The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-05

announcer superior court judge. yester-
day afternoon. had it not been for the
illness of Senator Bowser, Of Lake
county. who is confined to his bed in
hospital Bowser is the chairman Of
the senate committee that has this
bill in charge and although it was
ready to be called up for passage yes
terday the senators thought it would
be nothing more than fair to Bowser
TO hold it off until he was able to ap-
pear on tie floor when II is consider
ed. There seems TO be little doubt
that the Hammond court bill will pass
the senate, but there is an AK ready
for it in the house. just as there is an
ak ready for other court bills One
thing Is puZzIing the lobbyists who
are backing the various court bills,
and that is the manner in witch these
bills are being held up in the house.
Some of the m have been in the hands
of committees for two weeks and the
hackers are unable for some reason
TO get them reported out When they
ask for reason for this delay they
are met with the reply that there are
other measures before the legislature
that are more important to the state
at large than these court bills. 1t be-
gins to look like the court lobbyists
will have to let some of the more i'm
portant legislation like the uniform
bookkeeping and accounting bill get
through first before they will be able
to do anything with their court bills.
he Hoy, III do
special order of business in the senate
next Monday at 2:30 p. m, when 1t is
hoped that Senator Bowser will be
able to attend
Good Friday Holiday.
The senate yesterday afternoon
passed Senator File ming's bill desig-
mating Good Friday as legal holiday.
Fleming said he introduced the bill
at the request Of bank clerks in Fort
Wayne, who explained that several
other states have laws of this kind.
They Will Yield.
The republican members of the sen.
ate have agreed to yield to Governor
request for an appropria-
ton of $500 year for a special coun-
sci for the governor. 1t is understood
that If the appropriation is made. and
it has been decided to do so. Governor
Marshall will appoint to that position
Burt New, Of North Vernon, the demo
cratic candidate for reporter of the
supreme court who was defeated last
fall by less than a hundred votes.
New is rated a good lawyer.
Office is Useless.
But the republican senators believe
that the special counsel to the COVER
nor will be a useless official and that
Governor Marshall will not be able to
do anything worth while with such an
official helper. The republicans say,
therefore, that they will give MIN what
he asks for and then they will go be-
fore the people during the next cam
paign and show that even with all of
his help Governor Marshall did moth
ing that was worth while nor that
Justified the expense.
The republican senator's have also
decided to put through the democra,
tic resolution for the appointment of a
oint committee of two members from
he house and two fro mthe senate to
90 through the state offices and in
,pect them with a view to seeing how
much work is done, now it is done.
low much help is required to do the
work and how much this help ought
o be paid. The purpose of the demo
:rats in making this investigation,
hey say, is to find out where expen-
les may be reduced. In this they will
lave the assistance of the republicans
Who say they are as much in favor of
expenses as are the demo-
rats. They propose to not stand in
he way of any such effort. The re-
publican senate will appoint two re-
members of the committee.
While the house will have two demo
ratio members. This action ON the
,art of the republicans has taken the
democrats = by surprise, for they ex-