The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-05
BOOMING OF RECEIPTS
STOPPED BY Mr.. PAYNE
Postmasters in Suburban Towns
Must Not Try to Raise Own
Salaries.
SMILING JERRY'S DOUBLE

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-Postmaster Cen
eral Payne has set about with determi-
nation TO stop the too prevalent practice
among postmasters in the smaller towns
of the country booming the receipts of their
offices for the purpose of swelling the sal
airy payments to themselves. Mr.. Payne
has at present a number of cases of this
kind wherein postmasters in the suburbs
of a number of large cities have Induced
persons to buy stamps and stamped envel-
opes from suburban offices rather than
from the offices in the larger cities. Three
or four cases Of this kind have been report
ed from Indianapolis. 1t has been brought
out in the testimony that in all these cases
the postmasters in the suburban towns
solicited business IN order to swell the re-
ceipts. This is not a new thing in the
postal service, but Mr.. Payne is convinced
from the number OF cases now pending that
the business has become more or less of a
system and that it amounts TO such a steal
from the government by fraudulently in
creasing postmasters salaries that IL
requires heroic treatment. In some cases
the postmasters are permitted to remain
In office by the restoration of the amounts
of excessive salaries drawn by them. In
enc instance 81, 700 has been returned and in
another $.76 In two cases the dismissal
of the postmasters has been ordered by
the postmaster general. Mr.. Payne says
the utmost efforts will be put forth by the
government to stop these wrongful prac-
tees
Jerry Matthews, secretary to Senator
Fairbanks, is convinced that somewhere in
the wilds Of Ohio he has double. who is
misrepresenting him. The cause of Mr.
Matthews's speculation in this connection
is given in telegram received to-nigh: by
the correspondent OF an Ohio paper reading
as follows:
Jerry Matthews. secretary to Senator
Fairbanks. is I'm Ohio looking for delegates
for the vice presidency. He has just been
located In Columbus. Give us Washington
end"
Mr.. Matthews is unable to account for
this false alarm. II have not been away
from Washington for several weeks" he
said. THE senator is certainly not looking
for delegates for the vice presidency"
Indiana IS strongly represented at the
meeting of the National Republican Edi-
torial Association. which began its session
here tonight. Among those in attendance
are j. A. Kautz. of the Kokomo Tribune,
NJ. c. CARRIER. of the Madison Courier, f.
.. Rose, of the Angola Magnet, and III. a.
Strohm, OF the Kentland Enterprise.
Indiana is undoubtedly for Roosevelt"
said Editor Kautz. There can be no doubt
of that. The mention of Senator Fairbanks
in connection with the vice presidency is
favorable to the senator and TO the State.
If ne is nominated there will be several
candidates for the senatorship, among them
Representative Charles Lands"
DR.. John Sourwine and wife, of Brazil,
who have been here for the past week,
leave for home tomorrow.
,
Representative Holiday will take up with
the department officials tomorrow, the
charges recently preferred against Post
master McElroy of West Terre Haute A
Elroy to the effect that the condition of
affairs complained of can be remedied If
time Is given him. Mr.. Holiday is hopeful
that the postmaster general will not insist
upon the removal Of Mr.. McElroy.
Senator Fairbanks will be unable to at
tend the Columbia Club banquet in Indian
apolis on the 18th inst He is scheduled to
address the Republican Club Of New York
on that date.
John E. Lamb. of Terre Haute, to-day ap-
peared before the Senate committee on
manufacturers as the representative Of In
diana in opposition to the pure food bill.
of that provision of the measure which
would require them to give publicity to
their trade formulas.
The First National Bank of Greensboro,
Ind. has been authorized to commence
business Capital, $751; 900. Daniel w. Har-
ris. president; Milo Gentry, vice president;
Frank NJ. Taylor, cashier; Claude s. kitter-
man, assistant cashier. j. r. NJ.