The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-11
Indiana Congressman Announces
Nothing Can BE Done to Increase
Pay of Naval Cbaplains.
ARSENAL TO BE SOLD ON MAR. IL
COMBINATION AGAINST MICHIGAN
CITY AS A NAVAL STATION.
OhiOans and PennsyIvanians Work.
ing for Putin Bay-MajOr steele
After Mr.. COnry's Bacon.



WASHINGTON, Feb. 1o.-James E.\Wat-
son, member from Indiana, has suddenly
become very popular with the ministers of
the country. To-day Mr.. Watson received
17S letters from preachers, principally Meth
odists, and yesterday he received 200. The
day before that brought him something like
two hundred. Tonight he is fairly engulfed
with these ministerial letters, each one
containing a request that he use his in
fiuence in the interests of the chaplains of
the navy. Mr.. Watson is a member of the
House committee on naval affairs. The
chaplains of the navy have become con-
WINGED that they are not receiving sufficient
salary and that they do not rank quite
high enough. They would like some slight
changes made in the laws relating to them.
Some time ago two or three of Mr.. Watson
ministerial friends wrote to him in the
interests of the chaplains. Mr.. Watson is
something of a joker, and he replied to
his friends letter by telling them 10 write
TO Chairman Foss. of the naval committee,
who, he said, would have charge of this
matter. 1t is estimated that Mr..
Foss received something like five
hundred letters before he succeeded
in turning the tide the other way.
Recently he wrote a letter to the editor
of the Christian Advocate, explaining that
Mr.. Watson was chairman OF subcom-
the chaplains. 1t so happens that Mr.. Vat
son is a Methodist, and the editor of the
Advocate knows him well. He at once
wrote two or three strong editorials in de-
Tense of the chaplain movement and urged
all MethodistS to communicate with ''BrULn-
err Watson. For several days they have
been doing SO, and tonight the accumula-
ton of mail became SO great that the In
diana congressman cried for relief. He de-
sires that statement go out through the
newspapers to the effect that the naval
l.
aries Of the chaplains at this session, and
he hopes this will have the effect of abat-
ing the correspondence of his Methodist
brethren.
Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks entertained
a number of their friends at dinner to-
night, the guests of honor being Attorney
General and Mrs. Knox. Among those
present were Senator Perkins, Senator and
Mrs. Burnham, Senator and Mrs. Quarles,
Assistant Attorney General Beck and wife,
! Commissioner and Mrs Yerkes, Judge Wei
/ don and Wife, General and Mrs: III. ". n.
| Boynton, Representative and Mrs. Sibley,
| Representative and Mrs. y. L. Brick, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. T. Kitchener. Mrs. Daniel Man
ming of Albany, n: u, and Miss Mary Tenn
pie of Knoxville, Tenn.
| Mrs. Fairbanks has issued between 800
| and 400 invitations to tea tomorrow aft
/ ernoon from to 9 o'clock.
4 n. EuWdTuS, Ol tHS
Democratic national congressional commit
! tee, which has its headquarters here, was
somewhat disappointed tonight that he
had not been able to have a political talk
| with Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis, who
left for French Lick at II p. m. Edwards
expected to see Mr. Taggart to-day and
| discuss political matters with him Mr.
| Taggart, however seemed to be keeping
shy of things political. He remarked that
he did not think there was much doing in
politics anywhere these days. Edwards is
| a stanch friend of Taggart, and thinks if
the middle West Will go in to get the ma
| tional craftsmanship for him it can make
warm fight. The Democratic congress
| sional committee is keeping up it's organ
| ization. Edwards sends out letters to the
| Democratic newspapers, for which he re-
ceives 81 each. This is the main work of
| the committee now. To-day 5000 letters
dealing with the alleged "hypocritical posi-
! ton of the Republicans on the trust ques-
ton were sent out. The letters warned
| the Democratic newspapers that the De-
| mocracy is being hoodwinked in this trust
business" by the Republicans.
Patents were issued to Indiana inventors
to-day as follows: Frank T. Brown Dale,
stave-cutting machine George j. Cline,
Goshen, folding crate; Calvin r. Davis
South Bend, plow; Alva L. Kitzelman, Mum
Gle. earth anger: Alexander Lennon, Shell
| .. "
land, double safety snap hook; Charles w.
Petro. North Salem, running gear; John n
Ranger Evansville. hypodermic syringe
Stephen A. Rigg and T. j. Haworth, Jones
boro time apparatus for car dispatchers
James Il. Schuman, Columbia City. shock
loader; Wilhelmina Seegmiller, Indianapo-
lis, educational text sheet; Mary j. Wolger
combined sausage suffer and lard or jelly
press; James ]. Wood, Fort Wayne. current
regulator, globe holder for arc lamps, etc.
armature band and armature banding de-
vice.
Representative Steele, of Indiana, Is after
the bacon of Congressman Conry. Demo-
cratic representative from Boston. few
days ago Mr.. Conry made a speech in the
House in which he bitterly arraigned John
a. Keliher, who defeated him for re-elec-
ton The fight seems to have been be-
tween two Democrats. To-day Major Steele
moved that the remarks of Mr.. Conry re.
garding his successful opponent be stricken
, | from the records on the ground that they
were not becoming the dignity of the House
| and were not in accord with decent pro
ceeding. Mr.. Conry was absent and Major
Steele consented to allow the matter to &c
/. over until tomorrow. Major Steele declared
that Conrys speech was filled with vilfi
cation and vituperation. The gentleman.
{ remarks were certainly of no gentle char
acter. as in one instance he declared tina
Keliher "opened the campaign with scan
: and closed it with forgery and dshonor."
: Xxx
. To-day the resolution providing for tn,
I publication of the biographies of member
D of Congress from the time of the Cont
mental Congress to the present passed tn
Senate These biographies were prepare,
by o. NJ. Enyart of Peru. The resolution
| has passed both houses and will likely be
| come a law The action of Congress prob
ably will be worth several thousand dollar
to Enyart.
/; The date for selling the Indanapoli
Arsenal property has been fixed for Marc
II, at noon, and the order of sale an
4 , other documents in the case have bee
. | forwarded to the quartermaster genera
| Advertisements viii be placed i'm the Indi
| annapolis papers. 1t was announced to-da
that the quartermasters department a
| Chicago will have charge of the sale. Tn
/ | sundry civil appropriation came up i'm IN
5 | House to-day for consideration. La is [
v this bill that Representative Overstree
5 hopes to have his amendment appropriai
: ing funds for the use of the War Depart
= | ment in purchasing and improving III
e camp post site attached.
Ohio and Pennsylvania have combine
against Indiana in the contest for the navs
training station. To-day the Pennsylvani
Il delegation met and decided to join Ohio 1
= the request for the establishment of tn
y training station at Putin Bay. These Nv
: States are claiming that Michigan and Ne
a