Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1913 — Got a Good Dip Into the Governor’s Contingent Fund. [ARTICLE]

Got a Good Dip Into the Governor’s Contingent Fund.

The governor of the state of Indiana is given a contingent fund for emergency use, which is right and proper. The use made of it might, however, be questioned. Governor Marshall had a hobby during his term of office. It was the making of a new constitution. He wanted it so badly that he chose to try to give it to us in an illegal way. The courts decided that the method was not according to law. It didn’t take much of a lawyer to see it, either, for the constitution provides the means for its amendment and the means were not followed.- But Tom was stubborn and he hired some good democrats to make a contest before the supreme court. Of he lost. That was certain, but Tom didn’t care so much, as long as the state was paying the freight. He hired Dan Simms, of Lafayette, and Dan recently received SI,OOO for his services. The governor allowed it out of his contingent fund. The Tippecanoe County Democrat, which is just raising a fuss all of the time about claimed "irregularities” in Tippecanoe county, says: “Friends of Dan W. Simms are congratulating him on his good fortune.” Wouldn’t you like to be congratulated under similar circumstances?