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TALK ON BUBWAKB
M'ANBSTS VIEWS.
j , ■ ■■'*-, V-i£
' Favors Plan of Assessment on
.Benefited Property.
• V? sutways built with money derived
tiv cr in part from assessments on
25* property in district* served by
** t"oaal transportation facilities as a
r«ible alternative to taking the neces
lln- funds from the city treasury was
chested by George McAneny. president
• of the Borough of Manhattan and former
crescent of the City Club, of New York.
In an address yesterday before the Good
Citizenship Forum of the Unitarian Church
of the Messiah, 34th street and Park ave
-We are facing a situation in which
definite lack of funds for the making of a
tetter city must be taken into considera
tion" said Mr. McAneny. "The city has
reached a point where we find something
Id the nature of a stone wall ahead of us
in the new constitutional debt limit. My
plea would, therefore, be for patience
upon the part of those who may feel that
we do not accomplish all that ought to be
accomplished.
"Many betterments, a greater portion
of which are needed, have been proposed,
but at an expense of many millions of
dollars, which the city has not in hand to
Epe-.d. and because we are near that limit
ot borrowing capacity all of the money
needed to do all that we wan*, to do prob
ebly cannot be borrowed. We cannot pro
duce ideal conditions. Therefore I ask
tolerance and indulgence in viewing what
we are about to try to accomplish.
"There is every evidence that the Board
of Estimate and Mayor intend to work in
perfect harmony, and we are determined
to work along business lines. We also are
determined to look cad to the wonderful
city New York Is to become in ten or
twenty years. We are going to travel
with something in the nature of a chart
as a definite guide In spending money for
etch object, with relation to its compara
tive relation to all other objects. Here
tofore the city has had a haphazard way
of spending its funds that has taken little
account of millions or of the relative Im
portance of things.
PLAX OF ECONOMY.
"One of the first steps taken by the new
administration will be to call for a cor
porate stock budget so that we may look
ahead tad compare all future -expenditures
with relation to their parts. We have also
called for .accurate figures as to our re
sources. With these two sets of figures at
hand we will cut according to our cloth
and have a definite plan to work by with
our eyes open. We will also have a guid
ance for economy alons certain lines. We
•'-ar.r.ot go wholly on credit- We must
rr.eet some of cur pressing needs through
taxation and through economy in the mon
eys raised through taxation.
"Our idea of economy is not to rush in
tr.c cut salaries and to make a temporary
fhew of saving. By standardizing the pur
chase of supplies and working toward a
central purchasing: agency system we be
lieve we may save millions of dollars a
year. In the past the buying has been
done indiscriminately by seventy different
agencies: as one result, for instance, the
prices paid for ccal of the same grade have
varied as much as $1 a ton.
"I found D the Borough of Manhattan
that tie city ice employes were working
from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4
o'clock ia the afternoon, with an hour off
for luncheon — six hours a day. I have
c.-T.e tte tours to S until 5. lam told
that H the last hour wears on some find
dUEcalty in keeping busy. Of course, there
will be some Joppir.g off. 3.. .
SCHOOLS AXD PLAYGROUNDS.. ,. ' V
"When we call all the world to send its
rzen and women and children here, it be
ccrr.es :he du:y ef the city to show them
how to live, even show the men how to
work and the children how to .play. I
therefore believe in emphasizing ic^our bud
getary allowances those provisions that will
make for social betterment, for proper liv
irg conditions, adequate schools, mere baths,
more snail irks and playgrounds.
"With a proper allowance for the Tene
ment Department it will cost very little
more to have It in the future perform all
the functions it should perform. The
Kneel buildings should be made to serve
the uses of the people throughout the entire
day instead -: during only a part of the
lay There is some opportunity, too, in
the plan of roof playgrounds. Such things
may ell be carried out with trifling appro
priations additional to what has been .spent
ff v.*e apply the saving from wastefulness
to points like these."
