Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1887 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1887,

THE GERRYMANDER INFAMY.

A' Report from the Committee on Elec tions That Exposes the Outrage. Appropriation Bills for General Pnrposes Introduced The Fee-and-Salary Measure Tasscs the House, with Totes to Spare. The Representatives were not in any way ex ercised abont the condition of legislation caused by the revolutionary action of Democratic Senators. They went quietly about their business, the majority maintaining & dignified indiffer ence to the affairs of the Senate until the ma jority there was disposed to recognize its presid ing officer elected by the people, Lieutentantcovernor Robertson. When the Conger meteorological bill was passed, Speaker Sayre, leaving remlutlormrv Democrats to whistle down the winds, a far as he is concerned, told the Clerk to take the bill to the Senate only when the House had recoived notification that Lieutenant-Governor Robertson was exercising his rights ba nresidine officer of that body. All other bills will be subject to the same direction. After this the regular order was pursued without a noticeable feature, until Chairman Kercheval, of the committee on elections, reported back the concurrent preamble and resolution referred to it pome days ago with a lone report. The matter of reference pertained to the unjust appor tionment of concressional and legislative dis tricts by the last Legislature, and provided for the appointment of a joint committee to consider the question of bringing about affair apportionment. On behalf of the majority of the committeeRepresentatives Kercheval, Lines:, Gar diner, Griffiths, Dann and Carrick the report Itated that it so apparent that the act of 1885, thtch creates the congressional districts, is out rageously unfair, that it is not necessary to go into details. The Democratic party for many years has cot had a majority of voters in this State, and it is still iu the minority, the other parties having the majority, yet the Democratic Legislature of 1885, in defiance of this fact, and in violation of the commonest principles of just ice, so gerrymandered the counties of the State as to give, on the basis of the party vote in 1S84, ten of the thirteen congressional districts to the Democratic party. This was done, notwith standing the self-evident fact that the Demo cratic minority was not justly entitled to more than six ut of the thirteen congressmen allotted to this State. Nothing more need be said to prove that this waa a deliberate and wicked attempt to disfranchise at least one-fourth of the voters of tho State. As to the legislative districts, it is provided by the Constitution and tho statute that there shall be every six years an enumeration of all tne male innabitants oc the btale over tne age of twenty-one years. See Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution and Ke vised statutes of leel. Sections 4780 and 4802. It is also provided by the Constitution that the number of Senators and Representatives shall at the session next follow ing each period of making sncb enumeration be fixed by law and apportioned among the several counties, according to the number of male in habitants above twenty-one years of age in each. (See Article 4, Section 5.) Now let us see if this constitutional command was obeyed in the enactment of the legislative apportionment law of 1883. lne enumeration or lbaJ, upon which tne apportionment shouid by lawbe based, showed 494,650 male inhabitants over twenty-one years of age in the State. There are fiftv State Senators, hence each Senator should represent, or have for a constituency, one-fiftieth part of such innabitrt a ftr q --ot male inhabitants over twenty-one years of age, or voters, as we may call them for brevity. There being ninety-two counties in the State, and most of them having a voting population of less than 9,893, two or more counties must, in most cases, bo combined to form a senatorial dis trict. It is in the making of these combinations of counties witn the single idea of creating Democratic districts, and with little regard to securing to each county its just representation, that most or tne injustice has been done. Marion county has a voting population according to the last enumeration of 29,812. This is a sufficient constituency for three Sena tors, with a surplus over. But instead of giving it three separate Senators, it is given two sera rate Senators and "a joint Senator with Hancock county and Shelby county, both of which have Democratic pluralities largely in excess of the Republican plurality in Marion county. So that the Senator elected in the district is almost cer tain to be a Democrat instead of a Republican, as he would with almost as much certainty have been had he been given to Marion county alone. But, not satisfied with obliterating the Republiean plurality in Marion county in the case of this one joint Sena tor, the large Democratic pluralities in Hancock and. Shelby counties are Again used to wipe out Republican pluralities in two other counties. Hancock county, with a Demo cratic plurality of 689, is joined with Rush conn ty with a Republican plurality of 347 for tne election of a joint Senator. And, in like man ner. Shelby county, with a