The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
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United States in the contracts Tor the I'M
provement at Savannah and Cumberland
sound. The indicted persons were arrested
in New York. but Judge Brown refused
to allow their extradition to Georgia on
technical grounds pertaining to procedure
in New York. Col. w. w. Dudley was be-
fore the committee. He said he represented
certain railroad corporations and appeared
to call attention of the committee 10 some
of the danger involved in the passage OF
the bill. Such bill applying to civil as
well as to criminal cases. might, he con-
tended. work great hardship. especially TO
railroad and other corporation officials. If
indicted outside the district in which they
were resident they could be arrested and
disgraced though innocent, and he urged
that If the legislation was to be enacted,
it should be carefully safeguarded- In
criminal cases like the Carter case. at
which the legislation was aimed. he ad-
mitted the circumstances might be differ
ert. Colonel Dudley cited the case of an
offense against the interstate-commerce
law. Under the proposed bill If railroad
official were indicted it would become the
duty of the court to send a marshal to ar
rest him when 1t was a well-known fact
that all railroad corporations were at all
times anxious to meet in court charges of
violations of law.
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the Senate: f. c. Bellows,
of Washington, to be consul general at
Yokohama, japan; Lieutenant Commander
Samuel c. Lemly. u. S. N, of North Caro-
lima. to be judge advocate general of the
navy with rank of captain for the term of
four years from the 4th of June 1900; San
ford B. Dole, of Hawaii. to be Governor of
Hawaii; Henry E. Cooper. of Hawaii. to be
secretary of Hawaii.
The Senate in executive session to-day
ratified treaty negotiated with all the
maritime nations of the world extending
the Geneva conference regulations to naval
warfare. These regulations have long ap-
piled to war on land. and under the treaty
hospital ships will be under the same pro-
lection as hospital tents and buildings on
land.
President Charles G. Wilson and other
representatives Of the Consolidated Stock
Exchange of New York appeared before
the House ways and means committee to-
day in advocacy Of the repeal of the war
revenue act, and particularly the tax on
transactions in stocks and on exchange.
President Wilson argued the emergency
which made the act necessary had passed
The burdens it placed on those engaged in
the purchase and sale, public and private,
of corporate stock and the public sale of
agricultural products. he said, was wholly
disproportionate to those on persons en-
gagged in other lines of business. The bur-
den was two-fold-first, license tax on
the business, which was an unnecessary
discrimination against those engaged in
legitimate business, and, second, an op-
pressive tax on each transaction, amount
ing to cents on each 800 transfer. While
this seemed at first slight burden, Mr..
Wilson said the aggregate was great as
to make it a grievous impost, the clear
ances Of the Consolidated Exchange
amounting last year to 77,762 go shares,
with sales of 1?6.421.135 shares. The tax
upon the business done by the members of
this and other exchanges was estimated by
Mr.. Wilson at $5.0oo000.
Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks will enter
tain members of the Indiana delegation and
their wives at his residence tomorrow
Saturday evening.
The nomination of H. Wood to be post
master at Loogootee. Ind. was confirmed
by the Senate to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Statesman and
Frank Statesman. of Peru. Ind, are in
Washington.