Mr. McAnc-ny told of many suggestions
he bad received, notably one to place clocks
all over town so chat the citizens might
ret the right time He spoke of improving
the paving, .and -then went into the ques
tion cf snbways.
"The uppermost reed is, of course, as it
has heea fnr years past, more subways."
he said. "The routes approved by the
courts, gridironir.g the city In various dl
rections, but all eventually necessary.
T-oul:; cost $400,000,000. Those that are
T-o-x urged as an immediate necessity in
clude the Broadway-Lexington avenue line
and. the new .r; In Brooklyn. These
would nCOSt %1 4 55, 000,000.
"The amount released for subway pur
poses by the constitutional amendment
arlopied at the late election will be le-s
than $50,000,000 at the present time. It
seems very '.ear. therefore, that with
other current needs to meet as well every
locality that wants a subway cannot get
It at .once. The people must keep that in
mind.
CITY CLUB'S PLAN.
Q mms be well, too, to keep in mind
the possible feasibility and the plan to
6 some lii either wholly or in part
• g propert ' '- The
romoted the pas a?e
of a Mil i • ■be c:ty to fol
■ if (t ■•»;=:.• • 7; ; ere is
one advantage in that plan. It
• way .!": furnish*
I It would settle
of which routes
arfc to be t Tr.c various in
tere -.• c Localities would, in short, in a
• that question for them
selves.
"I believe that some organizations of
property owners In Queens and Brooklyn
have already expressed their will to fol
low this method anl practically asked for
it — that ie to meet assessments prorated
according to benefits on each lot in a pro
posed subway zone. Investigation made
last year showed that the increase In the
assessed valuation of the section tribu
SEE WASHINGTON
THE NATION'S CAPITAL
THE T)A & Iff WA SHIJSG TOff
(From The Tribune Hurpau. 1
Washington. Jan. 9. — History was made
fast in Washington last week, and Sunday
came as a grateful lull in a strenuous
period. Tho rn-irtfnfs message on the
interstate commerce law and the Sherman
anti-trust law, the introduction of the
resolution providing for an investigation
of the Ballinger-Pmchot controversy, the
Attorney General's brief on the Glavis
charges. Mr. Pinchot's letter, made public
by Senator Dolliver; President Taff ; re
moval of Pinchot and two of his subordi
nates, the "ins-urgent" victory in the
House. Governor Hughes's body blow to
the income tax amendment and a number
of less Important events have contributed
to the livliest week the Taft administra
tion has thus far experienced, and polti
cians and officials all welcomed the breath
ing spell afforded by the day of rest, espe
cially as there is aoundant prospect of an
interesting week to come, although prob
ably a less exciting one.
Much has been written and more has
been said regarding conservation, but did
you ever undertake to define the term?
Probably not The man who has is the ex
ception. Of course, many people have an
idea of what conservation means, "in a
broad sense." but when they undertake to
explain their idea they find that It is in
the broadest possible sense. The fact is
that it Is almost impossible to find any two
men who will agree on the meaning of the
term, whether they be its advocates or its
opponents, and it has practically remained
for President Taft to give an authoritative
definition. This he is expected to do in his
message which will be submitted to Con
gress probably to-morrow, certainly this
week, and it is generally expected that In
his careful, painstaking manner he will out
line a. policy which will hereafter be ac
cepted as constituting conservation in it?
official sense, whether that be broader than
seme of its advocates would wish or nar
rower than conforms to the views of others.
John Stuart Mill declares that intelligent
discussion is Impossible without a clear un
derstanding of the terms employed, and it
is entirely possible that Mr. Taft's official
definition of the term will remove in larsre
part the misunderstandings which have at
tended the use of the term and the discus
sion of the policy.