Democratic plurality of 581, is joined with Decatur county, which has a Kepublican plurality of 210. Br this double use of il)6 Democratic pluralities in the two counties of Hancock and Shelbv, Republican pluralities in the three counties of Marion, Rush and Decs,tur are rendered unavailing. In the same way Brown couuty is twice nought to be used in nullifying the Republican pluralities of Monroe and Morgan counties, be ing made a part of two joint senatorial districts, one composed of Brown, Bartholomew and Mon- - roe counties and the other of Brown, Johnson and Morgan counties. It not only destroys the Kepubiiranlpluralitiea inthe twocotntias named, but to effect this it is given a large excess of representation. Though it has a voting popula tion of but 2,2G0, it is given a share in two joint Senators, while Randolph, with a voting popu Jationof 6,710, Wabash county, With a voting 1 population of 6.4fc. Henry county, with a rot ing population of 6,283, and many other larere counties have only a representation of one joint ."sen.uor. The perversity of the senatorial apportion ment is illustrated with special perspicuity in the districts formed of the four counties of Jen nings, Jefferson, Scott and Clark. Jennings, with a voting population of 3.787, gave a Repub lican plurality of 208; Jefferson county has 5,870, and gave a Republican plurality of 402; Scott Bounty has avoting population of 1,803, and gave Democratic plurality of 305, and ClsrV county mi a voting population or Y,uy, srd gave a Democratic plnralitr of 800. The renort con eludes that a due regrd for the rights of the ma jority wouia nave joined the two Republican counties together and the two Democratic togeth er, giving two districts of nearly equal popula tion ana proper size, one navine u.uoi voters and the other 9,682. Each could have had one Senator, lnstt ad of doing this Jennings, Seott and Clark counties constitute one district and Jeffer son and Clark another. Each district has a pop ulation largely in excess of the proper number for a senatorial district, cnebavma 2,C53 Voters and the other 12,949. The Democratic plurality of Clark makes both bountifully Democratic, hus disfranchising the Republicans of two counties. In the apportionment of th House of Representatives the same metti has been used in computing irregularities. The only difference being that as thee are oo hundred Representatives, or twU-o AS many as there are Senators, the constituency of a Representative should be half tbat of a Senator, or the one-hundredth part of the total enumeration of voters fit the State. This gives 4.94G voters as the just con stituency of a liepreseritative. Statistics show . that there are 29,997 voters in Republican counties who are not represented. There is. it Is true, an excessive representation in other Re publican counties, but dednctins this the voters not represented are 20,220. The reverse Is true in Democratic eounties which have a gross excessive representation equal to 29,288 votes and only 10,043 not represented. There is a net excessive Democratic representation equal to 18,615. The Democratic counties thus have

an advantage over the Republican counties equal to 38.865 votes, this being the sum ot the difference in their representation.

In sixteen Republican eounties the average number of voters required to elect a Representa tive is 6,J4, while in the Democratic counties only 3,061 votes are required. There are in these counties 25, 4S0 voters who are not represented, but in sixteen Democratic counties the contrary appears, in the 71.846 voters having a votine force or power of 94,798 voters. The report then proceeds to consider individual counties, with the facts of which the public is familiar. After this a Ifgal presentation of the ease is made, in which the last apportionment is held as void, the report closing with ''To U3 it seems clear that a void act is no act at all, and that in the enactment of such act the Legislature of 1885 did not exhaust its constitutional power. If that power was not exercised in a constitutional manner in 1885 it still remains in existence, and it is incumbent upon the General Assembly to perform the duty which should have been performed m ISSa. The essence of the constitutional command is the making of the apportionment; the time when it shall be done is cot of the essence. The apportionment not having been made aa the Constitution commanded, it follows that is a duty yet to be performed. This can be done by amending the act of 1885, the power vested in the General Assembly by the Consti tution, and an invalid act made valid. There is nothing in the Constitution itself to prohibit the alteration or amendment of an apportionment act. If the neoole had "in tended such an act should stand, no matter how vicious, until after the next enumeration, they would have said so in plain terms m the Constitntion, as did the people of New York and New Jersey. For these reasons, and believing as we do, that justice and right demand that the minority shall not have greater representation th an the majority in Congress and in the Gen eral Assembly, we recommend the adoption of tne resolution. A minority report accompanied this, statin? that had the resolution been presented earlier in the session there would have