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FRIDAY, April 1, 1881--9 a. m.Mr. BENZ demanded a call of the Senate, which, being taken, discovered thirty-three Senators as present and answering to their names.
On motion by Mr. TRAYLOR the doors were ordered closed, and Doorkeeper instructed, to bring in the absentees. An ineffectual motion was made--yeas, 10; nays, 12--to dispense with further proceedings under the call.
Mr. OWEN moved to dispense with further proceedings under the call.
Mr. PORTER moved to lay that motion on the table.
This motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Mr. LOCKRIDGE moved that further proceed under the call be dispensed with.
This third consecutive motion of the same purport was agreed to.
The bill [H. R. 237--see page 30, vol. xx] concerning landlord and tenant, heretofore read the third time, was passed with Senate amendments.
The bill [H. R. 462] authorizing Railroad Companies to operate telegraphs for commercial purposes was read the third time and passed.
On motion by Mr. COMSTOCK, his bill [S. 198] legalizing certain acts of Gravel Road Companies purchasing roads at Sheriff's sales, was read the third time and passed.
Mr. CHAPMAN introduced a bill [S. 368] supplemental to an act to amend Section 1 of an act of December 21, 1865, concerning foreign Insurance Companies doing business in this State, authorizing the incorporation of Companies to insure plate glass. Subsequently, on his further motion, it was passed to the final vote and passed under a dispensation of the constitutional restriction.
On motion by Mr. DAVIDSON, the bill [H. R. 306] to revoke the conditions of the bond of a Trustee of Center Township, Marshall County, was read the first time.
Mr. DAVIDSON explained this was not to relieve the Trustee, but his sureties. It is a just measure and ought to pass. He moved to suspend the constitutional rule that the bill may be passed upon now.
Mr. YANCEY opposed the passage of this class of bills.
Mr. BELL explained that public moneys were placed in the hands of a hardware merchant when there was but one bank in town, and that not considered safe. The Trustee is an old man and insolvent. The sureties, who are solvent, have paid their proportion of the deficit.
Mr. FOSTER was assured this measure is proper and right.
Mr. SPANN also believed this bill proposed a mere act of justice.
The motion was agreed to, the bill pressed to the final vote and passed the Senate.
On motion by Mr. CHAPMAN, the special order was taken up, being his bill [S. 42j to repeal an act of March 15, 1879, touching foreign Insurance Companies, with a favorable majority report from the Insurance Committee and a report from the minority recommending that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr. LANGDON moved to substitute the minority for the majority report.
Mr. CHAPMAN opposed this motion. The bill simply seeks to wipe out that portion of the act rererred to, which provides in some cases that foreign Insurance Companies shall forfeit all right to hold real property, and rights on one side which are not on the other. This bill is in the interest of the people and not in the interest of any Loan Corporation. The passage of this bill would allow our citizens to borrow money from older communities at the lowest price for which money will be lent. Since the passage of this act of 1879 a number of foreign Loan Incorporations have suspended all business in Indiana. The act sought to be repealed acts as a deterrent to those possessing capital from loaning it in this State. This act page: 117[View Page 117] of 1879 forbids the transfer or institution of suits by foreign Corporations in the Federal Courts, and this bill proposes to repeal that clause, leaving it optional whether such cases shall be tried in the Federal Courts or in the local Courts. Our people need cheap money to develop our abundant possibilities. The way to bring capital here is to extend a friendly and just hand to those who have money to lend.
Mr. BROWN favored the substitution of the minority report. If the argument of the Senator is correct, these foreign Insurance Companies lie under the same disadvantages with his amendment as without it, if they obey the law. Not a single valid reason has been advanced why this amendment should be made. The only question is: Shall the Insurance Companies foreclose their mortgages in Indianapolis, or in the County where the mortgaged property is situated? To require the mortgagee living in Counties outside of this to defend his suit in this city would be imposing a burden unnecessary and unjust to the citizens of Indiana. It would be wise to discourage the people from recklessness in making laws. He opposed a high protective tariff that builds a wall around the city of Indianapolis to prevent country lawyers from coming in.
Mr. CHAPMAN insisted the existing law operates as a deterrent to money seeking borrowers coming into this State. If he could have his way he would not rob a County Attorney of a single foreclosure case brought by a foreign Insurance Company. He did not think the Court expenses are very much increased unless it be right at the threshold of the Federal Court, than in local Courts. The act of 1879 covers every contention that can possibly arise--not foreclosures solely. He never would encourage borrowing, but when one believes he can make money by borrowing money, he does not take the contrary advice with much kindness. While many will be reckless, many others in the end are benefited.
The motion was agreed to, and so the bill was indefinitely postponed.
On motion by Mr. OWEN, another vote was taken on the passage of the general appropriation bill [H. R. 422] which failed to pass on yesterday. The bill again failed to pass--yeas, 24; nays, 16--for want of the constitutional majority of twenty-six.
On motion by Mr. SAYRE, his bill [S. 349] to legalize the incorporation of Lagro, Wabash County, and all official acts of the Trustees thereof was passed through the two last readings under a suspension of the constitutional rules and passed the Senate.
The Lieutenant Governor announced the special order being the bill [S. 351] providing for the settlement and distribution decedents' estates, which was read for amendment in such portions as new matter is proposed.
Mr. KRAMER moved to strike out Section 4--looking to the creation of a Probate Court--which would be more expensive to estates. The Circuit Judge is better qualified to look after the reports of guardians and administrators than Master Commissioners. Enough is paid to the Judiciary.
Mr. SPANN hoped the section would stand, as Master Commissioners are provided for in the civil code bill already passed. This section rerelates to matters that will be litigated so as to relieve the Court of that class of business.
The motion to strike out was rejected.
On motion by Mr. SPANN, the Master Commissioner was allowed $5 a day
Mr. BUNDY moved to strike out Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, authorizing the Court to appoint one or more public administrators. The idea of a general administrator on dead men's estates looks like the business of the County might be thrown into the hands of two or three in each County.
Mr. GRUBBS favored the motion. He said there was no necessity for such officials. Such a proposition ought not to be grafted on the statute book.
The motion to strike out was agreed to.
On motion by Mr. HEFRON, the section prohibiting a married woman from taking letters testamentary without her husband's consent in writing filed with the County Clerk, was stricken out.
On motion by Mr. SPANN, the Senate concurred in the House amendment to his bill [S. 130--see pages 66 and 152 of these Reports] to provide for the care of pauper children.
On motion by Mr. SAYRE, the Hose concurrent resolution, authorizing the Investigating Committee on the management of the Insane Asylum to employ a short hand reporter, was concurred in.
i On motion by Mr. BROWN, the vote of this morning, by which the bill [H. R. 422] making general appropriations for the years 1882 and 1883 was reconsidered.
The bill then passed the Senate--yeas, 30; nays, 12.
Pending the roll call--
Mr. BROWN said: "I have voted twice against the bill. Many of its provisions I do not approve, and many of its appropriations I think unnecessarily large. But I fear that if I continue to vote against it, that it will necessitate the calling of another extra session of the Legislature, which I think would be a worse calamity than the passage of the bill. From what has occurred in Committee in reference to it, I think a recommitment of it would only make it more extravagant than it is. I, therefore, vote 'aye.'"
