The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-04
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, Feb 3, $3.50 a. m

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The session ives opened with prayer by
Rev. E II. Staley, a Reoresentative from
I The County OF Clinton, as follows:
Our Father who art ia Heaven, permit us thi $
morning to call Thee Father. tor we feel II Il
/ III Thee we have a father aud friend Bless Is,
we pray Thee AS We have assembled, prep are
Us Tor this day ana qualify Us for its duties. aud
d0s al - 12 s Is to come up before rs Give as
We do that we may dc il to Thy names honor and
glory: Blefs, we pray Thee, this Legislative As
diana and the people OF the United States, and all
/ IN authority over Us. Guide Us. we pray Thee,
with Thy counsel, ana final cept us for
! Christs sake Amen.
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
/ The House resumed the consideration OF
+ the Dill Il X. 527l making appro pristions
fer the STATE government. which was psnd-
ing at ihe adjournment yes .srday.
Mr.. FLEESE offered IA amendment which
was adopted, providing that the sum of
/ $1,000 shall bssappropristed In order TO erect
tablets marking the positions occupied by
the Seventh. Fourteenth, Nineteen th,
, Twentieth ard Twenty Seventh Indiana
Regiments, Anu the Third Indiana Cavalry,
in the battle Of Gettysburg, the money to be
expended under the direction Of the Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Adiutant Gen
eTal and i've members OF the said regiments,
Mr.. MCMILLAN moved to amend by
striking from the bill the appropriation Of
S4OO to the ate Horticultural Association.
He asked II any member on the floor can
tell what bf nef this association has been 10
the State MeE bers Of that horticultural
board core up TO Indianapolis to have
! good time, I'D & this money 10 pay their
/ hotel bills eN8 ;, Yelling expenses.
Mr.. ENGLE; ] think intsead OF making
this Appropriation $500 It ought 10 be male
$1,000 There i no )ciation IN the State
to-day that is doing more for the hortoul-
/ turel interest tran this society. IL is lcour-
/ aging the cultivation Of fruits, and that in
teTest has been largely enhanced and ad
/ var ced by this socity. can not gee WY
/ this society, representing leaoing industry
q growing industry Of tie S.ate-shouli
! not be encouraged by TIE appropriation pro-
/ posed, and this appropriation, comparatively
| speaking, IS very small one. I move an
amendment to the amendment by inserting
/ instead Of Sio0 50 co.,"
! Mr.. GORDON: TO avoid any question Of
T order I move 10 reconsider the vote appro.
i priatiDg 500 II the gentleman will with
draw the amendments
Both amend ments were With IRA w.
Nh MOODY It certainly seems TO me
! that when any mem Der SAYS that any part OF
! this $500 has been used for travelling expen-
/ ses and hotel bills that il Is certainly un-
/ founded. These questions ought to be treat
/ ed July. / bslieve this assoc alton is bsns-
/ hcial. This appropriation ought not to have
been confined TO that amount. / understand
+ thst the State OF Illinois has appropriated
/ gltNOOs IL Tue VI ,OUU 2QluauY
Tor the same purpose, and the sm all pituance
/ OF $500 has been appropriated In Indiana.
This sum Is appropriated for the purpose OF
enabling this society 10 examine and props-
/ ga te fruits of the best class IN The State. Ii
/ is largely 10 the interest OF the agricultural
people OF the State to know what class of
/ wheat and what kind OF fruits are hardy and
most adapted 10 the climate of the State IN
/ less il be to increase the appropriation OF
/ $4OO hope the motion to reconsider will De
/ lest.
! Mr. NcMULLEN: [ think the gentleman
from DeKslb Mr.. Moody misunderstood
me, / said wished the committee to chow
me where one single dollar of that amount
/ had gone. If he had shown where the
4 money bad gone, that il had been spent
/ bene6cislly TO the State OF Indiana, it would
De different. / ssy | want TO know more
about it
Mr. DEEM: The gentleman wants TO
know how this money has been appro-
i pTisted. / would say that these gentlemen
composing the HorticJ ltural Society Board
nave not spent this money IN travelling aud
paying hotel expenses. They have not met
/ here in the city of Indianapolis alone, but
on the other hand If you make an examina-
nation you will find that they have circu-
lated throughout the S ate. | believe the
last time they met they met at Winchester
/ Now. as to how this money appropriate
has been spent-it has been spent for thA
best interests of the Slate. They have placed
this year upon the desk of each member q
beautifully bound volume. This one j.
worth 81, and if the members will ex
anime that volume they will find it 4
be Of incalculab'e value to all person
engaged III raising fruit, whether il be ap
pies or sn all fruit, for it shows what fruit
are best suited to the State. These vol anne,
are distributed 10 those who are engaged in
horticultural pursuits. II the gentleman
from Dearborn (Mr. McMullen) desires r.
plant sn orchard he will find ii compls.,
treasure. He will find what fruits are
hardy and what fruits sre adapted ID th-
climate. 1t is of the greatest i'm portanca 70
the people OF the State I'd be well informed
in regard to this matter. | hope the motion
10 reconsider will prevail
Mr.. GORDON: sun not in favor OF this
ASSOCIATION because ! do not think il is OF
any benefit TO the State. Because there has
been appropriations Is no argument in favor
! OF continuing them. | have not very
high regard for presidents unless they are
IN the right direction. If We are going to
take presidents it will prevent reform. Pre-
cedent is a most dangerous thing If you
can't plead any thing better than prece dent.
Let Us plead little common sense. We
have Wool growers Association In
the State, aud We have an Agricul-
tuTal Society, and q Horticultural So
Getty, and a Bsekeepers' Society, and
/ therefore the wool growers and bee keepers
are entitled to consideration at the hands OF
| THIS Leg stature, DOT only that, but we have
| tile makers association in the State, and
on the ground OF precedent you must make
an appropriation 30 the tile-makers' associa-
ton, and where are we going TO end with
this thing? l know in speaking in this way
l speak against some of my constituency;
some of my constituents hold different opin.
ions from what do on this subject l do
not think the State ought to make an appro.
| prlanon tn this association at all because /
J think the State is not in any way benefited.
You must treat all these associations alike.
1t is not fair to treat one association differ
eDt from another.
Mr.. ROBINSON: 1t is exceedingly re-
iTeshing Tor the gentlemen of the legal pro
fession to withdraw from the close confne-