The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-17
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AT THE STATE CAPITAL.


Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. II. You
never can tell what a legislature will
do Late yesterday afternoon the
house passed the Linton court bill by
a large majority and the senate killed
the bill to appropriate $50, 900 for
residence for the governor. The court
bill means an expense to the taxpay-
ers of Greene and Sullivan counties,
but this fact did not cut any ice in the
house
The Linton court fight has been the
hottest of the entire session. Tween
ty-four bills relating to courts and the
establishment of new courts have been
introduced during the session, 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 a
finish So did Sullivan county which
did not wish the additional expense
! of a new court fastened on it, but
all to no purpose. If Governor Mar
shall signs the bill it will mean a new
superior court that will sit a part of
the time at Linton and a part of the
time at Sullivan.
Lake County Bills Today.
A bill to break up the superior court
district composed of Grant Howard,
and Upton, give Howard a separate
superior court and throw Grant, Tip
ton and Delaware together was killed.
bill to make separate circuits of
Clay and Morgan counties and throw
. I
ed
Next comes the Lake county court
bills They are expected to be hand
ed down in the house today Hammond
is asking for an additional superior
court Judge and Gary wants a superior
court of its 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 thai
votes had been traded for that bill
He said there was too much trading
of votes by members of the house ant
that unless il was stopped the legis
lature will get into disrepute. Repre-
sentative Gearing Of Marion county
demanded that Miller name the mem.
bers who had been doing the trading
but he declined to mention any names
Senate Kills Bill for Governors Mansion
When the bill to appropriate $4,000
to buy a home for the governor cam,
before the senate it was killed with
out much ceremony. Only five mem
! bers voted for 1t. and three of then
were from Indianapolis. This viii no
worry Governor Marshall. however. be
cause he has said all along that H.
did not think the financial condition
of Indiana was such as to Justify tn
expenditure Of money for such a pur
pose Marshall viii continue to pa,
rent at 219 North Pennsylvania street
Senator Proctor of Elkhart has in
: PRODUCED bill in the senate that vii
2 meet the demands of the labor. organ
2 nations 1t provides that all labor in
junction suits shall be tried before
Z jury This would apply to contemp
9 proceedings in which members of la
$ Dor organizations would be arreste
for violating an injunction. This wa
r one of the issues. the main issue, i
: fact on which the zabor organiza
/ lions of the state went into the stat
e campaign last fall. and on which Sam
= uel Gompers and other labor leader
e made a strong speaking tour of tn
4 state on a special train Already
e large and influential labor lobby is a
work trying to have the bill passed.
k This interests the Farmers.
e bill that will interest farmer
d throughout the state has been in
II PRODUCED by Senator Tilden of Green
e castle. 1t provides that threshe
/ shall have lien on the grain threshe
/ by him for the charges for threshinG
4Senator Tilden introduced the bill g