The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-11

but retained under one management. That
part OF Section 10 of the law creating this
Lnsutution should be repealed IL reaos as
follows, 10 wit:
When such infant shall be committed by
such Judge. as aforesaid, on complaint and
Que proof thereof by the township trustee
that such infant is destitute of a suitable
nome and of adequate means of obtaining
an honest living, or that she is in danger OF
being brought up to lead an idle or immoral
life
1t Is a shame that an infant should. for
no other reason than poverty, be sent 10
an institution 10 which are committed the
immoral" the vicious" the "incorrigi-
Those needing no reform should not be
committed TO an institution 10 which those
heeding reform are committed
Inc name industrial School, does not
remove the danger of the associations that
belong to a r~eformatory.
Such infants who have committed no
crime and are not incorrigible, should be
placed in orphans homes, or in the care
of the State agency of the Board Of State
Charities.
Fish and Game Laws
With the pollution of the streams in our
State through sewage of cities and towns
and the waste of factories and packing es-
adjustments, we cannot expect the best re-
suits In keeping the waterways stocked
with good fish. That part of the fish law
that permits SEEMING should be promptly.
itpcdieu anu Il strong provision eldCtSu
against this method of taking fish. Some
or the surrounding States have game laws
requiring of nonresidents a license to hunt
within the State. l recommend that a law
be enacted requiring a license before nom
residents can hunt in Indiana.
The State Library
1 wish to call attention of the General
Assembly to the efforts of the present man
agement of the State Library TO make more
easily accessible, by systematic arrange
mont n0fa1n0trfnO ond fnInxinO fhn Qnn-
tents OF the library. There has just been
completed a dictionary card catalogue Of
the United States government publications
deposited in this library. the subject part
of which is now in print. This catalogue
makes accessible at once all the important
information contained in this vast store
house, which has until now, remained prac-
tfcally sealed and without alu There
has also been issued an index to our own
Documentary Journal, which sets forth all
the reports Of departments and institutions
addition to this the historical portions of
the four leading newspapers of the capital
are also being indexed.
1 should like also to commend the re-
quest OF the state librarian for larger ap-
preparations for the collection n preser-
walton of materials relating 10 the early
history of the State. These materials are
being destroyed by persons who do not APP
preciate them, and by others they are be-
ing sold to persons and societies outside of
our own State and thereby are placed be-
yond our reach. 1t is certainly one of the
duties OF the State Library to collect and
preserve such material. but 1t is quite i'm
possible TO carry on this without liberal
funds. A few hundred dollars well spent
few years. There has been such al awak-
ening among the most intelligent citizens
of our State within the last two years that
the General Assembly will be strongly sup
ported in any appropriation for this pur-
pose.
School for the Feeble-minded.-
1 desire to commend the splendid man.
agement of this school. The degenerate
and imbecile class should not be turned
loose upon society when they have passed
the age limit now provided by law. Good
judgment and sound economic sense would
approve of charging the facilities for car
ing for feeble-minded or imbecile women
of collaborating age. At present many of
these women are in county infrmaries or
living where they are exposed to the pas
sion OF depraved men, and are multiplying
a race of dependents to be a further bur-
den to the State. These women are a
menace to good morals, and are multiplying
a race of dependents, thus laying the
foundation for growing evil and enlarged
public charge. Additional land should be
purchased and this institution enlarged.
This would give increased opportuni-
ty for Superintendent Johnson to ex-
ercise his splendid executive ability The
brickyard and the farm have demonstrated
this ability. Mr.. Johnson is not paid a
salary commensurate with his service, Or
In keeping with the salaries paid to other
state officers.
The Oliver p. Morton Statue
BY an act of the Legislature, approved
Feb. q, 1897, the Governor was authorized
To appoint a committee to procure a statue
OF Oliver p. Morton. late Governor of
the State of Indiana, to be placed in the
National Statuary Hall at Washington, ID.
1.-THE Governor then gives in full the
proceedings of the United States Senate
in accepting the statue from the State OF
Indiana.1
State Board of Agriculture
The energy and ability displayed by this
board in securing the finest exhibit last
fall ever shown in the State is worthy of
commentator. The unfavorable weather
fair from being a great success financially.
The State is making c~ommendable adj
vancement in the Improvement of live stock
of all kinds. In horticulture, in growth of
the cereals-in short, in all its agricultural
interests our State takes high rank. Much
of this progress is due to our state fair.
mendable pride all our people should en-
courage and patronize the fair, which
should be represented by mechanical skill
and fine arts as well as agricultural inter-
eSts.
Purdue Bond
The Legislature of 1855 accepted and
claimed the provisions of an act of Con-
gross known as the Morrill, act. approved
July - AC0@ alAo n IL 4oVIs anu oCtllt
to all the conditions and provisions of said
act. (See acts 1865, Page 1861 This act OF
Congress gave the State for the benefit
of an agricultural and mechanical college
the proceeds from the sale of government
land, but obligated the State to guarantee
| p%erpetually the amount Of money thus paid
to the State, with interest at 5 per cent.
per mum, paid quarterly. The Legisla-
ture of 1881 renewed the bond of the State
for twenty years. with 5. per cent. interest
which time expires April /, 1901.
Under the federal statutes, the State hav-
ing assumed the obligations thus imposed
has no other alternative but to renew the
pond and pay the interest. The attention
of your honorable body is called to this
matter.
Return of Battlefag.-
House Concurrent Resolution No. {
directed the return Of the Terry's Texa
| Rangers battlefiag TO the survivors of thai
organization. The resolution delegated the
Governor and the commander of the CT. A.
| K. TO perform this work and appropriated
| $3.50 toward the defraying of the expense
The commander of the q. A. r. designated
| members of that body 10 participate. The
army comrades, the Governor and staf
meeting their own expenses. On the 18th
day of October. 1899, in the presence OF
thousands of people, your executive, after
a short address, placed In the hands OF the
Governor of Texas that flag. Governor
Sayre made a feeling response, in which he
said that this ~magnanimcus act touched
the hearts of the Confederate soldiers moro
than any act since ;he close OF the war
| The Legislature of Texas passed appro'
| PIRATE resolutions commencing the Legisla.
ture of Indiana. Among the many resoIu-
tons the following appears:
"ResoIved by the House of Renresenfa.