The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-10

en-" added Senator Brady, and we
shall get together. l was elected by
Republicans and ProgresSives, and L
represent all factions of the party, but
am a Republican.
The restoration to the Wyandotte
Indians of their tribal cemetery, COM
prising about a square of land in the
center of Kansas City, is assured by
action taken by the senate this week,
at the request of Senator Charles Cur
tbs. The bill passed both houses after
being amended. Congressman Tag
CART of Kansas had charge of the bill
in the house.
Several years ago paragraph was
put into the Indian appropriation bill
authorizing the transfer of the bodies
inferred in the cemetery to other
burial places and the sale of this
ancient Indian burying ground. Proud
descendants of the Wyandotte tribe
stood guard over the graves, however,
and prevented the carrying out of the
law. Since then continued effort has
been made to get congress to repeal
the legislation
Congressman Dan Anthony has a
bill directing the secretary of the
treasury to pay to James Stanton of
Leavenworth the sum of $1,912.40 for
extra work performed by Mr.. Stanton
ment, dated June s, 1908, in grading,
paving curbing and rock hauling on
Grant avenue Fort Leavenworth.
President Taft has nominated four
more Kansas -postmasters for reap
pointment They are Clarence P. Dut-
ton at McCracken; Maude McElheny,
Louisburg; Harry B. Price, Cherokee;
Clark c. Thomas, Moran.
The president also nominated
Henry L. Cooper to be postmaster at
Eldorado, Kan, in place of Alice
Murdoch, who was removed from Of
flee.
Senator Joe Bristow is one of the
perfectly good watch dogs of the
treasury. He is always on the job in
the senate when pet measures are
proposed wherein appropriations are
provided for to decorate" or beau
tify' some government property out
in the states.
Senator Swanson of Virginia, as a
member of the committee on the Ii
brary of the senate, made favorable
report on a bill providing for the
erection of a statue to John Marshall
in the new million-dollar federal
building now nearing completion at
Richmond, Va, the old capital city of
Confederacy.
Senator Bristow raised objection to
the measure, and wanted to know
where this statue was to be erected.
either in a state building or a federal
be placed in the new government
building by Senator Martin of Vir-
ginia.
81 may want to offer some amend
ments to the bill. There are some
statues which I should like to have
erected out in Kansas. I ask that the
bill may go over And the bill did
go over.
The senate has bills granting the
following KanSanS increased pensions:
Henry Basemann, increased to So
from the amount he is now receiving;
Mrs Victoria L. McHone, $40; Mrs.
Georgiana Packard, $24.
For the first time in many years,
the Kansas contingent in Washington
did not celebrate Kansas day, Jan
uary %, this year. Evidently inter-
est and pride of state interest is wan
ming among the SunfIowers here.
Even the Kansas State association
here has not had a meeting for two
years.
It is confidently expected that
Washington will have the largest
crowd here on inauguration than ever
before, or since Cleveland's first in
duction in office. The leading hotels
have sold out their quarters at more
than double the regular rates two or
three weeks ago.
Among Kansas visitors in Washing
ton are ]. H. White of Abilene, Fred
S. Galland of PaoIa and Benjamin
Dillon of Arkansas City.
Bank of Topeka.
Savings accounts now ready.