The Jones resolution, providing for the
forthcoming investigation of the Ballinger-
Plnchot controversy, will be taken up in
the Senate to-morrow, and will doubtless
be amended to conform to the views of
the House in so far as the election of the
House members of the committee is con
cerned. It is doubtful, however, if the Sen
ate will accept the Poindexter amendment,
which provides that those involved In the
controversy may ke represented by coun
sel. Representative Poindexter, although
coming from Judge Ballinger's state, is an
ardent Pinchot man. and it was at the
wish of the ex-forester that he secured
the adoption of this amendment. The Sen
ate has provided that the committee may
employ its own counsel, which is intended
to forestall employment of counsel by those
investigated. On the other hand, the
friends of Mr. Pinchot declare that he
and his associates, including Mr. Glavis,
will be represented by the best counsel
rncney can employ, and it is intimated that
all the funds of the National Conservation
Commisson will be at the disposal of Mr.
Pinchot for this purpose. It is the view
of Senators, however, that a committee
composed largely of lawyers, and with
counsel of its own, can conduct a much
fairer and more satisfactory investigation
than would foliovr if those interested were
represented ,by paid counsel, whose task
it would be to becloud the issues and to
circumvent the full and free inquiry, with
constant insistence on rules of evidence
and the rights of their clients
When the House meets to-morrow it will
doubtless continue its deliberations on the
Military Appropriation bill, but should the
Senate amend the HumDhrey resolution, as
seems probable, the lower chamber would
doubtless intemiDt its consideration of the
appropriation bill long enough to send the
Humphrey resolution to conference. It is
expected, therefore, that the Ballinger-
Pinchot investieation will begin before the
close of this week. The leaders estimate
that It will require two or three days more
to complete the military bill, and It will
be, according to present plans, Immedi
ately followed by the fortifications bill,
which will be reDorted to-morrow. The
District of Columbia acDropriation bill has
already gone to the Senate, where its con
sideration will be undertaken as 6oon as
the District Committee completes Its la
tary to the present subway north of 96th
street equalled from two to three times
the entire cost of the enterprise."
EASTERN DISTRICT SUBWAY.
League Makes Public Its Plan for Pri
vate Construction.
At the request of the Public Service Com
mission, relative to the bids for construc
tion of the subways, the Eastern District
Subway League has made public the de
tails of its plan for transit relief by means
of a connecting subway, which is to be
constructed by private capital subscribed
in the Eastern District. A number of capi
talists in the district have formed a com
pany and have asked for full particulars
regarding bids for construction work «n
the Broadway-Stuyvesant-Lafayette bridge
loop and Broadway-Lexington avenue sub
way in Manhattan, as they contemplate
using both systems in conjunction with the
connecting subway they purpose to con
ftruct with private capital. They propose
operating a complete belt line in a tri
borough system, running no further north
than 59th street. Manhattan, and no further
south than City Hall, with six short lines
between Brooklyn. Queens and Manhattan.
The new company hopes to obtain a
franchise to operate and construct a sub
way from Stuyvesant avenue at Broadway,
through Bushwick avenue. Humboldt
street. Manhattan avenue and Jackson ave
nue. Long Icland City; over Queensboro
Bridge through East 59th street to Lex
ington avenue, connecting there with the
Broadway-Lexington avenue subway in
Manhattan.
MASS FOR CARDINAL SATOLLI.
Cardinal Satoll's funeral is to take place
In Rome on Tuesday, and simultaneously
In St. Patrick's Cathedral a special funeral
mass will be held, with Archbishop Farley
as the celebrant. Prayers were said for
tne Card nal in all the Catholic churches
yesterday.
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NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY, JANTARY 10, WfiO.
bors. The Secretary of State will appeal
before the Foreign Affairs Committee to
morrow to furnish the information needed
for the framing of the diplomatic and con
sular bill. Renresentative Hamilton, chair
man of the Committee on Territories, ex
pects his committee to take favorable ac
tion on the statehood bill on Tuesday, so
that it may be ready for consideration at
the pleasure of the House leaders. This
bill will, of course, grant separate state
hood to Arizona and New Mexico, in ac
cordance with the pledge of the Republican
national platform and the recommendation
in the President's annual message.
