The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-30
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, Jan. %, 1870 a. Il,
PURDUE UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION.

THURSDAY, Jan. 90, 1SS5--10 q. Il.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION.
Mr.. Staley's bill a. r. 15l to appropriate
$40 600 to Purdue University being read the
Mr.. STALEY: The trustees of this insti.
tuition we're short of money and they bor-
rowed enough to carry on the institution
until the present time, and they ask that the
money that ought to have been appropriated
then be appropriated now. The State is
bound, first by the acts of Congress, and Sec
ondly by the acts of the State. to maintain
this institution. Should the State at any
time fail to comply with the provisions OF
the grant this donation of land and every
thing pertaining to this institution would at
once pass to the United States. The State
stands as the guardian OF this trust. Unless
this sppropris ton is made don't see how
the institution can be carried on for another
day. 1t will have to close.
Mr.. WILLIAMS: / am fully satisfied in
my mind that Purdue is not State Uni
versity. The statute provides that the Trus-
tees shall not borrow money. Is 1t neces.
sary for them to incur this Indebtedness?
They got this interest on their loan, and that
ought 10 be sufficient There were only 100
pupils there. 1t is the business Of the State
of Indiana to give 6 good common school
education to its people; not to make
lawyers doctors, mouiders, etc. This insti
".
There has been no showing to me of what
has become OF the money. / represent an
agricultural constituency, and / believe
agricultural colleges are failure, and ]
hope this appropriation will be defeated.
Mr.. McHENRY: 1t would seem that an
agricultural c. llege in this State was an in
novatiop, and something that ought to be
watched with the utmost scrutiny. We
should not expect too much OF Purdue Uni
versity. As yet it is young-scarce ten years
old. Give it time and chance, and venture
to say that it will give results that will satisfy
the State.
Mr.. DALE: 1 speak in behalf of Purdue
University. am astonished at the assertion
that common school education is the foun-
dalton of a good farmer. The educated
farmer is the foundation OF all prosperity in
this country. / ask that the appro priation
which failed at the last Legislature be made
now. Intelligent labor IS the only sure
foundation for further prosperity. and l do
hope and pray that we perpetuste that insti-
tuition.
Mr.. SMITH. of Tippecanoe: This instisu-
ton was not established to teach Latin and
Greek or higher mathematics, but il is an
institution that will develop the handiwork
of the man who engages his skill with the
educated brain to make the earth yield more
bountifully. Experience shows that agri-
cultural colleges have been OF inestimable
value to every country. 1t is essentially a
State University. In the case of an emer-
gency the State of Indiana took $40 600 of
the funds of this University and gave non
negotiable bond bearing per cent.
interest. So you have borrowed
her endowment fund at per cent.
interest and now will say you will give her
no more. That noble citizen, John Purdue,
gave Sl50, 900 to aid this institution, and the
and the citizens of Tippecanoe County gave
80 acres Of land. When he had con-
cluded-
Mr.. TAYLOR demanded the previous
question.
The House seconded the demand, aud uu-
der its operations the bill passed the House
by yeas 20, nays II.
HOTELS AND INKEEPERs.
Mr.. Moody's Inkeepers' Protection bill
II. r. 81 being read the third time
Mr.. BROWNLEE: am opposed to the
bill for the reason that it is legislation fer a
class 1t provides that whenever a guest
comes into hotel that the hotel has a lien
upon the baggage for the payment of the
bill. 1t also provides that any person who
shall obtain food or lodging or other accom-
modation with an intent 10 defraud the
owner shall be guilty OF misdemeanor, and
the proof shall be his failure TO pay the bill
on demand. / don't believe 10 putting any
such statutes on the books. Perhaps there
may be dispute as to the amount of the in
debtedness, and it is not good law to say
that proof of his refusal is sufficient to con.
vict of a misdemeanor. Il is bad policy.
Civil procedure in this case is Objectionable
and criminal is worse.
NJ. ROBERTSON: / am opposed to the
passage of the bill. 1t makes provision for
q special class, which L think wrong. i
think q hotel or lnn-keeper ought to be
guilty OF misdemeanor If be fails to paw
any of his own debts
Mr.. MOCK. of Wells: Our committee ex.
amined this bill very carefully, and were of
the opinion this bill ought TO pass The
charge that this bill creates O monopoly is q
mistake. There has been q law allowing
hotel keepers lien on the baggage of his
guest ever since / can remember. T1is is no
new law. There has always been
distinction between those who
are travelling and regular boarders
The hotel-keepers have had lien ever since
l can remember on the baggage of the guest
They are compelled to take in every person
who calls for lodging, and unless they are
protected by lein, such persons can gather
up their baggage and leave the hotel, and
the proprietor has no remedy. No honest
man will object to paying the bill aud will
not have lien put upon his baggage. The
intent OF this bill is al right, There are
persons who 60 to hotel with the intent of
beating the landlord. There is no lsndlor
in the State who would undertake, mali
ciously or wilfully, to prosecute any one
The bill was rejected by yeas 10, nays IS.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr.. McHenry's bill "a. R. 81 to make
County School Superintendents elected by
popular vste, being read the third time
Mr.. FRENCH: i don't believe the peo-