OUR LINCOLN LETTER
Closnig Days of the Legislature
The impression that the Thirty
third session of the ! Rlsla re was
ring to accomplish nothing In the
way of advanced legislation is wan
Ing In these closing day. It hi In
evitable that such an Impression
rhould be prevalent when, after
three months of hard work, more
measure are killed than are enact
ed, and for the laat fortnight many
measures of great importance are
in an unfinished condMton. No mat
ter what the theory is, it la impos
sible to get the big things done ear
ly In the session, mils of local or
small Interest my be gotten out of
the way during the first morrth or
so. but the members are loth to give
their final opinion on the great
questions until the stress of closing
time forces action. Those who have
v niched the Nebraska law-making
I' '(tit s for years remark that the
i losing days thlB session are marked
with less hysteria than usual, Ilusl
nose Is being generally dispatched in
n business-like way, and the effort to
risurreet bills that have fallen by
the wayside has not proven successful.
four amem'.tw nts and all will be
short ones.
The appropriation bills are at this
writing not agreed upon as between
the senate and the house The
disposition Is to cut them down ma
terially. Thire will be no election In Ne
braska this fall. County officers will
hold this time for three year terms
and a new arrangement will be
made for the future election of
township offlenrs.
WASHINGTON LETTER
The Democratic Tariff Bill Will Put
Some of the Burden on the Rich
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Member of Congress.
Special to The Alliance Herald.
Washington, April 16. The demo
cratic tariff bill, now pending In con
gress, proposes to take some of the
tax off of such articles as woolens,
COttOIM, sugar, meat and lumbi r, and
to make up for the lows of revenue
iars from now the pa i-sage of ' by taxing the incomes of the weal
Ihe Code insurance bill will be her
nlied as one of the marked achieve
ments of the thirty-third Besslon. No
law that has been enacted In re
cent years has had more thought and
Cartful consideration by the best
minds In the state. And yet It Is
not Improbable that the feeling over
the state Is not unanimous in favor
ot the taw. This is due to the
raise impressions that have been
spread by the Insurance companies
opposing the measure and their hire
lings of the newspapers Not one of
the big dally papers of the state
hHve openly favored the bill, and
many of the writers have maligned
the men who have been foremost in
the fight for Insurance reform. In
Ihe first place, the Insurance depart
inent will be taken from the Btate
auditor and will be placed under the
control of an insurance commission,
whloh will be authorized to select
an expert insurance mnn for secre
tary of the board; state companies,
referring more particularly to life
companies, will be compelled to
make annual settlement with policy
holders and along scientific lines.
.Mutual and fraternal companies will
not be affected by the law In the
way of depositing reserves with the
state, but the method whereby mut
ual companies may change to stock
("inpitiilea Is fixed to reserve to
the members of toe company their
Mrs. Tavenneir was one of the
pectntors in the galleries when her
husband wa sworn m.
The oath of office was administer
ed to Tavenner by Speaker Champ
Clark, whit h In Itself la a rather re
markable coincidence. In view of the
faot that Speaker Clark was the first
who recognized Tavenner's ability as
a writer and who has been a
steadfast friend ever since.
Tavenner received what he de
direa wan his most valuable educa
tion while setting type "at the case"
In a country newspaper office for
four years while a boy. He later
Conceived the idea that he wanted
to write article on the great issues
under his own name, and he went to
Washington. His article were so
Independent In character that at
first no newspaper would publish
them. Champ Clark was attracted
to the articles, looked Tavenner up,
found him working in a hall bedroom
and was so Impressed that he decid
ed to help him.
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
WILL GATHER IN OMAHA
lh
Under the I'ayne Aldrlch law the
hats, coats and shirts of the manses
are taked almost VI per cent., while
men like John I). Itockefelleir hav
ing an annual Income of 160,000,000
a year have not been required to
pay a single penny 01 taxation to
the national government on their
swollen fortunes.
