Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1879 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MABCH 26, 1879

" WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26.. After "seventy days" the Missouri legislator can 4 hang on at one dollar a day or adjourn. ! ' i ' mm m a , . ' The Cameron-Oliver case is the most In famous on record. It beats : the BeecherTilton hastiness. 1 ; Ths Journal yesterday evidences that it bad taken an overdose of those unfortunate pills that had such a terrible effect upon the poor insane Mrs. Williams. Thosc who are familiar with the classics have read of thS fabled mountain in tabor, which produced a mouse. The after-birth, we are persuaded, is engaged on the editorial columns of the Journal. Ikgalls, the Kansas Republican bribeTending senator, hangs on to his seat. ' The conclusion is that he might as well be let alone, as his successor would probably be no better and might be a good deal worse. The democrats determined some months ago to make a clean sweep of the trained and experienced official. Journal. "Trained and experienced." That's good. 'Trained" to forgetfulness and experienced in such cases as Mrs. Williams'. A "clean sweep' of such training and such experience is in order. Tee history of Indiana furnishes no parallel to the disgraceful proceeding Known as the Insane Asylum investigation. Journal. That's so. We'd bet a Havana cigar that from the day Satan entered Eden nothing of the kind has ever transpired. The history of the case of Mrs. Williams beats hades. And now the Republican organs are complaining because the Southern States do not make their penitentiaries reformatory schools, so that black and white convicts may come out of prison good citizens. Nothing in the South does please the average Republican organ. If the Democrats nad gone about this business In a manly way, declared their purpose, and then carried it out like men, their course would have been comparatively commendable. Journal. ... Well, the Democrats went about the business of investigating the Insane Asylum horrors and rottenness in an exceedingly masculine way. They appointed an investigating committee, and compelled witnesses to attend and swear. The result is the Republican party is very much demoralized. The important question whether a telegraph company can bs legally forced to Burrender copies of telegrams fo warded by its patrons, is now in a fair way of settlement In Missouri a local manager of a telegraph office being required to surrender original messages relating to matters of public importance, declined to obey orders, and the New York Central office has ordered him not to yield, so that a test case may bs made and the vexed question be set at rest The design has been to smirch and damage the reputation of Dr. Everts, than whom no person In the United States In the same line has a higher reputation, and thus, if possible, furnish a seeming justification for the democratic scheme of removal. Journal. Alas! for Dr. Everts. His "line" has not fallen in pleasant places. We are sorry for Dr. Everts. His recollection of "donations" is not commendable, and the case of poor Mrs. Williams is convincing proof that his' removal is demanded by every consideration of humanity and public policy. Tbk librarian of Congress reports that there is an increasing demand for books relating to the war of the rebellion, and the Xew York Tribune regards it as an "inter'esting fact" -not that the Tribune wants to revive the prejudices and the passions of the people, but simply to inform the people that it was a wicked rebellion, and didn't win; all of which is bosh. The Tribune would have another war in a wink, if it thought it would be the means of defeating the Democratic party. It has been stated that when the "rubber'' and the "pills" had produced their desired effect upon the poor insane Mrs. Williams, that Dr. Hester took the "after-birth" and tried to burn it In this, it is said, he was unsuccessful. We are satisfied the account is correct Indeed, we are of the opinion that by some hocus pocus the nasty mass got into the Journal office, and has been employed on its editorial columns, and that its fir-t effort at embellishing its columns is a criticism on an article In the Sunday Sentinel, captioned "Sunday Reflections. " In fact the Journal seems to be in the custody of "after-births." HON. WM. H. ENGLISH. The Herald has trotted oat another presiden tial candidate but It would be better to say, perhaps, nominee, for we do not know that the gentleman mentioned is himself a candi date. In the convenient and usual way of bringing prominent men to the front, and of testing public opinion, the availability of Mr. William L English, of Indiana, the gentleman referred to, Is ventilated In an Interview or conversation. Although Mr. English has not been In public life for years past, there is no man in Indiana, probably, more popular than he te, or who could carry the State by as large a majority of votes if he were to be a candi date (or president, governor, or any other high position. He has always been a Democrat, and was an earnest L'uion man throughout the war. He served several terms as a rep resentative in Congress from Indiana previous to the war, and waa known as a hard working and faithful ' servant ol the people. The "English compromise bill," relative to the Kansas-Nebraska difficulty, of which lie was the author, and which be skillfully engineered through Congress, placed him In the first rank of statesmen at that day. Since he left public life he has been well known to the financial men of the country as the president of the First National bank of Indianapolis, and as the richest man, probably, in Indiana. He Is as much respected personally, and for Integrity and business ability, by the Republicans f the State a? by the men of his own party. Ke is a thorough Western man, and yet might be acceptable to the East on account of hU so and financial views and ability. Who knows but Uiat Mr. English may be the dark horse that will be entered for the race of 1880 f Hew York Star. The Star in its surmise that Mr. English is not a candidate for president, nor yet for the Democratic nomination for that hih office, is evidently correct, and in all other regards it estimate of Mr. English will find a generous response throughout Indiana and

the West 1 The Shir does Hot place' tooAigh an estimate upou- Mr. English, whrse ex

perience at d abilities eminently qwalify nim for any office within the gift of the American people. MrEnglish is for the present out of politics, and might, under rdinary circumstances, choos? to forego its anxieties and responsibilities, but his National reputation as -a politician of far-reaching acumen, and his reputation as a financier who comprehends the most Intricate questions relating to the problems of finance, now so universally debated, mark him as a citizen, statesman and business man whose abilities are demanded in the councils of the Government While we are not authorized to name Mr. English for any of the high offices in the gift of the people of Indiana or the country at large, we feel assured that the day is not distant when he - will be required to give up the quiet of private life for the more arduous duties of public ser vice, and the country may feel assured that whatever position he may be called to fill, it will be adorned by conscientious devotion to the public welfare, by abilities of the first order, and by unswerving devotion to the principles of the great Democratic party, to which he has ever belonged. THE CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT. The country will be glad to learn that a bill dividing the State into Congressional districts passed both branches of the General Assembly yesterday, and is now the law of the land. The bill introduced by Mr. English, which passed the House sometime ago, was amended in the Senate by a substitute offered by Senator Davis, and passed by a vote of 20 to 23. As soon as the bill and amendment reached the House, Mr. English moved to concur in the amendment of the Senate, which was carried under the previous question by a vote of 57 to 37, and thus ended the long struggle ever this important question. The bill was the very - best that could be secured under the circumstances, and the whole country must admit that it is a vast improvement in every respect over the Republican gerrymander which it supersedes. The following are the Congressional districts, the figures being taken from the Journal: First Posey. Gibson, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Pike, Spencer and Perry. Democratic majority In 18t, 1,9 ; in 1878, 1,729; vote, 3I,M0J. Second Knox, Sullivan, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Daviess, Orange and Dubois. Democratic majority in 1SB, 4,334; in 1878, 4,516; vote, 32,X77. third Jackson, Jennings, Washington, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Harrison and Crawford. Democratic majority in 1876, 4,474; in 1S78, 5,948; vote, 82,881. Fourth Union, Franklin, Decatur, Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio Switzerland and Jefferson. Democratic majority in 1878, 1,43.3; in 1878, 2,Wi; vote, 33,781. Filth Putnam, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Monroe, Brown, Johnson and Bartholomew, I democratic majority in 1878, 2,183; in 1878, 2,525; vote, 32,488. Sixth Rush, Fayette, Henry, Wayne. Randolph and Delaware. Republican majority in 1878, 7,851; In 1878, 6,832; vote 33,348. Seventh Marion, Hancock and Shelby. Republican majority in 187U, 211; Democratic majority In 1878, 502; vote, 35,111. Eighth Warren, Fountain, Montgomery, Vermillion, Parke, Vigo and Clay. Republican majority in 1876, 1,380; Democratic majority in 1878, 257; vote, 36,810. Ninth Tippecanoe, Clinton, Boone, Tipton, Hamilton and Madison. Republican majority In 1876, 353; Democratic majority in 1878, 422; vote, 31,82$. Tenth Lake, Porter, Newton, Jasper, Pulaski, White, Carroll, Cass, Fulton and Benton. Republican majority In 1876, 1,015; in 1878, 1,680. Vote, 34,804. It leventh Miami, Howard, Wabash, Grant, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Blackford and Jay. Republican majority in 1876, 4U0; Democratic majority in 1878, 810. Vote, 39,863. . Twelfth LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, DeKalb, Whitley and Allen. Democratic majority in 1876, 1,861 ; In 1878, 3,113. Vote. ol,9o7. Tnirleenth Laporte, Starke, St. Joseph, Marshall, Elkhart and Kosciusko. Democ ratio majority in 1876, 151; in 1878,682. Vote, 3o,2M. MB. HENDR1CKS