The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-13

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Did not the higher" education need
Some rich endowment TO sustain its nieg
And could they stop. the common schools to feed,
With State and Normal. and Purdue at strifef
Some Patterns bill prepared with extra care
May sges wait some defects to supply;
Come introduced By Goodins. Gordon. 5ayre,
And others Jet By Kreuger. Cory, scnley.i
Still Others yet by Howard. Thompson. Day.
And each OF whom was Earnest for bis bill,
And so vas Cartwright Fowler. Brown and May.
Reeves, Reiter. Rivers. willard, Weir and Hill.
II was too great q Passage for them all,
Though some reforms the members all enjoyed
They parsed = bill 'gainst games OF Sunday ball,
A moral measure championed By Lloyd.
They made reforms in sericulturl fairs
By driving out all kinds OF thieving games;
They made appropriations for repairs
And buildings, too, but passed some doubtful
claims
The KnightsoEn Home wss rotton to the core,
Ano witnesses were brought from far and nigh.
Il proved q sad event for John NJ 6oar.
But increased the fees OF Doorkeeper Fry.
OFT did the members to excitement yield,
And rant around in fury on the floor:
And when the roll-call showed their doom was
sealed,
IN explanations made themselves bore.
Let not the men whose bills were haply passed.
Deride the measures that are lying there.
Twere better for the Stale If at the list
some other bills their lowlY fate did share.
The railroad pass the sad eyed loDby's bow.
The soap and towels furnished by the State;
The Especial privilege" of members now
Are at an end-have all run out of date.
Far from the paths OF c!ty's busy life
The rural members soon will take their way
Some to return to scenes OF active strife,
But many more always at home to stay.
'Twere well for such if on some distant main
An oft tried friend should seek 10 know the
cause
Which stopped the throes of legislative pain.
And brought their public life to sudden pause.
Some melancholy scribe now here cculd say:
"Oit have seen them on a Sunday morn
| Dodging In and out OF an alley way
To brace their nerves with a fayorite horn.
! They were men OF genius whose spirits brooked
No counter will, who chsfed at all delay
| And over nice to see that they we're booked
Among the fret that they might draw their pay.
| Zone day we missed their voices in the hall
AS hitherwsrd our weary footsteps turned,
/ But twas no sad event, reporters all
Were filed With JOY, the body had adjourned
"spring followed spring, and chill November's
blast
Followed chill November, and with its speed
| The people at the polls this verdict cast.
Approach. my friend. for you can surely read
| THE EPITAPH.
| The men whose brittle lives these ballots mark
| Misrepresented us some years ago.
/ We thought them full of flame, but, 10 the spark
! OF manhood in their natures had no glow.
That which was right they fought with might and
/ main,
That which was wrong they struggled to have
! pass.
| Their effort to return all in vain
They stay at home, the best place for their
class.
So this the verdict Is; we'll try no more
The men who waste the precious light OF day.
SO stand aside, we may select boor,
But you have had your fun amount OF play.
To such as earned the peoples best reward,
And are returned another term 10 serve,
! The fate of these will place upon their guard.
And teach them from their duty meier to swerve'