been less room to suspect the object of its introduction, but com ing, as it did, at this time led the minority of the committee to look upon it as "chaap, transparent buncombe, with which, it appeared, some gentlemen of the Assembly were seeking to immortalize their names in the Brevier Reports of the House." Continuing in this spirit, the report referred to such measures as being a waste of time when there is so much needed legislation to be done. An indefinite postpone ment of the resolution was recommended, and, upon a motion to substitute this so-called report for that of the majority, the Democrats voted solidly for it, as they did against the adoption of tne resolution, the vote in each instance beine drawn tight to party lines. I he approDriatton bilu submitted to the House, yesterdav afternoon, bv Representative Caven, of the ways and means committee, include provisions for completing the needs of the current nscal year ending Oct. 31. It appropriates $200,000 for the completion of the Capi tol, ?jO,000 for a furnishing fund therefor, includ ing inclosure and ornamentation of grounds, $106,000 for completing the new insane hospitals, nnd $90,000 for their maintenance: $3,500 for transferring State offices to the new Capitol; $840.57 for Wm. H. Meloy, State agent, and $1,500 for keeping up the Gettysburg monuments to In diana soldiers. For the ceneral appropriations from Nov. 1, 1887, to Oct. 31. 1888. the following are provided for: Governor's office, $8,500; Ad jutant eeneral's, $2,400; Quartermaster-eeneral, $J00; Governors contingent fund, $1,500: mili tary contingent fund, $2,500; Secretary of State's office and service, $6,250; Auditor of State, 47,200; Treasurer, $3,420; Attorney-general, $3,800; Superintendent of Public Instruction, $o,100; State Librarian, $2,900; Bureau of Statistics, $4,000; judiciary. Supreme Court, all purposes, $31,800; circuit judges, $120,000; pros ecuting attorneys, $24,000; Superior Court judges, $6,000; sheriffs' mileage for convey ing prisoners, $2o,000. For the institutions the f olio win e is provided: In sane Maintenance, $200,000: clothing. $12.000; current repairs, $15,000; additional Hospitals for InBane, maintenance. $200,000; Blind Institute, maintenance, $27,000; current repairs, $2,000; Deaf and Dumb, maintenance, $55,000; repairs and eurrent expenses. $3,000; erection of school building, $10,000; educa tional, State University, Bloomington, $23,000, payable Nov. 1, 1887, "and May 1. 1883; library building, $25,000; Purdue, $24,000; Mechanical Hall at that place, $5,000; Normal School, $10,000; purchase of library therefor, $500; State Board of Health, $5,000; mine inspector, $1,500; fishery commission, $1,000. State Prison South, maintenance and repairs. $77,000; North, $85,000; House of Refuge. $63,000; Female Reformatory, $30,000; hospital building therefor, $5,000; interest on non-negotiable school bonds and temporary loan bonds. $313,261 99; on new loan, $35,000; Horticultural Society, $1,000; public printmer, etc, $2a,000; for deficit therefor, $12,000; State Board of Education, $1,200; Bureau of Geology. $5,000; Board of Equalization. $1,000. The appropriations for 1888 and 1889 are of the same figures, except as to some of the buildings enumerated. AH of these measures will be considered Tuesday morning next. The Indianapolis school-loan bill which passed the House authorizes the issuance of $200,000 twenty-year bonds, at not more than 5 per cent. It raises the school tax to 25 cents and the library tax to 5, and requires the county treasur er to make monthly settlements with the School Uommissioners. lne tee ana salary Dill naa a better show for passage than was thought. It went throush with many votes to spare, at which its author, Representative Foster, was considerably elated. THIS PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL THE SENATE. How the Democrats Attempted to Work Under Their Organization. Following the incidents in the Senate, detailed else where, prayer was offered by Senator Smith, of Wells. The Chair directed a call ot the rou. wnion snowoa thirty-one Senators present, eighteen present and not responding. . On motion of Mr. tiaiiey, n dui to autnorize a loan of $1,000,000 on behalf of the State was read the second time, and a favorable report or tne committee concurred in. A motion to suspend the tales in order to permit the passage of the bill at once failed, the yeas being 3 1 , present and not voting 18. On motion or Mr. Sellers, the bill relating to the three new insane asylums, in appropriating $30,000 for 1887. and that amount for 1888, and $70,000 for 1889, was read the third time and passed hv veas 31. navs 0: present and not voting, 18. Mr. Zimmerman's bill to prohibit the shooting of quails, pheasants and wild turkeys for two years coming up on the third reading, the vote was taken, but before it was announced Mr. French moved that memhers of the Senate present who r .use to answer to their names when the roll is called on the passage of bills be not excused from voting. At the suggestion of the Chair the names of such Senators were set out in the motion. The motion was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Fowler, the names of Senator s nritBATit and not votine were again called. The Chair then announced