The difficulty experienced by the Secre
tary of the Navy in convincing the House
Committee on Naval Affairs that the sev
eral navy yards should be conducted pri
marily as adjuncts to t.'ie fleet, instead of
as independent manufacturing plants, is the
occasion of no little surprise to the Presi
dent and to many experts on naval mat
ters. Those who have given most study to
the welfare and fUvolopmont of the navy
seized on the -consistent determination to
make all things promothe of the efficiency
of the fleet as the strongest feature of the
Meyer-Swift plan of reorganization. Ex-
Secretary Newberry found himself con
fronted in the navy yards with a condition
where bureaucracy had been developed to
its highest dimensions, and in his effort
to correct this evil he naturally went some
what to the opposite extreme. The Meyer-
Swift plan retains all that was good in the
Newberry reorganization, and rejects only
enough to bring it into harmony with the
fundamental purpose of promoting the effi
ciency of the fleet. That it should require
any protracted argument to convince mem
bers of Congress assumed to be familiar
with naval conditions that such central pur
pose is highly desirable is /egarded by Mr.
Taft, and by naval experts generally, as
inexplicable.
Advices from Berlin received here to
day through unofficial channels, strikingly
confirm the announcement made in this
column several days ago that the greatest
obstacle to harmonious tariff relations
with that empire is the insistence by the
agrarians on undue discrimination against
American meat?. In this respect the For
eign Office finds itself confronted by a del
icate, not to say awkward, situation. Un
able to command popular support for a di
rect tariff on imports of this character, the
government has not hesitated to inculcate
wholly erroneous ideas regarding the
healthf ulness of American meats and meat
products, and now that it is confronted by
an insistent demand from the United
States for a removal of these unjust dis
criminations it finds itself face to face
with the alternative of stultifying its for
mer declarations or outraging what may
be termed the hygienic sense of its citi
zens, and, of course, incurring the grave
displeasure of the agrarians. The Ger
man Ambassador in Washington is doing
his utmost to obviate conflict, and has
handled the situation with marked ability
and justice, but his efforts are seriously
hampered by the conditions in Berlin.
Secretary BaUir.ger, when he returned
from his long tour of inspection, announced
his purpose to correct certain grave evils he
had discovered en the Indian reservations.
He has now taken the first step in that di
rection by suspending John D. Benedict,
superintendent of Schools for the Five Civil
ized Tribes, and a number of his assistants,
pending further investigation. Judge Bal
linger charges that Mr. Benedict has 1 per
mitted the schools to fall into a disgrace
ful condition, that he has sustained busi
ness relationships in Oklahoma incompat
ible with his service as superintendent, and
that certain supervisors have seriously
neglected their duty in the enforcement of
school contracts. Mr. Ballinger has at
tacked these evils with characteristic de
termination, and it is a safe prediction that
vastly improved conditions will obtain in
the Indian service before his administra
tion Is many months older
The American Civic Association, which
was largely instrumental in securing legis
lative limitation on the amount of water
which may be taken from the Niagara
River for commercial purposes, and which
recently moved its headquarters to Wash
ington, has determined to devote a share of
its energies to securing legislation creating
a national park at Niagara Falls. As Sec
retary Taft put the seal "of his approval on
this movement before he was elected Presi
dent, and as he is still heartily in favor
of it, the association maintains that this
may be regarded, as an integral part of
"the* Taft policies." G. G. H.
CARDINAL HONORED.
Statesmen, Churchmen and
Laymen Greet Gibbons.
Washington. Jan. 9.— ln accordance with
his annual custom. Cardinal Gibbons, the
highest dignitary of the Catholic Church in
America, visited St. Patrick's Parish in
Washington to-day. On former occasions
the visitation was celebrated by a reception
in which nrom-nent members of the Cath
olic Church took part but the greeting
given the Cardinal to-day went far beyond
a purely Catholic ceremony, and diploma
tists, staesmen and other men prominent in
public life of every faith took part in the
ceremonies.