ON THE NEGRO AS A VOTER. Aside from the historical bearings ot the question, there Is little need of discussing the whys and the wherefores of negro suf frsge. It is an established fact in American politics, and must ba 83 accepted. There is, however, a phase of this negro suffrage question which is very properly undergoing review, and the discussion is likely to have a marked and healthy influence upon the public mind. The question now censidered is, not why the negro should vote, but how he should vote. The reason why the negro should vote is settled beyond all controversy; but how he should vote involves all the considerations that apply to intelligence, the welfare of the country, to individual convictions, and to free, untrammeled and unrestricted citizanship; and to the elucidation of this subject, the importance of which can not be dwarfed, it is gratifying to know that some of the best minds of the country are engaged. Under the caption of "Retribution in Politics," B on. Thomas A. Hendricks has a paper in the American Review for April, which we conclude will be regarded as a masterly presentation of the subject in all of its mare Important bearings upon the well-being o'. the negro, the welfare of the country and the ascendency of political parties. The article referred to bears evidence of thorough acquaintance with the subject, and is in Mr. Hendricks' best style. The diction is terse, the arguments cogent' and exhaustive. If the paper obtains as wide a reading as its " commanding merits demand, it can not fail of having a most salutary effect upon the minds of thinking men. The purpose of Mr. Hendricks in writing the article for the North American, was evidently to combat the pernicious views of leading Republicans, which, from time to time, find their way Into the public prints. In the list of thess Republican atal warts,, who are dissatisfied with the course a great ruiny negroes have seen fit to pursue, James G. Blaine occupies a front place not more on account of his acknowledged abilities than from the fact that he is regarded as the leader of the Republican party and it is worthy of remark that such men as Blaine and Garfiald, as well as others of less note in the ranks of the Republican party, are now giving expression to doubts aj to the wild am of the negro eufranchismeat policy, an i are openly discussing the question, ought the negro to be disfranchised? Democrats take the negative, while many Republicans are ranging themselves on the affirmative side of the question and this course is pursued by them from the simple fact that the negro, . in exercising the right of suffrage, has in numerous instances voted the Democratic ticket rather than with the Republicans. It is this exhibition of independence on the part of the negro that baa aroused the ire of leading; Republicans, end it la In the disccossion of

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this phase of the subject that Mr. Hendricks rises to the full proportions of the largest statesmanship. The Republicans would, hold the negro In perpetual bondage to party, while the -Democrats seek to enlighten him upon all questions relating to the responsibilities of citizanship, and then leave him to exercise his judgment in the matter. In commenting upon this branch ot the subject. Mr. Hendricks says: - ' Mr. Blaine makes the argument (or rather the claim) that for emancipation, for citizenship, for civil rights, and for political privileges, the negro Is Indebted to the Republican party, and that, therefore, his allegiance Is to that party; and that, so long as he is allowed the freedom of choice, he can and will vote with no other party. . He declares It the "recklessness of assumption," "the very bravado of argument," to claim that, upon his own choice, he would vote with the Democrats. That is ths strongest statement ever made against negro suffrage. The vote Is nearly 1,003,000. The claim la that It is not free is never to be free, ut belongs to a party; that because of past obligations, it ean not change. In its membership and in its aggregate it can not change. It can not consider questions of principle or questions of policy. It may not listen to the demands of patriotism, nor the appeals of self-interest, as opposed to the requirements of the party. Its obligation to party can never be discharged. Whether in questions relative to the honor of the country or the welfare of the people, it can exercise no free and Independent judgment. It would be a matter of serious concern, could a party claim a vassalage so numerous and so abject. But thatclaim is being repudiated by the colored vote itself. In the demonstrations preceding the elections, and at the polls, Its independent action in many of the States has stamped the claim of ownership as false and arrogant. But Mr. Blaine asks the question: "Why should the negro have been disposed to vote with the Democratic party?" Is that question asked by one who sincerely believes In the c opacity of the negro to vote intelligently upon questions affecting the public welfare, and that his action will be governed by an enlightened judgment and' a patriotic purpose? Then I anwer that the same considerations should govern the negro that ought to govern any other voter. He should vote