The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-30

district, left yesterday afternoon for Wash
ington, after spending the Thanksgiving
holidays at his home here. Mr.. Overstreet
had expected to remain in the city several
days longer, but unexpected Developments
In connection with some OF his congress
sional duties forced him to cut short his
There will be few buster men in Congress
this winter than the Indianapolis repre-
sentative, especially If he undertakes all
the work that is offered him. He will be
the chairman of the committee on post
offices and post roads. has been requested
to retain his old position on the judiciary
committee and is also being urged 10 con-
tinue as secretary of the Republican con-
committee.
Unusual work will devolve on the judi
cary committee at this session, as i'm
peachment proceedings have been brought
against two federal judges. and the cases
Will doubtless be tedious and lon~g-drawn
out. The Republican congressional com
mittee will be exceptionally busy, since a
campaign will be on next year and much
preliminary work must be done, and much
or that by the secretary, during the winter.
XXX
Harry S. New has returned from a three
weeks hunting trip in northern Michigan
and his friends at the Columbia Club are
greeting him with facetious inquiries as
to how he managed to break out OF Jail,
how he was able to keep out of Jail in
Indiana for so long only to fall into the
hands OF the Michigan authorities, how he
enjoyed jail fare, ETC., until the usually
genial victim threatened to commit crimes
that might subject him to a life sojourn at
a w~ell-known northern Indiana resort. The
jests all grew out of a recent teIegraphic
dispatch to the effect that Mr.. New had
been arrested for violation OF Michigan
game w When the report was received
here some of his friends put their heads to-
addressed to the sheriff of the county in
which Mr.. New was experiencing his
trouble:
Reported here that you have one HI. s.
New In jail. Make it a life sentence il
possible"
The message was never sent, perhaps for
tunateiy for those connected with it, for
tnere Is such a thing as a jokes ceasihg
to be a joke.
II have not been in Jaf," protested Mr..
New, with a laugh, when he was seen last
evening. 1T is true, however, that along
with the other members of our party 1
had a little unpleasant experience. Some
men persisted in poaching on the preserves
OF our club: even after several warnings.
until In Self-protection We were forced to
take steps to restrain them. Then as a piece
or spite work they gave information to the
authorities that we kept dogs for running
deer-a violation of the Michigan game
laws. The only dogs about the club were
a shepherd and three bird dogs, and as a
matter OF fact the members of the club
have been largely instrumental in putting
However e 70 w yne b aSns sIIeb OF goo deer sn with a dogs;
the three weeks We were there that we
can readily forget the little trouble caused
US by that bit of spite work
MT. New will be In the city several DAYS.
but Will leave next week for WASHINGTON
to attend the meeting Of the Republican
national committee. called by Senator
Hanna for Dec. IL and II.
Local Democrats are trying to reconcile
the announcement that William j. Bryan
will be the principal speaker at a Jefferson
League demonstration In this city Jan. 6
with the recent announcement of Mr.. Bryan
that he will not return from Europe until
the latter part of February. Mr.. Bryan
is being feted and dined by the European
nobility and dignitaries, and, they ask, will
he cut that round of triumphs prematurely
short to return for an Indiana Jefferson
League function?
Senator w. II. O'Brien, of Lawrenceburg
chairman of the Democratic State commit
tee, has issued a call for a meeting of the
committee Dec. IA in this city. 1t had orig
inally been planned to nave the meeting
this week, but after comforting with several
OF the leading members Chairman O'Brien
issued the call for two weeks from to-day.
The meeting will be held in the forenoon al
the Grand Hotel and will take up several
important party matters, chief of which is
the consideration of the proposed legal action
to test the legislative apportionment act
passed by the lest General Assembly. The
committee will also make the necessary pre-.
liminary arrangements for the reorganiza-
ton of the committee in January, issuing
the calls for the several district meetings,
Chairman O'Brien insists that the Demo-
Gratis will fight the legislative apportion-
ment act and says he is satisfied the act will
he confines his discussion of the matter tc
those statements, as he says he does no,
intend to show his hand before the time to
play it. Il have several trunps, though
you can depend on that he said.
Republicans who are interested in the
contests for nominations tina will be made
before the next state convention are turn.
ing their eyes toward Muncie for the ap.
p~earance of a candidate for lieutenant gov.
ernor. State Senator Walter L. Ball, OF
that place, is the cynosure of their atten,
ton in that line, for it is understood that
he is now shaping his plans to get into the
race, n that a formal announcement OF
his candidacy may be expected within tn,
near future. Immediately after the ad
journment of the Legislature last sprins
there was some little talk to the effect tina
the Muncie senator would like to presid,
over the next two sessions of the Senate