the vote on the passage of the Zimmerman bill yeas 17, nays Id. present and not voting 18 so the bill tailed to pass. Ahe vuair oireciea me cousiuenuvu ui mus vu the second reading, but before this was begun Mr. Barrett offered a concurrent resolution to the effect that the necessary legislation for the maintenance of the benevolent institutions shall receive immediate consideration by both the Senate and House, and be promptly passed ia order to avoid the expense of an extra session. It was adopted by yeas 29, nays 0, present and not voting 17. Mr. Barrett, from the prison committee, presented a further report in relation to the Jefferson ville penitentiary, concerning the diructors. He recommiled that they be removed and that Senate bill No, 32 1 be passed. The report was concurred in, by yeas 31. prescnt and aot voting 17. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. General-Appropriation Bills In Vrodnced, To gether with Other Financial Matters. In the Hon se yesterday pray r was offered by Representative Groves. Mr. Conger's meteorological bill was passed yeas 93, nays O. The 5pear, in announcing the result, SiiiJ: "When the Lieutenant governor is occupying his seat In the other cod of the capital the Clerk "will notify the Senate." The Colfax and Hendricks monument bill passed yea 07. nays O. Mr. Kercheval's registration bill was ordered engrowied. Majority and minority reports were made by the committee on elections relative to Mr. Kercheval's resolution o;ioemicg the appointment of a joint committee to investigate the apportionment of the State. n a motion to substitute the minority for the ma jority report mo vote rosniten. yeas 41, nays OU; on the majority report, yeas 54. nays 42. Afternoon Session. Mr. Mock's bill, to authorize purchasers at partition sales to take possession of real estate immediately alter the sale, passed yeas PS, nays 17.

Mr. Foster's fee and salary bin was passed yeas G8. nays 24. Mr. Caven, chairman of the committee on ways and means, introduced the general and specifia appropriation bills or the expenses foe- the remainder of the fiscal year, and for the years 1888 and 1889. Mr. Gardiner moved to postpone them until next Tuesday at 10 X. m., to be considered in committee of the whole. Mr. Harrell moved to amend by fiVijis: the time at

10 A. M. to-dar. The amendment was lost yeas 30, nays 59 and the Gardiner motion adopted. Mr. Caven. from tha same committee, reported a bill continuing the two-cent State-house tax for the next two years, u his was passed under a suspension of the rules, there being but four negative votes Jewett. Montgomery f Owen. Parker and Pleasants. Air. Liinck offered irresolution authorizing the Uoorkeeper to employ four additional assistants. He stated that they had been working for several days serving subpoenas for the investigating committees. It was adopted yeas 5 1. nays 37. Xa& wiyi ana means committee reported in tavor ot the passage of Mr. Miller's bill, to increase the State tax from 12 to 15 cents, and the bill was ordered en grossed. J he same committee reported a concurrent resolu tion requesting members in Concress to pass the bill to pay the States the vrar tax to which they are en titled. Adopted. It also submitted two reports on the $1,000,000 loan bill. Mr. Van Slyke moved to postpone tho reading and consideration of the bill and reports until next Wednesday. This was done on a vote yeas 55, liavs 33. The fame committee presented a report recom mending that Mr. Green's bill to refund tfce indebtedness of the State to the school fund lie on the table. Report concurred in. The foil lowing bills were engrossed: Mr. Gordon's, providing compensation to county treasurers for collecting delinquent taxes. Mr. Kellison's, concerning the listing of property for taxation. Mr. Patten's, concerning the eovernment of Purdue University. Mr. Li nek's, to reguli.te the taxation of certain property in cities and townii. was hidefinitelv postponed. Mr. Howard's bill, to establish district boards of equalization, was entrrossed. Mr. Caven's bill, to authorize school commissioners to issue bonds and f und indebtedness, passed yeas Oii. navs J. Mr. Garrison's bill, relating to improved stock, passed veas 79. navs 5. Mr. Robinson's bill, recrulatine the operation of coal mines was passed vphe 84. navs 1. 1 he committee on claims reported m favor ot several items, when a discussion erew out ot some ot tne oia Plainfield claims. Pending this, the House adjourned. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott have returned from their trip to Florida. Mrs. A. B. Gates will go to Connersville tomorrow to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hubbard, of Chicago, are spending a few days in this city. Mrs. Eli Hall is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. P. Hanchey, at the Denison Honse. Miss Mary Parker has gone to Boston, and will probably remain until September. CoL Oran Perry is very ill, at his home on East Michigan street, with rheumatism. Miss May Sells returned yesterday from a short visit to friends in Columbus and Franklin. Mr. W. B. Stone returned to New York this morning, having been called on special business. Miss Gertrude Jordan and Miss Birkenmayer have returned from a visit to the Reform School at Plainfield. