Nebraska Newspapers

    rllH OMAHA. DAILY HEEt. : THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 100.1.
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To bealthy oslol
ttMWorMtakodst-
tint cttaTJetrr
of opportao'tloa'
Otir Down Stairs Dept.
In our Flannel Department wo will eell remnants about
like thi.: ;-. 1 .. ,
l-yard remnant ot 76a French flannel at So for th remnant.
, I4-srls remnant ths finest- (LOO grad Imported flootcn wash flannels at too
' for tb remnant.
Jyarda remnant of 10e flannelette at Mo for th remnant,
g-yard remnant of lto OarmebHV at 4Hc for tJm'faronanL
. Vi mention then few Just' to glv you an Id of tba redaction. Wg hav hun
dreds guch remnant bargain of deialrable French Banna!, walrtlhga, silk n
broldered flannel, flannelette, gutting flannels,, eto but thy will so fact, ao
ba on hand arly. , . r. -. .'-; ,
"' Id ettr doenrld department wa will a en remnants of calicoes!, percales,' ailkollne,
a-lntiuima, atilrtmg, ate, at about la, to, ac, and to per yard. Cum early. .
epfcir txtzSwo ramL Christmas, beqinkino frxda. dec u, isoa.
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JlE1IinIPS0B.lfil
(Y;Mv Cr-A."" tiuttdinfc ' .Corner:
taluatlon) The -city of Louisville by an or
tlnanoe bad directed the levy of a valuation
taa upon all real estate la tne city, but im
posed a, license tax upon thoae owning p r
onal property In lieu of the valuation tai
Imposed upon real estate.- It Waa held that1
wnna tne license tax tmposeo upon personal
froparty waa Invalid and nm auih irUed,
bat this did not have the effect to tie.uroy
the ordinance so far as It authorised the
lry of th legal tax and that those whu
ware unjustly burdened by the operation of
the ordinance might in a proper jrootOl
tng obtain th proper relief.
Tbe constitution, of Louisiana required a
taa to b levied upon ail movable and Im
movable property In the state, to pay in
terest corning due innnally on all bonds
Issued by th state. By an act of the legis
lature a tax was Imposed upon all property
la th state tor the payment of Interest en
bonds, with the eXoeption of "household
ga&e, silver plate Jswelry and mechsnlcs'
and laborers' tools to th amount of fcVX) In
each household." In Btat vs. Maxwell, 7
La. Ann., TA defendant In error sought to
enjoin the collection of the tax upon the
f round thst th atatute was unoonstitu
Innal In enenidtlng from taxation any of
the property of th state. The court said:
'This ouuri cannot perceive hew a tax-
rayer can Justly complain that tie levy of a
a la unequal because aome property In
the state has been omitted In the assess
ment, either through Inadvertence or be
cause If la supposed to be exempted by an
unconstitutional law, for th effect would
, be th earn. Probably there never has
bn an aaeensment which embraced all the
property nf the atate, but that fact did not
render the assessment unconstitutional.
When the omission is discovered the prop
erly meat be ad, for th constitution
and Jaws require that property snail be sa
lt hks been held In thla state that the
omission of the assessor to list taxable
. property doee not invalidate the tax levied
on other propnrtlea. II. A M. H. It. Co. re.
Ballne Co., U Neb., m. v
Afeowt Ascartalftlas; Tlas. '
It la further objected that this act 'pro
vides different rules for thei ascertaining
the value, of franchises of many of the
corporations doing business In this state:
that In Some instances a tax la Imposed
upon the gross receipts of the corporations
In lieu of an ad valorem tax levied upon
the value of the franchisee of other com
panies; and that these features of the law
are ao objectionable that it ought not to be
enforced. .
. Ve are all agreed that andef the consti
tution of thla state the franchise of a cor
poration la regarded as property and must
be assessed and taxtd as other property.
