Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 5, 1911, Page 8

—~ j 7 4 i | ~ ‘ » ST. PAUL MAN TRANSFERRED sueceeps GHAUNGEY DEPEW ltE/*; a — DRASTIC ACTION —(’GORMAN LANDS IN MAIL SERVICE NEW YORK TOGA Postmaster General Begins Re- Supreme Court Justice Elected organization Work. United States Senator. | Norman Perkins Becomes Superintend- ent of Washington Division, With Headquarters at Seattle. | Protracted Struggle in Empire State Brought to a Close by Selection of Tammany Hal! Man. Washington, April 1.—Drastic ac- Albany, N. Y., April 1—Supreme oe GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW weowespAY, APRIL 5, 1911. CHANGE NEEDED ECONOMY PLANS IN ARMY PLAN MEAN TROUBLE Scattering of Troops In Little Posts Is Wrong, {Gil LOSS OF TIME. DEMOCRATS SEEKING PLACES. Democ:= =. In the House Are Moving Cautiously to Avoid Making Mistakes That Will Hurt the Party—Champ | Prevailed | Clark Says Harmony H. Since Caucus of Year Ago. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. ¢ion was taken by Postmaster General Hitchcock in effecting a reorganization ef the railway mail service. A round dozen of changes of the most impor- tant officers in the service were made by Mr. Hitchcock as a result of long and careful investigation and thorough consideration. | Theodore Ingalls of Kentucky, su- perintendent of the division of rural mails, was appointed general superin- | tendent of the railway mail service at | 34,000 a year, in succession to Alexan- | der Grant, who was transferred to St. Paul, Minn., as a division superintend- ent, a demotion to $3,000 a year. Norman Perkins, division superin- tendent at St. Paul, becomes superin- tendent of the Washington division, | Mercetittee vier oriniak At the close of a day of almost con- pointed chief clerk of the Cincinnati; timuous negotiations the insurgents @ivision, vice A. J. Ball, reduced to| ¢apitulated and Justice O'Gorman was railway postal clerk. elected. A few minutes before the bal- | Democrat, of New York city, was elect- | ed United States senator by the legis- lature after the most protracted strug- gle over this position ever held in the | Empire state. On the final ballot, the | sixty-fourth, he received 112 votes to | 80 cast for Chauncey M. Depew, whose term expired March 4. The result was in doubt almost to the minute of recording the votes, !ewing to the uncertainty as to how many of the Democratic insurgents, who for over two months had prevent- ed an election because of their opposi- | tion to William F, Sheehan, would en- | ter the second caucus, which had been adjourned from day to day since Mon- day. | Court Justice James A. O'Gorman, | Washingten, April ~ {thing which the movement of troops |to the Mexican border has demonstra- ted, which may result in a great saving in the cost of maintaining the army and increasing its efficiency, is the ne- cessity of abolishing all the smail mil- |itary posts throughout the country and centralizing the army at convenient points where the officers and men can | Peceive training and instruction in their profession and where the troops will |be available in case of need. were issued before the troops from one of the biggest western posts could even get started. Other scattered posts were not much better. Army officers are convinced that the Texas move- ment will show that troops can be handied more efficiently and with a great reduction in the cost per regi- ment in large camps than in the widely separated commands ASpecial.J—One | | It was nine days after: the pers: | ‘Eftort to Gut House Patronage Finds Opponents. Chairman Lloyd Says Democratic Con- | gressmen Will Have Only About $2,- 000 Apiece to Reward Followers. Progressive Republicans Issue State- | ments Telling What They Have Done. | Washington, April ~.— [Special.J]— Next to tariff legislation the most im- portant matter the Democrats have to | consider js economy. And right at the | outset the question arises as to wheth- | er economy is really popular. “In the country,” remarked Con- | @ressman Lloyd of Missouri, who may ‘be called upon to make the first econ- |omy move, “in districts like mine economy is popular, and the people ‘believe in H. In the cities they laugh | at you when you talk economy.” | It ts expected that Mr. Lloyd will , be designated to distribute the patron- | age of the house, and there is talk of | cutting it down about $150,000, which makes: the problem much more diff- eult. Of course it will be a saving, ‘ot there is still a question whether iguch a saving