Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1884 — Page 5

Tttfi INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1681.

STATE FINANCES.

Republican ExtraTajrance Compared TYith Democratic Economy. Splendid Record cf Damocratic Management Under Qovernois Hendricks and Williams. Speech of Judge LewU Jordan Delivered at Martinsville ltefore the Democracy of Mor-an County, Saturday, Ausukt !, 1S.S4. In 1372. Thomas A. Hendricks was elected Governor ol Indiana. It has been my pleasure in the past to preterit the record lie made as Governor, to the people of our State, and now that he is ae ol our staadard-Lcarers I need ma.lo no apology for discussing it and airala printing it to the lax payers of the State. Bis record received the approval of our peoplo without regard to their political opinions, and his been the pride of his party. I propose to show that no State in the Union of equal population bus as economical a Slate gov--eminent as our own, and no State can boast of better or more economically managed State inetituiiens. Governor Hendricks and the candidate for Superintendent of Public instruction were tne oniy two lK?mocrats on the State tirtet woo were elected in 197?. Iiis .sociale in the administration of the State government for the first two years were ail Republicans and tho Lth-itlaUre was aleo Republican, bat, in 17 1, Democratic State officers were elected and also a Democratic letilature, and Governor Hendricks commenced the woric of retorm in our State finance. When ha became Governor he found no records in the Governor's ollice, the former Governor having treated all papers in tne office as private nod carried them away at the eloe of their term?. He commenced keeping a record of all tne transaction of the Governor and when ho retired this record was left in the oil.ee ana became the property of theS;ate. KEFOnM IN K F.EPlNtJ ACCOUNTS. Trior to 1S75 there had been much confusion in aeepins the accounts of the State. After the election of the Demokrat! Auditor aud Treasurer of State. Governor Hendricks called their attention to this confusion, and requested them to clearly et forth in their reports the dhrerent accounts, with the part'cular fan ! to which they belonged. They chcerrully complied with aU reiuet, and entered henrtily into the work of his proposed reforms. From that dav a:l the accounts of the State have been so clearly and methodically st&'el that aav citizen cm uc up the report of the Auditor cf State aad in a nouem see ho-v mica moDey baa been expended for any particular brauch of the public service. Prior to this time the stf tc ha 1 no flaiac!al year to which ail tne department- and institutions were required to conform, and tho LegtsUtnro was requested to s bylaw tae commencement of tie nscal year. This was done, aud Octobar :;i was fixed as the c'o-e ol the financial year, a:id all the departments and the boards controlling tbe inf tituitoos were required to conform to itand mie their reports to its clos.?. The.a reports aro all printed and laid upon the dys tu ot th: ambers hen they n.tas?e table ia Jan lUtj. Iu i.iadiUratiD? this reform Governor Hendricha displajrcl kia administrative ability and laid trie peooie of the dtate under lastin;; obligations to Lhu for hU wise counsel andadT ice. TU 2 ADMINISTRATION Or C0VP.RN0K HES'DR'CX was tie commencement of a new eta in Indiana, lie railed a halt in the extravagant expenditure of public money, and tr.e present admirable condition of our State tlaancey may be attribute 1 to his sulministratioD. He made it his business to looi after the expenditures in II the department! of the State Government, nni by ;h? bou-ds coutrolling the institution?. In one of Iiis messages to the Legeidatnrc, he tai.l : "1 call particular attention to the recommendations of the Auditor cf etate in respect to the management ot" the b-jaevoiaai institutions. I agree with him that they ihcv.i:d be much more eoonomically administered, ine expnsei siioild te reduced, at least ia the proportion to the reduced cost of the supplies and to correspond somewhat to the habits oi close economy whicii tlia people have been oompe.ied to adept in their private expenditure?." Governor Hendricks was a practical reformer, and tht3 last sentence give- us the key to his succatsful administration. It is no at ail s irprisia that lO.GoQ of bis fillow citizens in tins city .houid greet him upon his return Iroui Chicago. Ihe people of Indiana know him ul are atili grateml for the blessinss of his adninlstration. The Democracy ot luaiaua are proud of his record, and to a man can testify a to his eminent services as Governor of our State. And knowing him so well, they cheerfully commend him to the people of the wno!e country, as worthy of their cmtidense and support fjr any public trust or position. COST OF CUR STATE GOVERNMENT. It will no doubt surprise von to learu that the rdinary expenditures ot our State government lor the year endintr. October SI, 1SH weraomy 5 1,076. 553.82. In other words, a per cspita tax of tiftycents on every inhabitant of the State would pay the ordinary and current expenses of oar State government, Ve challenge a comparison with any other State eovernment in the Union of equal por.uJation. To tbe Gtrmans of our State thee figures will te of great interest when compared with the expenditures of the kingdom of "VVuilernbursr. which ha about tho same population as our state. The expenditures of that kingdom frr the year IV'.:. whs il-.