The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

lican state committee, who also is and |
has for months been an active candf- |
date for the appointment marshal. |
Lee has made it plain that he wants |
the place. and those who have been
watching the developments say that H. |
would not be at all likely that enere |
would be two candidates for the same |
district for the same Office They point
out that either one of two things IS
true: first. that Bauer is not a candi-
date and the report is hoax, or sec
ond that If Bauer is a candidate 1t
makes 1t plain that Lee has withdrawn
from the race for the place. The lat
ter may be true. however, for there
have been persistent rumors for sew
eral days that Lee would not get the
marshalship but that he would get an
other appointment as good. If this
turns out to be true then it might
easily make place for Bauer, provid
ed the politics of the situation did not
make him an unwise choice.
| Just what Lee will get Is still a
question. President Taft let 1t be
known that IL ELAN H. Neal would
4 resign the office of collector of in
ternal revenue he would appoint Lee
to that position. There are charges
against Neal on file in the treasury
department at Washington. and they
have been there for more than a year.
They have never been disposed of. and
Neal has refused to resign while these
charges are still ending. He has
answered that he will not resign under
fire.
Former Senator Beveridge even
wrote Neal requesting him to resign
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in some of the correspondence that the
President could cut his term off at any
time and that this would probably be
done unless he resigned. But Neal was
obstinate and refused to bulge. In
this position he has received the
surance of support from his political
frieEds as well from some polite
ians who have not alawys been his
political friends.
Word from Washington says that ii
is thought the charges on nle will be
pushed and that an effort will be made
to get Neal out of office in that way
1t is said that President Taft does not
wish to remove Neal from office, but
that he would like to have him step
aside voluntarily.
| Another report Is that nothing at all
, will be done at Washington toward ap-
move in the collectorship matter until
Beveridge gets back from Canada,
which will be about April 10. This is
, said to be understanding which he
had with the President before he de-
parted for Canada. No seems to
know what the President has in mind
. for Lee. but that he will land some
! where seems TO be practically certain.
This is another phase of the situation
that makes it look like the Bauer story
is incorrect or without foundation. for
lit is not believed to be likely that the
President would pick Bauer and Lee
both from the one district, and heavy
democratic district at that. for two of
1.-The good positions when 1t would be
just as easy to ind equally good and
deserving republicans in any of the re-
publican parts of the state to take the
places. The federal patronage of the
Fourth district was controlled by Sena-
tor Beveridge during the twelve years
that he was in the Senate, because this
district was always Democratic. This
enab1ed him to build up a strong ma
chine in that district, and some of the
politicians are saying that for the
president to pick two men from that
district would be virtually a recogni-
ton of the Beverage action of the
party IN preference TO the ola guard
and they do not believe that he will
| do this.
1t need not cause any surprise, ac-
lcording to some of the politicians, II
President Taft delays any action or
the Indiana appointment until long af
ter the adjournment of the special SEES
sion of congress. 1t is pointed out thai
there is no occasion for haste in thu
matter, and that the President may
wait for the feeling that has been stir
red up over the marshalship to die out
Governor Marshall has again assert
ed the domestic side of his nature ir
such way as to earn for him the ad
miration of many people. A few day,
ago a representative of the Chicago
commercial bodies came to this cit,
and invited the Governor to be theIl
guest on special train trip which
they will give to meeting in Bostoi
in June. The representative informe;
the Governor that 1t was the purpos,
to invite the Governors of severa
Estates to make the trip.
The Governor asked the man II an.
arrangements had been made for tn,
wives of the Governors to go along OF
the train. The man told him that n
isuch arrangements had been con
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