Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 83, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1904 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, ' MARCH " 23, 1904,

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(From an old print) "Every ac has Its pleasures, its ftjle of wit. and its own ways." Georjre IV Introduced the fafhlon of wearInc trounrs in place of tight pantaloons, about 1775. Georgie was WELL PLEASED with his new garment, but he never eaw the styles we sell at $5.00 AT THE WHEN Raincoats and Topcoats. $15.00 to J300. Members of Merchants' Association. Fares refunded. Geo. M. Cobb 4 Co. FIRE and LIABILITY INSURANCE iZ9 Newton Claypool EuildinJ USlfUL ARTICLES FOR ISVAUDS ReMn!ns. Rolling and Felf-propell'.ns Chairs and Tricycles. Carrying Chairs. Bedside Tables, back Rests. Baby Walkers and Crutches. WM. II. ARMSTRONG & CO , ZZi and 22 S. Meridian St. Indianapolls, Ind. HISTRUCTIOMS TO THE CANAL COMMISSI0NERS Letter of Commendation and Warning to Men Who Will Direct Work in Panama. LUNCH AT WHITE HOUSE WA3HINGTOX. March, 22. Preliminary work was begun to-day by the Isthmian Canal Commission. The first full meeting of the commission was held In the offices of Reir Admiral Walker, the chairman. Little of Importance was accomplished, the cession resolving Itself into an Informal discussion of various features of the preliminary work and of preparations for the first visit of the commission to Tanama, President Roosevelt entertained the members of the commission and Secretary. Taft at luncheon to-day. During the luncheon there was a general discussion of various phases of the canal question. General instructions to the members of the commLjlon were contained in a letter from President Roosevelt to the commission under date of March 8. The letter, which was read at the meeting to-day, follows: "Sirs I have appointed you as the commission which is to undertake the most important and also the most formidable engineer feat that ha hitherto been attempted. You are to do a work, the doing of which, if done well, will reflect high honor upon this Nation and when done, will be of Incalculable benefit, not only to this Nation, but to civilized mankind. As you yourselves must individually know, I have chosen you with reference to nothing save my belief, after full and patient inquiry, that you are among ail the available men of whom I have knowledge those best fitted to bring this great task to a successful conclusion. You have been chosen because of your personal and professional reputations for integrity aud . ability. You represent the whole country. You represent neither section nor party. 1 have not sought to find out the politics of a single one of you, and Indeed, as to the majority of you. I have npt the slightest idea what your political affiliations are. I Relieve that each one of you will serve not merely with entire fidelity, but with the most efficiency. If at any time I feel that any one of you is not rendering the best service which it is possible to procure I shall feel called upon to disregard alike my feelings for the man and the man's own feelings and forthwith to substitute for him on the committee some other man whom I de-em capable of rendering better service. "Moreover. I shall expect, if at any time any one of you feel that the work is too exhaustive and engrossing for hlr to do in the best possible manner, that ne will ,of his own accord so inform me, in order that I may replcce him by some man who, to the requisite ability, joins to the will and the strength to give all the effort needed. Rut so long as you render efficient service of the highest type in the work you are appointed to perform, you may rest assured of my hearty support and backing in every way. "These are the conditions under which rou have been appointed and under which shall expect you to proceed. I shall furthermore expect you to apply precisely the same principles in the choice and retention ' of the subordinates who do the work under you as I have applied in your choice and hall apply ir. your retention. I shall expect you to appoint no man for reasons other than your belief In the aid he can render you in digging the canal. If. having appointed any man, you find that your expectations about him are not fulfilled, or that from any reason he falls short of his duty. I shall expect you to dismiss him out of hand; I hall expect that under such circumstances you will pay not the slightest heed to any backing or influence the man may have. I assume as a matter of course that In dealing with contractors you will ct on precisely the principles which would apply in any great private business undertaking. Thre 1 no man among you to whom I think it is necessary to say a word a to the standard of honesty to be expected from every employe or contractor; for If I had had the slightest ground for su.-picion that there were need to say such a word to any one of you I should not have appointed him. But I do wish to emphasize that need of unceasing vigilance in the performance of this great work. "As to the details of the work itself. I have but little to say. It is to be done as expeditiously as possible, and as economically as is consistent with thoroughness. There Is one matter to which I wish to ask your special attention the question of sanitation and hygiene-. You will take measures to secure the best medical experts for this purpose whom you can obtain, and you will, of course, make the contractors submit as implicitly as your own employes to all the rules and regulations of the medical department under you. I presume you will find it best to have one head for this medical department, but that I shall leave to vour own Judgment. "The plans are to be carefully made with a view to the needs not only of the moment, but of the future. The expenditures are to be supervised as rigorously as if they were being made for a private corporation dependent for its profits upon the returns. "You are to secure the best talent this country can afford to meet th conditions created l-v every need which may arise. The methods for achieving the results must be yours. What this Nation will insist upon Is that the results be achieved." RUSSELL AND DAY TO COMPLETE CANAL DEAL WASHINGTON. March 22.-SpecIal Asfistaut Attorney General Charles W. Russell and Judge William A. Day, assistant to the attorney general, will sail on the Codric to-morrow for Purls, where they will represent this government In the transfer of the Panama canal property to the I'nited States. No delays or embarrassments f any character are anticipated in the transfer of the property, which will take place In Pari within a few days after Messrs. Itus-eU I and Iay arrive. Mr. Lay will look after the transfer of stock and Mr. Kusscll will Is. e that the votes of the stockholders are recorded legally.

