The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-10-26


the insane. The stafehouSe, the Northern
Hospital for the Insane, the southern ii"s.
plfai for the Insane. the eastern hoHpltaA
i0g lhe lLsan, aud IA. Srnool Tor Feeble
Minded Youth at Font wayne. Besides.
Democratic legislatures made necessary
pprlatious FOR numerous additions "
oiuer Institutions and rof erecting adui-
tlOnul buildings at the state ntrfsi|.
Purdue University, the state Normal
school. soldiers and sailors orphans
Home al knight-town. for the state Sol
base a. De- -, n o.-es ..A- t.A, ,e
nuke a 80 lns that VIII compare vito
Paying the State Debt.
The Republican party Is constantly laud-
ing What Il has dOne in the payment 81 the
STATE 4, vt. aud yet neither IA is platforms
nor from the stump has IL ever told hV"
IL WAS enabled tp make my pay menls upon
this dgut cannot a 'l'- tune aissuss
this subject AZ length. but can very briet-
Is SHOW 90 whom hnnor s due Tor the IN
crease In the debit be devi-ing of
method for the payment or tue debt was
hrst taken ny hy the democratic party an
iits Legislature Of 1881 upon the recon-
mrndation of GnyernOr Isaac H. Gray. aud
under an act of that session pf the general
assembly and under the Democratic tax
law of iS1l and the >inKing fund act
passed hy the Democrats Ia lN1. every
dollar has been raised that has been ap-
piled oI tAis debt by any partr up - this
good DAY. except the amount 81 an old war
debt amounting 10 Str., ~ ~. which was
paid in l!W2 by the national government
10 our state ana applied On this debt 30
you see the debt has diminished snd Is
being wiped Oui through methods origin
ateu anu put in operation through the
wisdom ana ~iate~uan.n'p " tht Demo
cratic party and the only credit Rrpuhll-
can officials dr~,sNr ia the premises Is that
they have refrained from Stealing aud
properly applied the money. Tor this am
wiling to cuucrde they are entitled 10
great honoI in The light OF recent disclo-
sures
Cleaning the State House.
What does IL cost 70 keep the statehouse
clean under Republican administration
My question has NO reference 10 the sal
aries aud fees ~ the officials. II only EN-
braces whitevash aud di>nfrctantS. Gov
eriior Hnuy TOOK his onice Ia January.
1886 and W 20 September. 1906 he has
paid ont Of the STAKE treasury for recent
Invest gallons 0f state ohlceS. including
attorney fees. the following amounts:
lut of the governors military
and ciyH contingent fund y a,4.u-Oo
Out ~ tAe governor : cuniiugent
fund Tor Institutions. ...-...... 3.9s4-oJ
our ~ the governor = emergency II
funl tt..+.++----. ---+-.--.-+-. -.stl-oJ
Out "a the cscheated sstaies fund. 1000
Total ...........-.......- .Sl4.'iio-o ~
submit Il cost sntireiy TO much 20
keen kHnuhiirans st.aight ll nfhce. End
Ithls within itself ought o. be a sniiiciclt
reason for change n ADMINISTRATION.
House Rent and Bipartisan Graft.
The attack the governor makes on what
he dcnominstes bipartisan graft. j. eio.
l9upntly and forrcfully STATED. he says
. tAat every doubt has been solved ags,s.s;
! the state and in favor Of the Official His
words penetrate like arrows Ia his denun
cis.ion OF the hateful system he 50 right
, ieouSlv ahhors. and he leaves the impress
z sion that under no possible circumstances
could he be seducrd 90 Join the organiza
tion 81 the bipari isan grafter~-
But let's judge ~ him by his record-no'
= lby his eloquence or power of invcctiNe
2 The law under which he is serving the
: people provides generously for him u
Department Regular salary of governor
5000; rent ~ governors residence
E Eighteen hundred dollars year for rem
d ls AZ the rate ~ $3.50 month. lie wai
q ,tuaueurated January s lyp5 and lived IL
the ClaypoOi Hotel ip Ianury and Februar,
~ that year. March 1928. he drew r-n
for January. 1896. less nine days. xlo6. sns
{ for February. 1895 $3.50. and In all $50
i He VIII doubtless welcome the opportuntt,
. 20 explain where Il Was that he had
I house rented during this period.
" But he draws his rent AZ the rate Of Sis
2 month to and including September. 1915
e Then a thought dgwns upon bin, and b
% concluded be had better write q letter 4
Il his attorney general and get an opinion
. He was prompted 20 write this letter be
n yond doubt by the peculiar condition o
a affairs then existing In the ststehonse
) He had been drawing rent al the rate o
$50 month. but hadn't been paying tina
= amount for house
8 Asking Attorney-ceneral's Opinion
v He closed down on sherr+ck on septenbe
n IA. and soon thereafter II became apparen
e 20 hlm' THAT be might be called upon
a give an account % how he had been ha nd
a. inh he r ytA
Il 10 draw under proper conditions. So Oct
= II. 1895. be begins 10 get ready 70 lu~tif
n his conduct and he calls the attention Q
n the legal department 20 the section OF IN
. constitution that provides: The gove
n nor shall at stated times. receive for HI
M services n compensation which shall neitl
\, or be neren Sed nor diminished during III
N term for whKh he shall have been cleo
~ ed: and then he saws % the attorney gei
~ eral In letter. ~ desire 10 be advised y
~ you whether the provision ror rent ni "a
\, governors residence T. within the Inca min
~ the word compensation contained
the secl!on - the state constitution a''o'
referred 10"
~ opinion might be against him on this lne
"a tion and hciug exceedingly anxious 70 ~
y, proprinte a. ls own use the whole ~ III
:, 81 Spp SET apart hy the state for his hOu'
- rent. he hres another question ~ the y
~ torncv general. mud here Il \:
ty "IS the governor entitled 20 draw u
r. 81 SO Tor house rent provided hy this NJ
N. prnpriaton without regard 20 the amour
an ~ rent actually paid for the residence @
10 cupied by himf
he Now II would seem that Il ought 20 Ia,
Ter occurred "a Mr. Hanly that III the legisl
he ture had intended that he should have I
IL wnv OF compensation for his services mo-
'er than 5000 annually. 81 would have sa
ed 50 nv Increasing the amount of the STATE
en salary. aud ehe attorney general 50 inforI
he Cd him In effect
as Mr.. Miiier's Reply.
m. ,, .-.. I, A. -.
~ w comes 10 the governors rclif on his sc
N ond question. | quote from the opinion
n, the attorney general.
IRE III Is wcil-known fact that Ia 1901 q
he legislature very SERIOUSLY .onsl"rTeu !,
me erection aud maintenance of an exccuti
~ ma nSion. md that a hill TO that eject VI
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