Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-09

one Of the utmost Importance, TO is foal pas
sage without having given IL that deliberstion
and consideration the constitution contemplates
Il should have before becoming q law. do no,
see 10 this case case Of emergency for dispens-
ing with the usual custom of passing bills.
But u is said the bill can be no benefit TO the
present executive unless the rule is dispensed
With and the bill passes The House to-day do
not desire or intend 70 benefit the present exec
utive By increasing bis salary / DO not know
that his excellency desires bis salary increased.
10 his message which be delivered TO Us on yes
terdsy, be said nothing about il And some
weeks ego his party friends drew strongly upon
him for an extra session Of the General Assem-
bly, IN order that his own salary and that of other
officers might be increased. and be declined %
call II together. In doing so. in my judgment
he did right This is no time to increase the pay
OF public officers. The country is proceeding to
bankruptcy fast enough, and 10 the meantime
for one am not in favor of cottoning the different
public officers with all the luxuries of life while
the people are being so loudly called upon 10
give up their blood aud toll. | know 1t is said
that there never we're such prosperous times be
fore that produce is commanding prices, and
the people were never 50 sbundantly blessed
with money
While admit that the country is filed to over
LJNiuR Win kuat WHICH Is Salu 10 DC nODeN,
cannot forget or lose sight Of our real condition
The land is filed with horde Of tsI- gatherers
stripping the widow of her mite and the orphan
! OF its pittance. The people are now enduring a
system of taxation which sooner or later must be
| the ruin Of any country. Public debts have
| been. and are being created. which sooner or
later must be paid. and when that day comes,
there will come with IL untold misery and oppres
sion for the people. So far as | can | shall use
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burdens OF the governments fall on all citizens
alike, knowing as / do that there many
| very many human beings in our once happy state
! OF Indiana, driven almost 10 the brink of desti
tuition, compelled | might say, to look to the
| charity of the public for the sustensnce of life
| will not vote TO add further misery to their suf
feriug by increasing the salaries of public officers
when know to do that taxation must also be in
creased. Let US all bear the misfortune of our
own follies alike and labor to dspe rather than
increase the calamities which are upon US
Dir. Durham now moved to lay the motion 10
reconsider on the table, but withdrew for Mr.
Griffith. he thought it necessary that the gov
ernor of the state should be raised, and also the
per diem of senators and representatives. as well
as the salaries of state and local officers Gen
| Llemen had spoken of hardships He submitted
| that the agricultural and mercantile portions OF
| the country were faring better and prospecting
more than ever before. But the peoples repre-
rentatives. the governor and public officers, real
| " felt those hardships-but not yet, perhaps, TO
| the extent of those who stand in front and face
| the enemies of country He had already.
by mistake, sent ups proposition raising the per
diem of members. aud hoped to get il in to-day
He had hoped also that it might be seen by the
action on these bills that there Was disposition
here not to be governed by partG questions and
considerations. This idea OF low salaries was
not always the most wise and economical He
! would have Salaries such would not merely in j.
vite the rich man to official positions, but such
as would stand also as premium TO the poor
man to enter the public service.
Mr.. Durham now insisted on his motion tu
lay on the table
The yeas and NAYS being ordered. demanded
and taken thereon. resulted, yeas 81. nays 90, az
follows:
! Yeas-Messrs. Albeit, Beckel, Bird. Brown,
Burton, Burwell. Coffroth. Collins Coloyer.
Croan, Durham, Glazebrook, Gregg, Hargrove.
Harrison. Howard. Humphreys, Hunt, Llselle,
Lemon. Loop, Miller of Clinton, Milroy. Osborn.
Patelson, Perigo. Richards. Richardson. Roach.
Shosif Of Allen. Shoaff of jay. Spencer, Singer
S.uckey, Sullivan of Scott, Thatcher and White
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Nays-Messrs Atkinson. Bants. Bonner.
| Boyd, Branhsm, Blrnes, Buskirk Chambers
! Church. Cook, Cox. Crook. Emerson Ferris
Foulke, Goodman, Gregory Of Montgomery,
Gregory OF Warren, Griffith. Groves. Henricks
Hershey. Higgins. Hogate, Hoover, James
Johnson. Kilgore. Lockhart. Major, Meredith,
Miller of Tippecanoe, Montgomery, McVey,
| Newcomb. Ollemsn, Prather, Puett. Reese
| Rhods, Rice, Riford, Sabine, Shuev Sim, Sti.
yer, Stringer. Sullivan of Posey and Vanderburg
Epson. Veach, WEIGH. Whiteside, Willis. Wood
ruff. Woods, Wright. Zeigler and Mr. Speaker
| Co.
So the motion was rejected, and the question
recurring on the motion to reconsider.
MIR. Coffroih suggested an adjournment till 2
o'clock. TO remove difficulties in the minds of
| gentlemen now seemingly opposed TO the bill
Mr.. Dunham-l do not intend to make I.
speech. Mr. Speaker, but | desire that those op-
posed to the bill may understand the effect of the
parliamentary management OF the gentleman
/ from Marion. If he can succeed now in sus
pending the rules. on Monday gentlemen on the
other side will have the bill completely in their
| power.
Mr.. Newcom6-I dsclaim entirely the impu
| tation of a legislative trick.
Mr.. Danham-I beg the gentleman not to say
trick, it is merely Legislative strategy"
! Laughter
Dir Newcomb-lf We can't pass this bill on
Monday we might as well not pass it till mex,
| year And it is certain we can't pass il on Mon
day unless it is permitted to 90 TO third reading
! to-day, and that cannot be done without suspend
| luS tue rules, anu IL Is manifest tnat the rules
cannot be suspended without the consent of dem
ocratc members | will say again, sir, that do
hope that gentlemen will not let their prejudices
govern them so far to exclude the bill from a
recond reading to day.
Mr.. Newcomb's motion was then agreed TO
without division. and the question required on
the motion to suspend the constitutional provi-
sion.
| Mr. Buskirk indicated that as his republican
4 fria xnuld all ina IN ha
should vote against suspending the constitutional
| provision.
Mr.. Newcomb acquiesced, and his motion
the House adjourned till 2 p N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House met at two o'clock.
Mr. Buskirk stated to the House that be was
advised that Mr. Speaker had gone home. He
moved therefore that the gentleman from Marion
/ MIR Npwcomhl ak tho chair