CORNER STONE OF THE NEW CAPITOL.
Mr. Spann's concurrent resolution for a memorial in the new Capitol building to the memory of the services of the soldiers of the State, in the late war, coming up with a Committee report, substituting new matter therefor--
Mr. SPANN offered the following as a substitute for the resolution reported by the Committee:
Resolved, By the Senate, the House concurring therein, that justice to the memory of those who gave their services and lives, and a fair and
page: 184[View Page 184]just recognition of the services of the soldiers of this State demands that in some way a memento be placed in said building. Therefore the State House Commissioners are hereby instructed to remove the present corner-stone of the new State House, and after depositing therein some suitable record or memorial, to commemmorate the part taken by the State of Indiana in the late War and the Mexican War, and a suitable record of the various regiments which went from this State in aid and defense of their country in said wars, then to re-lay the same with such appropriate ceremonies as would be fitting to the memory of these brave men.
On Motion by Mr. GRUBBS, the further consideration of this subject was postponed and made a special order for Wednesday week at 2 o'clock p. m.
