Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1903 — Page 2

THE IKDWIfAPOMS JOÜIWÄTV SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1003.

been present during the time that the bill was being voted on .and could not. therefore, have any personal knowledge of the correctness of the proceedings as set forth In the Journal. "The statement of the speaker only shows how easy It is for great men to be confounded." said Sayre. "The speaker declares that I was not present during the time the matter in question was under consideration, when as a matter of fact the record shows that I was here and that I voted 'no" on the bill. ' The SpeakerThe chair does not so understand. Sayre Then the chair Is mistaken, and if he will consult the record, the reliability of which he is so zealously defending, he wiA see that he is mistaken. The Speaker I'll stand by the record. Sayre I've no doubt you will. SAYRH NOT TO BE DOWNED. Sayre then 'renewed his motion that the record in question be corrected and the bill be recalled from the Senate and sent up the motion in writing. The speaker, however, .ruled that the Journal could not be taken up again after It had once been approved by the motion to dispense with the reading thereof on Thursday morning, except under suspension of the rules, and

he again held the motion out of order. The speaker cited as a -precedent a case in the Legislature of 1S95. when a member was recorded as voting for a bill and it was afterwards discovered that he had not been present, in which the House had refused to correct the Journal. Sayre characterized the precedent as a bad one. During this time Mr. Cully was on his feet again asking recognition, but the speaker ignored him. Sayre announced that he would appeal from the decision of the chair In holding his motion out of order, and while he was writing out the appeal Mr. Stansbury took a hand and discussed the situation, arguing that the House could not go behind its record and change the vote on a bill after the result naa once Deen declared. Sayre sent un his apneal. which was secended by Slack, and Sparks moved that the appeal be laid on the table. The ayes and noes were demanded on the motion to tame. As the roll call proceeded It was very ap parent that a majority of the members of the House were not In accord with the speaker and the result showed 3fi ayes to 53 noes. The appeal was not tabieu. The Republican members who voted with Sayre to sustain his appeal from the decision of the chair were Balrd. Bamberger, Bearss, Beckman, Bell. Edwards, Fear, Hastings. Hull, Kline, Miller. Miner. Minnick. Morgan. Morton. Rock, Salisbury, Salmond. Sayre. Schermerhorn. Stechhan, Etults, Wright and Yencer. Several of the members explained their votes and the roll call was thereby prolonged for several min utes. Sherman, of Decatur, m explanation of his vote, said that between the statement of the employes, who could hare no Interest In falsifying the returns, and the statement of two members who, for polit ical reasons, might find it expedient to de sire to be recorded against the bill when they had really voted for it, he was inclined to stand by the former. Sherman's remarks were taken as a direct personal reflection on the two members who were ask ing that the record be corrected by Mr. Slack, who declared that Sherman had no right to make such insinuations on the floor of the House. CHAIR NOT SUSTAINED. After the motion to table the appeal had failed tc carry the question recurred to "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the Judgment of the House," and on this there was another roll call, In which Sayre's flXty-sevca supporters stood by him and the speaker lost three votes, the total being 33 ayes to 58 noes. The speaker then stated that Sayre's motion was before the House and handed it down to be read again. It "was read, and Sayre spoke at length