The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-18
BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS.
Gold Democrats at OganspOrt Put
Back on a Board.

Governor Mount yesterday announced a
large batch of appointments of members
of boards of control of state institutions
and police commissioners. The notable
thing about the appointments is the fact
that those for the institutions were made
entirely regardless of politics or political
influence. Among the appointees are Re-
publicans, silver Democrats, gold Demo-
Gratis and women who have no politics.
The full list is given below. In the School
for the Predetermined the only change made
is the appointment of Mrs. Mary r.. Har-
per, wife of Judge Harper, of FIT. Wayne,
to succeed Mrs. j.. H.. Bass, of that city.
For the Soldiers Orphans Home there
We're two vacancies to be filled, caused
by the expiration of the term of Ben l..
Smith. of Rushville, and John II. Bogart,
of Clinton. Both of these were Dem
ocrats. Mr.. Smith was succeeded by
George w. Ham, Democrat. of Hancock
county, and Captain Harry Watts. Repub-
lican, of Henry County. Mr.. Ham is a
silver Democrat. There were two vacancies
on the State Board of Charities. both OF
which were filled by reappOintments. On
the Northern Hospital board j. j.. Todd,
Republican, of Bluffton, and Dennis Uhl,
Democrat, of ~Logansport, were reappointed,
WHlc REV. EuWdFu D. OcOIl, Oh WlHOud,
was succeeded by Charles w. Slick, Re-
publican, of Mishawaka The boards for
the Eastern Hospital and the institutions
for the blind and deaf and dumb were
left undisturbed as they had been made up
by Governor Matthews. Notwithstanding
the fact that there is a Democratic majori-
ty upon the blind and deaf and dumb
boards. On the Central Hospital board AL
bert o. Lockridge, Republican, of Green
castle. succeeds J. l.. Carson, Democrat, of
Falkland.
The list includes the police boards of six
cities. In all these the Governor made a
majority of the boards Republican and
paid more attention TO the politics of the
Democrats. John Sheerin. at Logansport,
and William Mack, at South Bend, both
of whom had been turned down by Gov
ernor Matthews because they Were gold
Democrats, were put back on the boards.
John Il. Stoll, editor of the South Bend
Times, came hurrying down TO raise objec-
got here after the appointments were an
nOunced, and, though he made his plea
anyhow, the Governor did not change his
mind. n delegation from Logansport also
arrived too tate TO put in their plea, but
the board OF that city as announced proved
satisfactory to them.
The list announced yesterday also in
cludes the appointment OF Colonel John W..
H~eadington as judge of the new Jay coun-
ty Circuit Court. The Governor. after re-
ceivipg the declination of Senator La Fol-
lette. held the appointment open thus for
two or three weeks in the expectation that
the senator would change his mind but on
Monday he received Mr.. La Follette's fnal
declination- The list is as follows:
School for Feeble-minded-Mrs. Mary r.
Harper. Fort Wayne. Republican; +. A. X.
Hackett, Fort Wayne. Democrat; John n.
Spann. indianapolis, Republican, continues
as present member.
Soldiers Orphans Home-Members APP
pointed to fill vacancies: George w. Ham,
Hancock county. Democrat; Capt. Harry
Watts, Henry county, Republican.
State BOARD of g
Brown and Margaret +. Peelle, the former
a Republican, the latter a Democrat, reap
Northern Hospital for Insane-Charle w.
Slick. Republican, Mishawaka; Dennis Uhl,
Democrat, L%ogansport; Jacob j. Todd. Re
Eastern Hospital for Insane-E. G. Hill.
Richmond. Republican: Silas W. Hale.
Geneva. Democrat: VIM. ID. Page. Repub-
Central Hospital for Insane-D. X.
Davis; republican k1ightsviIle J1hn o. D.
LocKridge. RepubIican. Greencastie. ~
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
Charles r. laugh. Democrat. indianapolis;
tie; Samuel A. Bonner, Republican, Green's
Institution for the Blind-NeIson Bradley.
Democrat, Greenfield: James l.. Allen, Re-
publican. Covington; John +. Hennessey.
Democrat, Indianapolis.
Police Board. Logansport-T. S. Sewell.
Republican: John j. Sheerin. Democrat:
Judge ID. b. Mcconnell. Republican.
Police Board, Lafayette-Wm. C.. Mitchell,
Republican,: Max Pottstitzer, Democrat;
John O.. Morgan. Republican.
Police Board. South Bend-Christian
Fassnacht. Republican,: William Mack,
Democrat; j.. Clinton Slower. Republican.
Police Board. New A~lbany-Fred d.. Con-
ner. Republican: DR.. {. T.. Cook, Democrat;
r.. N. Bordmen. Republican.
Police Board. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A.
Schimpf, Republican: Jacob S. Fry. Demo-
crat; George a. Clark, Republican,.
Michigan City Police Board-Lyman b.
Ashton, Republican; w. d.. Hutchings.
Democrat: Joseph Oliver. Republican.
Judge OF the Fifty-eighth Judicial Circuit
lJay county)-Col. John w. H%eadington.
Portland.
Prosecuting Attorney Fffty-eighth Judi
er, Dunkirk.
For Prosecuting Attorney (St. Joseph
county)-charles w. Slick. South Bend.
These appointments do not Yet clean W
| the Governors slate. He has Yet 10 ap-