The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-11

eral persons in this way obtaining many
times the actual value of the goods. In
such cases the lenders have no recourse
except against the borrower. oftimes man
of no financial responsibility. The bill is
intended TO cure this evil.
Senator Duncan introduced a court bill.
1t was passed under suspension of the
rules upon his motion. The bill fixes the
time OF holding court in the Monroe judicial
circuit and is of local interest only.
ELECTION BILL TAKEN UP.
Senator Newly called up Bill 1S5. the cleo
ton bill. When the clerk had finished its
reading Senator Newly offered an amend
ment providing that township ballots shall
be printed on yellow tinted paper. Another
amendment was proposed by Senator Eli
son. He said that there were doubtless
some good features in the bin. but he re-
garded as vicious the change from the
stamp to blue pencil. He moved TO amend
the bill so that the law would remain un-
changed. This method of marking the bal
lots would enable the voter TO make dis
ungulshing marks, he said Senator Newly
opposed the amendment proposed py Sena-
tor Ellison. He said that many ballots
were thrown out at each election because
they were smeared by the ink from the
stamps. Senator Ellison's amendment was
defeated, while that of Senator Newly was
adopted.
The bill being upon its passage, Senator
an important measure. he said. should not
have neen made caucus measure. as this
at once led to the conclusion that there was
politics in the bill. tt &c were 10 demands
being made by the people for a change in
the election law, he said, especially such "A
law as this. dangerous encroachment on
the Australian ballot law. The use of q
pencil instead of a stamp left the way to
placing distinguishing marks the bal
lots IL provided fer blue" pencil. he
said. why there are many Shades of
hn a
tation for political corruption and il was
generally believed that her vote could be
bought During the last campaign he had
met man with large diamonds In his shirt
bosom who declared that they would carry
the State by buying II If no other way
Senator Alexander asked If they had done
so. They had replied Senator Drummond.
Senator Drummond did not confine himself
to the merits of the bill. He raked up the
silly campaign catchwords of three or four
months ago and launched forth as ardently
as at any time during the campaign. There
was a familiar and tresome ring about
some Of his utterances-for instance, when
"coerced" their employees would be able
under the proposed new law to ascertain
how they had voted. The senator even
went into ancient history, dragging from
blocks OF five" and Dorsey's two-dollar
bills. He warned the Republicans that
they would live to see the day when they
would regret passing the bill.
Senator La Toilette replied to the dyspep-
tic gentleman from Marshall. He regretted
that there was so much of politics being in-
lected into this discussion. He was not
disposed to make a political speech. but
after listening to the words of the senator
from Marshall impugning the honesty of
the State he could not sit still. He felt
The senator has said that there are sew
eral shades of blue. 1t seems to me that
one of them must have fallen over him
this morning. and in his melancholy he has
undertaken 10 say that Indiana stands in
the galaxy of States renowned for dishon-
esty. Indiana stands as Fonest as any other
State, Notwithstanding the Islander cast
upon her by the gentleman on the other
side
Senator La Toilette declered that instead
OF the man who went out in the morning
with his dinner pail being coerced into vot-
ing the Republican ticket he went out
thankful that he still had job and that
him retain it, and the man who had no
job remembered days of prosperity, when
he had w9rk-days of Republican admins
happier days that influenced those men to
vote the Republican ticket
There Is no occasion 40 say declared
the senator. that this bill was introduced
TO put a voter in the position where he
might be corrupted, mark his vote and
come back in the evening" and get his pay
Senator Alexander asked the reason for
the change from the pad to the pencil. Sen
ator La Toilette replied that the stamps
had blotted 2.000 votes and the voters had
been DISTINGUISHED. This was wrong ANY
defect Ia the law that would diSfranchise
the voters ought to be remedied The sub
sitution OF the pencil was a step In the
right direction: He regarded this bill as a
step IN the right direction. He did not be-
1eVe that a corruption fund of thousands
OF dollars had been raised for the corrup-
ton OF voters and did not want TO believe
IL. AS q general thing he believed men
Were honest.
Senator La Toilette was interrupted by
Senator Sweeney, who inquired whether he
Cfrarr fnxI
speech. Senator La Toilette replied that he
was answering the structures of the gentle
man from Marshall Orummond.) The
gage or battle had been thrown with a
We haven't had much political discus
sion on the floor of this Senate. Iou have
asked ASK Tor II. Don't weaken now by calling
Tor discussion of the BILL
Senator La Toilette was stirred His
gesture was animated and he spoke in a
passionate t. voice. The gallery was aroused
Tive IL 10 en- some one shouted.
There was laughter and applause on the
floor of the Senate. Lieutenant Governor
Haggard raped for order. Some one sug.
gested to the chair in an undertone that
there was a aggression from the main ques.
ton.
Discussion on this bill may take as wild,
range as the senators like"
Senator Shea followed Senator La Fol
lette. Like Senator Drummond he wan
dered in the political graveyard. digging w
proud he was of his native State-Indiana
1t was the Democratic Legislature he said
which passed an election law (the Aus
tralian ballot law which was designed 10
purify all such corrupt practices. He die
noC believe that the condition was so baC
as "Some other, evidently, for he said thai
the purity of elections was due to the Dem
ocratic law. What would it matter. n,
asked, If 1000 or 5000 voters were disfran.
chiSed If in order to relieve them IL was
necessary to place on the books a law th~,t
would open the way to the widest sort 4,
corruption?
HUBBELL'S POINTED REPLIES.
The discussion of the forenoon was con
cluded by Senator Hubbell, who declared
that he could not refrain from replying I,
the calumny that Dorsey bought votes fol-
two-dollar bills.
IF it is true that Dorsey bought then
for 81 a head what was the political affilia,
ton of those men?''
He recalled that the only men convicted
of violating election laws were men affil
iating with the other party. Coy and Bern
hamer in this city were instances. Afte,
refused TO eXpel him from the Council
chamber.
Frauds on the election laws with which
we are acquainted" he said. were no
committed by members of the Republican
party"
For all the talk about Dudley and Dorse,
Senator HuDbell had something to say il
reply. There was round of applause wher
ne referred 10 the famous telegram from ;
Democratic national chairman (Barnum)
Send me seven more mules. boys"
to In.