--Oü-J. exelu.-ive of the amount paid lor the array, and of this sum 5iV.:o soJ was raised fcy direct taxation. A IUI C0MfAP.I-O"S. la ordrr trat ycu may tleariy ?ce how creat bave len tne reforms and the cnormoiiüTiniS ii ade under Dtinccratic management. 1 will give you a lew comcari.-on. always remembering met "heMJ reforms eomrr.cnoed with the administration cf Governor Ilendriczs and have b.ea conr.a'icd tv Dp-nrw-ratie nffir-i! to thi dv f.t nC"Ti--pre the year ending October 31. 1S-j9 when the Kcpubiicauparty had fall control of the State with the year lAs:;, when the Democrats have all the offices except Governor. The ßstires for lsu4 are fonnd on page 79, Acts 1S71, in abstraft of the Auditor'! Kcports tiiere published. I refer to the sets, becanse they can or should be found in the Clera's cilice of every county and can easily be rcJerrtd to. STATE PRINTING. Cost of State printin? in S.ll.r.Tf. 05 Coat of State printing in 1;81.. 23.711 -t Difference and savins ELIND Ayi.UM. Crist in "M1 -0 ..S 17.9 17 -o .. '6. 70 1 54 Cost in lcoJ. Di2fere:ce and savin? HOUSE OF EtH'ot. Cost In 1G9 Cost ia 1S-'J3 rjiderence and savin? DEAF AND DC MB. Cost InlW ..?71.8:5 CI . 43.WJ 03 .3SO.r,70 20 50,871 W Cost ia 1S&. Difference and saving w.ja,807 27 ." I will not extend the list of comparisons bat ask ytu to consider, in making the comparisons, that the inmates of tbe Illind Asylam and Deaf and Imaib have increased in number since 1, and the number at the House of Befuge is one-third sore than in 1S69. STATE Pr.jWTING. Dnrins the administration of Governor Hendricks a law was passed at the special session of the Legislature of 1875, which was Democratic, organizing? a Burcai of Public Printing and Stationery, making the Governor, Auditor of 8'ate f nd Secretary of State ex-offiio Commissioners of Public Printing and Binding, and defining their duties in reeard to the same. From the lit day of July, 1875, to the 31st day of December, 1&-0 Are years and tlx months, the rrinting, binding and stationery, cost the State The sum of tOtS 4'J, or fi7,if92 44 per year on an average. Jor the eleven years previous to the establish ment ol tbe bureau, tnere was expended for this TTanch ol pubuc service tne enormous sum ot ts30,&J.73, aaoiiowi: T6 W.OtlJ 00 j$67 75.6-! 86 9C"9.- .. MtHttMWMn... 3t,) X fb i 6l.aC7 tö .. 41.881 07 .. 81.814 89 .. Xi,'M 61 .. 20, 2 20 ... 40.670 41 Total .......5500,623 75 ' These figures will startle the tax-payers, but the ran not be denied. It will thus be seen that the law pawed while Hendricks was Governor, and by a Democratic Legislature, baa saved annually S35,O00oa public printing. DETAILED STATEMENT Of COST TOP. f-TATE GOT ZRNMINT. Ibsvtsald the ordinary expenditures ofjthe State Government for Ue year closing uctooer, Jt. IS&i. were $1 ,075,&5.62. But I must give jou the figures in detail, as fol lows: Executive and administrative. ...I irnevoient lnsutations and reformatoFtate prisons ......... . Judiciary ......... ......... Fducatlonal institntlons... - ikgricnitaral and horticultural 45,075 95 4T0.817 99 177.711 4S 214,3. 80 51,02t 92 1.9O0 00 ft 721 4

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MiacelUneojR, which includes the exprimes of the Legulature.... - 2t To'at. .. ..$1,075, Ki $2 OTHER EXrZNDlTRE3. I do not wish to convey the lmprewiot that tn fignrea I have given you are the only expenditures required annually, lnere areceruin spcidc and extraordinary expenses that must be met. Of thete the interest on cur State debt is much the largest. Indeed, it is the principal expenditure aioe from thoe for the ordinary and current exPfDse. hut every year we are eniaring the capacity of our institutions and are uow building three new insane Ho-pita'.a, all of wnica mako drafts on the etitd Treanury. THS TAX LEVY. Fora number of years the tax levy for State purposes has been tixed by law at twelve cents on the one hundred dollars valuation and fifty cents for each poll. It 1 gratifying to know that this levy bas been sutlicient with, the receipts from toe insurance 'ax, docket fee etrnir.ga of the etat a prions aud moiinls received from tbe coo n tie j on account of tbe reformatory aad benevolent institutions ta pay all the current expenses of the State and the i ritziest on our debt, and also furninh a surplus for the eniarzeraeut of the Utwpltai for the Jnsace and r.eform Hcnool for boys; the build inof a Urge fewer at tlie Northern Prison an 1 one for the I'emale K;formatory. a transfer of 100,00) to tbe State Howte fund and the payment of $o6,2t3'-.0 to the sufferers of the Ohio River tlood. All this could not have tueu accamolinhed hi not a system of economletil expendiuire been maintained sfnee reiorms were inaaiaratei by Governor Hendricks. SOURCES O? ADDITIONAL REVENUE. Pr'or to Governor Hendricks' administration tbe institutions were in the habit of tuing the regular appropriations, and also their earnings and receipts from Die Counties. This left open the door for extravagance, ana the law was so changed that tbe regular appropriations should cover ail expenditures, and tbe earning, etc.. were required to be paid into the Treasury. For the year ending October 31, lsS-l, there was paid in the treasuiv: From earnings. State Pmons-... 11",31l.fr') From earnings, benevolent institution... :5,1 .7J From docket fees - . 