Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1889.

THE DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1880.

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LOUIS Union News and Southern Hotel. Company, Union Depot WASHINGTON, D. House. C Rises nouse and Ebbitt Telephone Calls. Office ...233 I Editorial Business Rooms.. 212 It may be noted as one of the remarkable events of the day that General Harrison got through Pittsburg without being interviewed. Democratic Congressmen are apparently as much afraid of an investigation into Southern election methods as the Indiana legislative majority is of an exposure of the Insane Hospital management. TnE manner in which the Democratic legislatures have managed "the State finances is sufficient argument against giving them control of the city. The State is now deeply in debt, and both will soon be bankrupt with the freebooters in unlimited power. TnE Louisville Cornier-Journal had an editorial, yesterday, with the caption "Political Freebooters." Thero must have been a mistake in the inako-up, for while the caption fits our Democratic Legislature to a dot, the article treats of General Harrison and Judge Woods. Since getting that confession from Piggott, Mr. Labouchere is, doubtless, enjoying a portion of the peace that passeth understanding. He experiences at once tho professional gratification of catching a rival editor in a trap, and of helping Ireland's cause by crippling its enemies. The bill repealing the telephone law of four years ago was passed yesterday by the Senate, and only needs the signatnre of the Governor to become a law. This is right; tho act repealed should never havo been enacted. It was the work of demagogues who did not know what they were doing. This Irish question is already responsible for several additions to the English vocabulary, among them, for example, being tho verb "to boycott." Captain Boycott will now have to share the distinction given his name with Mr. Piggott. Hereafter when a man or a newspaper is sold at great profit to himself by a smooth rascal, "piggotted". will be the term used to describe tho case It is hardly probable that Mr. Gladstone will decide to accept tho invitation of the Chicatro Union Lea true Club for April SO, but his failure to declino pos itively, and his promiso to "carefully consider" the matter, leaves room for hope at least for tho buoyant Chicago hope. Possibly ho will feel that recent events so advance the Irish cause that he may safely be olf guard for a time. The announcement of the sudden death of Hon. Georgo W. Friedle3', which occurred at Bloomington yester day, will be received with deep regret by a large circle of friends and acquain tances throughout the State. Ho was a man of much more than ordinary ability, of hieh character and very attractive qualities. He was not yet fifty years old, and hisfine physique would have seemed to give promiso of long life. It did not need a professional mindreader to discover that Boulanger was thinking of a termination of Carnot's administration and his own advance on Germany, it was not necessary to go across tho ocean, either, to read what was going on in tho French General's cranium. Any American who has read tho newspapers could havo told, with his eyes shut, all that Stuart Cumberland did, and wouldn't have crossed tho street to do it. According to all accounts, Washing ton people, in getting ready to welcome the coming and speed the parting guests, have worked themselves up into a terri ble flurry of excitement. , Thej- should take a lesson from Indianapolis, and learn to be calm and happy at the samo time. During tho late campaign the Hoosicrs reduced tho matter to i science and learned how even to "holler" with- " as their Yankee brethren would say. Little Big's "tmck-and-dicker" bill for revolutionizing tho police and fire departments of this city has received the Democratic caucus indorsement, and is likely to go through in great shape. It should be entitled "a bill to enable its author to unload a worthless fire truck on the city of Indianapolis, to provide a place for his brother-in-law, to legislate William Henderson out of office, to give the Democrats control of tho police and fire departments, and for other pur poses." If anything was lacking to complete the overthrow or mo London limes in the I'arnell commisssion business it is furnished by the confesMon and flight of Piggott, on whoso evidence tho whole case against Parnell rested. The con summate scoundrel confesses to having biiasclf forged all the letters which pur

ported to have been written by leaders of the Irish movement, and which the Times has represented as such a bonanza of incriminating proofs. To complete the dramatic ending of the affair, Piggot t?s confession was followed by his flight, and a private telegram says, "It is the general belief that the Times and the government have paid him to clear out." It is not often that London town has so rich a sensation.