will attract any par- ‘ticular attention. Certainly it wit Rot be popular with the army of Dem- | ocrats who came to Washington ex- By ARTHUR W. OUNN. | Atlanta Official Removed. Clyde M. Reed, division superintend- | ent at Cleveland, was appointed super- | intendent of the Cincinnati division, to | succeed Charles Rager, who was de- pmoted and appointed chief clerk of the | Atlanta division, in place of John F. Blodgett, removed. John C. Koons, postoffice inspector fm the Washington division, was ap-| pointed railway mail superintendent in eharge of the Cleveland division. George G. Thomson, formerly super- intendent division of supplies, postof- ice department, and now inspector in charge at Austin, Tex., was appointed superintendent of the division of rural mails, in succession to Mr. Ingalls. Charles B. Anderson, inspector in @harge at St. Louis, will succeed Mr. Thomson as inspector in charge at Austin, and Inspector George Daniel ef the New York division was appoint- lot was cast Justice O’Gorman’s resig- nation from the bench was filed at the office of the secretary of state as a constitutional provision would have Prohibited his election while holding the office of justice of the supreme court. Dix Expresses Gratification. Wild applause marked the end of the long contest and the legislature, driven from the state capitol by Wednesday’s fire, quickly adopted a resolution adjourning until April 17. Governor Dix expressed gratification at the result. Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam- many Hall, who for weeks has been striving to bring about the election of Mr. Sheehan, expressed himself as highly pleased at the outcome. James A. O’Gorman has long been one of the most prominent members |of Tammany Hall. He has been one Democrats Are Warned. The Democrats of the house are mov- ing along cautious times so as not to | pecting to get good jobs in the Demo- }eratic house. | i verify the oft repeated assertion that | Misleading Statements. i the Republicans could always depend | Chairman Lioyd says he has been | upon the blunders of thelr opponents in | @eatly hampered by misteading state- | time of need. It ts the intention of j Mente which have been published to jthe Democrats to avoid that sort of | the effect that there was at the dis- performance in the present congress. | P0sal of each Democratic member They intend: to conduct themselves go | @bout $4,000 worth of house patron- ag to. inspire confidence. j age when in reality there is enly about At least that is the declaration of , $2,000 to each member. the leaders, who are moving with ex: |’ If a saving of $150,000 is to be made treme caution. Champ Clark points / it will reduce the patronage of each out that since a cancus ef Democrats | man to about $1,100, which is not | held more than a year ago there has | much to offer a dozen or more anxious {mever been a party more united than | political henchmen.» the Democrats of the honse. No such}! Republican members of the house harmony was ever displayed, be says, | ‘were not very anxtous for the minority ; as the caucus of the present house last’| leadership. “There is a great deal of ; i winter. No lines have been drawn’}-dgmamite , in the place and not very 'against the men who did not support | Much power or glory,” remarked Con- ithe party two years ago, and the bit- | sressman Weeks of Massachusetts. i terness of that contest seems to have | Who received many offers of support | { POOPED ODODE ODP E POMPEI Dara Debabertrcedtee etnies teat 4 inspector in charge at St. Louis. “Phe affairs of the railway mail serv- 4ee were overhauled thoroughly by Mr. Miteheock personally and the outcome jests when, at the age of twenty-one, ts ‘the most sweeping change ever | Lis eloquence was credited with hav- made in the history of the railway jing saved a doubtful assembly dis-/ mail service. * | ertet, ~ HOLD THEIR CAUCUS | cies of the Democratic party and will {join hands with President Taft in Agree on Program for Extra Session of Congress, |of its foremost orators for thirty | years, having established his reputa- tion as a public speaker in its inter- | urging reciprocity with Canada and | | the fortification of the Panama canal. | | ca SS cia | | | DEATH LIST REACHES 144 | Unidentified Victims in New York Fire Down to Fourteen. New York, April 1—The death of jeeree Kupla, a sixteen-year-old girl | a . who jumped from the eighth floor of fl Speen cage sccoea (te Asch building during Saturday’s smd |fire horror, brought the list of