Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-05-17

Current Comrnena Having tn do WITH

, Current Comment Having ter pe aita
Matters Of state Intere~t-
indianapolis. May 1.-THE apgoint-
| men Of a iot OF foursla-eiass isssstss2as-
| tiers In the second. Third. Fourth AMI
| Twelfth districts has lreen snssisiIiss
! the attention of the Two [ ai1ed States
/ senators for some time. and the list
IN nearly completed and ready for an
nouncement Following the plan in
the distribution of the preside ntia!
posfoffices. Senator Beyerldge VIII
name the fourrh-ciass posrmasters IN
the Third and Fourth districts, and
Senator Fairbanks in the Second and
Twelfth. The appointments have been
left largely TO rhe chairmen OF the
various county committees. and their
recommendations. with few changes.
Will be followed by the senators The
fourth-class postmasferships do not
fall within the tenure OF office act and
unless the incumbentS be removed,
they viii continue TO serve. Ii Is I'M
derstood that neither senator viii
make many changes
Prof K. b. Bryan of Indiana, who
has accepted the position OF superin-
tendent of the normal schools of the
Philippine Islands, while here today
shattered the hopes Of hundreds of
teachers who have been besieging the
two senators to secure their appoint
n4enr teachers in the far-away arch
iIpelago- They are making mistake
in getting after the senators. said
Prof. Bryan. There is nothing pol
itical in those appointments III the
teachers wish positions in the normal
schools they should apply 10 me. and
ii in the public schools To Prof Akin
son, general superintendent of educa-
ton for the Philippines
The directors of the Harrison Monu-
ment association met al the Uni
yersity club at noon today, when
splendid progress in the work of pre-
pairing To establish a magnificent mon
unent TO General Harrison in this
city was reported. Ii is understood
that Evans WoIlen. secretary of the
indianapolis Commercial club, will be
elected secretary of the Monument as
ISOLATION 10 take the place of f. +.
Tlbbott General Harrisons private
secretary, who resigned TO become pri-
vate secretary to John Wanamaker-
The one act of the last legislature
that nobody can justly criticise is the
one requiring foreign corporations TO
pay TO the state tax of one-tenth
of one per cent on the capital they
have invested ia Indiana. Deputy
Secretary of State Burlaw predicts
that for a time at least the revenues
from this law will defray the entire
expenses of the Legislature, which
amount to sos, 900 at least. biennially.
Some of the friends of Congressman
Jesse Overstreet of this district. I'M
known to himself, have started a little
boom for him for the Republican
nomina ton for governor. They cite
that he is a star organizer, such as is
required in winning state contest,
a man of unimpeachable character,
and. generally speaking, an ideal man
to run for governor
Charles +. S. Neal of Lebanon, pres
ident of the board of control of the
Endowment Rank, knights of Pyth-
las, has resigned as supreme repre-
sentative for Indiana, and Daniel
storms, grand chancellor. while at the !
Denison House last night, announced
the appointment of Secretary of State |
Union B. Hunt to fill the vacancy.
w T. Hicks of Bloomington, who
has charge of lands taken in by the |
state because of lapses in repayment
of monies borrowed from the college
endowment fund. was here today. He
says that land is on boom in Indi- |
ana. and that much higher prices can
now be secured for the states lands |
than was dreamed of a year ago.
John Bonnell of Charlottesville. the
newly appointed collector of internal
revenue for the Seventh revenue dis
trict. is here today. He says that he
viii take office on or about Nov. Z.
He will have to appoint about IL depu
ties. and there is no dearth of appli- |
cants, he says.
Nat IT, Hill of Bloomington. who
wants to be treasurer of state. and
who is working harder than anybody |
else Tor bepuDilcau SUITE HpiilHi-
ton. is here today. He had confer |
ence with Frank Martin. deputy au-
ditor of state
District Attorney Albert W. Wish |
ard is improving and his family be- |
litves that he is out of danger. His |
ailment is considered menacing. how |
ever 1t consists of rheumatism with |
touch of heart disease.