Although no time has been fixed unalter
ably for the visit of the Cardinal, the sec
ond Sunday in January is the usual time,
and it has become known as "Cardinal's
Day." The Cardinal arrived in Washington
from Baltimore last evening and was taken
to the rectory of St. Patrick's, where he
was entertained by the Rev. William T.
Russel.
The ceremonies consisted of early mass,
then hiih mass at 11 o'clo-k, followed by a
reception at the rectory and a luncheon.
St. Patrick's Church was filled long before
11 o'clock, ani on the sidewalk and in the
street rutside was a crowd which greatly
outnumbered those who were fortunate
enough to get inside the church.
The procession of priests attending the
Cardinal was drawn from other churches in
the city, from Holy Cross Academy and tht>
Catholic University of America. As he en
tered the church the audience arose and
continued standing until the Cardinal was
seated under a red canopy at the left of
the altar, beside Father Russel, the rector.
The sermon was Drouched by the Rev. Ed
ward A Page, prcfe= u or of philosophy at
the Catholic University, who had as his
theme Hie dutip.s of the new year. The
musical uroenimme was one of the most
beautiful ever given in connection with a
church ceremony in Washington.
A reception was held at the rectory at
noon, and those who attended and shook
hands with the Cardinal numbered several
thousand. Following the reception, which
Is '•■ ■ for more than an hour, the aged
prelate said that he wns not in the least
fatigued. The Cardinul never lost his
characteristic smile as the people filed be
fore him.
The guests at the luncheon, which was
given by the rectory for the Cardinal, in
cluded the Italian Ambassador, the Aus
trian Ambassador, the ministers from
Sweden. Chill, the Netherlands and Spain;
Speaker Cannon, Senators Elklns, Bever
iilge, Carter, Overman and Taylor: Asso
ciate Justices White and McKennu. of the
United States Supreme Court; Representa
tives. Oould< Pomes, Fitzgerald and 01
cott, of NSW York, and 'RansdeU, of Louisi
ana; Dr. M. 1 Bgan, American Minister. to
Denmark; Churles \v. Ilus»ell. American
Minister to Persia; a number of hl^h offi
cers of th* army and navy, many clergy
men and several government officials.
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Cannon and Leaders Ask Sen
ate to Respect Vote.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington, Jan. 9. — Speaker Cannon and
the House leaders have informed the Re
publican leaders in the Senate that they
desire the wish of the House respected in
the matter of electing members of the com
m.ttee to investigate the Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy. It was learned to-day that
the Senate Committee on Public Lands,
which reported the Jones resolution in such
form as to give the Speaker authority to
appoint the committee, took this action be
cause it had not been officially informed
as to the preference expressed by the House.
It is understood that an agreement has
been reached by the Senate leaders xhat
the resolution will be amended in the Senate
so as to make it conform to that passed
by the House.
Mr. Cannon has made it clear that he
places the dignity of the House above per
sonal considerations, and his friends say
that he is only too glad to be relieved from
the responsibility of appointing the com
mittee.
Representative Fitzgerald, of New York,
the only Democrat who voted with the or
ganization on Friday, announced to-day
that he would change his vote if the Senate
sent the resolution back to the House with
a provision that the Speaker appoint the
committee. In this change he would un
doubtedly be Joined by a number of
Republicans. In fact, it would not be sur
prising if the resolution were rejected by
a unanimous vote.
"Should the Senate return the Joint reso
lution," Mr. Fitzgerald said to-day, "with
the provision that the Speaker appoint the
committee, I shall offer a resolution to re
turn it to the Senate on the ground that it
is an Invasion of the constitutional prerog
atives of the House. Personally, I favor
the appointment of all committees by the
Speaker. At every proper opportunity I
shall urge this procedure. In this instance,
however, the House in the exercise of its
unquestioned rights has decided that its
members on the joint committee of investi
gation shall be elected by the House and
not appointed by the Speaker. As it is a
matter affecting its own procedure, its ac
tion should be acquiesced in by all other
persons and bodies."
OAR-FIELD LAUDS PINOHOT
A Great Loss to the National Govern
ment, He Says.
