The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-04
BOWSER WORRIES
HIMSELF SICK
Hammond Attorney Has a Little
wordy Tilt With the Genial T. W.
Englehart, Whom He Says Is Work
ing Hard at Capital to Get Gary a
Superior Court.

LeGrand II. Meyer got back from In
dianapoIis this morning and brings
many words of good cheer for the
Hammond attorneys. According to At
tOrney Meyer, when the Hammond at
torneys got TO the state capital they
found that the enterprtsing Gary boost
ers had everything sewed up. Gary
was the biggest place on the northern
Indiana map and Hammond was only
a flag stop on one two railroads.
1t was not long before the senators
and representatives, notwithstanding
the activity of the representatives from
this district in Gary's behalf saw that
things had been misrepresented and
now, he says, there is no doubt that
the Hammond bill will pass both
houses.
Colonel Meyer says that Representa-
tive wickey has been placed in the
position of making copious explana-
tions, of his attitude. to the people of
North township and that this is taken
omean that he realizes he cannot fg-
more Hammond altogether.
BOvser Sick Worrying.
Is is said that Senator Bowser has
made himself sick worrying over this
court fight. The Hammond men think
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| the Gary men before he had heard
from his Hammond Whiting, East Chi
cago and Crown Point constituents and
this is what put him in such an awful
pickle.
1t is stated that Senator Bowser is
still loyal to Gary, however, and that
he will do all he can to get Gary a
court and a courthouse He still takes
the attitude that he will not let the
| Hammond bill go any farther in the
senate until the Gary bill has passed
the house
The Hammond attorneys have been
trying to explain to him that his duty
| to Gary and his duty to Hammond are
done when both the Gary and Ham
mond bills pass the senate, but. so
far, he has take nthe view that his
representation of Gary also includes
the house.
Do Good Work.
Mr. Meyer states that the Hammond
men are doing excellent work in In
dianapolis He especially mentioned
Frank Gavit of whiting. Billy, Edward
Simon and William Hastings. Mr.
Meyer gives Will Hastings a great deal
of credit. He is very popular among
all of the senators and representatives
and never loses an opportunity to say
a good word for the Hammond bill.
Mr.. Meyer says that Senator Bowsel
warned Hastings not to take too mucf
interest in the Hammond measure, buf
the warning did not do much good ant
, Hastings is still a very able represen
tative for Hammond.
It was expected that the Hammond
bill would go to its final reading II
the senate yesterday, but when Mr.
Bowser was taken sick he took TIL
court bill with him and they were boil
confined to the sick room. The Ham
mond attorneys have been trying (,
find out which was the sickest-Mr
Bowser or the bill.
EngIehart Enthusiastic.
T. w Englehart of Gary is one o
the busiest of Gary's boosters. Nh
EngIehart is in the real estate busi
. ness and is one of the Gary business
men who think that courthouse woul
. help lots.
] Attorney Meyer cornered the genia
: Gary booster and started a converse
. tion along these lines:
You have a couple of five-cent the
!. aters in Hammond, have you not, Nj
Englehart?"
= w nat mas Jnat go TO 90 with IN
court question" said the Gary real es
tate man. who knows that the cour
fight is on every ones mind.
5, Well. l was just thinking that if tn
people of Hammond knew how indus
trious you were in bucking Hammond
plans for courthouse, they might no
patronize you as literally as they hav
Il in the past"
: I will close up the blooming theater
them said Englehart, hotly, and tn
s Hammond man replied: You might nc
9 have to close them up to keep the peo
! pie out" was Meyers rejoinder.
That is on a par with the report tha
n came to Hammond to the effect that tn
I Gary attorneys had gone to Ed Sfmo
a and told him that La Vendors wouldn
n look very good to Garyites unless h
d kept his hands off the court fight NJ
Simon's answer may be imagined.