The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-10
HOUSE MORNING SESSION.
A Considerable Amount of Business
Done by Representatives.

Representative Williams, of Henry ooun-
ty offered prayer at the opening of the
last days session of the House yesterday
forenoon at 10:45 o'clock. The opening
was delayed three-quarters of an hour
while the speaker signed number of en-
rolled acts.
The horseplay that was to be expected or
the last day began when the members
sought to force the clerk to read the
journal of Saturdays proceedings. The
usual motion to dispense with the reading
of the journal was offered. but 1t was
voted doTn by OF thai noes ss The
had it, which added to the hilarity of the
occasion, and Clerk Heilman was spared
the ordeal.
The first business brought before the
House was the report of the conference
committee the general appropriation
BILL, offered by Sayre- The report was
conference committee had really made
comparatively few changes in the bill as
amended by the Senate. The specific items
for Indiana University, stricken out by the
Senate, were all put back in except the
one item of 5000 for fireproof stacks for
books in the library. The item of $4,000
for and chanel for the In
out by the Senate, was left out. The items
of $3.50 for each of three stenographers for
the six Appellate judges: put in by 90 the he
for chamber expenses of the Appellate
Court, inserted by the Senate. was left
out by the conference committee. In ex-
planning this item Sayre took parting
shot at the Appellate Court by stating, by
way of parenthesis, that he hoped the time
would come when the State would get tired
of this Oliver Twist court"
The report agreed to the elimination OF
the item of 5000 for private stairway
from the office of the secretary of state to
the basement and for the purchase of file
IN fa6 or
The item of $500 for file cases for the
office Of clerk of the Supreme and Appellate
Courts was left out. The addition OF 5000
to the agricultural fund for Purdue Uni
Yersity was agreed to. The committee
recommended the elimination of the. item
providing for the printing of 5000 copies OF
the report of the state geologist every
year.
ONE NEW ITEM.
One new item was added to the bill-an
appropriation of $1,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, to meet the deficit In
the appropriation for the expenses of the
session. Sayre explained that this amount
was largely in excess of the anticipated
deficit, but that 1t was desired to guard
against leaving a deficit to be carried over
for the next two years He also showed
that the actual expenses of the present ses-
sion have been approximately the same as
those for the session of two years ago
$ll7,5Oo.
After explaining the report, sayre moved
its adoption and demanded the previous
question to shut off any debate. The House
seconded the demand for the previous ques-
ton by a vote of 81 to 26. and the report
was adopted on viva yoce vote
The speaker announced that he would
appoint Representatives Stansbury and
Warner the House members of the COM
mission to investigate the question of the
care of epileptics and report to the next
General Assembly.
The conference committees report on
Senate Bill $780, regulating the hauling of
heavy loads public highways and CIV
ing road supervisors police powers. was
concurred in.
The committee on cities and towns cleared
up its part of the calendar by submitting
reports killing Senate Bill eoi and House
Bill 209.
Representative Stansbury offered the
usual resolution giving the number OF the
employees of the House and the nature OF
the work done by each. The resolution
showed seventy-five employees.
On motion by Adair the House reconsid-
cred its action in concurring in the Senate
amendments to House Bill 10, and then in
definitely postponed further consideration
of the measure This bill. as II passed the
from II to l6 cents The Senate amended
it In such manner as to knock out the in
crease in the state levy and to provide
short on school funds might relieve them
selves by increasing the local levy. The
Senate refused absolutely to recede. and
the second conference committees appointed
by the House finally recommended that the
House concur In the amendments. This
report was adopted Saturday. and the bill
was sent to the Governor. BY the action
of the House yesterday the sections Of the
State that have been troubled with short
age In school funds will have to worry
along for another two years State Super
intendent OF Public Instruction Jones was
active in inducing the members of the
House TO take this action. He argued that
IL the bill as amended by tee Senate be-
came a law II would then be impossible for
the educational forces TO secure en Increase