The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

know where the vaults VI f6nB 1EeaSufV 9an0
located. There is an old safe, he said, IN the
State Freasurers Office, which cost about $2O0.|
And Mr.. Brown, Ex-senator, andsthesehief Demo
cratic leader, said: 1.-THE senator Who offers the
resolution insists that the Treasurer of State
shall keepaS700 0eOi IN the States safe orgyault,
as he .~callsit, which the senator from Allen and
Whitley MIR. Bell who knows all about 1t, says
is ani0lh dilapidated safe, which o~riginallyscost
only $500 This is the State Treasury, which
the police is to guard-at treasury with no money
in it-thesmoueyUf the peuplesbeilg loaned out
in fheses times of peril ITO qtrembhngsha llkS and
individuals.
The treasury law, passed five and twenty years
ago, provides that the room then occupied, or
whiUhymight tt thereafter be, assigned to aRndsoceu-
pied by the Treasurer of State, together with
the safes, vaults, etc, for the security and safe
keeping of the public money, shall eOHstltute
the Treasury of the State, and that the Treas
urer Of State shall he required to usetthe Treas
ury as the sole place for the deposit and safe
keeping of the moneys of the State; and the
Auditor and Treasurer of State, are required by
this law, under the direction of the governor, to
provfdessuoh additional locks, safes and Vaults
as may renderethe public funds absolutely secure
against fire and burglars; and an appropriation
was made of sHchfmoney as might be necessary
TO procure the same. No ATTEMPT having been
made since the passage of thatilaw'tor eparrsthls
vault or procuPei anutheirSafe, lhadm0tSnppoSed
that the old appropriation, made twenty-five
yearstago, YVES yet available for rebuilding the
vault and making it a safe depository for the
States revenues. But paper,
the Cincinnati Enquirer, having assailedi me for
nottdirecting that a vault should be made, and
several Democratic newspapersin the State. hav-
ing taken up the chorus, / Gbmltted to At
torney-general Hord the question whether that
appropriation was still available to replace the
old vault and safe with new ones thoroughly
burglar and thief proof. After carefully inves
tigating the question, he reported thatft was.
/ then promptly appointed two gentlemen of the
very best capacity and of special kill-one a
Democrat. the othera Republlcan-to report
concerning the vault ;anflsnfe, and fafterse thor
nugh examination they reported that they were
neither burglar proof nor hresproof. / then no
tffiedthet auditor and treasurer in writing, to
proeeedv without delavfto bnidlafnew ,yauft and
to procure a neW,safe. that would be thoroughly
burglar-proof and fire-proof, SO that the
public moneys might be placed tnerein-and safe
lylkeptttheTe. 1shadsppeviously learned fpontthe
btatesarchitect that thetnew Capitol bpllding-
in which there is to be a treasury vault
would not be completed, in his opinion, intime
for even the next Governor of the State to ee-
cupy rooms in it. The Auditor and Treasurer
have refused to build "a new vault or repair
the present one, orto buy anew safe, orin any
waytoipFoxidesa secure place iofideposit for the
State for the custody of the public money. AS soon
asI notified them to build this vault the Demo
cratic press raised am outcrY, soase to.resulvesth
matter intoR party question and show me that,
with the delay that would be created by a prose
cution Of a suit and an appeal to
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compel the building sdf a Nauh and
the purchase of a safe could not be obtained be
fore the meeting of the next Legislature. And |
therefore determined that, instead of suing and
taking aaperilous and slow course through the
Supreme Court, 4 would appeal tothei trihunal
of the people. 1t is for you to say, fellow
citizens, whether The States Treasury shah be
made a safe place for the custody of the States
revenues, and whether they shall be kept there,
or whether they shall be laane5l out by every in
cumbent of that office, until some day the
moneys shall belost and the doubling Of tax
ation shall awaken you too late to the peril
which you mightsoSeasIy have avoided
PRonEcr1NGTH ARCHIVES.
The police, which I have mentioned, the
Democratic State convention says is needed to
protect the "archives" of the State. How little
these Democratic headers care for the archives
Of the State q canisoon make plain ttozyou. AT
the last session offthe Legislature, in my mes
sage to that body 1 said:
I particularly urge upon you the Importance of
passing a law, in conformityrtoth AID Acknowledgement
recommendation. to provide for-eopying into record
boeks,ito be procuredfo that purpose, the m~rlster-in
and muster-out rolls of the Indiana soldiers. These
contain an accounted tfe service of each soldier.
When this record shall have been made, a frequent
handling of original papers will be unnecessary, and
thepapers will thus be preserved from injury. 1T
willbe arepreach to Interstate if a performance Of
~thisdutyt shall DE longer neglected. There lisa neces-
sity, also, that you shall provide, without delay, a fire
proof vaultfor the purpose of securing these papers
againsttthe hazards of fire. Their destruction would
DO lnealcuaDre inJustlse 20 persons ,nasf9g the
ss lNae s cI4;I1s ; 3 $500 1Sve,,. ~ mas y ~ !
naamast All 4basa sai,ahIs nanarsN .arcb;aas,s
of the State-are exposed,to daily hazard. of fire,
% tnJ IN ~ u Ehn9a ntssa n = 1920 tSoss " y 0op.g s
). 1nos fs,i,shi & ;ri ,,; me- 40 ~ s riass =. a89g ! Ut -
80 w 49, 49, : 5ab4 rsb Sats " : - "a
care for their interests can ever fully discharge.
The last legislature had no excuse for neglect
ing this important legislation. The commission
fOa. ennJi ctr10J eba laSrc rvhitb Fhnd s1sonaHstad r4nfha
previous Legislature. had revised She whole BODY
Of our laws, and their revision had most lof it
been adopted and published. When the last
Legislature met. Mr.. Bynuln, the new Demo
cratic Speaker Of the House, in accepting his
Office. toidIthe House: AThe time allotted to US
in which to transact the necessary, business of
the State is short, vet by diligent
labor we can and we onght to
complete our work within the regular
constitutional period. y y We can avoid the
arrors and ascarn tl,a eore,,ra NJ fornooY T .nu;r1.