2i,izx 1 3 From insurance tax and fees öu,ü74.3J From receipts from Counties on account benevolent institutions 42,4Jü,72 GOVERNOR WILLIAX3' ADMINISTRATION. In li77, lir. Hendricks was succeeded by Governor Williams. Iiis administration was conservative ana honest. Like Governor Hendricks, bo pave close attention to all the details of expenditure of tbe public money. You know that nota dollar can be taken from the Treasury except In pursuance of an appropriation made by the Legislature, and the amounts appropriated arc usuaily expended. It is a remarkable fact that during the year cudin? October 31. Is79, there was svedof fourteen diilcrent appropriations the sum of $103.X.17. Governor William, and the Democratic o2icia!s associated with him. ore entitled to the credit of saving this laro amount. The people of the State will ever have cause to remember with profound gratitude their old farmer Governor. THE r.F.NKVOLF.NT INSTITUTIONS. The Hospital lor the Inace, the Institution f r the Kducatio't of the Lllnd aid the Dcif aud" Dumb are known as the three benevolent institution. It was during the administration of Governor Williams that a new law was oassed fur the government of thess institution?. The inorcasiaj; expenditures on account of thesis institutions bad attracted attention, and Govcra'jr UendricUs had referred to the subject ia his mc3sa?e, as I have alrca ly stated. There Fcemed to b no remedy exce it a radical r liange In the law ccvernins them, lue Lesislature of 1879 pas&d an act radically changing the law, and it wns approved by

governor Williams. -My irieni. cnaries L. Holstein, leccnlly i'sued la pamphlet form gome articles ontutc legislation, and he charges fie Demo cratic party with having revolutionized the bencvoitut institutions by tne paae of this law. When we consider toe enormous wvinis to the taxpayers by the law. I ttinx you will arree with me that we need in t is country many more revo lutions of tne same kind, indeed, you will say tne country is ripe for such revolutions. Now, what are the provisions of this law . it requires the Boards of Trustees -to tolicit competition among dealers for the sale of such arliile an I poo.ii as may be required," and they must obtain them at "the lowest public prices," HOW TUB NEW LAW HAS WOPKEl. The largest savin - has been in tbe expenses of the Hospital for the Insane. It was tho enormous and increasing cost of this institution Dal attracted tbe attention of Governor Hendricks. Lnderthe old law the average cost per capita for keepin? a raticut in ls74 was $121.11. Under the new law the average in 1S3 was f Ui. Average savins per capita under new law $1,10.14. The expenditure of lSi-i, some Republican friend may iy, was exceptional: out i nave made an estimate ot the average cost per capita of keeping a patient for the fire years immediately preceding tho pais ige of the new law and Cud it was SiiöJ per year. Ihe averaee cost for the Ave years inee the pjisase ol the law ba been JiDl 4 ), thus showing a aving on each pitlent of S-'AM per year Last ear there were m tne nofpi'ai a iiiny averate of 1.112 patients Vou cna easily make tlie calcalalion and iind that under tue new law the baviuu lor oue year aloue has been JjT.S.Us. The new law ba been in force over live years and iu that lime tne saving has amounted to over THBEE Ill NI PED THOUSAND HOLLARS. But It Is not alono ia the current expenses of the institution tha a large saving nas boon ma le by tbe new law. The clothing purchased for patients and charged up to the reiective counties costs much less than formerly, and this saving interests the citizens of every county ia proportion to the number of insane patients from tho county. Under the oid law the amounts derived from the counties for clothing became part of tne fuud of tte institution, and was used by the board in addition to tbe regular appropriation. Tho new law changes this, and tue itwouuta col Ieoted from the counties for t lotning go into the Slate Treasury. In lin, there was a uai.y average of 612 patients ia the bcspital, and the amount charge 1 to the counties .'or i-lotbing was $17,127.35. In 1S3, there was a cailv average oi 1,112 patients, and the clothiuz charged against the counties was only 8lu,08l.22, la o;bor v otds, tne nrnnber of patients was nearly iouil. nnd yet the expenditure for clothing was 7.t)10.1J less than in 177. EXI'EN.-t3 REDUCED IN 1SSI. Goml as this sbowii-g is the management of the hofpital proioe to maiic a better showinir for the year wtitb ciOb? October Si. Tüe average cost lerytsr will fad rmler S 9 aud the patients were never so wen leu ana cared lor as at present. REFORM IN TREATMENT OF INSANE. In this connection i am happy to elate that the law of love and kindness has been successfully tried in our State Hospital for the insane. In ad dition, the xi so of alcoholic.stimulants has been j abandoned and nota drop of spirits is almims4 41, -i A ni.n.A.I 1 .If., a., t 1 A f mill. . .A ' consumed cacti dav and the institution ia conu.nutKCUjrut nie con neu iu wo uiguok rmi;e from the people of the State lor this treat reiorm. Another matter of congratulation is tbe employment of a lady physician for tbo female department, who has been very siiccesiful in her practice and has tiven f atisfaction iu every particular. Indiana in the treatment of ber insane is now in tbe lead ot ail the other States. ADDITIONAL SAVIXi.j UNDER TIIF. LAW OF 1879. Hut it it not elone at the Hospital for the Insane tl at the law of 