The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-22
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
WAS A LAMb-L|KE AFFAIR
Babcock and Overstreet TO Remain
in Charge of the Congress
sional Committee.
NOTES ABOUT INDIANIANS

/ Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
| WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Contrary to
the expectation of the Democrats. the Re
| publican congressional caucus did not wind
III with n row tonight. The dove of
! peace hovered over the assemblage, ard the
business transacted was purely perfunctory.
| Announcements were made of the rerre-
sentatives selected by the various state
| delegations. and there was only a brief
discussion relative TO the appointment of
| the executive officers.
| Representative Babcock. of Wisconsin,
will succeed himself as chairman and Rep
| resentative .Overstreet will continue as sec
rotary of the Republican campaign COM
mittee. An effort was made by some of the
enemies of Babcock to stampede his COL
leagues against him by the circulation of a
story that he had been guilty of overlooking
the mails last year for the benefit of the
| railroad companies in his State. This plan
| did not work.
| Neither was there any manifestation OF
| hostility to Mr.. Overstreet. The Democrats
had nursed the hope that recent criticisms
of the chairman of the House postoffice
committee would result in an outburst
against him, but here again they were
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yet been taken by the Indiana delegation
Mr.. Overstreet is slated to again represent
| the State on the campaign committee.
Thirty-four Of the forty-eight members of
the committee which will conduct the cam
paign for the election of Republican mem
bers of the Fifty-ninth Congress were
chosen at the caucus tonight. The
members chosen were selected by the State
Il
vacancies on the committee are from
| States the delegations of which as yet have
taken no action. A resolution was passed
| by the caucus empowering the next chair
man of the committee to fill the vacancies.
! The members chosen tonight and the
| State or Territory they will represent on
the committee are as follows: Representa-
tive Metcalf, California; Representative
| Brook Colorado; Representative Lilly
| Connecticut: Representative French, Idaho
| Representative Hull Iowa Representative
| Bowersock, Kansas; Representative hunt
| er. Kentucky Representative Burleigh.
Representative Lowering. Massachusetts;
| Representative Fordney, Michigan; Repre-
sentative Tawney. Minnesota; Representa-
tive BartholGt Missouri; Representative
/ Dixon, Montana; Representative Mccarthy,
/ Nebraska; Representative Sulloway.
| New Hampshire; Representative Lou
/
alive Sherman. New York: Repre-
| sentative Spalding. North Dakota;
| Representative Longworth. Ohio; Senator
| Mitchell. Oregon; Representative Connell.
Rhode Island: Representative Burke, South
| Dakota; Representative Gibson. of Ten
resentative slemp,. Virginia; REPRESENTATIVE
| Humphrey Washington; Representative
| Dovener, West Virginia; Representative
| Babcock Wisconsin; Representative Mon
L 1an inc 10 a
| Hawaii: Delegate Rodey. New Mexico; Del
| egate Mcclure. Oklahoma: Resident Com
missioner Degetau. Porto Rico
| The States represented on the committee
/ are: Arkansas. Alabamba, Delaware. Flor
ida. illinois, Indiana. Louisiana. Mississippi.
| Nevada. North Carolina. South Carolina,
Texas, Vermont and Arizona Territory.
About seventy-five members OF the senate
and House attended the caucus, which was
| presided over by Representative Hepburn,
| of Iowa The selection of members took
| less than an hour.
| The Lynchehaun case will come up before
| the United States Supreme Court April g..
Efforts made to induce the British author
/ tiles to dismiss the case have failed. An
| intimation was conveyed to them last week
| that the authorities would be pleased II
| such action were taken, but counsel for
Great Britain have been instructed to pro-
coed with the argument
/ Charles McGdueney WdS to-udy dPPoh'cu
postmaster at Roachdale. Putnam county.
| vice George Justice resigned.
/
/ A protest of Postmaster G. G. Gold
/ schmidt and several patrons of the pro-
| posed route from Morris, Ripley county,
/ against the action of the department in
| resembling its order for the establishment
/ of the service has been received by Senator
Fairbanks. There Is conflict between
/ the petitioners at Morris and the people
/ at Batesville. who desire an additional route
| at that place On the recommendation of
Senator Fairbanks an inspector will be sent
| TO Ripley county 10 make an investigation.
Edwin Taylor and Madison J. Gray, both
| of Evansville. are among the Indiana people
here.
Paul Kennedy of Martinsville. has been
/ recommended by Senator Fairbanks for ap-
pointment as a jefferson guard at the st.
Louis exposition.
| Announcement is made of the following
changes in officials of Indiana national
| banks: The First National Bank OF Mon
rovia. James B. Sedwick. D.. cashier, in
| place of N E. Hubbard, deceased. Everett
| Menley assistant cashier; the Tell City Ma
tional Bank, Tell City, John Hermann.
president, in place of Michael Bettinger.
| decea Sed.
An additional rural free delivery route
will be established at Seymour. Jackson
county. on April Is. 1t will be twenty-five
miles long with a population of 575. Houses
on route, 115. 81 r. NJ
CT 1JsCs my rONCPECC