The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-22

amendment of the law do not represent
the real sentiment of their cities.
City Attorney Hogan of Fort Wayne.
was one of the city officials who APP
peared before the house committee and
urged the amendment of the law. Rep
resentative Elder. OF Elkhart, mem
Der of the committee asked Hogan a
lot of questions. He asked him whether
the people of Forty Wayne were in
favor of the change in the law. and
said he had heard that they were not
and that only the officials were in favor
of the change.
Hogan admitted that the general
sentiment at Fort Wayne was that the
present law was all right.
The bill under consideration by the
committee at the time was the one In
troduced by Representative Roggen, OF
Fort Wayne, to provide that city
might determine for itself whether it
would have the street intersections
paid for by the property owners or. by
the city.
Fort Wayne would continue to
work under the present law said
Hogan. We are not asking the change
for Fort Wane, but for other cities in
the state. While the sentiment at Fort
Wayne is in favor of the present sys-
tenn the general sentiment throughout
the state is in favor of change. and
we are working in the interest of the
other cities"
All of the members of the committee
except one signed a report in favor of
killing the Roggen bill. One member
made minority report to pas the bill.
Every day since the session opened
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house and hung. over the rails in the
house and senate. They have given
dinners and other entertainments to
members of both houses and have
worked every possible string to bring
about a change in the law that would
permit them to insert their hands into
the pockets of the people.
| An unusual distinction came to the
Rev Father A. NJ Ellering, of Michi .
gan City when he was called on to open
both the senate and the house with
prayer on one morning. Father Eller-
j ing formerly lived at Columbia City,
and he is one of Governor Marshalls
closest personal friends He was invit-
ed to open the senate with prayer.
which he did. and then he made a short
address to the Senators congratulating
them on the work they mad done up to
that time. and expressing the hope that
they would vote to make the appropria-
ton of 100000 for a new hospital at the
School for Feeble Minded Youth at
| Fort Wayne. of which he is the presi-
| dent of the board OF control.
No sooner had Father Ellering left
the Senate chamber than he was asked
to perform the same function in the
House. Representative John B. Faulk-
Inor, of Michigan City, escorted him to
the House where he made the prayer
and also delivered short address to
the members. thanking them for having
Voted to make the hospital appropria-
tion-
Considerable surprise was manifested
among those who has been watching
the Lake county fight when it became
known yesterday that a compromise
| had been made and that Crown Point.
which had not been mixed up in the
| court scrap. had landed a part of the
loot. Hammond wanted two additional
superior court judges. Gary wanted a
superior court established at that place
with one Judge. Bills were introduced
for both places In the house the Gary
court bill was killed by committee and
the Hammond court bill was passed,
several days ago.
Similar. bills were pending In the
House Yesterday both were reported
out with recommendations for passage.
But in the meantime it had become APP
parent that Gary bill could not pass
the House 1t was then that Crown
Point came into the fight. A delegation
of Crown Point people came down here
and proposed that Hammond divide UP
the spoils. 1t was finally agreed be
tween the Crown Point and Hammond
people that the Hammond bill should b.