The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-21
Commercial Organizations OF
State Would Give Governor
Authority to Remove OF.
tending Officials.
DEAF EAR Is TURNED TO
MONUMENT MEASURES
Measure That Will Attract
General Interest Provides
For Agriculture School for
Each County.
Palladium Bureau
indianapolis. Jan. q.

indianapolis. Jan. q.
II bill introduced in the senate.
yesterday, by Senator Ralph Kane.
republican. of Noblesville, becomes Q
law the governor will have power to
remove any prosecutor In the state
who may fail to do his duty. The bill
is part Of the program mapped out
for reform legislation by the merch-
ants associations and other CONNER
cial and business organizations over
the state, and they consider IL one OF
their most important measures.
Under this bill whenever two menl-
bers OF grand jury notify the COVER
nor that a prosecuting attorney has
failed to enforce the law properly in
(he county in which he has jurisdic-
ton it shall be the duty of the gov
ernor to at once make an investiga-
ton of the facts II this Investigation
reveals that the prosecuting attorney
is guilty of the charge made against
him then the governor shall remove
him from office and place the office
under the direction OF the attorney
general, who shall appoint deputy to
conduct the office under his direction.
Prosecutors Nssiissnt.
In support Of this proposition II has
been pointed out by the merchants
and other Of its supporters that In
some Of the counties of the state pros
ecuting attorneys wink At the Viola
ton of the law, or at least they have
been negligent In the enforcement Of
the laws. So numerous. in fact. have
been these complaints that those who
undertook the task Of obtaining re-
form legislation at this session be-
lieved 1t was time to do something to
improve this condition. They found
only one course open and that was by
giving the governor power to remove
those who nil in their duty. That was
why this bill was introduced. Long
before the session opened the mer-
chants made q canvass of the mem.
bers of the legislature and found that
nearly all Of them. regardless ofspar.
ty were In favor Of its passage. 20 Il
is believed that 1t will pass.
Benefits Small Towns.
Senator Bowser introduced q bill
that is Of interest to all Of the littls;
towns of the state. He proposes to
change the Law so that all members
Of the board Of town trustees and the
town marshal shall be elected BY the
direct vote Of the people. He sayo
that in many towns where. under the
present Law, the marshal 10 elected by
the town board, II IL not unusual for
the town board to discharge q mar
Fshal and one Of the members Of the
ir some instances. says Senator Bow
ser, IT has been known where the
marshal and a member Of the board
have exchanged Jobs. This. he says.
makes the Office Of marshal political
football to be kicked around n the
town board sees fit.
| Coed Friday . Heliday.
Good Friday win be legal holiday
SO far as commercial paper IL con-
cerned IL a bill introduced by Senator
Fleming. of Fort Wayne. becomes .
Law. He says he introduced II at the
lrequest Of q number Of bank clerks
Iof Fort Wayne. They say that sever.
al states have . law Of this kind and
that It would be much more convent
lent to business all around II Indiana
would declare Good Friday . legal hoS.
Iiday.
Thus far during the session four
bills for the erection Of monuments
have been introduced, bat Il II b.
lieved to be doubtful II any Of then
pass. The first bin a this kind va
for the purpose Of erecting . mons.
ment or statue Of General Pleasant
Hackelman at Rushville. Gen. Hack.
elman was the only general from Indi'
ana killed in the Civil war. and the
people of Rushville, where he lived.
believe the state should perpetuata
his memory With q statue
For cossax AaensrnswG
II The next bill was for . status -
monument to Schuyler Colfax, at
South Bend. Colfax, who Was vice
president when Grant wAs president.
lived 1T South Bend. and the people
OF that city hold His mem0ry dear.
When the bdlI was introdueed IN the
house the general opinion expreased
was that the state ougAt to build thG
memssiaI. This SIN appears TO -
the sentiment and Representative q.
ltoet and shafer and Senator Bingham
Il representing St Joseph counay. ars
working hard to have the bdn pas1Dd.
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