Mr. BUNDY said: The appropriation bill was considered by the Senate during my absence and I have not had the opportunity to examine the same as carefully as I should desire. There are several provisions in it which do not meet my approval and for which I can not vote. I think several of the appropriations made in the bill are in excess of the amounts necessary, and I therefore vote "no."
Mr. FOSTER said: Twice I have voted against the general appropriation, because, in my opinion, it appropriates money that ought not to be appropriated. But seeing no way to remedy the matter, and believing that it is better to pass the bill than to waste any more time wrangling over it, I vote "aye."
Mr. GRAHAM said: I vote against the bill for the reason that it makes an appropriation to Prosecuting Attorneys at the rate of $700 per year, when the law only allows them $500. This I regard as a flagrant abuse of an appropriation act. The appropriation for the Hospital for the Insane is largely in excess of the amount required, according to the best information I can get. The Finance Committee shows that the State Treasurer is largely paid by the interest which he receives upon the public funds, and the appropriation for his salary should have been reduced. In short, I oppose the bill from the fact that I regard it as very imperfect, there being ample time to revise it yet before the close of the session. I vote "no."
Mr. HART said: I vote against the bill for the reason it appropriates money that the law does not justify. We have no right, in my judgment, to appropriate money that the law on fees and salaries does not provide for. It makes extra appropriation above what the law provides for: to the Governor's messager, $750, also for the Governor's office expenses, $300; extra for contin- page: 118[View Page 118] gent fund, $1,000; for the Auditor's deputy and clerk, $1,500, and so on through the bill. I think the people demand a reduction in fees and salaries, instead of an increase as this bill provides for. The Republican party urged that the Constitutional Amendments should be re-submitted, that they might regulate fees and salaries, but the legislation here seems to be in the interest of office-holders. We should have the tax-payers' interest in view as well as the office-holders'.
Mr. KEISER said: I voted against this bill because I deemed the appropriations, in some items, too large; in a word, increased the appropriations, in my estimation, too largely; but believing that we have honest men in office, both for the State and for our Benevolent, Charitable and Penal Institutions, and that they will honestly and economically administer the affairs of their respective offices, and cover any surplus into the Treasury, if any there be; and for fear that at this late date in the session the final passage of an appropriation bill may be endangered, and thus do an incalculable damage and injury to the State and her Institutions, and be more expensive to the tax-payers than this bill will be, I enter my protest, but vote "aye."
Mr. RAHM says: I wanted the bill referred to a Committee, with instructions to reduce salaries of Prosecuting Attorney from $700 to $500, as the law now stands. The extra fees that a Prosecutor now makes, in addition to the regular salary, is sufficient for all purposes. I vote "no."
Mr. SAYRE had twice voted against this bill. He objected to it for the reason that it increases the pay of Prosecuting Attorneys to $700, and saw no reason why that should done. In hopes this may be amended in the House of Representatives, he voted "aye."
Mr. TRAYLOR had voted twice for this bill, and one reason he voted for it two times is that it increases the pay of Prosecuting Attoneys. In justice to Prosecutors now in office, he thought they ought to get $700 a year. He voted "aye."
Mr. VOYLES said: I am not willing to vote for the bill because the amount appropriated by the terms of the bill exceeds the amount of compensation allowed by law as to some of the public officers. I see no use of any law regulating the compensation of officers, if when the General Assembly meets it may appropriate money as if the law reads: "Public officers shall have such compensation as may be appropriated when the question of appropriations comes up."
Mr. WHITE--I would say that I am very sorry that I can not support this bill. I am in favor of reasonable salaries, but this bill raises quite a number of salaries, so I can not support the bill; and it further appropriates more money for our Benevolent Institutions than I think is necessary; therefore I vote "no."
Mr. WOOLLEN also has voted twice against this bill, for the reason it appropriates moneys to State officers' assistants contrary to the provisions of the fee and salary bill. All appropriations should be made in accordance with the fee and salary bill. As he did not desire to see this bill defeated, he would vote 'aye.'
The vote was announced as above recorded--
So the bill passed the Senate.
Mr. SAYRE introduced a bill [S. 369] to provide fees and salaries for certain officers therein named, prescribing certain of their duties, and providing penalties for violation of certain of its provisions, which was read by title only, under dispensation, and 200 copies ordered printed.
Sheriffs, Clerks, Auditors, and Treasurers will be paid fixed salaries instead of by fees, as now provided by law. These salaries will be graded according to population. Sheriffs, Auditors, and Clerks will be paid $200 per 1,000 for the first 5,000 of population, $150 per 1,000 for each of the second 5,000 of population, then $100 for each 1,000 of population over 10,000 up to 25,000, Over the, last mentioned figure they are to get $150 a thousand up to 50,000, when it changes again to $100 per 1,000 for all over 50,000. The object of these last apparently contradictory allowances is to meet the requirements in the few Counties of very large population. The Committee reasons that in such Counties the business in theh County offices is much larger proportionately to population that in the smaller Counties, statistics showing that the business in these larger Counties increases beyond the increase in population. The County Treasurers' compensation is to be slightly different from that of the three other officiers mentioned above. They are to receive only $150 per 1,000 for the first 5,000 of population, and after that figure $100 per 1,000, clear on up to the highest population in any County. The various officers above mentioned get some extra "pickings" in addition to their regular salaries.
The Sheriff will be allowed fifty cents per day for the board of each prisoner, and thirty cents per mile for the distance traveled in taking convicts to the Penitentiary and insane people to the Asylum.
Clerks will be allowed pay in fixed fees for acknowledgment of deeds, for marriage licenses, and for taking and certifying depositions.
The Auditors get extra fees for the transfer of lands for taxation; also, for liquor licenses. These latter are now fixed at $1 each, but the Auditors generally get more from the liquor-sellers. The fee is one of the "constructive" kind, which stretches all the way from $1 to $4, according to the ability and disposition of the applicant to "bleed."
Under the bill the County Recorders, Coroners and Surveyors will be compensated pretty much as they are now, viz.: by fees; the graded salary system described in the foregoing not applying to these cases. The salaries of the Sheriff, Treasurer, Clerk, and Auditor, or the "Big Four" of the County officers, as they are called, are to be paid out of a general fund accumulated in the Treasurer's office as follows: All fees are to be collected from litigants and others just as now provided by law, but instead of going to the various officers collecting them they are to be turned over to the County, and from them the salaries are paid.
The Sheriff will be required to make a quarterly report of his collections to the County Commissioners, with reasons for those fees not collected. If he turns over sufficient fees to pay his salary, as provided for by law, he gets it out of the same money. If this fund is not sufficient for the purpose, his compensation is shortened to the extent of the deficiency. In other words, he can not receive in salary more than he collects in fees. This is also the case with the clerks, who do not get their salaries if the receipts of their offices will not pay them. There will be an average reduction of about 20 per cent. on the amount of all fees as compared with those at present allowed by law, which, of course, will redound to the interests of the general public and not to those of the County officials.
Mr. MARVIN introduced a bill [S. 370] to legalize the acts of Kevlin corporation, Clinton County.
Mr. COMSTOCK, from the Select Committee thereon, returned the bill [H. R. 367] concerning proceedings in criminal cases with sundry amendments.
