The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-03-22

1t should be stated in injection with this Bill,
that an active lobby interest was exerted for its de-
feat Certain county officers throughout the State,
took tn alarm and we're very active in opposition to
il. county officer of Henry county received let
ter signed by two county officers of other counties
ard purporng to be in behalf of others, asking for
money defeat the Bill before the legislature But
the Henry county officer being honest man. instead
OF sending the money, sent the Letter asking it. to the
The editor of the Palladium kindly consgns
10 the shades but l still hope to introduce that
identical Bill and to it become the law of the
State It provides that the fees of the county officers
shall be the at present. but that stated per
cent of all above the first thousand dollars collected
shall be paid into the county treasury, the effect of
which will be to greatly dmiui sh county taxes.
introduced also the Prison Reform Bill. Perhaps
other measure during the session. was so persist
emily and determinedly opposed BY outside and inter-
ested parties. But 1t passed the Senate by vote OF
20 yeas against nays. 1t failed to come to vote
introduced the resolution requiring investiga-
ton into the cement of the State Prison South.
The resolution passed the Senate was made chair
of the committee. A similar eommittee was
appointed on tie part of the House, and was made
president of the two committees. We investigated
the Prison, found awful state of things, and rec
commended the removal of of the prison Directors
The House, by large majority, passed resolution
of impeachment
creating the House of Refuge fof girls The friends
OF the measure requested me to take charge OF 1t IN
the Senate. did so. 1t passed after severe
struggle which suppose the editor of the Pal
ladium will not ascrbe to my personal unpopularity
1t will be that every one of the above meas
ures were important ones, and an examination OF the
journal of the Senate will show that they all passed
long after the session was 'cne third through
But the editor Us I'M inlprdcticdhe. II SO the
whole SenIte must be set dowk as inlpracttcable,
for the greater nber of the measures, l had the
honor to introduce, endorsed by it.
Twas impracticabIe enough to oppose s"iudiing
and corruption, and herein, imagine, is my great
offending. Atevery session of the legislature, there
are schemes for plundering the state. ! voted to
propose an amendment to the State constitution
providing that the State never take back the
Wabash and Erie canal and resume the debt. And
shall be impracticable enough, ifI am again elected
to oppose any and every scheme looking to the re-
sumption of the debt.
1 voted against the Morgan Raid Bill, and as a
member of the committee to which II wa referred,
voted to report against it. 1t proposition to
add $3.50 900 present State debt and was so
'mprdctcdNe, as to oppose IT, and II should be In
the Senate again, shall oppose it, when it makes
another advent.
was also placed on the following standing
mittees On Education Military Affairs, Expendit-
ures and Temperance, of the last of which | was
chairman and subsequently, by vote of the Senate
was placed on the Committee on Prisons.
1t is true zone third of the sion had not passed
when these appointments made but had been
in the Senate two years befure, and personally
well acquainted with almost every Senator. will
say further, that never sought place on any com
mittee.
The editor in his desire to asperse the character OF
the Senator from Wayne has sandered every menu
or oppose any public measure on account OF the
character of its author, is tit for position outside
OF asylum for idiots and vet he publicly declares
that the Senate of Indiana defeated great measures
of public policy, simply beeau | introduced them.
1 beg pardon of the reader for talking much
about matters concerning myself. l hope he WI
in the bitter aspersons of the Palladium, snf-
fcient Justification ISAAC KINLEY.