The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-08
ALL OUT
AFTER THE
BIG PLUNS
Gary Politicians on Qui
Vive Regarding the May
orally Appointments to Be
Made as Soon as the Cen
sus Returns Are Known.

At least five hundred Gary citizens
have been on the trail of Mayor Knots
in an endeavor to land an appointment
in some of the municipal Offices
which are to be created as soon as
Gary is advanced to a city Of the fourth
class.
Tt is said that the board of public
works will be appointed in pursuance
to one section of the statute, which
says that the mayor, the city engineer
and third member are to constitute
the body. The statutes further say
that one member shall be of the OPP
posite political party and according to-
the story told the third member is to
be a democrat. who with Mayor Knots
and City Engineer Melton are to make
up this important board. However. it
is hardly probable that the statute will
be disregarded in respect to the po-
litical end of it.
A BerSa for Carr.
A revision Of this section of the
statutes made in 1909 also permits
the council In a fourth class city to
have public works board made up
of three members the personnel of
v hich does not include the mayor and
the engineer. However, as Mayor
Knots wants to have something to
say about the city franchises and con-
tracts he will probably see that he is
represented himself.
There is a possibility that there will
also be a city park board and Homer
j. Carr is said to be slated for the pres
idency of the tree planting brigade.
All would Be Comptroller.
A lively fight is on for the comp
trollership. Court Clerk Winkler was
promised the job a long time ago, but
he may be offered other opportunities
and be induced to settle in other pre-
ferments. Colonel A. C. Mayo, ever
since his city judEeship boom was
cruelty sidetracked by Attorney Louis
] Gottlieb, is said to be yearning to
be the first comptroller of the city OF
Gary.
It's an important post and when the
mayor is absent the comptroller acts
il his place and he also automatically
succeeds to the mayora1ty should the
chief executive resign. be impeached.
or lease this earthlylife. ]. D. Herr.
agent for the Wabash railway at Gary.
IS also being considered for the berth.
so it is said.
1t is also understood that Ingwald
Moe may be member of the board of
public safety or Clarence Bretsch or
his partner Atty. Harris, may land the
seat which will have to be occupied by
republican member. The board Will
charge of the police and fire depart
ments and will consist of some Toll
lesion statesman and politician who
speaks the Polish, Hungarian or Ital-
ian tongue.
While all of the politicians have
been busy they have forgotten oliver
Holmes, who. although a republican
anything ranging from the comptrol-
leIship to any of the other positions
His knowledge of finance would stand
him well in the latter post John ]
Nyhon, the coal baron, who had the
city hall coal contract last winter, is
ambitious to be comptroller, or be per
mitted to serve his country in some
other way and it is just as likely tha
he will be included among those of the
faithful to be rewarded.
In the meantime the city judgeshiI
t. the principal prize sought after anC
a battle royal is on between Knott,
and Crolius democrats to land the pc
sition it will mean much. Every
thing depends upon Governor Marshall
who will make the appointment, an,
the fact that the Crolius delegation
stands well with the governor ma,
stand in their favor
May Not HIVE Comptroller.
1t is up to the city council to sa,
whether there shall be a comptroIle
or not According to those who know
il is declared that some of the coun
cilmen, who are thoroughly alarme
a the high power expense pressure I
which the city is now subjected ma,
rot want to see Gary get into deb
any deeper.
Accordingly there Is probabilit
that the council may not permit tn
existence of the comptrollership i
order to cut down expenses. goo
many fourth class cities in Indian
have taken advantage of this sectio
of the statute and have no comptrollel
The fearful way into which the cit
is leaping into debt is said to hav
caused some of the council member
who haze political aspirations to sto
and think and now it is possible tina
Gary may do without a comptrolle
at least.