The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-11
SENATOR BEvERIDGE
RETURNS TO THE CITY
Duration of Russo Japanese War
Depends on Depth OF Cash
Boxes.
BEFORE K. OF p. JUBILEE
Junior Senator VIII Speak To-
Night-TOastmaster of Lin
coin Day Banquet.
BEFORE K. OF P. JUBILEE

Senator Albert ]. Beverage, who is TO
participate in two events OF Importance in
this city this week, arrived from Washing
ton one day earlier than was expected. The
senator would not have come until to-day
but the situation in the Senate enabled sew
eral Of the senators to get away and Sen
ator Beverage took the opportunity TO
spend an additional day with his friends at
home. He will address the Pythian jubilee
meeting at Tomlinson Hall tonight and
tomorrow evening he will preside as toast
master at the Columbia Club Lincoln day
banquet.
With regard to the work in the Senate
Senator Beverage did not speak further
than TO say that 1t is expected that the
present week in the Senate would be given
up to continued speechmaking on the Pan
anna question and that the expectation is
that vote on the question would be
reached next week unless the Democrats
should give way before that time.
Great interest was displayed by news
paper men and the senator's many callers
yesterday afternoon I'm the Russo-Japanese
situation, inaSmuch as Il has been well
known fact that in the last few weeks Sen
ator Beverage has been in frequent con-
ference with President Roosevelt and Sec
rotary of State Hay on the far Eastern
question, the senator's visits to the Orient
having virtually made him an authority
for counsel and advice on that situation.
The senator avoided any allusion to such
conferences and when asked as to the prob
able attitude of the United States as re-
CARDS the present war in the far East he
said only that this country would undoubt-
edly maintain strictly neutral attitude.
DEPENDS ON CASH BOXES.
AS to the prospective duration of war he
replied that in his opinion that would prob
ably depend on the depth of the cash
boxes of the respective belligerents." Fur
Their than this the senator begged to be ex-
cused from discussing the situation.
Thomas Ship, his secretary, explained the
senator's position by saying that since the
appearance of Senator Beveridge's new
book, "The Russian Advance" the senator
had been besieged with so many requests
for interviews that he had found it abso-
lutely necessary TO draw the line on any
public discussion of the question. 1t was
further explained that the senator had
thoroughly expressed I'm his book his views
on the Eastern complications. The book is
having a large sale. Newspapers all over
the country have been devOting much space
TO reviews of the book since the outbreak
of hostilities- Several of the larger papers
have quoted extensive passages from what
the senator says of the respective fighting
qualities of the two warning nations and
their respective advantages on land and
sea.
The senator's friends found him appar-
emily in excellent health, Notwithstanding
the heavy amount OF committee work that
he has on hand this session Of Congress.
He has made no set speeches this year and
probably will make none, but reports from
Washington indicate that the present ses-
sion Is one of the busiest the junior senator
has had since his election to the Senate.
One reason for this is that committee work
IS taking practically all his time The COM
mIttee on Territories, of which he is chair
man, has been at work almost constantly
on Alaskan legislation. which will take a
prominent place in this session of Congress,
besides other measures of importance af-
fecting the Territories of Arizona, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian Territory,
besides Alaska and Hawaii. In addition 70
this the committee hearing the Smoot case
as we'll as the postoffices and post roads
committee of which Senator Beverage is
the Indiana member, have taken much OF
his time, not to mention the steering COM
mittee," which requires much time, but
whose work Is rarely reported.