The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-11-28


calling attention o. II odiioraNy.
The ~prrssf >es~ton-H ire ne d mept.
70 purpose or which the special session
va. called has yet been announced. n l. cost
ing IN state n Tn rate u about eighty ihous-
and dollars forthc session. A year from tai.
winter the Legislature meets in course. Tho
public debt not being due tho session wa not.
q course. called % saddle The people with an
inerease q interest ON that. Bai there T.
eoursc q action, a "a q measures. ny which
more than the cost u the extra session might
~ saved o. the state. shall tho-e measures
~ adopiedi
In the spring n l-,i, when the Republicans.
by . long continued breach n constitutional
faith with the south bad involved the nation
IN a scctiouai clsii war. the whole North was
compelled % come forward 70 cNtinguish H.
The Governor called an extra session u the
Legislafure. vhi-h created and filed new o.
fees. laid additional taxes. made additional and
monstrous appropriations; Ia short. pat the
state upon an sxtravagant war footing. and.
by subsequent legislation, that war footing
has been kept up, aud appropriations made 70
keep IL up Cor the year Is6.
For example. tax was levied for the sup
port q soidiers' families.
A militia law was passed which General
TERRELL we call him General because
the law gives him the pay of a Generall .ays
was good for nothing Though % prevent IL
eheadsncnt the Republican Legislature ran
on 20 Madison aud enabled the Governor b.
overthrow the constitutional Government 81 the
state and tax Il from scventy-hye thousand
% one hundred thousand year levied 10 sup
ply funds payma-tcr~, etc. were created 1--WE
believe FISHER aud others still draw pay.
Appropriations were made FOR lst;6 ia order
% furnish Republican fund FOR the purpose
ofearrying The elections Of that year. after this
fashion:
For lelegraphing hy the Governor 5000
For house rent for the Governor. 300
For clerk hire for he Governor 1900
For cisii contingencies for the Governor .O00
For miscellaneous expenses. 10000
The Adjntant General bas about the same
sums.
Then there arr for the military fund.
for the legion. etc. 5000 600
For the state QnartermastcI's Depart
ment 300
Thesc are sample. of the appropriations for
ISG6.
Aeaini the school tax. also. has been greatly
increased. Now, A. 10 the above provisions Of
law, except that for the support Of soldiers
families, of which We now say nothing. and
:haffor the school tax. which We NAV speak of
hereafter. why are they 20 be kept ON the
Statute book Are the Offices AMI officers 70
bo kept up oa war footing now that the war
has been over a half year alreadyg VIII not
our Democratic friends in the Legislature show
their devotion o. the interest. Of the Iaboriuo
men who have TO pay the taxes. by procuring
repeal Of those wasteful act-g The hope Of
the people i now In the Democracy. The Re-
publicans have squandercd. The Democracy
VIII save
The people Of this state are deeply in debt
Mutitude- Of farms have been mortgagod to
raise MONEY % hire substitute. Tor the draft.
These mortgages must be- maturing. Then
there are, we are told. about ten millions of
municipal Indebtedness for war purposes.
which the legislature has required e. be paid
IN four years. The fact, also, j. never 20 be
forgotten that the rich bondh0lder. are EXEMPT
by Republican law Of Congress from taxa
tion. 50 that the poor men have the State. city
and county taxes 10 pay. IN view Of all these
things. can we not have economy in the state
administration VIII not The men about the
state House. viii not the Governor let 90 the
clutch on the peoples money ~ GOV B,KEai i
an adept At messages. will he not send one on
this subject to the Lcgisiaturcg We presume
that il has been pure oversight that he has
not alresdy done II. Let Ms have economy.
Let the Legislator. 10 something 10 save the
people the $4,000 extra cost Of this - Ear
bootess session u eur wise law makers