The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-13

its of the Office He asked simply to get
useful information as to what the ONCE
was really worth. The treasurer replied
with scant courtesy that IL was none OF
the senator's business. That led Senator
Starr To the conclusion that there should
be some way for the people TO find out just
how much man was getting out OF iu-
crative county office TO which the people
had elected him. III he would not tell OF
his own free will he should be made TO tell,
said the senator. The amendment was the
result.
The amendment, which was also adopted,
provides that on the first day OF January
of each year and at the end of his term
every county officer shall make out sworn
statement Of all receipts and expenditures
incidental to his Office. well as the salary
received and paid out to clerks, and TINS
statement shall be filed with the clerk or
the Circuit Court. The amendment was
gladly adopted by Senator Gard, who saw
the point that was made
Senator Barcus put In an amendment
that is in reality an emergency clause. IL
provides that the law shall go into effect
the first Monday in April. The purpose OF
the amendment is to place the law in OPP
GRAFTON at the beginning OF the second
quarter OF the year, so that there would
be no confusion in accounts or mix-ups OF
any kind: The amendment was adopted
The bill was further amended by Mr..
Ogborn, who put In 1t a provision that in
all counties OF less than 1000 population
the clerk and sheriff shall receive for extra
services required by the county commits
sioners an extra sum not TO exceed 500.
The amendment applies to only two coun-
ties in the State-Ohio and Union-where
the officers named have a hard time TO
scrape along on the small salary paid.
The bill was then orGered engrossed and
reprinted and when IL comes up on third
reading will probably receive large ma
jority of the votes in it's favor. Senator
Gard believes that it will go through the
House without a great deal of trouble and
Will eventually become a law. He says the
law Is good one from every point of view,
that 1t seeks to relieve hard-worked Off
Gals, not extravagantIy but reasonably and
without footing the public treasury: He
submits the bill to public opinion and says
he Is willing to stand or fall by its ver-
dict
Something of a stir was caused in The
Senate yesterday morning by the introduc-
ton or resolution prepared by Senator
Johnston and providing that the representa-
tive of an afternoon newspaper should be
excluded from the floor Of the Senate until
the editor Of the paper had retracted GER
tain violent expressions concerning the
character of the Senate and senators. The
resolution was discussed at length and re-
ferred finally to committee consisting OF
three members.
The Dausman bill to give township ad-
visory boards the right to regulate the
number of justices of the peace and con-
stables and to determine the salary of
Justices was so loaded with amend
ments that 1t was distasteful to it's au-
thor and he urged the senator's to vote
against II and put 1t out of its misery.
Sentor Johnston moved that the Senate
adjourn until to-day out of respect to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln. The Re
publicans, led by Senator Lindley, protested
vigorously. claiming that the motion was
simply intended to put the Republicans in
the hole and for little else.
Pointing 70 Senator Fortune, who was
calling him with sarcastic quips and quirks,
Senator Lindleyl declared, II am tired of the
twitterings of this little fellow. / don't
blame the Democrats for wanting to adj
Journ until tomorrow; I suppose they are
ashamed to look at Iincon'S picture.''
Senator Lindley previously had moved that
the picture of Lincoln be hung over the
presidents chair. Johnston's motion was
killed and Lindley's was passed.