DEMOCRATIC) HNASCIERTKQ. The incapacity of the Democrats to manage the affairs of the State was never more manifest than is shown by the condition of the finances of tho State at this time. Eight years ago, when tho Democratic Legislature met and assumed control of tho State government, the foreign debt of Indiana was less than $300,000 over the cash in the Treasury. The State has since been running in debt half a million dollars a year, and with a prospective increase of a greater amount each year. No means have been provided to meet this increased expense. The only present means is by borrowing money, and thus increasing, by the amount of interest, the obligations that must some day be paid. 'The Democrats, although running the btatc into aeDt, nave Deen and are nnwining to increase the tax levy to an ; amount sufficient to meet the increased l expenditures which they have made, but resort to the makeshift of all poor finan-1 ciers and borrow money to bridge over present troubles, and make greater the burdens their folly and extravagance have created. . The newBtate-housewas provided and paid for by tho special tax levied to build it, and the only permanent improvements have been tho new jnsane hospitals, the Soldiers' Orphan Asylum, and some additional appro priations to the State Normal School. The other increase in expenditures has been largely the result of extravagance and bad management. Tho Democrats are willing to run into debt and defer payment until they shall be turned out by the indignant voters, and hope to make political capital against tho Re publicans, who, succeeding them, will be compelled to pay tho debts. The ways and means committee has not even introduced a bill to borrow money, or to provide any other means for meeting the debts already incurred. The term of the Legislature is drawing to a close, and something must be done quickly. No doubt they hope to compel an extra session, so they and their doz ens of door-keepers and hangers-on may draw more pay, but Governor Hoveyhas given notice that there will be no extra session. The emergency is upon them, and the debt-makers must do something. It remains to be seen what they will do. When Sullivan was making his final preparations for flight, he went through tho form of making an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Tho as signment commenced with an admission of fraud and felony in having used trust funds which he was unable to replace. It may bo remarked as an interesting coincidence that Philip M. Gapen, trustee of the Insane Hospital and treasurer of the board, has made a confession. As treasurer of tho board, ho handled tho hospital funds and kept its bank account. Following is an extract from Gapen's testimony, tho questions re lating, of course, to hospital funds: Tell me whether any money was ever loaned to any privato individual, and when and where?" "Yea. sir; I let John Sullivan have $3,700 last month. That money has been repaid and should be in the bank." "Is there any litigation ahontthat money that was paid to the Meridian National Bank!" "Yes. sir." "At tho timo that money was deposited, was not tho institution in debt 6ome ten or twelve thousand dollars!'7 "Yes. sir." t '"Why was it you loaned that money to John 1-5. Snllivan instead of putting it in tho bunk for the purpose of paying the creditors?" "Wo drew checks ten days after date. and fur that reason I loaned him that amount of money." "Was that the tirst time that yon failed to deposit tho full amount you drew from the treasury I" "iSo. sir. I nave probably uono sucn a thingthreoor four times before. Before that 1 do not remember how much I loaned out: probably as much as 3.000." "Have vou anv means of telling how many t imes you had loaned out as much as "No, sir." It will be remembered that, in addi tion to being treasurer of the hospital, Gapen was a salaried employe of Sulli van, who had largo dealings with the in stitution, based on fraudulent contracts for furnishing supplies. Gapen, as member of tho board, voted to give these contracts to fcuiuvan, anu, as treasurer, loaned him money out of tho hospital funds. In his testimony ho ad mits to having mado such loans at least three or four times. This is an adniission or ureacn ot trust, it makes no difference that any or all of the money loaned to Sullivan was returned, though it is in evidence that a largo amount was not returned. But whether repaid or not, Gapen's offense was complete when ho loaned tho money. His act was the diversion ana misappropriation ot a public trust fund to a privato and cor rupt purpose. Tiie men who knew Mr. Parnell best never believed in the genuineness of the letters attributed to him by the London Times, and did not need his denial to be convinced that he had not written them. Aside from their acquaintance with his straightforward methods, and their con fidence in his honesty, they could not believe that one who had shown so much sagacity and shrewdness throughout his public career would allow himself to be deceived by a man like Piggott. On the other hand, tho faith in tho infallibility of the Loudon Times was so strong and wide-spread, that many who desired to retain confidence in the Irish leader were scarcely able to do so. They found it almost impossible to believe that publishers of ordinary experienco and intelligence would ac cept and print those letters as genuine without the most careful investigation and positive proof of their character; and to suppose that the hitherto invulnerable Times had dono so was beyond the power of the average Englishman, who had been brought up to regard it as one of tho British institutions in which there was no flaw. Thodiscov

cry that the paper has not only grossly

