Evening journal., 1905-07-24
SMALL TOWNS VS..
RURAL FREE MAIL
When Towns Make Similar
Demands, Congress VIII
Have Trouble
vViRSTREtT SEES THE DIFFICULTY
CBy wnliam woln smith)


through here recently from New York
he forecasted the election of ex-Mayor
Bookwalter as Mayor OF indianapolis
with an united party behind him. Mr..
lOverstreet WAS quite emphatic as TO
1.-the necessity Of raising more revenue
'trom some quarter" but was nom
lcommittal as to the direction in which
the quater lies
AS Chairman of the Committee on
Postofiicos Mr.. Overstreet Is familiar
with the fact that the large deficit i'm
lthe revenues Of that department is al
most wholly due to the enormous in
lcrease in rural free delivery, but
whether to check such expenditures is
wise either from "a political or
Iprao.ical standpoint is aduestion which
ne and his colleagues on the committee
ARE most likely to decide in the nega-
tive Perhaps the most interesting
lphase of this question is how long are
the small towns going TO submit to
seeing mail carriers pass their doors
daily to deliver an occasional letter to
a farmer twenty miles away. While
they are compelled to walk to the post
office which may be mile away from
their residences2
There is near Washington a town Of
more than 1900 inhabitants to whom
one carrier in a wagon could deliver
the mail twice a day, yet three or four
rural carriers pass through each day
deliyefing all around the outskirts of
the town. and there are no deliveries
witmn its limits. When the towns from
500 to 10000 begin demanding free de-
livery not only will Mr.. Overstreet's
difficulties be increased but many
members viii find it difficult to compel
the patrons OF the offices to so for their
mail merely TO maintain political
friend in postmastership.
Thomas f. Ryan as Senator from
Virginia, Why not? THAT Mr.. Ryan
is am ardent Democrat is well known;
he has large interests in Virginia,
Especially i'm connection with the
American Tobacco Company. He re-
tains his voting residence i'm that
state and was a member of the Nir-
ginia delegation to the St Louis Con-
lvention where he Loyalty supported
Judge Parker Moreover. he recently
purchased control Of The Equitable
Life Insurance Company and turned il
over to three trustees headed by his
old friend ex-President Cleveland If
= Virglnia should wish to fan in line
and send a business man" to the Sem
ate. she could do much worse than by
thus honoring Mr.. Ryan
Mr. Ryan is well liked I'm this city
whore there are several monuments, in
the shape Of schools and similar insti-
3 tutions, to the generosity Of himself
and Mrs. Ryan. At the same time It is
2 doubtful if Virginia will retire Senator
b Daniel as long as he desires to remain
i'm the Senate. OF course should Sena-
2 tor Martin go down before the on
+ slaught Of Governor Montague Senator
$ Daniel might follow later, but the
8 probabilities favor the reelection of
r both the Virginia Senators.
[
] Speaking Of the Martini Montague
= contest. Representative Jones Of Vir-
ginia recently gave ont letter in
. which he scored Martin for taking
! credit to himself for the satisfactory
e settlement of the claims of the United
States Government against Virginia.
: when the credit should have gone to
? Senator Daniel This has caused Rep
! resentative Hay also of Virginia. to
p denounce Representative Jones state
ments in vigorous fashion, rehearsing
the history of the claims case to show
that Martin deserved all the credit
given him.
s From Kansas comes the report that
, Representative Calderhead Of the Fifth
District, will have a lively time de-
p feating John e. Hessin of Manhattan
E Kansas, for the nomination. AS it is
some time off. Mr.. Calderhead win have
e an opportunity to strengthen his forces
( which have already proved sufficiently
q strong to send him to Congress on hvs
different occasions.
Congressman Timothy ID. Sullivan. OF
New York. Big Tim as his friends
and chums delight to call him. is now
r in England having the time of his life
SO are several Of his personal attend.
ants who are with him as his guest.
and every man of them is busy study.
, ing London and comparing il with the
American metropolis. Congressman
Sullivan had several objects i'm view
p when he went abroad, one of them
looking TO the amelioration of the con-
D dtion of the East siders Of New York
D Mr. Sullivan is a man OF means and
noted for his charities. Intending "a
build number of modern tenement
houses he went abroad to study these
2 buildings on the other side. London
having ihe model tenements Of the
= world.
: When he returns Mr. Sullivan viii
have his architects incorporate the best
Of the English ideas with modern
American notions and by combining
the two he expects to get the very
lbest that brains and money can pro-
duce This thing Of providing persons
of modest means with good homes.
plenty Of light and air, is one of the
best ways i'm which the philanthropist
and public benefactor can utilize his
money.
Congressman William Alden Smith
} has announced himself as acandidate
2 fer the Senate to succeed Senator Alger
: whose declination to permit himself to
, again be a candidate was mentioned in
these letters recently. This is cha'ac-
teristic of Mr.. Smith. He is open. free
) and bold in an that he does. Now
! 'that the Senator with his superior
5 claims on his party has put the place
! behind him. Mr. Smith believes he has
f the right to aspire to this high Office
and says SO I'm exact and unmistakable
= language. William Alden Smith is.
{ perhaps, the best known Of the
2 Michigan delegation at the National
E Capital His promotion. it has been
] pointed out by his friends. would be