upon his convictions of right and duty. If Democratic policy Is more likely to promote the public good, then It should be supported by the white and colored voter alike. He who tells me how the white man should vote tells me as well how the colored man should vote. When once In the box the ballot lias no color. Its only quality depends upon the fitness of the candidate it may help to elect, and upon the views he may carry into legislation, or the measures he may adopt In the administrative service. A full answer to the question would require a statement of the reasons why any citizen should give that party his support. Such reasons might be found in its devotion to constitutional obligations; in its adherence to the "supremacy of the civil over the military;" In its maintenance of the separation and mutual Independence cf church and State, "for the sake alike of civil and religions freedom;" in its hostility to a "corrupt centralism," which threatens the destruction of the right of local self government; and In its devotion to economy in public expenditures. 'It would be difficult to slate the case more clearly. But those who would understand the full scope of Mr. Hendricks' arguments should read the entire article in the North American upon "Retribution in Politics." ' EXPORTS. The figures showing the surplus products of this country, in so far as such surplus has been exported, have been tabulated, and the sum totals are of such magnitude as will not fail to attract the attention of intelligent people. These figures show that while for the calendar year 1377 ths balance of trade in favor of the United States was only $140,056,112, the balance for 1878 went np to the jam of $305,000,023. The totals for each month of the year mentioned, are as follows:

1877. 1877. 1878. So o St.. S s . St.. apx a-ST, eg a a January $2fl,K14,6;7 ... H3,53!,f2 February.. 10,460,8-19 33,32,4 March $1,755,205 84,08s,707 April 1,738,176 23,Hi7,3i May... 61,38!) lit,5Sl,5.".7 June... 4,726,68.5 12,228,610 July. 2,416,070 10,662,751 August 3,471.652 22,287 ,8i8 September 15.501,3. 20,72,35 October 17,731,155 28,237,54 November 28,113,601 .. 31,848,888 December... 89,751422 , 35,028,987 Net balance. 1140,066,112 $305,600,028

In this connection business men will be glad to know the most important items which go to make up the grand sum totals of our exports. Here they are: LIVE STOCK. 1K77, 1878. 450,273 7.W8.648 964,168 4!,27l 589,652 Hogs ...... Horned cattle....... . Horses Sheep..224.328 2,388,025 418,855 601,173 368,275 , HRKAJWTUFFS. 1877. Barley ....JS 2,079,875 Bread and biscuit...... 70V.0U0 Indian corn 43,524,739 Indian com meal 1,249,539 Oats 61 1,865 ' Rvs.... . 1,H0,591 . live Hour 40,693 Wheat- 67,08!,y Wneat flour 21,537,802 Farina and other- prepared food .- 815,287 , COTTON AHD PROVISIONS. 1877. 1878. t 1,170,241 756,634 41,643,713 1,616,769 2,303,278 325,1W 17.KV0 75,571,5x1 , 27,559,920 1,912,610 1878. 51,827,455 4,880,612 2S,49,4.'M U,6079i , 406,537 1M4.427 100,922 Bacon and hams .4 4:1,8.(1,0X1 Baef, fresh..... 5.244,6 Lara -. -. - . Preserved meats.-... Oysters . .. Mowers and reapers... Beer In bottles. Unmanufactured cotton XS.476.228 5,0!6,6o5 819,095 808,154 85,363 157,163,865 182,931,332 The figures show that the exports of the United States for 1378 reached the sum total of $748,648,622, while the imports amounted only to $443,305,600. Here we find what may ba readily regarded as evidence of great prosperity coupled with prudent economy. But what are the real facts in the case? While king-rurted countries have been able to purchase fabulous amounts of the essen tials of life, produced in the United States, her own 'Republican-cursed paople have been sinking lower in poverty From every State and from every section we bear of nothing so much as the poverty of individuals, corporations, municipalities and Slates. Values have decreased to an extent which almost defies calculation, and poverty is enthroned everywhere. It seems that the poor of Europe have been able to purchase our surplus food products, while thousands and tens of thousands of our people have been in the grasp of starvation, the result of Republican Sbylock rule. Ik is worthy of notice in this connection that of grots amount of export for 1378,$748,648,622, the one item of unmanufactured cotton

7 1 . 1 i . : l r.: ' . . i . amounts te $182,031,332, or more than 25 er cent of the whole amount This fact shows to whit extent the Booth by her industries to making it possible for the United States to regaia her financial prosperity, and compel foreign countries to pay tribute to America. The fact to conclusive that the industries of the South are as prudently managed as those of the North, and this fact should influencs the Republican party ' to cease its eternal hostility to that section and afford the Southern people every possible facility for rebuilding their waste places, for by so doing the wealth of the country is increased. Instead ot this, however, we find that the Republican party to doing all In its power to keep the South in everlasting turmoil. Fortunately the Democratic party has secured control of the legislative branch of the Government, and is determined to pursue such a policy as the welfare of tHe country requires. , ' ' ,"" ' ;;. . ..