In support of his contention. During Sayre's "speech and for several minutes following It the speaker was In close consultation with several representatives who were standing with him on the proposition. It was apparent that something was up and the "something" developed when the speaker recalled Sayre's motion, ruling that the appeal from the de cision or the chair was not on the decision In regard to the motion to correct the Journal and recall the bill, but on a motion to suspend the rules and correct the Journal Y17 L'ITU L""T TTVTJT'f' Ä CT ff HttAltXA UMÜUUÜli row Throughout Indiana. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Satur day and Sunday; fresh tc brisk southwest to northwest winds. For Ohio Fair on Saturday, except probably snow on. northeast lake shore. Sun day fair; fresh to brisk southwest to north west winds. For Lower Michigan Fair on Saturday, except snow on thei west shore and extreme north portion. Sunday probably fair; fresh to brisk southwest to west winds. For Kentucky Fair on Saturday and , Sunday. Local Observations on Friday. Bar. Tem. R.H. "Wind. "Weather. Prec. i a. in..3u.o2 lv ti r west. Clear. o 00 p. xn..30.32 2 64 South. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 23; minimum tempera ture. Comparative statement of the mean temDera. iure auu iuiii yretiynauun oa reo. zu: .. . Tern. Prec. isormai 23 0.13 Mean 19 0.00 departure H 0.13 Departure since eo. 1.... 56 o.i departure since Jan. 1 ....109 0.U Plus. . W. T. BLYTIIE, Section Director. f Yesterday's Temperatures. stations. 7 a.m. Max. 7 p.m. ADiiene. ifx 32 43 4g AmarUlc, Tex 22 5J 45 Antonio, Tex 3 53 &o AiiAnta. u Zi M 4 jjismarcK, s. u 4 22 g urraio, n. x c 20 is Cairo. Ill 23 33 3 aijcary. Aioeria c ss inauanooa. lenn zs 43 41 intyenne. 30 is 41 .? Chicago. Ill 10 . 24 24 Cincinnati, u 14 32 23 Cleveland, O 8 22 13 Coljrr.ous, O 12 23 2$ Concordia, Kan 20 . 44 3$ Davenport. la. 4 70 20 jjenver, col z 43 .33 odre City. Kan 23 43 33 Dubuque. Ia 3 '23 26 Duluth. Ml nr. 6 14 23 1.1 Paso. Tex 23 62 M (iaiveston. lex 46 H 54 lirand Junction, cni 4 34 23 Crand Haven, alien 19 2t 2( Havre, Mont 10 20 23 Helena. Mont 23 44 33 Huron. . L I 32 20 Jacksonville. ia 2 M 0 Kanxaa City, Mo IS 42 40 Lander. Wyo 19 42 C6 Little KOCK. Arie ZJ 4t 44 Louisvlllf. Ky 29 25 34 Marquette. Mich 2 14 13 Memphis, Term 23 46 44 Modena, Utah 2 30 30 Montgomery. Ala U U tz Xannvtlle. Tenn re 40 33 New Orleans. U 44 &4 IZ New York. N. Y 8 24 21 Norfolk. Va 20 41 24 North Platte. Neb 1 44 36 Oklahoma. O. T ;.. 32 44 3 Omaha. Neb 8 23 34 Palestine. Tex 34 46 44 Jarkerwtura-. w. va iz 33 26 Philadelphia. Pa 10 30 2 Pittsburg. Pa 4 23 24 Ti.hln Cni 12 IUI JOu'Arpelle. As In 12 12 C Itaptd City. K. 1 20 4 23 , M. IJUla, M j 13 33 23 R. Paul. Minn -4 23 24 Kalt Lake City.-Utah 13. 11 26 Kanta Pe. N. M 20 44 33 Fhrevepcrt, L 3 4 45 Fprlnitfle'd. Ill 16 20 23 Pprlnitneld. Ma 1 41 3S Valentine. Neb 14 34 2$ Vlck.oburtt. 40 54 Washington. D. C 8 2S 30 Wichita. Kan .x. 18 ' 41 42 II0VE1IEHTS OF STEAMERS. GENOA. Feb. 20. 7 a. m. Arrived: Au früste Victoria, from New York, on a cruise; Cambroman, rrom lioston. CTJRACAO, Feb. 20. Arrived: Prlncessln Victoria Luise, from New York, via Nas sau, on a cruise. BROWHKAD, Feb. 0. Passed! Beigenland, rrom pnnaaeipnia ror Liverpool. ST. MICHAEL'S. Feb. 20.-Passed: Trave, irom icw iura. lur uuua. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Arrived: Cedrlc and Bcvlc. from Liverpool. BREMEN. Feb. 0.-Arrived: Branden burg', from New York. HAVRE. Feb. 20. Arrived: La Bretagne. iriun 4evv iura. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 20. Arrived: Sylvanla. 1 rum xioeion. TO CCnG A COLD IX OJEE.D.IT fake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Insists refund the money if it fails to

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and recall the bill which he raid Sayre had made verbally.