Cleveland. Jan. 9.— Gifford Pinchot, dis
missed Chief Forester, va- lauded to-day
in a public address by James R. Garfleld.
former Secretary of the Interior, as the
most active exponent of the Roosevelt poli
cies.
'•Gifford Pinchot. who has Just left the
service of the national government, is the
one man who perhaps worked the hardest
for the Roosevelt doctrine or conservation
of our natural resources and his principle
of equal opportunities for all," said Mr.
Garfield. "His departure from the national
service is one of the greatest losses the
national government has sustained in re
cent years."
Mr. Garfield expressed the opinion that
Mr. Pinchot's activities as a friend of the
conservation movement would be continued
as a private citizen.
DR. VAN HISE PRAISES PINCHOT.
St. Louis, Jan. 9.— "The name of Gifford
R. Pinchot will be at the top of the roll
when others are forgotten," said President
Charles R. Van Hise, of the University of
Wisconsin and member of the National
Conservation Commission, in an address
before the members of the Contemporary
Club last night. The tribute to Pinchot
followed the speaker's approval of the
Roosevelt administration on conservation
policy toward the country's resources.
A. F. POTTER'S PLANS.
Cheyenne, Wyo.. Jan. 9. — A, F. Potter,
on his way to Washington to succeed Gif
ford Pinchot as head of the Forestry Bu
reau, to-day said:
"I expect my relations with the West
ern interests to be most congenial. I de
sire to work in harmony with the live
stock associations, to promote the fullest
use of the national forest ranges, to foster
the 6tock interests and to promote the
general welfare of the West."
CORPORATION TAXES.
Waiting for Treasury Decision
as to Publicity.
Washington, Jan. 9.— Are the returns
made by corporations under the law impos
ing a tax or 1 per cent on their n~t incomes
to be open to inspection as public records?
The law says they are, and a decision soon
must be reached by Secretary MacVoagh as
to the latitude to be given in the interpre
tation of the statute.
Many inquiries have reached the Internal
Revenue Bureau on the subject. Some of
them are expressions of satisfaction that
an opportunity may be afforded to examln -
the operations of corporations, in which, the
writers say, though financially interested,
they have not been able to learn the extent
of their transactions or ascertain other in
formation of importance to stockholders.
Already corporations have complied with
the law in numerous cas-s, according to re
ports from various collectors. In som •
cases also checks have been inclosed for
the amount of the assessments, as calcu
'ated by the corporations sending tl.em.
The checks are d posited with the col
lectors' accounts. The assessments paid.
however, arc subject lo verification by the
commissioner's office, and if deficient the
difference will be collected.
The tax is not collectible before June, and
it is expected that a great number of the
larger corporations will defer making re
turns until the Supreme Court passes on the
constitutionality of the law.
HERMANN TRIAL EEGINS TO-DAY.
Former Congressman Was Indicted in
Public Lands Case.
Portland. Ore., Jan. 9. — B nurer Hermann,
who for sixteen years represented Oregon
in Congress and w;;s formerly CoflUttlasJos
er of the General Land Office, to-morrow
will face in the United States District
•'ourt a charge of conspiracy to defraud
the government of part of the public do
main.
The indictment under which he is to be
tried was returned on February 13. 1903,
and the conspiracy charged was the must
stupendr;u« la conception oi all the Oregon
land fraud cases Hermann was jointly
indicted with Senator John H. Mitchell.
Franklin Pierce Mays, furmer Deputy
United Stai .; Willard N. Jones,
George Sorenson and 11 A Smith Maya,
and Sorentior were ronvleted on
September v r . . v ell and
Smith died without com'ng to trial.
Pranci* J. rlena tor, a"d
others win repn ent thi government Her
mann will i ented by A. S. Worth
or Washington, and ex-Seiutu>r
Jolui M. Gearln, of Portland-
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year.
