The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-13
Office Seekers Overwhelm
Chief, Causing Woes
of Ward Politician.
HAMMOND HAS SHARE
Board Vacancies To Be Filled Now
That Election Is Over =
Other Appointments.
Special to Lake County Times.

Indianapolis, Nov. 13.-Election over,
there is no cessation to the strenuosity
for the chief executive Of the state.
Now it is seekers after office. There
are vacancies on state boards, police
boards-different commissions of var
ious kinds that have been open for
some time. The governor postponed
his appointments until after election
and the result is that he is leading
the life of a ward politician placing
his patronage.
Hammond comes in for a share in
the distribution as a vacancy exists in
its police board, and another will be
created Jan. 1. In fact, vacancies
either do exist or will soon be made
in each Of the fourteen cities that have
the metropolitan police boards. These
cities are Anderson, Elwood, Elkhart.
Hammond, Jeffersonville, Kokomo,
Lafayette, Logansport, Marion, Michi-
gan City, Muncie New Albany, Rich
mond and Vincennes. The five cities
in which vacancies now exist, include
Elkhart, Hammond Marion, Richmond
and Vincennes. In each of the latter
cases it means two appointments, one
for the present vacancy and the other
to take the place that is to be vacated
by the expiration of an incumbents
term.
The present police board of Ham
mond is made up of George Pierson
and j. ]. Ruff and the retired member
is T. e. Knots. 1t is expected that
successor to the latter may be appoint
ed at any time. This expectation
exists in the cases of the vacancies in
the other four cities.
No word concerning any of them has
been given out from the governors s
Office as yet, though 1t is known that
there have been many applications for
each of the places for some weeks. A
city Judge is to be appointed at JEFF
fersonville. too.
Places on the different boards are
to be filled, too. Jan. 1, 1907, another
member will be appointed on the board
OF control of the Indiana institute for
the blind; the Indiana school for the
deaf; the central. southern and north
ern hospitals for the insane. and two
on the board Of the eastern hospital
one vacancy existing now. There is
one vacancy on the state board for the
examination and registration of nurses;
two vacancies on the state pharmacy
board. Jan. one member is to be
chosen for the board of trustees for
the state prison and one for Purdue
university.
Feb. IS, 1907 the commission Of the
present commissioner of fish and game,
2. T. Sweeney, runs out, and either he
will be reappointed or his successor
chosen-the former. so far as any in
formation is obtainable. On Feb. 25,
1907, there will be an appointment
made on the board of the state soldiers
home. Later in the spring appoint
ments will have to be made on the
state board of charities; the boys school
board; the chief of the department of
inspection; the state board of medical
registration and examination; one
member of the railroad commission;
one trustee for the soldiers and sailors
orphans home and two members OF
the board of trustees for the woman 5
prison. The republican member of the
state board of tax commissioners will
be chosen March Is. 1907, too.
In addition to the above three trus-
tees will have to be chosen for the new
Industrial school for girls, as soon as
the institution is ready. The buildings
are about ready now, and these ap-
pointments may be expected any time
Hammond may be represented il
some of the foregoing appointments
but. of course. this is all speculation