Sayre insisted that the appeal was In regard to the decision on his written motion. ana the House was treated to a prolonged argument between the member from Wabash and the speaker. In which both read from the rules and bandied points of order and precedents back and forth until no one was able to keep an accurate record of the proceedings. Finally Marshall held another whispered consultation with his lieutenants. and a moment later the members were sur prised to hear him recognize Mulr. of Marion, on a motion to adjourn. The motion was seconded and the speaker proceeded to state the question, call for a viva voce vote and declare the motion carried and the House adjourned in the face of demands for ayes and noes, a division and a storm of noes on the viva voce that apparently exceeded the volume of ayes. The entire morning had been devoted to the dispute, and it seemed as far as ever from adjustmnt. v ANGEL OF COMPROMISE. During the two hours' . intermission be fore the afternoon- session, however, the angel of compromise appeared and when the House was called to order again the matter was speedily settled. Miller, of Bar tholomew, offered a motion to amend Sayre's motion by substituting another mo tion to the effect that the vote by which the reading of the Journal on Thursday morning had been dispensed with be recon sidered. Sayre agreed to the motion and it was carried without opposition. The offending record was then before the House for reading or correction. Sayre moved that the reading of the Journal be dispensed with except that part referring to the proceedings In connection with bill No. 2SS. This motion also prevailed without oppGClerk Ileilman rend tho Innrnal on1 Messrs. Cullv and a reen arn:p nnil nakpd that they be recorded as voting in the negative Instead of the affirmative. It was so oraerea. Then came tho surnH nt Vi. ,iiv T?r. resentative Sherman arose In his seat and announced that he was incorrectly recorded in the vote. He said he had voted for me diu, wnue the record showed him voting in the negative. He asked a correction. Which Was also nrdprf1 Rhcrmnn'o announcement was greeted with a roar from mo memoers wno naa been opposing Sayre, as they realized that it gave the bill the nctrssaiy iuiy-one votes ana it could not be recalled. Sayre was naturally somewhat SUrDlised. hilt h mado tha hno I and later made a motion that, whereas the uiire wjjiiroversy in the matter had not changed the result of the House's action On theblll. all of the nrofPPHnoT n mn. nectlon with, the controversy should be exsuijBru iiuni me recora. mis motion was adopted and the Incident was closed. Sherman's sudden reversal of opinion In regard to the reliability of the work of the House s clerks furnished the members mtfeh amusement.. Durlnsr the fnremn k said that he would take the word and recuru oi me cierKS against the statement or a member of the House, and the Inconsistency of his action when he claimed that he had been incorrectly recorded and asked ma ms vuie oe piacea m the affirmative column snblected him to - VUIVUlCl0Olt comments, but he took it all good-naturedly. GRAY'S VALIAXT FIGHT. Senate Killed Ills Dill for Free TextBooks In the Schools. Senator James P. Gray made a valiant fight in the Senate yesterday to save the lir or his bill providing that the Stat shall furnish text-books free of charge to pupils in grades below the high school. He was defeated and the vote was overwhelm. ingly against him. but In defense of the Justice and practicability of his plan the senator from Vanderburg made one of the best speeches which have been heard In the Senate this session, and he earned the admiration of his colleagues by his straightforward tactics. The Senate committee on education mad a divided report on the bill, the majority or tne committee recommending that the dui Do indefinitely postponed. Senator Gray signed a minority report recommending the nassaee nf th hin ti, . on the adoption of th minnrifv , . . , , v. .vt ntB iengtny and warm, benator Barcus took no icau 1 opposing legislation of this character, which, he said, was bad in theory and practice. Senator LIndley urged thaLt!?e,bm k,IIed and Senator Starr could find nothing in it to please him. Senator GraV ClOSPri th dehata tt-HV. n est. polished speech, the first address of iKui inai ne nas made during the session, armen ll n p- tn tha a.nifnra . - . -r v v- yuuiuio I KJ IUIC lor the mlnnritv rtrnrt aanatn r ..M. ..awwi. UIOJ U . Senator Gray's Speech. 'Freedom' of religion, freedom of speech freedom of education form the great corner stone upon which has been built the mas sive structure of our federal and state gov ernments, which the wrath and power of the combined nations of the earth cannot cause to tremble, and only the ultimate wrath of God can destroy. 