The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-17
soUTHRONS AT WHITE HOUSE
BY THE PRESIDENT IN
REGARD TIC PUBLIC OFFICES.
Bill to Pension the Widow OF Col. NJ.
X. RuckIe at $50 n Month Intro
duced by Senator rbank
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z. II. NIEBAUM, Aurora
DONALD MCALLUM. Batesville.
VINSON V. WILLIAMS, Bedford.
]. E. SHRYER. Bloomfield.
WALLACE w. WILLIAMSON, Columbia
City.
THOMAS W.. WILSON, Corydon.
J. d. PARVIN. Evansville.
CHARLES SULLIVAN, Garrett.
JOHN w. LEWIS, Huntingburg.
c. 2. ALEXANDER, KendallviIle.
j. A. KAUTZ, Kokomo.
JAMES L. CALDWELL, Lafayette.
JOHN E. BARBANK, Oakland City.
ISAAC H. LAMAR. Petersburg.
c.. B. BENTLEY. Warsaw.
E. c.. STEPHENSON, Worthington.
Other nominations sent to the Senate fol-
low:
To be consul Of the United States at
Warsaw, Russia, Angus Campbell Cno State
glven). To be surveyor OF customs Tor the
district of San Francisco, Joseph Speer.
To be collectors of customs, Patrick +. Car
rett, New Mexico. district OF RI Paso Del
Norte, Texas; Sterling A. Campbell, for the
district of Humboldt. Cal: Thomas H
Fhair, district of AroostOck, Me, Clarence
A Hammett, district of Newport X. l. TO
be United States marshal for Southern dis
trict of Indian Territory, L. Il. Colbert. To
be secretary Of the Territory OF ArizoHa,
Isaac T.. StOddard.
To be postmasters, George II. Roberts,
jr., at Brooklyn, y. Y; Clayton Nc
Michael at philadelphia. Pa.
Army-ArtilleTy COrDs-TO be first lieu
tenants. John B. Hughes. California;
Samuel S. O'Connor. New York; Allen ID.
Raymond, Pennsylvania; Jacob T.. Nyke, at
large. To be second lieutenants. William
w. ballard. ir. of Virginia. CavalryZTo be
second lieutenant. Albert j. Wood, II. large.
I~nfantry-To be second lieutenantS george
+. Goodrich, of S~helbyville. Ind T0onald
G. McClelland, New York; Harold :. Parce,
Rhode Island; Rinaldo r. Wood, New York.
Navy~To be passed assistant surgeon.
Assistant Surgeon Elton c. Hunting ton; as
sistant suNeon, John B. Dennis.
Revenue Cutter Service-To be first as
sitant engineers, Second Assistant Engineer
Robert z. Wright, Virginia; Second Assist
ant Engineer Urban Harvey, Virginia.
Senator Lodge to-day introduced a bill
to prohibit. the sale Of firearms, opium and
intoxicating liquors to the natives OF
islands in the Pacific ocean. This bill has
been asked for by petitions by many Chris
tian societies in the United States.
Senator T. c. Plat and Representative I.
p. Wanger, OF Pennsylvania. will introduce
bills this week providing for a commits
sioner on leprosy and home for lepers.
The intention of the bill is to have this
Nation in harmony with the suggestion for
international action of the Berlin Leper
Conference. The bill provides for a COM
missioner of leprosy, who shall be a physi-
clan Of ten years practice and who shall
receive a salary OF 5000 a year. He is to
reside in New York or San Francisco. For
the erection of buildings for the lepers
$4,000 is TO be appropriated. In addition
a square mile Of the public domain is TO
be set aside for the colony Of unfortunates.
No lepers are TO be admitted as immi-
grants. Any persons coming from leprous
/ families are 70 be under the strict Sunpr-
vision of the authorities for at least seven
years. Concerning this bill, DR.. Ashmead,
the leprosy expert says, THE Scandinavian
States, such as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
and Minnesota. will doubtless. through
their senators and representatives oppose
the bill. IL being the belief OF the Scandi-
navians of wealth that individual isolation
is a preventive of the spread OF the disease.
DR.. Arnaur Hansen, the Scandinavian au-
thority, says that through this method
the lepers have not only avoided unusual
hardship, but that there were 5000 suf-
ferers in 1856 and only 200 this year. He
does not explain that this decrease was
largely due to exporting them TO the
United States. On the other hand. he says,
to condemn an individual TO a cooped-up
room, TO deprive him OF air and exercise.
is a thousand times worse than 20 con-
denim him TO the galeys. The isolation
must be social, not Individual The leper,
far from being afraid To leave society, VIII
desire 20 do so. and although their disease
will remain, they will have a more toler-
able existence. We shall in this manner
/ cut at the TOOL a DidEut wiz
expanding America and which would put
hundreds of families in mourning
Representatives Long and Calderhead, Of
Kansas. and Mr.. Mulvane, the Republican
national committeeman. were with the
President to-day, and were distinctly in
formed that the recommendation OF Sena-
tor Burton as 10 the nomination OF a
nension agent at Topeka 10 succeed Cyrus
leland would be accepted at the White
House. This announcement Of the Pres
ident was accompanied by a most earnest
request that an end be put 10 fractional diff
ferenees in Kansas. With Senator Burton
naming the pension agent Cyrus Lelands
defeat is assured. The outlook IS that
Col. Wilder S. Metealf will be nominated
to the place.
President Roosevelt is adopting the plan
Of securing information from Democratic
Senators and Representatives regarding APP
plicants for office in the South. To-day. by
appointment, he consulted Senators Fos-
ter and McEnery and Representative Bros
sard, OF Louisiana, regarding Louisiana
appointments. He had a list OF about nifty
applicants for places. from coHector OF
the port Of New Orleans down 10 post
masters, concerning whom he requested In
formation. The President also consulted
Representatives CLAYTON. Thompson and
Wyley, OF Alabama, about some appoint
ments I'm that State. IL Is understood that
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Messrs Vaughn, Bryan and Bingham, re-
spectively district attorney and marshal CT
the Middle district and collector OF internal
revenue. He is very DESTROYS Of harmon
izing the existing Republican factions In
the State.
A number Of citizens OF New Mexico have
been endeavoring 10 have Albert W. Wish
ard, of Indiana, solicitor OF internal rev.
enue, appointed judge OF New Mexico Ter
ritOry 10 succeed Jonathan W. Crumpack-
er, whom, IL IS announced, the President
will not reappoint. This endeavor 10 have
Mr.. Wishard appointed was not originated
by him, as he is not a candidate. his
name is not being considered by the In
diana senator's or the President and he VIII
not be appointed.
C. II. Bundy, OF Marion. is In Washing
ton on a pleasure trip.
Smiley N. Chambers. OF indianapolis.
is In Washington on legal business.
The name OF George Il. Goodrich, Of
Shelbyville. 10 be appointed a second lieu
tenant I'm the regular army was sent TO
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