The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
IT'S LIKE BANQUO'S GHOST
Question Of Interest on the School
Boards Funds Will Not Down.
Mr.. Vonnegut Is Still "Ksping bis Eye on the
Cat'-Industrial School and Routine
Matters Discussed.

present at the meeting last night. at which
only business of o routine nature was
transacted, though Mr.. Vonnegut enliv.
Commissioners Scott moved at the outset
that the regular order of business be dis
pensed with and that the report of the
committee on the normal training school
be first heard. It was carried.
That committee reported that 1t had care
fully examined the title of the piece of
ground to be purchased for the training
school from the abstract prepared by Mob
olas McCarty. and that it had found it to
be oil right in every respect. 1t also rec
commended that the ground, which is locat-
ed at the intersection of Madison avenue
and Meridian street, be accepted. The
report was adopted.
The report of Superintendent Jones for
the month of November showed that there
was an attendance at the schools of 1867
pupils, against Is, 731 last year. There were
also fifteen suspensions during the month
by reason of u~nexcused absences, against
seven last year.
Bills allowed for the month of November
aggregated $a,53S.7S {.
Chairman Loeper. of the finance COM
mittee, read q report from 1t in which he
asked that the appropriation OF 5000 Tor
the purchase of supplies be increased to
$l,5OO more, owing to a demand hat mas
been made for q supplemental reader ana
other books. Ii was adopted. Mr.. Loeper.
as chairman of the buildings and grounds
committee, also presented q report
in which 1t was recommended that the
board carry its own insurance. with the ex-
port provoked q great deal of discussion. In
which Commissioner Scott took the leading
part. He maintained that there ought to
be extra insurance on the contents OF High
school building No. 1, as it contains some
very valuable apparatus. He offered an
amendment that it be included, but 1t was
voted down. Mr.. Conner made q similar
motion which went down before the
Democratic majority. and the report was
accepted. The cost of insurance the past
year was $500, against that of $1,000 OF
the year before.
The same committee reported that two
bids had been received for the wiring to be
done for the lighting of the new library
trict Telegraph Company was Sl,l9O and
of the Hoosier Electric Company Sl,1SS.S5.
The report recommended the acceptance OF
the latter bid, and it was adopted.
school reported that 1t had recommended
the employment of Prof. F. l.. Emory, of
the University of West Virginia, to take
charge of it. This brought q large-sized
KICK from MT. hOtD, VINO o0lO tQ8b no
thought o native Hoosler ought to have
been employed. His objections were over
ruled, however. and the report was adopt
ed.
William Barnsbee was appointed as jani-
tor for building No. 5.
The folio wing motion was introduced by
Clemens Vonnegut, and, as usual, was ig-
nored by President Frenzel and his Demo
cratic majority, they voting to lay 1t on the
table:
NnvANapOy To Ind Daa 4 1862
To the Honorable Board of School Commissioners:
Gentlemen herewith call your attention to
a serious breach of order by our president at
your meeting Of Nov. 1S, by an act that must
ported by personal or party friends. to ruin the
republican institutions Of any country.
There was my motion before this board. sec;
OF proceeding with 1t, our president ex-
claimed: "A motion to adjourn Is in order"
There is a motion to adjourn before this board, :"
and declared the motion carried, although there
certainly, were as many nays as ayes
motion which blamed our treasurer for not full
filling his promise in regard to interest, and by
inference blamed our presidenn for airee,lHg
him in arbitrarily cutting OF the proceedings.
therefore move:
First-That our president be censured for his
unlawful management Of his official power.
second-That my motion be discussed and
passed upon, the ayes and nays being called for
On potu Pdlts VI my motiou.
CLEMENS VoNNEGUT.
In speaking on the motion Mr.. Vonnegut
said: my motion of Nov. Is asked for an
expression from the board condemning the
action of the treasurer. PRESIDENT and their
supporters in refusing to a interest on
the balances in the treasurer's hands after
he and two other members had published
n card promising that they would not vote
for the election of any treasurer who would
not agree to pay at least 3 per cent.
Il have promised on this floor to bring
up this shameful matter as long a. it ex-
lated. / consider it my duty to fulhll this
promise, and L intend again and again to
bring it before the public.
"Our pre- sident suements the shameful
ness of his position by illegally checking
the discussion of il, and five other mem bers
assume the opprobrium by making possible
such illegal and dangerous acts of our pres
Ident in making themselves his tools"
Mr.. V~onnegut's former motion was as fol.
lows:
To the Honorable Board Of Commissioners
herewith offer the following resolution: Be
1t herewith declared that the board considers II
o shame that 1t does not receive any interest
from the balances Of the different funds In the
his advisers arc responsible, since the solemn
promise to the contrary appeared In the news
papers. This shame is increased by the fact
that the board borrows money for running ex-
penditures, while there are over $4,000 in its
treasurers hands for which IL receives no inter
O94. 10; August. $67,392.6 80; September, $751;
023.77; October, $76; November. sd. 80. ~.
CLEMENS VoNNEGUT.