' WHITEWASH. : From the day that the Democratic party obtained control of the House of Representatives, and commenced that wonderful series of investigations into Republican rascality which brought out revelations of crime and rottenness that, have r.mazed the world, there has been a continuously growing demand for "whitewash." From the center to the circumference of the country Republicans have ' howled .'"whitewash," "more whitewash." The demand for whitewash has been so great, so emphatic and so ceaseless, that any Republican organ, orator, stump-speaker, official, roustabout, lickspittle, 'ad conspirator, has done little else but manufacture "whitewash." These fellows would, if they could, make the Mississippi and all of its tributaries roll whitewash Hoods; they would change the waters of all the lakes into . whitewash; they would have the clouds rain whitewash. In fact, the ' demand for whitewash has been of such magnitude that the poor devils never know when they have enough, for no sooner has one set of Republican scamps been whitewashed than another brood is brought to light.and the howl again goes forth "more whitewash." It required an ocean of whitewash to keep Grant in a presentable shape; in fact, it was impossible to keep the fellow half white at any time daring his administrations. The proceedings in his case made saint and sinner exclaim, miraltilc iicM.'Tor while Republican thieves, such as Robeson, Babcock, Williams and Belknap were applying their whitewash to their boss, the boss was equally Industrious with his brush in whitewashing the thieves. But as fast as the whitewash was applied the Democratic investigating committees would scrape it off with facts and figures as sharp as eagle's claw?, and the whitewashing work wonld have to be done over again. Efforts . have been made, time and again, to whitewash the Freed man's Savings bank steal, but the whitewash won't stick, and the infamous crime against the "poor negro" grows in colossal and hideous proportions every day. To whitewash carpet-baggism in the South has demanded whitewash enough to float the navies of the world; .but it was no use. No skill in the preparation of the whitewash could by any possibility make it stand the racket, and the haggard monstrosity grew in repuUiveness with every application. During all this time the Democratic investigations were going forward, and Republicans were compelled to yell "moie whitewash." Blaine and Garfield, Chandler and Hale, with a retinue of smaller fry, were forever kept busy with buckets and brushes, applying the whitewash, and they are engaged in the same business still, watching and waiting, each with his bucket and brush, and wondering when the Democratic party will let up and cease pushing before the public Republican miscreants who require whitewashing. This whitewashing business lias pretty nearly finished the Republican party. It has worried the life out of it. There Is not a solitary Republican who steps to the front who has not had to undergo the whitewash ordeaL It is interesting to look at them as they pass in review showing the effects of the political atmosphere and storms upon the whitewash the layers scaling off, until the old sores and tumors appear more revolting than ever. But ot all the whitewashing jobs the Republican party has undertaken, that of ' whitewashing the crime by which Hayes mounted into office, to by all odds the most stupendous. To whitewash Hayes is a task as herculean as to whitewash a continentThe entire Republican party, each with brush and bucket, could not accomplish the job in a thousand years and who, but an army of maniacs, would ever think of undertaking the job of whitewashing John Sherman and his co-workers in the Louisiana and Florida ' crimes. They ' stlak out like Andean peaks; they are fountains of crime pus that flows like rivers, and fXU . the . world with its stench. Oa, no; . the ' Republican party in trying to white sjash Hayes the crimes that made him president, and all the band of rascals who quickened him into official life have undertaken a job they will never finish. The Democratic party will forever keep the Republican stalwarts in the whitewashery business on the ragged edge, until the party, passes Into history as the great American whitewashing party. LEGISLATIVE COSSIP.

