The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-17
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tony of days proceedings yesterday.
The frsl was the furry over a bill by Mr..
Rifenburg to increase the salaries of the
auditor, treasurer and recorder of Lake
| county and some of the officials in Porter
county The bill came up on second read
| ing, and Mr.. HUFF presented a rider to in
crease the salary of the auditor of Daviess
county 500 Mr. Rifenburg had stated that
the officials of his county We're poorly paid
because their compensation had been fixed
| before there was the great increase in the
| population of the county that has since oc-
| CURED MIR. HUFF claimed that his auditor
| was underpaid ard that the people of his
| county desired mat the salary should be in
| creased Mr.. 8lankenship protested against
| Increasing the salaries of any of the county
officers and said there We're no petitions
/ asking for such action. This was denied by
| Mr.. Huff, who stated that he had one in his
desk asking for this very action. Mr. Riff
| enburg and. Mr.. Furness protested against
| this being added to the bill. and urged that
a special bin be brought in to cover the
| point Mr.. Furness moved to table the
/ amendment but the motion was lost and the
amendment was adopted. The Democrats
/ voted almost sodly for the amendment.
| Mr.. Hedgecock next presented another
! rider TO increase the salaries of Clinton
| county officers, and Mr.. Clark Endorsed the
rider. Mr.. Rifenburg moved to table this
amendment and the motion was lost.
! Mr. Blankenship jumped up with the let
! ter sent out by the officers of the County
! Officers Association and protested against
| such action. He said that he could not un-
! derstand this increase in the salaries and
| stated that while in some cases the salaries
| may be inadequate, yet the fee and salary
law should not be tempered with. Mr.. Roots
| demanded that these amendments should go
| to the fees and salaries committee in regu-
| lar order and not tackled on here. Mr.. Will
| liams said the bill was a dangerous one,
| and that he could see no reason for the in
crease IN the salaries, as there is never a
dearth of men who want these offices and
take them with full knowledge as to the
| salaries paid. Mr.. Knots moved to engross
| the bill and Mr. Eiehhorn and Mr.. Bonham,
! with many others, protested against this
| action, as they said there We're many other
| amendments which it was desired to add to
! the bill. In the midst of the discussion as
| TO engrossment the House adjourned for
/ noon. The members were much excited, as
| II was not known whether this was an at
| tempt to kill the bill by loading it down with
amendments, whether it was a scheme of
the democrats TO force the majority TO pass
| a bill with many increases CO salaries. for
campaign purposes, or whether ii was u
| plan by the County Officers Association to
so load this private bill with amendments
as to make 1t in effect fee and salarly
When the House assembled in the after
| noon the motion to engross was at once
| taken up. The vote was taken and the mo-
! ton TO engross was lost ny 81 ayes TO IS
| noes Mr.. Hedgecock demanded the ayes
| ana noes on his amendment to increase the
! salaries OF the Clinton county officers. His
| amendment was adopted by vote of A 10
.Ayes-Baker of Whitley. Brown. Clark,
| Claycomb, Cravens of Washington Cravens
Downey, Eichhorn. Geisel Graham, Green
| hall. Heuring. Huff Hedgecock. Herod.
Manifold, Murphy Of Marion. Madden
Marsh. May, Morrison, Murphy of White,
! Myler Noel, OBannon, Patterson. Reser,
| Schrader, Strong. Shirley, Sullivan VIII
| loughby, Wise and Littleton.
Noes-Baker of Martin. Barlow, Boards
| ley, Blankenship, Bonham. Burrier. Burk-
| hart, Canada, Caraway Compton. Cunning
! ham, Fuller, Furpess Giants Glossbrenner,
| hayes, Hays, Hocomb Kerwood. King,
| kirkpatrick, Knots. LAIR McGary Mar
shall. Miller, Neal. Osborn. Owen, Powers.
Reece, Rifenburg. RooSe, Roots. Scott of
Montgomery, Scott of Lawrence, Somer~,
Stevens' TITUS, Whitcomb of Vgo and Will
mr. Bonham next offered an amendment
| TO add a section increasing the salaries of
/ the Blackford county officials and Mr. Riff
ehourg, IN hopes Of saving his bill, accepted
the amendment Mr.. Artman was the exc
| cuttoner and moved to strike out the enact
ing clause, and Mr. Hedgecock moved to
table the motion. The roll was called twice
because of the great confusion i'm the hail.
ana the motion to table was lost by 20 ayes
| and said that the motion to kill the bill was
due to fear of Republican loss on account
| OF change IN votes, when 1t might be
charged that salaries had been increased
| Mr. Whitcomb of Marion moved the pre-
| vious question, and the bill was killed by a
HALL SUGGESTED FOR HIM.
The second diversion of the afternoon was
| over Mr.. Blankenship, who has claimed to
be farmer nearly every day of the session.
| In the House directory no occupation is
| placed after Mr.. Blankenships name and
| Mr.. Echhorn sent up motion that law
| yer should be inserted after his name and
| produced copy of the Morgon county bar
| docket in which Mr. Blankenship's name
appears as one of the members of the bar
There was great laughter over the motion
| and Mr. Biankenship defended himself He
| acknowledged that he is member of the
| claimed 10 a
| because he considered it the greatest pro-
| fession in the world. Mr.. Shideler tried to
( was much business before the House and
suggesting that Mr. Blankenship hire hall
| and make his speech there. Mr. Blanken-
| shin continued his speech and at some
| length told Of the large fees he made He
was constantly interrupted by numerous
| questions from all parts of the hall and in
the course OF his remarks said he did not
impunge" the motives of any member.
| There was a great shout al this and a mo-
| ton was made by Mr. Shideler that i'm
| pUnge" be made a part of the record. In
| the end Speaker Littleton said that it was
| not necessary to put the motion and the
| fun was ended.
| Mr.. Wiloughby presented bill to forbid
| book making or pool selling at any point
| in the State, except by county and state
| fair associations. The bill provides a
maximum fine of $500 and imprisonment for
| six months for a violation of the provisions
| and for selling pools to a minor the penalty
| is a fine of not less than $500 and imprison-
| ment for from three months to one year.
wherein employers are released from all
| liability for damages from negligence to be
null and void. requires that freight trains
! shall have at least two brakemen and pas
| senger trains at least one, and the anti
trust bill is the same bill introduced in
| the Senate by Senator Winfield.
The Indianapolis police pension bill was
! passed and Senator Early's resolution to
| amend the Constitution so that the General
! Assembly shall prescribe what qualifications
| shall be necessary for admission to practice
law in all the courts of the State was
adopted.
| Mr. Iief's antitrust bill came up on sec
ond reading and Mr.. Marshall moved to
| strike out the enacting clause but the mo-
| ton was tabled by a vote of 60 ayes to IS
noes and the bill went to engrossment.
Senator Woods bill to make ii larceny to
steal a dog caused much sport. A number
| of amendments were made, but the choice
| one offered by Mr. Iouttit and was de-
| clared out of order by Mr.. Wiloughby, who
! was in the chair at the time. on the ground
| that lit is not Ineligible" The amendment
| was to strike out all after the enacting
| clause and insert some doggerel verses.
DAY IN THE HOUSE.