On motion by Mr. BROWN, the reading of the report was dispensed with. The constitutional restriction was set aside, and the bill was read the first and second by title only.
were introduced or filed with the Secretary under the rule of the Senate by Messrs. Brown, Graham, Menzies, Chapman, Urmston, Wood, Bundy, Gar- page: 119[View Page 119] rigus, Marvin, Traylor, Comstock, Hefron, Coffey, Davidson, Spann, Keiser, Menzies and Owen, which were referred to the Committee on Temperance without reading.
The Senate adjourned till to-morrow.
FRIDAY, April 1, 1881--9 a. m.INSANE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION.
Mr. RYAN offered a concurrent resolution that the Chairman of the Committee for the Investigation of the Insane Hospital be allowed to employ a short hand reporter to report evidence, etc., and that the Chairman be allowed to administer oaths. He said the investigation has been going on for three evenings, and that such disclosures have been made as to justify the Committee in directing me to offer this resolution, and to state it is important that the testimony should be taken. The managers of the Hospital have procured a like reporter to represent their interest. This investigation should be done in such manner that the evidence can be presented to this House and the people.
Mr. EDWINS said it was unecessary to put the State to this expense of a short-hand reporter; that other Committees took evidence by the clerks.
The resolution was adopted.
The Judiciary Committe returned the bill [H. R. 379] for the establishment of a Commission of Claims against the State, recommending the passage of a substitute; also, on the bill [H. R. 480] concerning publications of Sheriff's sales, recommending its passage.
These reports were concurred in and the bills were read the second time and ordered engrossed.
A majority of the Committee on the Judiciary reported in favor of the passage of the bill [H. R. 358] in relation to free gravel roads, construction, etc., and a minority recommended that the bill lie on the table.
Mr. LINSDAY spoke in favor of concurring in the minority report.
Mr. KENNER was opposed to the passage of this bill, and favored the adoption of the minority report, for the reason the provisions, if enforced, would have an injurious effect upon the people of the County. One of the provisions requires the County to be responsible for the bonds issued for the construction of such roads, thereby burdening land-owners far distant from the road, not having any interest in its construction.
Mr. COLE was of the opinion that this bill, if it should become a law, would work no good. He favored the minority report.
Mr. FLOYD said: I agree with the gentleman from Huntington (Mr. Kenner) that the law is right as it is, without this proposed amendment, for the reason that the County is not the contracting party, and should not be held liable for the contract to build a gravel road.
Mr. BUSKIRK said: If this proviso is stricken out of every tax-payer in the County would help to pay these bonds, while, leaving it as it is, only those living near the road, receiving the benefit of such construction, will be held liable.
Mr. TETER said: The intention of the author may be good enough, but the effect of the bill may overreach his intention.
Mr. LINSDAY--The gentleman from Huntington (Mr. Kenner) says under the provisions of this act the County is responsible for the acts of County Commissioners. I defy any lawyer or business man to point to a single case where a County officer in the discharge of his duty becomes responsible for a dollar. When do Courts become responsible for erroneous judgments? You can not find it anywhere. They are never pecuniarily responsible for a dollar. These bonds are affected by the proceedings of the County Commissioners, who are the agents of the County. The only question involved is one of cost.
The minority report was adopted--yeas, 56; nays, 27.
t Senator Spann's bill [S. 130--See page 66 and 152], for the education of pauper children, was read a third time.
Mr. FANCHER said: We have some 600 poor children confined in our Poor Houses, who are not receiving a particle of education. This provides for a Matron, who shall lodge, educate, and board these children at her house--keep them there and educate them. If the Matron has no house, it provides that the County Commissioners may erect one.
Mr. RYAN--I understand from the reading of the bill that there is nothing obligatory upon the Board of Commissioners to do so.
Mr. FANCHER--That is so. It also provides that such matron shall not receive more than thirty cents per day for the care of those children.
Mr. BUSKIRK moved to recommit the bill to a Special Committee, with instructions to amend so as to provide for the appointment of a new Superintendent.
Mr. BARTLETT said: I can not see the necessity of recommitting the bill. It provides that the shall be a female of suitable age and experience to take care of these children--be under her care--give them what we call a family training, that the children may be educated and sent to the Common Schools This is what is known as the "Merritt bill," which was presented in the House by myself, and when the Senate bill was referred to the Committee on County and Township Buildings, the Senate bill was substituted for this. I move to lay the motion to recommit on the table.
The motion was agreed to.
The bill passed--yeas, 77; nays 16.
Mr. Edwins' bill [H. R. 247] to regulate the proper entry of mortgages was read the third time.
Mr. MOODY--I am very much opposed to the passage of this bill. I think it is intended to accomplish that which has already been accomplished by the general tax bill passed by this Legislature. The gentleman from Madison (Mr. Edwins) says this bill will reach and cause to be taxed $5,000,000 of property that will escape taxation under the tax law. I ask the gentleman why he does not specify what property he expects to reach for taxation by this bill, not provided for in the tax bill already passed. How absurd this bill is when examined. It provides that all mortgages, before the Recorder can record them, must be entered upon the Auditor's books for taxation. Do you think a man living in Steuben County and loaning his money in DeKalb should be required to pay for the unnecessary work of entering his mortgage upon the Auditor's books for taxation, or does the gentleman propose that he shall pay a tax in both Counties? The same difficulty arises as to non-residents. Thousands of dollars are loaned by non-residents to the people of our State, and this bill proposes to tax their mortgages. What justice is there in this? The people want all property taxed once and only once, and I think the new tax bill will accomplish this, and to pass this bill will only tend to confusion without any corresponding benefit to any one. Many reasons might be urged against the passage of this bill, but I hope a word to the wise is sufficient.
Mr. GILMAN said: I believe all property page: 120[View Page 120] should be taxed, and it may be taxed twice, but when it comes to taxing it three times it is a little too much. Under the tax law just passed we have to pay a tax on all kinds of property. I pay a tax upon my farm and lands, and the man who loans me money on a mortgage pays taxes on the mortgage. Whether a man lives in or out of the State he is taxed just the same. Now this bill proposes to make the Auditor of each County a Smelling Committee to see that the citizens shall be compelled to pay taxes. I hope the bill will not pass.
Mr. CARTER thought the principle of the bill was wrong; furthermore, that ground has been fully covered by the tax law to the utmost of our ingenuity. That was supposed to reach every species of property. He thought if property under that law escaped the Assessor the owner perjures himself or escapes under the eyes of the officers. This bill says that every mortgage shall be recorded in the Recorder's office for taxation. A mortgage is not a subject for taxation. It is not a thing of itself, but it is the security of a debt, and yet the gentleman comes in here and pretends to say that a man who makes a mortgages shall first go into the Auditor's office and have it entered for taxation.
Mr. EDWINS said that he did not wish to detain the House very long in discussing this bill, as he had discussed the merits of the bill at some length on two several occasions before, and he was satisfied that in spite of what he could say the capiialists and their agents would not allow such a bill to pass this House. He was well aware how unpopular it was to advocate any measure looking to the taxing of the property of the rich with their agents here on the floor of the House guarding their interests. It was a fact patent to all that those who were worth only from $5,000 to $15,000 paid the taxes of the country. The great bondholders of the Nation were exempt from taxation, and the wealthy classes of this State were only trying to follow these examples. We ask simply that there shall be placed on the Auditor's duplicate the evidence of money loaned in the shape of mortgages, so that the Auditor could certify to the Assessor, just like he would a deed, the amount of such property. Is there any hardship in that? Certainly not. And all this sophistry is certainly in bad taste in those gentlemen opposing a measure that would place so much property on the tax duplicate for taxation that is now hidden away.