'But, senators, the greatest of this trin ity, is freedom of education, for free cdu cation has created the self-reliant. Inde pendent American citizen who in a short century and a Quarter has. with his force ful hand and brain, changed, as if by magic, a howling wilderness, inhabited oniy oy wild beasts and savaces. to a lib erty-loving land of plenty and prosperity, siretcning rrom ocean to ocean and con trolling through sheer energy the destinies of two-thirds of the governments of the eartn. "Mr. President, when our sturdv nilerim fathers first landed on the rock-bound and inhospitable coast of New England they first built a church and then a schoolhouse, and. senators, the schoolhouse re mains to this day. the nucleus and founda lion or our continued prosperity, whether It be In the humble country district or in the more imposing school citv. The educational historv of Indiana has ever been one of advancement from the lirst log-cabin school until to-day, when our splendid universities and schools are landmarks In every county of the State. "The time was when the name 'Hoosier was held In derision as significant of ignorance and illiteracy, but to-day, thank uoa. it stands ror wisdom In civil govern ment, wisdom in business pursuits and wis dorn in the management of our educational institutions and common schools. "The little town of New Harmony, where forty years ago Edward Eggleüton unjustly portrayed the illiteracy of Indiana citizens, in his story of 'The Hoosler Schoolmaster. has been well named, in our day, 'the Little Atnens or tne middle west.' "Hooslers have gone forth from our splendid educational institutions and have won world-wide fame in every corner of the globe, and in our native land they have ever been and are now found foremost In halls of Congress: foremost in professions: foremost in business pursuits; foremost in religious and educational development: foremost in the development of the great resources or our magnincent country. "But. Mr. President, I regret to say that Indiana has for the first time in her history fallen behind many of her sister States in an educational matter of the utmost vita Importance of vital importance because it affects the poor man who can only secure an education for his children by undergoing serious hardship, when our schools are not really and truly free in fact as well as in name. "Free schoolhouses and free teachers do not make free schools: we must have free schoolhouses, free teachers", free books and free supplies to have free schools in the truest sense. The cost of books and sun plies places upon the shoulers of the poor a burden which they cannot and should not be asked to bear by a rich and affluent State which owes its very being and its present condition of wealth and greatness to rree education. CRUDE METllODS OF OLD. "In the incipient days of our free-schoo system we were indeed glad to have a few crude schoolhouses and a few sturdy teachers; also in those days we were glad to have warm homespun upon our backs and a good, substantial meal after a hard day's work with the ax or plow, but to-day, senators, we have grown rich, our school system has become a model to be followed by Junior States. We are on the topmost wave of success; our State debt is practically paid; our people are happy and industrious; our granaries are overflowing with the fullness of rich harvests: our mines are being worked as never before; our mills and factories are alive with the buzz and hum of human industry which makes Indiana a synonym for thrift and industry In every corner of the globe. "With such prosperity staring us In the face, will this General Assembly allow the great State of Indiana to retrograde in the matter of education and be surpassed by both older and younger States for we must advance or wo will retrograde? "Permit me to give a few facts and figures concerning free echoolbooks in the experience of other States where such becks

tiave long been in use. The following twen

ty-four States and the District of Columbia, with a total population of more than 33,ouo,000. have either optional or compul sory laws for furnishing free text-books and supplies in the common schools: Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Nebraska. New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey. Delaware. Idaho. Connecticut, Ohio, Wisconsin. North Dakota. Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota. South Dakota, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana. Washington, New York. District of Columbia. "The city of Philadelphia haa furnished free text-books to its schools for eightyrive years and" the city of New York for more than fifty years. The annual reports of state superintendents of public instruc tion from all of the twenty-four States and the District of Columbia show that the sys tem of free text-book3 gives entire and complete satisfaction, and no town, village. district or county in any or these btates nas ever expressed any dissatisfaction except three small villages in Michigan aggregating a population of less than 1,000 people. Such a record seems In itself almost a com plete vindication of the free text-book sys tem. The city or St. L.ouis aaoptea tne free text-book plan about five years ago by furnishing the four lowest grades in the common schools. "Chicago, that great center of greed and rain, is the only city In the United States above yOO.OOO in population which does not furnish free text-books. "There are many reasons why we should have free text-books and many advan tages derived therefrom. The first great reason is that the poor are enaDiea to secure an education without being forced to bear the burden of the cost of books and thereby often deprived of the necessaries of life. COST DECREASED. "The education of the children of the poor. many of whom would otherwise be neg lected, is most conducive to good citizen ship. "The compulsory education law is self-en forced and the school attendance is largely increased. "The total cost of schoolbooks is largely decreased by using the books