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Richards are at home, aft er spending several weeks in Florida and other Southern points. Mrs. W. F. Griffith, of Davenport, la., is vis iting her mother. Mrs. John Knefler. at No. 126 East New York street. William Maeruder, of Altorf, 111., is visiting friends in the city. Mr. Magruder was a resi dent here many years ago, and was one of the brick-layers employed in building the old Statenouse. Yesterday be paid a visit to the new one, and was agreeably surprised at its mag nificence. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Bates House: N. H. De Wolf, Vincennes; W. O. Keffer. A. E. Johnson, Liberty; C E. CowBill, Wabash: W. S. Van Netta, Fowler: Mrs. S. J. Pritcher, Miss Pritcher, Madison; J. M. Stubbins and son, A. C. Yount, xountsville; J. M. Wilhite, Crawfordsvi'.le; G. W. Ballard, N. S. Diven, Anderson: H. B. Shively, Wabash; J. B. Pence and wife, Crawfordsville; R. M. Decker, Muncie; Chas. L. Henry, Anderson; W. R. Patton, Lafayette; D. L. Heritage and wife. D. H. Davia, Kniehtstown; G. H. Snider, Ham mond; J. M. Vnat, irransfart; J. U. Seawright, Lafayette. Society Events. Mrs. M. Jillson entertained a few friends at luncheon yesterday for her mother, Mrs. Clay pool, of Connersville. Mr. and Mrs. Theo Griffith gave a dinner party last evening in honor of theirson, Mr. Ciaude Griffith, and his bride, formerly Miss Bessie Stone. The board of the McAll Auxiliary will hold its monthly meeting with Mrs. W. H. Ripley, No. 409 North Pennsylvania street, on Monday next, at 3 o clock p. M. Mr. and Mrs. (Jnarlea tu. DarK will entertain a party of friends at their residence, No. 308 Col lege avenue, next Monday night, to celebrate their crystal wedding. On account of the recent deaths of CoL J. A Closser and the son of Mr. S. C. Hanna, both being near neighbors and intimate friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Jacobs, there will be no young people's social held at their house on Fri day evening, as was announced The Bon Ton Dancing Club have postponed their party which was to have been given this evening, at Miss Carrie Kregeloe, on account of the death of Colonel Closser, Miss Closser being one of the original members. Governor and Mrs. Gray gave their first gen eral reception last night, to which the members of the Legislature, their families and about two hundred citizens were invited. The rooms were decorated with plants and flowers profusely. and a band of music stationed in the lower hall discoursed popular selections for both prorae nade and dancing, The Governor and wife were assisted by Mrs. Pierre Gray, Mrs. Hawkins and Miss Jaqua (neices of Mrs. Gravl, Mrs. Charles Kreselo, Mrs. Levy, Miss Wolfe, Miss Stewart, Miss Elliott, Miss. Jordan and the Misses Cooper. During the entire evening the rooms were filled, many strangers being present, all of whom were delightfully entertained. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schurmann entertained their friends last evening at the Denison Honse, giving a reception from 8 till 11 o'clock, and a gerraan from 11 till 2. Miss May Shoemaker, of Cincinnati, who is Mrs. Schuimann's guest. and for whom the party was given, received the guests early in the evening and led the german with Miss Gill, of Richmond, Mr. O. T. Morton and Mr. W. F. a Golt Mrs. Schurmann was assisted by Mrs. T, P. Haughey and Mrs. W. F. Mason and Miss Josephine Gill. The parlors were exceedingly pretty in the arrangement of lights and floral decorations, especially the ferns and plants which screened the band of music. Among the stranger guests were Mrs. K. (J. Bell, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Mills, of New York, and Miss Garrard, of West Point Lieutenant-governor Robertson was present. The favors in the ger man were flower-baskets, bon-bons, bells, In dian canoes and arrows. The reception was an elegant one io every respect. Changing the Name of St. John County. CintftAoo. Feb. 24. An Inter Ocean special from Topeka. Kan., says: "A bill changing the name of St John county to Logan county was passed in the House of Representatives this morning, by a vote of 64 to 54. The county was named in honor of John P. St. John, who, at the time the county was namod, was the Republican Governor of Kansas. Several violent speeches were made, among the most bitter being that by Speaker Smith, who declared that St. John was a hypocrite. He said the Republican party had raised Mr. St John to the office -of Governor of the State, and failing to be elected a third time he played the part of a traitor. He hoped that the name of a man whose infamous treachery to his party had elected a Democratic President, could be obliterated from the history of Kansas forever. Of the sixty-four who voted for the bill, seventeen were Democrats. Four Democrats voted against it The Radical Prohibitionists were about equally divided. The bill has already passed the Senate, and received the Governor's signature this afternoon." I suffered most severaly from rheumatism during this winter, the pain at times rendering my moving about almost impossible. After using Salvation Oil for only two days the pain entirely subsided, and now I consider myself a well man. W. K. Kurtz, No. 12G Lexington street, Baltimore, Md.

