The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
Charles and William G. Swain
Among Rural Route Agents
Who Are Concerned.
FAIRBANKS ENDORSEMENT
A. w. TRACY WRITING FROM
WASHINGTON SAYS INDIANA
REPUBLICANS WILL NOT EN-.
DoRsE HIM FOR PRESIDENT.

(By A. w. Tracy.)


Washington, d. c.. April S.-There
are 14s rural free delivery agents in
the United States who are more or
less concerned about how long their
jobs are going to last. The work OF
laying out and establishing rural
routes, inaugurating new rural ser
vice, getting complete county service
working perfectly, etc.. is going to get
to stopping place one of these days
and these men are wondering what is
going to become of them when all this
is accomplished.
1t has been given out here in Wash
ington that every one of the 143 rural
men are to be taken care of. After
awhile instead of being rural agents
they will have their official titles
changed to read rural route inspec-
tors and a new line or work will be
mapped out for them. 1t is said that
the department has In mind to gradu-
ally work them into post office inspec-
tors and that they will be, placed In
charge of the rural inspecting work
done by carriers and have changes
made for the good of the service. etc.
After becoming familiar with the ru-
raj inspection they will be sent to In
spect the smaller postoffices and they
will be gradually worked into post
Office inspectors all over the country.
The following men from Indiana in
the service who will be effected by
this change are: Samuel b. Rath-
bone, w. c. Ella, VIM. T. Cleary. of
Indianapolis; Leonard Mitchell, New
Castle; w. T. Mcconnell, Princeton;
John N. Hunter. Franklin; Francis M.
Dice, Crawfordsville; Charles q.
Swain and VIM. G. Swain. Richmond:
Addison d. Maddox, Muncie; and
VIM. d. Korkle, of Kokomo.
No Endorsement for Fairbanks.
The Indiana Republican state con-
vention this week will not endorse
Vice President Fairbanks for Presi-
dent in 1908. At least such announce
ment is given out in Washington by
friends known to be very close to Mr..
Fairbanks and 1t is said that Mr..
Fairbanks desires himself that no
such endorsement be made this year.
In view of his feelings about the mat
ter it is not likely that the conven-
tion will go contrary to them and en-
dorse man who does not want to be
endorsed at this time.
The Vice President fights shy Of the
Presidential question but when inti-
mate and ardent friends press him on
the matter he quietly informs them
that he is not now a candidate. In do
ing so he never fails to leave the Inn
preston that he may in the future be-
come an active candidate.
Close friends to the Vice President
say that he is acting wisely in this
move and that he does not want a
long drawn-out campaign for the
Presidential nomination which might
prove to be embarrassing. They say
there will be plenty Of time for IndI-
ana Republicans to endorse him two
years from now If he is a candidate.
And If the signs don't fail he will be
candidate and strong one at that.
Then Mr.. Fairbanks will seek to have
the Indiana Republicans rally round
him and to his support and It is
thought that they VIII not need any
urging to do this and again help to
bring honor to the grand old Hoosier
state. But this year Mr.. Fairbanks
is not asking anything and his wishes
will ho rocnocfod
Wee President Gave Dinner.
Last Friday night Vice President
Fairbanks gave dinner at his Wash
ington home in honor of ex-vice Pres
ident Levi p. Morton, of New York.
At that dinner were gathered five
members of the Benjamin Harrison
cabinet and it was the first time the
five men had all met together since
the close of the Harrison administra-
tion.
The ex-cabinet officers were Secre-
tary of State Foster, Secretary of the
Navy Tracy, Postmaster General
Wanamaker. Secretary Elkins and
Secretary Proctor. The last two are
now members of the United States
Senate and still active iIt public life.
National Rank at kewanna.
The Comptroller of the Currency
has approved the application to or
ganize the First National Bank,
Kewanna, Indiana. This bank Sill
have capitalization of $25,Gyu with
the following Kewanna people finan-
cialIy interested: d. w. Sibert, Jo-
seph Slick, Milton Hiland, E. j. Buch-
anan, w. " Clifford and others.