The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-21
AFTERNOON Session.
TIE FISH COMMISSIONER


Mr.. F0WLER'S bill 5. o. to repeal the
act creating Commissions of Fisheries was
read with a favorable and unfavorable CON-
mittee report.
Mr.. BAILEY moved to concur in the ma
jority report.
Mr.. FOWLER moved to amend by concur
ring in the minority report. l think this is
useless expenditure for carrying on a pQr.
pose that benefits DO portion OF the State and
but few people in 1t.
The motion was rejected.
The majority report was concurTed in.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
Mr.. SCHLOSS' bill S. 39l sto appropriate
S25. 0C0 annually out Of the school fund 10
the State Normal School, coming up on the
second reading
Mr.. MCINTOSH: ! hope this bill will
never become law. There has been $50, 900
already get apart to the State Normal School.
Now TINS appropriation is to set apart S25,-
0C0 yesr more. Il is now enough.
Mr.. FOWLER: l think this is q perni-
cious bill in principle. It is all wrong.
This shows how these things creep in. 1t
never was intended to divert money from
the common school funG for any purpose.
Let all such appropriations, ii they must be
made. be made out OF the general fund.
Mr.. SCHLOSS: The Trustees of the State
rmal School find it i'm possible to pay the
teachers. and the school is now indebted for
in usefulness and numbers There we're liz
students last year. The school fund can not
be diverted for 8 better purpose than to the
Normal School. hope the bill will pass.
Mr.. MAGEE: I saw a large number OF
small children attending the Normal School.
Are the teachers of such paid by the State?
Mr.. SCHLOSS: The Normal pays part
aud the city OF Terre Haute part of the sal
aries of these teachers.
Mr.. INUCHE: This seems to be PERM.
cious legislation. When the Constitution
was adouted there was no such thing IS
State Normal School, and it can't be said
that is a common school. The Constitution
should de literally construed, but the Con-
stituiion prescribes in Section 1S5 Reads
that the income OF the school fund shall be
distributed 10 tie several COUNTIES. How
can Senators get around this provision IN
the Constitution, aud say this fund shall be
distributed to this or that Institution?
Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Hendricks; l differ
in the opinion tuat this Ia diversion oil the
moley to the Normal School. I regard it IN
different light from what / do the State
University or Purdue University. / regard
this State Normal School as part OF the sys-
tenn Of pubic schools. and it is 81 irstitQ.
ton Of which we ought to be proud.
Mr., DAVIS: The General Appropriation
BIZ passed yesterday gives the State Normal
School : 600.
q
nicstion from the Governor in reference 70
the title 20 the grounds on which the State
Normal Scooi IS built and insisted We should
know more about this before any further 30
proprietiOns are made
Dir. SCHLOSS: The committee has done
its duty, and everything is in order, and the
papers viii soen be returned here, and the
report OF the committee will show ell IS
right.
Nr. MAGEE: The proportionste amount
Of the school fund that should 20 for toe IN
struction OF children attending that school
must be iust l doubt the cUnstitutionality
OF az act that would divert money from the
school fund for the education Of teachers. 1
DO lot agree with the statement that the State
Normal School is a part OF the common
school system Of the Stste. I think there are
about 500 children taught in the Normal
School building, which lie called model
school, II the fund is used for mmon
school purposes, il don't matter whether the
children are taught in the Normal School
building or elsewhere, so il is properly and
Justly applied. am willing the portion Cas-