It goes without saying that the
Sugar Trust, the Woolen Trust, the
I .umber IVust, and the Beef Trust,
will condemn the new tariff bill as
claaa legislation. They were never
heard to complain however of class
legislation when It hk the other fel
low. The masses of the people produce
the wealth, and by legislative advan
tage a few get possession of it, and
now these few object to the trans
fer to wealth of even the amount of
taxation derived from the tariff on
woolens, cottons, sugar, meat and
lumber, which are but a few of sev
eral thousand Items on which the
masses are now paying a tax.
The Income Tax
Under the Income Tax provision
those having an Income of more than
$1,000 must pay a tax of one pr
cent., on his Income in excess of
the exempted $4,000. For Instance,
a man having an Income of $4,100
would pay a tax of $1; a man hav
Omaha. Neb.. April 16. Cnite.l
Spanish War Veterans will gather in
Omaha April '1" and UK to attend the
Annual Reunion of th organization
This year's meeting promises to be
one of the largest in the history of
the organization. The various camps
in the state are plannilng to send
representative delegations, which will
participate In the two days' session.
rbe committee on etttortAlOcnetH
has requested that all member of
the Association make an effort to In
duce the other veteran to attend
the meetings and to Join the associ
ation. An effort Is being made to
net the name of every Spanish War
veteran In the state to swell the
membership list.
The Bureau of Publicity has sent
out Invitations to fifteen liundred
Spanish War veterans, urging them
to attend the meeting.
OMAHA'S DAMAGED HOMES
RAPIDLY BEING RESTORED
proportion of the profits of past bus i jnj5 an income or $5,000 would pay a
luesB and to necessitate a n t'ercr tHX of $10; $10,000. $60; $100,000, $2.
dum vote before the change of man 250; $1,000,000, $:!8,1!60.
ii..cinent It also leaves an opening
i.u fraternal associations which feel
iiLrii ved at the management of tat
national officers to revolt and organ -In
a state lodge along lines that
shall be determined by referendum
vote. Thoee who seem to know the
most about the new Insurance code
ugree that the law is drawn In the
interest of the policy holders rather
J ban In the interest of the Insurance
i oinpanies.
One of the big fights or the ses
sion came to a close when the bouse
approved the senate bill providing
that Omaha may till continue to op
erate Us municipal water plant, to
the exclusion or rival, privately own-
! corporations. The question of
municipal ownership of public utili
ties was Involved.
The Blue Sky law, prescribing con
ditions under which promoters of
mining properties and such unoer
taln investments may operate In the
state, has been passed.
A law permitting the sterilization
ot pei-son.s with criminal Insane tend
encies has been enact ed. The legis
lators proceeded on the theory that
it is easier to prevent crime than
to cure It. It is a big expense to
tare ror the mentally aim morally
d formed children who are brought
Into the world against tat-ir will and
with a heritage of imb illty, lnsnn
it and crime
The corporations made a terrific
fight against the passage of the
Urueber an i di-r initiation bill. It
provide thai line elevators, line
lumber v-inis. creameries, etc., may
not charge different pnkces at dif
ferent plans in order to ruin Inde
pendent rival concerns.
"Wilson Has Made Good"
Woinlrow Wilson has already made
good as president of the United
states. You may verify this from
the first man you meet In the
street, regardless of his political
ireed, race or color. It seems to be
In the air everywhere. The poople
appear to understand that Woodrow
Wilson Is on the job In Washington,
working carefully, courageously and
conscientiously, in their interest, and
they stand ready to hold up his
hand as orten as he may need the
backing of the public sentiment.
President Wilson's action In read
ing his message to the members of
congress face to lace is Deing up
plai'.ded everywhere. Here is the
tory of toe president's visit to the
Capitol, told in minutes:
12:42. Cabinet meeting adjourns
12:46.
Capitol.
12: 5J.
12:64.
12:59.
1:00.
1 :08.
1:11.
room.
1: 12.
1:18.
President departs ror the
Reaches Capitol.
Received in Speaker's room
On dais or the House.
Begins speech.
FluUhes speech.
