The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-26
complish more by calling on the board in
a body than by numerous petitions.
COTTNCvIT MAN ALIEN SpI9ALyG

ly, urging that efforts be directed toward
getting Controller Johnson to recommend
the transfer, reminding his hearers that
the Council could not make a transfer or a
new appropriation without Mr. Johnsons
recommendation. He favored the transfer,
saying that it could be secured with the
controllers recommendation by eleven
votes while it would take fourteen to pass
a new appropriation ordinance.
Il would like to ask Mr.. Allen how he
would vote" cried voice in the audience
DO you mean on the transfer?
Yes"
Il was never in favor of tying a string to
the S350,0CO appropriation in the first place
But we had 10 agree to it in order TO get
the appropriation. would certainly vote
for the transfer.
That's the stuff! shouted his interroga-
tor. The expression was loudly applauded
Mr. Brenneman cudgled the Park Board
for one of its latest movements. He said
that he had hoped that some of the money
secured by assessing benefits along White
river and Fall creek would be expended on
the Pogue's run chain, but he understood
by the press reports that the board mad
adopted a resolution pledging itself to use
all benefit assessments for the Improvement
of the park on account of which they were
assessed. This, Mr.. Brenneman said sar-
castically, seemed to have been very timely
action on the part of the board, inasmuch
as the Council had refused to make the
transfer on the theory that the dement,
money could be used for making purchases.
he thought that the park appropriation or
dinance had been improperly named. 1t
ought to have been called an ordinance for
the improvement of rivers and harbors or
something of that sort. He thought that
the board ought to be asked to reconsider
this resolution and leave itself IN a posi-
ton to buy land with benefit money He
was in favor Of going to the board and In
forming 1t that the people wanted park
and attach some kind of penalty to the
demand.
MR.. MURPHY BEFORE THE CROWD.
Councilman Murphy, of the First ward,
arrived late and did not tarry long. The
councilman from the First ward told what
a benefcent thing the establishment of
the $50 900 labor fund was last night. Every
day, he said, he was approached by poor
men asking him to cite them to a job. He
wanted to see them employed and he could
not vote for transfer. Mr.. Murphy lives
in the northeast part of the city (his ward
approaches Brightwood) and he wanted
the Brookside or Pogue's run parks, as
they are otherwise known, purchased. lie
said that the ground along POgue'S run
was about the only land in the vicinity of
Indianapolis that was naturally adapted for
parks. He only voted for the appropriation
after receiving the express promise or the
chairman of the finance committee that
the park board would spend $4,000 in that
section of the city. He would be in favor
of another appropriation, but would want
to have the ordinance specify dehnltely
that the money was to go into Pogues run
lands
Thomas C. Trusler replied to Mr.. Murphy.
'Fifteen thousand dollars he exclaimed,
looking around over the crowd. Fifteen
thousand dollarsr' If | had been~ in the
Council and could not have got better
promise than that / would never have voted
for the ordinance in the world
Give it to Murphy, shouted several
above the roar Of laughter and applause
that followed.
Then Mr.. Trusler turned his batteries on
the park board. He was sorry that some
of them were not there. He would like to
TeaSOn-ndlt q
for spending 1929. 900 as they have used 1t.
Perhaps a third of the population of the
city lies east of Pennsylvania street ana
north of New York, and will have TO bear
a third of the taxation for improving and
maintaining parks in the years to come
and yet get absolutely no benefits from
them. This he declared was almost taxa
ton without representation, in contraVen-
ton of the Constitution of the United
States.
1T has not gone so far yet that the park
board cannot retract and make right
said he Don't go before the board and the
Council asking for more money. What we
want is part of this appropriation already
made. Let them stop before buying all the
land along Fail creek -
Get out an injunction against them,
they don't own the city, shouted a voice
interruping Mr. Trusler.
That's the talk Don't let them buy all
that ground up there by the fair grounds,
hall was in an uproar, every man doing
what he could to express approval OF the
speaker and announcement for the board.
What we want IS part of that money,
continued Mr.. TruSler when quiet was re-
stored. And if we don't get ii it will be
written against them as it was against
Belshazzer. Meme, meme tekel upharSlTl-
thou art tried in the balance and found
wanting. They say that we did not come
soon enough; that we did not make our
wants known. We had right to expect
they would do justice and right without
being asked Your councilman has told you
they promised to give Sl5,OO0. They nave
NOT given IL CENTS
Dr. Johnson, Of Brightwood, and Mr..
Valdenier, of the suburb, also expressed
entire sympathy with what had been said
and volunteered to circulate the petitions.
Milton S. Huey was inclined to believe
from his personal knowledge that the park
board had not proceeded so far but that 1t
might lop off part of the Fall creek system
out near the fair grounds ana use the
money for East Side parks. He believed
that ii this suggestion were made the board
would act favorably on it.
Fremont Afford said that he had been as
the money had all been spent for narrow
strip along White river dumps and over
Fall creek dumps ito. build boulevard
you don't know Claypool," cried one, in
Il don't know any of them. Unless the
northeast part of the city gets what is just
ly due it the thing for US to DO is to r call
a grand meeting and demand of Tom Tag
CART that this board be removed We will
have to pay for all this, and it is time for
us to throw aside Republicanism and De-
mocracy and stand for our rights This
set the crowd wild again
The crowd was reminded how Joseph F'lack
brought a suit to stop the annexation of
Haughvile when the Park Board decided
not to buy the swamps and bottom lands
of White river and dismissed immediately
when his demands were acceded to, losing
all interest in the suit. Every sane man
and improving Pogue's run lands will go as
far as SIS in White river. The thing to do"
the speaker said, lis to reason with the
nd and heed
less to demand the removal of the board.
If it is stubborn, turn them all out at the
polls. If you make up your minds as to
all you ask for" said Mr.. Afford.
After the meeting adjourned those who
had volunteered to circulate petitions came