The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-01-12

you % supplement- the labors of the Bureau with 1
professional investigation and Recommendation,
aud grant necessary police powers properly /
guarded Twenty three States already have such i
Boards A basis for your consideration OF the
subject win be afforded by bill ior an aet al
ready prepered for Introduction.
TIE Board of Health OF Louisiana was reorgan-
zed by act of pril 90 1877, and consists OF nine
snen1bers All the acts establishing and regulat-
ing auarantfne and relating to the public health,
and the practice of medicine, and the rules OF
the Board, and health ordinances OF the clty oi
New Orleans were recently collected and pub 4
lished in a form convenient for an understanding
OF that locality, TO which We have been accuS /
toned 10 look with alarm and dread Conseiour
Of its failure to satisfy the demands OF othe- I
Boards of Health-NatioDal. State and Local-es !
pecially as 10 the appearance OF yellow lever De-
low New Orleans. the Board invited Tree confer
ence with Representatives Of other States during
the meeting OF the American Public Health AssO-
citation in New Orleans in December last. Dr
Moses T. Runnels of Indianapolis was in attend
ance upon the Association. and was designated
and appointed TO represent this state IN the
Quarantine Convention. His detailed re-
port shows that after fuH dls-
cussion two Committees were appointed,
one representing the Atlantic and Gulf States. the
other the Ohio and Mississippi Valley states, to
preuare n scheduls of rules and regulations COZ
cerning those matters of quarantine and santa
ton which are common TO each region, ana re-
port at the next annual meeting OF the Conyen.
ton 10 be held at Savannah. Ga The General
Government Is expected TO defray the expenses of
all quarantine administration of this character
and Congress is to be asked to Inappropriate moneys
for the purpose.
REVISION OF THE LAWS.
Under an act of the last General Assembly a
Board OF Revision was authorized to compile and
revise the existing laws OF the State, and to sug
gest amendments thereto James 5. Frazer of
Warsaw. David Turpie, of indianapolis, and John
1T. StOtsenburg Of New Albany. were. upon the
10th day of April, 1879. appointed 70. positions
upon said Board of Revision. The revisors have
since their apDointment been engaged in the dis
charge of their duties us such. 1t Is more than q
quarter OF century since there has been an
authorized official revision OF the laws OF your
State. In this long interval Of time the legisla-
ton OF The State has been much and various and
the accumulation OF statutes upon different sub
jeets mas been large aud frequent, 50
that compilation and revision there
Of seems almost necessity TO
tered as it is now through series of session acts
and variety OF editions OF the same. the labor OF
aseertair1ing the statute law has become burden
some for the masses OF the people and even difi-
cult TO those engaged i'm the profession. The text
Of the proposed revision, prepared by the Com
mission for that purpose, VIII be LAID before You
early in the session, accompanied by bills con-
tanning provision for the amendments proposed
by them. trust that this subject will receive at
your hands the early aud prompt attention which
its Importance demands.
ELECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
respectfully call your attention to the Statute
of the. state providing for electing Electors for
President and Vice President of the United States.
The act requires the MarShals OF the several Con
gessiOnal Districts TO collect the returns OF the
Counties composing their respective Districts. and
deliver the same on the 18th Monday of November,
between the hours of and - O'Clock OF that day.
no the secretary of State who shall in the pres
ence OF the Governor and all the Marshals in at
tendance, between the hours OF l2HRd O'Clock
OF said DAY, canvass the vote. The law makes
provision for an adjournment of the Board in
case any OF the Marshals have failed TO perform
their duty and deliver the returns on that day;
and proyiSion for collecting and delivering the
returns to the Secretary OF State, or for the can
yass of the returns if the Marshals any of them
/ have failed to collect aud deliver them as pro-
/ rfd dad hN- faN Is nhsrinnc q lax
! deeds amending SO 10 meet every
/ possible contingency, in order that neither the
failure OF MarShals TO collect and deliver the re-
turns clerical mistakes of ministerial officers
can defeat the will OF the people as expressed
/ through the ballot-box. am unable 20 see the
necessity OF such machinery as Congressional Dis
vote of the State.
