The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-06
CORRESPONDENCE,
1NpIANAPoLIs, May l, 1869.

some time ago To do so.
May day came in wet and cold, and
pleasure anticipated was far from being
realized. Vegetation is springing up
rapidly, and all nature gives eviden ce
that the pieasan sllIi has come
The warm and pleasant weather the
past ten days has caused considerable
sickness among the members of the
legislature, so much so that it is diff.
cult to keep enough members in the
house to make a quorum The disease
with which these honorable gentlemen
are afflicted is known by the name OF
spring fever" No deaths are re-
ported md none are likely to occur
although many of the patients are
:. dead in the she'll " The farming
portion Of the legislature, of which
there are abont 80 members-are ner-
vous for an Adjournment so they can
return home to their farms. where
they believe thay can do moro good for
their constituents than to remain here
trying to make laws. The democratic
portion Of them will have an opportuni-
ty to 60 on the 10Th. An adjourn
ment may take place about that time
yet it is not probable. The speaker Of
the house Is not in favor of passing the
18th amendment By any means that
would leave a doubt as to the legality
of the action, and the president of the
senate has expressed the same opinion,
notwithstanding the letter of Gov.
Norton to he republican members to
pass it and he would "see to it at the
other end of the lane" | haven't the
least confidence, however, in the polt-
zeal statements of any OF the republi
cans. They would deceive the very
elect if they could, to carry their point,
believing aud knowing that without the
negro vote in Indiana their power is
gone. Fix it up as they will, they
have made a record upon which they
dare not face the people, and they
know it as well as We do, but how to
help it now is not altogether clear to
the minds of those who attempted to
force it through. The democracy are
perfectly easy in regard to it. They
represent the will of The people and the
people sustain them, and will on that
question for all time to come.
The vote passed at the regular ses-
sion censuring Will Cumback for ma
king a i" corrupt and idecent" propo-
sition to Governor y kcr, has been
ordered to be exnunged" from the
senate Journal.
A bill has passed the house providing
for the assessment of the average
amount Of money aud taxable property
owned BY any person during the year.
1t is intended to reach class of men
who have been in the habit OF buying
government bonds at the close of the
wear in order 10 escare taxation. A
bill has also passed the house providing
FIR the taxaticn Of bank shares for mu-
niciral purposes. The discussion in
rhe question took wide range aud re-
minded me of the political speeches
made during the last campaign.
The vote on the location of the agri-
cultural college resulted in favor OF
Tippecanoe county. The amount of
the agricultural college fund, believe
is about $3.50 600. Mr.. Perdue, If
Lafayette, proposes to give Sl5o,OOO
and 100 acres of land TiPpecanoe
county $50 900, and the city of Lafay-
cite $50 900, making in all a fund of
half million dollars. The trustees Of
the state university proposed to give
that institution to the state if the leg
islature would locate the agricultural
college at Bloomington. The members
couldn't see it. 1t reminded them of
the devil proposing to give Christ all
the lands he showed him if he would
fall down and worship him. His Sa-
ia 'ic Majesty didn't own foot of the
lanl. The state university belongs to
the state, and the proposition of the
trustees to donate it To the state when
she already owned it, was considered
decidedly = CT eeky."
The Odd Fellows had a fine time
mere on the Doth. About 1000 per-
sous were in the procession. MIR
Colfax failed 10 put in an appearance.
Sickness Of his wife's brother prevent
ed.
Judge johnson. of the Wayne coun.
ty or minal court on Thursday ia It