The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
PROPOSES a Bureau Under Con-
troll of the Treasury.
IN DEFENSE OF HALL OF FAME
Washington Believes ingalls,
Is Wrong in His Ideas.
Other Items of Interest From
National Capital.

II. a
man Dudley Doolittle Of the Fourth
Kansas district has introduced bill
in the house to establish bureau 1or
the institution of a system to loan
rnonev 10 farmers upon agricultural
lands as security.
The nroposed bureau is to be con-
drcted under the control and direc-
+ion of the secretary of the treasury.
Provision is made for the appoint
rnent of a commissioner and assistant
commissioner at salaries of $4,000 ana
$4,000, respectively. Each state is 10
have an official to be known as assist
ant commissioner of farm loan pureau
al $4,000 salary per annum anu 70
maintain offices at state capltals-
TThaSe latter officials will be men Sc
Iacted who are we'll acquainted with
the farming interests ana lana Nai III
OF the state In other words they WI
be the government agents to appralse
valuations and execute mortgages oii
according to the bill, no person
shall be permitted to por orr 1 Isufn
Uncle Sam more than $4,000 regard
less of the values of his land
The sum to be APPROPRIATED 1oi
establishing and maintaining the pu-
reau of farm loans is S5Oo'oOo.
According to a recent dispatch from
Topeka, Lieutenant Governor SheI-
field Ingalls, wants the statue OF nus
father, the late Senator John JaI I,o II
ingalls, removed from statuary nan
in the United States capitol, because
reverence for the hall has olnlnls l-
ed IL He declares Washington IS the
target for many humorous heW VTids. at
the capitol are quoted too as reterrlns
to the statues of great men as tnose
guys" ETC. -, oo,,sad
no little Interest among the Kansas
colony in Washington. Many are IN
clined to believe he has oeen mlslH5
formed in the matter, ana Woulu
strongly oppose any effort to remove
the ingalls, statue to the hall or fame
in the rotunda of the Kansas state
house. 49,
eapitol that attract more interest,"
imam that of the late senator from
kansas. Daily many visitors can De
eeen studying his statue and listening
10 the stories told OF his INDUSTRIOUS
career in congress. One thing IN par
ficular attractive about the ingalls,
statue is that it is not only one OF the
most modern types of sculpture pu'
that if resembles the subject much
more than a majority of the many
statues surrounding 1t
INGALLS, because of his brilliancy as
an orator and tact as legislator, won
Fame for his state and the nation. He
died with the name of being one oil
the greatest men in the history of our
country and did more to advertise the
SunfoWer state than any man or num-
her of men sent to congress from Kan
saS.
Bills introduced by Senator Bristow;
To authorize the enlargement of the
site of the public building at Ottawa
Authorizing the secretary of war te
donate to the Grand Army post OF
smith Center two cannon or field
pieces
For the relief of Peter Carroll ano
others, lately laborers employed by
the United States military authorities
in and about Fort Leavenworth.
Authorizing the secretary of war tc
donate to the city of Hays. one cannon
or fleldptece.
Frank S. Foster has been nominated
by the president to be appointed post
master at Ellsworth, Kan, in place Of
Joseph A. Schmitt, deceased. John c
Girk was also named for the postmas
tership at Halstead to succeed E. ]
Rookwalter. Postmasters confirmed
John H. Stanbery, Attica; Madison d
Gallogly, Hoxie.
Fourth-class postmasters appointed
Casper G. Titus, Antelope; Arndt E
Glad. Stockholm.