The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-10
FUN IN THE SENATE.
An Extra Appropriation Bill Passed
Unfinished Business.

It took both the House and the Senate
to get the extra appropriation bill through
the upper house yesterday. TIL House
first passed the bill and then took a recess
to see what the Senate would do with it.
The representative went over to the Sen
ate and arranged themselves along the
ratings while the bill was under discus
sion As soon as the senators perceived
that the members of the lower body were
exhibiting such a vital interest in the
passage of the measure a scheme was
hastily cOncocted to cause them as much
uneasiness before the final passage of the
bill as possible. Senator Heller as soon as
the bill had been called up made a motion
TO indefinitely postpone ii. Senator John
ton then took the floor and with serious
mien announced that the motion made by
the senator from Whitley was much TO
his liking. as nothing would suit him bet
ter than to defeat the passage of the bill.
He said the lower house had been posing
as the economical body of the General As
sembly, and yet in the dying moments of
the session IL was attempting TO make the
Senate a party TO one of the most vicious
grab measures" that had been introduced
during the whole session.
Senator Inman followed with much the
same line of argument, saying the House
had started out TO make a record for econ
omy. The House, he said. had insisted that
$lO5.OO would be amply sufficient 10 pay the
and now that the money was all gone he
could see no good reason why the House
should insist on an extra appropriation.
WOODS UTTERANCES.
Senator Wood~said that while he agreed
with statements made by former speakers
with reference to boasts made by members
OF the House TO the effect that they were
the greatest economists of their time, yet
he would be sincerely sorry to see the
passage OF the bill defeated. There were
many innocent parties. he said. who should
be considered. He referred to the widows
who had been boarding the members of
the lower house during their stay in the
city. and said ii was for their sakes thaS
he would vote for the passage Of the bill.
At this point Senator Johnston arose TO a
question OF personal privilege and made
the statement that the members of the
Senate were being annoyed by lobbyists
from the lower house who seemed unduly
anxious about the passage Of the bill. He
then offered a motion to exclude all the
members Of the lower house from the Sen
ate during the further consideration of the
bill. President Gilbert declared the mo-
ton out of order. saying that he had uni
formly held that it Is the privilege of citi-
zens of the State. without regard TO their
standing. TO attend the sessions of their
representative body, and he did not feel
AAAO $3.50
members OF the lower house.
Senator Agnew declared that he had been
I'm favor Of the passage of the bill until
ne had heard il suggested that members
OF the lower House would not be able 10
pay their board bills. and would therefore
have TO remain the guests of citizens of
Indianapolis. He had come to the conclu-
sion that that was the best thing that
could happen them. as the city OF ~Indianap-
oils was capable of taking care of any
thing. even his Calumet bill. Senator Law
Ter. also. made a speech against the bill.
and finally offered a motion TO postpone
and make il a special order OF business for
next Wednesday at II p. m
STUTESMAN CALLED FOR.
While the senators had been making
speeches for and against the passage OF
the bill. the Hobbies and the floor of the
Senate had become congested with mem
bers from the lower House, who had come
over TO see the fun. Senator Fortune. per-
ceiving that some OF the representative
We're listening in open-mouthed astonish-
ment 10 the charges that were being heaped
against them by their fellow-lawmakers.
and hoping 20 increase the fun. obtained