The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-27
Bill 10 Increase Compensation OF
County Commissioners Killed by
BALL, Matson and Parks.
BOTH HOUSES RUSHING WORK
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORTS GRAY
RAILROAD BILL FOR PASSAGE.
Bill to Prohibit Carrying of Deadly
Weapons KfIIed-NumerOus Meas
ures Advanced-Routinew Work.


the counties of Kosciusko and Marshall.
had busy day yesterday The senator.
whose capacity for the Introduction of bills
and the growing of luxuriant facial foliage
is the marvel of his colleagues, sharpened
his ak and went after several bills having
salary clauses attached. He Needed not all
cries OF 'Woodman, spare that tree" but
smote right and left. The bellicose gentle
man from Marshall furnished enough gin
ger to the afternoon session of the Senate
to relieve the dull routine and to keep
awake visitors and statesmen.
First of all he sailed into Mr.. Stricler's
bill providing for the appointment of a
commission of three members TO revise and
codify the statute laws of the State con-
cerning public, private and other corpora
tions. The original bill had been introduced
by Senator Matson, but Senator stricler
submitted substitute which met the favor
Of the judiciary committee When the
measure was called up yesterday Senator
Barcus offered an amendment nroviding
that the secretary of state shall be MEM
Der Of the commission and shall receive
compensation of $1,000 a year. That started
Mr. Parks at once and he sent up a mo-
ton which provided for the amendment Of
the secretary of state He declared that Il
was unreasonable to ask the Senate to give
the secretary of state an additional a .oo
a year when he was already drawing Sc 500
annually He becams heated in argument
and paused not because Daniel E. storms
was outside the railing listening to the
speech.
The Parks amendment was adopted. and
4 h.
serve as member of the commission with
out pay. Other amendments were Offered
providing that the work of the commission
must be completed by Dec l. 1904. that tbe
salary Of the clerk of the commission shall
be $500 year instead of $1,000 and that
the aggregate pay, of stenographers shall
not be In excess of 5000 annually. The
bill was passed by a vote of 81 to after
Senator Fortune had stated acidly his OH
jections.
WAR PAINT AND FEATHERS
But ii was late i'm the afternoon that Sem
ator Parks went on the warpath in fun
paint and feathers. Senator Lawler called
up for engrossment House bill No. s3s.
which provides for the increase of the sal
airy OF the adjutant general of the State
from s1,5oO a year to $3.50. Senator LawIer
offered an amendment increasing the salary
of the quartermaster general of the Ma
tional Guard from s.. 200 to 5000 a year.
1T is not often, said the old-time DEM
ocrat who halls from Jackson and WASH
ington. that am found on the side OF a
salary-increasing measure, but this bill is
one that | believe should pass While +
believe that Adjutant General Ward de-
serves more money than he is getting, my
chief interest in the bill is TO raise the paw
of General r s. Foster who honors the
State of Indiana by serving in the capacity
of quartermaster general OF her militia /
have no doubt tnat the senators are IA
miliar with the record of General Robert s.
Foster: how he served with brilliancy
throughout the long rebellion; how he was
the only general officer who ever received
the puc'ic thanks on the field OF the Presi-
dent of the United States: how he saved
the army OF Phil Sheridan by quick think-
ing and quick marching. and how he ap-
peared in front OF Lee army one morning
in the spring of 1865 just when the Con-
federate leader about to escape Grants
drag net There is no doubt that General
Foster is the peer OF any officer living or
dead who took part In putting down the
on the rame of the State TO deal niggardly
with a man who has brought such luster TO
the name of the commonwealth.
Senators I.ayman and Starr both spoke
for the amendment but Senator Parks
who had been busily scribbling. sent up
amendment to the bill providing that the
salary of the adjutant general should be
| 81 800 a year instead of 2.250. as the bill
provided. The senator from Marshall then
turned loose the batteries OF his elOquence
| and shelled the ad1utant general until his
e have no objection" said he Ito in
| creasing the salary of General Foster. be-
| cause he was brave officer ana good
man. but as 10 giving the adtutsnt general
| any such ridiculous sum as $50. why, that
| is q different thing. The young man who
/ holds the easy place of adjutant general
! has not done a lick OF work for months,
am given to understand so why In heavens
| name should we raise his salary
Twt.rx NnR ST. M
| chamber while Mr. Parkss s-apeshot few
| right and left. and the your nan blushed
and retired to a sofa TO recovsr MS % som-
/ ever Senator Fortune. veteran or the
| Spanish war. got on his hind legs. meta
| phorically speaking. and went after Parks
viciously.
WARD DEFENDED.
..The most offensive thing about the
speech of the senator from Marshall" he
said. sis the statement that the adjutant
general is a soung man. l should think
that we have reached stage OF civilization
when II is no longer a discredit 10 a man TO
be young. Do you gentlemen understand
that this Office of adjutant general is a very
important one; that the militia of the State
is in his hands to do with as he likes. Is
not 81. 500 year a measy sum TO pay a
man charged with such responsibility
| senator wolcott. who had prepared some
figures showing the amouft OF work accom-
| nlished I'm General Wards Office. spoke
| AGAINST the Parks amendment. The duties
/ of this Office" he said. ARE not child 5
| play. The militia OF Indiana are not tin
| Soldiers: they are a part of the army of the
/ limited States. The senator from Marshall
| is misinformed when he makes such state
| ments Ii does not seem 10 come well from
| "a senator who wanted 10 increase the sal
| ary of the state forester from x.30 to &s0Q
| a year
said that he remembered reading OF =