Dons ecat in Speuker's
t x
to
Omaha. Neb., April 16 The work
of restoration of Omaha's tornado
stricken district is going rapidly
along. Under the personal direction
of C. C. Rose water, chairman of the
operating committee, rapid progress
along systematic lines has been
made. To date, thirty-five bonus at
an average cost of $254 have been
restored, while ten additional homes
have been repaired through the co
operation of the Relief Committee.
One hundred and sixty families.
who were renters, have been provid-
t .1 for. New homes have been fur
nished, the rent paid In advanie, and
the houses completely outfitted from
the basenimt to the bid rooms. In
many Instances, the recipients are
in much more comfortable circum
stances than before the tornado. Ev
ery case that has been assisted has
been worthy and the relief given on
Jy after thorough titvi'stlgation.
1,881 families have been giveni food
and provisions s;ne the tornado.
Many of these are yet being taken
care of by the Relief Committed,
which is attempting to put them on
a self-supporting bagls as fast as
time will permit.
A visit to the tornado district to
day, occasions much discussion, so
complete has been the restoration
work. While many evidences of the
storm remain, yet the wonderful
change has exrlted the favorable
comment to out of town visitors.
"It's the Omaha and Nebraska rplr-
it," visitors say. "That explains
it."
EMERICK BUYS
ABSTRACT
BUSINESS
s this is written the fust of the
week, the question of university re
moval Is still in the air. Advocuu I
of removal Ins st that the seat or
learning can be moved cheapi r ih.in
the campus can be enlarged on the
down-town site.
The bill providing for u publicity
department ror the staite, and mak
ing an appropriation there-for, has
been defeated. It wu advocated by
the State Press at the tast annual
meeting and hud many Jrienda until
a re;rc- ntatlve of then Omaha Ccin
men i 1 Club b.ame so active as to
arous he bus. . on or the members
that thi iv w. re Minister motives
buck o i t .i rest. It Is freely
staUM. 1,'it mi man is responsible
for tl defeat . the measure.
By the I me this is being read by
tbe. subscribers of ihe Thursday
weeklies of the state of Nebraska,
legislature will be about on tbe point
of adjourning. Wednesday is now
i h day fix d for shutting up hup,
but it is certain that the seat-Ion wUl
run over into Thursday or Friday,
or possibly Saturday. Most or the
members are staying until the Hnal
lull of the gavel and in this respect
are doing mu h belter than usual.
In respe.l to the number of bills
introduced, the number of investigat
ing committees appointed and the
ainouut of record made in the two
brunches this session wH far ex
ceed any previous session of the
legislature.
EuWis auto.
Rendu a White House
ecutlve orrice.
Thus It took but 33 minutes
smash a precedent or 112 years.
By Robt. F. Wilson
Washington, April 15. -The swear
ins In or Clyde H. Tavenner or Cor
dova, Illinois, as the representative
In congress or the Fourteenth Illinois
Dlstriet. was as much or a triumph
for Mrs. Tavenner as it was for the
youug newspaper man himself.
It Is a fait that Mrs. Tavenner
worked as hard in the campaign to
elect hi r hufbund as Tavenner did
himself. Furtht rmore. ehe knew how
to work errectlvely In Ills interim- .
Before her marriage, Mrs. Tavenner
had for three years been private
secntary to United States Senator
Robert M. LaFoilette of Wisconsin.
Mrs. Tavenner is 21 years old, her
congressman husband la It, Taven
ner has been a newspaper man at
the National Capitol during the ses
sions of congress for four yaers. He
knows every member of congress
personally, and the fact that be has
been writing an article a day for
four years, has quite uautrally re
sumed In his acquiring much vulua
t.'.e and useful information on the
tariff and other subjects. Mrs. Tav-
vi.iier says her mi band is a pro
gressive of the LaFoilette type, and
Tavenner replies that it is not nec
essary for anyone to prove U, that
he admits It.
"Senator LaFoilette la a republic
an. or at least insists that he Is a
republican," says Mrs. Tavenner,
' while Mr. Tavenner is a democrat.
Yet so far as I can make out they
seem to take almost Identically the
same viewpoints of the big issues
confronCng the people.