several times. "Free books save time by giving an im mediate orranlzation of schools and avoid ing the usual delay of a week or ten days occasioned by tardiness of pupils in pro curing the proper books. "Children are tauKht tne great impor tance of takinir care of and protecting pub lic property. In this last connection allow me to sav that no one wno nas never Deen in touch with poor men's families, who has never been welcomed to poor men 8 nomes. can have the faintest conception of the feelincr of degradation and heart-relt shamo. ave. and of resentment in poor lamiues wno are forced to acknowledge themselves pau pers that the boon of knowledge ma be gained for their children. "It makes cood ana wormy citizens 01 parents who would under the present law be humiliated and degraded by being forced to declare themselves paupers In order to procure for their children free books which they are una Die to Duy. "At least "ten years of my life have been spent among such poor, and I am proud to say that I believe I was never unwel come in any poor man s nome. xneir ieeiincs. their sensibilities, are as fine and as keen as those or more rortunate orotners: their pride and ambition are as great or greater than those above them in wealth. My fellow-senators, many a good man nas thus become an Anarchist and mny a child has grown to manhood and into an archism through the sting of pauperism in flicted in our free schools. "I admit that there have been some rea sons given against the use of free text books. -To my mind the greatest and principal of these reasons is the narrow-minded one of cost to the State. Any money which may be spent by any State for education is returned tenfold in good citizenship, in decreased cost or public charitable institu tions and in decreased cost of maintenance of Jails, reformatories and State prisons. It has been alleged that text-books used several times will carry disease, but actual practice has shown that no more disease is carried in free books than in the circulation of money, and to meet this objection it is possible to fumigate books, to such an extent as to make spread of disease from this source impossible. It has further been said that the child who is furnished with free text-books does not have the proper sense of ownership. On the other hand, he is imbued with the necessity of protecting ana caring for the property of others and of the State. COST OF BOOKS. "A statement prepared for me by. the state superintendent of public instruction shows that the books for four years In the common schools cost $3.73, or at the rate of 72 cents per-annum per pupil. In 1901 there were in attendance in the common school' of the State of Indiana 420.27$ pupils. Calculating acordlng to the figures fur nished by the state superintendent books for a single year In the entire State would cost J302.59S.72. Adding to this 5 per cent. under the provision of this bill we would nave a total cost of X317,72S.65, or an aver age for each of the ninety-two counties of the State of 13,436. It Is estimated that the books can be used for three years, but to leave an ample margin for all possible contingencies, let us suppose that Instead of an Increased cost of one-third each year there should be an In creased cost of one-half of the amount each year on account of the books being used over again. We would thus have an additional cost to the State of Indiana each year of 1158.8&I.S2. or an aver age cost for books each succeeding year, to each of the ninety-two counties of the State, of $1,727. In connection with the estimated cost to the State of schoolbooks, under the provisions of this bill, I desire to state that I wrote each of the five different Schoolbook companies now fur nlshlng books under contract, requesting that they give me the amount of money which each had received from the school corporations of Indiana for books in l'JOl. One of these copanies showed me the cour tesy of telephoning, but made such excuses for furnishing the information desired as to make it impracticable. Two other com panies refused point-blank to furnish any information, although such information is a matter of public record. Two of. the companies made no reply. I then pro cured from the state statistician the fol lowing total figures which all Schoolbook companies had received from the various school county superintendents of the State in 1901: "Total amount of money spent under the supervision of the State for common schoolbooks in 1901, $223,135.SI. This amount falls considerably below the estimated amount of $317,000. and may be accounted for by a number of pupils using old books. "In connection with the cost of books I desire to say that my casual investlga tlons have shown that we pay too much for our schoolbooks by probably from 75 to 100 per cent., and these Investigations have satisfied me that with the practical abolition of the so-called Schoolbook trust or Schoolbook comblnaiton, that thousands upon thousands of dollars can be saved each year to the people of the ' State of Indiana, for the attendance of children in our common schools does not comprise two-thirds of the school children of the State. In support of this statement allow me to quote briefly from the annual re port of the superintendent of public In struction of Iowa, wherein he gives the cost of books In various States for 1901: "The average annual cost In all the public schools or Maine has been