The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-01


faded army blue and claiming to be a vet
eran of the civil war. accosted a young
man near the door of the Senate chamber
yesterday afternoon. 81 have been watch
ing you introduce bills and listening to your
talks in there" he said, land just wanted
to ask you If you feel inclined TO give me a
little assistance. / am an old soldier and
stranded here without money and have no
place to sleep or eat" II am very sorry,
replied the young man in question, but
you have made a mistake this time. do
not belong in the Senate at all. / am only
a newspaper reporter and poor as church
mouse That's so,' said the veteran,
newspaper men are that way as a rule.
beg your pardon
Senator Oscar c. Minor. of Perry county,
who represents in the State Senate the dis
trict composed of the counties of Perry,
Spencer and Crawford. says that in his
opinion the Osborne apportionment bill fails
signally in one of its -objects-that of maxi
ing the Third congressional district Repub-
lican by 500 majority. 1T will have TO be
readjusted on another basis, said Senator
Minor last night, because in the last three
elections the Democrats have gained sew
eral hundred votes, and the ratio of gain, IL
it keeps up until the next election, Will wipe
out the supposed Republican majority or
500. Then you must take into account the
popular prejudice against such laws as this,
prejudice which, in my opinion, would act
to make the majority slightly on our side
Of the ledger"
A party made UP principally of senator's
visited the home of a professional hypnptist
Monday night on special invitation. Among
the men who saw the hypnotist perform his
wonderful feats were Senators Inman.
Johnston. Cregor. Kell, ex-senator Shea,
Representative Lahr and John &. Wingate.
The demonstrators did a number Of things
that made the senatorial eyes literally
bulge OUT with establishment. 81 think
the greatest feat he did, said Senator
Johnston. was to rub his hand over the
arm of his subject and make it perfectly in
sensible to pain, that pins and needles
could be thrust into the flesh and clear
through without him noticing IT. DIR. Gre
gor wanted to for himself If it were
fake, and when the subject was not looking
pinched his arm terribly, but the young
man did not give any sign to Indicate that
he noticed what Cregor was doing.
81 have for fifteen years believed that
there was considerable in hypnotism, said
Senator Inman, who overheard Senator
Johnston telling about the seance.
XXX
DR.. r. V. Hunter, pastor of the Seventh
Presbyterian Church, visited the Senate
yesterday to find the committee on the sale
o. State lands. To reporter DR.. Hunter
said that he desired to present some simple
facts to this committee. THE Friendly
Inn is situated on a little piece of ground
that belongs to the State, and we of the
charity organization understand that this
ground will be sold with the rest. We
think If the committee understands the
character of the work which We have been
doing at the Friendly Inn they will decide
to let our bit of ground alone. When We
acquired the place it was covered with
buildings that were nothing but shacks
We have been paying $500 a year to the
state for rent, and besides have erected
excellent buildings, put in water works and
furnace and made other improvements.
To show you what we do L need only cite
to you the fact that we cared for 775
tramps and INDECENT people during the
night. We run kindergartens there also,
and now and then take care of women.
The women do not come from this city, but
arc dumped in here at the Union station,
coming from other counties. These people
have to have food and shelter, and we think
that the Inn ought to be let alone. But, OF
course, / don't intend to butt my head
committee instructions. / am simply going
to tel them few facts and let them do
the rest
j. Frank Hanly came over from La
fayette yesterday to file some legal papers
in the office of the clerk of the Supreme
Court and while in the Statehouse vert
Senate. 81 was in the Senate of 1891" said
Mr.. Hanly, land at that time we Repub-
hcans were situated about like the Demo-
Gratis are now only a little bit worse. We
started in with fifteen, but the Democrats
ousted one of our number and that left us
only fourteen. / understand the Democrats
have sixteen senator's at the present seS-
sion. There were some mighty good men
in that Legislature of 81, though. In the
Senate were James a. Mount, Theodore
Shockney and Silas Hays that 1 recall
just now" Mr.. Hanly denied that he was
i~terested in any pending legislation, but
insisted that he only dropped in to visit
with friends
'I met Thomas ]. Newkirk in the lobby
OF the Grand Hotel last night" said Sen
ator PurselI yesterday afternoon, land ne
told ne some funny remarks made by Joe
Hart, an old friend of his from Vevay.
Ind, with whom he had been talking only
few minutes before he met me- Newkirk
Said he asked Hart how everything was in
the little town of Vevay. oh, things are
moving along there in the same DID, quiet.
pleasant way, said Hart. You know no.
body in Vevay has energy enough to steal
splendidly.' Hart took a few reflective
ruffs at his cigar, and then broke out in a
PARKWAY. absent manner: Say, Tom, if L
happen to die away from home some time,
and you are around at the time wish you
would sec 10 1T that my body is shipped
back to Vevay to be buried in the ceme-
terry there. I think the devil would least
expect to find me in Vevay.'"
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