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He Has Acted with Perfect Fairness and I'M
partiality in the Interest Of His Con-
Stituents Of Both Great Parties.
Belief that Numbers of "Held-Up' Nom.
nations Will Soon Be Confirmed.
Anxiety to Learn the Presidents. Intentions
Concerning the Treasury Department
A Philanthropic Fraud Exposed.
SENATOR HARRISON.

His Fairness and Irnpartiality In Dealing
with Indiana Nominations.
Special to the Indianapolis JournaI.
WAsHIE GToN, April 16-All reports about
Senator Harrison taking any undue interest in
checking combinations of Democrats nominated
by the President to Offices in Indiana are false,
and all intimations that he is moving, or has
moved. of his own yolition, against any nominee
are untrue He has acted throughout for his
constituents, Democrats alike with Republicans,
and has shown no personal feeling whatever. AS
would be expected, when papers relating to
nominations have been sent to him by his con-
stituents, with request to have them referred
to the proper committee, he has complied, and
promptly, for men in both parties 1t is an off,
cial duty that he has performed. and it has been
performed so fairly aud honorably that mum.
ber OF Democratic officers in Indiana whose con-
irmations were contested have expressed to him
and others their appreciation Of his manly
course. Following is q sample of the express
sions which have been made of Senator Harri-
sons action in cases where charges have been
filed, the same being letter from one of Indi-
ana's most prominent Democrats who was re-
Gently confirmed for an important local Office in
the State:
Hon. Ben Harrison, member of United States Sem
ate Washington, d. O.:
Dear Sir-I take this opportunity to thank
you and express my high appreciation of the
spirit of justness manifested by you in the case
involving my confirmation before the Senate.
While understood that the objections urged
were prompted simply by feeling of unkind-
ness and jealousy toward myself yet appre-
ciated the fact that you could not do otherwise
than give the objections fled your careful atten-
tion."
Indianians who are here fully understand
the position Senator Harrison has assumed, and
is assuming, and it is very satisfactory to all
persons interested, both Republicans and Demo
Gratis.
Quite number of nominations of Indiana
postmasters have been s'held upn in the Senate
committee on postoffices and post-roads, because
the department had refused to furnish the Sem
ate with reasons for removal or suspension of
their predecessors. 1t was stated to-day to the
Journal correspondent that it was very probable
that, as soon as it was ascertained, as in the
cases of the suspended internal revenue collect
ors, that the suspensions were made on purely
political grounds, and that the charges filed
against the suspended officers were of political
character. favorable reports will be made and
combinations will follow without delay. The
acknowledgment that suspensions were made
for political reasons only, it is understood, will
be accepted by Republican Senators as sufficient
vindication of the retiring officers, and if the
character of the nominees is considered sufi-
ciently good to warrant confirmation, there will
be no unnecessary delay.