"Of course I wasn't responsible
for Mr. Tavenner's election. I helped
in every way I could, however. My
h us baud and I work together in ev
erything. 1 can take shorthand dic
tation quite rapidly, and can run the
typewriter pretty fast, so you aee,
that, together with my experience
with Senator LaFoilette, makes It
J. D. Emertck. Alliance's popular
city clerk, haa purchased the ab
stract business and books of F. E.
Reddish. This is the only set of ab
stract books In Box Butte county
and the business, which is prosper
ous, Is comtantly growing as the tit-le-.-i
to B Butte eounty property
change h l.is.
MHBsBSV
s
I HOSE WITHOUT
ELLS HOLES FOR THE
ELECT NEXT SIX MONTHS
$
GETMOR HOSE
FOR
MEN
Everybody knows the value of getting for one dollar enough
fine hose to last six months, especially when they are guar
anteed not to tear or wear into holes in that time. G-etmor
hose are unique, for they offer you
6 PAIRS GUARANTEED 6 MONTHS $1
And they offer you fashionable appearance and entire foot
comfort besides. Call at the Alliance Shoe Store and ex
amine these hose. Their appearance will please you and
the feel of their soft, thin, iron-strong fabric will convince
you at once that
YOU PAY LESS AND GETMOR
Three grades of guaranteed hose: $1 for six pairs of fine
G-etmor Hose in black, tan, navy, slate, wine and helio; guar
anteed six months. $1 for four pairs Special Getmor Hose
of specially fine lisle in black, tan, navy, slate, wine and
helio: guaranteed four months. $1 for three pairs Extra
Getmor Hose of mercerized lisle in black, tan, navy, slate,
wine and helio: guaranteed three months. All grades of
Getmor Hose are made in two weights: Medium and Light.
WE
Ss F Alliance Shoe Store
that
PUBLIC SALE
Mr. Kmerick haa lived in Alliance
for twelve years and is well liked,
lie will begin sen-in g his third term
as city clerk the first of the com
loe municipal year. He took pos
session of tbe a'.is'r-ct business on
the l&th of the nn nth and will con
tinue to hve his ov:e in the Mc
Corkle building.
The Herald turned out a fine line
of stationery for Mr. KmerUk this
week, which will be used in his new
business
LIKES ALLIANCE
J. K. LaShar. president of the
laShar Investment Company, a b'n
Denver real estate concern, was in
Alliance a week ago, looking over
this section of the country with the
view of tnvnsiiog here. Me was
I will sell at public auction, at the
Checkered Front Barn in Alliance, on
Sat., April 26, 1913
commencing at 1 p. m., the following described property:
21 Head of Horses
2 horses well broke, 7 and 9 years old, weight about
1,200 pounds each.
1 work mare in foal, about 1,100 pounds.
2 work mares in foal, about 1,000 pounds each.
4 young unbroken mares, three in foal.
6 colts coming two years old.
5 colts colts coming one year old.
1 buggy horse, ten years old.
jersey cow
1 Jersey cow, giving milk and will be fresh in early summer
One Single Buggy and Harness
very much impressed with the eoun-
poKsible f r me to make myself pretty try and Alliance, returning here
useful to my husband. It Is a pleas
ure for me to help him. Now that
be Is elected, 1 take just us mu n
interest In what he doe for his dis
trict as be does himself. We both
Newspaper men who had hoped ror ; appreciate deeply that the people of
attain the first of the week.
The laShar investment Company
owns a big addition tu the city or
l)envcr which will be placed on the
market soon. They have handled
several thousand Denver lot.s and
th submission of a large number of 'the Fourteenth District believe in us , have been prj successful. The ad
ci institutional uuienumeuts before the and trust us to represent them
n-xt election are going to be dUap- faithfully, and we are working day
pointed. There will probably be and night to make good."
dition which they are now preparing
to market Is well located and very
desirable
Terms of Sale: Cash or bankable note at six months' time
GEO. HUGHES, Owner
Col. H. P. Coursey, Auctioneer R. M. Hampton, Clerk