The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-30
COST PLACED At $123, 100000
20 PER CENT. ADDED TO THE EsTI-
MATE BY GENERAL HAMS.
Sharp Contest Probable in the House
ment of Hawaiian Territory.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator German
is preparing an anti-expansion speech in
which he will endeavor to present i'm cold
figures the money cost of the new national
policy. This speech will define the Demo-
cratic opposition policy, and is expected to
place German in the very foreground as
bigger, ADLER and better leader than Colonel
Bryan. 1t is now an admitted fact that
Senator German is the candidate of the
Eastern and conservative Democracy as
against Colonel Bryan. 1t is charged by
Gormans Maryland trainers that Bryan was
moved to jump into the arena with an anti
expansion interview because he had learned
of the plans of his Eastern rival and sought
to steal his thunder. German will keep right
on and seek to establish the superiority of
his brand of policy.
Congress will be asked to authorize the ap-
pointment of a commission TO inquire into
and pass upon claims filed by American citi-
zens against Spain growing out of the war.
These claims aggregate about $4,000 600.
Under the terms of the treaty each govern
ment assumes the claims of its own citizens
against the other government. Hence the
claims against Spain will be paid by the
United States where they are found to be
equitable. The policy followed will be SUBJ
stantially the same as in the French spolia-
tion claims After they have been adjudi-
Gated by a commission, and possibly also by
the Court of Claims, Congress will be asked
to make direct appropriation for their pay
ment. When the good are sifted from the
bad it is not likely that the government will
be called on to pay out more than 5000 900
or &c. 100000. ***
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manship of the Senate committee on finance
will go to Mr.. Aldrich, of Rhode Island.
Senator Allison is the ranking Republican
on the committee, but as he is chairman of
the appropriations committee he will not be
allowed to take the other chairmanship.
A curious story is told in connection with
the late Senator Brice. After the death of
his confidential secretary a few months
ago, batch of gilt-edged securities amount
ing in value to several million dollars be-
longing to Mr.. Brice were unaccountably
missing All trace of them was lost. Finally
about two weeks before his own DEATH they
were located in a box in a safe deposit vault
and recovered. The same day life insur-
ance company, which had refused an apple
cation by Mr.. Brice for 100000 insurance on
the ground that he had Brights disease
advised him that mistake had been made
and that his application had been transposed
for another. He was told that his health
was sound in every respect In jollification
over the recovery of the securities and the
discovery that his health was all right Mr..
Brice gave a dinner that evening at the WAL
dcrf-Astoria, and it was in going home from
that affair that he contracted the cold which
subsequently developed into a fatal attack
Of pneumonia.
Diplomatic representatives of the German
and French governments are forwarding 10
their respective capitals full reports of the
testimony being given before the war inves-
tigating commission on the subject of EN-
balmed beef and unhealthy canned meats
They say this testimony will amply support
their governments in the rigid stand taken
against American meats.