The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14


/ dollars, great part OF which is attributable
! to the arranging Of the deb due the sinking
! fund and the using and borrowing money
/ to carry on the. State government during
. the years 1878. At the rate which Dem
ocratic administrations have paid of this
debt considering the manner in which they
/ have taxed the people, and in Gods name
they don't want to and should not be taxed
! any higher, when viii we get out of deot? The
/ Democrats have now been in power sixteen
years during that time, they have pur-
chased some 1929, 900 of our State bonds
costing about one hundred and forty-three
thousand dollars. The Republican officer:
during the years 1855, purchased some
! $3.50 of bonds, costing about S64, 500
Yet since 1852, there has been collected of
the people a two per cent. tax, amounting
in all to some three hundred thousand dol
lars, also some S44, 900 interest which accu-
mulated on the bonds in the hands of the
| State Auditor, which the law expressly pro-
vided, should be applied to the payment OF
the State debt. Has not our Democratic
Governors diligently performed that con
stitutional duty, in seeing that law faith
fully executed =? At these rates when will
we get out of debt When the youngest
child now living would arrive at the age OF
so long. If we ever expect to pay debts at
our present rate of taxation, we must
change our policy. To do that the Augean
stables must be thoroughly cleansed, and
instead of squandering our money, it must
| be husbanded and paid out upon our debts.
/ DISTRIBUTION OF THE SCHOOL FUND.
/ He next compares the distribution of the
school fund under Republican and Demo
cratic officers, and gives the preference to
| the Democrats. Whose fault was IT. if the
| money was in the treasury when Talbot
and Collins were in office to distribute, and
not distributed? 1t certainly does not lay
! in the mouth of the Executive to talk about
I such things, for if the money was there to
! distribute and not distributed, no is rs
much at fault as any one, for the law re-
| quired the distribution TO be made, and if
| the officers did not obey the law and do their
/ duty, why did not the Executive then at
tend to bis sworn duty, that was, to see the
| law faithfully executed, and have the dis
tributien made. But if the money was not
| in the treasury to be distributed, then sup
! pose it was not the fault of the Republican
| State officers that it was not there, but
rather the fault of the law, for which they
| were not accountable.
FAILURE OF THE LEGlsLATURE or 1857 70
PASS REVENUE AND APPRoPRIATIoE BILLS.
Gov. Willard next censures the Republi.
| can Senators of 1857, and charges them
| with the failure TO pass law providing for
| the raising of revenue to sustain the State
aud her benevolent institutions. He says !:
/ " Before the legislature had finally adjourn
| ed, went TO Republican Senators, ana with
me John D. Defrees, land to his honor be it
said and urged them to, ut least, in their
mad career, spare the children who repre-
sented the charity of the State. All was in
vain" Why did he not go and plead with
| his Democratic Senators and urge them to
perform constitutional duty, aud spare the
children. Let as give the facts, and then
let the judgment of candid people decide
upon whom the responsibility rests for the
failure to levy tax and appropriate money
in 1851 The seat Of the Hon. Hugh Miller,
the Senator from the counties OF ST. Joseph,
Marshall, Fulton, and Starke, was contest
ed by one Kline G.. Shryock. Mr. Miller
was a Democrat and Shryock WAS a Repub-
lican. One of the first duties oftbe Senate
should be to decide Who are the legal Sena-
tors, before they undertake TO make laws,
for none but legal Senators should be per-
nitted to vote, The Constitution makes
the Senate the Judge of the election and
qualification of its own member7 The
Senate in pursuance Of that constitutional
provision, undertook 10 decide who WAS le-
gally entitled to the seal, Mr.. Miller or Mr.
Shryock. Upon every occasion that the
Republicans forced the Democrats to veto
upon the question, the Democrats would
leave their seats and break n quorum, aud
thus prevent the decision rs to who was the
legal Senator. q Eff
Thus things went on until the Saturday
mi baforn claca pf he - "a
Legislature, The Republicans insisting on
the Democrats remaining in their seats and
deciding the question, and refusing to do
any business until they would, and the DEM
ocrats refusing 40 to do, when Mr.. Taryan,
the Senator from Union county, moved 'that
the Senate proceed forthwith to the cGnsid
GRAFTON of the revenue bill and the specific
appropriation bill, on condition that all Sen
ators will agree TO be present on Monday
next, not break o quorum, and come to a
direct vote then, on the report of the conn
mittee on Elections, on the Contested seat
ofthe Hon. Hugh Miller (See Senate Jour
nal 1857, pages $500. Here you see
the Republican Senators upon the last
Saturday night of the session offered to
take up aud consider the revenue and Rp-
preparation bills, if the Democratic Senators
would agree 10 appear III their seats on the
bat come 10 direct vote on tic question OF
the contested seat of Mr.. Miller Why did
not Gov. Willard plead with his Democratic
Senators to comply with this just and, CON
sttutional request Of tie Republicans ?
Why should he spend his time pleading ID
tears with Republican Senators 10 pass these
bills; when they were willing ana anxious TO
do 50, upon condition that the Democratic
Senators would only comply with consti-
tutional requirement, but they would not
yield, neither would the Republicans sub
NIT TO their revolutionary movements. Who
is to blame for the failure to pass the bill?
Certainly not the Republicans more than
the Democrats at5
Col. Hendricks in his speech iIere on last
Monday, made the same charge against the
Republicans, and said by their failure 10
pass these bills, the State had lost a largo
sum. Is it true that the State lost any