The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-02
DISTRICT JUDGEsHIP AGAIN
MARTINDALE, NOEL AND FRED LAM
DIS BOOMING CANDIDATES.
No Decision i'm the Indiana Manufac-
turing Company Tax Case-Woman
Gets Rid of Her Husband.

STAFF Correspondence of the Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.--All OF the In
diana delegation in Congress were not in
their seats to-day when the second session
of the Fifty-seventh Congress was called
TO order. In the House. the Democratic
side. Representative Miers was absent, and
on the Republican side Messrs. Holiday.
Watson and Brick were not present. None
of these absentees had arrived In the city.
The Indiana members of Congress Jared
well in the distribution of floral offerings
Senator Fairbanks found a magnificent
bunch of roses on his desk tied with a
wide satin ribbon when he arrived. The
senator occupies a seat very near to that
of Senator Platt, of New York. who
ceived a handsome floral ship and which
harmonized prettily with the colors In Sem
ator Fairbankss bouquet. On the other
side of the chamber. in the midst Of pro-
fusion of gay colors. Senator Beveridge's
desk was bright with roses.
In the House Representative Landis found
on his desk bunch of fine white roses.
Not far away sat Major Steele behind a
veritable bank of pink and white roses
Representative Hemenway had red roses In
front of him and over on the minority
side Representative Robinson displayed a
magnificent cluster of yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS A Democratic member of the House
was not charitable enough to assure him.
self that all this floral display came from
admiring friends. but instead is alleged to
have remarked to his friend: 81 wonder IL
| all these Republicans bought their own
flowers
Charles Martindale and James W. Noel
who came to Washington TO further the
candidacy of Charles A. Dryer for district
judge of Indiana. were presented at the
White House and TO Attorney General
Knox this morning by Senator Beveridge
President Roosevelt seemed interested in
what they had to say. and asked a number
of questions about Mr.. Dryer. Attorney
General Knox told the Indianapolis yis-
itors that he would later go over a list Of
the candidates with the President Neither
the President nor attorney general gave
any intimation as to when the appointment
would be made.
Deputy Attorney General Moores and
Ferdinand Winter, of Indianapolis. who
were I'm Washington to-day. were expecting
the Supreme Court to hand down a decision
in the Indiana Manufacturing Company
case, a suit involving from $4,000 to $4,000
of taxes, alleged to be due in Marion coun-
ty The case was not handed down, but
Mr. Moores said tonight that he would
look for it a week from to-day.
Frederick -andis, OF Logansport. repre-
sentative-elect from the Eleventh Indiana
district, arrived in Washington to-day to
see the President In reference to Quincy
A Myers's candidacy for the district judge
| ship. Mr.. Lands is the guest OF his
| brother, Charles B. Landis. On Wednes-
day Frederick Lands will accompany an
other brother, Walter Lands, TO New York.
The latter will sail from there for San
Juan, Porto Rico, of which city he is post
master.
The recent order of the postmaste. gem
eraI to the effect that no more women hav-
ing husbands to support them will be ap-
pointed to service in the Postofiice Depart
ment has borne its first fruit. woman
| employed in the department of free deliv-
cry came to work this morning with the
announcement that she had rid herself OF
her husband This woman receives a sal
airy of 81. 400 a year. and her husband has
been getting 1850 as a clerk In the De-
( partment of the Interior. They have not
been getting along well together. and on
4 II.
With her II seemed TO be question OF CIV
ing up her husband or her job. and she
chose the former. Although there has been
no order to the effect that women who have
supporting husbands must give up their
/ places in the Postoffice Department there
| is considerable uneasiness among them. II
| is not thought, however. the order will be
made any wider In its scope. II Is said that In
| one particular department OF the postoffice
! work here there are at least twenty women
/ employed whose husbands are well able TO
/ support them. The woman who separated
! from her husband told the other women In
! the department that she ran him OF FRI
| day night and that on Saturday night he
! came back and carried of all the silver
ware. The unmarried women in the depart-
ment are not worried. and the most OF them
/ agree with the postmaster general his
proposition regarding married women.
XXX
'I was very much pleased TO read the
Presidents letter." said Representative
Crumpacker 1T effectually disposes of the
white Republican party In the South as a
separate organization. We cannot hone
\ for any Republican support In the South
under any circumstances. and when we
/ recognize a Republican party there IL
| should be the broad lines OF the Con-
| stitution. This is I'm line with my position
1 last winter IN Wnlcn advocated reCOgnl-
ton politically I'm the halls OF Congress on
/ the basis OF the voting population"
There has been considerable concern here
since Washington paper few days ago
reported that Gen. Lew Wallace was crit
ically Ill. Prof. w. T. Fry. formerly OF
| Crawfordsvilie. now connected with the
| Census Bureau. has received letter from
DR.. Ristine. General Wallaces physician