The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-03


N, salaries Of officers. greatly augmentins the
ar.iu uson the the public treasury; for example |
H. Auorpey General formerly received oaei
THOUSAND dollars ysr rhis. ws believe. coz
en- the amount Of k.na1ts issdG 81 Aeditos
Ri.soe 10 that ofhcex. N We sse hshIiy 10
formed. the warrants to the Attorney General
under the laws of the las. session of the LegislA
,ure may reach. within the year to. perhaps
three thousand dollars. have not examined
the records. and donot pretend 70 exact seeu-
racy Of amount. This Is not neccsssEy. As -se
Use the individual case simply BY way OF Illus
trs.iOu. The pss-of the Legislative nembera
wss raissd. Nse remember rightly. TO fTe dol
tIars a day. We are now able 10 approxina,e. IN
calculation, the cost Of the Special Session. s.
onehundrea and hfty members. and -ffty at
.epdAns 10 varioGsn capacities, make iso hun
drsd persons At FIVE dollars day. equal TO, per
day. 81 900. Forty days. forty times as much
$4,000.
Thea We have 10 add mileage Of menbsfs,
stationery. stamps. warming and lighting state
House, pay OF the Government printing estah-
lshmtni, no matter by whom owned, say forty
thousand dollars more, making the cos. Of the
session TO the State About Eighty Tho assnd Dol
lars We 20 not think this is an over estimate
And, now, the question i. what IS al this eI
pense for; what Is the Special Session for; will i
pay the people Of The Sists' We do got ak 1t !
will pay the members.
We ask again. Why is the Special Session
! callsdl |, IS very evident TIA! IL the Goyerpo
> and Legislature bad discharged their duties lss
winter no Special Session would have been ne
Z cessary. because nothing tes depressing interes
J has transpired since then requiring Legislative
{ acton and Ell other matters should have bee
: attended 10 by the Executive and Legislature a
the Regular Session
, We have taxed oui Intellect sonewhst 10 a
, temptingsao discover The object. Of the soeci'
Q Session. ~ object may be this: a
: Since the rulo Of the party now Ia power con
t mebced, ~ fashion has been ut. oduced Of m'
= king govern ent thestrical as far ~ pussb
i aud OF enleayornsto magnify theimpoiiance
officials, aud belitle the importance oil the masse
: except as mere stockae,srs 10 the use Of the of
d cial actors Hence. performances mus, be go
ten up, shows, parades, occasions, when the of
d GERS can appear before the people. can say SOM
t thing. no matter whether sense OF taaddle. e.
le produce sensations by telling what they. Il
officers are going 10 do with the Government
e State 10 the Union, can be telegraphed ov
the country. whereby the people. after being du
: charged 20 behave themselves, may be led
= gnpe and stare, and be amazed and filed with
20 worshipping feeling towards the heroes. TT
g meeting Of the Legislature NAV furnish sn occ
sion
! But We my % wrong IN suppoging snythir
le of this kind possible in connection with the q
IF preaching session. There is another reason do
e occurs to u.s. and which we prefer to believe Il
: true one for the assembling of the specisI NEE
" ing of the legislative body /. is this la
e winter there wss appropriated for the u
n Of the Governor, in 1866, vast sums
, money. Among the items are ire housd'
dollars for. teiegraphing; trreire thousand dca
3, for clerk hire, and so on Now, what the Go
sr ernOr wants of these sums o. money, during Il
"a yesr 1866. it Is difficult 60 conceive. Some 81
4; the Governor does not want shem. bat Is afai
3 il they stand TO his credit, he m,y BE- tempte'
y as there i Senatorship stake. to the
il 10 carrying the election neI: season and. henc
n tia. he may be delivered from temptation. /
d wishes thfse appropriations repealed. Howeve
o We shall wais with anxiety foT the message whic
will doubtless disclose the necessity aud occasio
q Tor the Special Session.