deceived them, but that it has practically connived at a crime through its eager acceptance, without investigation, of Piggott's forced letters, is a blow from which tho English public will bo long in recovering. Conservative Britons have held the sheet as only second in value to their Bibles, and its utterances as hardly less authoritative. Tho aid to the Irish cause by the collapse of its enemies will be great, and the injury to tho Times proportionately so; but the undermining of confidence in this once trusted bulwark of the government will have far-reaching effects whoso importance cannot yet be measured. The people are to be congratulated on having a Governor who is both honest and brave enough to disclose the true financial condition of tho State, and to make the Democrats face tho results of their party's loose and reckless financierincr. The chairman of tho ways and means committee, who seems to belong to the Wilkins Micawber and Harold Skimpole school of finance, had been talking jauntily about the necessity of a loan of $500,000. It is very easy for a great State to borrow money, and to a cross-roads financier this always presents itself as tho easiest method of tiding over present difficulties. But when tho able chairman of the ways and means committee learned from tho Governor's statement that it would require a loan of $2,200,000 to carry ou tho State government and cover present and prospective deficits it set him to thinking. Tho time has come when the' Democratic policy of "shinning'' along, anticipating revenue, piling up expenses and borrowing money at a high rate of interest will have to be abandoned, and wo advise the chair man of tho ways and means committee to take time enough from the consideration of partisan legislation to give a little attention to tho State finances. An impression prevails among the people that that is what a ways and means committee is for, and that it should be able to recommend some other financial policy than the easy and dangerous one of borrowing money. ' Ex-Governor Gray has not been oc cupying a room in the state-house for nothing, or rather, though occupying it for nothing, he has not been idle. An office in tho State-house suits his present purpose exactly, and enables liim to put his hand on the men ho wants at any hour of tho day. Tho ex-Governor has been very busy pipe-laying for the future. He has taken an active part in tho , unseating of two Republican members of the Legislature, and congratulates him self on having strengthened his senatorial chances thereby. Hehasalsobeen very busy behind tho scenes promoting the various measures of partisan legislation by which ho expects to profit. One of his cherished aims has been to punish the Republican State officers for overruling him in certain matters and to get even with Mr. William Henderson for assisting in his slaughter at St. Lours. When tho record comes to bo mado up, it will bo found that the ex-Governor, like Mephistopheles in tho play, was always on hand at the critical moment, and" traces of his workmanship will be found at various points. ' Warden Patten's statement as to tho practical operation of Mr. Willard's bill to limit life sentences to twentyfive years should settle the fate of tho measure. Sir. Patten, who, wo wish to say, by tho way, has shown himself to be a capable and honest man, says the effect of the law would be to reduce life ' sentences, with good timo allowances, to fifteen years and six months. Ho names five murderers now confined in the Southern prison who would be released immediately on the passage of the law. Whatever the asperities of politics in campaign times they are decorously put out of sight at tho inauguration period. Tho out-going President treats tho in-coming one with polite considera tion, doing the parting honors as host of the White House, while the retiring mistress of tho mansion conducts her successor through its rooms and takes a woman's just prido in showing in what excellent order everything is. Thus tho amenities of civilized life are duly and rightly observed. Prince Alexander, of Battenbcrg, who is reported to havo married a German opera singer, is the man who wanted to marry the sister of Emperor William a year or so ago, and was "headed off" by Bismarck, much to tho disappointment, it is said, of the two young persons themselves and several royal match-makers. Tho Prince is now con soled, but eligible matrimonial pastures of high rank being scarce, who shall comfort the princess? By tho way, how will Queen Victoria's daughter, who married into tho Battenbcrg family, relish being 6istcr-in-law to a professional singer! COMMENT AND OPINION. The four new States aro created under the present administration in spite of the present administration, lo the Kepublican party is due the credit of forcing the ad ministration to recognize tho claims of these Territories. Detroit Tribune. If the laborer is under obligation to servo his emplover faithfully, is not the employer unuer obligation io Bee xo it, so iar a:- ne can. that tho laborer be protected in all his rights, including the right to vote, even against his employer! New York Press, Women ought not to be hanged: neither ought men to be, perhaps, but murder must bo so punished that tho effect of the penalty shall be deterrent, and when tho homicidal impulse is so masterful and the moral sense so feeble as in the case of this woman poisoner Mrs. Whitelingl there is no safe recourse but in a seclusion iixed beyond the modifying power of any oilicial action. i.iew iur& iiiuuuc. A large number of removals in the eov eminent service will be necessary. Take the railway mail service, for Instance. It is notoriously inefficient. General Harrison may be relied upon to permit no removals which would prove detrimental to the publie service, uut lie win uub nestiave to improve the service for fear of denunciation from mugwump quarters. Kansas City journal. Men quail before the anger of their constituents when they know that it is justiai . i i i i. r. : : i riji lieu, uuu ii iuu uppuaiuuu in x.igianu makes a skillful uso of Piggott and the Times, it will ride into power before the harvests ripen. Thus will the Times and the Tories be hoisted by their own petard, and a very unsavory and detestable ex plosive all right-minded people Will acknowledge it to be. Baltimore American. It is believed that President Cleveland will not siim the direct-tax bill. The loval States will therefore have to waitf for the paymeuik of a just claim until such time as it can be approved by a President! who does not hold that money advanced t aid the

government in suppressing the rebellion should be forfeited oecanse it can not be refunded without wounding the feelings of those who tried to destroy . the Union. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tuk future probably holds something for Mr. Piggott which he would gladly miss. Forgery is a crime of considerable magnitude in England if treachery is not, and he may possibly lind himself in a very precarious situation before the matter is entirely settled. Nebraska State Journal. There have been periods in English history when the government had only to order, tho execution of an obnoxious man. and he would cease from troubling; but tho record of the Parnell inquiry shows that civilization has advanced in this respect, whatever pessimists may say of its general retrogression. Philadelphia Inquirer.