vic- wpon the following legislative pro-| tims up to a total of 144. gram for the extra session of con-; The identification of another girl’s gress. Committees will not report,| body by a strange arrangement of but- unless hereafter directed by caucus | tons on her shoe brought the list of upon any subjects except the follow. Unnamed down to fourteen. There ing: ' | Seems little chance of further identifi- Canadian reciprocity agreement,|eation and the charities board has general tariff legislation and legisla-, made arrangements to bury them in the cemetery of Evergreens in a plot disappeared. Proposed Legisiation. It may not be the intention of this session of congress to enact legislation outside of the measures for which it was called, but there js ‘certainly an opportunity for a great deal of legisla- tion judging from the number of bills introduced. Nearly every senator and representative has reintroduced every bill which he had in the last congress which did not receive consideration. The new men not only have bills of their own, but they are on to the trick of bunting up the bills of their prede- cessors and introducing them. About 80,000 bills were introduced in the last house, but only a very few became laws. It is something awful to con template what would happen if all the congressmen could have their wishes and pass all the bills they introduce. “Hot Air,” Said Beurne. Senator Bourne, titular leader of the progressives, was seen emerging frow the committee room of Senator Crane, ‘the sitent but real leader of the regu- lars, if they have a leader. “What does this mean?” Bourne was asked, for it rests with Crane whether he or Bourne will be chairman of the committee en postoffices. “Hot air,” if he wanted the position. Painting With Pride. From time to tame the progressive ‘Republicans issue statements showing {what they and those working with ' them have accomplished in the way of | Political and legislative reforms. One ‘of the Jatest bulletins claims the ban- | ner for California, which has enacted | jin a three mofith#’ ‘session ‘more pro- gressive legislation than any other sim- | ‘flar assembly in the country. Nearly all the important measures were pass- | ed with substantial unanimity by both | parties. i | Next, it is pointed out that Governor | Woodrow Wilson is accomplishing | great good in effecting reform legisla- | thon in New Jersey. Allusion is made | to the progressive movement in Mas- | Sachusetts, where not only Republican | senators, but a Demoerat, Senator | Owen, is helping along the mew ideas. ; Los Angeles, Cal., and Seattle, Wash., | are cities which are named as baving | taken advanced steps toward the own | | ership and control of public franchises. © | The progressives have certainly been besy since they organized as a party. By Their First Names. | It is surprising how many senators eal each other by their first names. | ' } 6 ring hovers. tion affecting the revenue of the gov: | es . owned by the city. erpment. Blection of United States senators| Contributions to the relief fund to- by the people. | tal more than $58,000. Legislation relating to the publicits of the campaign contributions before [BUCKET SHOPPING UPHELD and after elections. TeMaeses Reapportionment of the house o. | Judge Holds It Lawful in District of representatives. Columbia. Resolutions ef imquiry amd resolu-| Washington, tions touching the investigation ef ex-| shopping” in the District of Columbia ecutive departments. | is a lawful oceupation, aecording to a Admission of New Mexico and Ari- decision handed down by Justice gena to statehood. | Wright in the District supreme court, Any deficiency bills that must be| and, as a result, the widespread eru- e@onsidered. sade waged by the department of jus- Legislation relating to the District | tice to end the practice in nearly a of Columbia. | half score of cities threatens te come After prolonged discussiea the cau | to naught. cus adopted an economy program, Justice Wright based his decision en which, in detail, includes the abolish-| the ground that the amendment to the ment of six of the standing commit-| eode defining “bucketing” is unconsti- tees—wilitia, private land claims, | tutional because it deprives citizens of Paeific railroad levees and improve-|the liberty to contract guaranteed ments of the Mississippi river, ventila | them by the Constitution. @ien and acoustics and manufactures. The pruning policy will cut out | nearly one-third of the house employes | and the saving may amount te $18@,- 000. i} . i MANN CHOSEN FLOOR LEADER Iinois Solon Unanimous Choice of SRS un ease wees Republican Caucus. E| | Washington, April 4—Representa- HALF A DOZEN PERSONS DEAD | tive James R. Manm of Illinois was Forty Others Injured When Cyclone | reel ‘casa oe ss Wipes Out Town. | publieans im the heuse of representa- Mobile, Ala, April 1—A death list! gives at a caucus. He was proposed of six and ferty injured sums up the!