DISCLOSUEES OF ABUSES.

More Witnesses Tell How Insane Tatien ts Are Brutally Beaten. Instances of the Cruelty of the Democratic Ward Bummers Employed as Attendants in the Hospital for the Insane. Yesterday morning the House committee investigating the Hospital for the Insane continued its work. Witnesses were introduced by the defense to testify regarding Dr. Harrison's cnaracter tor truth and veracity and morality. The witnesses were all from Boone county, and were Michael Keefe, deputy clerk: Oliver D. Kise, Ed F. Hedges, deputy treasurer: John W. Hedges, formerly county auditor; John Huff man n, coal-dealer; John W. Bowser, L. M. Kelsey. Mayor of Lebanon; George W. Norwood, ex-county treasurer and ex-township trustee; all of whom, with the exception of Mr. Kelsey, are Democrats. The defense, in attempting to give a cood character to Dr. Harrison, tried hard to establish a sort of dead-line in the man's life, beyond which it appeared to be extrahazardous for the defense to go. This line was placed right years back, and the attempt was to show that his life during these eight years last past was not bad that there had been an improvement On cross-examination a number of the witnesses were not so fully grounded in their be lief in his morals and truthfulness, as not to admit that his immoralities had been a matter of common conversation. Wm. Kilhan, now employed at the Hospital for the Insane, department for men, as usher and librarian, was placed upon the stand. Witness testified that he will have been at the hospital Bix years the first day of next August Dr. Rogers was superintendent when he first went there. He testified that tinder Dr. Rogers's ad ministration the house was full of cribs. In a crib a man could not sit up, he could only turn over. There was then a system of atrAna. Dr. Fletcher bad the cribs taken out and burnt Witness believed nearly all the straps and restraints were then destroyed. Ladies had been placed on some of the male wards which witness thought was a good thing. He said that Mrs. Talhott is on one of the woTst male wards and sev s to get along well. She has two male at tendants with her. Benjamin A. Sands was the next witness.' He testified that he had been employed at the hos pital since Oct 18, 18SG. He was an attendant until Feb. 1, 1887, in the ' department for men. This witness escaped on the butter inquiry bv testifying that he didn't eat butter at all. Ha had never seen any butter with maggots in it He is a reader of the Indianapolis Journal, and saw reports about it there. He testified that the attendants had beefsteak for breakfast He also testified that the patients had beefsteak occasionally, but could not fix any date when 6uch an occurrence had taken -nlace. Ha re membered with more distinctness tbat the patients have a kind of meat stew for breakfast uuestion You don t eat butter now; did vou eat butter before you went to the bospit&li Answer l am a little peculiar about my eating, never eat butter, unless I know who makes it Witness did pay money for political purposes. nut said there was no compulsion. He had attended the congressional primary last fall. He did not oelong to the campaign club. Q. On which side were you in the By nnm and Bailev controversy? A. That is private and d esnt belonsr to hospital affairs at all. 1 was m favor of Bvnam. Mr. Griffiths I ask the Question because Dr. Fletcher, in his testimonr, said that controversy made a great deal ot trouble in tne hospital. ?V?vi C Bell, a former employe, now residing at TAiwan, Delaware county, was called. He tes tified that he was employed there from March. lbtij, -to Jan. 1, IHoi. He was assistant storekeeper. He was there two months under Hall's stewardship. Witness considered Hall inefficient because he had no business Qualifications. He did not think a man who had never had any ex perience in business was capable of taking hold or an institution of that kind and running it Q- What do you know of alterations in his books? A. When Captain Stansberry left the institution and Professor Hall took charge, there were several leaves torn from the ledger. I thought it was Mr. Hall s object Objected to by Mr. Wesner. Witness T only know from my assistant book keeper, Mr. Gibson. Mr. Gibsou called' my attention to it, and showed the ledger where Hall had cut out some pages. , Witness testified that he had trouble on sev eral occasions with butter from John E. Sullivan, which did not come up to the standard in the requisition. Witness was of opinion that there was collusion between the trustees and dealers, from the fact that the bids were taken at certain prices when the same goods could have