HALSTEAD AND FORAKER. A Letter from the Governor in Relation to IBs Action at the Chicago Convention. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 26. The following is an abstract of a letter from Gov. J. B. Forakcr to Marat Halstead, of the Commercial Gazette, drawn out by a card of Mr. Halstead, printed to-day, giving tho history of the Ohio dele gation at the Chicago Convention in respect to its adherence to Senator Sher man. It also has some reference to the Associated Press dispatch from Chicago, June 23, 18S8, containing an interview with rorakcr and Mr. John C. Eckels' card of July 20, which were reproduced in the To ledo Commercial yesterday. The letter be gins as 10110W6; Columbus, O., Feb. 26, 1880. M. Ilalsted, Esq., Cincinnati, O.: Dear Sir I havo lust read your editorial in today's Commercial Gazette on the Eckels U tter. I do not see any particular point to the latter. I inight gay with respect to it, however, that I never had any Informal Interview with anybody at Chicago. I talked freely with all who came to my room or addressed me elsewhere. I had no secrete about the matter to which it re lates to keep from anybody at any time. Mr. Eckels's interview, In bo far as he had one, was written by him after he had talked with me, but n was in nis language, ana not mine. Inever saw it until after it appeared in the newspapers. He 6imply ran together tho results of a 5onversation, most of which was In response to interrogatories addressed to me by him. If these interrogatories had been reported; it would at leat appear that I was not forward in making statements to the interviewer, as you may Imagine I would not be with a gentleman I had never before seen or heard of. With that explanation, . I have no objections to the interview, and never made any. In other words, I objected to it only as inaccurate, but the statement that I denied it is not true. 1 never referred to It, and. In fact, never thought of it from that moment until now, when it has been reproduced. What I referred to in iy Springfield speech was the general drift In many matters appearing at that time in tho newspapers. ith these explanations made, let me add that I had but little hope for the nomination of Mr. Sherman at any time after tho first ballot was taken. I was led. by the statements of Mr. (Bhernian, Mr. nanna, and others to expect a much larger vote. The disappointment shook my xaitn considerably, out what was more unfavorable to-his chances, in my Judgment, than simply tho number of his votes, was the fact that he had no support whatever outside of the outh, except only Ohio, a part of Pennsylvania, and a few votes in inew .England not a solitary vote from any doubtful State. Moreover, It was vdl known that tnere wa9 no disposition on the part of the delesrates from the other Northern States to come to us. Notwithstand ing this, I kept my fears as to the ultimate result to myself, and encouraged every one as well as I could to hope for success until after we ad journed on Saturday morning, tho 23d. The letter goes on to explain at length the situation of the Ohio delegation on Sat urday nignt. June 23, saying that ho appealed to every one who came to him to. stand fast to Sherman until a manifest break should come, show ing it impossible to nominate Sherman. Until that timo he would not only be averse to the Ohio delegation voting for Blaine, but would insist that thev shonhl vote for Sherman, giving him a solid vote. inis sansneu tne restless aeiecates. After this he. recalls his con versation with Mr. Halstead when the convention reassembled, late Saturday evening, before adjourning "until Monday. Ho then mentions the meeting of the Ohio delegation, and says: It was at this timo that Mr. Eckels called uoon rati R9 did Mr. Mussey and others. I had no hesitation In expressing to them what I havo hero said about tne situation. It never occurred to ire that any one, under such circumstances, could exicct us to do anything else than the next best thins, whatever that, in our Judgment, might be. Moreover, everyone seemed , to approve, without