Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1895 — THE STATE HOUSE "BIOT,” [ARTICLE]

THE STATE HOUSE "BIOT,”

Call ForTownCunvention. The Republican voters of Rensselaer will meet in mass convention at the Court House, on W ednesday, April Ith, 1895, at 7:30 o’clock P. M. to nominate candidates to be voted for at the ensuing election, ’for the offices of Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, Town Marshal, and Trustees of the Third and Fifth Districts. ■" The new anti-Roby law will no doubt wipe out that robbers’ roost, effectively.—lt prohibits all winter race meetings, and allows only three race meetings, of not to exceed 15 days each, during the remainder of the year.

• ’nA \iphnlcnn r-sili hooumn o JLIW AN ILuvlßwu uuvOulu a law all right, with an important amendment prohibiting drugstores selling liquor, under severe penalties. Most other important proposed laws also got through, although quite a number failed through the fault of the Senate. The congressional apportionment bill passed by the legislature is the fairest ever enacted in Indiana. According to the vote erf 1892, when the state was 7,000 Democratic, the Democrats have seven districts aud the Republicans six. With the state even the' Republicans have 7 six and the Democrats six and the thirteenth even. As the State goes Republican as often as democratic the division is absolutely fair. Notwithstanding this the campaign of deception has already been begun and the bill is being styled “unfair” by the demagogues.’ The new anti-lottery bill, passed by congress near‘the close of the session, will probably put a final stop to the operations in this country of the infamous Louisiana Lottery, which previous laws drove out of the country and which is now located at Honduras, Central America. Since the passage of the former anti.lottery law, the lottery has carried on its business through the express companies, but this new law forbids express companies from carrying lottery matter, under heavy penalties.

The fai mess, courtesy, and consideration shown towards Governor Matthews by the late Republican legislature has been one of its most marked characteristics, throughout its entire session; and in this respect, its conduct, as compared with that of the two last Democratic legislatures towards Republican governors, has been most striking. It has been - different as light from darkness; aS good from evil; as Republicanism from Democracy, in short. The nature of the return they have received for this courtesy and consideration, exemplified in the wretched, dishonorable trick, by which the Governor sought, at the last minute of the session, and by the help of a gang of bums and thugs and prize-fight-ers, to deprive the legislature of their constitutional right to pass laws over his veto, and which attempt on his part, properly resisted and resented by the Republicans, led to the disgraceful riot in the House, just at the close of the session. On Governor Matthews and his thugs and heelers rest the sole responsibility for that lamentable scene.

The affair in the House of Reppesentatives, at the closing session Monday night, was a reprehensible affair, but not half se repre-

hensible as was the sensational and grossly exaggerated accounts, giv_en. by, the daily_prpera Tuesday, Gov. Matthews tried to play it low down on the legislaturt, in regard to the bill ousting Tim Griffin and his gang of drunken toughs from their custody of the State House,. This bill had been in his hands three days but he held it back until 15 minutes before the time for the final adjournment, and then tried to send in a veto. His scheme being to get the veto in so late that the legislature w-ould be deprived of their constitutional right of passing the bill over his veto. At 5 minutes to twelve, the Governor’s secretary, in pursuance of this scheme, and backed by all the custodian’s gang of toughs and many of their friends from outside, tried to force their way into the House with this veto message. The Republicans blocked the doors and held them back . It was a general pushing match, and on the part of the Republicans at least, an entirely good natured one, although the foiled Democratic conspirators were some of them very mad. The Republicans won, and when 12 o’clock came the speaker adj’ourned the House, and the bill in contest, became a law. ,