been furnished by other parties for less than the hospital contracted for them. He thought tbe goods could have been bought 20 per cent less dry goods, especially. Trustee Burrell, in cross-examining this wit ness, who is a brother or ex-Senator Bell, cer tainly endeavored to suppress nothing in arriv ing at prices. The witness informed him that Humboldt jeans, for which thirty-eight cents was paid, could, in bis opinion, have been bought at any wholesale dry goods honse for thirty-five cents, and tbat muslins for which eight cents were paid, could at that time have been bought for less money. Mr. Swift and Mr. Loop each made an inef fectual effort to extract from this witness a nar ration in regard to a scandalous rumor concerning Dr. Harrison while the latter was a lodeer at the Hospital for the Insane. Evidently the witness had made it a matter of conversation, but shrank from testifying, and the questions were cot pressed. William Holland, for five years an attendant, testified that he had seen some treatment of patients that to him seemed a little rough. In two of these cases, both of the attendants being his own partners, were discharged instanter. Witness had contributed eight or ten dollars altogether to campaign funds since the bad been at the hospital. He paid it to Mr. Forest, supervisor, as he passed through. Witness didn't belong to any campaign club, but went to the Shelbyville barbecue. He did not think he lost bis pay for the time he was gone there. John H. Creesinger, now night watch, south wing of men's department, came to hospital April 27, 1S8J, and was assigned to ward duty. Witness said he had never seen any really cruel treatment to patiftots by attendants. It some times took force to prevent a patient from hurting persons. Mr. Burrell Were von in any combination to keep it a secret as to cruelty that might be practiced by attendants upon the patients? Witness No, air, I was not, and don't know of any such combination. D. C Craven, an employe in the male depart ment of the hospital, was the next witness. He has been at the hospital since March 12, 1881. He had served as an attendant on wards G, H and E. Patients were treated all right on all the wards he had care of. James Dallas, a farmer of Lagrange county, was the next witness, and his introduction created a decided sensation. He is the husband of Mrs. Cornelia E. Dallas, the patient who disappeared from the female department of tho Hospital for the Insane on Sept 22, 1885. and from that day to this not a word has ever been heard of the missing woman. As the husband said this, and that he had one child by the unfortunate mother, a girl nearly fourteen years old, several were much affected. "This is dreadful, dreadful," said General Grose, as be hune upon the words of the narrative. Tbe husband testified that he had written to the hospital each time he sent clothing to bis wife, who bad first been taken to the hospital in 1875. but had never received a line in reply until after her escape. He had received several letters since than. His wife's mother is an inmate of the Indiana Hospital for the Insane. The explanation given of her escape was that she must have escaped while going from her ward to the sewing-room, getting into the basement in some way, and then getting away. Mrs, Dallas Is now, if living, thirty-

eight years old. She, for the most of the time, j

was aiieciea wun ueep meiancnoiy. Sae recognized no one, and was at times violent. James R. Rvan. flour merchant testified to the quality of flour he furnished the hospital as being always strictly according to contract C. W. Seiders, who has been an attendant and is now occupying an outside position at the hospital, men's department, testified that he was placed in E ward for four months, specially to take care ot a patient named Campbell Witness said he had to watch Campbell like a cat would a mouse, as he was violent and would throw at him anything he could get his hands upon. Campbell had an erysipelatous leg that Seiders bad to dress two or three times a day. Campbell had to be looked after closer than a baby. . The witnesses at the night session of the com mute, called to substantiate Dr. Harrison'3 character for truth and varacity were, so far as testimony was concerned, much like those who bad testified previously. The witnesses on this subject were all from Lebanon, and were the following-named persons, being all Democrats and all political friends of Dr. Harrison: James Nealis, James Brag?, Adolphus Wysong, John S. reters, ex-township assessor; Thomas J. roweu, J. D. Alexander. Isaac S. Adney, ditch commissioner; Charles F. S. Neal, ex-county