The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-22

which is situated the prosperous On
growing city of indianapolis. Tho atai
house tax OF per cent. had expired b
: limitation and there were still large sum
i duo the contractor.
z How dii this republican h0use NEE
the emergency? All bills to raise rev
cnnc must originate In tho house. Di
this republican housa pass . hill 70 IN
|crease the tax lew? No. hit II con
timue the stste-house levy? No. Did |
Ieven pass loan bin? No. II canno
shield its record behind democrati
: senate. Tho responsibility was first oI
1.-THE republican house aud II utterly faile.
ltO do iss duty. The squibs which IN
journal has bccn firing for several week
do not do justice 10 his infamous record
il requires brnadsides 10 properly de
nonnce II. The Journal has nm witiingl,
been firing its squibs into It's own part,
ranks. The republican house knew thI
Treasury was empty and Il never raise(
ls finger 10 replcnish II. either BY In
creased taxation or by making = loan
but u did enter upon vigorous cam
paign 10 still further emharrass the iinan
cial situation. for II voted an appropria
'ion OF $20OOOO FIR = soldiers monu.
snent: also $4,000 for the s0dicrs and
sailors home. aud $50 OOO for the feeble.
minded institute. II gave $4,000 to i'm.
prove the Tippecsnne battle ground
paid Baker, Smith & Go. claim ol
80 200, and last hut not always least,
gave the state printer e2 49s for intcrest.
These enormous appropriations amount
10 s375 2f8. Here was republican
house making these extravagant sppr0-
Ipriaiions and falling TO make any pro-
vision TO pay them. This republican
house Of 1887 has been directly under the
fire - the Journals sqnibs for the past
|mOnth
The speaker Of the house. Mr. Ssyre,
boassed the night that the legislature adj
journcd that his house, by its action, had
forced Gov. GRAY to call an extra sca-
sion. But he reckoned without hIa hoss
Although this same republican house
even criminaIly neglected to pass the
regular appropriation bills for tho sup
port ~ the state government and left the
state government In piiiabIe condition.
Gov. Gray was equal to the emergency
and ran the state gOvernment without
any appropriation nv the legislature.
Dictator Sayre crawled into his hole.
where he remained until the presens ad-
'nimistration paid him for his dirty work
|ny giving him . federal appointment
This republican house made the blachcst
page In the financial history OF tie state.
ana u is amazing that the Journal has
provoked review OF its rascality.
INCREASE or THE DEBT IN THE YEARS 1887
AND 1883.
Aftor the adjournment OF the jegisla.
ture Of 1887, il looked as IL It was i'm
possible to run the state government un-
iii the next regular session. An empty
treasury. no increased tax levy, the ap-
praisement greatly decreased. aud no
loan bill passed, msdo the outlook very
blue for Gov. Gray. Everything In the
finances Of the state was left In chaos by
speaker Ssvre and his felIow-con-
spirators. Fortunately they had not de-
stroyed tho states credit. and Gov. Gray
was able 10 borrow money 10 psy the
interest cn the sistc debt. The interest
borrowed in 1857 ran the debt ~ to|
80. $50 COS "a, and In 1888 to 90 no,
Cos 81
THE LEGISLATURE or 1889.
The evil results 81 the failure or the
republican house Of 1887. to provide forl
rs own extrsvagant appropriations aud
TO increase the tax levy (which the Jour
nal truthfullv asserts 1t was advised tol
do BY Gov. Gray In his messsge) threw |
: great responsibility upon the dcmo-l
cratic legislature OF 1889. The 0bIiga-
CATIONS Of tho state created BY Gov. Por-
Ter and the appropriations Of the repub-
ican house Of 1887. together with the
maturod obligation due the state house
made Il imperative upon the
legislature TO make Z loan or let thej
tate credit suffer. A loan was made II
md was sustained nv q republican court
~ the ground that Il was necessary TO
,sy the obligations which former legis-
sture (of 1850 had not made any pro-
'ision 10 pay. II
HISTORY or THE LOAN or 1889.
The first question considered in regard
o loan was for how much II should be Z
made. The democratic members OF the I
omnittec on ways and means con- Il
idered Sl.i00 900 sufficient. The re-
ublican membcrs-Claypool, Adams, :
Ink and Brownicc reported (pagel Y
.l83. house journal) that there should :
9 $4,000. 900 borrowed. The bill passed !
ho house for 81, 400. 1000, and IN tho sen- q
70 the republican members made every III
nort to raise the amount TO $4,000, ono. In
claim some credit for having kept the I
mount In bounds, for tho democratic 4
lcmbers consulted with mo a. 70 the IL
mount. II finally passed both houses :
! $l.l0C.0OO, aud this scnt the debt up to lp
S,1706U8 -. ltI
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE CoNvENEs 10
The debt il now ss.5lO.6l5 ~. The law p
ithorixed by the legislature We havcl' =,
Ist seen did not swell Il TO that amount. !
Q sooner had the legislature adjourned
AN tho republican state OiIicers organ. q
cd legislature, and determined To- Ip
,rrow e37n,U0O moro than the loan bin u
'thorizcd! This loan was made on lhe|
: day of April, 1889, not thirty dsysl