The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-20
INCONSISTENT CALVIN
HIS VOTE CAST both WAYS WITH
MELANCHOLY RESULTS.
Treasurer Adam May Retain the Peo-
pies Interest Money-Tax Levy
of 81 Cents Adopted.

The attempt to compel the treasurer of
the School Board to account for interest
on the funds failed last night. 1t will be
recalled that at the last meeting of the
board Mr.. Blackledge introduced a resolu-
ton providing that the treasurer should
pay interest on the funds in his hands.
AT that meeting Of the board both Mr.
Appel and Mr.. Martindale were absent and
the resolution passed. Treasurer Adams
friends were astute enough to FORE
see what the result of the vote
on the resolution would be. and Mr..
Loeper voted for it in order to move a re-
consideration at the next meeting. AS soon
as the vote on the resolution was recorded
he gave notice that he would move a re-
consideration, and, in pursuance of the no.
tice, he did so last night. The motion, of
course, was lost, then, because the Frenzel
cuckoos had notice OF the business to come
course, was lost.
When the motion was made Mr.. Hendrick-
son arose and said he realized that it was
futile to say anything on the question, but
he wished to express himself anyhow. He
said 1T was not the amount of money that
was taken from the school children Of In
dianapolis that was the consideration in
this question. The amount that was thus
ldheu lTOIn the SCHOOLS ana put INTO the
pockets Of some individual was probably
not large. He said it seemed to him
strange that men would go directly in the
face OF their solemn promises in such cases
and take for private use the funds that
should go to the school children of the city
to assist in their education. Mr.. Hendrick-
son said he could understand how, in politi-
cal matters, men sometimes violated their
pledges, but he could not understand how
men could plan for years to take money
The vote on the motion to reconsider was
then called and resulted as follows:
tindale and Russo.
.Nays-Blackledge. Hendrickson, Scott and
Vonnegut.
Mr.. Calvin expressed himself as not be-
ing opposed to the payment of interest, yet
ne voted Tor the reconsideration OF the
question. When the original motion came
up he changed his vote and again voted In
the Affirmative. If he had had the con-
sistency to do this on the motion to re-
by a tie vote and the resolution requiring
the treasurer TO account for interest would
have stood. After the motion to reconsider
original motion to require the payment OF
interest. The vote on this motion was as
Scott and Vonnegut.
Nay+Adam, Appel, Loeper, Martindale
and Russo.
President Martindale declared the mo-
ton lost by a tie. and the treasurer re-
tains the interest.
The finance committee submitted it's re-
port on the Manual Training School ex-
p~enditures. The total estimate for the
school is s14, 200. OF this amount, So, 800. so is
to be retained until the completion of the
work and the sum is represented in two
notes of the board. one for 81. 40. due on
July 1, 1895, and one for 81, 1897. so, due on
July ]. 1896. There was a cash payment Of
1858 and deferred payments represented
in four notes, due on July 1 of each year
from 1897 to 1900 inclusive. The first three
OF these notes are for S1,911 each and the
last for s, 9S4.50. The president and secre-
tary were authorized to sign the notes rep
resentirg the deferred payments.
The fnance committee also reported the
tax levy for the coming year. 1t is as fol-
lows: Special fund, Is cents on the 800:
tuition fund, II cents; Manual Training
total, 81 cents.
Warrants were drawn during the month
to the amount of SIS, 241. 40.
The committee to which was referred the
question Of admitting teachers i'm the kim
dergarten schools to instruction by Prof.
Benton, at the High School. reported in
favor OF referring the question to the SUI
perintendent and principal of the school
with power TO act. The report was con-
Cured in.
The committee on teachers and salaries
reported the designations of Martha Rob
inson, Atlanta Staud and Julia Adam, and
recommended the appointment of Anna
Rehaing, TO be assigned by the superin-
tendent. The report was concurred in.