The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-15
INDIANA NEWSPAPER OPINION.

Governor Mount has. plenty of stuff of
which vetoes are made and doesn't seem
backward about its use.-Richmond Enter
prise. l
The legislators. if they should approve
the bill, will find that they have made
mistake by requiring township trustees to
publish their annual reports i'm the news
papers that offer the lowest bids.-Martins-
Vile Republican. 3 81
The new apportionment bill takes into
consideration the Increase of population in
every county. 1t is the most equitable
measure that this section of the State has
had for years, and is fair to other sec
tions-Anderson Herald.
Governor Mount l. is reported is OPP
posed to the Metropolitan police plan and it
is hardly probable that he will approve of
the Early bill should it go through the
House and reach his hands. He should
promptly veto 1t and put the odium of it's
becoming a law entirely on the shoulders
of the Legislatu-e.-South Bend Tribune.
The present session of our State Assem-
bly, is progressing quite satisfactorily
Economy and sound business sense seems
to prevail and the2prompt and effective
manner in which they have killed some
pernicious measures and passed other
wholesome ones is pleasing to the people
generaily.-GreenSbur Standard.
Governor Mount is demonstrating the
possession Of splendid qualifications for the
Fair-minded, clear headed, business-like,
affable. approachable firm in his convic-
lions and with courage to express them
he has the attributes of craftsmanship that
peculiarly fit him for executive control of
great State.-Fort Wayne News.
Any revision of the fee and salary law
that looks TO any increase in salaries
should be squelched so promtly as to make
the heads of it's hasty authors fairly
dizzy. Nothing whatever should be con-
al hnt 1nnly OH,
The people are getting awfully tired of the
constant demands for increase i'm expendi-
lures which they have TO foot.-Muncie
News.
Representative Reynolds has introduced
a bill in the Legislature providing for the
| appointment of commission by the Gov
ernor to examine the judicial courts of the
| State and report to the next General As
| Semby upon the feasibility of rediStrict-
| ing the State for judicial purposes This
| bill ought to be passed. The right kind of
| a commission can reconstruct the circuits
| so as to do all the business and cut off
eight or ten of them.-kokomo Tribune.
| The bill introduced in the House of Rep
resentatives to regulate the purchase of
supplies of stationery and printing by
| right direction. and would, if it became a
| law. be the source of a great saving to the
county As it is now the supplies of sta
| tionery and printing which could be done
within the county are let TO outside print
| ing establishments and at a greater ex-
pense to the county than If done at home.
-Muncie Times.
combination of county officers has pre-
scented bill in the Legislature to insure
| to themselves greater compensation Why
should county officers ask for more pay
| at time when every workingman every
| farmer, every merchant and every wage
| Garner Is rejoicing If he can but hold his
present rate of compensation and make
| ends meet? Leaving out of the proposition
| the fact of the viciousness of the fee sys-
tenn the conditions of the country is suf-
| ficient reason for condemnng the bill.-La-
| fayette Call.
The fee and salary bill now before the
Legislature is meeting storm of opposi-
ton. and the chances are decidedly against
| it's passage. although the county officers
/ will move heaven and earth in order to ac-
| complSh their purpose. The present Legis-
| lature may vet do some unwise things but
| ii is not going TO enact that fee and salary
bill into law and IL it attempts II there
| is Farmer Mount standing at the head OF
| the stairs with briar scythe ready and
willing 10 swipe all such measures as he
| would a Canada thistle.-Kokomo News.
There is no apparent reason at present
for an extra session. and Governor Mount
will be acting wisely, as it is said he viii
do. in refusing 10 call one. 1t has beer
found that n legislative body that wastes
| a regular session does no better in ex.
ira one If the discussions and considera.
| tions. which have consumed so much time
| develop into wise legislation, the days thus
| far concumed will not nave been spent In
vain. but no time remains fer political
| speeches and arguments on irrevelant ques
tions.-Lafayette Courier.
All laws making reductions of salarie:
| or increases of salaries. whenever passed
| should become operative only after the
close of the terms of persons in office oil
elected to office. section setting thi:
| forth i'm plain and unmistakable languag
| should be a part of every law proposing
| any change whatever IN official salaries
1t relieves the legislators of dangerou:
| personal pressure, the prolific source from
| which flows an endless succession of viciou.
legislation Indeed IL would be we'll. wher
the general revision OF the Constitution |!
made. IL the flnr mental law expressl,
declared that no Aw could be passed rails