Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-31
POLLARD GIVEN A HEARING
Pounding Away on HIS Bill TO settle
Question of salary of
Members.
(From a statr Correspondent.)

CFrom a Stafr Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. - Especial
Telegram.) )-Congressma Pollard had
hearing today before the judiciary COM
mittee of the house on his bill fixing
the time when salaries of members
should begin who are elected TO fll
vacancies. Mr.. Pollard discussed the
entire salary question generally. He re-
viewed all the facts in relation to the
payment of money by the sergeant-at-
arms and practically went into the whole
subject affecting the manner and meth
DDS in which the compensation members
receive is paid. He asked of the commit
tee that they make report on the law
points involved so that a member of con-
gress hereafter elected. as he was elected
to suceedd Senator Burkett. may be thor
oughly understood. One point that he
brought out seemed extremely pertinent
now that congress has raised the salaries
of those, who will occupy seats in the
sixtieth congress; he saw no reason why
a man should be paid a salary which he
| did not earn. He also argued in favor of
a favorable report on his bill which
| fixes the time when a members salary
! shall begin, who Is elected to nil vacancy
| While he had no assurance from mem
| bers Of the committee that the bill would
be reported favorably, he believes that it
will come out Of committee, but beyond
that he did not desire to make a predic-
! tion.
! Congressman Kinkaid today, at the re
! quest Of Mayor James Dahlman of Omaha
presented TO the president Mr.. Metcalfe's
book entitled "Of Such Is The Kingdom
| Judge Kinkaid was asked to make this
| presentation because he happened to be
former constituent of the member from
| the sixth district.
The following is the text OF Senator
Burketts amendment to the sundry civil
bill in relation to an appropriation IF
s141 900 for the purchase of land at Fort
Robinson: "For acquisition, by purchase
or condemnation, Of about 10000 acres Of
land lying between and adjacent to the
military reservation and the wood and
timber reservation of Fort Robinson, Neb.,
$40 900 or so much thereof as the secre-
tary of war may deem necessary" The
amendment instead of going to the ap-
preparation committee, which has charge
of appropriation bills, was sent right 90
the military affairs committee, and 1t is
| understood a favorable report will be
made on the amendment at tomorrows
session of the committee and be attached
to the military appropriation bill no"
pending in that body. The War depart
ment has reported favorably on the ap-
preparation and 1t is the entering wedge
TO make Fort Robinson one of the largest
brigade posts of the army.
Representative Kennedy today was noti-
fed by the pension bureau that pension
of $40 per month has been granted to
Lewis d. Hulett of Omaha.
The senate committee on claims at its
meeting today ordered a favorable report
on the bill introduced IN the house by Rep
resentative Martin OF South Dakota to pro-
vide for the payment of overtime claims Of
letter carriers exnlnAed from judgment as
barred by the statute of limitations To
pay these will cost the government $B9,943,
representing service actually performed by
them as letter carriers in excess of eight
hours per day and reported by the commits
sioners to the court of claims.
The proposed bill will benefit thirty-five
carriers in Omaha in varying amounts,
none higher in individual cases than 500:
two carriers In South Omaha, two in Be
atrice. one in Fremont. three In Grand
Island, two in Hastings. four in Lincoln
and four in Nebraska City. The following
number Of carriers in Iowa postoffices will
be benefited: Burlington. fourteen; Clinton.
three; Council Bluffs, two; Dubuque, four.
and Muscatine, one. F. w. Sexton, brother
and next OF kin OF Edwin J. Sexton, Sioux
City, 1926.
; Senator Burkett today introduced bill
to increase the pension of John Conrad
Craig, Neb to $50 per month.
He also laid before the senate resolutions
: adopted by the Norfolk Commercial club
? commencing First Assistant Postmaster
General Hitchcock for his action In calling
for a classification of postal clerks and sug-
; gesting that their salaries be increased.
The application of the Dakota Bank and
Trust company. Aberdeen, 8. D., to con-
vert its bank into national bank, to be
known officially as The Dakota National
. Bank of Aberdeen. with capital of $4,000
was today approved by the comptroller Of
the currency.
, J. A. Swanson and Miss Swanson Of
Omaha are in Washington. guests at the
r. New Willard.
The following postmasters have been ap
pointed: Nebraska, sedlov, Valley county
Stanislov Garbacz, vice F. q. Ulkosky, re
signed South Dakota, Englewood, Law
! renee county. Earl A. Chambers, vic'
E. e. White, resigned; Seim, Butte county
Charles b. Anderson, vice N. e. Wilson
resigned.
These appointments have been made &
a MI vacancies in the rural carrier service
. Nebraska, Allen, route 1, Arthur d. Brown
v ell. regular William r. Geiger. substitute
n Edison, route 2, Archie W. Deem regular
n Henry r. Smith, substitute stromsburg
/ route /, John B. Pike, regular, Edwar'
o I p pike substitute