The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-13

-is collected from tic taxpayers Of th'
tcounlry. IL they have tie funds paid on
-ior work done at the Capital. Ii give
/. the spectators there such glorion'
. opportunity Of making fortune on th,
, rise Of properly.
e Now, brother Daane, there are other
] matters 10 be looked after. The last
c Legislature passed a great many acts IN,
next Legislature will have 10 repeal
lfirst. they passed an act raising theil
4 salary TO $500 per day for their services
no doubt, that they were in
: Congress that having formerly been the
iamOunt paid COngrcs for their SER
vices. In The same act they raised the
ntovernor's salary from three thousand
dollars 10 eight thousand dollars per
annun. There was no excuse. nor did
: he VOTERS Of The State ask for the pass
cage ot such an act. They should now
demand its repeal, or an amendment.
.cnttng down The salary. not only Of the
Imenbers Of the Legislature. but the
'>alary Of the Governor as well There
lis no sense in the people of Indiana,
taxing themselves eight thousand dollars
per aanum, 10 raise salary for The Gov
.rlIior. when the people of Ohio, much
more populou- and wealthy State. ARE
only taxed four thousand dollars per
.annum, To raise a salary for their Gov
ernor. Neither is there any sense IN The
'peOplc Of Indiana taxing themselves
eight dollars day for members OF the
.'Legi-aiurc, when the members Of the
ilLcgislature Of Ohio, and other States.
lonly gct -four dollars per day for their
services. Members or Legislatures and
rtoVernOr's OF States, are 30 better than
other people. and should be willing to
share part Of the lardshi,Js of which
1.-THE laboring classes OF the country are
compelled 10 share SO much OF. Five
Thousand dollars j. sufficient salary
-lor the Governor Of Indiana. And five
dollars per day Is q sufficient salary for
members of the Legislature. and the
same for door-keeper, and clerks. There
was another act passed at the last Leg
lslainre, known as the Baxter Law,
II sometimes called temperance that viii
have 70 he repealed by the next Legisla-
'.nrp. and the old license law re-onactcd.
The pnssage Of the Baxter Bill. repeal
Ing ihe license law is clear loss 10 the
common school fund OF the State. not
lc>~ thm one hundred aud fny thous-
rnd dollars per annuin. without adding
20 the cause Of temperance one iota.
Only 4 tew days since tue Auditor ol
~ andcrnurg county received a letter
.goiti gentleman ia indianapolis, who
desired 10 know how many liquor H.
cense had been -rarlej by ne, Board ~
II ounty toinni >ionrr~ ot Nandcrburg
'u,lng iie year 1878. under the new
gueg lnw. 1hd TOR o curle -ponang pc
roi under thc old liguor iaw. On az
amInaliom lc found ihi during 1872
lcense- were is~aed a. lu.iows: ~ the
.jHne Term. 7i; September term. 40: De-
eerntc. term. a.; orug total during
three terms ~ II. liQuog permits. Du-
ring iic year 1874 under the new liquor
lNs. i9i iccnsc- wcrc issurdas follows
June term. 81 September term. S.: De-
eemhcr term. 45 being an increase M
der the ncw lass of ihirtv-ihrce liccuses.
4 The same can be sand .of spencer and
iadioiuing counties. q As we have CON
tended ali the time. the Baxter law Will
MNr to he repeated, and Tie old license
iaw re-enacicd in it> stead. We shail
have more 80 say on Ills subject here
aiter.- ROCKFORD Democrat.