The bill failed to pass--yeas, 27; nays, 55.
The SPEAKER made the Committee, concerning the relaying of the corner-stone of the State House, to consist of Messrs. Miles, Carter and Hargrove.
Mr. FANCHED moved thoat the House do not recede from its amendments the bill [S. 25] repealing an act for the appointment of an Oil Inspector, and that a Conference, and that a Conference Committee be appointed.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Chandler's bill [H. R. 362] in relation to promissory notes, bank checks, bills of exchange, excepting the holidays, for the prsentation and payment of the same, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 63; nays, 9.
Mr. Neff's bill [H. R. 231] concerning partition fences, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 52; nays, 22.
Senator Henry's bill [S. 176--see page 113] to amend Section 3 of an act regulating the adoption of heirs, approved March 2, 1852, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 80; nays, 0.
Senator Menzies bill [S. 155] concerning Circuit Courts, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 77; nays, 0.
Senator Menzies bill [S. 212-see page 146] concerning ferries and prescribing punishment for the violation of its provision.
Mr. GIBSON said this bill provides that when a man owns a boat in Kentucky, he shall pay a license in this State, and puts him upon the same footing as ferries in Indiana.
The bill passed--yeas, 74; nays, 0.
S Mr. MOODY moved to suspend the regular order and to reconsider the vote of the House refusing to ask the Senate to return the bill concerning elections and the contest thereof to this House. He said: When that bill was upon its passage through the House I sought an opportunity to protest against its passage. I made a careful examination of this bill after it passed. The only recommendation the bill had was that it was originated by the Codification Committee. This ballot-box will cost the people of Indiana $75,000 to cast a vote which ought to fall as easily and free to the citizens of Indiana as the beautiful snow; yet this bill was hurried through simply because the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Ryan) thought the people of Indiana wanted it. I believed when that bill passed that it would not protect the elective franchise. I believed it was a fraud upon the people of Indiana, and I am now convinced and make this effort for the purpose of reconsidering it.
Mr. CARTER--If this is a bill that will conflict with the rights of the Democratic party, the Senate can take care of it. I do not think we ought to have this bill brought back here. It has been away a number of days. It passed this House. We could not reconsider it except by a two-thirds vote.
Mr. RYAN said: It can not be possible for a man who talks as much as my friend on the left to always tell the truth. He can not always be posted on every question. The harangue has been more for the benefit of the Democracy of Indiana than the people in general. If he was so overcome with indignation, why did he not at the proper time and place manifest it? The passage of this bill was inspected and sanctioned by men of his party upon this floor--men who have more regard for the purity of elections than I think the gentleman has, from the speech he undertook to make upon the pass ge of this bill. I will venture to say that there is not a man who can produce a single objection to the features of that bill. This is not the time nor place to discuss this question.
Mr. EDWINS--The motion this morning was not for the purpose of bringing about a discussion. No one denies but what the ballot box contemplated in this bill will be useful, but I do claim that where we find that we have made a mistake, and can correct it, we should do so. Twenty-five dollars is too much to pay for these little insignificant boxes, when we can get them for $5 or $10, and I think that is sufficient to pay for them. I favor this that the Members of this House may have an opportunity to correct the mistake. This is the place to remedy the error, where it originated; therefore I am in favor of the motion.
Mr COLE--I desire to say that it comes in bad taste from a gentleman who occupies as much time as the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Ryan) to refer to the time occupied by the gentleman from Dekalb (Mr. Moody). I do not think this is a political question. I voted for the bill when it passed the House, and might vote for it again. I understood it was a fire-proof and burglar proof balot-box, one in which it was impossible to get an illegal vote. I have learned since that a plan was devised by which illegal votes were deposited into that ballot-box, and that it was only defeated by accident. I would like to examine this thing, and think it proper that the Houe should examine it, and if it can be shown that the boxes can be purchased for less than $25 a piece, it is right and just to do so.
Mr. MOODY said: "I did not suppose that page: 121[View Page 121] when I moved to reconsider the vote that I was going to strike the representative of the patentee of this ballot-box. I did not suppose that he was in the hall of this Legislative Assembly. I did this for the purpose of getting to reconsider the action of the House on the bill, and if there could be any improvement made let it be done; but for one, I am not willing to vote away $75,000 of the people's money for a thing that is of no earthly benefit to the State.
Mr. RYAN moved to lay the motion to suspend the regular order on the table.
This motion was rejected--yeas, 42; nays, 44.
The motion to suspend the regular order was also rejected.
Senator Menzies' bill [S. 245] to enlarge the power of incorporated cities was read the third time.
Mr. GIBSON said this bill was simply to extend the powers of City Councils.
The bill passed--yeas, 72; nays, 1.
Senator Langdon's bill [S. 157] to amend Section 44 of an act concerning guardian and ward, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 71; nays, 0.
Senator Veihe's bill [S. 153] to amend Section 1 of an act supplemental to an act concerning assignments of personal and real property for the benefits of creditors, regulating the manner, etc., was read the third time and passed--yeas, 69; nays. 0.
Senator Comstock's bill [S. 168] to amend Section 11 of an act touching the relation of guardian and ward, approved June 11, 1852, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 70; nays, 0.
Senator Menzies' bill [S. 156-see page 151 of these Report ] to amend an act concerning partition of land, approved May 20, 1852, was read the third time.
Mr. FRAZIER said the only material change in the bill is it gives trustees, administrators and executors powers in certain cases.
The bill passed--yeas, 69; nays, 1.
Senator Menzies' bill [S. 213] for the incorporation of Public Libraries, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 67; nays, 1.
The Senate amendments to the bill [H. R. 237] concerning landlords and tenants, were concurred in.
Mr. Skinner's bill [H. R. 490] to protect butter and cheese manufacture, was read the second time.
The following described bills were read the first time and referred:
By Mr. HINTON [H. R. 495]: To legalize the organization of Turnpike Road Companies.
By Mr. EDWINS [H. R. 496]: Concerning the ballot-boxes to be used at elections within this State. [Such box not to exceed in cost $10.]
By Mr. FULLER [H. R. 497]: For the employment of convict labor in State Prisons. [Shall be let out to the highest bidder at not less than ninety cents per day.]
By Mr. MURRAY [H. R. 498]: To authorize and empower Macadamized and Gravel Road Companies to enter upon land and condemn and appropriate stone and gravel situate to be used in the construction of such roads, providing compensation, etc.
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By Shawn Boles in FunnyI send exactly one letter a year: a signature form to the IRS to say that yes, indeed, I have eFiled my taxes. Other than that, I use the Internet, and to a smaller part mobile phones, for all of my communications. It's faster, easier, and significantly cheaper.
Walking into the post office, I felt as my Mom must feel when she comes with me to Fry's Electronics. A million options, and not a single clue where to go. All I knew was that, using the US Postal Service, I had to convey this sheet of paper to another post office in Austin.
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The IRS requires a signature. On paper. For filing your taxes online. Or a "super secure five digit pin number" (which I used, once, a year ago and cannot remember). Or my return amount from last year (which is currently stored on hard cellulose media in a backup (box) somewhere in my garage). So signature it is.