E E1IE0 BT ffl'CALL'S Congressmen Learn How Their Names Were Put in the "Influence" Report. OVER ST RE ET GETS LIST And Detailed Information After Writing Twice to the Postoffice Department. WASHINGTON, March 22. -The " McCall committee continued its investigation of the "indictment of members of the House by the Postoffice Department." First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne and Charles N. Waters, superintendent of salaries and allowance division, were before the committee. Mr. Wynne wa3 the fli4t to be heard. After calling his attention to the printed list of names of congressmen in the special report Mr. McCall asked Mr. Wynne what knowledge he had of this report. In reply Mr. Wynne said: "The' first knowledge the committee on postofflces and postroads had of the existence cl such a list was in a statement made by Mr. Waters before the committee in explanation of appropriations for separating service. When this service waa reached In the hearing the chairman or some member of the committee asked Mr. Waters how many of these allowances had been discontinued. He said there had been about :jo. My recollection is that another question asked was if there was a list of these discontinued allowances and he answered that there was." This, Mr. Wynne taid. was on Jan. 11. Mr. Wynne said the next time the list came to his attention was on Jan. 23. when the postmaster general showed him a letter from Chairman Overstreet. This letter requested all information which could be communicated by the fourth assistant postmaster general with reference to allowances for clerk hire and lenses which had been made to members of Congress. SENT TO OVERSTREET. The postmaster general instructed Mr. Wynne to procure the list. Mr. Waters was seat for by Mr. Wynne. He produced the list, and Mr. W.rnne said he noticed that it contained the names of senators, members of Congress and others. "I called this to the attention of the postmaster general," said Mr. Wynne, 'and on my statemtnt that it would not be right to couple the names of these - gentlemen with Beavers and Machen, he agreed with me." The names were eliminated and the list seat to Mr. Overstreet without them. The next day the postmaster general Informed Mr. Wynne that this was not satisfactory, and a letter from Mr. Overstreet, asking for the detailed information, was read to the committee. Acting under orders from the postmaster general, the-preparation of the printed list was begun. As to making the record complete by copying each letter in every case in full would make a large document, Mr. Wynne suggested to the postmaster general an abbreviated statement. .This was assented to, and when a number of cases had been prepared they were submitted to the postmaster general and by him to Mr. Overstreet. This was exactly what was wanted, he was told. The work was completed Feb. 4 and transmitted to Mr. Overstreet the next day. This list contained the names of members and was the list published in the report. Mr. Wvnne stated that he had nothing to do with "that part of the report concerning leases; that when tne request for the information was received the letter was divided, that part of It which referred to clerk hire was given to him, and that part referring to leases to the fourth assistant. He had nothing to do with this part of the report. . Mr. Bartlett asked if this list was originally prepared at the instance of the postofflce committee. Mr. Wynne answered that the list was not so prepared. It was in existence. 116 added that Mr. Waters might answer that". ' WATERS' S TESTIMONY. Mr. Waters was then questioned, le is the successor of Mr. Beavers as chief of the salary and allowance disivion. He was asked by Mr. McCall about the history of the list. Mr. Waters said that on the 1st of November, 1903, the chief postofflce inspector, Mr. Cochran, sent for him and told him that on account of statements that would be made in the Bristow report he wanted to know how much work it would be to get up a list from the files of all matters relating to reductions for separating allowances. He asked to have the statement show whether the allowance when made was excessive. Mr. Cochran was told this would entail a large amount of- work. Mr. Cochran asked if it was safe to Kay there wfre a hundred such cat'es. The answer was that about Too reductions had been made. Mr. Cochran said if Mr. Waters did not want to "volunteer" the information he would have the fourth assistant write a letter asking for the information. Mr. Waters requested the letter. His recollection was that the letter was later received, although he put his clerks at work to prepare the list at once. The letter, however, is not on file in his papers, and he concluded that it was never received. The list was prepared up to Nov. 19,' 1103. Mr. Richardson, of Alabama, questioned Mr. Waters to know if the impression made on his mind by Mr. 