surveyor, now county civil engineer; James Richard Tyre, Nathaniel C Titus, present sheriff Boone countv. George W. Buffineer. twenty-four vears old. of Lebanon, testified that he was employed at the Hospital for the Insaue. men's department as an attendant from April 10, -until April 28, 1885, eighteen days, and then resigned. . Q- Why did you resign? A. I didn't like the fare very well nor the manage ment, nor the confinement; and they kept changing me from one ward to another, so I concluded to resign. Q- Do you know of any cases of maltreatment of patient? A I , C 1 - ! J T J.V -1 ged in the side. Sometimes their feet were knocked ; out from ravder them and thev were kicked. I saw I Charley Seeders whip a man from Lafayette, a patient in D ward. George Reynolds was his ame. He was chugged in the side several times. I saw Boyd Wil- ! son, a patient from Miami county, knocked down, and an attendant jump on him with his feet and stamp him. That was in H ward. The attendant was Lowry Hendricks. It occurred in tha bath-room. Hendricks hollered." and I went in. Hendricks knocked the mar's feet from under him, and jumped on him. The patient was fighting him. I saw this same man, J Hendricks, whip a patient from Wayne county, James j Balfe. Balfe had been "sassing"' us, and would not mind. The attendant jerked him off his chair and beat him and kicked him. - I saw Hendricks whip j Joseph Gates, a patient from LaPorte, for not making his bod. He didn't knock him down; he kicked him. Q. Had the manner in which the patients were treated any influence in making you Tesign your place? 1 A. iot exactly. I didn t like the management, and the fare was too much confined to one thing. The butter, while I was there, was good. I went on D ward on Friday morning and remained there nntil 9 o'clock Monday night Then they put me on H ward. I remained there until I resigned. They were about to put me on another ward. The witness said that the different attendants he served with were Isaae Dorner, William Beckus, Charles Merritt and Charles Seiders. In D ward there were thirty-five patients and in H ward thirty or thirty-fiva. The witness didn't eat pork while there, having been told of the cholera. His uncle was a patient at the hospital aud had been cruelly treated. One of his ears was badly bruised. He saw the ear when he worked there. He saw his uncle yesterday on visiting the hospital and his ear is still hurt Q. What about the case of Wade Miller? A. Oh yes; I passed that. I heard a fellow one Sunday morning, "hollering" in another ward. He had a patient down named Wade Miller, and was on top of him pounding him on the skies with his fist. He didn't strick the patient in the face. Miller was on G ward. Charley Merritt and Fred Amsden were the attendants. Q. What objection had Gates to making his bed? A. He wouldn't do it He said he' was Jeus Christ and didn't expect to work. Edward Moore, twenty-six years old, molder at the malleable iron works, Haughville, was the next witness. He lives at that place, about three squares from the Indiana Hospital for the Insane. Q. Have you at any time seen a patient of the Hospital for the Insane struck? If bo, relate all about the matter. A.. About three years ago I saw a man running with four men after him, throwing at him and he throwing at them as he ran. As he went to get over a fence one man threw a club at him and he was knocked over the fence. Thev then got over the fence, got on him and pounded him, striking him with a elub. after thev got him op the ground. Thev then picked him up and threw him over the fenee. T.nA TPttAA dragged him a while and threw him over another fence like a bag of corn. They tried to carry him a piece, and then let him lie. A wagon came along and they paid the man something to haul him to the asylum. I was told the men who struck him were farm-hands or gardeners, and there was one attendant there. They all took part in striking him. I didn't know the names of any of them. 1 thought the patient was about ready to die. This was along in April or May, three years ago this coming summer. Q. How far from the hospital was this? A. In a straight way not over two squares and a half. The patient lay bleeding at the. nose. He was given a drink of water. After awhile he came to, moaned and said, "God be the jndije." I don't think he said anything else. Mr. Ed Dissette reported it to JJr. b ietcher. I never heard that anything was done about it. The committee then adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning. Red Star Cough Cure has the indorsement from experience, of the most prominent men.

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