Letters require an envelope. Email does not. However, being a post office, this was easy to rectify. For $.25
Letters require postage. Not only did they charge me for the paper sleeve, but they also charged me for "postage." The postal worker handed me the envelope and the stamp. I put the stamp on the envelope and handed it back. He took a rubber stamp and defaced that $.41 square of paper. Why didn't he just save me the extra step?
The post office doesn't automatically affix a "FROM" field to the envelope. He then handed the letter back, gesturing to the top left corner. Apparently, I needed to write MY address there, in case they couldn't find the recipient. Right!
First-Class Mail doesn't actually mean First. In fact, Priority mail goes out before first class. And so does Express mail. In fact, there doesn't seem to be a "Class" of standard mail below first class, making it "Last Class" mail (there is Parcel Post and Media Mail and Bulk Mail, but these aren't standard on-the-price-board listed services). This is like the old joke about the Soviet Union reporting that their car made second place, and the American car made second-to-last, without mentioning that it was a two car race.
Surliness is one of the few free services provided by the Post Office. Along with dinginess and long lines. Then again the guy behind the counter didn't have to make such a show of his open disdain for my inability to "properly" affix postage.
Unlike Internet forms, real world forms have two sides. With a barely restrained sigh, the federal agent behind the counter handed back my form, and made a twirling motion with his finger, requesting that I put my return address on the back of that form. Didn't I already give them my return address on the letter?
After filling out the envelope (twice) AND a certificate (both sides), the federal agent then proceeded to place stickers and stamps all over my envelope. When he was done it had no less than 3 stickers and writing over the entire surface. He then handed me a paper with a convenient 20 digit number I could use to check on the progress of the letter. By calling a "1-800″ number. With a phone. It cost me $7 to send a single sheet of paper with my signature on it a mere 200 miles.
As I walked out with the civil servant's stare burning into my back, I thought to myself…
…why couldn't I just have encrypted my tax forms with my private key? Wouldn't that have been easier? And more secure.
Apparently the Post Office, headed originally by Benjamin Franklin (also known for the glass harmonica and a carriage odometer, along with other trifling achievements) used to be the fastest, and dare I say sole way to communicate over long distances. How did they ever get anything done? Seems like an incredible hassle to me.


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At the moment, I'm trying to get some of my peripherals upgraded before the 4th Quarter because by then I'll be wanting to upgrade my actual system. Recently my 19'' Viewsonic died and now I'm having to use a backup 17'' monitor and let me tell you, this thing is just pathetic. I feel like I'm using some sort of Fisher-Price monitor. So, my question to you guys is what monitors would you recommend that are roughly 24''. I've never had one that large before, but from what everyone else says, apparently it's a drastic difference. I mainly use my PC for games so I'll need a fast response time. I have good speakers and a good headset so I don't need mounted speakers, however it wouldn't kill me if they had them because I'd just turn them off. Basic Rundown: - Preferably a 2ms. - 24'' or close to it - Preferably 1920x1200 but 1920x1080 will be fine too - Under or around $300 I'll be honest, I'm no guru when it comes to monitors but I know some of the basics. From what I've heard, there are these new monitors that have 8-bit colors or something like that and supposedly they are just amazing, but the drawback is that they have a high response time and I can't have that for my games. I just need to find a happy medium somewhere in there. One last thing I was going to mention and that is, if there is any sort of new technology for monitors comming soon that might really be worth my while then let me know because even though I'm playing on a tiny monitor, I can wait a few more months if they are comming out with something new. Here's the one I've been looking at getting: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116401
for $300 you are prretty much limited to a TN panel, so basically anything in that price bracket will perform fairly similarly, and anything under 8ms should be fine for gaming, if you are coming from a CRT you WILL notice a bit of tearing when moving to an LCD, though depending on the LCD it is usually fairly minimal and you adjust to not even notive it pretty quickly. The only 24" I would reccomened happens to be ~$550, as I have used pretty much everything else and nothing compares to them. But in that range the Samsung 2443 (i think thats the model, or w/e the current samsung in that bracket is) is a popular choice and performs decently, though the color reproduction (might not matter to you) is not the greatest (even after calibration)
have a look at the one i hve, samsung syncmaster 2494HS. 'mere' TN film, but it looks BETTER than my VA HDTV (and NOT because of the res - the screen has great color, and great contrast)
Ok, say my budget was higher. Maybe $400-500. What might I be looking at then? I really don't do a whole lot of movies on my PC so thats not a major concern, but ofcourse I want the best color I can find. And I guess my next question is how fast does it have to be till it there is no ghosting or at least very minimal ghosting? 5ms? My monitor that just died had 3ms and I had no problem with ghosting at all. Just so I'm fully understanding whats at stake here... - If I go with a TN panel, then I get low response times, but color quality isn't going to be as good. - If I go with a higher quality monitor (not TN), I'm looking at dropping $400-500, but I get much better picture quality but higher response times. UPDATE: Something else I just found was the Samsung T240 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...&csid=ITD&recordsPerPage=10&body=REVIEWS#tabs Everything looks great on it. 5ms is a little slower than what I was aiming for, but honestly, I've never owned a 5ms response time monitor so it may not be as bad as I'm making it out to be. It's got the 16.7 million colors so I imagine that is one of the new types of monitors. If it's really the new tech then why is it only $279.99 on Newegg?
So whats with the 16.7 million colors then? I thought that was the only reason why it would be so expensive? And both Newegg and Tiger stated that it does in fact have 16.7 million colors. Something doesn't add up. Am I missing something?
OK, I think I finally found something that I really like. The only problem is that it's not 24'' but 22''. Other than that, I can't find a single flaw with this monitor. 120Hz, 5ms, 16.7 million colors. Everyone who reviewed it said it was great for gaming. Samsung Syncmaster 2233RZ: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001311
Yeah, I forgot that I mentioned that. Well, let me ask you something. Between a 22'' and a 24'' is there really that much of a difference going from a 19''? Size wise, that is. Looking at some of these high end 24'', I just can't see myself dropping $600+ on a monitor.
I had the 20" Sceptre that's still listed in my specs and recently bought a 24" Asus. Was $260 on sale IIRC. Not a true 8-bit panel (6bit+HiFrc), but much better than my previous monitor. All my photos and video are vivid with a clarity that I didn't have before. Very happy with it as it exceeds my previous monitor in every way at a very reasonable cost. If you use your current monitor as a starting point, then I believe you'll be happy with a TN-level 24" monitor.
