The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-15
SENATOR HOW'D.
Reasons for Voting to Take Away the
Governors Appointing Power

a reporter last night asked Senator T. T.
Boyd: How are you going to reconcile
your conduct vote and work in favor OF tax
ing the appointing power out of the hands
of the Governor, Notwithstanding our state
platforms, and placing it in the hands OF an
appointing power?'' The Senator answered:
THE Republican party, by no word. act or
deed, in platform, anywhere else, requires
a humble member of that great party
to leave the appointing power in the hands
of the Democratic Governor. We did report,
with a minority, in favor of a board OF
three, and that is all we have ever promised.
preached or talked. Both political parties
should have representation on all the boards
of the penal. reformatory and benevolent in
stitutions of the State. We would have been
in nice condition. going back to our homes,
and if charges should be sustained against
any superintendent or any institution have
the Governor with his party claiming that
it was an outrage, and sustaining and as
sisting in the defense of any Democratic
superintendent, and backing 1t up with two
trustees of the Governors appointing, ana
refusing to dismiss J am in favor of civil
service, pure and simple, and the minority
having Incorporated that in their report,
which was adopted, any man or newspaper
who talks about the minority being AFTER
the spoils is just simply talking through his
hat, and because he is against 1t. We have
said in our minority report that no man
should be employed or discharged or re.
moved from place or position on account OF
his politics. DIR. Rogers is model superin-
tendent and no cleaner and perfect gov,
erned institution for the insane can be found
Charlton. of the Reform School for Boys at
Paintield, is another model superintendent.
He has been trusted implicitly by Repub-
LEANS and will be in the future, in my judg-
ment. j have not heard anything against
the superintendent, DIR. Smith, at the hospi-
tai for the insane at Richmond and Dr:
and Dumb Institution, so far as can learn,
is an excellent man.
I'VE are pledged and the bill which VIII
be enacted into a law will provide, that we
standby faithful service, without regard to
politics. but the Republican party just now
are riding and driving so far as the affairs
of the State are concerned. The people will
hold us responsible for the management of
these institutions, and while 1 would like
very much to have Governor Matthews al
lowed the privilege to name the Democratic
members of all these boards, certainly
would most earnestly insist that if any
scoundrel, unqualified or unuseful man is
found in position or in the employ OF the
erwise, let us have the privilege Of asking
him to take walk. From three-fourths to
four-fifths of near all the employees in the
institutions in the State are Democrats. Let
us see whether or not Republicans will not
act more wisely. and while they may employ
people who may present themselves to these
various boards without asking a question as
to politics. the time will come when they
will be pretty nearly equally divided. Let
the various institutions will send men to the
polls election day to do party work; in
short, let the institutions be removed from
politics, but it cannot be done. in my judg-
ment, by party that took the appointing
power out of the bands of Governor Hovey
and placed 1t in the General Assembly, and
then again placed it in Governor Matthews's
hands simply because he was Democrat.
Personally 1 like Governor Matthews. but
politically he is politician, a candidate for
President. for United States Senator, for
anything else in sight that would fit him,
and will bend. move and nod to the dictates
of his party for political preference. Why
should we. then, get down on our knees TO
the man who said, I prefer to appoint men
for the different boards from my own politf-
cal party / am Republican, and will
never consent to be a coward in this matter.
The party is able to take care of the State
institutions so far as their different boards
of administration are concerned"