as follows since 1S91: $1.16, 54 cents, 34 cents, 40 cents, 46 cents, 57 cents, 67 cents. This statement includes all expenditures for books, pencils. Taper, Ink, slates, etc. "The average cost in Nebraska has been reduced to an average of 45 cents for all books and supplies, and the reports of the state superintendents of most of the States using free text-books show that the cost is very much below the present cost of books In the State or Indiana. LETTING OF CONTRACTS. "I desire to state further that I am heartily opposed to the purchase of schoolbooks and letting of contracts by the present Board of Education, otherwise known as the State Board of Schoolbook Commission ers, composed of the Governor of the State, the state superintendent of public instruc tion and the presidents or some other offi cer of the leading colleges and superintendents of schools of the largest cities of the ! State. With all due respect to these gen tlemen and with due respect and acknowledgment of their ability to select proper books for use in the schools, I submit to you that with the exception of the Gov ernor of the State they are not uch per sons as would be able to make bargains and close contracts with the representa tives of Schoolbook corporations, who are some of the smartest business men and traders of our country, who have been ac customed from boyhood to making shrewd bargains and negotiating large transac tions, is it not the exception to the gen eral rule that a professor in a college or any great educator is at the same time a good business man? It would be Just as wise to take a business man and expect him to carry on a discourse in Greek or San scrit. "But I do not propose to stray from my tneme. "In a few years it will seem strange that I should have stood at this, time upon the

floor of the Senate chamber to advocate a

minority report on such a great question as that of having free text-books in our common schools, for this question is grow ing in importance day by day and will continue to grow until all supplies as well as books are furnished free. I am aware that many persons who send their children to parochial schools oppose this measure, but the same persons will abolish our entire free school system and have opposed it from its conception. Since the Introduction ci the bill under consideration I have heard ministers of the gospel who manage parochial schools admit that their only real opposition was to the extra taxation which such a measure might bring about. I do not -blame them except in so far as they forget that under any. system of taxation taxpayers all pay for some conveniences and luxuries for the common good which never directly benefit them. Should we listen to such a plaint? I say no. a thou sand times no. "Our public school system is one of our American fundamental principles. It Is an institution orjhe state and must be sup ported Dy tne taxes of all alike. I regret to say that the two ministers referred to threatened me with political disaster. If I had to die politically in the success of such a cause 1 would welcome the open grave. air. residents and senators. I anneal to you In the name of education. I appeal to you in tne name or good citizenship. I appeal to you In the name of Justice. I ap peal to you in tne name or the poor people of Indiana .who cannot appeal for themselves, I appeal to you without rezard to party affiliations not to cast aside lichtlv a matter of such great importance. Do not return to. your constituents and be forced to acknowledge that you killed a free Schoolbook measure in the committee rnnm Give this measure an opportunity of being aiscussea upon tne noor or the Senate and do not smother it without drawinir a second breath of life. The laboring man and the poor man or every vocation demands it, and since nearly half of our great country enJoys free text-books why not give them to the people or Indiana? If you defeat this measure, having considered it upon the floor of the Senate, I shall be satisfied and the people of Indiana will be satisfied that you am as your conscience dictated. I therefore move vou. Mr. Present that the minority report on this hm h adopted and demand the aves and noM " The vote on the adoption of the minority rrpun was w noes ana a ayes. The death 01 tne 0111 was a great personal disappoint ment. 10 me senator, wno entered the I.peis. lature principally for the puriose of advo cating tne enactment of such a law. VOTING MACHINE BILL PASSED. The voting machine bill, the Joint prop erty of Senator Matson and Representa tive Wright, was passed by the Senate yesterday morning by a vote of 27 to S. Three Democrats and two Republicans voted against the bill Senators Fortune, Askren, Thralls, Lyons and Starr. Sen ator Fortune opposed the passage of the measure because no amendment was in serted limiting the cost of voting machines. senator oiarr zougnt it because he did not want the city of Richmond obliged to use the machines. The bill goes at oncp to the House for the concurrence of that body in the Senate: amendments. The nrobaDiuiy is inai 11 win De approved in its present form by the House and will be come a law. it applies to counties con taining cities of 13.000 or more population. The Senate adopted a new rule vesterdav intended to facilitate the transaction of business. 