Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-06-13
Tn. encouragement Of the inicrna'
Improvement system, and the state
Affairs Generally.


Legislature Of lS6- 81 - Dissatisfaction Manifested
against the System attempts AZ Modification - MI
roy's Class fcation Bill Dumonts sp,erh
We undcrraed the Wing majority JOINT ballot, IN
the Legislature of 36-37 Ii least . instead Of
81 as stated in our last number.
The Senate Committee on Internal Impros cmenis
stood as there stated, rHIRTErS Wings to ;'ro demo
Gratis and the House Committee the comprised
SIXTEEN Wings and nine Democrats
was we'll known that considerable dissatisfaction
,.,ed IN relation 10 the system adopted the previous
session and that strenuous efforts would be made by
strong men at this session, modify IN essential par
iiculars. The wing leaders determined TO NIP every
movement of the kind in the bud We have already
quoted from Governor Mobiles message strongly recon-
mending the Legislature stuck the was.
and to permit additions, subtraciious changes Of
any kind To this end overwhelming preponderauce
of Wings were put the committees, TO whom all pro
positions for change would be referred
During the session less than resolutions and
tiirfv-nine bills having direct relation modification
or alterations offered, including many others,
directly connected with the subject J. would be almost
endless task. and quite useless recount the provi
sons of all these bills aud resolutions, If 1t
possible. But few of them adopted. aud none,
likely affect the essential features of the System.
They were generally referred the committees who Of
reported against their adoption and these reports
were uniformly sustained by the Wing majority Two
or three Of these propositions we shall notice par
iiculary
The earliest made ia the House the 18Th Dec,
10y Mr. COOK Of Madison county, Democrat lie INTRO
duced resolution 10 take the power Of appointing tie
Board of Public Works from the Governor, and pro-
vide for their election by the Legislature This the
feature of the System bill which the Democrats had
laborcd hard to change the passage OF that bill The
resolution referred the Committee Internal I'm
provemens, who reported against it, and sustained
by the Wing majority the House See House Journal
81 GS
The next movement was made Dee. 22d, in the
Senate, by Mr.. DuMoNr, the consistent enemy of tho
system and afterwards supported by the Democrats for
Governor. Ills resolution proposed that committee
canals Sc should enquire into the eApcdiency Of max
ing class fcation of the system progress with
only from three of tho works, Immediately and
suspcndng all others until the first were completed or
nearly so. The resolution was adopted and referred
o. Journal 2O2) The committee reported against the
resolution o. 25 discharged from any further
consideration thereof
On Dec 9th, Mr.. Morgan, another consistent oppo-
nent the System, and afterwards spoken of by the
Democrats a Candidate for Governor proposed
luton that the committee canals be instructed to
report bill putting the works into three classes, and to
be prosecuted the first class first and This by
means suited the Wing majority. r. w Thompson
date Wing Congressman moved make it a OF
inquiry with the committee. But, shorter mode OF
dsposing of the resolution, ordered lie the
table, and there It laid.
Gen MIIRoY, who was also spoken Of as a Candidate
for by the Democrats for the against
Wallace Immediately submitted another resolution pro-
posing select of two from each Judicial circuit,
enquire the eNpediency of classin tho works,
&c. This also laid on the table 10y the Wing ma
jority. :. Journal, 235
In the House. Dec 2Sth, Mr.. Lusk, Democrat,
moved the adoption of resolution that the committee on
canals &c be instructed report bill IN favor Of class
fcaion &c Mr. EvANs, the Wing putative Father oil
the system Bill moved strike much of the
luton as required the committee to report bill, aud
Substitute inquire the eNpedicncy Of thus neutral
izing it completely The whole matter then laid on
the table IL Journal, I3i.
Such were the fate of all the resolutions the object OF
which was to modif, the System. Every voted
down by the Wing majority. Nothing having been
effected by these rosoatoRqry attacks the opponents
the System order gam their object, commenced the
introduction of bills upon which least they could OBJ
rote.
In the House. the principal bills the purpose OF which
was break INTO the System 1t stood were called CAY
bills IN order to distinguish them from their .Nammon
parent Most of them proposed additions of works to TIA,
system aud many of their supporters were acuaod b,
ttoo 1aottres the s, beng break the system io
the purpose mod,fyng ii and the second
L..
pixies for portions of the uuprovidcd for in th
Great Bill They argued that martered not how mann
works were included the stem, pror,ded that the,
should all be 50 classified that but few should progress
a time. They could be stopped whenever should b
found Improbable to 20 on with them, and the none,
which should be expended, would be least of partia
benefit The the other Of these motives being il
the ascendant. many instances, according the loca
represented 10y individuals, 1t Is almost impossible T.
analyze the votes upon these blls with justice and ul
partahiy
In the Senate however, the position Of parties rel4
classification better >oloped On the Ieu
January, Gen Minor introduced bill for tic class
and completion of the works Ia
ternal Improvement, authorized by the system Bill
motion was Immediately made reJec, till, yer
summary but very method Of killing d
And on this motion TO reject the vote was follows
Wing Democrat.
AYES. Il
Noes. II
Showing large majority OF Democrats 70 be IA FAY,
of Classification and very large majority OF Wings
be fsvor Of adhcnng 10 the System established
without any modification whatever
Mr. Drmcxr advocated the adoption of tins TIL in
long speech which was published in the Indiana Dem,
j, crat of Jan 81 1881 From that speech select fe'