The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-10

recognition from the chair, and. after stat
ing that the proceedings OF the Senate had
been manifestly unfair. in that they were
entirely ex partc. made 4 motion tnat
some members Of the House should be
called on TO speak In their own behalf, ana
specifically calling attention 10 the fact
that Representative Statesman was then
occupying a prominent place on the moor OF
the Senate. The motion was carried. and
the chair called on Mr.. Statesman 10 speak
in behalf Of his unfortunate brothers.
Mr.. statesman was equal TO the emer-
gency, and for fifteen minutes kept the
Senate in good humor by his witty utter
aEces concerning the attitude OF the upper
House on the bin under consideration. He
took a dramatic attitude, and with a culver
or emotion I'm his voice made personal
appeals IN behalf Of his fellow-represent-
atives, who, he said. stood about the SEN
ators as living arguments IN behalf OF the
Dill. The bill was only q little innocent
local measure" and was one that would
inspire gladness in the hearts of the men,
oers OF the lower house.
AT an order from Mr.. Statesman the rep
resentatives moved down the aisles among
the senator's. At "A second order each rep
resentative took a senator In charge, pre-
sumably for the purpose of lobbying Tor
the passage OF the bill. He spoke pathet-
ically of the boarding house keepers who
were waiting for the representatives to
pay their bills, and argued forcibly against
the evident inclination TO indefinitely post
pOne the bill.
Representative Slack. who was present,
was also called on and responded very
briefly i'm much the same VEIN as had been
INDUCED in by Mr.. Statesman.
At the close Of Mr.. Stacks remarks Ser
ator Agnew offered a motion to suspend the
constitutional rule and read the bill a sec
end and third time and put II on its pass
ege. The motion was carried and the bill
was afterward passed by a vote Of IS to 2.
Senator Binkley then offered a motion tnat
when the Senate adjourn it adjourn until
: O'Clock Monday afternoon, and immedi-
ately afterward the Senate adjourned.
LITTLE BUSINESS DONE.
The Senate did very little business yester-
day morning. The forenoon session was q
short one, the Senate having adjourned at
IL o'clock, after having spent an hour iii
horse play and in adopting resolutions of
the kind which always come at the end of
the session. One resolution expressed the
thanks Of the Senate to the clerks and
other employees for their attention TO duty
and good work throughout the session.; an
other resolution thanked the newspaper
men for their uniform courtesy and accur-
ate reports of the doings of the Senate
sessions.
From the time the opening prayer was
made until the adjournment a spirit of tun
prevailed among the members. Objection
was made to dispensing with the reading of
the journal, a customary procedure III both
ranches of the General Assembly. The
vote TO suspend the reading was clearly
carried, but several of the senators loudly
objected and called repeatedly for a div
SION. Inc committee appointed yesterday
10 make an analysis of the barrel of lithia
water in the House of Representatives, OF
which the senators were invited TO partakc,
made a formal report declaring that 1t had
apalyzed the water and found it TO contain
"NincenneS University moss, Muncie Nor
nal School gas, and some unknown sub
stance from the Calumet canal" 1t was,
however, TO the senators as a
leverage
In serious vein the Senate adopted "a
resolution, offered by Senator Ball, provid-
ing for the nrlnflnR of a thousand extra
copies of the fish and game laws for gen.
eral distribution throughout the State;
also, a resolution providing that each sena-
tor should be furnished with six copies OF
the acts of the General Assembly just
closing. one of the copies to be bound in
morocco and TO include the name of the
senator. 1t was announced that House Bill
3l6. providing for an increase in the sal
airy of the Marion county surveyor, had
been Withdrawn from the committee OF con-
ferees, the committee having failed to reach
bill.
At 1850 o'clock a message from the Gov
ernor announced that he would receive no
bills for signature after the hour of IL
o'clock. The message also announced the
numbers OF several bills which the Gov
ernor had signed yesterday. The spirit of
numor again broke loose and a motion
was made To reconsider the vote by which
the bill abOlishing trading stamps was de-
feated in the Senate a few days ago. 1t
was understood that this was done for the
benefit OF Harry d. Gates, who has been
dCllNely opposed TO the Dill ana VINO has
BECOME a familiar figure to legislators. He
WIS present when the motion was made,
but did not take 1t seriously. Several sena-
tors made speeches on the molten. all de-
claring themselves in favor of passing the
bill. An adjournment was taken without
action
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The records of the Senate at the adj
journment of that body. yesterday, showed
that the following House bills, which were
~, third rnalin0 IN tho Ca1o+a ho1 49,
left over without action:
No. $50 MeaD-Concerning taxation.
No. so Rogers)-Legalizing the acts of
notaries public.
No. $50 CGinette)-Providing for a gen.
eral system of common schools.
No. 232 MISUNDERSTANDING foreign in
Surance companies.
No. 279 Oilley)-Concerning the payment
No. S12 COLLABORATING the date upon
which terms OF township trustees and as
SCISSORS shall begin.
No. S2 Owen, by requesD-Concerning
taxation.
No. ASS CIurphy)-Concerning drainage
under certain specified conditions.
No. $50 (James)-Providing for sworn
statements from officers OF state institu-
tions.
No. 272 CTrout-Providing for the election
and qualification OF justices of the peace.
The greater part of the above bills were
not acted on for the reason that the pro-
visions they contained were included i'm
Senate bills which had been passed and
sent TO the House for action.
Ten House bills, on second reading, were
left without action in the Senate. They are
the following:
No. 15 Wan Fleet. No. 29 Johnson), No.
$50 Jackman), No. 46S Davis, of Wayne).
No. 495 CMarshalD, No. $50 O~awrence), No.
So OouttiD, No. 5S Qawrence), No. $50
(Pritchard), No. 500 (Reagan.)
Representative Meals bill. providing for
the sale of 500-mile mileage books for $40.
was ordered printed, and no further action
was taken thereon.
HORSE PLAY IN HOUSE.