The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-03
ARMY POST MONEY IS SAFE
TOTAL OF SI5O,OOO APPROPRIATED
IN THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Report ON the Barcus Company Case
Bill tn Prevent COpyrighting of
Government Publications.

and there was every indication of dead
lock in the committee. This is the bill that
contains the 100000 appropriation for the
indianapolis federal building. 1t also con-
tains six thousand appropriation for a
postoffice site at Bedford and $4,000 for
Marion. There is apprehension tonight
that the bill is in danger. The trouble is
,all over the new proposition which the
Senate declined to put in the original bill.
but which the House committee promptly
rejected when the bill came over. BY ''new
proposition is meant new postoffice sites,
such as covered by the Bedford and Ma
rion appropriations. At the meeting of the
conference committee tonight the House
conferees insisted that the "new propo-
sition" must remain in the bill, and the
Senate conferees objected The meeting
broke up about $3.50, with no agreement
reached. The friends of the bill are hop
ing the committee will get together to-
morrow. Senator Fairbanks is one of the
conferees. An agreement was made to-
night to strike out the Senate amendment
for the appropriation of $500, 600 for the pay
ment Of the claims of former Queen Liliuo-
kalani, of Hawaii, and also the appropria-
| ton of $350,000 for the extension of the i'm
migrant station at Ellis island.
The conferees named to consider the sun
dry civil appropriations bill agreed to-day
Indianapolis will especially benefit by the
agreement, for the $4,000 appropriation
asked by Senator Fairbanks to be used by
the War Department in preliminary con-
struction of the army post is a part of it.
Mr.. Overstreet's $4,000 appropriation, which
is part of the BILL was not sent to con-
ference. 1t also is secure
The committee on printing of the House
this afternoon, through Chairman Heat
wole, submitted report on the resolution
| introduced by Representative Henry c.
Smith, of Michigan, providing for an
investigation of the methods used by Sem
ator Barcus's company in printing the
Messages and Papers of the Presidents"
The committee also submitted a bill and
recommended its adoption. The report fol-
lows:
Your committee is of opinion that pub
lications authorized by Congress cannot be
copyrighted. Your committee is further
of opinion that all messages and papers
of Presidents of the United States of Amer
lea are public documents, and. therefore.
not subject to copyright. In order TO pre-
vent the use of government names or terms
liable to confuse and mislead the public
your committee respectfully presents the
| tion."
The bill reported makes il misdemeanor
! to stamp as copyrighted any government
publication. A fine not exceeding 500 or
| imprisonment for not more than thirty
days, or both is fixed as the penalty. 1t is
| further provided that any person who shall
without lawful authority make use for ad-
vertising purposes of anything which will
| tend to indicate that government publi-
| cation is printed, sold or distributed by the
| government or any agent or officer of the
government, specially represent that such
person has the exclusive right or authority
| to sell or distribute such publication shall
be deemed guilty of nIisdemeanor the
| penalty being the same as in the previous
| provision.
Mrs. c. W. Fairbanks and daughter will
| leave Washington tomorrow for months
visit at Palatka, Fla. On Saturday evening
| Senator Fairbanks will deliver an address
| at Camden, N. J. That night he will be
| the guest at a dinner of John j. Burleigh,
| of Merchantsvillle, suburb of Camden.
| who will from to o'clock in the after
noon give reception in honor Of the sem
/ ator.
| 1t was announced to-day that Senator
Beverdge has arranged for complete rural
| free delivery service in Washington coun-
| ty, Indiana. superintendent Rathbone has
been instructed to send special TO Wash
| ington county.
The first assistant postmaster general re-
ceived a telegram from Albert H. Leap
to-day stating that his answer to the
charges of the indianapolis postmaster
have been forwarded by mail.
The cruiser San Francisco, to which
| George w. Steele. jr., is attached in the
capacity of ensign, has been ordered TO
join the West India squadron and will be
| ready to sail on the 11th inst The cruiser
is now at Norfolk.
The nomination of Guilford S. CARRIER, of
Madison, for a first heutenancy in the regu-
lar army, and that of George w. Biegler.
| of Terre Haute, for the same position, were
confirmed by the Senate to-day.
| XXX
Senator A. ID. Ogborn, who was a captain
In the One-hundred- d-and-sixty-first Volun-
teer Infantry in the Spanish-American war.
has been granted a pension of s. a month
| for disability incurred in the service while
under Governor Durbins command.
|
Some pension legislation of Importance to
| veterans has been enacted at this session
of Congress. One of the measures is what
| is known as the 'limbless BILL" which in
| creases the pensions of all soldiers who
lost limb while in the line of service $40
| a month. Another bill passed increases the
pensions of the totally deaf from $50 to $40
| a month. Another provides that all honor
| ably discharged soldiers from the last con-
! tract of service entered into during the
war of the rebellion shall be considered 10
have been honorably discharged from all
similar contracts of service previously en-
| tered into by them with the United States
| during the war. An amendment was enact
| ed to the act of March 3. 1901, which re-
| stored certain widows TO the roll, so as 10
| include all remarked war widows who
| again become widows and are dependent,
| whose first husband died of disease in
Cured or from injury received while in
| the line of service.
| IL is estimated that during the session in
| the neighborhood of 1900 House pension
| bills were passed and about 600 Senate bills.
| In the House this would be about four
| bills TO each member The members of the
| Indiana delegation i'm the House secured
| the passage of private pension bills fol-
lows: Holiday, IL; Miers. Ia; Hemenway.
| 3; Griffith, 4; Zenor, 8: Overstreet. z; Cro-
| mer, s; Crumpacker. Z: Brick. 8: Watson. 3;
Steele, 4; Iandis. 5, Robinson. l. Repre-
| sentatives Miers and Holiday are members
OF the committee on invalid pensions. Mr..