1"7'J h.is made great savin?s iu the expenditures. The Institutions of the Ulind aud the Denl and Dumb are also managed under this law. I have already i-hown you the large sivitigs made at tbe-e institutions as compared with the expenditures of ISC?, which savings are largely attributable to the act of 1879: but the record of this year at the Blind Aylum will be the best in the history of that lxnituiion. The expenditure lor this year will fall below S22.0C0, and yet there are more inmates tban ever betöre, and tbe school was never more efficient in doing its work. It has been my pleasure to live near the Blind Asylum, and I Lave noted day by day the great improvement made by Professor Jacobs, the Superintendent, hvery citizen ot Indianapolis can testify to the efficient and able management of this institution. Time has demonstrated the wistlo n of the act of 1S79, for its strict enforcement has lessened the buidens of the taxpayers and made it possible to carry on our benevolent institutions without bankrupting them. Tbe Republicans during the Legislature of 1S81 made a deoperate effort to repeal tbe law, and, after spending much of the time of both sessions in vainly endeavoring to smirch the management of tbe insane Hospital, the House of Representatives failed to pa8 the repealing bill, although forty-three P.epublican members voted for iL DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT 9f STATE INSTITUTIONS INDORSED BY THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. I will not speak in detail of all our Bute Institutions. Every one of them, except the Female Reformatory, which is managed by ladies, has ben governed and managed by Democratic boards since the commencement of Governor Porter's administration . I find in the Republican State platform the following: "We indorse with pride and satisfaction the pure, able, dignified and patriotic andmintatratiou of Governor Albert G. Porter." Now, snppo-e you take from the administration of Governor Porter the management of all the institutions of the State, and what have you left ofitT We have the issuing of commissions, tbe grantingot pardons and remitting fines, his duties as member of State Printing Beard and Board of Equalization, and last, bat not least, the Governor is the head of the militia of the State, which at present consists mostly of a numerous and welldressed staff. Certainly the Kepubiicaa Convention did not have these duties in mind when they f tasted that resolution, but intended by the resoution to indorse as pure and able the administration ot all the auto institutions, which I said before are all governed by Democratic officials. In behalf of the members of tbe several boards and the Democratic State otlicers I return thanka for this handsome and well-deserved compliment to their pure and able management. Many of the He publican County Conventions passed a similar resolution, and I also return thanks to them. The objecto! thla speech is to show that tho compliment is deservinz, and as our Republican friends are already convinced, it remains only to herald the fact with becoming modesty to the whole flute, ltnt I ran not let this occasion Daaa without testirHnviotha interest Governor Porter ha manifeoted in ths government of the institutions, and I have bo doubt be la proua ox ta aaauraDie con

ditlon in which he finds them when vlsitlnz them aud waea he extmines their management. At the institution with whlci I am connected as a member of be Board, bis visits are alyj p'etsant and profits hie to otlicers and inmates, aud he is ever a welcome visitor. THE SOLDI EP.' ORPTtAN' HOME. We wilJ, doubtless, hear much from RepuVica-i orators and paper during tue canvass aaout the Democrats having laid their blighting bands upou be BoldierV Orphans' Home at Kuigntstowa. Mr. Calkins referred to it in hirfspeecli accc-ptin? the nomination for Governor. For tne beuedi of Mr. Calkins, who ba been occupied in discharging his duties In Congr-s I r-ropovi to give a history of this bliebt" on tne Home and show who is responsible for iL During the eioa of the Legis'ature of H73 Charles e. Hubbard, the Republican R.'pr-seutaiive from thettioug Repub'.KHu county of Henry, introduced a bill to oryaai.'.e an Asylum for FeebleMinded Colldreu si tn "Didiers Orphans' Home, aud abolish the otiice of Trust. -es ot the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. Charles ri. liubbard is a member f the Society of Friends, and is well kaown throughout the dtite as a Carisuan ircntieman who Ls veiy much Interested, in all charitable and benevolent work. Tni bill was bis pet measure, aud on theMhof ü Arch. 1879, ha aJvoctted the puttage of bis bill in a speech whicbl find reported on page '22 1 Brevier Legislative Reports. Hesitd: nch an institution as the one contemplated by tbia bill is much needed. A'here are over 1.000 of this unfortunate class in our State, who, if not provided for by au institution of tnls kind, are dtf tiued to remain, they ion;; have been, not only a public charge ani a binden to society, bnt a burden that hangs with crushing weUht upon the heart of every parent whose mUormue it is to nave an idiotic or feeble-minded child. There are fifty such institutions ia the world, eleven cf which are in the United States. It is propoted to locate Lhis Institution at tho öoldiers' Orphans' Home, near Kntgautown. Tne present buildings are new and commodious, with about fifty-six acres of ground attached." The bill pnsfced tbe lioue oy a vote of CI yeas to 26 nays, ltepublicuns and DcnioTats voted for It. The law is found ou nae 76, acts 1S7.K and it abolished the ollicc of Trustee of- the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. 