'Cochran was that 100 cases were wanted where members of Congress were mentioned. That was the impression, although Mr. Waters said Mr. Cochran was a fair man and he did not get the impression that he wanted "at least a hundred cases." This list included 70) cases. He said the list did not bear a date. There was an addition made to it on the reouest of the chief inspector, which ran it up to ST0 cases. Still another addition was made and the chief inspector wanted to know if he was not about through. Mr. Waters replied to him that the record was constantly accumulating. At the request of Mr. Bartlett. the original list was produced and retained by the committee. Mr. Bartlett went over the ground again with Mr. Waters to get his impression of the reason Inspector Cochran wanted the list in the first instance, and asked: "Did he give you any reason?" "I inferred from the conversation that a statement had been made or he was called upon to make a statement about the number of such cases and he wanted to know if it was safe to say that no one could tell without referring to each and every case?" Mr. Waters told of taking the uncompleted-report to the Arlington Hotel about !:: p m. about Jan. 3) to submit it to Postmaster General Payne. Mr. Payne was not there and he left it in a sealed envelope. When the whole list was completed he had given the remainder to Mr. Whitney, Mr. Payne's private secretary, and had not seen it since. Mr. Wynne stated that it was transmitted to Chairman Overstreet through the postmaster general's office. The hearing adjourned and the committee went into executive session. It is understood the committee is desirous of hearing from Postmaster General Payne. Inspector Cochran and Chairman Overstreet. XEIV RURAL MAIL DELIVERY ROUTES WASHINGTON. March 22. Rural free delivery will be established in Indiana April l't as follows: Port Wayne. Allen county (additional service;) length. 21 miles; population, o2S; houses on route. 117. lluntertown. Allen county (Routes 1 and 2); length,. 4'J miles; population, 1,0-10; houses on routes. Jl. Waynetown. Montgomery countv (addi tional service); length. 21 miles; population. Jit); houses on route. !!. . Mr. WliiMlott Soothing: Syrup Has teen used for over fifty years by millions of mother for their children while teethln with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the rums, ai'.ays pain, rurri wind eoMe. regulates the tovel5. and 1 the t-ft remedy for dlarrnoea. whether arlfir. from teotfdn or oiner causes. For fale by drurlMs In every part of th world! Re ur and ask for Mr. Winslow's Soothing fcyrup. 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ROBERT J. WYNNE. First Assistant Postmaster General. BATTLESHIP SAVED IT ITS imCOMMUDEB Illinois and Crew Would Have Gone Down but for Judgment' of-Captain Bradford. PRAISE . FOR OFFICERS WASHINGTON, March 22. Capt. Royal Bird Bradford, commanding the battleship Illinois, is warmly commended in the findings of the court of inquiry which investigated the collision of the Missouri and Illinois off Guautaaamo for his splendid seamanship, which, the report says, saved the Illinois from what would almost in evitably have proved her total destruction had it not been for the excellent Judgment shown by her captain at several critical moments. The Undings of the court are to the effect that the responsibility for the accident cannot be placed, as it was due entirely to the" failure of the steam steering gear of the Missouri to work at a critical moment. Consequently, further proceedings are not recommended. That the Illinois narrowly escaped being sunk with all on board, and that she was saved only by the quick and accurate judgment of her commanding officer, assisted by the commander of th Missouri, Capt. W. S. Cowles, who did everything in his power to prevent the collision, was not known at the department until the official rindings of the court were received. The report shows that while the Illinois and Missouri were cruising abreast at a distance of 500 yards apart the Missouri suddenly gave a lurch In the direction of the Illinois. Captain Bradford thereupon swung his ship around in the same direction, and the Missouri crossed in the rear of the Illinois and fell behind. It was supposed that the steering gear of the Missouri was again in working order, and she started ahead at full speed to regain her place in the line alongside the Illinois, but when 4u0 yards off her steering gear again failed, and once more the Missouri, at high speed, started for the Illinois, which was cruising at ten knots. So rapidly was the Missouri coming toward him that Captain Bradford gave an order to reverse the engines, intending to back the Illinois and give the Missouri a free way across her bow, but at the same moment Captain Cowles, grasping the danger of the situation, ordered the Missouri's engines reversed, and within a minute both ships were backing and soon would have collided. Captain Brauford waited until the Missouri had passed the meridian line of the Illinois, which he figured would be the turning point, and quickly started his ship forward again in the effort to swing the Illinois around before the Missouri should strike her. It was impossible for the Illinois to get out of the Missouri's way in time, but this maneuver saved Captain Bradford's ship from a blow amidships which it is believed would have proved her destruction. Rear Admiral Capps, chief constructor of the navy, has returned to the Navy Department from New York, where he inspected the Illinois. He reports that the strut of the Illinois is broken and her proptllor shaft bent. The shaft will be removed and an effort made to straighten It. If this is unsuccessful It will be necessary to make a new shaft, and it Is probable that this will require at least six months. It will prove a serious embarrassment to the navy for the Illinois to be laid up for a half year, and every effort will be made to repair the injured shaft. HORACE SPEED WILL BE REAPPOINTED Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, March 22.