The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-11
CORRESPONDENCE.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. q.


The house has accomplished consid-
cradle for veal or for woe, since l last
wrote you.
The "colorcd school bill" (not
" Colma," as your typos made me say
two weeks ago. passed the house on
Friday, receiving 81 votcs-just
enough to pass it. 1t goes to the SEN
ate for concurrence.
On Thursday the House passed the
Rail Road Bill, ard as consequence
the members feel like a great load is
off their ponderous shoulders. The bill
provides that local freight tariffs shall
be calculated on the basis of the through
rate, adding 100 per cent thereto for
distances of20 miles, Is per cent for
distances Of so miles and so on. What
the through rates in Indiana on the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Road are, is not clearly set firth in the
provisions Of the bill. l am inclined
to the belief that The bill will furnish
no relief to those who have pctitioned
for redress of grievances On acc oun
OF rail road consultations, and exhor-
bitant charges for freight and passen-
ger fares. The discussions on the bill
showed very plainly that those who
were running the thing had no more
idea OF making railroad tariffs and con-
Quoting rail read business than a two
year old boy has of the duties of a
minister plenipotentiary to the Feejee
Islands. | took some time the next
morning after the passage Of the bill
to inquire Of dozen or more who voted
for it, what were the provisions of the
bill in relation to the transportation of
local frieghts, and could not find a
single man who could give any idea of
it. And this is the way half of the
measures are put through. when the
roll is called about twenty are out
of their seats, twenty-five are reading
newspapers, twenty i've are reading and
writing letters, ten or twelve are pay
ing attention to the matters under con-
,sideration, while the balance are con-
versing with each other yawning &c.
But | degrees. The bill further pro-
vides thai no more than 81 cents per
mile shall be charged for passenger
fare. Also that passengers shall be al
lowed to ride ON local freight trains
upon payment Of the usual fare, and
for such accommodation the companies so
carrying shall be exempt from all liabili-
ty for accidents occurring to passengers
carried on such local freight trains
A bill has also passed. the house provi-
ding for biennial elections. The April
election is to be dispensed with and Of
ficers whose time of Office expires at that
time, are to hold over until October
1870, or the vacancy to be filled as now
provided for by law are to be filled by
appointment of Gov. Baker. This is
good thing for Republicans who e
seeking Offices that they could not &c
by majority of the voters. Mr.. COT
froth moved TO amend the bill by ma
king it read can act to furnish few
Republicans pap for short time lon
GER" This had reference to the fill
ing of vacancies by the governor, and
that is really the only Objectionable
feature in the bill.
Many of your readers no doubt
would like to take look in at the house
of representatives, but as they cannot
do SO the following will doubtless be
Interesting to them. The house is
com posed of AZ Democrats and 5G Re
publisans. 90 are enjoying the fruits
Of married life and 10 are revelllng In
the comforts Of single blessedness.
There arc 35 farmers, 80 lawyers, 0
physicians, 2 teachers, 2 rail road
agents, l druggist, ! brick mason. /
land dealer, 5 merchants millers, a
ministers, banker, | tanner, / wool
en- manufacturer, | insurance agent, l
mechanic. II.