The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-18

| be in full of oil service and house rent. The
salary OF the governors private secretary shall
be Sl,2OO per year; and for the governors
clerk, 5000 per year.
Mr.. Claypool was upon his feet with an
amendment before the clerk had con-
| cluded the paragraph. He wanted to in
crease the salary of the governors private
secretary from $1,000 to 81 500 and the
/ governors clerk from 5000 to 81 900. He
| said that for years the salary of the pri-
| vate secretary had been 81 500 and no one
| demanded that it should be reduced.
| Mr.. Hess said that the private secretary
of the governor of Illinois received 81, 500
! that of Ohio =, 900. 1t cost more to live
| in this city than IN the other cities of the
state. No one could say that the governor
could get a competent clerk for $500 This
| legislature would pass fee and salary bill
| for all times and it should not be one 10
! prohibit the employment OF competent
clerks.
Mr.. Hench said 81 200 was not enough.
| The democrats would elect the next gov
ernor and some Of the gentlemen who
| favored 81 200 now would regret it two
| years hence.
Mr.. Patton, the spokesman of the f.
| NJ. b. A. members, thought $1,000 sufli-
| cient. The office was considered one Of
honor and that fact alone would induce
| competent young men to take the place.
| He predicted that the present incumbent
wonld not resign ii his salary was fixed
at 81, 200.
Mr.. Fowler was of the opinion that
honor did not pay board bills. and that
the amendment should prevail.
Mr.. johnson of Carroll said inasmuch
rs too much time was wasted on this
| question he would make a speech first
and then wave the previous question.
Mr.. Lindemuth--"Ye you desire to
make your speech and then cut us off
from answering it by demanding the
| previous question"
Mr.. Johnson-"I have read the history
| of the statesmen. / remember reading the
history of Patrick Henry and"
Mr.. Cent? rise to point of order.
| Patrick Henry didn't know anything
/ about fees and salary"
Mr.. johnson continued, saving that il
| the house started TO increase salaries from
| the first section there would be a hori-
zontal increase all along the line, and
when the committee got through with the
| bill it would be sham reform measure.
| Mr.. Gent said many men az competent
as the governors private secretary We're
| doing twice the amount of work for half
| the salary proposed by the bill. These
men were working in obscurity and did
not have the ease and honor that the gov
| ernor's private secretary was entitled to.
The amendment was defeated-ayes, SO !;
| nays, 80. Thirteen democrats stood up to
| be counted for the amendment and three
| republicans stood up against it. Some one
| called for the ayes and noes from force Of
habit, but Chairman Beasley promptly
! informed him that the ayes and noes
/ 4 IL,
whole house.
Mr.. Claypool offered another amend
| ment creating the Office of messenger
Mr.. Alder opposed it and it was rejected
| without division.
Mr.. Stone, republican, moved to reduce
| the governors salary from 5000 to S4,-
600. His motion received two votes be-
sides his own.
| The section relating to the governors Of
fee was then adopted as reported, and the
clerk read sec. as follows:
The salary of the secretary of state shall
be g 800 per year: the sslary of the deputy sec
rotary of state shall be 81, 200 per year; the
/ salary OF the clerk of the secretary of state
shall be 5000 per year.
| Mr.. Carter offered an amendment to in
crease the deputy's salary to 81 500. No
member, he said, was more earnest than
! he for reform, but the deputy secretary Of
state had a difficult place 10 fill. There
was no honor attached to the Office.
Mr.. Faulkner said that good farmers
alliance man had been elected by the
democracy, secretary of state. Mr.. Mat
thews had travelled all over the state TO
tell the farmers that salaries were
| too high, and il elected he would
work to reduceR them. Now, If he
| did not want To keep his promises the
house should force him to keep them for
him.
Mr.. Kelleher said that he had compared
the income of the deputy with the income
OF the best farmers of his county. He did
not know farmer in Clinton county who
had a better income than the deputy sec
rotary of state. At the present market
prices to realize 81 200 farmer would
have to sell 100 hogs or 1880 bushels of
wheat or $500 bushels of corn.
| Mr. Mccullough thought it was unjust
| to compare the income OF farmer with
the salary of an officer who had to reside
where living expenses were high. a man
with family could not live here on 81 200.
Mr.. Gent wanted to know how many
skilled mechanics in indianapolis re-
ceived more than 81 200. 1t took years to
prepare skilled mechanic, but it was easy
enough TO make a politician to fill an office.
He said that the effort to raise the salaries
| of the small clerks was a scheme OF
the county officers who wanted
to make this a stepping stone to raise
their own salaries. These county officers
had been elected on a democratic plat
| form which he denounced as the 'most
damnable platform ever adopted in the
state" 1t had been drafted by dema-
Pogues who forced an issue in the cam
paign which was unexpected. He wanted
! TO make these demagogues swallow their
own medicine by voting to pass the fee
and salary bill just as the committee had
reported it.
Mr.. Bowman said the people of his
county did not complain of the salaries
paid to the clerks in the state offices. IL
was the excessive fees and big salaried
county Offices that they were after.
Mr.. Brown OF Morgan had voted for q
reduction of the governors private secre-
tary 10 81 200 lie could not see why q
discrimination should be made in favor OF
the deputy secretary of state.
Mr.. Patton did not want TO see the dem
ocrats go back on their promises made to
the people and opposed the amendment
Mr.. Mccullough quoted the democratic
platform to SHOW that there was not line
in it demanding reduction of salaries.
Mr.. Troy had been elected as a demo
Graf and came here to do what was right
| I'M he did OF o. ~