The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
MADISON'S VOTE.
Kansas Congressman Opposed to
Ballinger.
He Will Prepare Special
Report.
is NOT YET READY.
Some Time Before Findings Are
Filed.
Majority and Minority Each to
and Minority Each to
Present One.

Z washington, June Zo.-Ine special
committee appointed by congress to in
vestigate the Ballinger-P contro-
versy will not make its final report
public until some time this summer.
From the best of information, obtain
ed by close friends in congress from
members of the investigating commit
tee, verdict of acquittal will be rem
dered in favor of Secretary Ballinger.
The vote will be to 5. Senator Mel
son or Senator Sutherland will write
the majority report, while the minority
report will be written by Congressman
Graham.
Kansas people are particularly inter
ested in the question, of where Con-
gresham Ed Madison will stand in the
vote. Judge Madison is the only in
sUrgent member of the investigating
committee. L has been particularly
noted all through the course of hear
ings of the case that his attitude tow
ard both the contending. officials has
been unusually impartial.
Judge Madison will vote against Sec
rotary Ballinger. Furthermore, the KAN
san will present an independent report
of the case. In the preparation of his
statement he has been in conference
for the past week or ten days with
three members of the house, who are
considered to be among the best law
GERS in congress. He has carefully gone
over the case from its inception to its
end with them and advised with them
on many of its features. One of these
members is a prominent Republican in
surgent
When the BalIinger- Pinchot report is
made public these statements will be
found to be absolute facts.
There is no doubt whatever about the
public building appropriation bill pass
ing congress before adjournment. The
hill contains items appropriating the
total sum of $500, OOG for Kansas post
Office buildings and sites. This is con-
sidered a pretty good share of the port
bill fo- Kansas to receive at any one
congress. Provision in the bill is made
for the following projects:
Abilene, $4,000 for building, post
office only, site secured; BeIoit, $780,
900 for postoffice building; Concordia,
$4,000, postoffce; ottawa, $4,000,
postoffice; Arkansas City, SIS, 900, site
and building for postoffice; Garden
City, 100000 site and building for
postoffice: Mcpherson, $4,000 for site
and building for postofdce; Usage City,
$4,000 for site and building; Hiawa-
tina, $500 for site; Holtons $500 for
site. aao f-5 10 ~
Senator Curtis has already secured
the passage of bill in the senate pro-
viding for the erection of postoffice
building at Chanute. The amount ap-
propriate by the measure was $4,000.
According to a report of the geolog-
| ical survey just made public in fifteen
out of the twenty-five years for which
the statistics of accidents in the coal
mines of Kansas, have been kept for
| the state, 276 men have been
| killed and 6S7 injured. Less than 9
per cent of the deaths GA in alp have
| been due to explosions of gas and dust
| in the last three years. Falls of roof
and coal killed 100 and injured 299.
| During 1909 there were 35 deaths in
| the Kansas coal mines, an increase of
| 8 over 1908, and the nonfatal accidents
| Increased from 70 to 81 The statistics
| of production in the Sunf1ower state
and of the number of men employed
are not available at this time.
On the first of July the postoffice at
| Colony, Kan, will be removed to a
| site on Broad near the railroad sta
ton.
Holycross postoffice. Pottawatomie
county, Kan. is to be discontinued on
June 80. After that date mail to
| Emmett.
A star mail route will be estab-
lished on July 1 between Wilbur and
| Minneola Kan. The contract was
awarded to Alexander Watt Of Menne-
ola at $3.50 a year. At the same time
star route will be Installed between
Stevens and Woodsdale. Kan. Bessie
E. Stevens of Stevens was awarded the
Kansas postmasters appointed:
Homer A. Turkle at Bernal; Byram L.
| Sans at Offerle.
Mrs D. r. Anthony and her two
children will return to Leavenworth
today. Congressman Anthony will fol-
| low some time next week.