The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-30

TAXPAYERS
LAST HOPE
Hammond Holds a Mass
meeting Last Night and
Those Attending Decide to
Make Stand For Gov
ernor's Veto.

Do the taxpayers favor the Lake
county court program pending at Indi-
annapolis?
They must decide this week.
At a mass meeting in Hammond Mon
day night 1t was decided that Governor
Goodrich and his veto is the last hope 70
defeat the bills providing for the re
movaI of superior court room three
from Hammond and Crown Point to
Gary, the erection Of a new court house
there and the creation of e newtcriminaI
court at Crown Point.
Another mass meeting IS called for
eight O'Clock this evening tofbe held i'm
the Chamber Of Commerce trooms TO-
night to @ke even strangersection than
last night
The program as outlined last night
provides for a blanket remonstrauce 10
be spread over the county 10 get thou
sands Of signatures to impress Cover
nor Goodrich with the opposit59n g., tle
additional taxes
The court fight it was explained last
night Is not a fight Of Hammond against
Gary. nor fight Of the county against
Gary. Everybody wants Gary to grow
and prosper. but not at the axponte 81
the taxpayers Of the Who'll ~.ul.v. II
there must be additional t- tt was
said last night ttoy eho When
all cites or the north are es-..-nated
and the center OF populate Is c-t-l,-
lished,
The mass meeting last might was we'll
attended. The taxpayers fpresent ,rc-,
given an outline Of the situation by
President Jesse Wilson of the Chan5b ~.
A T11,r W
Joseph Conroy and Oscar Dinwid6ie.
retired farmer of Eagle Creek towrs1ip
Mr.. Dtnwiddie said that he as e farmer
was opposed 10 any further taxes er
account Of courts and added that d.
knew that all his farmer acquaintanc-
felt the same way. He. volunteered Ga
take number of the petitions into his
territory to have them signed Volui4-
teers stepped forward to take the pr-
titions into East Chicago Indiana Hat
Dor. Whiting and south of the Littl,
Calumet river. They must be barl. II
was explained by Thursday nigh his
the governor has but three days i
which to veto the bills after they rcari.
him. probably about Thursday Of III
week.
While the court fight is put up to .,.l
the taxpayers of the county the Sent
ment was expressed at the meeting la.t
night that Hammond must take ID
lead, particularly in finacing the lobh.
that must be maintained at Indianar-
oils. W. J. A1cAleer said that Cars
bill was but the entering wedge 10 tt.--
all of Hammond's courts and that it
Gary can get what it wants now ID c.a
take anything from Hammond as
grows. and that property will deprecia-,.
in Hammond proportionately
Attorney Conroy scored the apa-hv .st
Hammond and its blindness toward lis
own interests
we lawyers can move to the town
where the courts are. but we nave som.
pride in Hammond and we want them
to stay in Hammond. Last fall when
put the court contingency up TO "A GER
tain Hammond business man to help IA
get busy he asked what my motive Wa.
in the matter. The idea of questioning
my motive or that Of any one person
here tonight"
Attorneys WINERY and Gavit spoke
at length on the need Of cooperation
from the taxpayers to counteract the
impression created upon Governor Good
rich by the solid vote Of the Lake coun-
ty representatives and senators for the
bills.
Both referred to the hand that Ger
tain Crown Point interests had played
in the court fight. that Grown Point
lobbyists first stood by Hammond
against the removal OF room three from
Hammond and Crown Point to Gary but
that they changed front when the Gary
ties promised to help Crown Point get
a sepate criminal court for the county
Both agreed that while it was very late
Governor Goodrich upon proper show
ing could still be induced TO veto the
bills. This showing IS TO be made
through the county wide remonstra rance
The petition to Governor Goodrich
states among other things the rate of
taxation in the county and in the cities
and adds:
That if said room three of said Lake
Superior Court Is moved To Gary from
the cities Of Hammond and Grown
Point. it will necessitate the building uf
a court house in said city at "a total
expense of not les than four hundred To
five hundred thousand dollars. including
the site for such building and the cree
ton thereof. the cost Of which will Doe
added to the taxes now levied upon the
people of said county. That the removal
of said court to Gary will greatly in
crease the cost of maintaining said
court