The Indianapolis journal., 1903-02-16
Worthy Successor tn s'UncIe Joe" Can
non as Head Of the House Conn
mittee ON Appropriations.
NOT IN GUBERNAT0RIAL RACE
CONGRESSIONAL PREFERMENT Of
FERs HIM A BETTER FIELD.
Belated Support for Mr.. Zenor i'm the
Army Post site Case-WnshfngtOn
Notes Of Indianians.

Staff Correspondence of the Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The Washing
ton Post this morning devoted two or three
columns to Representative Hemenway. Of
Indiana, speaking Of him as the right
hand man of Uncle Joe Cannon" The ar
ticle is illustrated with pictures OF Mr.
Hemenway in different attitudes-at his
desk, enjoying his cigar, defending a bill.
etc.
Abiding to Hemenways political ambi-
tons. the article says: "A boom was sprung
some time ago for Mr.. Hemenway for the
Republican nomination for Governor Of In
diana, but he will not be candidate for
the honor. He could not afford at this
time. assured as he is of becoming chair
man of the committee on appropriations to
give up his career in Congress"
The Post says it is admitted that he is
better equipped than any other man to sue
ceed Mr.. Cannon as chairman of the COM
mittee. 1t says: 1T is with the unanimous
approval of his associates that Mr.. Hemen-
way will sit at the head of the committee
table,"
Representative Watson has recommended
the appointment of William II. Miller as
postmaster at New Salem. Rush county.
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John NJ. Hengsteller, Of Fort Wayne.
member of the Thirteenth Cavalry, at Fort
Meade, s. D., is to be discharged from the
service at the request Of Representative
Robinson, of Indiana. The services of the
young man are required at home by his
parents more than they are needed by the
government
On Thursday evening OF last week Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Brick gave a pleasant
little dinner party at the Normandie Hotel
in honor Of Mrs. Peter Studebaker, of
South Bend. Besides Mrs. Studebaker the
invited guests were Miss Bernice Heefner
and Miss Thomas, of Goshen Ind, who are
spending the winter in Washington; Mrs.
Cobb. of Kalamazoo, Mich. and James A.
urday, with Mrs. Cobb as her companion,
for Thomasville, Ga, where she will spend
the rest of the winter.
W. B. Roberts, assistant superintendent
of city delivery, has gone on another trip
through the South. He will start for Porto
Rico about the 2Sth inst. having been ap-
pointed special agent to Investigate the pos
tai service on the island.
1t is reported that Pension Commissioner
Ware has forwarded to the secretary of the
interior a plan for reorganizing the Bureau
of Pensions. Under the new arrangement
it is understood there is to be a division
created to deal exclusively with Spanish
war claims. 1t Is to consist of the clerks
who now compose the Spanish war Sec
ton and fifty clerks from the present west
ern division. 1t Is announced that Warner
Whilhite, of Crawfordsville, now chief of
the western division, is to be transferred to
the supervision of this new division.
Dr. Flavius ]. Van vorhis has thrown
himself into the military post fight, but the
veteran free silvsrite comes into the fracas
little belated. In letter to Representa-
tive Zenor, who sought to defeat the
amendment appropriating money to finish
the purchase price Of the Lawrence site,
DIR. Van Vorhis pats the Third district con-
gresham on the back and does a neat job
of knocking" He declares that in the
ernment is being held up and that the
price 1t Is proposed to pay for the land is
double what 1t Is worth The doctor thinks
the site should have been selected south
of the city, evidently meaning Valley Mills
THE objection made to it VALLEY Mills
on account of sanitary conditions is alb
surd," he writes He asserts that the Sc
lection Of the site talked Of will be an
further suggests that If the arsenal prop
erty is properly handled on the market il
will realize at least $50,000 more than the
true value Of the land the government pro-
now" the doctor laments in comparing the
two sites. Mr.. Zenor regrets this letter die
not arrive yesterday SO he Could have pro.
duced II and made 1t part of the record
Mr.. Zenor said to-day that he had not made
up his mind to push his objection further
Anyway, there would be no way of max.
ing a further protest unless ii is done when
the bill comes up in the Senate.