exception, so far as I can recall, what I have suggested here as the courso we should take; and I was not aware until tho convention was over that any ono was even criticising what had been done or what we had proposed to do. On the contrary, I thought everybody was commending us for tho pertinacity with which we had clung, under such circumstances, as a united delegation, to our candidate. - After reminding Mr. Halstead of his own telegrams to Senator Sherman, the Gov ernor closes thus: Regarding all this matter. Mr. Sherman was fully advised, as I assume from a telegram of which the following, in so far as It relates to this matter, is a copy. It was received by mo on Sunday: Mi appreciate your posiuon. Think it best for all for Ohio to stand united. I have declined the request of McKlnley's friends. There should be a test vote On Blaino before I withdraw. His nomination should be assured before Ohio breaks. Win you accept nomination as his vice! "JOnX SnERMAN." Mr position, not only throughout the whole Chicago convention, but aU tho war from tho Toledo convention untU the end of the Chicago convention, was expressed by the answer which I sent to that telegram, a copy of which is as follows: "I have refused to allow my name to bo men tioned by anybody for anything, and do not think it will be mentioned in tho convention; but if it should be, it will be without my consent or approval, ana u i snouia be nominated for either place It would bo declined unless vou should request me to accept. J. B. Foraker." After Harrison had been nominated Mr. Sher man telegraphed as follows: "My hearty thanks w tho Ohio delegation, we have preserved our honor, and, though beaten, aro not aisneartenea. joiin sherman." No honorable man acquainted with the facts can entertain a different opinion from that expressed by Mr. Sherman. J. Ii. Foraker. 'Wife Murder and Suicide. Dickinson. Dak.. Feb. 26. One of the most sensational tragedies ever known in North Dakota occurred to-day. two miles from hero. John Holler, a German, lived with his wife and five children on a claim two miles from town, ne and his wife quarreled, and ho threatened to take the lives of thewholo family. This morning his wife left him, going to a neighbor's for safety. Her husband followed, a short time after, carrying a rifle. 13y threats of general muraer ne drove the others from the house, and then murdered his wife, firing deliberately two shots tho muzzle into her. Ho then placed of the gun against his left temple and blew the top of his head off. Before follow ing hiswtfo when she went to the neighbors, ho locked his five children in the house and deliberately set fire to it, as well as to nis grain stacks, hay and barn, in which considerable farm machinery was stored. After his departure the children managed to escape, and are now cared f jr by friends. Some years ago he killed a farmer's wife in the East, and three years ago was accused of burning his house to obtain the insurance. lie turned from Canada and Got in Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greenville, O., Feb. 20. Peter Deweese, a wealthy farmer who was convicted of arson, and who mortgaged his property to the amount of 811.000, "fixed" his bondsmen for tho sum of $2,500, and went to Canada a ' week ago, is now in jail, having returned to Darke county secretly. He was arrested to-day by Deputy Sheriff V. S. Gilbert, and is a candidate for the penitentiary. ; Steamship News. New York, Feb. 2ft Arrived: Ems, from Bremen; Slavonia, from Stetton. K Liverpool, Feb. 26. Arrived: Virginia, Kansas, from Boston. London, Feb. 20. Arrived: Minnesota, iromoston. The Slayer of Hall Acquitted. last fall, was acquitted this afternoon. The killing of Hall was one of the most exciting episodes of the great strike. How to Interview Cleveland. New York Sun. How to got an interview from the President: Go to the White House, note book in hand, and ask for au apology and defense.

Creston. Ia.. Feb. 26.-C. D. Huston, the Bnrlington engineer who shot and killed Va Ilftll n. ctrilrinrr flwUi'hmflll. in thlS City.

