The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-15
INDIANA SENTINEL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 1874

| Obll6IS has OUo. Wells ana AQdLIS, Q6I1O-
cratic counties, are joined for one represent
tative. Their aggregate vote is 5,ls7, being
| 400 more than the representative ratio
Brown and bartholomew, with 1894 votes,
and Lake, with 2,444, have the same repre-
sentatiOn, which gives two men in Lake
more than the vote and political power or
five men in either Bartholomew or Brown
III Is so also in VermilliOn and Warren and
nearly so in Porter Steuben and Lagrange.
The wrong is equally great in the Senate
Posey and Gibson, with s, III voters. have one
orand Lake and Porter, with ), 42l voters,
have a senator.
DeFborn and Franklin, strongly demo
cratic, with 9, 404 have a senator, and Elkhart
with but D 1872 voters, has a senator.
Jefferson with but 5,405 has a senator
whilst Clark and Floyd together, with l0, 27s
voters, have but one. Shelby and johnson,
with 1924 voters, have asenator and Parke
and Vermillion with but 6, l64 have one sena-
| tor.
Adams and Wells, with unequal represen-
| tatioD In the House, have no senator except
with Allen in a district of IA $50.
Randolph with but 5,0l4 has one senator
and Putnam and Hendricks, with 9,357, have
one, which is controlled by the republican
majority of Hendricks. Bartholomew and
| Brown, with 9, 1874 votes, have one represent
| alive and one senator whilst Lake and Por-
| ter, with but ., 42l votes, have two represent
| tatives and one senator. Why shall one vo-
| ter in Lake, Vermillion, Steuben or La
Grange have voice in making the lays
more than equal to two in Brown, Bartholo-
NEW, Adams or Wells? Why shall these
| counties have so much more voice in pro-
| portion to numbers than Shelby or John
son, Dearborn or Franklin? Is it because
that same year Bartholomew was taxed up
on more than nine millions, Johnson more
than ten and one half millions, and
Shelby more than ten and quarter
millions, and Dearborn and Frank
lin each more than eight million dol
lars; whilst Lake was but three million six
hundred thousand; Vermillion four million
four hundred thousand; and Steuben less
than three million?
do not wish to be understood as saving
that this apportionment may be changed
by the next legislature. / think it is
grave question whether it must not stand
until another enumeration is made at
the expiration of six years from the
last, as required by the constitution.
, But the people may and should re-
Duke the outrage, as a blow at popular
. representation and republican government
They should rebuke it by defeating its pur-
pose, by preventing the Misrepresentation
intended. 1t is qualification to me that in
my first address to the people as candidate
in 1872, in the expectation that the legisia-
ture would be democratic, said. sit will be
the duty of the legislature to redistrict the
State for legislative and Congressional pur-
poses. Not only the constitution but Just
and honest representation requires that the
apportionment shall be made among the
counties according to their voting popula-
ZION. 1t is shame if the people allow the
) adjustment of representation to be made
f upon any other basis. 1t is an aggravated
fraud If some counties baallowed more and
other counties less than their proportion OF
3 senators and representatives because of the
political opinions of their people. The
Q apportionment of 1867 was thus tainted.
Should the men who support me this year
have the control of the Ieoi0lofara I 10
) they will be governed by the constitution
} and justice only in making the new appor-
tionment, tor it Is right, and it will prove
9 poltically eNpe~ient and wise. For that
Q my labor and my influence shall be given"
4 think you know that the corrupting senti-
: ment has been growing that unfair advan-
tages are right in politics, and that private
r gain may be made of political success. ]
: think you know that from that sentiment
a the corruption has come which is under
g specify the large sums of money of which
# the people were defrauded by the Sanborr
s contracts, by the credit mobiljer, by the
$ New York custom house frauds, so hurtfu
$ TO our commerce, and so wrong to the
e merchants? Need speak of the great for
q tunes built upon the District of Columbis
eruption land of the scores of investigation,
! which the clamor of an outraged peopl,
s compelled? Need / mention that for al
these none OF the guilty parties have beer
If from the house; whll-t others have been re
n warded by, and now hold high and lucra
!, tive offices? Why is it not enough to turI
70 to this unparalleled legislative fraud in oul
own State? Would You again trust maj
e who would corruptly wrong even an enemy
lr Wouldy you employ him in your store, or of
ice, or shop, or on vOur farm? Then how
D can you trust the affairs of government il
A. the hands of party which requires it's leg
D islators to despoil part of the people c
Sc their rights, and to bestow them upol
Others. Do they not all equally pa.
Is thens? Why then shall some b
robbed of their rights as citizens? The in
u dustries and resources of the country vii
restore the millions lost by the frauds AM
3 corruptions to which i have referred; bu
who shall restore to the people of man,
is counties their lost privilege and right of al
2. equal voice in making the laws which al
h must obey?
LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.
h 1 VIII detain you to speak only of one
other characteristic of the last legislature
/ speak of its own extravaganza in the use
% of the public money. The general an,
special sessions continued 101 days, and tn
M expenses were Sl99, 563 81, as appears by tn
20 report of Mr.. Glover as treasurer of State
% page 10. That includes only legislative ex
penses. 1t was at the rate of 81 $40 per day
The legislature of 1871 was in session onl,
\ 53 days. The important measures and bus;
- ness of the session were defeated by the res
/, ignation of republicans in the House so a
r to destroy the quorum. and they stop bust
\ ness. The breaking up of the legislator
:, YVES revolutionary in its character, and no
= justified by any public consideration, o
=, sufficient reason in the condition
- of its business. That proceeding
~ made the session of 1871 only
o days. and the expenses were $3.50, rs ar
p pears by Mr.. Ryan's report, page 9. Tha
=, was at the rate of 81, 557 per day, and wa
y. "a $40 less per day than the expenses {
% the legislature OF 1873. But it !
~ proper to add that the pay of members c
rs the legislature was increased at the specis
=. ,s session from IS to 50 per day. That in
iu crease of S. per daY for one hundred raprf