The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-06
Much Depends on the House Appro-
printions Committee and Action
in Cases of Other states.
ANOTHER CLAIM HELD UP
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MAY
BE FORCED TO WAIT.
Senate Conference the Cuban
Reciprocity Question, but No
Accommodating Revision.
,ecial TO the Indianapolis Journal.

| WASE1NG1ON, June 0.-RepreSenIaIlNe
! Hemenway says no further action will be
taken on the Indiana claim until the
general deficiency bill is prepared. BY that
time it is expected similar claims for Ohio,
| Michigan. Illinois and Kansas will have
been passed on by the auditor for the War
Department and the controller of the treas
ury, and the members from the five States
will join in requesting that the items be in
serted in the general deficiency bill. Chair
man Cannon. of the appropriations COM
mittee, is not extremely friendly to the
items, but has so far refrained from openly
! Directing to having them included in the
bill. He will. however insist that they be
considered under the main decision instead
of the New York State decision, which if
agreed to would cut the Indiana claim al
most one-half. The friends of the bills have
no fear that such action will be taken. and
if the items are included in the deficiency
bill at all they will be for the full amount
certified to by the secretary of the treasury
after being passed upon by the controller.
! There is not much chance for the passage
of Representative Overstreet's bill author
izing the payment of the claim of the State
Board Of Agriculture of Indiana for rent
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| by the Spanish-American war soldiers dur
ing the time they occupied the grounds.
The bill has been favorably reported by the
committee and is now upon the calendar,
but will not be brought up until day is
given to consideration of war claims. Most
of these claims have ceen disposed OF and
it is hardly probable that another day will
be given this session. The claim is for
about 5000.
Robert c. Ransdell. of Indianapolis. son
of Col. d. NJ Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms of
the Senate, graduated last night from the
Columbia Medical College. He ranked
fourth in his class and received favorable
mention, which will be pleasing news TO
his many Indianapolis friends.
XXX
George s. Fowle, of indianapolis, is at the
| Raleigh
Warner White, of Charlottesville. chief
of a division at the Pension Office, who
has charge of all Indiana pension matters,
has returned from Atlantic City, where
he has been very i'll. He has completely
recovered.
The committee appointed by the beet
sugar senators. Messrs. Burrows and Jones
| of Nevada, TO confer with the Republican
members of the Senate committee on Cuban
relations as to the degree of relief to be
given to the Cubans in the way of tariff
concessions or otherwise, had their first
meeting with that committee to-day The
meeting was attended on the part of the
committee by Senators Platt of Connecti-
cut, Cullom and Spooner. The conference
extended over a period of two hours time
but no agreement was reached and an ad-
journment was taken until tomorrow. The
proposition to grant a rebate on Cuban
products was made by the beet-sugar rep
resentatives, and most of the time was de-
voted to the discussion of this proposition.
The representatives of the beet-sugar in
| terests united in the assurance that there
would be no difficulty in securing substan-
tial unanimity in support of the rebate
plan, but said in effect that it would be
impossible to secure the solid Republican
support of any plan for tariff relief, owing
to the injurious effect upon the infant in
dustry of beet sugar. The proposition was
not fatty rejected. but Mr.. P!att stated on
behalf of the majority Of the committee
that he was not now prepared or disposed
to accept 1t. He contended that the pro-
posed reduction would not injure the beet
interests.
The conference for time took the shape
of q discussion of the wisdom of general
revision of the tariff but ii was generally
agreed that this is not desirable from any
point of view The beet-sugar men then
urged that there was no more reason for
reduction of the duty on sugar and tobacco
than upon other commodities. They con-
tended that IL would be unfair TO make a
reduction on those articles and not on 9TH
ers and said that If the pending legisla-
ton should be enacted into law the Repub-
Iican party would be held responsible for
legislation affecting the farming interests
adversely.
1t is expected that Lady Pauncefote and
the Hon. Misses Pauncefote will leave
Washington June %. sailing the following
day from New York for England TO make
the necessary preparations for the recep-
ton of Lord Pauncefote's remains at the
late ambassadors ancestral home at Pres
ton While there is no precedent in the
case. il is thought that the cruiser Brook
lyn which is slated 10 transport the re-
mains, will be met on her entry into En-
glish waters by British man-of-war and
escorted TO port. The Brooklyn will be
ready for sea at the New York yard on the
2ath inst. So complete were the ceremonies
over the remains Of Lord Pauncefote last
week that no further observances to attend
the departure OF the remains are contem-
plated here.
The Philippine civil government bill is TO
be taken up III the HOUSE one week from
next Wednesday, arrangements TO that eff
feet having been made to-day by Chairman
Cooper with Speaker Henderson and the
committee on rules. The debate will last
about a week
c w. Ham. president of the board of
general appraisers of New York, has re-
signed. to take effect Aug. l. His resigna-
ton has been accepted and Mr. Ham has
been given a leave of absence until that
date The President has decided 10 ap-
point Byron Waite. a lawyer of Detroit
Mich. TO the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Mr.. Ham
Senator Hale to-day introduced an amend
ment 10 the naval appropriation bill pro-
viding for the appointment of a committee
TO select site for new navy yard in the
vicinity of the present navy yard at Mare
| island, California, with the end OF trans
ferring the Mare island yard TO the pro-
posed yard. The amendment sets
forth as a reason for the change the re-
moteness OF the Mare island yard from the
coast and the impossibility OF reaching IL
with large vessels
Representative Rupert. one OF the Dem
ocratic members from New York, to-day in
troduced resolution authorizing the ad-
journment or Congress at 3 p. m. June 2s.
The resolution was sent 10 the ways and
means committee Chairman Payne and