The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-18
YEAS.

Atkinson Foulke Moon,
Benz HILL Null
Campbell (Hen's) Hilligass Overstreet,
Campbell tSt. j.. Hoover Peterson,
Davis, Huston Rahm,
Day, Lindlsy, Smith DELI,
brake Macy Willard
duncan Ham't'n), Magee, winter-26.
Gnsley Marshall
NAYS.
bailey, Faulkner, Sellers,
Brown. May. Smith (Jennings),
Bryant, Mcclure, Smith Jay)
Duncan BARI, Mcintosh, Thompson-l3
Ernest, Richardson,
Ali of the senators who voted against the bill,
slthough it is not properly political matter. are
Democrats and two of the thirteen are Marion
county senators. The vote the question Of
angrossment is rather a reliable indication that
he bill will pass the Senate on the third reading
and it is claimed by the friends of the measure
that it will be favorably acted upon in the
House, if it reaches there before adjournment.
ABoLIsRING CITY OFFICES
The bill of Senator Winter, abolishing the
offices of city assessor and city treas
nrer passed the House yesterday after
noon, and the signature of the Gov
ernor is all that is now necessary to
make il law The vote upon it was so to 2,
Representatives McMichael and Eley being the
only members who voted in the negative. The
bill provides that the Offices of city assessor and
city treasurer which exist in no other city in the
State besides indianapolis, shall be abolished
after January 1885, when the time of the present
officers expires. Their duties will be performed
by the county officers. The auditor is allowed
by the provisions of the act 81. 900 year addi
donal for making the city tax duplicate and
the treasurer is allowed s. 900 a year additional
The change will save the city an expense of be-
tween So, 600 and $40, 600 a year
RELIEF FRoh LIABILITY.
The bill for the relief of the township trustees
in this county for liability for the public trust
funds which were lost in the defunct banks of
indianapolis passed the House yesterday after
noon The bill provides that the losses shall be
borne by the tax payers Of the different town
ships, instead of by the trustees or their bonds
men, and that special tax shall be LEVIED cover
ing the amount lost A petition for the passage
of the bill. purporting to bear the signatures of
three-tourths of the tax payers in the different
early in the session. and there has been an active
lobby for the measure since the opening of the
session.
TROUBLE OVER THE GERRYMANDER
The proposed geriymander of the congress
sional districts isgivingthe Democratic members
of the General Assembly more trouble than
anything and everything that is now pending
before the Legislature. Senators Benz, Hoover,
Sellers, HILL Shiveiy, johnson of Tippecanoe
Fowler, and several others, are openly opposed
TO the scheme agreed upon by the caucus, and
declare that they viii vote against the bill.
Senator Hoover says that justice demands that
the Republicans. on the basis of the vote at the
last election. should have "a fair fighting
chance in at least FIVE of the thirteen districts,
while the object of the gerrymander is to give
them only two. He says that he has been
Democrat long enough to dare to oppose .
eancus when it runs mad, and he declares that he
vii vote against the bill. Senator Benz has re-