The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-22

fronted by their accusers when they are ac-
Fused. And, gentlemen of the Senate.
under rek Senate bill No los the fact as i is
represented by those who favor it. that
those gentlemen down there have done
something wrong, you take the only reason
it, If they have done something wrong,
fire. them. And If the law is not large
enough now, it will be when we enact this
amendment.
"Gentlemen, / cannot believe that both
houses of this Assembly will put such a
blight upon the State of Indiana and her
fair name to pass the measure for
which this measure is a substitute. Let
fairness prevail. Let the Governor make
his investigation before he makes any
charges, and If he find them true, then
make his charges as IL is his duty to do.
That reflects nothing upon them by doing
IL, and We ought TO have such law.
Therefore. this amendment Will accom-
plish everything that Is asked by the
opposition. except the question of removal
of one superintendent and putting in
another. That, / submit. might be very
sition, for aught that 1 know, may be
good friend of mine, we are paying TOO
dearly for the opportunity to serve
opportunity at the cost OF our beneVo!ent
and charitable institutions. have mad
occasion to travel out of Indiana, to be
outside Of the State almost as much as l
have been in the State since the day or
my birth. L recall the time some years
ago when the people of the East would
throw their slangs and insinuations at
Hoosier stood around or not. l have
listened to that, l have almost at times
grown indignant enough to enter in per-
sonal controversy because of such lnsin-
uations, but went on until little by little,
instead of insinuations of our Ignorance, or
our indifference and progress, began 10
near comments favorable upon our splen.
did literary lights and upon our splendid
system of State institutions. and this Is
justly so. and finally upon our reform In
penal. our charitable and benevolent In
situations. / have heard these things IN
later years
MUST NOT GO BACK.
II do not want this General Assembly to
send any man who may have occasion to
travel beyond the borders of this State
with the message that we have taken
backward step of ten years in this ques-
ton of reform 1 take 1T that these insti-
tutions are in politics or not in politics
according as the board can be removed
with or without cause. do not believe
any senator here can successfully combat
that statement. If those managers are
to be put out without cause they are in
politics, 1 care not what tribunal expels
them, whether it be the Governor or this
Assembly. If the Governor could not re-
move them without cause for fear OF low
ering the standard of those institutions.
then why should we remove them without
cause? And that is the kernel of the whole
situation. If you remove this board OF
managers without giving them hearing,
what is to hinder the next General Assem-
bly, from removing other boards, and the
next Assembly from removing others. You
are treading upon dangerous grounds my
brethren. There is just one safe ground
ties. these boards intact If they are wise.
intelligent and economical. If they are
not. then remove them. The fair goddess
of our State has moved all through this
warfare from the time the tocsin was
sounded in 1886 by that distinguished son
of Indiana. BENJAMIN Harrison.
ing the example of her sister States, both
older and younger. had innocently sinned.
but awakened by public conscience, she
stood erect, jerked the scarlet letter from
that by the help of her God. she would
reform and lead an upright life. Forward
she moved with the political sleuths tug
gfng at her skirts and trying to pull her
back to political corruption.
But In her reform of charitable and
penal institutions she is regenerated.
Gus queen and damn the man who again
proffers the intoxicating cup of politics to
the lips of the goddess of our grand
Senator VIII Wood followed Mr.. Barcus
with speech defending the purpose of the
bill For the administration forces he made
tlie IuOSt EXTENDED speech.
DEFENSE BY WOOD.
IT will observe the injunction not to
speak against time" he remarked with a
sarcastic smile in the direction of the sena-
tor from Terre Haute. 'T apprehend that
even if this amendment is defeated there
will be others introduced for the same pur-
pose. The bill is not for the purpose of
throwing Indiana back many years in the
system Of managing its State institutions.
1t was introduced for no other purpose than
to correct glazing evils. The board was
not nonpartisan in spirit whatever 1t is in
letter. 1t was a partisan board. This
criticism of the Governor is unwarranted.
The Governor is big enough and broad
enough to be backed by the General AS
sembly. No man has given the State so
good government as he. We are not here
TO take up personal quarrels unless there
Is some good reason for it, That board
went without the pale of the State in order
to get a superintendent for the Reforma-
tory. Their action was slap in the face
to every Hoosier: AS partisan as L am, l
would have appointed Democrat before L
would have gone out of the State for q su-
perintendent. They made mistake and
we going to correct 1t right here. If L
had no other reason for voting for the bill
l would do so because 1 know the commit
tee of which the senator from Warren
(Goodwine) is the chairman realized there
should be change when ii made its visit
to the institution. 1t gathered facts in
plenty, but Ii has not been allowed to
proclaim these facts from the housetops."
The vote was then taken, which resulted
in the defeat of the Barcus amendment.
The supporters of the bill gained three
votes on the second test of strength. The
only senators making change were Daus-
man, who voted for the amendment; De
Haven, who voted against the amendment;
ment; Lawler. who voted against the
amendment, and Thompson, who voted
against the amendment.
Senator Thompson then offered another
amendment, which provided that the pres
ent system of the management of the Re-
| formatory shall remain unchanged, but
that the Governor should have power to
appoint new board of managers, and
that the superintendent and other employees
should not be removed except for due cause
and after hearing by the board of man.
ayers upon written charges preferred
against them. The effect of this amend
| Governor to remove the present board and
| appoint one thoroughly in harmony with
him. while no reflection would have been
cast upon the retiring board, other than
| that the members had not been in accord
| with the chief executive. The provision
against the summary removal of the SUI
| perintendent eliminated the Objectionable
feature of the original bill that 1t might
be intended largely as a means to the end
Of securing good job for a Republican
| politician.
AT this point discussion had to be sus-
| pended in order to give the Senate OPP
portunity to meet in joint session with the
House to canvass the vote for United States
|