The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-04
WILL LOOK AFTER
HIS OWN INTERESTS
Cities That Had Acquired the Idea
That They Were to Retain Their
Present Boards, May Now Get Rid
of the Idea, According to Governor
Elect Marshall.

Especial to The T1mes.)
Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 3.-Evidentiy
when Governor-EIect Thomas r.. Mar
shall saw how it looked in print he |
decided to change his mind about the
letter he wrote to Muncie, telling /
political friend over there that he in I
tended to give the cities of the state |
home rule in the matter of the seiec- |
tion of members of the metropolitan |
police boards.
There are fourteen cities in the state |
that are under the metropolitan police
law, and in his Muncie letter Marshall
said he proposed to appoint members
of the police boards only on suggestions !
made by the mayor and the common
council of each city. This was sent
broadcast with the statement that it
means that Marshall would permit re-
publican cities to retain a majority of
! the members of their police boards,
while the democratic administrations
| of democratic cities would have the
| same preference.
| Marshall Changes Plan. ~
| But Marshall was here yesterday. In
fact, he is still here, and he says he
will not do anything of the kind. He
/
cratic members of the metropolitan po-
| lice board in each city and give the re-
publicans one member. Thus, instead
TOT letting go of an opportunity to build
up a political machine for himself by
| giving the cities actual home rule, as
| indicated in his Muncie letter, Marshall
does not propose to let the chance slip
by to take care of the interests of
| Mo on hot
quired the idea that they were to re-
tain their present boards and that Mar
shall intended to be exceptionally kind
and generous to them may now get rid
of it.
i Ignores Off1ceseekers.
4 Marshall is not paying any attention
to officeseekers, so 1t is said. He is
merely taking their names and ad-
dresses and filing their applications
away with the promise that "if any
thing turns up 1 will let you know"
And that is about all he any other
man could do under the circumstances,
: for the offce-hunters are legion. There
would not be enough jobs in seven
states to take care of all of them. Mar
! shall says he will remain in this city
until he and Mrs. Marshall decide of q
house in which to live when they move
to this city next month. During the
campaign Marshall was emphatic in his
statement that he would pay his own
house rent and not use any of the
states money for that purpose. He still
sticks to that proposition, although
there is at the disposal of the governor
for house rent the sum of $500 a year
in addition to the salary
Reyerfdpe Ia TiekIed
: One of the best pleased men in In
: diana over the order issued by Presi-
' dent Roosevelt a few days ago placing
all fourth-class postmasters in the
states north of the Ohio river and east
of the Mississippi river under civil serv-
ice control, is Senator Beveridge. The
fact that the senator will for at least
; two years control all the federal pa
tronage in eleven of the thirteen con-
! gressional districts of the state has
promised to make his burden about all
that any one man could bear, and not
the least of it was in the selection of
fourth-clas postmasters. The new rule
, promulgated by the president relieves
I the senator of that part of the work
and will also remove the possibility OF
lof many embarrassing contests which
the senator would have to settle.
Over Thousand in Indiana.
There are 1854 fourth-class post.
: masters in Indiana. This class of post.
masters is composed of those whose
| compensation is based on the value OF
the stamps cancelled in their offices ant
not the value of the stamps sold
They receive 100 per cent of the frs
500 worth of stamps cancelled in
quarter; so per cent of the second s10t
worth, and 40 per cent of the value o.
all other cancellations after that dur
ing the quarter. But if their remunera
tion amounts to more than $3.50 quar-
ter for three consecutive quarters the,
:, go into the third class. The terms O
"a their service continued until their sue
er cessors were appointed. Under the new
. rule they may be removed only 70
Is cause. Heretofore fourth-class post
le masters have been appointed by tn
Z | congressman of the district Hereafte
lie they will be selected by means of civi
service examination