There were 7.202 Presidential postofflces on
July 1. 1909. Of this number 335 were first
class, an increase of 14: 1.707 were second
class, an increase of 112, and 5,097 were
third class, an increase of 230. The total
increase in the number o; Presidential of
fices was 356. There were 1,444 postofflces
established in the year and 2,004 were dis
continued, leaving 60.144 offices in operation
on June 30. 1909. In the year 1,526 post
masters were appointed at Presidential of
fices. At fourth class offices 9,161 posimast
ers were appointed.
Concerning the routine of his bureau, Dr.
Grandfield says:
The annual rate of expenditure for the
salaries of Presidential postmasters on
July 1, 19C9, was as follows: First class,
408,600; second class.- $4,012,400: third
class. $7,344,800. making a total of $12,765,500.
At the close of the fiscal year there were
1,978 assistant postmasters at first and sec
ond class offices, an increase- of 116. The
number of clerks at first and second class
offices increased from 28.220 to 29.930. and
the carrier force at city delivery offices
from 26,352 to 27,620, being a net increase
of 1,710 clerks and 1,268 carriers. ;
The retention of fourth class postmasters
during satisfactory service has become the
established practice of the department, and
the policy of recommending the reappcint
ment of Presidential postmasters who have
proved efficient has been followed consist
ently, with highly beneficial results. ••
It is recommended that the law be so
amended as to provide for the advancement
of an office of the fourth class to the
Presidential class whenever the compensa
tion of the postmaster amounts to $1,000
and the gross annual receipts to $1,900 for
four successive quarters. The offices that
would be affected by such a change in the
statute are mainly those located at sum
mer and winter resorts, where a large
business, equivalent to that of a Presi
dential office, Is transacted during one or
two q^urters.
In a number of cases, at rapidly growing
offices the salary of the assistant post
master is actually less than that allowed
the principal clerks, due to the operation
of the law governing the promotion of
clerks and carriers and the fact that the
npproprl->tl->n for assistant postmasters for
the current fiscal yenr does not provide an
adequate number of positions In certain
grades There should be a maximum and
minimum salary for assistant postmasters
fixed by law '' T> -' < sufficient latitude allowed
in the appropriation act to prevent this
anomalous condition. ; ' ..-V
Dr. Grandfield makes a strong argument
In favor, of thirty days' annual leave far,
clerk* and carriers in first class and sec
ond class offices. He adds: -
At the close of the risen 1 year there w*»re
7 "00 postotttces of the Presidential class.
Of this number 3,217, or 44.6 per cent, were
housed in leased quarters, for which the
annual rate of rental was- $2.72fi.803 On
June 30. 1901, there were CM offices located
in federal buildings, an Increase cf 15 dur
ing the year. It Is expected, however, that
this number will be largely augmented dur
ing th*» current fiscal year. On the date
last mentioned there were 3.m;? numbered
stations, 711 delivery stations and 241 branch
postofßces.
FOR NATIONAL BETTERMENT
Civic Headquarters at Washington Will
Urge Reform Legislation.
Washington, Jan. 9— Another altruistic
campaign is about to be launched from
\\ nrhlngton. General headquarters have
been established here in the I'nion Trust
liulldin? by the American Civic Associa
tion, and Richard H. Watrous, 'its secre
tary, who has been placed In charge, will
urge on Congress the enactment of legisla
tion of much public Interest. One of the
things aimed at is the creation of a na
tional park at Niagara Falls.
President Taft became a member of the
association when he was Secretary of War.
The regulation of billboards and the
abatement of the smoke nuisance are part
of the association's programme, and. while
it is deeply interested in the comprehensive
planning of cities, it also wages war on
mat 'Uiseas,*- carrying „M , -the house fly.
Both of the latter topics were generally
discussed at the recent convention held in
Cincinnati, and it mat ugreed to make a.
natlonul campaign -along both lines. The
association has also undertaken a cam
j>ai£n for a --aAfo and sane Fourth."
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BALLIXGER OUSTS 4.
Indian Officials Suspended Fol
lowing Inquiry.
