The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-18

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accounts have not yet been readjusted
and certified for payment according to
authorization by a late law. This list
contains the accounts of seven former
postmasters, as follows:
r. B. Lockwood, postmaster at
Council Grove; amount due, $69-67.
s. G. Mead. postmaster at Eureka,
$S496.
]. w. Vaughn, postmaster at Gree
ley, $24.4S
A. Skeim, postmaster at Louisville.
$54.36.
W. Bateman. postmaster at Peoria.
$500.
G. L. Ruthstrom. postmaster at Ran
r. Rockefeller, postmaster at Wash
ington, $42.84.
1t is expected that legislation will
be passed this session of congress pro-
viding for the payment of these claims
to either the claimants or their legal
heirs.
The supervisors of the census for
the state of Kansas. appointed last fall,
have just been confirmed by the SEN
ate. They are: Reese Van SAINT.
First district; William r. Smith, Sec
ond district; Charles Yoe, Third dis
trict; Willard H. Melrose. Fourth dis
trict: George T. Smith, Fifth district;
John c. Newell. Sixth district; James
L. Brown. Seventh district; John c..
Mack. Eighth district.
William L. Hall of Manhattan, Kan,
holds the position of assistant govern
ment forecaster in the department of
that he would be removed for activity
in the Ballinger- Pinchot controversy.
An investigation shows that the report
is groundless. and that Mr.. Hall
standing in the department is of the
highest character.
Kansas postmasters appointed: Aus
tin Salloe at Penalosa, Kingmar coun-
ty. vice T. A. Holmes, resigned; Sam
uel F. Tolle at Roxbury Mcpherson
gust F. Hansen at Mcfarland, Wa
baunsee county. vice VIC. Noller, re-
signed; Frank o. Johnson at Kackley;
Charles c. BARLEY at Lamar; Marion
A Marsh at Menlo, and William A.
Archer at Wilmot.
Rural letter carriers appointed for
service in Kansas: Benjamin F. AL
bright and Joe Albright at Palmer:
Delbert G. Hawk at Brewster: Ross
H. Pollard at Newton.
Congressman Campbell has intro
duced bills granting pensions to Sam
ueI Vernum. Isaac H. Seward, James
H. Trenary and William Lawlor.
Get busy and stop quarreling." is
the White House slogan at this time.
The president agrees with some of his
advisers that if the committees of
congress will get TO work and put his
recommendations into the shape of
bills the situation in congress will
change from one of insurgent and
stand-pat warfare to discussion and
consideration of the details of pro-
posed laws. Right now congress has
practically nothing to do. and the
ma rfX 6fffaronnnG ar in daily
of airing. With a legislative program
in progress of construction into real
laws there will be something definite
to engage attention, and the warfare
will be postponed.
Upon leaving the White House.
Congressman Phil Pitt Campbell of
Kansas said that If congress would
get to work most of the differences
would be forgotten.
What we should do" he declared.
''is to carry out the party pledges and
the recommendations of President
Taft and stop insurging or lambasting
insurgents. The people sent us here
to do things and we want to do them
and adjourn. There is not as much
in all this talk as appears on the
surface, but as there is nothing else
to do attention is drawn to fractional
disturbances.
Director Durand realizes that in
many districts of the west it will be
impossible to secure competent men
to act as enumerarors of the census at
rate of compensation less than that
being paid for ordinary classes of
work in the same area. Therefore
the enumerators in thinly inhabited
country sections of Kansas and other
states will be compensated on per
diem basis of IS and Sc.
BY a recent order of Secretary Will
son of the department of agriculture.
the counties of Cheyenne, Rawlins,
Sherman, Logan. Cove. Lane, Ford.
Kiowa and Comanche. in the state of
Kansas, have been released from quar-
antine against scabies and other ami
NAL diseases.
The senate has confirmed the follow
ing Kansas postmaster appointments:
Theodore F. Ankeny at Pomona; Lulu
NJ. Grams at FNormosa; Peter D. Cook
at Quenemo; Charles w. Mcclure at
Blue Mound, and Joseph L. Rogers at
Vernillion.
Senator Bristow has introduced bills
granting increased pension to Frank
Rogers. Francis NJ. Choat, and Lydia
Anderson.
gresham Reeder for Charles w. Dur
fey, James JuStus. and Joseph Gerag-
thy.
Congressman Campbell introduced a
bill for the relief of certain Cherokees
and citizens of Kansas and the Indian
Territory; also bills to pension Elvina
Kelley and Josiah T. Mckee.
BALLINGER DENIES.