The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-24

Grand Army Encampment Appropriation
Choked In the House Yesterday.
Again the oopperheads In the House have
taken delight In s!apping the Grand Army.
The report Of the military affairs commit
tee favoring the Baugher bill appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the encampment was handed
down by the Speaker of the House yester-
day. Mr.. Cullop helped the bill somewhat
by bowling half an hour against it at the
top of his voice. He announced that he
was unalterably opposed to the pas
House where the State was going ato
get the money. at the rate they were
going on the general appropriation bill
they would have to increase instead OF de.
creasing the State levy. When they passed
the pending amendment voting 2110 900 to
the feeble-minded they would have wiped
ont ell the margin left of revenues over
regular expenditures. In the course of his
remarks be gave rather sharp dig at the
trustees of the various State institutions.
who, he said, instead of attending to their
institutions, were spending their time IN
the House lobbying through magnificent
appropriations.
Hord. the ''enfant terrible" was next
given recognition on the superstition that
with all his might. He attacked 1t on con-
stitutlonal grounds. Why. he asked.
should they vote csc. 600 for the kcneft of
private organization like the Grand Army,
or Y. NJ. Z. A. or anything else any more
than to Edwin Booth or John l.. Sullivan
to come here aud give showf Why should
they vote money to give q circus heref A
little later be apologized for this last fling,
saying Is was made In haste. HOrds Op-
position was q body blow. He would not
his speech, coming from an Indianapolis
member, was able to do harm.
Judge Hench spoke for the bill starting
ont with q 'swlpe" at Cullop. Vincennes
University. he said had waited twenty -fiv =
years for the s25. 600 it wanted. and he sug-
gested that that be lop ped OFF the appro.
priatiOn bill and given to the encampment
81 would not like to hurt the feelings of the
gentleman from Knox"
"Oh. you couldn't hurt my feelin as" To-
torted Mr.. Cullop.
Thus started q right merry little scrap"
Hench replied that the member from Knox
had no feelings to hurt and then went on
TO say that. though he was u member of the
ways and means committee. the benevolent
institutions seemed to have gotten lost In
the shuttle He then spoke to the bill IN
question, and made @ really eloquent
speech in its behalf Daley finally called
time on him. and Farlow did the same
thing.
The gentleman" said Farlow, has
fought the war over two or three times,
and it's q chestnut
BE careful you don't SIT on Ii then" re-
torted Mr.. Hench.
Mr. johnson, of Merton, spoke for the
bill. addressing himself to the consti,u-
tional question and declaring that If this
was unconstitutional the monument apprO-
priation, the worlds fair appropriation
ana numerous others were unconsti tu-
ionaL Mr. Fippen spoke briefly for the bill
ME-. Alder then demanded the previous ques-
tion, and the report was defeated, thus kill
ing the bill by vote Of AZ ayes TO so noes.
as follows
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Atkinson, Balm, Bassett,
Baugiler. Beane. Bethel, Davis, Deery. DInwid-
die, Fippen, Foster, Gregg, Gr0ssart Haggarli,
Hamrlck, Harmon. Hay Hench. Hesler, Hunter.
Johnson OF Marion, Jordan Kamp. Kaufman,
Lindemuth. Lyons. Manwaring Meredith. Mou-
toux, Morris, McCorkle. Newhouse. Newlin,
Richter. Stakebake, Stephenson, sulzer. Thorn
ton. White, Wilson OF Marion. Speaker Curtis
AZ, OF whom eleven are Democrats and thirty
one are Republicans.
NOes-Messrs. Alder, Askren, Bnkley. Blair
Blue, auser, Coilins, Cooley. Cravens Creig
mile Cuiiop, Cunningham, Daley. Duncan. Er
win, Farlow. Franks, Gil. Guthrie, Harkins
Heagy. Higbee. Hord, Johnson OF Dearborn
Kester. Lowe. MegeBIry. McCalster. McInty re
McMullen, Passage. Redman. Reeves, R0da
baugh Schaf, Schrader, Sexton. Smith. Stark
Slower. Suchaiek. Swope Terhune Nermilion
Washburn, Wilson OF Dubois. WTight-50, OF
whom AZ are Democrats and Republicans