian
apolis; Samuel Bigger, Fort Wayne; Ashbel
Union City; Ira ]. Chase, Crown HILL In
dianapolis; Claude Matthews, Clinton. We
recommend that a commission of three be
appointed by the Governor, to serve without
pay, whose duty it shall be to see that a
suitable monument is erected at the grave
of each of said last named ex-Governors.
That IL shall be the duty of such commits
or friends OF any OF said ex-(Sovernors in
tend TO erect such monuments, and. If not,
an amount not to exceed $50 each lie ex-
pended by said commission for the purpose