The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-07
An Interesting Variety Of Personal Gossip Con,
cerning Indianians Now in Office and
Others Who Hope for Commissions
Humorous Features Incident to Living
and Doing Business in the White House.
Other Features COnnectedwith That Sxuctaro
Which Are Not at All humorous Pros
pective Land Boom in the Northwest
A Large Collection of Political and Psrsona1'
Information.

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A Large Collection of Political and PersonnDs
Information.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, April 6-The Indiana Re-
publican Club held its regular monthly
meeting tonight in Grand Army Hall.
There was a large attendance. Capt. Thos.
ii. Mckee, of Logansport. presided. The
club is in SPLENDID working condition now.
and its membership is larger than ever be-
fore.
Gen. John w. Foster has issued invita-,
tions to a number of his professional and
journalistic friends to dine on nextFriday
evening, to meet Mr.. f. w. Halford.
Representative Owen, of Logansport, who
arrived here on Wednesday TO look am
the interests of some office-seeking com
stituents, and who intended to leave for his
home this evening, will remain until about
the middle of next week He is having q
large number of changes made in the fourth
class postmasters in the Tenth district
Strong pressure is being brought by the
patrons of the Logansport postofiice to have
a Republican appointed in place of POST
master Louthain.
Representative Posey, of Evansville, will
stay in Washington week or ten days.
He also is having lot of fourth-class post
masters appointed, and hopes to secure
some positions of more than local influence.
He is accompanied by Mr. Buchanan, n
well-known and influential Republican OF
'the pocket"
who left yesterday afternoon for Conners-
vile, expects to return here by Tuesday or
Wednesday with Mr.. Illusions bond. Mr..
Roberts viii be appointed a national bank Z
.r,1 fal1 1xx~s1l 1~ol~- h. H.
diana.
General Browne, now at his home in.
Winchester, will not be back in Washing
ton until about the 1st of June. He will
Miss Annie, graduate from the female sem-
mary of that city. and together General
and Miss Browne VIII return TO Winches-
ter for the summer.
grip ON the position of chief of the records
division of the Pension Office this
week, is packing up his personal effects,
preparatory TO going TO his old
friends here say that he will be candidate
for the congressional nomination against
w. s. Holman, and that his chances for
success are very encouraging.
medical board OF pension examiners
will probably be established at Anderson.
with DIR. Chittendon as president. Tho
recommendation for the establishment OF
this board has been filed with the Commits
~
of boards organized i'm Indiana next week
ALL or nearly all, the surgeons to be ap-
pointed have been selected, and IL is useless
for aspirants to scramble for preferment at
big fight over the membership of the Num-
Gle board. recommendations for the APP
pointment of members of which were fled
a fortnight since.
All of the 80 special agents for the PEN
sion Department. provided by recent act.
of Congress will be dropped from the sery-r
ice of the bureau after JIne 30 next. in
Guiding several Democrats appointed from
Indiana who made themselves unnecessa-
rily obnoxious during the recent campa en-,
and were often seen about the streets OF
indianapolis talking politices when they
were presumed TO be employed in the dis
charge of their official duties
George w. Patchen, elitor of the
Union City Times, who has been IN
Washington few weeks. quietly look
ing after his application Tor the con-
sulate at Hong hong, China, is quite c0nii-
Endorsed, has seen the Secretary of State
and the President, and has reasons to bee
Heye that he IS ION the list"
The returns received at the Postofhce
Department from the Anderson p0stoffice
during the last two quarters indicate an in
crease in the receipts which VIII, IL is be-
lieved. entitlo. that city to free mail deliv-
cry by the end of the hepresentcalendar year.
Muncie's free delivery began on the LIST or
January, and the citizens OF Ander-
| son, if they will keep up
| their boom, may well hope to-
have these facilities after this year, If not
before the close of it.
Hoosier Republicans who are applying
| for the position of collector OF internal
revenue Tor the eastern district of Indiana.
| expect their struggles TO be ended within
| two weeks There are number of promi-
nent applicants for this position The
| friends of Mr.. Knowland. of flawrenceburg,
say that he will be appointed. There are.
however. other aspirants who have friends
| here feeling confident of success.
Representative Cheadle. who left for his
| home at Frankfort several days ago, is ex-
| pected in Washington again next week.
He will probably bring about some changes
in presidential postlnasterships IN his dis
| trict very soon after his return.
Patrons of presidential p0stoffices uen~
| orally through Indiana have. ON signing in
dorsements for applicants, ruined their
Instead of the patrons assisting the men
| who must make recommendations Tor
changes. they have so'complicated the sit
uation that great wrong has been done the
responsible powers. la number OF cities
the leading Republicans have signed the
| papers of all the applicants. and it is inn
| possible for the Republican Cengressmtn
and others TO know whom the body OF Re-
| publcans would like TO have ap-
| pointed. Under the circumstances. there
| will be very few efforts made to bring
| about changes till the expiration OF the
| present commissions. Wherever there are
| good reasons why a change should be made.
in postoffice, and Republicans viii haT-
monize on single candidate. they VIII
| succeed in nearly every instance.
The appointmento of Dan Rsnsdell Of In
dianapolis to be United States marshal for
the District of Columbia, is expected 20 bo
| made when the attorney, commissioner.
postmaster and other officers for this Dis
trict are named. and they arc expected
daily.
Secretary of State Griffin and Mr.. Hurt
of Indianapolis are at the Ebbift.
| Treasurer Huston has employed stenoE~
| rapher. and his rooms at the Ebbitt look
something like the headquarters of the In
| diana State central COMMITTEES during the
| heat of the campaign. When not .at work
in the Treasury Department rcceiying In
| structions and familiarixing himself with
callers and debating his correspondence.
| NoRTHWEsTERE lands.