-Horace Speed, of Indianapolis, United States attorney for the Eighth circuit of Oklahoma, will be renominated. His present commission expired some time ago and his reappointment was held up pending an investigation of charges made against him. Attorney General Knox advised the President to-day that an Investigation did not sustain the charges. He recommended that Mr. Speed be renominated to succeed himself and the President will send to the Senate the name of the incumbent. Charges were hied last year against a numbw of officials in the Indian Territory and Oklahoma, but Mr. Speed's friends have predicted that those against him would be proven to amount to nothing. E Bill" STÜHE IS TOM JAGG ART'S RIVAL Will Attempt to Secure the Democratic Chairmanship by Hook or Crook. PARKER VS. HEARST Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. March 22. Hoosler Democrats are anxiously Inquiring if the ambitions of Tom Taggart, of Indianapolis, and Senator Stone, of Missouri, will not result In a clash between these two gentlemen. Tom Taggart wants to be chairman of the Democratic national committee. When that organization met here in January Tapgart and "Gurn Shoe Bill" Stone became great crories, and the report was at once, sent broadcast that the Missouri senator would support the candidacy of the Indianapolis man for the national chairmanship. When Taggart was here recently, accompanied by State Chairman O'Brien. Vice Chairman Fanning and Gill McNutt. of Terre Haute, a meeting was held with Senator Stone. The Hoosiers expressed satisfaction with the conference. But It Is related that notwithstanding the confidence of the Indiana men that Stone is really afti-r the chairmanship himself. In fj'Ct. Taggart received a tip to this effect while ho was in Washinston. "My understanding has been." he said, ''that Senator Stone will support me." Further than this Mr. Taggart declined to discuss the matter. It would not be surprising to those who are famtliar withi the methods of "Gum Shoe Bill" that at the opportune time he will step in and take the chairmanship, leaving Mr. Taggart, of Indianapolis, out in the cold. The word sent out by Mr. Taggart and his aids on their return to the State that Indian.", should be organized for Barker, and that a reef should be taken in the sails of Hearst is received with great Interest here. If the Indiana men are acting in accordance with these reports it would seem to indicate that the conservatives have at last readied an agreement. According to letters received here. Barker is the choice of Indiana Democrats who are opposed tu the Bryanliujist movement

AHtMPTTO PUNISH MR. BRjSTOWHULS III HOUSE Mr. Moon Rebukes Members Who

Are Trvincr to "Get Even with the Prober. WORK OF THE CONGRESS WASHINGTON. March 22.-Outside of a few routine matters the House of Representatives devoted the entire day to further discussion of the postofflce appropriation bill, but disposed of only one page of the bill. At the opening of the session Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, rising to a question of privilege, called attention to an article which appeared in a New York paper of yesterday in which he is alleged to have Improperly used the mail:?. He said the statements he referred to were copied from a campaign book issued in his district during the late campaign, which, he said, was a book of misrepresentations and untruths. After a full Investigation of the unwarranted slanders of the charges he said the people of his district rose in their might and turned them down. lie said the documents referred to In the campaign book charging him with stuffing the mails in the interest of the railroads had been sent out in the course of ordinary business and that he knew- nothing about the official weighing. ITe also emphatically declared that he never In his life issued a railroad pass to anybody. He denied he led the nght to give yj.OUO.OuO to the Pennsylvania Railroad to build a union station in Washington and also voted to give away $125,000,lou of government money for the Pacific railroads. He closed by saying the entire article was an absolute and unqualified falsehood, lie was applauded as he took his seat. Mr. Butler, of Pennsylvania, endeavored unsuccessfully to have passed an amendment to the postottice bill designed to transfer back to the office of the first