The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-21
Aggressive Senate Insurg-
ents and House Democrats
Making Postmaster Gener-
al Position Unpleasant.
PERSONAL AFFAIRS
LARGELY THE CAUSE
Several Ugly Thrusts Al
ready Made in Senate De
bates Bristow, Bourne et
al Waging the War.
sAmerican News service)

tAmerican News service)
Washington. May .0-Postmasuae
General Frank H. Hitchcock has awak,
ened to the fact that he Is the head
and tail Of political mares nest. At
least goodly number Of statesmen Ia
Washington are whetting their dirks
and getting out their trasty weapons
Of attack for him. They have It Ia for
Mr.. Hitchcock and are preparing TO
sink deep their shafts az revenge. 70
80 bit further. several OF the law
makers have already plnned TO the
stabbing board. the Grand Old Par
tvs chief dispenser Of federal patron
age in wordy battles ID both the sem
ate and the house of representatives.
The whole situation. Of course, Il
brought about by Democratic contros
Of the house. insurgent aggressiveness
In the senate. and. according to view
taken by one OF Mr.. Hitchcock's per-
sonal friends. lust natural cussedness
Of the Progressives.
From the house comes the insistent
demand Of Democratic committse
leaders for revenge on account of
treatment received while they were
|unimportant members of the house
under Republican domination, III tic
asnate, insurOepts I'D rroe1 estyes.
40 weE assa few Nap1S Slica11 ISSlsS
rolled up their sleeves for . Nveay
scrimmage. n tact, IN ~ Wa1n Eats
master General flitchcDc1kss ne1x Sa6
months Of official life Will BE- about
as lively as II he undertook the her.
culean task Of reading "a the post
cards sent through the mail.
Figuring On Postal Dssicit.
He Is now spending the spare mo-
ments OF his time figuring out the
next years postal deficit. planning :
presidential campaign Ii behalf OF
William Howard TAFT. getting things
In his office In shipahape for the In
vestigation Of his department BY !
Democratic committee Of the house
and incidently preparing statistics Tor
the use Of the postal rate comu1is-
sion OF which Associate Justice Hughes
OF the supreme court Of the United
States Is chairman. Added to these
few things the group of inquiring
statesmen are lining up with list Of
searching questions just to make sure
that Mr.. Hitchcock u earning the
$4,000 . year the government u pay.
Ing to him - member Of President
Taft's cabinet.
Mr.. Hitchcock expects TO receive :
few jolts from the senate postoffice
committee, Of which Senator Jonathan
Bourne is the new chairman. 1r.
Bourne would resent deeply an insin-
uation that he n second In his dis.
taste for the postmaster general. Hta
speech OF February 2sth last in the
senate, in which he roundiy and se-
verely denounced ~ bribery the uSe
OF patronage power for the purpose
OF influencing legislation and politics.
stands as the classic Of pariimentary
skinning for the decades.
Upon the floor Of the senate. he op.
enly charged that such use. Of federal
patronage was bribery. quoting the
bribery statute. He charged that II
constituted q violation Of the consti.
tuition and quoted passages of the con.
stitution In support OF his contention.
He stated that It violated the ppeGt-
dents oath Of office with it1 Dle4me "a
support the constitution
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