Washington. Jan. 9.— Secretary Ballinger
of the Interior Department to-day sus
pended from office Superintendent John D.
Benedict of the five civilized tribes of Okla
homa and three supervisors as the re<= .!: ■'.
an investigation which has disclosed -a
disgraceful condition" affecting the mate
rial and moral we.fare.of the schools. The
suspended supervisors are Ca'vin Ballard.
of the Choctaw schools at McAlester: Fred
erick H. Umholtz, of th? Chickasaw
schools. Ardmore, and Walter Falwell. of
the Creek schools at Muscogee. Before any
further action is taken in their case the
four men will be allowed to make answer
to the Secretary of the Interior as to the
charges against them.
As a result of the Investlga'ion which the
Interior Department has bev-n carrying on
for some time, and which will be continues.
other officials of the Indian service may
suffer a similar fate to that of Superin
tendent Benedict and the three supervisors
suspended to-day.
Thß investigation which resulted in to
day's action was ordered because of vari
ous reports reaching the department here
charging the suspended officials, as well as
others, with activities which It was thought
were Improper for government employes.
From the report made in the case it ap
pears that Superintendent Benedict is con
nected with certain interests in Oklahoma
which have more or less business with the
Indians, which relationship. It was believed,
was wholly incompatible with his service as
superintendent. He had permitted the
school.^, it was reported, to fall into a dis
graceful condition, and the supervisors
had neslicted their duties in the enforce
ment of school contracts and in matters
affecting the material and moral conditions
surrounding the conduct of the schools.
Secretary Balliagor and Commissioner
Valentine of the Indian Office announce
that the investigation of conditions sur
rounding the schools, although no: con
ducted publicly, will he thorough, and that
tho conduct of the ofieera responsible for
the present conditions will be looked Into
most carefully. ;
Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 9.— John D. Bene
dict and other accused Indian oJUcersmade
a full denial of the charges of Secretary
Balllnger to-night. With their denials they
hinted that politics might be held respon
sible for the accusations, and that the
methods of Supervisor oscar H. Lapps were
unfair. Mr. Benedict said:
For somo time I have had an Idea that
something of the kind would happen. It
has been brought to my attention in more
ways than one that other fellows .-i..- a.rt.-r
my Job; and as a. result I telegraphed to 1
Washington last week asking " it, should
any charges te made aga.nst my admin
istration. I might have a chance to an
swer them. I received a reply that 1
would have full opportunity to prepare and
present my answer.
1 have no Idea what Is referred to by
"disgraceful conditions." It Is probable
that Lippa came to Oklahoma expecting to
find the schools In the same condition that
ha would government reservation schools.
All the buildings used by the schools un
der my supervision are dilapidated, and
many of our teachers have left us to teach
In the state schools.
Mr. L pps did not come to see me and
ask about affair?, but went to each one of
the schools, without meeting the super
visor in any. It Is an easy matter for any
one to ro to any school and. by quizzing
me pupils about condition* and th« treat
s
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■jr-"«^ through dealers we supply direct.
3 JR C. G. ECLER, U. S. Agent,
gjiiSFg Dept. C. Is Platt St.. New York
Between New York and FhiJada piiii
A two- hour train every hour on the
hour from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M . ta add:-.
tlon to other train*. Tea minuts* be- •"
fore the hour from West 23d St. • On
the hour from Liberty St.
Parlor cars on all trains. Dining
cars morning, noon and nlpat. Sleepers
on midnUht train. Hard Coal". No
Strode! Comfort!
rr.e»nt accorded them, make an unfavorable
report.
In regard to my connection with Indian
affairs which renders it wrona: for m# to
hold official position. I think that . there
must be some mistake in tho report.
MR. TAFT TO RECEIVE KNIGHTS.
Washington. Jan. 9.— Preparatory to a
two days session of the directors of th«
Knights of Columbus, the nitlonal cQcers
of that body began arriving here to-day.
They will be received by President Taft
at tha White House to-morrow morning
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