PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr. Mellett. I wish to say one word to a question personal to myself. I am reported in the Sentinel of this city as saying here yesterday that I was aware of the fact that Professor Cox was receiving $1,000 annually from the miners and others in that interest in addition to what the State pays him. The House knows that what I said was in no offensive sense toward the Professor. I want to say this: I do not say that I did not say what is reported - for I have too much respect for the gentleman from whose pen these reports are derived - but I meant to say that I was informed that such was the fact by one of the proprietors in the mines. Although I do not think the statement derogatory to the Professor, I wish to say for him that such is not the fact. Still I was informed by one of those proprietors that, such was the fact.
Mr. Edwards, of Vigo, (Mr. Reno in the Chair). At the request of a number of citizens of my county, I desire to introduce the following bill. There being no objection, Mr. Edwards, of Vigo, introduced a bill [H. R. 339] for an act to provide for liens on buildings, and for the enforcement of the same. [Mechanics, and other persons performing labor, who may have furnished an engine or other machinery, or who may have furnished materials for any building may have their lien on the owner or the land on which it is situated, etc.] Judiciary.