/ In canvassing the returns OF the last Tresi-
Dental vote of the State in accordance with said
act, il was aseertained that the blanks used by
the County Clerks To certify the returns OF their
respective Counties had been printed before
Thomas w. Bennett. candidate for ElectoT for the
Sixth District. had Withdrawn. and the name OF
Benjamin ;. Parker had been substituted Several
of the County Clerks in making up their certih-
on tfS ~ fha Vote ~ fbeir Counfi.s tlnfnfanffon
ally omitted to erase the printed naIae of Thomas
W. Bennett and insert that Of Benjamin :. Par
ker who had been voted for. shown by the
tally sheets OF the Election Precincts. aud for
whom the vote, in aecordance Herewith.
aG eoSse 6fe@ Ss s% ueS ef ee GoSny F4r
/ mittetl 10 be corrected on the Clerk making the
proper affidavit re-certifying the certificate. In
/ doing this think did right. Hove the institu-
tions OF my country and the principles of self
government too well To make the clerical error Of
mere ministerial officer the pretext 10 set aside
the lawfully expressed wili OF the people. The
same kind of an error occurred in the tally sheets
of some of the Election Precincts, and were certi-
fled and so canvassed by the County Board OF
/ Canyassers. Such errors. in my judgment, are
not susceptible of correction, and were allowed
] TO stand. I would suggest the enactment OF n
law making it a misdemeanor for an Inspector OF
faf all .t5.ffrR
each candidate on the ticket when counting the
vote.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
recommend the passage of a joint resolution
requesting our Senators and Representatives In
Congress to use their best efforts TO secure the
passage by Congress for submission TO the Legis-
latures OF the States for ratification an amend
ment to the Constitution OF the United States pro
viding fOr the election of United States Senator:
by the direct vote OF the electors of the States
Members of the General Assembly snould be
chosen with reference 10 their capabilty TO Iegis
late upon the domestic affairs of the State. Tn
der the present system of eletting Senators in
Congress not only Is portion OF the time of the
legislature taken up in nominating and electiue
United States Senators but The election of d
Represen tative, or Senator, 20 the-General Assem-
bly, often turns solely upon the question as tC
whom he Will, II elected, vote for for Senator in
Congress One OF the principal incentives to Dstric
gerrymandering is TO secure a party majority in
United States senator. can see no good reason
why the people are not as capable of electine
Il United states senator congressman
Governor and other State officers. United States
Senators represent the state nj large and their
election should reflect the popular viii, which /:
not always the case under the present mode
PURITY OF ELECTIONS.
The fact that large sums OF money are expended
at every election to corrupt the officers OF the
Election Boards and bribe the voter is having d
very debaSing effect upon the public mind. In
my judgment the Republic can net live long in
the atmosphere which now surrounds the ballot
box. Moneyed corporations, 10 secure favorable
legislation for themselves, are taking am active
money to corrupt the voter and purchase special
privileges from the Government II money can
control the decision at the ballot box Ii will not
be long until il control its existence. 1t Is .
notorious fact that the people are fast losing faith
in the purity OF elections The ballot is the
foundation upon which Republics rest When
the people become convinced that the decision
honest Judgment. they will cease to vote and take
an interest in the election. When that condition
OF affairs arrives, we will be at the beginning o
the end of cur free institutions. The casting Oi
the ballot Is the most sacred duty that the
American citizen hns TO perform. He who il
clothed with that sacred prcrogatiye and values il
no higher than privilege tn be bought and sold
kOught 10 be dispoesesSed Of IL entirely. The man
l%s ho-expends large sums of money IN secure an
Office IS likely try and reimburse himself whils
in the Office. lie who makes a false count OF the
ballots. or falsifes the record. does any other
net that unlawfully defeats the Judgment Of the
people ~ the ballot-b box. Is an enemy to the GOV
ernmeHt and commits treason against IL in q
much less manly way than the man who openly
denes It's powers and fires upon it:
6ag. In the latter case there NAV
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