The Indianapolis journal., 1889-02-05
EVERYTHING FORTHEPARTY
All Nefdful Legislation Must Wait I'm
I'll Democrats Obtain Office.
As Show of Doing Something the Senate
Passed the Barrett Pool and Trust Bill-Ad-
vancing Measures on the Calendars.
The Peoples Needs Put Aside to Wait I'm
Democrats Get Offices.

The People's Needs Put Aside to Wait Until
Democrats Get Offices.
The majority in the Legislature make it
. point To push along some one of their
many partisan bills each day, and If the
programme agreed upon is carried out all
the political measures will have passed the
House by the end of the week. Mr.. Conn's
bill, providing for the establishment of a
department of geology and natural history,
was the one advanced ON the House calen-
dar yesterday. The bill, like the numerous
other political measures, has but one OBJ
iect, and that is TO put the office In charge
of Democrat. 1t provides that the Gen.
eral Assembly shall elect a chief of the Bu-
reau of Geology and Natural History, who
shall serve for two years, and receive sal
ary of s., 800 per annum. The chief is given
power to employ the necessary assistance
In his Office, and in order that the ex-
pepses of the new department may
be met, the bill provides for
al annual appropriation of 5000.
The bill came from the committee with
two reports, the Democratic members, of
course, recommending that it pass and the
Republicans opposing any change in the
present law, which provides that the State
Geologist shall be appointed by the Gov
ernor. Mr.. Brownlee delivered an able
speech in favor of the adoption of the
minority report. He declared that the
course the majority in the General Assem-
bly, were pursuing was an outrage upon the
people of the Stale. Wise legislators had
seen fit to give the Governor authority to
fill certain Offices by appointment, and for
the Democratic party to change the law,
which had been in existence for years, sim-
ply In order that some political worker
mi Eht be rewarded, was an outrage which
the people would rebuke at the first oppor-
funity. He also dwelt upon the
bad results coming from placing
so much political patronage at the
disposal of the Legislature. In proof
of his statement he cited the scandalous
manner in which the Hospital for the In
sane had been managed. He argued that
away @ from from the % General Assembly rather
than to put more into its hands. The Gov
ernor. he believed. should have the power
to appoint and remove all the minor State
officers; they. would then be personally re-
sponsible to him, instead of being response
bic to no one as long as they depended upon
the General Assembly for their places.
When the vote was taken on the substi-
tuition of the minority report for the one
Kelley and Foster, voted with the Repub-
icane. They were immediately surrounded
by their party friends, and when the vote
came on the adoption of the minority re-
port they voted with their party. The
minority tried to prevent the advancing of
the bill on the calendar, but they could do
nothing more than put the majority on
record by demanding the yeas and nays ON
each question. Mr.. Fields offered an amend
ment providing for the appointment of the
chief of the department. by the Governor,
but it was, of course, voted down. The
bill was then ordered engrossed.