The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-04
IN SENATE.
FRIDAY, April 3. 1885.

IN SENATE.
FRIDAY, April 3. 1885.
REIrrF OF LOSERS OF Trust FUNDS.
On motion by Mr.. BAILEY the bill Il.
r. 5G-see pages 10, 207, 27l, vol. xii for
the relief Of eight Trustees in Marion T0wn-
ship. who lost public moneys by failures OF
Indianapolis banks. was read the third time.
Mr.. WINTER resisted its passage. This
bill goes farther than any other Of this char.
scter, rs il not only proposes to release these
Trustees from losses they have no. but also
flom losses they have paid. When he had
concluded
Mr.. BROWN demanded the previous cues
ticn.
The Senate seconded the demand, and
under lis operations the bill passed by yeas
-, nays Is.
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
On motion by Mr.. WILLARD the Senate
resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole
[Mr. Msgse in the chair and resumed the
consideration of the bill II. r. 40, the ques-
ton being on the motion to increase the APP
propristion to Purdue University from $751;
500 to $4,000.
Mr.. SMITH, of Jay: II / were to consult
my own personal feelings l should vote for
the amendment, but there is now outstand-
ing nearly 81 500, 600 OF delinquent taxes Ia
this State, and unless law ia proposed 10
aid in the collection OF these taxes not an
other cent should be appropriated than is
absolutely needed. In February there were
eighty seven students in this institution
from Tippecanoe County alone and only
seventy-seven from other counties in the
Stste. OF the eighty-seven from Tippe-
canoe County seventy are from the city of
Lafayette.
Mr.. FOULKE: There have been some thirty
eight students enrolled within q week, aud
there are low ffty-four counties represented.
That institution educates in short time IN
the mechanic arts what otherwise would
generally take a lifetime TO acquire. / be-
lieye il IS doing great and good work, and
We ought not TO give an institution OF that
kind halfway support.
Mr. MCINTOSH: Until 1881 there never
was dollar appropriated for this institu-
ton. an institution that has only 160
students ard that pays lis officers and eu-
ployes SIS, 900, ia taxing the many for the
benefit of the few. Ii was an understanding
when the institution was first founded that
IL should not be al expense to the State
Senator Dill from Fountain County, so
stated, ss the BREWER Reports shew.
Mr.. MAGEE: The Senator referred TO my
opposition TO this bill two years ago. ] then
stated at night session that l was IN favor
OF q liberal appropriation, but pupils had
been excluded on account of their connec-
tion with Greek fraternity, and il was In.
tended to starve out oHening officers. lndi-
ana is = State Of abundant resources with
small debt. 1t is not credit TO the State to
treat her institutions with neglect The
State can lot 60 too far in doing the right
thing toward her educational institutions.
II Is objected that the young men of Tipps.
canoe County are the only ones educated.
IL il be so, what OF il? Others are permitted
to 60, and IL they DO not it is not the fault of
the institution.
Mr.. WILLARD: While can not vote for
the motion 1 90 not propose 10 have it stated
that the first appropriation for this institu-
ton was made in 1881. In 1879 l was men,
Der of the Committee OH Ways and Means in
the House and We made an appropriation for
Purdue University. There were appropria-
tons made In 1879, and from the time since
the State accented the grant.
Mr.. FAULKNER: / believe / have never
spoken in favor of giving these institutions
so much money, but IS this is the only in
stitution in the State that proposes to do
anything for the former, though they are
doing il In sly way. and, as these lawyers
have given large appropriations to all the
others, now i want you to vote in favor of
increasing this to $24, 900.
Mr.. ADDISON: On account of the speech
OF the Senator from Ripley (Mr. Faikner)
intend TO vote for this amendment.
The amendment was agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Hen
bricks, the action OF the committee yester
day afternoon, striking from the bill certain
specific appropriations for the benevolent
institutions, was Teconsidered.
The committee took a recess till > o'clock.