The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-05
Representative Overstreet, Who VIII
BE Chairman of the PostOfice Com
mittee, to Take the Initiative.
INDIANIANS TO FARE WELL
ALL WILL RECEIVE GOOD ASSIGN
MENTS ON COMMITTEES.
Brick Goes to Naval Affairs and HOlli-
day to MiIitary-Tyner's AttOr-
neys File Demurrers.


lowing up the subject of investigating the
postal affairs preliminary to legislation
will be inaugurated in the House to-mor-
row or Monday by a resolution to be intro
duced by Representative Overstreet, who
will be chairman of the new committee on
postoffices of the House. This is in line
with the resolution introduced in the Sen
ate by Mr.. Penrose, chairman of the SEN
ate committee. While it is possible that,
owing to the status of the pending cases
growing out of the departmental investi-
cation, Postmaster General Payne will not
send the papers relating to the subject
to Congress Immediately, the whole sub
ject will be brought forward by resolutions
in both houses In the House of Repre-
sentatives the committee on postofices will
be completely reorganized and none of the
members who served on the committee in
the last Congress will be named on the new
committee. Even the venerable General
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, who has served
on the committee for many years, will be
retired. 1t is the determination OF Speaker
Cannon to have nothing connected with
the old order of things TO hamper a thor
ough consideration of the postal matters
when they come up.
The latest reports regarding prospective
committee assignments for Indiana are IA
vorable to the members of the delegation
end to the rising power Of the State in ma
tiOnal legislation. 1t Is expected the COM
mittee will be announced tomorrow, and
the Indiana Republicans will get what they
expected. In most of the State delegations
the older representatives have been obliged
to relinquish one or more good assign
mentS in order to make room for the in
creased membership OF thirty in the pres
rllla lu bo
piled to Indiana. The only change far
as the State is concerned, is the transfer of
Representative Cromer from postoffices to
either agricultural or msular affairs, the
speaker being averse to placing two mem
bers from one State on the same committee.
Representative Brick goes on naval affairs.
His place on the military committee will be
taken by Representative Holiday. The as
signments of the other members of the
delegation will be practically as outlined in
these dispatches heretofore.
The attorneys for Gen. James N. Tyner
to-day filed demurrers to the conspiracy
inducements pending against General Tyner
and Harrison J. Barrett. of Baltimore. At
torney Worthington. representing the de-
PENDANTS, notified District Attorney Beach
that he would call up the demurrers for
argument before Justice Pritchard on Fri
day next. The demurrers set forth that
there is nc such offense known to the laws
of the United States as misconduct" that
while the indictments charge a conspiracy
to defraud the United States, ii does not
appear how the alleged conspiracy could
operate to defraud the United States; and
that while the indictments seem to have
been intended to aver the charge of con-
spiracy to commit offense of bribing an
officer of the United States, it does not set
forth the purpose of the defendants to do
any acts which amount to bribery.
No new developments relative to the army
post site at indianapolis are expected until
early next week. BY that time Representa-
tive Overstreet will be in possession of
papers from Indianapolis which may re-
suit in an immediate adjustment of the
present complications. The estimates of
the War Department will be sent to Con-
gresS Monday o. Tuesday. If the situation
relative to the indianapolis army post is not
cleared by that time something must be
done without much further delay.
About 100 additional kilograms were re-
ceived by members of the Indiana delega-
tion to-day from persons in the oil belt
relative to pipe line rights in Indian Ter
ritory. Most Of them were submitted to the
decision in this matter will soon be an
nounced.
XXX
Senator Fairbanks to-day introduced
pension bills for the following Indianians:
Edwin d. York, jeremiah Lockwood. Ed
ward Maxwell, James A. Karfer, John G..
Parker, Mary r.: Miller and D. G. Alex
ander. Also bill correcting the military
record Of Simon p. Rinehart.
In the diplomatic list for December issued
the name of Philippe Bunau-varilla, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of Panama to the United States The lega-
ton of Panama precedes that of Turkey in
the diplomatic list, as the Turkish minister
never has presented his letters of credence
War Department officials are greatly en-.
couraged over their efforts to develop a Goa
| mine on the small island of Batan on the
| east coast of southern Luzon. This mine il
| eligibly located near deep water and prom.
| Uses to give fair quality of coal. Army
engineers have been at work on the mine
| for some time with drills etc, and as a re-
| suit of their observations General Wade
commanding the Division of the Philippines
| has been authorized to expend $4,000 in the
| further exploitation of the mine. AS it i.
mainly on Australia and Japan for its Goa
| supply.
4
Senator Plat, of New York, had a brie
conference with the President to-day, bu
the details of the interview were not dis
/ closed. AS he left the White House tn,
| senator declined to discuss politics, although
| he indicated that he was satisfied with thu
| situation in New York as has developed
| since the conference that he and Governor
| Odell had with the President week ago.
| XXX
| The board of managers of the Nationa
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to
day rendered the appointment of governo
of the home at Leavenworth, Kan, to Col
! Sidney G. Cook, of Harrington Kan, to fiji
| the vacancy caused by the death of Col
| J. G.. Rowland. Colonel Cook is a mem
her of the board, and il is said will accep
the appointment. Approximately $1,000 mel
| are now under the jurisdiction of tn
national home. Among the members Of tn
board present at the meeting was Mai
George w. Steele. of Indiana.
| XXX
| Unless there is agreement by bot
houses OF Congress to adjourn the presen
session before noon Monday, when the reg
ular session begins. all nominations mus
fall and il the present special session end
by limitation. thus preventing the Presi
dent from sending recess appointments t
the Senate all pending recess appointment
must terminate with the converting of Cor
! gress in its regular session These consd
eratisns to-day furnished the incentive fo
a number of conferences looking to a
agreement to adjourn on Monday or eve
tomorrow in order to permit the Presider
to send In recess appointments. Friends {