The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-27
GOSSIP FROM CAPITAL
Congressman Scott Lands a
Good Blow tor Republicans.
SETS DOWN ON DEMOCRATS
ingalls, Bust Is Approved by
Widow and Kansas.
Special Correspondence or The Eagle.

Special Correspondence or The Eagle.
Washington, D. c, Dec. 26-The clay
model of the bust OF John ]. ingalls,. made
by the sculptor Neihaus of New York
City has proved to be satisfactory and it
will probably not be long until Kansas
IS represented at last in Statuary hall of
the capitol building.
Several members of congress from Kan
sas lately received requests to go to New
York city and inspect the clay model ana
see If IL would be satisfactory The eNecu-
tive council of Kansas, composed of the
elective state officers, also selected Mrs.
. ingalls, to go TO New York city and in
spect the model 1t is understood that
81 meets with the approval of Mrs. In
gals, and of the members of congress.
The work done so far by Mr.. Niehaus
was in conformity with an act of the
last Kansas legislature, which provided
for an appropriation Of $4,000 TO have
prepared a bust of Senator ingalls,. This
bust will be placed in Statuary hall, which
is in the house of representatives wing
Of the capitol building.
this gallery of great men; principally on
account Of past disagreements in Kansas
and in the legislature of the state as 10
who should be selected for the honor.
There is still one Kansan who may here
after be chosen to be honored as Senator
Ingalls, has been.
Charles F. Scott. representative at large,
lust before adjournment for the holiday
recess, made a short speech in the house
which attracted much attention from Re
publicans and has been favorably com
nented upon. 1t concerned the origin and
credit for the inception Of rural free de-
livery Perhaps no state in the union Is
more interested In rural free delivery than
Kansas, which has so many routes in OPP
Grafton.
In the latitude allowed by the rules in
the house. debate being upon one of the
appropriation bills. that for pensions,
Democratic orator had taken much time
TO explain how the great rural system
was to be charged up to the credit of
his party. He claimed everything. The
following day Mr. Scott was granted thir-
~ minutes of time, and proceeded to
snow conclusively that the rural system
was a Republican institution. and had
really never amounted to anything until
the Mckinley and Roosevelt administra-
tions.
Among other things. Mr.. Scott said:
In a colIoquy the other day with the
gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Hepburn, sew
eral gentlemen on the other side made
assertions which left the impression that
the Democratic party was the author
and iinisher of this system of freerural
mail delivery which has become so popu-
lar during the past few years. These
gentlemen spoke on the spur of the mo-
ment and their mistake could therefore
be easily pardoned, and yet it seems to
me 1t ought not to pass without correc-
ton
Mr.. Scott then showed that in 1892. the
then postmaster general. Mr.. Wanna
maker. made the first recommends ton
for the rural service.
As citing Democratic attitude on this
subject, Mr.. Scott said:
Il next call the attention of the COM
mittee to a single sentence from the an
nual message the following year $3.50,
by President Cleveland. in which he
said:
The estimated cost of rural free de-
livery generally is so very large that it
ought not to be considered in the pres
ent condition of affairs.
Thus dismissing it with a wave of the
hand as an utterly impracticable scheme
by reason of the vast expense which
would be involved.
1T appears. therefore. Mr.. Chairman.
that Democratic postmaster general, the
Democratic chairman of the committee
on the postoffices and postroads. and a
Democratic president all united in agree
ing that the establishment of rural free
delivery was an impracticable PROPOSE
ton
Mr. Scott then took up the attitude
Of the Mckinley administration and his
poslmasters general on the question and
brought forth applause when he said:
venture TO say that, with the sole
exception of the advance in the price of
their products which the past few years
has witnessed. no boon has ever come TO
the farmers Of America which is at ali
10 be compared with that Of the estab-
ushment Of a free delivery of their mail:
and they owe it absolutely and alto
gether TO the business sense, the sagac-
iiy and the wisdom OF the Republican
party as carried into effect by a Re
publican administration.
In his speech Mr.. Scott showed that
whereas. under the Cleveland admins
tgation forty-four experiments with the
rural service were undertaken. there are
now in the country III actual operation
aee1n rural routes.
Notwithstanding the vast number of
rural routes in operation in Kansas at
the present time. the demand seems TO
b. as great as ever. Special agents and
Inspectors are at WORK all the time in
the state. Petitions continue 10 deluge
the Kansas members Of congress A
Kansas is leading in the number of rural
routes in actual operation
Suggested by the fact that Mr.. Scott.
in making his defense for the Republi-
can party in respect of rural routes.
spoke under the pension bin debate. is
the fact that the pension appropriation