The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-02

/ upon this subject two years ego in which ne
urged By every impulse tba, can actuste hu-
mainly not to leave these people unpro-
tected. l am surprised 70 fnd, since one
of these hospitals was not located in his
town, he does sll he can TO prevent the com.
| pletlon of two of them. We are told that
| Judge Robinson lone OF the COMMISSIONER
does not believe in the completion OF bat
one Of these asylums, yet We have over his
! official signature the request that this
identical bill shall be passed by this
General Assembly. There must have
been some misunderstanding ia this matter.
The Senator Mr.. Fowler must have misun-
terstoCd him. for am sure Judge Robinson
would not stultify his official act BY ssyin :
be did no. mean that to which his Off cial
signature is subscribed Would il not be
much better for the State House 70 be al
lo~ed 10 lie over for two years, rather than
one OF these hospitals: aye, should il not
! lie uncom pleted forever rather than the in
sane Of the State should suffer aud remain
in the condition they are in to-day?
An objection by the Senator from Law
renee (Mr. Willard) and one other Senator
/ Mr.. MCIntosh) is that this bill calls for a
/ great deal more money than the contract
/ price that the contract price is $500 900,
and the bill calls for Sl,10O. 600. includ-
! ing the 100000 appropriated already.
/ The Commissioners come 10 US with
statement of things absolutely essential.
+ The Senator from Lawrence asks what the
/ objection Is to specifying how much shall
/ go 10 make every window az door, aod how
much for heating apparatus and so on. Ny
i obleclCn is this: 9On never can erect a lid
/ Jog OF any size in which OF can tell before
/ hand to a dollar and a cent ho~ much will
/ be needed for this and for that.
j Mr.. WILLARD: Can't you say how much
will be needed for the hospital AT Evansville,
hew much for the one at Richmond, add
how much for the one at Logans port?
-. -
/ gently. 1t may be that the price OF ma
terials in year or so will so change that it
may cost little more to build in one place
i or little less in another. What | object to
/ Is the putting of these Commissioners under
a cast iron rule. II in their discretion they
/ can do better by putting $500 in heating
/ apparatus at Evansville, or taking off $500
ct Richmond, they ought to have the right
| TO do So or L they can give additional ia.
! cllitIes IN q ma ter OF water works at Rich.
mond or L ~nsvl Ie or Logansport, rbelieVe
| they can teIi better than We whether il is
necessary c. III. | don't suppose any
Ser ator can tell Us whether any of these
estimates cover the exact amount. We have
/ left 1t n four of the best men, with the Gov
erDor of the State, believing their only pur-
pose will be to perform the duty which the
law imposes upon them. | believe in leav
/ ing it to them, and not with u.s. who know
noting about such things, to determine
| Mr.. THOMPSON: Certainly the Senator
who has just tai en- his seat does not think
for moment that there is any member OF
the Senate opposed 10 taking care of the in
sane OF the State. Our State is not able to
raise the means this bill proposes to sppro-
/ pIiats. Senators may talk about the ability
/ OF the people, but for the last three four or
five years this State has been losing in pop
! uIation. IL there was question in the last
canvsss that was brought forward with de-
termination, il was by the Democrats refe
/ ing upon the Republican administration OF
the affairs OF this State. We came into power
| ne, understand IL, on the promise OF econ-
/ omy and opposition to increased taxation in
this State. That was the procuring cause of
/ my presence in this Senate. | am opposed
/ TO any more taxation; and nov you get up
| q scheme-fCr IL Is scheme-it was
prompted by some three gentlemen in tins
Senate Cbsmber-one couldn't agree that
| the other should take the building; aud
| finally they agreed they would take one
| building apiece. II will afford me the
greatest pleasure to vote for ne taking care
! OF the insane and the oppressed whenever
We have the ability TO do it; but we are
| going 10 shipTreek ourselves il We go back
/ upon the promises made by the party of
which / am a member, and go into
an avalanche Of speculation on
| insane asylums or anything else. | am
! decidedly opposed to ii. The State now is
| owing debts to her citizens WHO are now
! knocking at our doors, and she is refusing to
/ pay. regard a refusal TO pay on the part of
| the State as very great reflection upon the
! honor OF the State We have the ability to
| build one asylum and finish it, think.
entirely, and we have the ability to protect
the other two against injury; and in two or
three years We may be able to finish these
also.
Mr.. FAULKNER: / have long since
learned that two wrongs never made one
right l think il was wrong to build three,
| thought so before. and never changed my
mind about the State undertaking to build
/ these three asyIums a. once. Ny Judgment
/ was We ought to build one, for we needed it.
| Wnen they got three together voted against
/ 1t. But we are now IN for it, We have
/ spent some $500, 000 and the only way / sec
/ out OF ii, with any honor to the Stats, is to
build three institutions ! think my friend
+ from Lawrence (Mr WilIard) is right about
, 1t; we ought TO know where this money is
/ going. We ought to have some specifica.
tions. The idea OF voting that much money
| without knowing any thing about
It; would be wrong. | will vote as
( literally TO take care of these
| unfoTtunateS as any Senator on the floor.
! | have been called, and it has been thrown
up 10 ne that ! am the watch dog of the
| Treasury. That is not the case; we have
| bat one watch dog in Indiana. l have tried
to vote the best l could for all concerned
! Ii We can't get this bill in batter shape |
| shall vote for it as il is bat ! ssau first try
to get it in better shape. am sorry to hear
| talk about the Stale going al to pieces La
my county We consider real estate worth
more than il was several years ago. think
| when the next assessment. is m sde, with the
/ same per cent. of taxation we have now we
/ will raiee money enough TO build these nos
pitfalls by being economical. That is my
| idea about it,
/ Mr.. RAIN: l had the honor to intro1ace
bill two wears ago for the erection of one
] asylum. Ii was amended so as to provide
| for three. The original bill was TO appro.
driate 100000. The Senator from Allen
! Mr.. Belly increased that amount to 5000, 600.
| That appropriation did not mean to build all
three, but that in two years We could sppro-
pirate the necessary amount. 1 Yentura the