HAED -LINES FOR BAILEY

Curtis's Infamous Board of Control Bill HasaRun of BadLnckiutheSenalc. A Serious Division Occurring Among the Democrats Lessens the Probability of the Scheme to Bob Tax-Payers Dein? Accomplished. The Governor Tries to Check the General Assembly's Great Greed for Power, Bat the Political Pirates Go On and Add to Their Outrages by Openly Violating the ConstitutionNotes of Legislation. VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR, But the Democrats, Nevertheless, Take from IHm Power of Appointment. The Governor has put his seal of disapproval upon another political bill passed by the Democratic majority. The latter part of last week tho bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Byrd depriving the Governor of the right to appoint mine and coal oil inspectors, and providing for a so-called department of geology and natural science was passed by the House, and transmitted to the Governor. Yesterday morning ho returned it to the Senate without his signature. Accompanying it was the following message giving his reasons for not approving the measure. The message was read by tho Governor's private secretary, to whom all the Senators paid close attention: State House, Indianapolis, Feb. 26, 18S9. To the Senate of the State ot Indiana, Hon. Ira J. Chase, Lieutenant-governor: After mature consideration, I return without my approval Senate biU No. 314, entiUed "An act establishing a department of geology and natural resources in the State of Indiana, and J)rovlding for a director of the department; abolishing the Department of Geology aud Natural History, and tho otlicc of State Geologist connected therewith; abolishing the office of Mine Inspector, Inspector of Oils; repealing aU laws, or parts of laws conflicting with any of the provisions of this act. and declaring an emergency." TlTe object of this act is to take from the executive department the appointments of State Geologist, Oil Inspector and Mine Inspector, and to' consolidate them in the hands of a Director of Geology and Natural Resources, who is to be exclusively elected by tho General Assembly. This act presents, In my opinion, one of the gravest, far-reaching and most important questions that has ever been presented in the history of this State, and that Is the power of the legislative department to create oftices unknown to the Constitution, and appoint or elect the officers of euch offices by the General Assembly of the State. This is not a question of to-day or f t r any party, but ono that involves in the future the perpetuity of our State government, under our present Constitution. I 6haU be compelled to confine mvijelf to a very limited consideiation of this very important question. We borrowed our institutions, to a great extent, . from Great Britain. Although their constitution is unwritten, the three departments of the legislative, executive and Judicial, aro clearly marked and denned by their laws. Parliament, their legislature, is said to be almost omnipotent, yet it is believed that Parliament has never attempted to appoint or elect any officer under any law which it has enacted, but the appointment or election of such officers has always been left to the King, or the election by the people. The Congress of the United States has never assumed or dared to exercise such a power. Our General Assembly, from the organization oftheStato government, has seldom assumed the right beyond the direct permission of our Constitution to elect or appoint any officer to any office created by statute. For over seventy years very few acts can he found assuming such powers in the General Assembly, and where it has been done the direct question has never been fairly or fully tested by tho judicial department. Ono or two cases decided by our Supreme Court have incidentally touched the question, hut no well-considered case can be found where such right has been fully and fairly adjudicated and established. The true construction of our Constitution, tho long-continued practice and, I may almost say, the unwritten law of this State has conceded the appointment or election of all officers whose offices have been created by statute, to the Governor, or the election by the people. That I may not be misunderstood I will specify the officers to which I refer: Attorney-general, Reporter of Supreme Court, judges of superior courts. Judges of criminal courts, State Geologist, Mayors of cities, councilmen, treasurers of cities, clerks of cities, assessors of cities, town officers, officers of benevolent institutions, county commissioners, township trustees, constables, officers of State Board of Health, officers of Bureau of Statistics, commissioner of fisheries, and all other officers whose offices have been created by statute, amounting in number to many thousands. To give any party the right to legislate all theRe ofcers out of office and replace them by the appointment or election by the General Assembly, would be to revolutionize tho State. Tho party having a majority in both branches of the General Assembly could place nil of these offices in the hands of its partisans, and tho effect might be to make every election of tho members of the General Assembly a contest for all the offices In the State created by statute. No man who loves his country could desire such a result, and no one who understands our Constitution can believe that the trainers of that Instrument ever intended by any possibility to clotho tho General Assembly with any such unchecked and unlimited powers. Our Constitution declares "that all power is inherent in tho people." They aro sovereign in all cases where they have not ceded their rights by the federal or Suite constitutions. The powers thus delegated are to bo strictly construed, and the residuum, whatever it may be, still remains with the people. The first section of Article 3 of this Constitution provides: "The powers of tho government aro divided into three separate departments the legislative, tho executive. Including the administrative, and the judicial; and no person charged with the official duties under one of these departments shall exercise any of the functions of another, except as In this Constitution expressly provided." How long would the Judicial or legislative