The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-26
g. O.. Who Defended the Suit
Against the Vandalia Company,
Now i'm Washington.
VACANCIES TO BE FILLED
F. NJ. WRIGHT TO BE PLACED on THE
COURT OF CLAIMS BENCH,
And Ashby vi. Gould Chosen as Assist
ant Justice of the District of CO.
Iumbia Supreme Court.

Stan Correspondence of the Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Samuel o..
Pickens and r. w. Furnas, of Indianapolis,
and George w. Grubbs, of Martinsville, ar
rived in Washington this morning. Mr..
Grubbs was Ill when he arrived here, suffer-
ing from stomach trouble, and went to the
home of a relative, where he spent the
day. Mr.. Pickens took dinner tonight
with Mr.. and Mrs. Snow. The %Indianap-
oils men would not admit hat they came
here in the interests of Lawson NJ. Har-
vey's candidacy for the United States dis
trict judgeship. They were not presented
at the White House to-day, and Mr.. Pick
ems said he would leave for home Wednes-
day.
While here Mr.. Pickens, who led the de-
Tense in the suit of the State against the
Vandalia Railway Company, received a tel
egram which announced hat the Supreme
Court had affirmed the Superior Court in
the case. He said he could not say at this
time what course the defense would take
in the matter.
There is a feeling in official circles here
that some of the candidates for the Indiana
United States district judgeship are max
ing too much of an active personal cam
paign, directly or through their friends.
1t is suggested that their activity, con-
sidering the character and dignity of the
office TO be filled, is provoking comment,
and is certain, If persisted in, il is said, to
be detrimental to the interests of those
pursuing such methods of campaigning.
Some time since 1t was stated in the
newspapers that the naming of the success
sor to Judge John ii. Baker had been left
10 Senator Fairbanks. The accuracy OF
this statement is denied by the senator,
who says he has not been so informed by
the President or anyone authorized To
speak for him.
The election of William E. Humphrey as
a third member of the National House OF
Representatives from Washington, by a
plurality of 24,042, should be a source OF
pride to the people of Charlottesville, where
Mr.. Humphrey formerly lived and attend
ed Wabash College. Mr.. Humphrey went
to Washington twelve years ago, after
studying law at Charlottesville. He is a
graduate of Wabash College. Mr.. Humph-
reg Is only one of a number of men OF
national reputation who once claimed
Charlottesville as their home. John l..
Wilson, formerly a member of the United
States Senate, was raised at Crawfords-
vile, and went to the Northwest to seek
his fortune. He found both fortune and
fame there, and is now one of the most
prominent men in that part of the country,
Senator Thomas NJ. Patterson. of Colorado
proprietor OF the Rocky Mountain News
Is also a former Charlottesville resident
Charles b. Lands, member of the lower
House, lived in Charlottesville while at
tending Wabash College, and Representa-.
tive Graft, of Illinois. studied at the same
institution.
Representative Lands to-day recon.
mended the appointment of John A. Kent
Of Scircleville, Clinton county, to the va.
cancy on the pension board at Frankfort
created by the resignation of DIR. George w
Brown. Under the new rule of the depart.
ment the new appointee must be a Demo.
crat. The recommendation was made tC
Commissioner Ware. C.. A.. c..