I just took the plunge and bought an ASUS 24" VW246H. It cost me $205 shipped from ZZF, has 2ms response, 1920x1080 resolution, HDMI, and it looks great! No dead pixels either. Up until recently I've been using a combination of an Acer 17" 4:3 and Acer 19" 16:10, and after setting up the 24" there's been absolutely no comparison. Samsung makes excellent monitors, you just have to pay for it. I have been incredibly pleased with this so far, only thing is I had to spend a few minutes to change the settings to my liking, but that will happen with anything you buy. The promo code I used on ZZF is gone, so it's now at $215 shipped: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009799 Newegg has it for $220 shipped if you prefer shopping there though: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049
If you had the budget i would pick up an HP LP2475W, I havent seen another LCD on the market that can even come close to these babys, in terms of color accuracy as well as quality. and you get 3 years of next day shipping warranty on them from HP! Mind you they are basically the grail of 24" right now with H-IPS panels in them You would be happy with the samsungs of BenQ's, I have owned a few of each and have to say that I prefer the Samsungs over the build quality of the BenQ's. I havent owned an Asus yet.... but have been considering picking one up here as they are always going on sale. I was kind of in the same boat a month ago when i upgraded my primarys to 24", i went out and demoed and used basically all the main 24's on the market, i used the 60Hz samsungs (2443, and T240, the 25" benq (dident like it at all) i tryed the 2ms LG, the Dell 2408WFP. and then one look at these HP's and i knew they were the ones they are marketed at 6ms (i think) responce and i have ZERO issues (I am very picky on that kind of thing... comeing from a long background of counterstrike, 1.6, source, and cod4) The other thing you need to pay attentiion to is inpug lag, wich most TN panels dont have much of at all, the only real issue seems to be with the early revisisons of the Dell 2408WFP. Most LCDs are around the 10-20ms range wich seems to be about the norm (again there are ones with less, i cant remember models right now.) If you can i would go look at the competing models before you pick one out as its really up to what you like If not any of the ones you listed should all be about the same.
You can get samsung f2380 23" 1920x1080 8ms and the most important its C-PVA. http://translate.google.com/transla...634849.html&prev=hp&rurl=translate.google.com In this review there is comparison with monitor using TN panel(like 99% of the monitors on the market). You will see how big the difference is but the price is the same with 24" TN monitors - 300$. Don't worry about the "slow" response time it have been tested and there is no ghosting during fast movie scenes or games. I am considering to buy dell 2209wa 22" 1680x1050 6ms ISP panel. This is other great monitor for under 300$. I prefer it because i don't like samsung resolution .
pretty awesome, great contrast ratio, sound on the speakers is pretty great too. The webcam is pretty dismal though. The life frame software they bundle with it won't even work with the camera..no big loss but meh.
I have an ASUS HD monitor aswell. I love it, it is much better than any other HD monitor I have owned to date. i've had samsung's, viewsonic's, and hanns-g's. The colors are great and the contrast ratio is amazing. They are very good for the price. I really wouldn't hesitate to buy another asus monitor. It is the only monitor brand that I would buy without even seeing it first off in a store or something. Also the splendid is a nice touch too. I have yet to try the speakers though lol..


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SMS: Chestnut Honey Madeleines
This week's SMS was chosen by Debbie of Cafe Chibita: chestnut honey madeleines. It's been a really busy few days here and honestly, I'm just exhausted, so these madeleines almost didn't happen. I had all the ingredients on hand though, and my madeleine pan is so infrequently utilized I couldn't help but make a little time to whip these cookies up.
Turns out, it took me quite a bit of time to get this batter together. The recipe calls for roasted hazelnuts and for some reason, when I bought hazelnuts many months ago I bought the ones in the shell with the skins on. I don't have a fancy gadget to crack the nuts, so I spent yesterday afternoon standing over my kitchen counter with a meat mallet trying to free my hazlenuts from their shells. It works, but it's loud and messy (think pieces of hazelnut shells strewn all over). Once I finished that task, I roasted the nuts at 350 F for about 10 minutes then rubbed the skins off of them before finally grinding them in the food processor to make a coarse flour.
The rest of the recipe was considerably easier. The hazelnut flour, more confectioners' sugar and some all-purpose flour are combined with egg whites that have been whipped until foamy as well as a bit of honey (I used clover honey). Finally, browned butter is added to the bowl to complete the batter (I left the solids in my brown butter - extra flavor!). The molds are filled and then have to be refrigerated for a few hours before they're baked. After all the time I spent putting the batter together, I was disappointed to find my madeleines already on the brink of burning before the minimum baking time suggested in the book. I'm generally very attentive to things in the oven, but we were outside doing yard work so I was running in and out and at about 12 minutes my madeleines looked, well, like you see in the photos. I hid some of the darker ones on the bottom so those are the good ones that are visible.
Hazelnuts aren't really my thing, so I wasn't shocked I didn't love the madeleines. They were too nutty for me. That said, I served them at the Father's Day lunch we hosted today and they seemed to be well received. No rave reviews, but I did see one or two people go back for seconds so I think it's safe to say they liked them. Many thanks to Debbie for hosting this week! She will share the recipe on her site or you can find it on pages 62-63 of The Sweet Melissa Baking Book.
26 comments:
- Marthe said...
Your madeleines look really nice!
- June 20, 2010 at 5:28 PM
These were actually VERY good! The hazelnut flavor to me was subtle, but I love that flavor, so maybe it would seem stronger to those who aren't fans.
I must confess I was one of the ones that went back for seconds (I didn't think anyone noticed). I should have been more vocal, but after vacation, a busy work week and the Cape trip this weekend, I was kind of on the quiet and mellow side. Great job ! (and great photos as well, love the shot of them out of the form and dusted). - June 20, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Di said...
They look great, even if they're a bit darker than you wanted. I really need to make madeleines again--I haven't made them since we did them for TWD, and that was...wow, over 2 years ago! Okay, they're definitely going in the "make soon" pile. =)
- June 20, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Julie said...
These look beautiful! Makes me really want the pan. I loved these.
I cheated and had hubby crack them for me and I left the skins on when I ground them up. I don't think you can tell? - June 20, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Magic of Spice said...
These are wonderful! Beautiful shots of these as well...
- June 20, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- gnee said...
Making these with ground hazelnuts sounds really good. I'm going to try some soon. thanks!
- June 20, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- Leslie said...
Yep, mine baked quickly and the flavor wasn't thrilling to me either. That said, yours look far better than mine did. I'm impressed that you went to all that effort to free the hazelnuts from their shells!
- June 20, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- Candy Girl said...
Your madeleines are beautiful! Mine were done well before the cooking time called for in the recipe too and I thought they were very tasty.
- June 20, 2010 at 7:08 PM
- mike said...
I'd go back.... for thirds! They look wonderful Tracey - I've never been able to get those nicely browned edges like you have - maybe because I bought the cheap tin/steel ones at WS rather than the non-stick. Hazelnuts ARE one of those "either love 'em or hate 'em" nuts - I enjoy all nuts - so I know yours would have been wonderful!
- June 20, 2010 at 7:14 PM
- Gloria said...
Your madeleines look fanstastic and have a gorgeous color! I had a little issue with mine being over cooked. Mostly because I set my timer wrong. Oops!
Glad to hear they were a success at your gathering! - June 20, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- Sweet and Savory said...
I am feeling better that so many people found the baking time to be too long. And, I blamed my oven...
Yours look just fine. Mine are much darker even hiding the darkest ones. I used plenty of confectioner's sugar to hide them. - June 20, 2010 at 10:57 PM
- margot said...
Nice job on the madeleines! It sounds like they were appreciated by your guests. I was really happy that I had roasted and peeled hazelnuts on hand, 'cos they really are a pain to deal with.
- June 20, 2010 at 11:36 PM
- Jane Ko said...
Yum, I've never made madeleines before but I'll try this summer!
- June 21, 2010 at 3:07 AM
- spike. said...
hazelnuts aren't really my favorite either- and it sounds like they caused you to get a work out with the shells! People going back for seconds is always the best way to know if they liked them.