assistant postmaster general jurisdiction of the free delivery and rural delivery services, which caused Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, the ranking minority member of the committee, to administer a rebuke to those members who are trying to take from the fourth assistant certain duties given to him under law. H; said there was a motive behind it all and that certain merhbers, chafing unde.r the recent report of the department, are seeking to punish Bristow for discovering frauds in unother bureau of the department. An amendment by Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, which was agreed to, prohibits the postmaster general from ordering out of postoffices telephone companies other than the Bell Company. There was much feeling when Mr.-Butler offered his amendment transferring to the fir3t assistant postmaster general so much of the free deliver)' service as was covered by the appropriation of $20,000,0JO for letter carriers in offices already established, for subcarriers. temporary carriers at summer resorts, holiday, election and emergency service. The chair overruled a point of order against the new amendment, whereupon Mr. Overstreet urged that the amendment be voted down. In a vigorous speech Mr.- Butler declared that he did not think it was well to put the whole Postolfice Department under the fourth assistant postmaster general. It Is not right," he said, "to put 102.0U0 men under the charge ai;d direction of one officer of the government, unless he is a major general of high rank." If the amendm-nt did not prevail, he declared, the fourth assistant pastmaster general would have twice as many people under him as were in the regular army. Mr. Moon then made the protest already noted. He said that if General Bristow was. incompetent, then the motion might be entertained. The House must look at the motive behind it. The suggestion, he declared, would not have been thought of unless there had been some feeling somewhere against General Bristow. "1 submit to the House," he said, "that the country will say, if you take this step, you intended to visit punishment on the fourth assistant postmaster general for the part he took in discovering traud and punishing fraud in the office of the first assistant postmaster general." It was, he said, not the time to do this. "Why," he asked, "should we place the control of these things back under a discredited bureau of the government?' Why take It from the dureau that has brought about the prosecutions of these wrongs?" In a sarcastic vein he inquired: "Have you such feeling towards Bristow because he has discharged his duty that you propose to violate all precedent and take from the postmaster guieral the discretion given him?" He said certain members were chafing under the recent Postoifice Department report and added:. "I think you are getting as far from him as you can. The House ought to stay by Bristow, just a little while longer.' " His remarks were greeted with applause. . Mr. Overstreet appealed to the "common sense and judgment" of the House. "You arc undertaking here," he said, "by an indirect movement to carry through some pet measure which is out of order, and by doing so cripple the service in thousands of offices in this country by making nugatory the appropriation for the 23.01) letter carriers of the country." Mr. Livtrnash offered an amendment to the Butler amendment increasing the amount for letter carriers to $';;, mjo and increasing the salaries of carriers. The Livernash amendment was lost 21 to 8S and the Butler amendment also was lost 13 to 61. Mn Charles B. Iandis, of Indiana, called attention to what he said was the ridiculous practice of the department in renting canceling machines and offered an amendment for their purchase" outright. During the last year, he said, the department spent $17,Xm) for this purpose. He spoke of a machine which he said could be bought outright by the government for $:'.JÖ each." In four years, he said, the rental of each machine in the service amounted to $1,600. Mr. Overstreet opposed the amendment, saying that the cost for this same work done by clerks would be enormously Increased, should the government be unable to purchase the machines. The Landis amendment was agreed to Gl to 38. The resignation of Charles Dick, a representative l'roni Ohio, to take effect at noon to-morrow, was read. PRESIDENT LOOKS INTO SO-OUJ BEEF TR'JST Department of Commerce and Labor Is Making a Ottiet Investigation. WORK DONE- ilN SECRET WASHINGTON, March 22. The Department of Commerce and Labor, through the Bureau of Corporations, is making an investigation into the operations of the socalled "beef trust." A part of the investigation is being conducted In accordance with a resolution passed by the House of Representatives recently. The resolution, which was drafted by Representative Martin, of South Dakota, requested the department officials to ascortafn, if possible, the cause of the differences in price between beef on the hoof and dressed beef. It was pointed out that Western stockmen believed that they were being discriminated