1 am tired of this cant about turning the Soldiers' Orphans' Home into an Aylutn for Feebleminded Children. It the Republican speakers and papers must attack someone ior it let theia turn their butteries on Charles 8. Hnbbsrd. trie good Quaker, and although be has but one arm ana his relijion forbids wur, 1 think be will ably defend himself. He has already spiked the guns ot Mr. Calkins by the sjeech which I have quoted from, THE REFORM SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Next to the benevolent Institutions the Rformscbool tor boys at I'laintit ld. occupies the most prominent oition of tne eiute iustltuttous. it was establlsbed in Lsss for tue reformation of juvenile offenders, and until lSss was known as the House of Befuge. The Legislature of 1833 changed the name and amended tne law. limiting the admission of boya to those whoara criminal otlendcts. There are at present in th3 institution over 4tXbt ys. I will not no w institute comparisons with former administration'. 1 have already given you one comprisou. in 1.17.5,1 beMme a mjmbe r of Ihe Board of Control nnd then determined that the same economy should oe practiced ia the manaqeincntof tholribtititiouasa pruliut business inu would use in his private allalr In taa application of this rulo the lonrd for two yean in tuccesslun saved f 10.CX0 ol the appropriation and rttiirned the money to the Stato lreisur'. miking JiC o-.o twl. Tne cxpc.2'iiiurc fjr niAinteaa.ee isViS.OCOper year, hlf cf w hich is returned by the counties iroi a whi'-n the t ys co-m to the State Tnaiury. The institution speaks for itself. HIE VITT STATi: IIOUS!". One of the niosl Impo. tut m-Uter to the taxpayers wa. the action oi tlie l&t Legislature in retard to the new Mite Heise. The contractors claimed that they could not li'ilali the buiMinz for the contract price, ar.d tho state House Comiiiissioners propo-ed .a bill a'lowin; tnem to re'et tre contract to one of the contractors and Mr. Howard, one ol tho bondsmen. H id this bill tafscdit would have released the contractors from their bond, and also allowed them to bave drawn some seveuiy thoiand dollars, beia? the 10 per cent, on the work don-?, which had been retained. Ihcre was a ietermined tight made aitainst the Mil in the House. An amendment was oilered which provided that it the contractors abandened their contract riey sluul J bU.l bo held

on their bond arid tho contract should Lien bo ralet to the bietest bidder, provided the cost of the buiidiiiK fcbou'.d cot exceed S2.000.OoO. This amendment rec -ived the support of nearly all the Democratic members, aud wua opposed by ne.rly ail the Republicans. The Democratic merabcrs tcok the pom t ion that there was no necessity for pafsiDg any bid, and claimed tbAt if the bill was tasscd it would put two or three hubdred thousand dollars into the pockets of the coutracton They believed then, and tune has proven that they were ri'tht. that the contractors or their bondsmen would finish the building for the original contract price. A motion was finally made to pod;oue iudctinitily the bill and amendment. Tne ayes and nays were called on this motion and thirty-live Republican member voted no. Mr. Adani.4, of your county, was odc of this number. iSee House Journal, page 1.O50.) Four Republic ans voted nye, viz: Deem, Heece. Gant and Marsh. Two Republicans, Kirkpatrict and Heller, did not not vote cither ay. ihis ncconnts for all the forty-one Republican members in tbe Home. Some of these gentlemen wbo Toted no are candidates for reelection, and their constituents will doubtless call upon tbca to explain their votes ou this Statehouse bill. 1 he taxpayers ot the State are under creat obligations to the Democratic Legislature for defeating the bill, and at the same time defeating the Republican leaders who favored its passage. Ihe State-house is being rapidly constructed under the old contract and without any additional cost to the taxpayers. Thanks to the much abused Democratic legislature. THE LEGISLATURE DENOUNCED BY THE REPIT.UCAN CONVENTION. The Republican ctate Convention denounced the last Leghlature. as did Mr. Calkms in his opening speech at Richrnoud, I submit to the taxpayers of the State if the defeat of the State-house job. and th-.saviui: S jKI.ouo, ia a matter to call down til on tbe Lcuilature denunciation, is it lust to denounce it ber au.se it amended the decedents' estate law ot lbl, aud cut out its expentive features la it to be denounced because It amended the road law of lal? Perhaps the Republican State Convention and Mr. Calkins denounce tae Legislature btcauso it repealed the dog law, struck down graveyard insurance and fixed a peualty for not paying ever fines, forfeitures, docket ieef, etc , by county and township otlicers. Or do they denounce it because it passed an act to prevent taxing arjd colltciicg constructive fees by couuty and township officer and because an act was passed allowing municipal taxes to Do paid in Installments, tbe same as county taxes .' I have not lime to refer to all the wholesome laws passed by the Lejtislature.'and must, thcreiore refer Mr. Calkins to the acts ol 1S"2. