The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-13
MYRON KINGS CONDITION
RIB IS FRACTURED, BUT HE is IN
NO DANGER OF DEATH.
Fear that the Governor Was In Vxa
Chfcanery I'm Defeating the
salary Bill.

was sFhefaI tnaI ne has practically relin-
quisned all prospects as prominent factor,
sinking instead to the level of Greene
Smiths ilk. There was much concern as to
the condition of Myron d. King, the Gov
ernor's private secretary who was reported
In the morning to be dying. Closer inquiry
showed that he was not seriously hurt
The Governor was at his office in the MORN
ing with further scheme to thwart the
VIII OF the people, as expressed by the
leglslative majority. He proposed tc. ap-
point prison boards, Notwithstanding the
new law which lodges the appointments in q
board composed of State officers. Mr.
Adams of Parke, was able to be about and
receive the congratulations of his friends
on the manner In which he had resisted the
Democratic thugs. Mr.. Allen left for his
nome in Daviess county in the morning
after number of prominent Republicans
mad presented him with a fine umbrella as
testimonial of his courage and the record
he made in the House as statesman. In
the Hobbies of the hotels and on the streets
the stormy scenes in the Statehouse were
discussed, and 1t was consensus of opin-
ion that the Governor had made the great
est mistake of his political career and one
which will undoubtedly shelve him as far
as his future political aspirations are con-
cerned. While 1t was to be regretted that
the Republicans were compelled to resort to
1orce to prevent the Governor from baking
the peoples will, yet it was recognized that
they were fully justified in taking the course
they did,
1t was not merely the desire to head off
veto on the bill that ousted Tim Griffin.
as custodian that made drastic measures
necessary. It was something of more vital
Importance to the people,
FEAR FOR SALARY BILL.
The Republican members of both House
ana Senate had every reason to believe the
Governor would veto the important fee and
salary bill, which means saving of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to the tax
payers of the State. What reason the Gov
ernor had in holding back this bill without
permitting the Legislature to know of its
fate till the moment for adjourning ar
rived is best known only to himself FIRE.
quently the question was asked on the floor
of the House Monday night: What will the
Governor do with the bill? The Governor
had allowed the information to creep out
that he was dissatisfied with the bill for
the alleged reason that it Disseminated
against Democratic counties, although
fairer bill never drawn in an Indiana
legislative Assembly. For three months the
lobby of the County Officers Association
has been trying to defeat this bill, and it was
only by herculean efforts and the most
watchful care that the bill finally reached
the executives office, SO powerful was the
influence against it's passage. The Repub-
lican legislators knew the people had been
promised relief from the burdens of the
fee system and if the relief did not come
there would be mighty rebuke.
Instead of returning the bill Monday
morning or afternoon, having received it
Thursday, he allowed none of the Repub-
licans to know of his intentions regarding
the measure, and it was presumed that he
would veto it. The veto itself would not
have melted riot, but the fact that he
might attempt by chicanery to present his
veto at midnight, together with that of the
custodian's bill. aroused the highest in
dignation. The arrogance of this
beyond the endurance of honest nest
legislators. In the afternoon Private Sec
rotary King had boasted in the Statehouse
of what he intended to do at midnight and
how the Republican majority in the Legis-
lature would be fooled. All these things
determined that no such frauds by force
such as Greene Smith successfully prac-
ticed, should prevail.
WORK FOR THE THUGS
The Democratic scheme, that part con-
templating the employment of such men as
assist in forcing King into the legislative
hall, but also to intercept Chief Clerk
Brown of the House when it came time
for him to carry the vetoed bill across from
the House TO the Senate chamber Tim
Griffin was the leader of the gang, and it
was only through the restraining effort of
Mike Cain, hts coconspirator, that Griffin
was prevented from injuring and perhaps
killing some one Griffin about to hurl
heavy iron cuspdor through a transom
INTO the House chamber when Cain held
him and wreSted the cuspidor from him.
Griffin was ably fitted for his duty by active
service in the riots of 1874, when he was a
democratic police. captain and aided his
iams of Posey. also had a hand in the
smuggling, making himself particularly OBJ
noxious. The conduct of Mr. Adams through
out the entire struggle was marked in that
ne struck not a blow nor did he utter a
word Dozens of times he was hit, fire.
like a martyr. Nor did Mr. Allen use fists
or feet The statement that Mr.. Adams
caused that gentlemans friends to laugh
YESTERDAY. Although badly bruised Mr.
ADAMS was as cool after 1t was all over
he was before it began.
The injury to Private Secretary Kings
rib was probably caused by a chair in the
hands of Tim Griffin. The custodian had
obtained the chair and put it up to the mid
die door of the chamber, first driving the
crowd back by threatening to draw q
som some one on the inside poked a pole
against the face and the owner tumbled to
the floor. He again grabbed the chair TO
hurl IL at the transom. While he was Sc
curing a firm hold OH it the crowd surged
in and the legs of the chair were TANNED
against the breast of the private secretary
The Governors executive clerk said yester-
day that Mr.. King was hurt by being
pushed against chair. After the scrim-
mage it was not believed he was injured
for he was loud in applying bad names to
those who had opposed him.
Another misstatement made by a paper
yesterday was to the effect that Charles
Harley, of Delphi, was the man who mar
rowly escaped death in the elevator Mr.
Harley was at the Denison at the time of the
trouble. Tim Griffin is quoted as saving
that he anticipated trouble: yet when
he entered the elevator with Mr.. King he
began TO tell him about the men who were
waiting up stairs to prevent him from
reaching the Legislature i'm time. Members
of the Cleveland Club had been gathered
In the Capitol to assist, particularly to way
lay Chief Clerk Brown when he started
from the House To the Senate with the bill
Mr. Harrison. of Elkhart county was one
whose name mentioned yesterday in
connection with the affair He. together
with NJ. Mcintosh and Mr.. Boardman
rendered yeoman service in supporting
Messrs. Allen and Adams.
The custodian's bill should be i'm the pos
session of the Governor but ii lis not. II is
reported that one of the Democrats obtained