Continued from Second Page.) StTORDAY, MARCH 22. The readers of the Sentinel will bear us on in the assertion that, during the entire session of the Legislature, we have advocated a Just and fair fee and salary bill. While we have been perfectly willing for such a reduction in fees and salaries as will adjust them to the great changes that have occurred In financial changes at the same time the Sentinel has not been In favor of requiring county officers to perform their labors for low and meager salaries. There Is a wide difference of opinion on the "fee and salary" bill as It passed the 8enate. While many of the best members of the Senate voted in favor ot the bill, as many equally as conscientious and level -headed voted against it. Senator Benz, in explaining his vote, said that he had letters from his county officers (one the clerk), who wrote that his Income would be reduced to 1350, and the sheriff stated that his office would pay only about 1450. . . - The following statement ean be substantiated by disinterested expert evidence. Ad mating 1U troth, and the source from which it came la guarantee of it correctness, it i . -'

1, , ., ; t , 1 ' ' " r r T r i ' jr . - i . i1 t i i i i ii i would be well enough for our legislators

to pause and consider before placing upon the statute books a lawwhose operations wonld be not only unj list, but against public policy : - Effect of tbe pending fee. bin as applied to to the clerk's office of Marlon county Fees In a detault case under bill of 18751 4 10 uutwr pOBQIOg Dill........ Reduction on defanlt eases, 60 per eent. Fees in average litigated cases under lev Uill or trstn ; . 9 50 4 CO Under pending bill Reduction on litigated cases, over 50 Der cent. In miscellaneous business of office, lueluding transcripts, etc, reduction folly 30 per cent. Average reduction on all business of the office at least 40 per cent. Average annual receipts of clerk's office during Mr. Brown's term, as shown by his statement . ,,, 22,000 Average annual expenses : lioo Average annual profit under the law of 1875 5,500 . EFFECT CanEK rEKMJCQ BILL. " Total receipts Per diem in courts, struck out..... 14,800 Reduction on receipts, at least 40 percent.. 8,800 Total .... tl3,uno as ,4oo . Lea via g the sum ofwith which to pay the expenses of an 'office heretofore costing at leat 16,0' a year. In other words, if the pending fee bill Is adopted the present clerk, if he properly manages his office, must not only assume all responsibility, and receive nothing for his services, but will be required, in addition, to expend from 17,000 to $8,000 a year for the pri vilege. We know that in the preparation of the blil that the chairman of the Senate committee (Mr. Woollen), aud those who aided him, were actuated solely by the motive to arrange such fees and salaries as would be Just to all concerned. If they failed, it Is because of tbe utter Impossibility to da It under our present Stale constitution. A handsome chart has been published, giving the names and other Information concerning the members of the Senate aud House, by our enterprising young friend, F. H. Smith, 16 East Washington street. From It we learn that of senators, 40 are married and only four are single gentlemen; 10 belong to . "no church," nine are Methodists, eight are Presbyterians; four are Luthera.is, four are Cbrli turns, twoare Unlverralists, one Episcopalian one Catholic, one Liberal, one Independent, who Is Senator Foster, and he seems to be "Independent" in pollrtcs as well as religion. The balance of the senators are not named as to their religious connections. Twenty senators are lawyers, nine are farmers, three are bankers, two are editors, four are doctors, three are manufacturers, two are grain dealers, one Is a tailor, one a cooper, one a horticulturist, one runs a planing mill, one in a minister ef the Gospel, and two are stockdealers. Of the senators only six are foreign born. Of the members of the House, 90 are married and 10 single. Thlrty-slx are lawyers, 33 farmers, nine nfrchants, seven doctors, one blacksmith, one dentist, one miller, one marble dealer, one iron moulder, one quarrman, one minister, one editor, and one is a teacher. Forty-one members of the House belong to "no church," 16 are Methodists, 11 are Presbyterians, 10 are Christians, seven are Eaptists, four are Catholics, three are L'alversalists, three are Quakers, one is a Free Thinker, one an Episcopalian, one an Israelite, one Optimist, one Unitarian, one Independent, . one CongregatlonalisU Only six of the entire 100 representatives are foreign born. It is expected that the special committee appointed to investigate Ex-Attorney Generals Denny and liuikirk will be able to report today. A bad bill was