The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-10
The senate, on the other Hand, Pre-
serves Decorous Demeanor
Throughout the Day.
ELEVATED TRACK BILL DIES
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE COULD
NOT REACH AN AGREEMENT.
Speaker Marshall Presented with q
Loving Cup-Governor's Last
Message-The Last Hours.

Contrary to all precedent the Sixty-third
General Assembly adjourned sine die few
minutes before 6 o'clock last evening In
previous sessions the Legislature has al
ways held a night session on the last day
and adjournment sine die has moi been
taken until the hour of midnight. In some
instances IL has been as late as two or three
hours after midnight, and in others as
early as one or two hours before when
final adjournment was taken, but invari-
ably the illusion of adjourning on the
stroke Of twelve has been maintained by
moving the hands of the clock back or for
ward as the case might demand. The
clock was not tampered with yesterday.
In both houses the final adjournment was
preceded by the exchange of felicitous
speeches of farewell and Governor Durbin
visited each body and delivered a short
message by way of executive benediction.
The proceedings Of the Senate were char
actrized by the utmost decorum, as the
death of Senator Gibson had cast a gloom
over that body. In the House there was. as
usual. a great deal of fun in the closing
hours. Various members were called 10
the chair and given '.try-out' presid-
ing officer. and all sorts of pranks and
ludicrous stunts were INDUCED in
A feature of the last session of the House
was the presentation to Speaker Henry w.
Marshall. of Lafayette, of a magnificent
loving cup as a token of the regard and
esteem of the ninety and nine representa-
tives over whose deliberations he has pre-
sided during the past sixty days. The pre-
sentation was made the occasion for numer-
Gus happy speeches from both sides of the
chamber.
GOVERNORS FINAL MESSAGE.
The final message delivered by Governor
Durbin to each house was as follows:
81 avail myself of question of personal
privilege to communicate TO your honor
unselfish devotion to the interests OF the
people you represent In the efforts you have
put forth in what you have conscientiousy
conceived to be for the promotion of the
public veal. With so many perplexing is
sues presented for your consideration. IL Is
but a natural sequence that there should
be division OF opinion; but, to whatever
extent this difference may have been, We
must in all candor, as servants of the peo-
pie, agree that the underlying motives were
based on carefully preconceived Judgment
of solemn obligations to those TO whom we
owe the honor OF preferment and TO whom
we are accountable.
With the close of the Sixty-third Gen.
eral Assembly IL is seemly that we should
put aside all asperities. and generously
concede each to the other that our motives.
however much mistaken or misunderstood.
were prompted by honest endeavor TO serve
our constituents with fidelity.
IT am not insensible of the courtesy
shown me by members OF this Assembly.
and / gladly avail myself OF this oppor-
tunity to extend my heartfelt thanks TO the
minority as well as the majority side or
this chamber for ever-generous considera-
ton.
from partisan acrimony, and in this, my
last message, l convey to each member my
kindest regard for all his future undertake
ings and best wishes for all who most con-
Germ him..
REASON FOR ADJOURNMENT.
Final adjournment was taken I'm the aft
ernoon because 1t was found that IL would
be impossible for the Governor to pass on
all the bills on his desk before midnight. or
even before noon to-day II he gave each
measure proper consideration. He passed
on all the measures that IL was necessary
for him to give his verdict on before mid
night last night The others. measures that
did not reach him until Saturday or yester-
day. he has at least another day to consider
before the constitutional limit in which he
must sign, veto or deposit without his sig
nature expires. These are bills that could
not have been passed over his veto. as he
was not required TO return them until after
the General Assembly had adjourned, under
the constitutional Limitation.
Under the circumstances IL would have
been useless to have held a night session.
and the leaders of both houses arranged to
adjourn sine die before o'clock.
The Senate did little at yesterdays ses-
sions aside from adopting memorials on
the death of Senator Gibson, passing on one
or two conference committee reports and
receiving messages from the Governor ON
bills that he had signed.
The House did a little Of everything. re-
ceiving conference committee reports.
i adopting resolutions, passing bills. and even
receiving one new bill. which. however, got
| no further than first reading and then went
into the wastebasket- The new bill was
one introduced by Representative Boyd TO
| prohibit lobbying in the General Assembly.
Many of the senators and representatives
left early last evening for their homes.
| Others will stay In the city for day or
| two. and of these many Joined last night In
| holding farewell dinners and having last
general good time"