against by the trust, and that the markets of the country were being manipulated to thek- detriment. The pending investigation is being conducted .by Commissioner Garfield, under the direction of Secretary Cortelyou. Beyond that fact practically nothing is obtainable. No statement has been Issued by the department, and none will be made. The scope alul precise character of the inquiry are not known, and the names of the agents who are operating in the fields are not disclosed. Whether the results of the Investigation are to be made public at its conclusion will depend entirely on President Roosevelt. He will determine absolutely whether they are to be made public, and whether they are to be made the basis for any action by the executive. I'lnu for MrnrnKUiui Hnllroiid. WASHINGTON, March 22.-I'nited States Minister William I. Merry, at San Jose, Costa Rica, reports that the government of Nicaragua now has in the held a corps of civil engineers surveying and locating the line for a railway from San Miguelito, on the southeastern snore of Lake Nicaragua on Monkey Point, on the Caribbean ea. The route is projected through a rwgion without population.

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I STILL F Figures of the Postoffice Committee, as Reported in Bill, May Be Raised. WRATH OF CONGRESSMEN Is Being -Vented at Fourth Assistant Bristow Notes About Indianians. Special to 'the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, March 22. Another outburst of feeling In the House over matters pertaining to the Postofflce Department and the supplemental Bristow report was manifested to-day. An effort was made to override the order made by the postmaster general in transferring the rural free delivery service from the first to the fourth assistant. After a heated discussion of the subject the House voted with almost unanimity to reject the proposition, thus sustaining the action of the postmaster general. ' The controversy to-day was an opening of the fight against Fourth Assistant Bristow, and the suggestion that city and rural delivery should be taken from his jurisdiction was regarded as a direct slap at him for his various reports reflecting upon members of Congress. The impression prevails that the McCall special committee will sharply criticise General Bristow for what is regarded as extravagant language in his reports. It is alleged that the information so far obtained by the committee did not warrant the sweeping charges made by Mr. Bristow. A liitle skirmish in the House to-day Indicates that there will be a lively right over the rural free delivery amendment. A point of order will be made against it, thus necessitating a rule for its consideration. This is the course that has been decided upon by Chairman Overstreet. From present indications the pay of the carriers will be increased over the figure proposed by the House committee. "It has probably been overlooked by a great many people." said yan Indiana member who was discussing tne amendment, "that the department stores of the large cities have deep interest in the proposition- to allow rural carriers to act as agents. There are many carriers in the country, and the number will be greatly Increased within the next few years. With the continuation of the agency business this means almost complete annihilation for small country merchants, who have already registered their opposition to the policy of the department in permitting carriers to act as agents or solicitors for hire. This phase of the question has received little consideration so far, but it is high time that we should give it some, though it is expected that an animated debate will follow when the rural free delivery item is reached to-morrow or Thursday.'.' The President to-day nominated Winfleld S. Hunter to be postmaster at Jasper, Ind. Representative Wilson has recommended the appointment of Dr. T3. O. Host as a member of the pension board of examination surgeons at Sulphur Springs, . Henry county; also the appointment of Miss Raby Doyle as postmistress at Fairfield, Franklin county. V The Senate committee has made a favorable report on the bill granting a pension of $15 a month to Mrs. Amanda Frybarger, of Indianapolis. The House committee on printing to-day authorized Chairman Landis to report favorably the resolution providing for the printing. of 10.000 copies of Hugh Hanna's report on the operations of the monetary commission. Senator Fred Matson, of Indianapolis, will appear before the House committee on judiciary in opposition to the anti-injunction bill. The Senate committee on commerce today reported favorably the bill authorizing the Southern Indiana Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Wabash at Terre Haute. . f Indiana postmasters appointed to-day: C. E. Bowen, at Crete, Randolph county, vice Robert S. Marshall, resigned, and Charles V. Solbrig at Dexter, Perry county, vice Warren H. Richardson, dead. The First National Bank of Portland has been authorized to begin business. Capital, $50,0o0. John A. M. Adair, president, Joseph A. 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