South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-24

premc and appellate courts from Sl.-0o 10
5000. Increase 5000.
o. This same legislature Increased the
appropriation Of the board 'f charities
ABOUT 5000
10 The office of Tom Brolley chief of
the bureJu Of s.. ltiS.Ic>. eNietded TWO
years. at am annual salary OF $1,000.
H. The law Of 1911 gives each deputy
inspector iu The bureau of Inspection the
right to appoint three assistants at $l.-oO
81 year each The law of 1913 allows the
appointment If FIVE assistants To each dep
Uty Inspector at $l.j00 each. And the last
legislature 20 SO Increased the salary Of the
license clerk i'm tile bureau of inspection
from SLIGO TO Sl.Jt0 and further gives me
license clerk n >teuoglTpher nj $500.
L. Burt New. former secretary Of
The democratic state committee. is draw
ing $1,000 a year rs legal c!erk u lhe
governor and general counsel to the pub
lie utilities commission. This appoint
mcut was made by the governor.
Is. As a result Of Tom Taggarts de-
mocracy giving 70 the people of this state
'the kind of legislature they want, the
legislature Of 1913 cost the taxpayers Of
the state Sj3200 more per day than amy
previous general assembly In the history
IA The legislature Of 1915 cost S162.
00OOO
Il. In fact the last legislature was a
salary grabbing legislature from Stlrt to
finish And the increase i'm salaries in In
diana amounted TO $4,000 "a year. This
includes the additional pay given to those
who hold fat Jobs i'm the state house and
also the additional pay voted 10 judges
and other state officials all over the state
l This does not include the S61 600 paid the
I machines wards i'm the legislature nor the
$4,000 in increase salaries in indianapolis
nor the greatly increased appropriations
for institutions. boards. commissions. etc.
16. The House Journal shows that there
We're So doorkeeperS on the house payroll.
There are only three doors 10 the house
chamber and page 2210. of the House Jour
nal shows that the principal dOorkeep
aud his ASST Stauts drew S9,196 of the tax
payers money during the 81 days of the
Il. The House Journal shows that
| Charles Washington. Que ~ Tom Tag
CARTS porters: received $40 per day for
porter work I'm the house-S4 more per
day than Was received hy any senator OF
representative. And leaving the represent
arrives from 81 Joseph county ont Of the
question. we can all agree that the sena-
tors ana Representatives were well paid
for the class OF service rendered
Is. There was collected from ST. Joseph
/ county for the first six months of the
automobile license law the sum Of $500.
nl, went 10 che department of state 10
DE distributed back 90 the several counties.
81 Joseph county had returned 70 fl the
sum of $
, 10 From one estate I'm St Joseph
/ county there was confiscsited as am inner
! rance tax ibetttr called post m0rtem tax
/ he SIM If $1,000
| Now Mr.. Duncan ] cam only speak for
! myself hut II / ann elected aS q repre-
\ sentative of 81 Joseph county I viii use
I my best endeav0r towards the following
J Is Have all OF the automobile tax re-
! main DID, the county where 10 Is collected.
10 Have one-half of the Inheritance tax
( remain I'm the county where fl Is collected.
J 20 Repeal all or the -beuefcient laws
\ thdt provides for increases in salaries and
! expenses. as referred % i'm this article
/ numbered from u Il. inclusive
/ Il. Can Won. Mr.. Duncan come out in
| the open and successfully defend the
| specific acts Of salary grabbing. debt in
! creaSing graft as referred 10 I'm mis- articie
rs taken from the records Of the legisla-
ture of the Taggart demoyracyt
FLOYD q. JELLISON