The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-10

all cities might be candidates to sue
coed themselves. but this was chang
ed on the demand OF Governor MAJ.
shall to read that officers In cities Of
the fourth class shall be eligible %
reelection. Officials Of cities Of the
first, second and third classes are not
allowed to succeed themselves. The
bill also abolishes the offices Of city
controller and city judge in cities Of
the fourth class and makes 1t optional
with the city council whether they
shall have q board OF public works.
II the council decides to not have
such a board the mayor, the city engi-
neer and one citizen appoineed by tho
mayor, shall constitute hoard OF
works and the citizen member VIII bel
the only one to receive extra compen-
sation for his services. The mayor
shall act rs city Judge.
Demand For Dill.
There was an awful demand for the
passage of this law. All OF the fourth
class cities of the state demanded II
and they insisted on its passage. A.
the bill passed originally It contained
some provisions that were not salts
factory to Governor Marshall and he
had decided to veto 1t when arrange
ments were made to amend the bill
to suit him. At first there was . plan
to pass it over his veto. but II was
found that 1t could be amended to
suit
There are nine cit,cN Of the fourth
class In the state at this time. They
are Michigan City. Hammond. Logan
sport. Elkhart. vincennes. Marion.
Richmond. Lafayette and Kokomo.
The new law viii enable al OF these
cities to get rid Of q lot Of useless
offices. Foruteen other cities will 80
into the fourth class after the census
next year and will be governed by
the same law. They are Gary. La
porte. Mishawaka. Goshen. Whiting.
East Chicago. Rochester. Peru. Wa
bash. Huntington. Frankfort. Craws
louisville. Columbus and Madison.
Bills For Labor.
Two of the bills signed by the gov
ernor that are OF special interest to
laboring people are the Orndorf bill
providing for the establishment Of q
free employment agency In connection
clan and the Thornton loan shark
bill.
The Orndorf bill provides that per-
sons who wish employment may write
the state statistician and file their APP
plication with him. for which no fee
shall be charged. Employers who are
seeking help may also file their appu-
cations with the statistician and It
will be the duty of the statistician to
get them together. No fee shall be
charged either party.
The Thornton bill provides that no
married man shall assign his future
wages as security for q loan without
the written consent of his wife. and
that interest on such loans shall not
be more than two per cent month
instead of the ten to twenty-five per
cent month that is charged now.
There shall not be any charge for
other expenses in making the loan.
viii Prevent Extortion.
It is figured that this bill will pre-
vent the Wholesale robbery Of poor
people by these loan sharks.
Governor Marshall announced yes.
terday that he will appoint Burt New,
Of North Vernon. as his legal clerk.
at salary Of $500 year. as provid.
ed in the appropriations bill. As soon
as 1t became known that New was to
get the place objection was raised to
him. New was the democratic candi-
date for reporter Of the supreme
court last fall but was defeated at the
election. Later he and all the other
defeated democratic candidates on
the state ticket decided to contest the
election. A short time aftarward New
changed his mind and decided he
would not contest. Then he switched
around again and Joined the contes.
tors.
The charge 10 made now that New
decided to not contest after he had
talked with Governor Marshall and
that the governor advised him to do
SO and promised him the job OF legal
clerk II he would withdraw from the
! contest.
Governor Marshall says he will wait
ten days before announcing definitely
the appointment SO that anyone whc
can prove this charge may have an
opportunity to do SO. II the charge ID
proven New will not get the place
Otherwise he will be appointed.
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