- June 21, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- Jeannette said...
the hazelnut flavor was very subtle to me. i was actually disappointed that the flavor didn't shine through as i thought it would have. but this gives me inspiration to make chocolate madeleines with hazelnuts. yum.
anywho, your madeleines look great!! - June 21, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Hanaâ said...
Very pretty. Makes me wish I had a Madeleine pan, but given how nice mine turned out using the little flour mold, I might be OK without it. Now I wish I had bought 24 of those molds instead of 12 :o)
- June 21, 2010 at 12:26 PM
- TeaLady said...
those look perfect to me. I like my cookies/etc a little brown. Brings out the flavor.
- June 21, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- ajcabuang04 said...
I've always wanted to make madeleines but I don't have a pan! Looks like I'm going to have to buy one! These look great!
Would you mind checking out my blog? :D
http://ajscookingsecrets.blogspot.com/ - June 21, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- Eliana said...
Really loving the dark crispy edges on your maddies. It's like they are wearing wyw liner. YUM.
- June 21, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- Stephanie said...
Seeing people getting second portions - always a good sign! Sorry you didn't like these, at least the father's day guests did!
- June 21, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Joanne said...
I happen to love hazelnuts, so I'm pretty sure I'd be going back for seconds or thirds!
- June 21, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Linn @ Swedish Home Cooking said...
Madeleines are my new favorite cookies! I just had my first at a friends place last weekend and I loove it! Thanks for waking great memories to life again :)
- June 21, 2010 at 7:42 PM
- Phyllis said...
Looks great. I love the toasted edges.
- June 21, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Debbie said...
Thanks for baking along with me. At least SOME of your madeleines turned out okay, and you actually checked on them before the minimum suggested baking time. I wish I'd done that! Next time, I think I'll be baking them for only 12 minutes too, or maybe for 15 minutes at a lower temperature. :)
- June 22, 2010 at 3:14 AM
- rebecca said...
I feel your pain about the hazelnuts- I've been there done that (linzer cookies awhile back) ... so this time I used almonds! Don't know if you just don't like hazelnuts, or nuts in general, but if you check out other madeleines recipes, you'll see that they call for no nuts, Hope they work out better next time!
- June 22, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- The Bahens said...
Your experience with the hazelnuts made me laugh. My first ever Daring Bakers Challenge called for roasted hazelnuts, and I was new and eager (and my husband bought the ones in shells because they were cheaper), so I spent literally hours cracking, roasting, and skinning those suckers.
Your finished product looks wonderful! - June 24, 2010 at 6:17 PM


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Posted: Wed Sep 12th, 2012 03:10 pm |
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Mark Member
I am curious to see what the general consensus is regarding MG Ben Butler--not only as a commander but also as a politician (I think it is impossible to separate the two). When I first starting studying the Civil War, I found that I was 'supposed' to despise him as a bumbling political general. Now I am certain that there is much more to him than that. Mark |
Posted: Sun Sep 16th, 2012 05:57 pm |
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9Bama Member
I think his nickname pretty much sums it up |
Posted: Sun Sep 16th, 2012 06:16 pm |
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Texas Defender Member
Bama- Which one of his nicknames? |
Posted: Sun Sep 16th, 2012 08:47 pm |
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Mark Member
I was about to ask the same thing (I like Spoons myself)... and please explain why you think that sums him up. Mark |
Posted: Sun Jun 2nd, 2013 12:56 am |
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PW Hess Member
One nickname was 'Beast' |
Posted: Sun Jun 2nd, 2013 09:30 pm |
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Hellcat Root Beer Lover
I didn't know Matthew Calbraith Buttle was a politician. Hmmm, well looking on Kerry Webb's US Civil War Generals (http://grapevine.com.au/~kwebb/Generals.html) it says that his post war career included a stint as a US Senator. And he held TWO Major General ranks, one in the Confederate army during the war and one as a US Major General of Volunteers during the Spanish American war. Looking him up in The Encylopedia of the American Civil War it does say he was eleceted to the SC state legislature in 1860. So I guess he was a politician before the war too. Seriously, I know you meant Benjamin Butler, but as I was flipping through the aforementioned encyclopedia to get to him I came across Major General Matthew C. Butler and had to run with it a little. One of those cases of a known name but a little or unknown one at the same time. I think you have to consider Butler's successes in the field and his term as military governor of New Orleans when you consider a consensus regarding him. I don't think Beast or Spoons, although fitting nicknames, actually say it all as if you stop to consider both you have to consider what military position he was in when they were assigned. Both may be said to originate from his time as the military governor of New Orleans (although Spoons may have been awarded after he left New Orleans it does stem from that period in his military career). He also seems to have earned another nickname during this period. "Picayune" Butler which Douglas Lee Gibboney in his Scandals of the Civil War claims the people of New Orleans called him after a black barber whom they suggested was really his father. When you consider Butler I have to think he is better known as the military governor of New Orleans than he is as a field commander. Particularly because of his General Orders, No. 28. That controversial order sparked protests both in the North and South for what it implied, and rightly so. As British papers implied, this order could easily be interpreted as giving Federal troops carte blanche to rape any woman who showed contempt for Federal officers and troops. It's not written as such, it's written to say that if the women of New Orleans continued to show contempt for Federal soldiers and officers then they would be treated "as a woman of the town plying her avocation." In other words thy would be treated as if they were prostitutes. Even after leaving New Orleans he couldn't fully escape scandal, though he could apparently escape getting caught. Gibboney mentions in his book how Stanton tried to plant a spies in Butler's command to gather evidence against him following rumors of his supposed profiteering. Instead Butler found the spy and had them arrested and that appears to have been the end of Stanton's attempt to gain evidence. Was he really profiteering as the rumors suggest or was this a feud between him and Stanton and Stanton tried something on the sly? Don't know, either way this is a scandal for Butler. As a field commander Butler could only claim a few victories, if even that. His failures seem to more outweigh his victories. And what victories he did have you have to ask if they were his victories or if they were someone else's as they seem to have been joint Army/Navy operations. |
Posted: Sun Jun 2nd, 2013 11:54 pm |
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Hellcat- General Benjamin Franklin Butler earned a special enmity from southerners for his General Order Number 28, issued in New Orleans in May of 1862. http://confederatemuseum.com/sites/default/files/POT%20PICTURE.jpg The infamous: "Womens' Order" promised to punish southern women for: "Showing contempt" for Union soldiers. But it was left to the Union soldiers to decide what constituted: "Contempt." Here is a defense (as well as an explanation) of the order and how it could be interpreted: Benjamin Butler's Woman's Order As explained here, southern women could have been incarcerated for a number of offenses, such as: "Crossing streets" to avoid Union soldiers, or: "Fleeing rooms" when they showed up. In at least one case, women were arrested for leaving a church when some soldiers arrived. The order threatened to treat the women who offended as prostitutes: "Plying their avocation," but it seems illogical that they would be practicng that profession by avoiding potential customers. Here is a different view of the order and its effectiveness: General Butler and the Women - NYTimes.com The one positive good that General Butler did was not appreciated by either side at the time. By improving roads around the city (To facilitate military traffic), he reduced the number of places that mosquitoes could breed, and thus lowered the number of cases of tropical diseases in the area. The connection of the mosquitoes to the diseases was not understood at that time. Last edited on Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 12:19 am by Texas Defender |
Posted: Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 02:29 am |
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Hellcat Root Beer Lover
