The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-17
TRUSTEES FIGHT
ADVISORY BOARD
Decide to Go Before the Next
Legislature With Their
Demands.
SOLONS WILL HEAR THEM
As THE THOUSAND ODD TOWN.
SHIP OFFICIALS REPRESENT
GREAT POLITICAL STRENGTH
ASK FOR MORE PAY.
palladium Specially


indianapolis, Dec. 1.-THE next ses-
sion Of the legislature will be besieg-
ed by the township trustees OF the
state in the effort to get some legis-
lation which the trustees believe
should be enacted for their relief.
This was decided on at the meeting
of the Township Trustees association
of the state, which closed In this city
late Yesterday afternoon. It was the
largest convention ever held by the
organization more than 500 out OF the
1915 trustees in the state being pres
ent
A special assault is to be made on
the township advisory board law. An
effort was made last winter to get
this law repealed but it failed. But
this time the trustees will go before
the legislature in solid body, ana
that means something, for every trus-
tee in the state is politician. and 1t
is question whether the members
of the legislature can successfully
withstand such an onslaught and take
chances on making a dozen trustees
in his county mad. 1t is claimed that
the township advisory board is use
less and that it ought to be abolished.
They say it does no good to the town
ship and that it will be especially
useless since the public accounting
law has been put into effect.
Want More Salary.
There will be demand for higher
salaries for the trustees, and In this
move it is said the trustees Will nave
the support of Governor Marshall, on
the ground that the trustee has many
duties and that his position is one Of
great responsibility, for which ne
should have adequate pay.
The trustees will try to have the
legislature do away with the office OF
county road superintendent, because
they believe the same amount or
money that is spent on that office can
better be spent in some other way
with better results on the roads.
A legislative committee was ap'
pointed to prepare for this fight. The
members are William Atkins. Evans
Vile; Frank Krack. Vincennes; Char
les Wing. New Albany; Gil Hender-
son. FTduNllu, v" .. "uoAu' WY
Mandus E. Mason. Cambridge City;
Henry Schroeder. Indianapolis; e. e..
Shultz, Union City; w. w. Rose
Rossville; T.. Gustifson. Chesterton;
T.. b. Sutton, Macy; Fl. E. Branning.
Fort Wayne; A. J. Without. Warsaw.
Decide on Love Feast.
The republicans will decide tomor-
row morning whether there will be a
love feast this year or not. FREQ
Sims, acting chairman. OF the state
committee, got in communication with
Chairman James p. Goodrich by long
distance telephone yesterday, and
Goodrich told him he would be IN TINS
city tomorrow morning to take up the
matter. There is robust objection
in some Quarters to holding a love
feast but many republicans believe
one should be held. So it will not be
known until after Goodrich arrives
whether one will be held or not.
The prohibitionists have decided to
hold their next state convention at
Kokomo. This is a new departure, as
the conventions have heretofore been
held in this city. Grace Methodist
church has been chosen as the place
for the convention, and it is said
that thirteen hundred delegates will
attend.