1 ne ruie provides that speeches m aepate snau do limited to ten minutes It was presented in the report of the committee on rules and was supported bv nTnocrats and Republicans alike. The Senate has barely enough time as it Is to give the bills before It the briefest consideration without devoting valuable hours to long The time of the Senate was taken un largely yesterday In the consideration of House Dins, ine following were passed No. 27. No. 229. No. 118. No. 31. No. 178. No! 177. No. 97. No. 124. No. 140. No. 129 nrl No. 100. Thirteen House bills were received and reported to the proper committees. Senate bill3 No. 57. No. 110. No. 111. No. 190 and iso. i - were rererred to the House. Committees reported on thirty-nine bill.. twenty-eigni. or wnicn were measures originating in the Senate. Favorable re ports were made on Senate bills No. 291, No. 293. No. 112, No. 308, No. 322. No. 329. No. 300, No. 334, No. 325, No. 330, No. 62, No. 45, No. 262. No. 337. No. 336, No. 248. No. 289. No. 341, No. 357, No. 358, No. 320, and House bills No. 236. No. 7. No. 81. No. 231. No. 350. No. lyi, iso. sa and iso. K. Tne following bills were killed by senate committees: Senate bills No. 17, No. 302. No. 124, No. 255 and No. 66. and House bills No. 1S5. No. 6 and No. 193. A concurrent resolution was Introduced asking tne Lieutenant uovernor to appoint three hold-over senators a commit tee to investigate the methods used in other States for the care of epileptics and to re port to the next General Assembly. The senate wrangled for half an hour near the close of the afternoon session as to when the body should convene again. About half of the senators wanted to have a Saturday session held, but there was the other half equally determined that ad journment should be taken until Monday morning. The yea and no vote was de manded and the senators were placed on record. The motion to adjourn until Mon day morning carried, 22 to 20. SEXATOU BURXS'S DILL. It Was One of the Measures Passed by House Routine Work. The House accomplished little yesterday. as the greater part of the day was de voted to the contest between Mr. Sayre and the speaker, but in the afternoon several new bills were received, committee reports were submitted and two bills were passed, both under suspension of the rules. The first was one of the bills Introduced by the late Senator Burns. It enables the city of MIshawaka to seU its electric light and water works plants. The second was one of the bills of Representative Cantwell, who is seriously ill at a hospital in this city. It concerns the crossings of electric and steam railroads and provides that the road that makes the crossing shall, if It be a grade crossing, establish and maintain an interlocking plant. This bill is one upon which the representatives of the steam and electric roads agreed, and there was no opposition to it. The committee on libraries recommended for passage the concurrent resolution pro viding for the purchase of Henry S. Carthorn of the historic volumes of the West ern Sun newspaper, printed and published at vmcennes. Ind.. by Elihu Stout, cover ing a period from the year 1S07 to 1815, con taining among other documents the Jour nals of the territorial Lenlslature. Slack s resolution requesting Congress to call a convention that an amendment might be made to the United States Consti tution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote was reported with two recommendations, the majority for Indefinite postponement and the minor ity for passage. Slack spoke for the adop tion or tne minority report, but it was ta bled by a vote of 50 to 38 and the majority report was men concurred In. CLARK STATUE BILU The bill providing for a statue of George Rogers Clark in statuary hall at Washington, which was made a caucus measure by the House Republicans, was also re ported with two recommendations, the ma jority favoring passage and the minority for passage, with an amendment substi tuting the name of Gen. Benjamin Harri son for that of Clark. Klrkman, the ma jority caucus chairman, moved that the minority report be tabled and on that the Democrats vociferously demanded the ayes and noes, their sole purpose being to put the Republicans on record as voting against General Harrison. The roll call was ord ered and the Democrats all consistently voted no. Miller, of Bartholomew, and Stookey, or Kosciusko, were the only Re publican members who bolted the caucus. Miller, in explanation of his vote, said: "I cannot understand why the question of a statue for George Rogers Clark was one for caucus action, and I did not partici pate in the caucus of my colleague's on the bill. I regard Benjamin Harrison as the first citizen of Indiana. I cast my first presidential vote for him and I take great pleasure in .voting no' on this mo tion. Stookey did not explain his vote. The motion to table prevailed by a vote of 56 to 34. Klrkman then moved that the majority report be concurred In, and on that he demanded the previous question. the object being to shut off debate and spare the House the ordeal of several "extemporaneous" addresses on the subject that had been carefully prepared by minority members. The demand for the previous question was seconded by a vote of 55 to 34 and the majority report concurred in. VIXCEXXES CLAIM DELAYED. Gray Dill Withdrawn and Resolution Adopted fora New Commission. The claim of Vincennes University against the State, amounting to $120.000. will be droppd by the present General

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