The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-29
The Democrats in. the House Summarily
Kill the State Militia Bill.
The General Appropriation Bill introduced
County Homes for Orphans Legisla-
tiOn for the Suppression Of Dynamite.

limits and to make a scape-goat of Goar, was
evinced by several Democratic representatives,
but the necessity of ordering thorough investi-
gation was recognized by the party leaders. The
charges came from q source-Mr Goar being
trustee of the institutioh-that could not be
ignored. A fear of further disagreeable develop
ments in the same manner led to the objection
being raised by some of the Democratic repre-
sentatives yesterday that the Speaker had no
right to present communications to the House
addressed to him by anyone besides members of
the General Assembly or the Governor. The
objection, it is said had the effect to suppress
another statement regarding the abuses in the
management of the institution which was to
have been presented to the House yesterday
morning in the same manner that Goar's COM
munication was brought to the notice of the
body. The resolution which was adopted is as
follows:
Resolved By the House, the Senate concurring
therein that committee of two members OF the SEN
ate and three members of the House be appointed to
Investigate all charges against trustees and officers and
employees of the Soldiers Orphans Home and Asylum
for Predetermined Children and that said committee
shall have full power to send for persons and papers,
1t is intended that the examination of wit
nesses shall be conducted in this city The
investigation will begin within few days. it is
expected the Senate having eoncurred in the
House resolution yesterday afternoon.
1t is expected, from the reports in regard to
the institution which are in circulation. that
there will be some things of sensational and
startling character disclosed.
Miss Susan Ray Wilson, a teacher in the in
stitution who is in the city looking after her in
terests in the candidacy for State Librarian,
Cd 10 ,a,,a17s vfA,,f hot
sion an almost helpless child of feeble mind, for
a trifing offense which had been noticed in the
dining room by the wife of the superintendent,
was taken from its bed at night by man who
to which the child belonged. and had been dashed
with strap until marks of brutal violence were
left upon its person. The name of the man who
inflicted the punishment Miss Wilson says, was
Morgan. The truthfufness of her statement was
confirmed by Mrs. Platt, and the teacher in the
institution, who was present during the in
terview. There are other similar stories in cir
culaton regarding the outrageous brutality
which, 1T Is said is practiced In the institution,
and it seems quite probable that the investiga-
ton win develop bad state of affairs.
REIMBURsING TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES
The bill for the reimbursement of trustees in
Marion county who lost township funds deposit
ed in the Indianapolis banks which failed last
summer was engrossed in the House yesterday,
and the vote indicates that it will pass in that
body but its fate in the Senate is rather doubt
full. The committee county and township
business in the higher branch of the Assembly
yesterday recommended indefinite postponeme Mt
of the bill, but motion to recomm 1T
it prevailed There was very free
discussion of the matter in the House, and while
there was nothing of political significance in the
measure, it is notable that the vote against it
was solidly Democratic The bill is supported
with petition for its passage, signed by IS per
cent of the voters in the township concerned. It
provides for the relief of the trustees who were
unfortunate in thor deposits, by levying spe-
cial tax in the several townships for their re i'm
bursement. The losses by the different trustees
were as follows: Jesse A. Avery, Pike township
81, 925. As; Cornelius B. Wadsworth, Lawrence
township, 81, 120. 49, William B. Flick, late trus-
tee of Lawrence township, s., 1876. Is; William Fl.
Speer Wayne, $5,27875; Joseph l.. Hunter,
Warren, ST 1868 80; Thomas w Janeway Deca-
tur So, 4S6. TO- Chris CRUDE, Perry, So, 170. go;
Harvey P. Matthews Franklin, 1922. 81
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION.
The committee on ways and means. in the
House, yesterday afternoon, reported the general
appropriation BILL 1t is remarkable for its dem
sgogical ''cheap John character. 1t is said
that it is the work of the bowling
economist from Hancock, who would,
while the committee was preparing the bill,
childishly refuse ito play" if he could not have
his own undsputed way about the matter. The
bill was prepared as he desired It, aud the COM
mittee has expectation that 1t will pass In the
form that it IS presented. 1T proposes 10 reouce
the salaries of the insurance commissioner and
land department clerk, already fixed by statute
ut 81, 200 a year to $500 In order to get COM
petent man for insurance commissioner. the
Auditor of State says that he now pays 500
more than the statute allows. The Governors
md ic fiy,p1 at
tary contingent fund at $50. 900. The allowance for
Office expenses of the Auditor of StateiS reduced
from 81 600 to $500 The salary of the deputy
Acknowledgement is fixed at 5000 instead Oh
81, 000 The pay of the chief clerk of the Super
inteudent of Public Instruction is reduced from
81, 500 to 81 2e0 The amount allowed the Blu
reau of Statistics is $40 instead of $4,000
The allowance for maintenance of the Southern
Prison is reduced from $50, 900 to 5000, and
for the Northern Prison from $9O,OOO to $780,
goo. The bill was engrossed yesterday. but
when it comes up for final action, it will be
trimmed of its unconstitutional features, and
viii probably be amended with a few excep-
tons, until it embraces the same appropriations
made IN previous years.
DEFEAT OF THE MILITIA BILL
The State militia BILL so carefully prepared at
the expense of much time of the officers of the
Indiana Legion, was summarily killed in the
House yesterday. The bill came up with a
favorable committee report, recommending sew
eral amendments, but it was evident that there
was decided and unreasoning hostility to the
bill from the Democratic members, and it was
not even accorded anything like fair considera-
ton. motion of Patten to strike ont the
enacting clause was adopted by vote of fifty-
seven to thirty eight McMullen, and the Marion
county representatives on the Democratic side.
voted with the Republicans in favor of the bill
LEGISLATION AGAINST DYNAMITE.
Senator Foulke introduced a bill yesterday
morning which makes it felony. subject to a
penalty of ten years imprisonment for any per-
son to be found guilty of manufacturing or hav-
ing dynamite for the injury of life or property.
1t also prescrbcs penalty of from one to five
years for any person transporting dyna-
mite with the knowledge that it is to be used