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE I AW. Our Republican Irleu ls don t like the LUlature tecauso it passed the Metropolitan Police bill. The Republican State convention denounced it. and Mr. Calkins is echoing the platform in bis speeches. But the plat.'orm and Mr. Calkins do not ask or favor a repeal of that act. Tho Mmou County Eepublican Convention, when it nominated a rouuty ticket, smothered a resolution asking for its repeal, and the Republicans of Marion County care not upccly advocate repeal, either in tlatforrn, sp-f dies or papers. The Ux-payers aiid propcrty-boiderscf Indianapolis, irrespective of party, are in favor of the Metropolitan uolb-e, and do not wish a return of a partisan police force. PRISONS AND CONVICT LABOR. 1 have already given yon the cost of our State Prisons, and also the amount earned by them. Speaking for myself, I must say I am not satisfied with the law governing cur State Prisons. The contract system should be abolished, and the prisoners employed in such a way as not to bring their labor in competition witn the mechanics and laborers of our State. Then again, nearly one-half of the convicts are under the age of twenty-five. Many of these young men could be saved from a further life of crime in my opinion, and reiorma could be made by the abolishment of the contract system. The management of the Reform School, ever since I have been connected with it, has always turned a deaf ear to all propositions to farm tbe boys out, and so long as the present management controls, it never will be done: but I hope tbe next Legislature will pais a law prohibiting the contract system in our reformatories, and provide for its gradual abolition in the prisons. GOVERNOR rORIER'S SPEECH. Governor Porter, in his speech before the State Convention, boasted that when next winter be rendered tbe people an account ot his stewardship as Governor, he would show them a State economically administered. The Governor 1 right ia his assertion. The laws which made it so were passed by Democratic Legislatures before he became Governor, and be has been ablv assisted in the State Government bv Democratic officials. He will exrose me for anticlratinz bis message and iurnlsn Jng the Information in revard to our economical State Government in advance of the election. While doing this. I have endeavored to show to whnm the credit Lc ones. I have again to thank Governor Porter for this frank an deserved compliment to all tbe Democratic State officers and the member of the various Board controlling the State institutions, who have been associated with bim in the administration of tne butte Government, The Governor, wltb Mr. Myers, "Secretary or State, and Mr. Cooper. Treasurer ot State, compose under the law a board to make appropriation to r irrt fin !hp Stu rnvprnme it in consenuence of the failure of the appropriation bill to become a law. A a maiorltv of the board ia composed of Democrat's, I agsiu thank the Governor for saying in hi speech that there hes been no difficulty In mnnlne the Ktate Government by this board, and that the board has provided for all want. In this connection permit me to say that I have read with interest the report of 8tate Auditor Rice, vhirh contains a collation of all the law provi ding for the expenses of the State when there is a failure to nasa tha reeular ADDropriatioa bill. 1 bave no doubt Governor Porter fo und State Audi tor Rice a valuable advisor of the board, and will give him the proDer credit for bis researches should he bave occasion to refer to this subject in any speeches he may make daring the campaign, CONCLUSION. In conclusion, may 1 ask yon to carefully con alder the facts and figures I have given you. Let

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LAWS THAT , irlT3 PiT.poss is si iL::LY tortiie LEGITIMATE BEALINO OP IMEA-K AND Tlin ItlXtEr CF PAIN. AM TUAT IT DOES ALL IT CLAIMS TO DO. THOUSAND or LADIES CAN GLADLY TESTIFY, "tft For the cure op Kidnet Complauvt in either sex this kemedt is u n u rp a . e d I.TDIA F. riNKHAM-S VKOETABLK COMPOUND i.4 rrepad t Lynn. ILi-s. Price L Six bottle for jcy. fSo.M by all drujv-rt. S. nt by nu it. portisre paid, in foru of rills or L'ja.'tit-' s on pp.v!pt of price as ahove. Sirs. Pinkham's -tliiido t H.-al.U" will he mail.-d f reo to any Lady wndiii stam. Li-tlers conl'.ilentlally annrcred. No familv photild lv witliont LYPIA K. Pr.N'EIT IM-S I IVK.it HUS. Th"v cur. C ist: pa: im, BUioasm-ss aui Torpidity of tha Uv. r. cents a-r box. mo croup together a few of tho most prominent reforms made by the Democratic party since tne election of Mr. Hendricks, iu 172. When he became Governor he found the finances of the .State in utter confusion. He brought ordtrr out of the chaos. Ho found lavish expenditure ia every dl ailment. He demanded and enforced economy. During bis administration a Democratic Legislature Created a Bureau of Public Printing, which has saved the tax-payers J200.UCO since it was established. During the administration of Governor Williams a Democratic Legislature passed tbe act for tho better government ot the Benevolent Institution'', and this act has saved the tax payers Sf.OO.rxO. The saving by these two Democratic mea&ures make tLo sum of $3C0,O?O. Then tho defeat of the State House bill saved $oC0,iX0 more. We can safely add to this J2CO,0tO more savings made at the House of Refuse. and other SUte Institution. Now let us aid ail these savings together, and we Dare the magnificent sum of ONE MILLION" l'OI.'