¢, the caueus by former Speaker Jo- result ef a cyclone that wiped the| geoph G Canuom and received the sup- towa ef Gainesville, Monroe county | port of the regulars and those pro said Bourne. “1 have simply been get- | Instead of the once formal “Mr.” by ting Murray's bet air for a few min- ; whieh each senator addressed a fellow utes. That is all you wi get in there.” Member we now have the more fa- And there was just the faimtest twin- | Millar Christian name or its abbrevia- from the map. Mere than 160 buildings were torn down and trees and crops were up. reoted by the furious wind that cut a swath 200 feet wide across the county. The victims were killed in collaps- i | | Bressives who were present. Chairman Underwood of the Demo- cratic ways and means committee wil, ae the result of the action by the Re publicans, confer with Mr. Mann as to the filling of the RepubMcan places a8 of the committees, a kle of an eye on Bourne’s part, about as near as he comes te giving a hint of what he is thinking. | Jim Mann’s Query. sine writer and Jim Mann of Chicage happened te meet one day last week, ‘and the Democrat said: “Jim, you had better be careful of the company you keep. Dida’t you no- | tice what Roosevelt has te say about the muckrakers?” “Has Teddy been criticising the oth er muckrakers?” asked Mana grimly And the ether two just grinned. Hoodoo Committee. | The western senator who seeks a Place on the District of Columbia com- mittee is doomed te defeat. Among the men from the west whe have | Deen defeated in the last few years whe were members ef that committee |are Hansbrough ef North Dakota, Long of Kansas, Burkett ef Nebras- ka and Carter of Montana. Severa! other senators would like to have & | place on the committee, but they might | find that it meams a short service in | | the senate. Good Fer Texas. “Have you made any protest te the | $ederal authorities about the invasion of the Lone Star State by 20,000 Unit- ed States troops?” was a question dressed to John Garner, who is a xood deal of a southerner, but more of 4 politician. “They ace spending half a millior | dollars a month in Texas to maintain ihat army.” he replied. “Do you sup powe we are going te ebject to that’ —totorhnnenmn Attn tenen. om. Pawns! | thon. | “Bob” meams La Follette when sen- | ators are speaking of the Wisconsia | Senator, but he is “Robert” when they | are addressing him personally. “Jona- March 31.—“Bucket | A Democratic congressman, @ Maga-| 01 ic used in speaking to or about | Bourne ef Oregon, and Clapp is cated | “Miose” by nearly al his tmtimate | friends. “Albert” is the way the ia- | timate personal friends of Cummins | Speak ef him. and Nelson of Minneso- j ta is often called “Knute,” although only those whe know that the Nor- | Wegians never countenance a silent | “K” sound that letter. | lverybody cals Crane “Murray,” but enly the most intimate friends of Lodge address him as “Cabot.” “Mack” has always meant McCember, who was the “Mc” im the senate until McLean came from Connecticut. Senator Cul- | lom is ‘“‘Unele Shelby” to most of the | Senators, and Smith ef Michigan is | “William Alden” to everybody. Many | speak of “Joe” Bailey, while Wiitams | will always be “John Sharp” exeept on | Most formal occasions. | Missouri Mules Again. | | Richard Guenther, who was a con- | Bressman twenty-five years ago ana is now consul general at Cape Town, uas | the most esteemed consideration of Speaker Clark. Im a recent repert ‘Guenther indorses in glowing terms the Missouri mule. A recent shipment | 48 pronouneed to be the finest ever seen in South Africa, and the pur- ebaser stipulated that none but Mis- souzi mules should be sent to btm. Net only are the Missour! mules O. K. | fm appearance, but they are good sall-_ @rs, standing the trip acregs the at! At nn nA eel 4 pons? a gee" ea Pests Gr ehonectratoatend> patente sfeateatpatonteareetontratpetenteezeetnt WHEN IN NEED OF JOB PRINTING CALL ON OR CALL UP THE Herald-Review Bring in your idea and we'll do the rest and guarantee good neat work. 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