The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-22

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WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. Is, 'O1.
I The announcement from Senator
Vest, OF Missouri, that he will un-
der no circumstances consider re-
election to the Senate, will prove a
matter of regret to the Democrats,
not only OF Missouri, but Of the
country. He has been loyal dem.
ocrat and q consis emit fighter for
democratic measures for nearly two
decades. Senator Vest laughed
when asked what the republicans
would do in the matter Of the trusts.
He said that during the last Con-
gress the republicans in the House
passed bill making the provisions
of the Sherman law more effective,
but the republicans never permitted
it to come to vote in the Senate.
They referred it to the Judiciary
Committee and there il died.
Every effort of the democrats to
have it reported was defeated.
"That shows pretty nclusively
how the republican party stands on|
the trust question:" concluded the
Senator.
The cold experienced by the
Alaskan explorers would feel like a
genial warmth compared with the
chill that the spoilsmen have re-
ceived during the past week from
announcements that have come
from the White House. The Pres
ident has declared that "all ap-
pointments in our dependencies"
will be made solely on the ground
o! merit. This assurance was made
to Mr.. Clinton X. Woodruff, chair
man Of the Committee on Depend
encies, Of the National Civil Service
Reform League. Furthermore the
President has allowed it to be known
that he will oppose Representative
Hopkins scheme for TRANSFERRING
the clerks of the Census Bureau to
the Civil Service list.
The President recently told Rep
resentative Sherman, Of the COM
mittee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, that he would make no
recommendation in his message of
my particular company or method :
If acquiring Pacific cable. After
eaving the president Mr.. Sherman :,
laid that he would, at the first ses. !,
lion, introduce bill authorizing
he Postmaster General to enter in N
o a contract with any persons or
for the purpose OF Sc .
curing the construction OF such q ct
able. Mr.. Sherman is opposed to d
he government laying its own Is
,able. y
The President administered what pj
ome people describe as the coup NJ
le grace to Senator Plat on Fri p'
lay, when be appointed State Ser 4.
tor Nevada N. Stranahan to the Q,
dictatorship Of New York. This, y
t course, means the removal Of tn
GEORGE r. Bidwell, Of whom Platt ~
las sworn that he would remain to
ollector as long as he (Platt) re- al
NAMED in the Senate. II remains
0 be seen If Senator Plat will yield !
Tithout protest. The appointment
}, of course, a triumph for the fac
ion Of the New York republicans
eaded by Gov. Odell which have :
cen waging q bitter compaign
gainst Bidwell. Coming as this
oes in the immediate wake of the
lection of Low in New York city, "a =,
seems to confirm the theory that re
'latt's power in New York is wan pc
ng. IA
There are still numb Der of claims 20
,r prize money growing out OF the b.
parish war in litigation, but if
he awards that have been determ- m
ned upon are as follows: 10 10
.dmiral Sampson, total $25, 417.44 in
.dmiral Dewey, $50
.dmiral Schley, 1912
There is Impending in the courts
rize money amounting to approx :
lately "a 900, 900 and il those cases
! which Admiral Schley is inter-
sted should be favorably decided
pom they would bring Admiral 4,
chley's share up to about 81. 900. !
a this connection the fact that
,me legal experts estimate the cost
Admiral Schley of the recent
curt Of Inquiry At not less than
1000, is interesting. G. A. s.
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~A policeman Of Evansville
as been arrested accused of The