.A!'. saved by Democratic mauaciiieiit slate Mr. Hendricks became Governor. WilU time savin .'s wo have been enabled to double the capacity of the Insane Hospital by buiioinsr a female department iiavo enlarged other institutions have built sewers ptld o:f me oiu eiaie utut iranterrri tiiourtuo or ao;lars from the general to the Sttto House fund, and provided for the Hood s title re rs all without increasing the tax levy. The record commands the approbation and approval ot the. tax-paver of the btate. Having accomplished such glorious results I fcubrait to you if it is not to the interest of the people of this State that the candidates upon the iemocraiic Mate ticket should receive your support, and that a Democratic Legislature snouid be returned, i no taxpayers nave a direct meney interest in the result. Rxtruvaant expenoiuue of the public money prevails in the General Government. Under U.e leadership of Mr. Heftdricks the Deroocra'ie party has checked It in Indiana. 0;ir political opponents, tnroua their Governor, bave been forced to admit that our State Government is economically administered. Weareprood to know that the eminent ability of Mr. Hendricke, and bis record as the great reiorm Governor of Indiana, has commndel bun to tte people of the whole country. With bim as one of our standard-bearers, we hope to introduce reforms into the General Govern ment. We hope under a Democratic administra tion to make this a land that shall inspire fervid youth with hopeful dreams, enrich manhood and ive to oid a;e the choicest blessings ot utcAveu. Physicians recommend porous plasters in cases of bact ache, lame bide. siifX muscles, rheumatism and all local pains. Hop Plas ters are the best made, combining Ireaii hops with gums. Ready to use, pleasant and powerful in action. Twenty-live cents, at any drug store. 'f?igli ri N1 "err a Vit.. .A.f AbGo'ut3lyAPwre. This powder never Taries. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold In competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. 6old only in cans. Royal Bakinq Powder Co., 104 Wall Street. New York. CAMPAIGN UNIFORMS. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, with discounts, to E. A. ARMSTRONG, Manufacturer of K. T., K. of P., I. 0. 0. F. And all other UNIFORMS, REGALIA, Etc 208 and 210 Jefi'erson Avenue. DETROIT, MICH. ARLINGTON HOTELBLUE LICK SPRINGS, KY. Accommodations lor 400 eucits. Fine drive, fine boating. Blue Lick baths. Open June 25. Send for catalogues, D. TTJBNEY, Prop. Appointment of Executor. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have qualified as executor of the last will and testament of Rufus Parr, deceased, late of Marloa County, Indiana, bald estate is supposed to be solvent. CUABLKd BARR, Executor. lAppointment of Administrators. Notice Is hereby given that the undersignod ba been appointed by the Judge of tbe Marion Circuit Court, administrators, with the will annexed, of ike estate of William Smith, deceased, late of Marion County, Ind. Ihe estate ls supposed tobe solvent, CL-TORNER. J. C. FISHER, Administrators with will annexed.

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Of the Pedestal or tbe Bartholtli'a Statue' I -aid by the Masonic Order The Programme Sadly Marred by Rata Storm. Niw Ygrk, Aug. 5. Th storm to-tlay interfered yery much ith the carrying out of the programme for laying tbe corner-stone of the pedestal for the BartholJi staue at Bedloe'a Island. About 500 ersons were present These, for tbe most part, vrere officials identified with the ceremony, the Uafonic fraternity and invited guests. All stood for three hours in a drenching rain, while the programme of exercises was heinsc observed. If it had been a good dar doubtless the 10,000 expected on Ledloe's Island, each paying fifty cents for admission would have been there. The euesbs were met on their arrival at lledloe's Island by 100 men from the Fiftn Artillery ot th.9 United States Army and a corps of policemen. The Governor's Island Band played several National airs, including the "Marseillaise.".; Comptroller Grant was the only member of the New York City government present At the appointed time the stone was laid by the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodere of the State of New York, and immediately twenty-one guns were fired from old Fort Wood and the band played "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow." Deputy Grand Master Lawrence in his address said: "Never since the building of the Temple ef Solomon have Masons partici pa ted in a work more exalted than this." "Hail Columbia" followed, and with tbe Marseillaise again, was introduced Albert Lefarre, Minister in charge of the French consulate general. He said: "Ia a few weeks the etatue of liberty will be transported by a French ship of war, and would arrive in this country and be erected upon this spot. Travelers arriving from Europe would behold it. and to all it would be a type of the protecting influence of a free nation. America's government never suspended the reign of law. It never resorts to proscriptive measures, and after the conclusion of a great struggle, it entrusted to liberty the task of healing the wounds caused by the war." William Allen Butler then delivered an oration, and was frequently interrupted by applause. The exercises closed with the benediction by Rt. Rev. Bishop Henry C. Patton. Upon arriving apain in the city, the