The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-21
rHE KNIGHTsr TOWN INSTITUTE.


message from the Senate announced ths
relative TO the Knightstown Institute with
amendments that one Of the Trustees be
woman, and that Il e salaries OF certain Of
hcers be increased, etc
Mr. DITTEMORE: | move that the House
d. not cor cor In the amendments from the
Senate.
Mr.. GOODING: l call for division of
the question, so that We may vote on each
amendment separately.
The SPEAKER: The chair will SO direct.
The first amendment provides one member
of the Board of Trustees shall be a woman,
and, plainly, That one shall be Republican
and one Democrat.
TIE amendment was agreed to by yeas 81,
nays 81
Mr.. BOYD, explaining his vote, said:
have no objections 10 3 woman Oh the board
but ! am especially anxious that Republ:.
can AID a Democrat should serve on the
board. l know that the man who outraged
the little boys was kept there for two
months that be might vote.
The SPEAKER: The gentleman is out of
order.
Mr.. BOYD: 90 not say this as a reAsc.
ton on Democrats. Both parties are too
prone to shield their party men, vote
aye"
Nj DEEM: II I thought that a lady
would exert any good influence on the
board l would vote for the measure; but
have no such faith. And as a woman
whipped the soldiers orphans with raw
hide am compelled to vote no.
Mr.. COOLING: as the Democrats have
! to bear the responsibility of the government
/ of this institution l think they should have
control OF the institution. L do not want to
make it q political institution, but, as the
responsibility rests on the Democrats,
/ think they should govern it. So vote mo-
! Mr.. HARRELL: I am an Andrew Jackson
/ Democrat and believe that Democrats should
! control. So l vote mo-"
/ Mr.. H0BAN: ] believe that woman is
more competent to take care of these chill
/ dren than q man is. i therefore vote AYE"
Mr.. KELLISON: For the reason that BE-
I lieYe in purging our benevolent Institutions
/ from politics, and for the reason that be-
/ lieve that woman is the friend of the home
! less, the weak and the friendless, l vote
aye"
Mr.. LLOYD: So far as the non partisan part
/ is concerned, favor 1t; but l do not favor q
/ woman on that board Women govern the
children now, but as l bslievs the Trustee 5
should be live business men, vote mo"
Mr.. MOUK: As 1 do not think that the
best interests OF the State demand woman
+ on the board / vote mo"
Mr.. McBR00ME: | do not like the Ian
guage of the amendment, and 1 vote mo-
j Mr.. McMICHAEL: There are more wo
men there now than there ought TO be- so J
vote mo"
! Mr.. PATTEN: l am in favor OF three wo
men on that beard; but that We may have {
conference committee, / vote mo"
Mr. ROBINSON: As I do not favor the
minority in the Senate dictsting TO the work
ing members here, l vote mo"
! Mr.. TAYLOR: Believing, rs / do, that
| the institution needs the care of q good,
motherlv, virtuous woman, think the SEN
! ate did right. | think the presence OF q wo
| aI
Iathize with the unfortunate like woman.
| vots to concur.
Mr.. TOWNSEND: / remember that dur
! ing the war the women were minisIering
| angels to our soldiers, and believing that ali
our institutions would De better IN the Ia ads
| OF women. / vote aye"
The SPEAKER: believe that our insti.
! tutions would be better in the hands Of wo-
| men-eYen all the Il ustees should be wo-
! men. l most cheerfuliy concur in the
! amendment and vote AYE"
Mr.. SMITH, OF Tlppscanoe: l heartily
believe a woman should be Trustee.
vote aye"
Mr.. BOYD: That We may settle this at
once, change my vote to aye"
Mr.. LLOYD: For the reason that wa may
! have this matter settled at once, l also
change my vote 70 aye"
The result was announced as above.
So the amendment vas adopted.
The remaining amendments TO increase the
| salary of the Superintendent from 81, 200 to
! $3.50, and the salary OF the Trustee from
| 500 10 $500 per year, were then seyerally
! sgresd 10.
SCHOOL FUND INTEREST,"
Mr. D0NHOSrS bill { Z. r. 115l to reduce
fthe interest on the common 1school fund
from 70 : per cent. failed to pass-yeas
/ 46; nays, 42-the affirmative vote not con.
shutting constitutional majority.
Mr.. RIVERS bill Fl. r 355l prescri bing
punishment for fishing in the streams of the
| State with seins, coming up for considers
ton on the second reading
Mr., BENZ offered "a amendment exempt