The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-31

will produce about 100000. This will
tide over the state for time and
prevent the state treasury from going
bankrupt, as was the indication during
the legislature when Governor Mar
shall sent his message of alarm to that
body Under the new law whenever the
state treasurer sends out a call for
advance payments by the counties to
the state the county treasurer and the
county auditor are required to make
prompt remittance, and If they do not
they may be prosecuted by the prose-
cutting attorney on the showing made
by the auditor Of state.
The counties will, of course, be the
losers by this arrangement, for the
money which they send to the state
treasurer as advance payments has to
be drawn out of the county deposit
tories. where it is drawing interest.
Is is estimated that the counties will
lose something like $4,000 interest on
the money which they viii send in on
the present call.
w J. Hastings of Hammond has
swamped Secretary Of State Sims and
Auditor of State Billheimer with tele
grams of Endorsement, and if he does
not land the position Of custodian of
| the state house, it will not be his fault.
1t is said on the best of authority
that the position has been promised
! to Hastings by Billheimer and Sims
and that it is sure to go to him. even
though Governor Marshall does appoint
some one else Sims and Billheimer
! are majority of the board which they
| claim. has the power under the 1895
law to make the appointment, and they
| saw they intend to do so. Governor
Marshall says the 1895 laws is void and
that he has the right to appoint. So
there you are, but Hastings is hope
| full He was advised a few days ago
| to have two or three republicans of
| Lake county send in their indorse-
ment of him as a candidate for Gus
todian Hastings wired three or four
friends at Hammond to send in their
Endorsements The result was more
than he or anybody else ever expect
ed. for up to last night about eighty
kilograms had reached the office of the
secretary of state from Lake county. all
urging Hastings for custodian. These
all go to prove the popularity of
Hastings in his home county and they
licans are not unmindful of the fact
that they did the work last year that
saved the state for the republican tick
ct Hastings is believed by many to
have a cinch of the job. because Lake
county must be recognized in some
way.
There was a democratic conference
at the office of Governor Marshall
yesterday afternoon. the like of which
has not been seen in this city in many
a day. The two factions of the party
in the staet were represented. Tom
Taggart and Billy Moore, the latter
chairman of Indianapolis, were there
for one side. and John w. Hoffman
former mayor of this city. and James
L. Reach, who has fought Taggart
and his ring ever since he has been
old enough. represented the anti-Tag-
CART crowd. What they talked about
is not known, but there have been al
kinds Of rumors.
There are some who believe they dis
J cussed the Indianapoli city campaign
but others do not think this likely be-
cause they say Governor Marshall does
not intend to butt in on this affair
Others think they were called together
in order to talk about appointment:
that the governor has to make. 1t il
believed that he wishes TO satisfy both
elements of the party by giving eaci
side something, but he wants to do i
without making the other side mad
Whether this was the object or not vii
probably become known soon. as th'
governor will announce some more ap
2 Dointmeuts before he goes to New YOrl
2 next week-maybe.
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