musicians called before the French Consulate and played the French National air, tbe compliment being acknowledged by Lefairre ia person, and the dipping of the French flags. The company then proceeded to Washington, a building upon the site of Washington's headquarters, and partook of tha hospitality of Cyrus W. Field. CATTLE DISK ASK. What the State Yeternariau of IHiuois Itecoinmends. Chicago. Aug. 5. The Journal's Springfield special says: Dr. Paaren, State VeternaiiaD, submitted to the Government his report in relation to the recent appearance of Texas or Splenic fever at Chicago, Postmortem examinations held upon three of the diseased animals, showed traces of Splenic fever. -Paaren suggests that the in-. fectfd States and Territories, Southwestern Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and tho greater part of Teias, A rkansa?, Indian Territory, and Southern Tennessee, including Kansas and Missauri, be subjected to a schedule by proclamation from now until the 1st of September of this year. All railroads and transportation companies bhould be enjoined from bringing into this State any cattle from tbe front of tbe sehednle districts un'.e3 tho shipment ia accompanied by a clear bill oi health, and have not come from an infected belt of country within sixty days prior to shipment. Vigorous Measures of Suppression. St. Louis, Ads. 5. Dispatches from Topeka, Kas., says Texas fever has appeared among the cattle in Ellis County, and the apprehension is felt that it will spread unless vigorous measures are immediately taken to Euppress it. Governor Glick ordered the aiiiicted cattle to be quarantined at once, and directed the State Veterinary to go there, and investigate the matter immediately. Advice to Mothers. MRS, WEioLOW'8 600TWNG 8YRTTP should always be used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves tbe little sufferer at once. It roduces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving tha child lrom pain, end tha littla cherub wa.ei as "brlgM as a button. It la very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gams, allay all psln. relieves wind, regulates tha boweia, and ls tne best known remedy for dlar,ea. whether arLsina from teeming or otaer cassrhea Twenty-five cents a bottle. THE Missouri Steam Washer, The Great Labor Saver! The Great Clothing Saver! The Great Soap Saver. Ike Best HacMie ia He fori! Ladies specially invited to call at office and examine for themselves. Eureka "Wringers Bold at Wholesale Trices. Agents WantedFor terms and circulars, address E. R. CUNNINGHAM, General Agent for Indiana. Gulf , 7-1 KortU Feaasylvaiia Street, INDIAHAPOLIS, IND. I fam using the Missouri Steam Washer in my Laundry, and it gives entire satisfaction. I wash thirty dozen pieces a day, with one person to do the work. Would not take $50 for it if I could not get another. THOMAS BALLINGTON, 57 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. I am using the Missouri Steam Washer, and can recommend it to all ladies as being as good as represented. SARAH C. WIRT, I76 North Illinois Street. IIAIDLIED BY Johnston & Bonnott, $3 E. ITuliijiw St., Ialuaapolis.

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Analysis shows the presence of Tartrate of Lime in several brands ol Baking Powder placed upon the market: "PRICE'S" Baking Powder contains Tartrate of Lime. "PEARL" Baking Powder contains Tartrate of Lime. "GROFF'S SNOW-FLAKE" Baking Powder contains Tartrate of Lime. "DE LAND'S" Baking Powder contains Tartrate of Lime. All BULK Baking Powders contain Tartrate of Lime. The presence of this substance in the above-named Ehking Powders results from the use of inferior Cream of Tartar in their manufacture. The Cream of Tartar of the market, from which they are mide, contains Tartrate of Lime in amounts varying from 6 to 1 o per cent., and hence these powders contain this impurity as a foreign substance to a corresponding extent, which is of no value, but a positive detriment in any powder in which it is found. The Royal Baking Powder is made from cream of tartar specially refined and prepared for its usts by patent processes by which the tartrate cf lime is totally eliminated. This highly important result hi? been attained only with great care, labor, and expense. In money alone a quarter of a million dollars has been invested in patents, machinery and appliances by which the crude cream of tartar, being procured direct from the wine districts of Europe and subjected in this country to these exclusive processes, is rendered entirely free, not only from the objectionable tartrate cf lime, but from other foreign substances. This ails greatly to the cost of manufacturing Royal Baking Powder; but as all its other ingredients are selected and prepared with the same precise care and regardless of labor and expense, an article is produced that is entirely ree from any extraneous substance, and absolutely pure in all respects No lime, earth, alumor impurity of any kind can, by inadvertence or by the use of adulterated articles or otherwise, be introduced into thi ''Royal," and it contains no ingredients except those certified by the most eminent chemists necessary to make a pure, wholesome, and perfect baking powder; It costs more to manufacture the Royal Baking Powder than any other, but it is, as shown by chemical analysis, the only ''absolutely pure" baking powder made.

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