departments remain independent, if tho Legislature could create offices and nil them with its partisans at its pleasure i The power to elect or appoint by the General Assembly will be found in the following sections of the Constitution: Section 13, Article 2; section 10, Article 4; Section 18, Article 5; Section 1, Article 15, and should be confined to the following offices: Senators of tie United States, speakers of the House of Repr -entatives, secretaries of tho Senate, door-keepers, clerks, and such other officers as are particularly under tho control of tho resiecfive houses. As early as 1810 Thomas Jefferson, who has been properly called "the great apostle of Democracy, in his letter to Samuel Kerchevah clearly marked the line between the executive and legislative departments in regard to nominations and appointmemts. Ho 6ald:""Nominatlon to office is an executive function; to give ittotbeLegisIaturo is a violation of the principle of the separation of powers. It swerves tho members from correctness by temptations to intrigue for offices themselves, and to a corrupt barter of votes; and destroys responsibility by dividing it among a multitude. By leaving nominations in the proier place uinontr executive functions the principle of the distribution of power is preserved, and responsibility weighs with its heaviest force upon a single head.' Our Constitution was framed In full accord with the views of Jefferson as above exprcshcd. "Tho executive powers of the State shall be vested In a Governor." (Sec. 1, Art. V.) All the legal authorities which I havo consulted agree with Jefferson, that nominations and appointments are executive acts. If this position Is cor-" rect it seems to me that tho irresistible and logical conclusion is that an nominations and appointments made by the General Assembly are void unless they are specially authorited by tho Constitution. Tho 18th Section of Art, V, provides: "When, during a recess of the General Assembly, a vacancy shall happen in any office the appointment to which is vested in the General Assembly; or when, at any time," a vacancy shall have occurred in any other State office, or in the office of Judge of any court, tho Governor shall fill such vacancy by appointment, which shall expire when a successor shall Lave been elected and qualified." It must be apparent that if the General Assembly can exercise the powers assumed in this act,' to exclusively elect the officers named, a majority of both Houses may at any time overrule the veto of the Governor and place their friends In all the offices in the Statu which have beea created by statute law. The legislative, executive and Judicial departments must be kept separato and distinct, as cnccKS upon each other, and confined wlthm their proier limits, or the State government in its present form will team to exist. If the executive should assume and coutrol the legislative iwid judicial departments, tho Governor would become a dictator, after the style of many of the South American governments, called republics; aud if tbo legislative department should control tho function of the executive and Judicial, tjhe evil would be no less, and our State would be governed by n oligarchy. In conclusion, I wish to be clearlv anderstood. I do ne t object to thl act because it creates new officer and abolishes others, but became it authorial the General Assembly that created it to Ritpolnt or elect the offi.'crs. That iowcr,

under our Constitution, should be exercised by appointments by the Governor or election by the people. Alvin p. Hovet, Governor. As soon as tho rritding was completed Senator Byrd moved that the biJl be passed. notwithstanding the veto. His motion was seconded by several Democratic Senators, and after that action ho then moved the previous qnestion, thus preventing any discussion of the merits of the message or the bill. The minority members, realizing that it would be useless for themtootier any opposition to, the programme, allowed the Democrats to go ahead andfuld another page to their disreputable record. Under the force of tho previous question the roll was called and tho bill was passed, all tho Democrats voting for it, and the Bcpublicau members voting against it. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the bill and message were called up in tho House. After the message had been read ilr. Willard moved that the bill be passed, and upon his motion he followed the Democratic plan and moved the previous question, and under that order the bill was passed.

SLIGHTLY DISFIGURED. The Iniquitous Hoard of Control mil prived of the Amendments. The Curtis board of control bill has beeu pushed another step toward passage, but not in the shape a horde of local political beggars expected to put it. When the Senate amendments were made public there was euch a protest against them from every quarter that tho Senate comniittco on the affairs of the city of Indianapolis quietly called a meeting for Monday night to determine what should be done. Quite a number of local Democratic politicians went before the committee and assisted in making the meeting a very lively one. It continued until after midnight, and then ended on the verge of arow. Certaincitizens of marked Democratic affinity objected to every ono of the amendments proposed, while others gave notice that if tho changes were not made they would uso their influence to defeat the MIL But the most energetic protest was to tho amendment put in at tho solicitation of Leon Bailey, which had in view tho removal of tho city attorney, and provided for tho election of a city solicitor by the board of control. Senators Hudson and Folev favored the amendment, but Senator Thompson served notice on the committee that unless every proposed amendment, with the exception of tho ono prohibiting any persou con. nected with a company or corporation connected with the city from serving on the board, was. stricken out, he would refuse to support the bill, and would use all the influence he had to defeat it Tho cotnmitteo agreed to recommend the rejection of all tho amendments except that one. Soon after yesterday morning's session began Senator Thompson introduced a petition from Indianapolis tax-payers he received several days ago. It was