The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-10

and Hammond for additional judges.
The committee on organization of
courts is composed of Mitchell, of
Salem: Lieb of Rockport: McKennan. of
Garrett; Corr of Bloomington: Faulk-
nor of Michigan City; Wells of Scots
burg; Van Horne of Indiana Harbor;
Furnas of Winchester; and Rupel of
Jay county.
HE USED GOOD JUDGMENT.
1t seems to be the general opinion
among those who have looked over the
list that Speaker veneman used good
judgment in the selection of the House
committees which he announced at the
session yesterday afternoon. This COM
ment is heard especially in regard to
the comittee on ways and means, the
committee on public morals. the ro.n-
mittee on corporations, the committee
on cities and towns.
The committee on ways and means
is made up of Cravens chairman.
lawyer; Leib. manufacturer; Corr,
lawyer; Mitchell, lawyer; McGinnis,
lawyer; Clifford. ply stefan; Seiden-
sticker. lawyer; Merriman. lawyer:
Young, farmer; Colvert, farmer; Berry,
educator Finley, lawyer, and Esch-
bach lawyer. These are regarded as
among the high class men in the House.
They are the conservative set, ,uily
imbued with the economy idea, and the
way they will trim down the appropria-
tons. is expected to make some of the
institutions yell. This committee will
have charge of the Appropriation bills.
and will hold public hearings and will
give all interested parties a chance to
be heard as to what they want and as
to what they should have in the way Of
appropriations.
SURPRISED THE POLITICIANS.
Speaker Veneman surpr sed some of
the politicians in the mGke-up of the
committee on public morals. This is A
committee that will have charge of all
tn liquor legislation and all liquor bills
wi be referred to this committee. The
chairman is Representative Seiden-
sticker of Indianapolis. who was one
of the leading candidates for speaker.
Governor Marshall backed Seiden-
sticer in his race If he backed anyone
at all and Taggart and the brewers
crowd fought him. This is why the
politicians are surprised at seeing him
at the head of the public morals com
mittee They point out that he owes
nothing to the brewers and that they
cannot expect him to give hem any the
| best of it In framing up liquor legis-
lation. Seidensticker is liberal in his
views and will be favorable to liberal
legislation, but it will not be because
the brewers have any strings to him
/ r-t-
are as follows: Frisse of Evansville, a
liberal and a particular friend oil
Speaker Veneman: Rentschler of Cas-
and Fulton counties, a liberal; Nc
KEENAN, Of Garrett, who is not so lib
eral: Benz of English liberal
Keeney of Rising Sun, a liberal: Greig-
cr of Laporte and Porter counties, a
wet Republican; Wider OF Elkhart. wn:
will stand with the wet Democrats and
Roos of Walkerton. a merchant VIII
leaning on the liquor question has not
yet cropped out here. Although thi:
is liberal committee it is believed
from the makeup of it that ii will no
| be controlled by the brewers.
| No other committee in the House
will be buster than the one on public
morals and no other committee will b.
subjected to as much pulling and haul
| ing at this session as this one. Tn,
| task before the members is not
bright one by any means because tn,
liquor interests will hammer at then
| from one side while the Anti-Salool
| league and the rest of the temper
| ance people will hammer at them iron
| the other side
| The committee on cities and town.
also will have plenty of business.
| will have to consider bills for the adop
ton of the commission form of govern
ment, for the recall of city officials, 70
the referendum. to amend the paving
laws. to amend the park laws, to amen.
the laws fixing salaries various cit,
officials and a great lot of other things
This committee is composed of Sunke
of Dana, chairman; Faulkner of Mich
| gan City; Lyon of Evansville: Voris o
| Charlottesville; Mass of Indianapolis
| Thornton of New Albany; White o
| Rockville. Wider of Elkhart and Val
Horne of Indiana Harbor. Thornton
is the man who introduced and passe,
at the session two years what is know
as the Thornton paving law which
provides that the cost of paving stree
intersections shall be paid out of tn
| general fund of the city instead of be
ing assessed against the property-own
ers. 1t is said that this law in tn.
| last two years has killed the pavins
| buiness in Indiana because most of tn,
| cities have no money IN their genera
| fund and could not raise any none,
with which to pay for the street inter
| sections. Thirty petitions for new
street pavements in Terre Haute alon.
have been held up for this reason, anC
| Thornton claims that the law has saveC
the people of the various cities ar
| aggregate of a million dollars in tn,
| last two years.
| The paving contractors and bricl
manufacturers are on the trail of thi:
law and propose to repeal it at thi.
| session If they can. This means fight
| for Thornton says he will die first !,
number of the cities especially in the
northwest part of the state are askine
| for lot of new legislation and Faux