The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-04-26
Col. Lanes Misrcprcscn ia
tiOns.

We clip the following paragraph from
speech made by Col. Lane. at Lawrence
burgh, from the State Sentinel of the 2lst
inst. We do not give all the remarks of
Col. Lane found in the Sentinel, bu. give
that portion which we think will be most
interesting to cur readers, as we have
heard the following subject discussed some
within few days past.
Speaking of the Democratic record, he
referred to the failure of the Appropriation
bills in 1878, and was severe upon Gov
ernor Willard for sending to their distant
homes the inmates of the State institutions.
Said he. willard did at h apply the
funds necessary to support these institu-
tons. Why did he not pay them before he
sent those patients home? No Democrat
will have the audaeity to say that there was
an appropriation bill passed De .ween the
time your Democratic Governor sent those
poor and he meless wanderers to the coun-
ties whence they came, and the time when
he brought them back to the asylums at
Indianapolis. Why did he not pay them
over before? Simply because he wanted
to make capitol for the Democracy against
the Republican party.
That's the text, and now for the COM
ments:
Who is responsible for the "fsilure of the
appropriation bll?" The Republican CEN
trail organ, and the Republican Senators Of
the Legislature of 1857 declared that the
failure 10 pass that bill would necessarily
close the benevolent institutions Of the
State. For this reason they attempted to
fasten the odium Of it's defeat upon the
Democratic Senators. On the last night
of the session when bills could be consti-
tutionally passed. at about Q O'Clock, Nh.
HosTErLER, Democratic Senator, proposed
the following p Gamble and resolution:
"WHEREAs. The interest of sundry citi
zens demand that the Specific Appropria
ton Bill should be passed, and the general
interest of the State demand that the Gen
eral Appropriation, Revenue and Temper
ance Bills should also, be passed. and as
there Is hardly time now left to pass the
above-named bills, therefore.
Resolved, That the business pending be
informally passed by. and the above named
bills be takeir up in their order and passed"
. This rOposition was sustainedby the Democratic
Sc .ators, but it voted down by the Republican
Senators And not only in this instance, but more
than a hundred times the Republican Senators vo-
ted down the motions made by the Democratic
Senators to take up and pass the necessary laws
Finally the Republicans yielded 80 pass the specific
appropriation bill to draw from the Treasury their
own pay, but utterly refused to pass the general
appropriation and revenue bills which provided for
the support of the Benevolent Institutions. With
these facts befor nqre, Is there no limit to
party madness? Colonel LANE can answer.
Next, Colonel LANE charges that Governor
WILL ARD ''sent to their distant homes the inmates
Of the State lnsttutions" May we not here
charge that Colonel LANE is culpable for what he
attributes to others, by unfolding the Republican
Senate in refusing to pass the necessary laws to
provide for their support BY so doing, he certain
ly became party to the outrage Now, what are
tue factsl Col. LANE charges that Gov. WILLARD
sent ''thc poor blind child TO wander stranger
i'll very night and darkness, over the face OF the
State" The facts knock all the romance out of
this rhetoric The Blind Asylum was not closed
and those 'pOOr out-casts, lricndess and homeless"
enjoyed every advantage which the bencvolence of
the State had provided. The Coonel's very syrn-
pathetic eloquence is all lost in that quarter,
The Deaf and Dumb Asylum was closed for short
period-but ny whom Inc Trustees, in their
published proceedings, says that,n consequence of
the failure of Legislature to make appropriations
to support the Asylum, it becomes necessary to
suspend the operations of the same until supplies
are provided" Who failed to make the appropri
atons? The Democratic House passed the bill,
and the Democratic Senators were ready to do so
at all times, Colonel LANE, in sustaining the ac
ton of the Republican Senate, is Responsible
party for sending forth to wander for short period
''the deaf and dumb, who have never listened to
the voice of father or mother"
Wto closed the Insane Asylum At that time,
the spring of 1888, it was under the control of six
Trustees, three ofwhOm were Democrats and three
Republicans. The order to close the Asylum and
Discharge the inmates made at a meeting of
this Board. when three Republican and only
two Democratic Trustees were present.
This made the Republicans doubly respon-
sible for closing this institution; first, in
refusing to pass the appropriation DILL, ard
next in ordering the inmates discharged
More than this, two of the Republican
Trustees. DR.. RITcHIE aud Mr. GRIMES
were opposed to opening the Asylum upon
any condition. even if the counties were
willing 10 pay the expense of keeping their