Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1902-01-14
AT THE CAPITAL
Pertinent Points Presented Ey Our
indianapolis Corre-pon lent.


among the Fifth district Republicans.
Representative Holiday has evi 5ently
won the first fail from James S Earcus
/ of Terre Haute. who has aga n an
nounced his candidacy for non nation
for Congress. Barcus was here las.
night in company with Riley NcNeen,
j the Terre Haute millionaire politician.
/ and OIL Tichenor of Princeton. who
wants to be elected secretary of the
/ state committe. Barcus was the Ger
ter of attraction among the visitin /.
j politicians at the Columbia CLUB. an
/ he did not act as if he had sun cred
: defeat. He denied that he had made
/ an effort to control the primaries that
were held last Friday and Saturday to
elect delegates to the district conven-
/ ton at Greencastle tomorrow, when
a Lew committeeman will be selected
but the wise political ones here say
that he did show his hand in the pri-
| maries and was badly beaten by tn
| Holiday forces. He denied that he
had a candidate for committeeman
The opinion was expressed by party
leaders here today that Representa-
tive Holiday is in position TO dictate
who shall be elected at Greencastle
tomorrow and that it would not be
surprising if Julian D. Hogate. Dan
vile newspaper man, would be given
the place. The fight in the Fifth dis
trict has been occupying the atten-
ton of the politicians for some time.
and the outcome is awaited with much
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here in company with McKeen lends
color to the report that they have
formed an alliance for the purpose of
nominating the former for congress
and reinstating McKeen at the head
of the party at Terre Haute.
General McGinnis, postmaster here
and a number of old veterans are try
ing to furnish the Vicksburg Battle
field Monument commission with the
exact location of the Indiana regi-
ments during the famous siege OF
Vicksburg- General McGinnis thinks, |
however, that it is almost hopeless
task. as the siege was nearly 40 years
ago and age has weakened the mem |
cries OF those who took part, so that
he doubts If anyone can give the exact /
locations OF the 81 Indiana regiments
that took part. He was in command I
of a division in which there were four I
Hoosier regiments. The Ficksburs
commission Will follow the same plan /
as the Shiloh commission. for whom /
the state legislature on application at
last session set aside SIS 900 for the
purchase or monuments to mark the
of he n IN
that famous battle. Members OF the
state Shiloh commission hope to com
plete their work so as to be able to
turn the monuments over to the ma
ton commission before the eXplraSSAn
of this year.
There are number of men who
have expressed a desire to take Mock
Him hall way across the continent if
the government Will bear all the ex-
penses. Mock Him stands convicted
OF violating the Chinese exclusion act
and will be deported within few days
unless his attorneys can find some
loophole through which he can escape.
He is called Mark Hanna" and half
a dozen other names by the federal
employees in whose charge he has been
States commissioner a few weeks ago
The federal officers don't know for
sure whether their prisoner is Mock
Him or not and he can't make ii plain.
A 4. Young. collector of customs
for the port of indianapolis, left last
night for Washington. He expects to
be reappointed through the influence
ha
matter will probably be taken up some
time this week. The position pays
s.. 900 year. and is one OF the best
in the federal service in Indiana.
Young IS also custodian of the federal
building and he viii consult the sec
retaTy of the treasury and the super
vising architect regarding the plans
for the new federal building here. Ii
is expected that advertisements for
bids for the construction will be made
within a short time.
The Indianapolis postoffice will
make its regular semi-monthly pay
ment tomorrow to its employees and
the 800 mail clerks that work in the
division that has headquarters here.
The payroll amounts to 500 900 every
15 days, or in round numbers about
$3.50 900 a year. The office here how
ever has been self-sustaining for a
long time. and it is confidently expect
ed that the $500 900 will be passed
this year. which will result in a gen.
eral increase in the salaries of the
employees.
OIL Tichenor of Princeton. who was
here last night, said that Barcus of
Terre Haute has An excellent chance
of being nominated for congress in the
Fifth district. Tichenor himself is
making an active canvass in hopes of
being elected secretary of the Repub-
lican state committee when il reor-