as follows: To the General Assembly of the State of IndianaThe undersigned citizens and tax-paj ers of Indianapolis earnestly remonstrate against any legislation that will increase the indebtedness of said city or increase the rate of taxation. Tho debt of the city Is now up to the constitutional limit, and the tax rate is quite as high as the peoSlo ought to pay or need pay, if rroper economy e exercised. Corporations digging up the streets should be required to repair the damage they do, and. If further revenue Is needed. It should como from a tax on vehicles that wear out the streets, and from licenses. Tho petition was signed by 2,000 people, who represent a large proportion of tho real estate owners. In presenting the petition tho Senator expressed tho policy ha would pursue to tho end of tho session. Notwithstanding tho opposition that was being manifested by Democrats, Leon Bailey said the amendments would bo concurred in and incorporated in the bilL Tho lobbying continued until nearly 5 o'clock, when the bill was called up for a second reading. Just before that hour Wet-the-rope Curtis came over from the Houso and took a 6eat at the side of Senator Hudson, who has been selected to act as sponsor for the bill. At the proper time the plumber Senator, responding to the coaching of Curtis, called up the infamous measure. Tho minority and majority reports from tho committee were read, and then Senator Hudson read a motion to the e fleet that all tho amendments submitted by tho committee, except thn first one, be stricken ont; that tho report of the majority of the committee be concurred in, and that the bill then be engrossed. Upon this conglomeration of motions ho moved the previous question. The purpose was to have the bill divested of the amendments, and passed to a third reading without any one being permitted to say auvthing upon it. Senator Urmeton called the attention of Senator Hudson to the fact that ho was attempting to. do too much at one time, and a general wrangle followed. After a great deal of confusion the omnibus motion of Senator Hudson was divided upon the rejection of tho amendments and concurring in the majority report. Both motions prevailed. Senator Dresser, who was occupying tho chair, hold that Senator Hudson's demand for the previous question did not. apply to the offering of amendments, and he recognized Senator Johnson, who oftered an an amendment providing that tho bill should apply to all cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants. This gave him tho floor, and, by parliamentary tactics, ho held it for half an hour, during which timo lie made a strong opposition to the measure. As soon as the amendment had been read he said he did not care to take up tho timo of the Senato in showing why the bill should not be passed. "I hold in my hand, a communication from the Mayor of Indianapolis," he continued, "which refutes tho statement that thero is n nececessity for the bilL I do not say anything myself, but 1 desire to read this communication." A half dozen Democratic Senators were " on their feet at once, but Senator Barrett became the spokesman for the majority. "I do not believe wo want to hear any address, from the Mayor of Indianapolis' said he. "This hill is predicated upon certain charges in connection with the city government." replied Senator Johnson. T say this letter refutes those charges, and I hope you will not object to having the letter read." I do object," exclaimed Senator Barrett. "Certain charges," Senator Johnson replied, "have been made upon the floor of tho Houso by the author of this hill. Ho pave them as the reason why the bill should become a law. Now will yon not listen to a refutation of those charges from so. high an official as the Mayor!" "I arn of tho same opinion as the Senator from Allen," said Senator Hudson. T do not think wo want anv speech from tho Mavor of Indianapolis."" "This letter is in the shape of a petition. continued Senator Johnson. "It is a com jnunication, through me, to the Senato upon a subject that interests every taxpa'er of Indianapolis. Has it como to this, that you will refuse tho rights of petition for those for whom you propose to legislate! Does the Senator still objoctf" "I do still object," said Senator Barrett. The- Chair said if there were objection tho letter would not be read. 'Then," continued Senator Johnson, throwing the letter upon his desk, "I will waive that fwint. You can't prevent me fiom being leard upon this infamous bill, aud as I have tho floor I will speak for the people of Indianapolis." The letter which tho Democratic Senators refused to allow to bo read, is as follows: Hon. Henry U.John wa. State Senate: ' My Pear Sir While absent from the city lart week, the political measure known as the "Curtis bill" passed the House of Representatives. Since returning home, my attention has Wen called to certain remarks made by Mr. Curtis during the debate in the House, which call for refutation. I cannot believe that such an ttnDemocratis measure would havo received the votes of a majority of that lody, even at tho dictation of a party caucus, if the false statements of the author of tho bill had lieen answered by the book. It Is well known that for years patt the city of Indianapolis has beea cramped for funds to properly carry on its affairs. lTkr to 1ST? tnere was no limit to the amount of taxes that might be levied by the city authorities. During the "nu5h thues" maay extravagances were Indnleed hi. as an examination of the records leads inc to believe. The party to which Mr. Curtis belongs hud control of tho city's uffatrs from May, 1K74, to Mav, 170. the o"ly ierid in the past thirty 3 ears, and during th;tt brief Ii uncratie administration of two years more than $("00,O00 of our present $l,-l(W,oot) bonded indebtedness was created. In February. 1877, tho act known as tho 'ninety-oent limit l.tw- was parsed. At that time the assessed value of property in IndianapoiU lor purpcH of taxation waa'&JM.nStf.TCK), niul tho twx l-vy was 1.13 n the hundred, yielding $77V.it: of taxis. The valuation were gradually reliu'cd until, in lSG, we bad but l.rSb'.tkK) of tarablo property. The aseismeuts no- frtand at nttotii O.fOOXXK It will thus.be seen that tho city's incou kza 1