The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-17
Marshall. However, Don't
Care as He Thought Finan-
ces of State Did Not War
rant Such Expenditure.
SUPERlNTENOENTS MAY
GET SALARIES RAISED
House Committee Makes a
Favorable Report to That
Effect-0ther Doings Of the
Legislature.
Palladium Bureau.
indianapolis, Feb. ~.


indianapolis. Feb. ~.
You never can tell what a lesisla-
ture will do. Late yesterday after
noon the house passed the Linton
court bill by a large majority and the
senate killed the bill to appropriate
100000 for residence for the COVER
nor. The court bill means an expense
to the taxpayers of Greene and Sulli-
van counties. but this fact did not
cut any ice in the house.
The Linton court fight has been
the hottest OF the entire session.
Twenty-four bills relating to courts
and the establishment OF new courts
have been introduced during the ees-
sion. and some OF them. notably the
Hammond-Gary fight. have been good
ones, but the Linton battle has been
the worst of all. Bloomfield. the
county seat of Greene county. In
which Linton Is situated. fought the
Linton bill to finish. So did Sulli-
van county, which did not wish the
additional expense OF a new court
fastened on it. but all to no purpose.
II Governor Marshall signs the bill
1t will mean a new superior court that
will sit a part of the time at Linton
and a part of the time at Sullivan.
Court eiil 10 Killed.
A bill to break up the superior
court district : composed Of Grant.
Howard and Upton. give Howard a
separate superior court and throw
Grant. Upton and Delaware together
was killed bill to make separate
circuits of Clay and Morgan counties
and throw Putnam and Owen together
was passed.
Next comes the Lake county court
bills. They are expected to be hand
ed down in the house today. Ham,
mond is asking for an additional SUI
perior court of .ts own. There Is a
belief that both bills will pass.
Representative Miller. Of st. Joseph.
Pulaski and Starke. stirred up the ami
mails yesterday during his discussion
of the Linton bill by charging that
votes had been traded for that bill.
He said there was too much trading OF
votes by members of the house and
| that unless it was stopped the legisla-
| ture will get into disrepute. Repre-
sentative Gearing. of Marion county
demanded that Miller name the men,
| bers who had been doing the trading.
but he declined to mention any names.
erutaIiy Slaughtered.
When the bill to appropriate $60.Ooo
to buy home for the governor came
before the senate ii was killed with
ont much ceremony. Only five men,
ters voted for 1t. and three OF them
were from Indianapolis This will not
worry Governor Marshall. however.
because he has said all along that he
did not think the financial condition
of Indiana was such as to justify the
expenditure of money for such a pur-
pose. Marshall will continue to pay
rent at 1919 North Pennsylvania
| street.
Senator Proctor, OF Elkhart. has In
troduced a bill in the senate that will
meet the demands OF the labor organ
izations. II provides that all labor in.
junction suits shall be tried before .
jury. This would apply to contempt
proceedings in which members of In
bor organizations would be arrested
for violating an injunction. This was
one of the issues, the main issue. In
fact on which the labor organizations
of the state went into the state cam
paign last fall. and on which Samuel
Gompers and other labor leaders made
| a speaking tour of the state on a spec
ial train. Already a large and influ-
ential labor lobby is at work trying
to have the bill passed.
Interest 70 Farmers.
\ bill that will interest farmerD
throughout the state has been intro
duced by Senator Tilden, OF Green
castle. Ii provides that thresher
shall have a lien on the grain rhresn-
ed by him for the charges for thresh-
ing. Senator Tilden introduced the
bill at the request Of fhreshermen
throughout the state who declare that
they are frequently swindled out OF
their pay for threshing grain on
farms.
The bill introduced by Senator Nc
iCullough to create firemen's pension
fund in cities of the second and third
classes is patterned somewhat after
the law tha. maintains such fund In
this city. II provides for small tax
levy each year on the property in the
city and the money raised by such
levy goes into a pension fund. When
a member of the fire department dies
or is killed his family Is paid pen
sion of an amount t.lat will have 70 be