BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Mr. Magee's bill [S. 78] to amend Section 2 of the act to establish a State Bureau of Statistics-see page 196 of the Brevier Reports-being read the third time,
Mr. SPANN opposed the bill because the only object is to legislate out Republicans and put in Democrats. If gentlemen will point out one act of dishonest on the part of any man connected with the Bureau of Statistics he would vote for the bill. It is an iniquity and an outrage, and no precedent has ever been set in the State of Indiana for such action.
Mr. MAGEE stated in the discussion the other day he had said on information that the chief of one of these Bureaus used the office for partisan purposes, and as an attachment to the State Central Committee. He has been assured since that such is not the fact, and this information comes from such trustworthy source that he wished to withdraw that imputation upon a gentleman he does not know. He made the statement in good faith, and now makes the retraction. He then demanded the previous question.
The Senate seconded the demand for the previous question by yeas 28, nays 19, and under its operations the bill passed the Senate by yeas, 27; nays. 20.