passed by the House on Saturday authorizing cities to make donations to railroad companies. This bid was drawn for the benefit ot Vincennes, which warts to secure the location of the shops of thr Cairo and Vincennes road at that point, and Is willing to pay a bonus for them. The bill, however, Includes all cities, and Is apt to lead to unwise expenditure of money. The Senate would do well to scan this bill closely before pawing it The "specific appropriation" bill reached the House on Saturday and occupied almost tbe entire attention of that body during the day. They changed almost every important item, so that a com mlttee of conference will probably be tbe result of the House action on the bill. The most Important and most Interesting part of the discussion was upon the item appropriating $62,000 for the State Fair ground. As the State had already Invested 125,000 in It, those who voted for the additional appropriation hoped that In this manner that the amount might be saved. This makes the cot of the" property to the State (87,000, and it Is thongbt by competent real estate judges to be worth considerable more. The ''married woman's" bill, which has been the subject of a conference committee's consideration for several days, led to an interest, ins debate on Saturday lnthe Senate. Tbe bill passed tbe Senate, and at a late hour Saturday afternoon received the sanction of the House, and will be a law with the governor's signature. It Is an Important bill. The Impression prevails that tbe present special session will terminate some time durng the present week. With the "fee and salary" bill, as also the "specific appropriation jblll, In unfinished shapes both very important matters the exact date of adjournment can not be very readily fixed. MONDAY, MARCH 31. The vote by which 162,000 was appropriated to the State Fair grounds was rescinded by the House yesterday, and tbe appropriation struck out, and a substitute adopted making the amount f 10,000, which will pay the Interest on the debt and protect - the grounds for the next two veers. Mr. Lriggs is credited with being the most zealous opponent to this laree appropriation. He said that his opposition was not from any unfriendly feeling towards farmers or the agricultural interests of the State, but his fear arose from the fact that these large appropriations would drain tbe State treasury, and that we would be confronted with a heavy deficit. Tbe share of his county (Sullivan) to this large appropriation would amount to several hundred dollars, and as its representative he did not feel at liberty to give his consent to It. He had been to see the grounds, and did not believe that they were worth over 175,000, and that the debt upon it could be purchased for $16,000. As a manifestation of his friendliness to the agricultural Interests of tbe Slalejie waa perfectly willing to vote for HCaW, by which the Interest of the debt could be met, and the grounds be protected for two years. Durlne that time Improvements lu financial and real estate matters might be looked for, and the next Legislature could determine then as to what was the best to do. The "exemption bill" of the House, elvlng a debtor $1,000 In any sort of property which he might select, underwent a complete transformation iu the Senate yesterday, and came out a homestead bill. Mr. Harris' substitute took the place ot It, and is briefly as follows: It protects the homestead of a debtor If In the country, a tract of land of 40 acres, worth not over $700, or in the city half an acre of land, worth not over (700 also personal property to the amount of $303. It says notbln g about repealing the old law, which exempts (309 of personal property; and although it waa suggested to Mr. Harris that both laws would be taken advantage of, he denied It, and replied .that it , was . too plain a ease to admit ' of an argument. Notwithstanding this. Senator Reeves, who says that "he is as good a lawyer as Harris,"

contends that the statute will be "cumulative,'" and that the exemption now will amount to 81,300 Instead of 11,000 as Mr. Harris Intends by this substitute. Thus we leave these two Solons with future debtors to fight the matter out. . In our regular legislative report of Saturday's Senate proceedings yesterday morning we Inadvertently credited Senator Taylor with a very neat argument made by Senator Traylor on the "married woman's" bill. One is Taylor the other is Traylor both clever gentlemen, but an "r" performs quite an Important part here. . Seventy-six House bills passed Into the Senate yesterday morning, and were read the first time. The Senate was effected in much the same way as a family being chloroformed by burglars. .. . The popular door-keeper or the