The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-28
SESSION.


AFTERNOON SESSION.
The SPEAKER: Several members have ex-
pressed to me, since the forenoon session, a
desire to go ahead with these Senate bills.
OF course, | made the statement Just before
dinner in Difference TO what / supposed was
the wish Of the House.
ASSESSMENTS.
On motion of Mr.. McMUELEN, his bill
II. r. 342l to legalizs the apprRisement OF
real estate and assessments of taxes made by
Common Councils, was taken up, read the
third time and passed by yeas so, nays l..
MIR. TAYLOR: move to take up the bill
II. X. 476l TO compel railways built within
the past I'VE years, TO make crossings where
the road runs through a mans real estate.
Mr.. PATTEN: 1 do not believe this is
right. / called I'D this appropriation under
the call of my county. liz has Dsen hanging
fire since Friday last. 1t should IN justice
to ourselves and the people be completed.
The motion vas agreed TO.
Mr.. PATTEE: l move that further con-
s;deTation OF this bill be indefinitely post
poned.
The motion was rejected by yeas :, nays -.
Mr.. BARNES, explaining his vote, said:
In view OF the fact that q great many have
very small tracts of land near the railway,
say q quarter of an acre, and as this would
compel a crossing to be built there, l vote
'taye' TO postpone.
0ls DAM y 1 q. 4 UnOOAbAhiAu knul Nut Dl1l
affects only where railways have been built
ia the last five years. | vote no"
Mr.. PATTEN: Section l OF the bill con-
tains an error in a word being omitted or
something wrongly worded. think il
should be postponed, and l vote aye"
So the motion to postpone was rejected.
Mr.. FRAIEE moved TO recommlt to the
Committee on Railroads, with Instructions
to amend the bill so as to embrace railroads
built within the past twenty-five years.
Mr.. TAYLOR: The reason why 1 put it
five years is because roads built before that
time have adjusted this matter with farmers
whose lands are occupied. had no object as
to time.
Mr.. HARRELL believed that the bill
should be recommitted with the instruc-
tons.
Mr.. GORDON moved to amend to embrace
all railways.
The motion to recommit was then with
drawn.
Mr.. CORY: The bill is now before the
House, l believe. We have one railway
passing through our entire county. Along
its line are many small pieces of land-mere
patches. To build a crossing for each one
of these patches viii be an enormous ex-
pense. It will cost $500 to build these cross
ings. Then would you put q $500 crossing
on a patch not worth Sl00? The railway of
that county makes no mOney-scarcelY
lives. The men who own it keep it up
merely to save what they invested in it.
While railways are servants of the public,
they should be permitted ID live. We don't
want TO drive out men because they have in
vested in railroads. This bill should be
killedin its present shape; az least It should
be referred 10 8 committee that it may 90
corrected.
on motion OF Mr.. KELLISON She bill was
Tecommitted To n special committee Of three.
consisting OF MessTs. kellis0n, Frazse and
Cory, with instructions to include all rail
ways and report a. 3 o'clock to-day.
PURDU UNIVERSITY.
On motion of Mr.. HARRELL, the House
resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole (Mr. Adams IN the Chair for the con-
sideTation Of the bill 4. r 427l making q
general apportionment to carry on the State
government.
The CHAIRMAN: The question is on the
motion OF Mr.. Gordon 10 strike cut the item
appropriatiDg sd, 600 to Purdne University.
Mr.. STALEY: Wa given the Aoor when
the committee arose, but ! will yield the
floor if the committee viii come at once to a
vote.
It was so sgTeed.
The motion to strike out tie item Of S24,-
COO was rejected upon q division-afirma
tive, -; negative, Il.
Mr.. GORDON: move to amend by max
ing the sum donated TO Pardae University
$1,000 Instead OF , 1000.
Mr.. BOYD offered a substitute to make the
sum 10000.
Mr.. WILSON proposed $23. 200.
Mr.. LLOYD proposed ST. 600. He said: l
am not in favor of giving a cent, bat this Is
cor ing half way and compromising.
Mr.. SMITH, OF Tippecanoe, proposed ST.
OCO.
Mr.. FRENCH proposed SIS, 0G0.
Mr. WILSON proposed S23, 900.
All of which were seYeralIy rejected.
Mr.. HAYW0RTH proposed $4,000.
Mr.. SMITH, of Tippecanoe. A few thou
sand dollars from Indiana is not much to an
institution whose life depends on the money.
This is not q money-making institution, and
your votes to-day are to say whether it shall
live or die. In the name of Indiana, don't
cut its throat. We need S24, 000-st least
soc o.
Mr.. McG0VNEY: We agreed with Mr..
Staley that speech-msking should cease.
Mr.. GORDON: II has been said here what