The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-30
Daniel NJ. Ransden and Charles c..
Bennett Formally Elected Yes
terday without Opposition.
MEASURES FOR INDIANIANS
BILLS INTRODUCED BY REPRESEN-
TATIvES AND SENATORS.
No ReconsideratiOn Of Ratification Of
Samoan Treaty-PrOpOsed With.
drawaI of TrOOus from Cuba.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The Senate to-
day decided that the new officers of that
body would be sworn in and installed on
Feb. /. Captain d. NJ. Ransdell,. of Indian
apols. will therefore succeed Col. Richard
j. Bright on that date. The election of the
new officers occupied only few minutes.
Soon after the session opened the Sem
ate adopted an order presented by Mr..
Allison deciding to proceed to the election
of a secretary and sergeant-at-arms. This
was the second step in the reorganization.
which has been pending for several weeks.
Mr.. Allison then, in succession, presented
resolutions, first, that Charles G. Bennett.
of New York, be elected secretary OF the
Senate. and second. that Daniel NJ Rams
dell, of Indiana, be elected sergenat-at-
arms After an agreement was reached that
the officers were not to take their places
until Feb. the resolutions were adopted
without division.
Representative Cromer to-day introduced
a bill to reissue the pension certificate is
sued for arrearage pension to Marab Whit
acre dependent mother of William Whit
acre, Company E, Observation-Disclosures
ty-first Indiana Volunteers. after her death
and make it payable to Eli Conner, OF
Madison county. Representative Miers in
PRODUCED bill to pension Isaac A. Chand-
Ter. Troop A, Fourth United States Cav
airy, at $50 monthly. Representative Zenor's
bill to pension Margaret Bomke was to-
day favorably reported to the House to
allow her S. monthly and 81 monthly for
each of her minor children, and also Rep
resentative Miers's bill to pension Henry
H. Brown at $40 monthly.
Senator Beverage to-day introduced
papers in support of the pension claim Of
Capt. Milton III. Daniels, also a petition
from William b. Young. of williamsport.
Warren county, that he be granted an
honorable discharge from the Eleventh
Maine Volunteers. 1t seems that Young,
who is a native of New Brunswick, Canada,
enlisted i'm that regiment in December, 1864.
and was absent without leave after Sept.
%, 1865. He now wants pension. but can
not get it because he has never been dis
charged. He refers to Frank Hanly as
to his citizenship.
Representative Overstreet has been Sc
lected as the Indiana member of the Re-
publican congressional campaign commit
tee.
The Logansport postoffice has been al
lowed an additional employee.
Frank Jones, of the Marion Chronicle.
has been ordered by the Postoffice Depart
ment to sail from San Francisco on Feb
10. He has been appointed to the postal
service in the Philippines.
c. F. Sayles, representing the syndicate
that bought the old postoffice building in
indianapolis, is in Washington to arrange
its rental to the government.
A new postoffice was to-day established
at Dayville. Warrick county, five and one
half miles west of Newburg, Warrick coun-
ty and George o. Day commissioned post
master.
The President to-day nominated Edwin
A. Gunsaulus, of Ohio, to be consul at
Pernambuco, Brazil. He also sent to the
Senate a number of nominations for APP
pointment and promotions in the regular
and volunteer army.
A favorable report was made from the
House naval committee to-day on the bill
to restore the historic frigate Constitution,
the cost to be borne by patriotic societies
of Massachusetts,.
The House insular committee to-day or
dered favorable reports on the resolutions
inquiring of the secretaries of war and
navy for detailed Information Of the ex-
penditures on account of military opera
tons in the Philippine islands from May
l. 1898, to Nov. 80, 1899.
In answer to a Senate resolution, Secre-
tary Gage to-day sent to the Senate re-
port on the coast and geodetic survey. with
especial reference TO the new island pos
sessions of the United States. He says the
resources of the survey are inadquate to
complete the survey of Hawaii and Puerto
Rico He says the problems of the Philip
pines are much larger and recommends the
establishment of a sub-office at Manila
The House committee on mileage to-day
discussed the claim of Brigham H Roberts
for mileage, which amounts to about $1,000
A majority of the commi.tee are or the
opinion that he is not entitled to this mon
ey, as he was not sworn in as a member OF
the House. Mr.. Roberts will be heard by
the committee on Thursday.
Commissioner Wilson. of the Internal
Revenue hdo iciiuCiC u a NS>ASAOA ~
which he holds that where more than one
vessel is chartered under one charter party
stamp tax accrues on the basis OF the net
registered tonnage of each vessel.
The Senate in executive session to-day
decided, by vote of q to IS. not to re-
consider the vote by which the Samoan
treaty was ratified and then removed the
injunction of secrecy from the vote. The
vote in detail follows:
Yeas-Allen Bacon Bate Berry, Butler,
Chiffon, Clark (Montana), Clay. Daniel,
He,tfeld. Jones Of Arkansas. Kenney.
grew, Rawlins. Taliaferrio. Tillman, Tur-
ner: total, 81
Nays-Aldrich. Allison, Baker. Beverage.
Carter. Chandler, Cullom. Davis. Fair
banxs, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Hanna,
Hansbrough. Hawley, Kean. Kyle. Lodge.
Mcbride, McComas, Mcmillan, Nelson,
Penrose, Perkins. Plat of Connecticut,
Pritchard, Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Scott.
Sewell. Shoup, Stewart Teller, Thurston,
Warren. Wellington. Wetmore; total, 80.
Before opening the doors Senator Davis,
chairman of the foreign relations commit
tee, replying to Senator Mason, said he
would tomorrow ask the Senate to take
up 1.-THE Hague peace treaty"
In the United States Supreme Court to-
day Chief Justice Fuller announced that a
recess for three weeks would be taken from
next Monday. Justice Peckham announced
the opinion OF the court in the case of the
United States VS.. Bellingham Bay Boom
Comnany on appeal from the United States