The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-17
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Senate Bill to Destroy the Blu
reau of Statistics
Passed at the Demand of the Liquor League
-Elkhart Makes Claims for the Local
tion of the Northern Insane Asylum.
THE RA1p ON THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS.

THE RAID ON THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
The Daily News publishes this bit of gos
zip connected with the raid on the Bureau
OF Statistics
1T appears that there is method in the
proposed bill to legisate the Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics out of Office which is
not apparent on the surface. In the pub
lished legislative report of the debate on the
bill on Tuesday Democratic senator, when
pressed hard for a reason for the bill, said:
"'We don't want a man to discharge the duties
of that office and at the same time discharge the
duties of assistant secretary TO the central COM
mittee of political party
without having any special information,
he said the charge comes from political and
personal friends
ut would be an easy matter for the senator
who said this to confound Captain ]. B.
Conner, of the bureau, who wasn't in any
way connected with the Republican COM
mittee, with his brother, r. A. Conner, who
was a clerk in the committee-rooms for
month or more during the late campaign;
but what he meant by saying the informa-
ton comes from political and personal
friends is now better understood For the
statistical report of 1882 (see pages 206 to 215
inclusive) the bureau collected some import
ant information on crime and incidentally
these facts show mp some of the ugly features
of the liquor traffic and its relation to crime.
These facts were published in the news
PAPERS and certain of the Republican city
politicians were incensed at this, and said it
would hurt them at the election in this city
and county. One of the Republican city
dailies would not publish the statistics for
this reason, and the other one was roundly
cursed for doing so. and hence the political
and personal friends among a certain class
of Republicans in this city who wanted no
more of this kind of statistics collected by
Republican appointee, and were ready to
mlslead members of the Senate and afford the
Democrats pretext for such bill as this.
It looks very much like a mutual Repub-
lican and Democratic whisky raid on the
bureau"
THE NORTHERN INSANE ASYLUM.
A committee, consisting of Messrs. ]. Nc
Naghton, S. Msxon, E. c. Bickel, D. H.
Christophel, of the Elkhart Journal, and A.
P. Kent, of the Elkhart Review are in the
city to urge the claims of the city of Elkhart
dpon the Legislature for the location of the
proposed northern asylum for the incurable
insane On the ground of accessibility, hav-
ing three lines of railroad; on the ground of
health and beauty of situation, being on the
st. Joseph river, and with all the facilities of
telephone and telegrsphic communication,
shey think the beautiful little city possesses
strong attractions The committee saw that
in their favor the citizens of Elkhart will no t
be behind any in the State in generosity.
NOTES.
The Senate has concurred in the House
resolution urging congressional relief for the
food sufferers.
The bill repeating the law creating the
State Board of Health was indefinitely post
poned by the House yesterday
The House has passed the bill recognizing
Ethe House of Refuge, and it awaits the sigma
. 's1ure of the Geyernor to become a law.
The House yesterday passed the additional
100000 appropriation for the relief of the
flood sufferers by vote of go to 80 1t will
undoubtedly pass the Senate.
number of the members of the Legisla-
ture will visit Logansport to-day as the
guests of that city, which is making claims
for the location of the northern insane asy-
lum.
The Senate increased the Purdue Universe
tv appropriation to 500 900, and put in pro-
yiso suggested by Senator Johnson of TIP
pecanee, which will be satisfactory to the
faculty, for the abrogation of the rule against
Greek fraternites.
The Senate yesterday. by a vote of yeas %,
nays % defeated Senator Yancey's bill to
prevent the running of stock at large. Not
notice of motion to reconsider was filed.
II 10 ISindIhuble llldb III lIle presence OF Uno
present calamity of the farmers of the State
a measure so clearly in their interest should
be opposed by anybody.
Peru Republican, Hon. Mott N Antrim is
making a first-rate member of the Leeisla-
ture. He does not waste time in making
speeches, but is very attentive to legislation
and careful to oe informed upon all matters
pending at any time He has won the es-
TEEN of fellow-members and achieved pop
larity that is deserved. In short he is a
careful, panstaking legislator, who repre-
sents the county in d manner alike creditable
to himself and satisfactory to the people,"
The Masee bill, which consolidates the
Bureaus of Statistics and Geology and makes
the chief elected by the General Assembly,
passed the Senate Yesterday by vote Of 81
yeas to 20 nays. During the discussion Sem
ator Spann vigorously defended the present
chiefs of these bureaus, and said if one act of
dishonesty could be shown against them he
would vote for the bill. Mr. Magee took the
floor and stated he had on previous occa-
sion stated that the Bureau of Statistics had
been run as an adjunct to the Republican
State central committee He had been in
formed since that such was not the case He
therefore wished to withdraw the statement
he had made. 1t is a pity that Mr.. Magee
who could not vote for the Brown benevo-
lent boards bill can find it consistent TO be-
come the author of measure of precisely
ST II nature, and open to like criticism
THE RECORD.