The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-06
GAINS POINT
IN RAILROAD
COMMISSION
Marshall Convinces Former
Members of Railroad Reg
ulation Board That He
Has the Right to Make
Appointments.
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.
indianapolis, Ind, May eff the In
diana railroad commission is reorganiz-
ed along the lines that were stated a
few days ago 1t is quite likely that a
lot of good jobs viii be thrown open to
the hungry horde of place hunters be-
fore long. The commission has nine
employees. to whom is paid annually
S12.7S0 in salaries
Marshall Gains Point.
The story printed several days ago
was that the members of the commits
sion have come to the conclusion that
Governor Marshall is right in his con
tention that he has the right to re-
organize the commission whenever he
wishes to do so. The governor has said
all along that since the railroad COM
mission was organized under the act
of 1905 and the original members ap-
pointed and commissioned under that
act, they had no right to serve as mem
bers of the commission since the act
of 1907 amending the original act was
passed. And he holds that since they
have no right to hold the places the
governor is authorized to appoint their
successors. He expounded this theory
during the campaign and has hammer
ed at it ever since, and it is now said
that the three members of the COM
mission have come around to his way
of thinking, and that a reorganization
| is to be the result.
Wood TO Be Retained.
Commissioner W. J. Wood of Evans
vile, the chairman of the commission,
viii be reappointed when his term ex-
pires on May IS. He is a democrat and
| the only one of the original members
/ Of the commission that is still serving
For a time it was thought his head
would be chopped off at the end Of
his term and that a successor would be
| appointed. but the objections to his re-
appointment have been wiped out and
he will stay on the commission.
Republican Agrees With Governor.
Judge John +. Mcclure of Anderson,
a republican member appointed by Gov
ernor Hanly to succeed Union B. Hunt,
when the latter resigned last fall to
become the head of the insurance de-
partment of the Knights of Pythias at
$4,000 a year, with headquarters in
Chicago. He is republican, but he has
agreed that Governor Marshaus posi-
ton in the matter is correct. and he
hands of Governor Marshall H NJ
Bowling of this city, the third commits
sioner, is also a republican appointed
by Governor Hanly. His term will not
expire for three years. but he has
| agreed that the governor has a right
to reorganize the board, so he has
agreed to resign his commission the
first of next January. This will give
the governor the opportunity to make
a third appointment to complete the
reorganization of the commission This
appointee will be railroad engineer
according to statements made by Mar
shall during his campaign last fall. and
he will probably be Jack Cullen, til,
Monon engineer of Lafayette
The employees of the railroad com
| mission and the salaries they are t.
receive are as follows: Secretary 81.
800; clerk, $1,000; tariff clerk. 5000
: chief inspector. $4,000; two inspectors
$500 each; one stenographer and re
porter. 5000; two stenographers, $72
each
OF course, there may not be an,
changes in this lineup, but it is pre-
2 sumed that when the reorganization i
completed there will be at least som
r changes. for there Will be a crowd o
: job hunters looking for the places tina
viii undoubtedly overwheIm the com
mission. There is one thing that tn
applicants will do well to remember
however and that is that any new EN-
ploye who goes into the office Of tn
commission will find that the presen
. staff has set a pace for him that h
! win have a hard time to follow Tn
s railroad commission office is a bus
place and everybody works like tn
: very Old Harry. The present force, o
a large part of it, has been with tn
commission ever since the commissio
was created, and the members under
. stand every detail of the work I
fact, they have established the wor
and have planned everything in tina
line, and, therefore, might be expecte
to understand the work of the offc
= better than any new person possibl
y could.
The Indiana railroad commission ha
become one of the most important dc
partments in the state government
y has done a great work in such a wa
y as to win the respect of both the raj
u roads and the people.