The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-05
LOSS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RE-
DUCEs ITS SHARE 100000.
State Geologist and Private Claim
ants Fare BadIy-Substance of the
Amendments Adopted.

section by the Republican members in eau
Gus and the long list of amendments Of
fered by Senator Goodwine, chairman of
the committee on finance. had been more or
less prearranged. AS amended in the COM
mittee of the whole $50 900 is cut out of the
appropriation, a large part of the amount
being saved by eliminating sections provid-
ing for the payment of private claims.
Indiana University Jared badly at the
hands of the committee of the whole, spe-
cifc appropriations for improvements at
the university being stricken out of the
bill. By the amended measure the univer-
sity will get about $4,000 less than was
provided when the bill passed the House.
Other important amendments made by
the committee of the whole made 1t imper-
alive that the appropriations for number
of institutions, the State University, the
Indiana Reformatory. the Central Hospital
for Insane and others, shall not be avail
able in a lump sum, but that half the
amount shall be available June 1, 19O3 and
half Dec. /, 1903
BLATCHLEY FARES BADLY.
The pruning knife was applied in items
big and small. Among the sufferers is State
Geologist Willis s. NJ. Blatchley. An item
providing that the State Printing Board
shall publish annually without abridgement
5000 copies of his annual report was ruth
lessy cut out.
The Senate in committee of the whole
spent one hour and a half in considering
the long bill item by item. BY motion
Senator Ball was made chairman of the
committee of the whole. The amendments,
thirty-two in number. were offered by Sen
qfo 6rnp nf hn
item was read, moved either that it be
passed the adoption of amendment
altering it in some degree. To save time,
for the task was an appalling one, all items
for which no amendments were offered were
skeletonized by the reading clerk. To IA
cilitate business the lieutenant governor
took the floor and prodded along business
when 1t threatened to lag. He took the
opportunity to make his first motion of
the session-to the effect that ii was not
necessary to read each item in full.
The first amendment offered by Senator
Goodwine provided an appropriation of
$1O6.60 extra compensation for the Gov
ernors clerk and stenographer. The second
amendment struck out an appropriation of
5000 for the purpose of building a private
stairway from the office of the secretary of
state TO the basement, and for the pur-
chase of filing cases. No change whatever
was made in the appropriation for the aud
| itor's. treasurer's, attorney generals, state
| superintendent, state librarians and SUI
preme Court clerk reporters departments
| or in appropriating money for the Depart
ment of Geology and the Department of
Health.
| in the Capitol grounds for two years at
| least. Senator Goodwine's amendment
| struck out the clause for cement walks in
| Statehouse grounds, $500
NO MORE FILE CASES
Engineer Sam Shut Jared we'll The sem
ators approved all items of appropriation
| for his department. The clerk of the Su-
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| providing 5000 for additional file cases
| and drawers for the offices of the clerk,
| the auditor and the attorney general was
/ eliminated.
| After the provision in the original bill
that the Appellate Court judges shall re-
ceive $500 the committee of the whole put
in clause providing that each Judge shall
receive s720 year for stenographers. The
| Supreme Court judges were allowed 1000
| a year for Office and chamber expenses. and
similar provision was made for Appellate
/ Court judges.
An amendment was made to the items of
| appropriations for the Central Hospital
| for the Insane providing that the appro-
priations shall be available one-half June
/, 1903, and one-half Dec. l, 1903.
| When the committee of the whole came
| to the State University appropriation there
was pitiful slaughter A specific appro-
priation of 1887 for furniture and labora-
tory equipment for the new science hall
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for an extension to the science hall heat
ing plant was eliminated Another item
of 5000 for fireproof stacks for books was
killed. and the committee of the whole COM
pleted its labors the university appro-
priation by cutting out an item of s. 435 6S
| for street improvements.
No change was made in the appropria-
tions for the State Normal exec Ut that the
$4,000 for the new manual training school
building shall not be available until Nov. 1.
1904
The Indiana State Prison will receive the
money appropriated by the original bill no
change being made except that the money
be paid June 1. 1903. and the other half
Nov. 1, 1908. The amendment was
made in the Indiana Reformatory items.
REFORM SCHOOLS LOSS.
The Indiana Reform School for Boys will
not get $4,000 for remodeling the chapel
and building gymnasium. That item was
cut out Another amendment applying tc
the Reform School provides that s6951. IL &c
purchase farm of forty-seven and seven.
eighths acres shall be Immediately avail.
| able.
No change was made in the items of ap.
preparation for the Indiana Industrial
School for Girls and woman's Prison ex
cept a minor amendment cutting out the
specification that new 81 900 fence shall b,
| of board.
When the committee of the whole tool
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| public printing Senator Goodwine sent III
| an amendment multiplying the provision tha
the report of the Indiana Academy o.
| Science shall be printed out of the appro
| priation for the bureau. and that the Stat,
Printing Board shall print each year with
out abridgment 5000 copies of the annual re
| port of the state geologist.
No wire fence will be placed around tn,
, | experimental station i'm Lawrence count,
| until the State gets title to the land
The committee of the whole changed tn,
title. state oil Inspector" 10 state super
visor of oil inspection"
Finally the consideration of specific an
! preparations for the benefit of private indi
viduals or companies having claims agains
the State was taken up. The followin,
items were cut out:
For the warren-Scharf Asphalt PAWN,
| Company, $24T12
For Gansberg & Roney, S2S5 40
For the Western Paving and Supply Com
pany, 81. 30s.79.
For III. A Mansfield, $5.569O9
For III. A. Mansfield. A12.56
For the Western Paving and Supply Com
( pany, $,797.s4.
The Senate refused TO give the state II
brarian 5000 for the purpose of purcha sin,
bound volumes OF the old Western Sun fron
1907 to 1S45. published at vincennes, Ind
2 ALLOWANCES CUT OUT.
II refused to allow Edgar A. Perkins 80
for time and expenses on the prison Iabo