The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-15
VIII Chase other Rainbows.

WASHINGTON, April 14.-Senator CAL
vim S. Brice is charm an of the National
Democratic committee. but when the
com mittee reassembles after the Chicago
convention he will give way in favor of
some other member of the party. Mr..
Brice was asked today why it is that no
one ever desires reelection as chair
man of a national committee.
Simply because the mental and physi-
cal strain is more than one man cares to
undergo second time," he replied. mo
one can imagine the feeling of anxiety,
responsibility, and the amount of per-
Sonh inconvenience attaching to the
chairmanship of a national committee.
1t has to be endured to be fully appre-
ciated. 1t does not follow because a
man declines to serve a second term in
that Office that he has lost interest in his
party or is opposed to the prospective
candidates of the party. AS far as am
concerned have no further ambitions in
that direction, and feel that there is no
room for any one to complain or charge
me with istlessness in party matters.
There are certain duties owe to myself
and my family, and I propose to give
some other members of the party the op-
portunity to learn by practical experience
what the responsibilities of chairman
of campaign committee are"
Contradictory Mr.. Morgan.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-James Nor
gan, attorney, of Bloomington, continued
his testimony in the pension Office inves-
tigation today. The testimony of the wit
ness was conflicting and contradictory in
ma ny respects under the examination of
counsel and the committee. There were
great many discrepancies in his state
ments. Yesterday afternoon, he asked
to be excused, and testified that he had
received telegram from his wife say
ing that her sickness had become more
serious. But he was compelled to admit
that he had come to the committee room
direct from the train and that he had not
received any telegram, though he still
insists that his wife was ill.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Dun
can, recommending the disbarment of
Jas. Morgan, of Bloomington, Ind, as at
torney before the bureau, but the commit
tee, on motion of Mr.. Lind, adopted a SUBJ
stitute calling the attention of the Secre-
tary of the Interior to the extraordinary
character of the testimony Of Mr.. Nor
gan, but making no recommendation
Free Mail Delivery for Small Places.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Senate
has passed the bill extending the privi-
leges of the free delivery of mails to cit
les and towns with q population of not
less than 5000 and where the postofice
gross receipts for the previous year
amount to $5000
Postmaster at Gardiner, Me.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-The President
today sent to the Senate the nomination
of F. E. Miliken to be postmaster at Gar
diner, Me.
Washington Notes.
The bill to facilitate the business of
the court of claims by the appointment
of two additional judges and the division
of the court into two sections has been
taken up in the Senate.
Senator Dawes has introduced bill
appropriating $1,971, ,295 to purchase
from the New York and other Indians
the lands in Kansas ceded them by the
treaty concluded in 1888.
A resolution was offered in the Senate