Actually, TD, he apparently did that twice. According to the entry in The Encyclopedia of the American Civil War after his defeat at Beauregard's hands which forced him to fall back to Bermuda Hundred, Butler's men were gradually detailed to Grant and Butler himself returned to administrative duties. During this period he cleaned up Norfolk to prevent yellow fever outbreaks. On the subject of yellow fever in New Orleans it appears, according to the article, that he went beyond the road ways. According to the article: Butler's iron-fisted civic control prevented the usual outbreak of yellow fever. Butler ordered ships arriving from infected ports quarantined. He enforced rules of cleanliness and organized wagons to pick up and dispose refuse. Gibboney's Scandals of the Civil War says this of the subject: To prevent the malaria which plagud the port in the summer, he instituted a comprehensive city sanitation program and banned entry of ships coming from locales where the disease was active. Now I don't know enough about malaria or yellow fever to know if it's a communicable infectious disease. I don't even know if malaria and yellow fever are the same thing or separate diseases. I've always understood they are the same thing and are transmitted through mosquito bites, which wasn't discovered until the 20th century. So I don't know if the quarantines were of any use, though with what they may have known about the disease at the time the quarantine was not a wasted effort. Certainly the efforts at sanitation weren't wasted. On the subject of the womens order there is absolutely no way I am going to defend Butler for that. As I said in my first post it could be interpreted as giving Federal soldiers carte blanche to rape the women of New Orleans. There is no where in General Orders, No. 28 which says anything of that nature, that's just an interpretation. But as you say, what constitutes contempt is decided by the soldiers and they would also be the ones to decide how they could treat any woman they decided was acting in a contemptible way. |
Posted: Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 03:24 am |
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Texas Defender Member
Hellcat- Malaria and yellow fever are different diseases, though both are spread through the bites of mosquitoes. Malaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yellow fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Besides reducing the mosquito population, the sanitation methods you described above would also have been useful in preventing epidemics of diseases caused by bacteria, such as typhus and cholera. So, it seems that I should give General Butler some credit for that. Last edited on Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 03:37 am by Texas Defender |
Posted: Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 04:32 am |
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Hellcat Root Beer Lover
But that's the thing. The places where one may want to give him credit are places where he's in an administrative position, not a field command. Remer what I said about considering him meaning considering him as both his successes in the field and as a military governor. The places where one may want to give him any credit seem to be when he's in an administrative position, not a field position. Last edited on Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 05:23 am by Hellcat |
Posted: Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 06:13 am |
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Texas Defender Member
Hellcat- I would regard General Benjamin Butler's performance as a commander in the field as: "Abysmal." But, as you said, his: "Talents" lay elsewhere. From the Union standpoint, one additional thing that General Butler might deserve: "Credit" for is helping to ensure that Maryland did not secede from the Union. (Loyalties in the state were divided). In May of 1861 (The month after the riots in Baltimore), General Butler threatened the city of Baltimore with destruction. He soon occupied the city and declared martial law. The mayor of Baltimore, city council members, and other politicians were arrested and sent to be imprisoned at Ft. McHenry. (They were held for varied lengths of time). From the beginning of hostilities, Mr. Lincoln's policy toward Maryland was well stated by General Nathaniel Banks, who said: "The secessionist leaders- the enemies of the people- were replaced and loyal men were assigned to their duties. That made Maryland a loyal state." From that point on, these: "Loyal men" ran the state government and could suppress any dissent. Baltimore in the Civil War :: Baltimore.org A few days after prominent citizens of Baltimore was arrested, so was a militia captain named John Merryman. A writ of habeas corpus was written. It was ignored, but that is another story. Last edited on Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 07:06 am by Texas Defender |
Posted: Mon Jun 3rd, 2013 08:10 pm |
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Hellcat Root Beer Lover
Of the border states Maryland was the one that was, I'd say, almost always assured of being put under martial law simply because of DC. Especially after Virginia seceded. Even if Butler had not put Baltimore under martial law I would expect someone else would have still done so. It's unlikely that the Lincoln Administration would have allowed DC to be surrounded by enemy territory or even abandon the city. So while I do agree that he gets credit for keeping the state in the Union, I believe that Lincoln would have found someone else to do so had Butler not initiated that. But I do agree about his position as a field commander. I can only think of two places where he could be claimed to be victorious. Forts Hatteras and Clark and the Fall of New Orleans. But as I pointed out earlier, I'd question if those are his victories because they were joint Army-Navy operations |
Posted: Tue Jun 4th, 2013 01:25 am |
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Texas Defender Member
Hellcat- I completely agree that Mr. Lincoln would have occupied Maryland in any event. He could not allow WDC to be cut off from the rest of Union territory, and he needed to keep the railroad links intact for the use of Union troops. I cannot give General Benjamin Butler much, if any, credit, for Union victories in 1861 at Forts Hatteras and Clark or in 1862 in the operation to capture New Orleans. In the case of the forts in North Carolina, the operation to take them was under the control of the Navy and led by Flag Officer Silas Stringham. It was he who argued that the Union must occupy the inlets, instead of just trying to block them off. Flag Officer Stringham was effective in bombarding the Confederates by continually moving his ships. He also could outrange the guns of the defenders. The Confederates were low on ammunition and had problems getting reinforcements. The landings by Union troops were pretty much a disaster in the beginning. It was the continual pressure by the Union naval forces that made the forts indefensible. In the case of the Battle of New Orleans, the operation was conceived and ably carried out by then Flag Officer David G. Farragut. The victory was due to Farragut's ships breaking the river barriers, passing the forts, and defeating the CSA ships that opposed them. General Butler's troops were mainly along for the purpose of being an occupying force when Farragut's ships reached the docks of the city and forced its surrender. Confederate General Mansfield Lovell had recognized that he could not sucessfully defend the city and had abandoned it.The victory was mainly due to Flag Officer Farragut's belief that he could successfully pass the CSA forts, and his energetic execution of his operation to prove it. Last edited on Tue Jun 4th, 2013 01:52 am by Texas Defender |
Posted: Tue Jun 4th, 2013 02:24 am |
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Hellcat Root Beer Lover
And that's my point, TD. Both cases Butler could claim a victory. BUT if you look at it in both cases it looks like there was really no need for Butler's troops other than to occupy once the Navy had done it's job. Though ironically the occupying force was more in danger from it's own side than from enemy fire in the first instance as some of Butler's men, moving in to hold one of the forts during the battle after the Confederates retreated from it, came under fire from Stringham's ships. Actually Stingham's strategy is of note as it was used again against Port Royal and brought into question the value of fixed forts against naval guns. Which itself is ironic as we certainly were developing fixed forts during the Endicott period. Though the guns were more rifled cannon mounted in something a bit more like a turret. |
Posted: Thu Jun 6th, 2013 04:45 am |
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Hellcat Root Beer Lover
Ok, with the recent talk on Butler, particularly on his performance as a field commander vs as an administrator, I hit one of my favorite sites and perused their collection of Harper's Weekly. Given the most recent discussion between myself and TD, here's the September 14, 1861 article on the Battle of Forts Hatteras and Clark (aka Battle of Hatteras Inlet) THE CAPTURE OF HATTERAS Check here for the September 14, 1861 issue to see the images mentioned above: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/civil-war-fort-hatteras-battle.htm |
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