The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-23
THINK
THEY HAVE CHANCE
East Chicago Men Home From Cap
ital Report Warm Fight Over Cues
ton and Expect E. W. Mickey to
Help Them Land Superior Court
for Their City.
Especial to THE T1MEsO

East Chicago, Ind, Jan. 23.-The To-
cation of n superior court at East Chi
cagO and the consequent arbitration of
the breach that is declared to be grow
Ing wider and wider between Gary and
Hammond in their fight before the
state legislature. Euch are the plans
that viii be discussed at the special
meeting of the councilmanic body of
East Chicago on Monday at the request
of City Attorney j. ID. Kennedy.
Attorneys J. D. Kennedy and Abe
Ottenheimer, of this city returned from
Indiana polls yesterday morning and
Immediately "got busy" among local
politicians. The necessary wires were
put in operation for the special coun-
cilmanic meeting. I'VE spent three
days lobbying in the interest of the
Hammond BILL said Mr.. Kennedy yes
terday, and were surprised at the Bit
ter feeling that Is being engendered
The Legislature is a seething mass Of
attorneys and politicians. all trying to
find the keystone to the court prob
lem" The fight has become so strenu-
Gus that Mr.. Kennedy at once decided
that the game was still young and that
the court problem was yet without any
possible means of solution. Lets go
home and prepare a bill for East Chi
cago." he said to Attorney Ottenheim-
er, and after a brief discussion with
certain members of the house, the two
lawyers started on their homeward
trip.
VIII OFFER Advantages.
East Chicagos bill will offer unusual
advantages. East Chicago has this.
central location and communication
can be had with any city in the north
ern tier of townships over the interur-
ban and steam lines. The East Chi
cago council is prepared to offer to the
state the use of the upper floor of the
new city hall, of ample size for SUI
perior court purposes. for a term of
fifteen or twenty years. The room in
question is much larger than the su-
perior court room at Hammond and is
conceded by attorneys to be better
/ fitted for speaking purposes. Side
rooms may be used as chambers for the
Judge and his stenographer, while the
room now used by the Tuesday Reading
club could easily be transformed into
a law library of several thousand
volumes. This offer will be contained
/
and will be in confirmation of a resolu-
ton which the council will accept at
its meeting today. The resolution will
also provide for an appropriation COW
ering the expenses of Messrs Kennedy
and Ottenheimer to Indianapolis, where
they propose spending week with the
Legislators.
What Kenendy Claims.
Att0rnau Kapnn1t- IL
belief that the court should come to
East Chicago. About fifteen per cent
of the cases in the Hammond court
are from this city. If the court were
in East Chicago, many cases said tc
be taken from this city to Hammond at
torneys. would no doubt be retained
by local bar men. This would run the
per centage of East Chicago cases fa1
above twenty-f1ve per cent mark anc
outweight the heavy dockets of other
cities.
Attorney Kennedy will have photo
graphs prepared showing the interior
of the building. the cells that could be
used for the detention of prisoner:
awaiting trial, the outer appearance
and sketches showing the railroad ia.
cilities of East Chicago. These will
1 be laid before the house committee or
Monday, when the attorney expects t
return to Indianapolis.
The city attorney believes that h,
| can win the support of a good number
of the representatives.
Wickey FavOrs Gary.
The indications at the capitol wer,
that Representative Mickey would ia
vor the Gary bill However, local at
torneys believe that Mr. Mickey will
be fair-minded enough to see the ad
vantages that such a court would
bring East Chicago and that he will
strain every effort in bringing tn,
mooted court to his home city.
In the meantime, the factional diff
ferences of Indiana Harbor and Eas
Chicago attorneys are being forgot
ten and those who believe that Eas
Chicago has any possible chance to Sc
cure the court are using all their in
fluence to bring the project to
culminative point. Those who ar
doubtful maintain that if Gary an,
Hammond cannot agree on the ques
ton and rather than have any inter
city disturbance, the question could b.
settled in no more satisfactory way t,
them than by the acceptance of tn