House, Mr. Wilson. brought some more "boss pole" with him yes terday morning from the regular weekly trip home over Sunday, In the shape ot nine new canes. The lucky recipients this time were Senator Bens and Representatives Johnson, Faulkner, Bryant, Glnz, Barker, Reichelderfer, Schweitzer and Davidson. Mr. Johnson Is a National, but It Is hoped thai this cane and Its patriotic associations will convert him into a "true blue" Democrat. Senator Benz has always declared hlmselfin favor of a square and fair "fee and salary" bill, but the bill which passed the Senate he declared that he could not vote for. and for the following reasons: "Durlne my canvass last fall I promised the constituency which 1 have tne houorto .epresent that I would support Hon. D. W. Voorhecs for United State senator; that I would vore for a fair Apportionment for legislative and consrresKlcnal purposes and also for a wise and Judicious reduction in fees saa salaries. Ths two first pledees I have faithfullv performed and am ready and willing to conform to my promise in relation lo fees" and salaries. However I represent small counties against which this fee and salary bill operates u L justly and unequally, and under Its provisions it will not give to the clerk of my county a sum to exceed W75, and I am certain for that sum no competent person could be secured. (Cries Irom the other side. "Senator, ain't you mistaken ?" No, I am not. I ho;d la my hand a letter from the clerk or my county, in which he says that, under the operation or this bill, he can not live, as the figure are excessively low; as he Is a Republican his statement must he true. for I never knew a Republican to lie. Therefore, I vole no." JSo one can object to Senator Benz for voting against the "fee and salary" bill, feeling as he did and as he expresses himself in the foregoing. The doorkeepers of the House have made their nominations for 1880. It isAldenknd Cunningham f -r governor and lieutenant governor respectively. Mrs. Senator Burrell and Mr. Representative Reichelderfer visited theegLslalive halls yesterday. The "metropolitan olice" bill found its grave in "indefinite postponement" yesterday morning. As Mercutlo says, "I am hurt! a plague on both your houses." This bill would have kept tbe police force of the city away from the Influence of both parties. The "dental bill" reached the Senate yesterday, and as it has many warm friends there a Is hoped that it may go through speedily. There . seems to be an enror prevalent concerning this bill, which is that It will work a hardship upon dentists now practicing lu the State. To set this matter at rest we quote from this bill as follows: "Provided that nothing in this act. shall apply to anyone engaged In the practice or dentistry In this suite at the time of the passage or this act." This bill is to protect our citizens from a class of tooth carpenters who have mistaken their caning, and ought to be in some other line of business. Tbe only dentist In " the Legislature, Dr. Van Va-zah, Is In favor or the bill, it passed the House by a large majority. .Representative Shutt Is the creditable chairman of the committee on claims. He has proven himself the foe ol all kinds of jobs ami questionable claims of all descriptions. Intimations of his being penurious or too economical, for any other reasons, are out of place. He Is economical and penurious with other people's money. When It comes to using hie own funds his heart and pocket book will always be tound in the right spot. Senators Hefron, Taylor, Kent and some others are level-headed on the '-exemption bill." They opposed Harris' substitute for the House bill with solid arguments, and it will har-jly get through the House. The whole matter had been discussed there before the bill went to the Senate, and the Harris Idea was defeated. , Tbe House adopted a resolution offered by Judge Osborne, that all fees and salaries should be reduced at least 25 per cent. Senator Harris had the honor of calling up the metropolitan police bill in tbe Senate yesterday. He wanted to see It about as much as Macbeth cared to see Bauqoo's ghost and waa as folly afraid of it, but the Senate was not full and he thought that it was a good time to get rid or it. The Senate passed yesterday a House eoncurrent resolution, authorizing any persona, who desire it, to appear before the Insane Aylum Investigating committee with counsel to defend themselves against any aspersions upon their characters. It is reported that J. A. Rice, secretary of the Democratic State Central committee, apd clerk of one of the Senate committees, will go to Washington and take a position under R. J. Bright, sergeant-at-arms ol the Senate.

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