The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-07
Governor elect Absolutely Re-
fuses to Take Hand in A.
fair, Saying He Is Govern
orr, Not Dictator.
AN EARLY SETTLEMENT
OF SENATORIAL FIGHT
This Is Assured Because Mar
shall Wants Matter Dis
posed of Promptly for Sake
OF Legislation.
Palladium Bureau,
Indianapolis, Jan. 2.

Indianapolis, Jan. 7.
If the legislature could only get
through with caucus on the United
States senatorship as quickly as it
did with the organization of the
house and senate last night it would
not take long to finish up the whole
job. But it will not
The senatorship fight. however, has
settled down to pretty fine point.
1t has been practically determined by
the democratic members of the legis-
lature to hold their senatorial caucus
next Tuesday night. 1t became known
yesterday that Governor-elect Marsh
all wants the legislature to get busy
with real legislation at the earliest
possible moment, and he fears that If
the senatorship drags along day after
day the legislators will not be willing
to take up anything else until it is
disposed of. This is what worries
him. So yesterday he gave out the
word that he thought the senatorial
caucus should be held within the next
few days, and the result was that
nearly everybody fell over the mselves
to get on the band wagon and agree
that it should be held Tuesday night.
Marshall Stays Out.
.TAs does not mean that Marshall
has taken or will take any hand in
the fight for senator Far from it.
He is going to stay out Of it. He has
not even told anyone that he has a
preference among the candidates and
you couldn't get him to say such a
thing for farm. Everybody knows
that if he We're to say the word he
could bring about the election of any
man he might choose for senator, Ilt
he says he is going to be governor
and not dictator. But he does want
action by the legislature, and that is
why he is trying to force an early set
tlement of the senatorial fight.
Will Prove q Surprise.
Governor-elect Marshall is going to
surprise some of the critics that have
been poking fun at him and charging
him with being a political governor.
There is good reason to believe that
he will not be as hasty in making
changes in state positions as some OF
the office hungry gang would wish.
He is going to work on the theory
| that fitness is to be considered above
party services, and will make his ap-
pointments accordingly. For instance,
| there is every reason to believe that
Marshall does not intend to remove
Warden Reid, of the Michigan City
penitentiary, although Reid is re.
publican. Reid is a highly qualified
man and he does not take a hand in
party politics. On the other hand w.
H. Whitaker, superintendent of the
Jeffersonville reformatory, is bound
to be removed because Marshall does
not like his political activity.
He Means Economy.
And Marshall means to adopt the
policy of economy. And this will
cause CONSERVATION among the boys.
| for one OF the very first things that
| he is likely to do is to abolish lot OF
| jobs to save the money. 1t is believed
that he will ask the legislature to
make sweeping change in the job OF
oil inspector At present the state
oil inspectorship is worth all the way
from $1,000 to 10000 year. the in.
come being in fees collected for the
| inspection of oil 1t is understood to
be Marshallfs idea that the oil inspec.
tor have straight salary Of about
$1,000 year, that he should be a
mere office man while the deputies
do the work and that all the fees
should go to the state.
Would Blast Some Hopes.
OF course, IL such plan is adopted
it will break the hearts of some OF
ICon4inrod IN paUo Ec,ar