The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-10
Southern Democrats Hear
That Governor Marshall
Has Pie for the Republi-
cans; Doubt His Democ-
racy.
HURTS NOMINATION
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Executives Friends Defend Position
He Has Taken and Say That He
Leaves His Appointments to a BIZ
Partisan Board-Inquiry For a
Competent Accountant.
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AT THE CAPITAL.

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Indianapolis, Ind. June SIT is very
evident that some one is trying to
throw a rock into the cogs of the ma
chine that expects to nominate Cover
nor Thomas R. Marshall for president
in 1919. This is apparent from the
fact that stir has been caused in
Washington over the alleged discovery
of the fact that Governor Marshall may
under certain circumstances appoint a
republican to office. Some of the south
ern congressman are throwing a fit
over this matter.
Has No Pie for Republicans.
The fact of the matter is that Gov
ernor Marshall will not appoint q re-
publican to anything unless he has to
do 1t. Anyone who knows Tom Mar
shall knows that. He is not the kind
of democrat that viii pass the pie
to the republicans aud just why any
one should suspect him of having any
such intention is hard to understand.
If the republicans of Indiana are ex-
pecting anything of him in the way of
plums, they had better make other ar
rangements, for they will be disap-
the most exacting of the southern dem
ocratic congressman who pretend to
see in Governor Marshall a man who
will break democratic precedent
Claims No One Man Admins tratiOn.
Governor Marshall has not been Of
flee many months. and it is since he
became governor that he made his po-
sition clear on the subject of appoint
ments. Soon after he took his office
he was told of a report that was go
ing around to the effect that he would
likely appoint men on the boards and
commissions who would do what he
wished them to do and whom he could
control.
This is not going to be a one man
administration" he said in answer to
the newspaper man who interviewed
him. Indiana has had enough of the
one-man administrations. In making
selections for places on the boards and
commissions I shall appoint straightout
democrats and straight out republicans
I do not believe in the democrat or the
republican who will do just as the
governor wants him to do, regardless
if whether it suits his opinions or not"
IF I make a suggestion to a board
or commission want the members to
the same suggestion if made by any
other citizen. They must not think
that because it came from the governor
they must heed it or accept it. Such
a system would be a farce The boards
shall be responsibleafor the conduct
of their own afrairs-not the governor.
And another thing. I shall not appoint
a democrat unless 7 know him to be
less I know him to be a real repub-
lican, who will stick up for his party.
The laws of this state provide that
boards and commissions shall be BIZ
partisan and that both parties shall
have members on them I take it that
the law means what it says. Therefore
I shall appoint real representatives OF
the two parties-not the halfway kind
understand the law 10 contemplate
just such i-partisanship"
In every single instance, without ex-
ception, every board or commission in
Indiana appointed by the governor is
required by the law to be bipartisan
Governor Marshall did not make these
laws. But he is bound to obey then
in making his appointments.
This ought to make 1t plain ant
clear to those southern congressmer
that Tom MARSHALL is not appointing
republicans because he wants to, bu
because he is compelled to The only
time that there was ever any suspicion
that he might appoint a republican
when he could appoint a democrat to
position was when he was looking owe
the state for a man to become chic
public accountant under the new pub
lie accounting law. It is we'll know
that Governor Marshall raked Indian;
with a fine tooth comb for a democra
to appoint to that position. 1t i
known, too, that he almost gave UP il
despair of finding such a man in hi
own party. 1t was said at one tim
that he might be forced to offer tn
place to some republican, or that h
might have to go out of the stae t
find man for the place It may b
that those southern congressman hear
of the predicament Governor Marshal
was in al that time and that they mis-
understood it or miscorstrued some
thing that was printed about the trou
BILE the governor was having to fill tn
place of public accountant Or. pos
sibly. they were just aching for
chance to say something against Gov
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