That th sam method of arriving at tha
value Ot different classes of property Is
not pursued or not required by ths stat
ute is not an objection to ths law If equal
ity of taxation la finally attained. Th vait
vaneun or property , that exist require
, different rule for
tne Rsseasmest or dib
i lerent ciaaeea,
.ut if tti. lerlslatur has
provided a mean by .which tb assessment
wnea man can be equalised so that no
ons person or Interest Is called upon to
pay an undue proportion of the publlo
burden that la all the taxpayer can de
mand. It may be true that by th differ-
em runs provided ior arriving at tne tax.
Ill
$40t(liiD STOCK '
Oriental Hup
. CARPETS
Frcni $2 op to $1,500
n
iio
O Dollar,
Larteat sad moat beautiful
stock ofORIBNTAL, RUGS, '
to. vtr brought to OmaJla
LIUST BE SOLD
wlthla few days.
GKAI.CEOFAUFETIME
Turlush & Persian
niie GO.
1712 Fnrnom Ct,
A Store
SACRIFICE
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IIIUltt-E.
There are numerous reasons why our store should appeal to women. If la
pre-eminently aa MtabUshment for supplying horn trad bast stocked plao of
Ita kind In Omaha gentlemanly salesmen. We desire every woman la the city
te feel that whether aha wtshea to buy
lar, pur store is conducted oa a high
woman shopver a her husband or
I
Hiller Liquor Co.
Be, Dm. 1b. 19
On Thtrrsday Morning
Dec. 17th, at 8 a. m.
Special Rem
nant Sale in
Slirteeotb'.iuad. DpugUfTj
able value of the franchise of-the different
thi stnte, the franchise of ons company
may be assented at a higher valuation than
that or another, but as all corporation are
asneiwed In the county, precinct and city
where their business Is cuiried on It Is
tho business- of the county. 'and city boards
of equalisation to fairly and Impartially
squalls the valuation of all personal prop
erty owned assessed witnin tneir respective
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aa tha Justice and qulty of the oase may
reaulre. Whatever directions the law may
give to the asseneor In valuing the property
In the nrst Instance, and Whatever results
these directions may produce In the as
sessment of f ranchises or other property of
the taxpayer the work of the board
of equalisation la to equalise the
valuations made so that sveryone aa
nearly as that may be atUinsd, shall stand
upon an equal footing and pay an equal
iroportlon ot the tax laia aoooraing to
he real value of Its property. For this
purpose It may compel the attendanoe be-
fore It of any person with books, records
and papers, wunwi niK y u lummuuwi.
redrew any wrong or Inequality suffered by
any party rrom tne wore; or tne -assessor.
In this way equality la attained and every
Interest protected. - .
Ptellt.es .4 Glv .Ad vie. .
rm,ut vmrt , la.4ul If aMafaln
law, that we shall point Out In our opinion
the proper manner In which the asssssmsnt
of certain particular property Is to be
made, and to give directions aa to .the
special manner In Which the law shall be
put Into force. The court Is not an ad
mlnlatrattVe board to direct the officers
appointed to put the' law into operation
ana direct the particular method of pro
cedure in advance of any controversy
actually existing. When a controversy
srlnes and the question la properly put
before us, then and not until then can
we undertake to determine It. It wae
stated in argument that something like
3u0 cases have been brought to this court.
involving questions arising under tbe old
revenue 4ct. The questions which may
arise under thle or- any revenue aot that
co. vd be passed are Innumerable, but
until-tney are orougnt nere in
ght here in a proper
proceeding and we have had the benefit
of argument and examination, we cannot I
HHffrisaa u uuiy wmcii tne taw ivaeii
Impose upon those appointed to adminis
ter It or to lav down rules In advance
of any controversy for the enforcement of
ine provisions or tne law. it I sufficient
at -this time to aay that no objections to
the law have been raised of such serious
import as to require us to 'declare the
whole ant unconstitutional. As a whole,
we believe the law to be f. good oh and
to have been 'framed with the obloct of
reaching all property In thla state and
to impose -upon all taxable property it
due share, of the public burden.' ThBt 'lt
mar nu in some instance aoes not, re
quire us, ta eoademn U ia a whole, -and
tha writ applied for ar accordingly.de-
nled.. - .. 1
Jdg taffl'a Olnloa.
Commissioner Duffle In hi Syllabus gays: I
In .making a return of his' taxable crou-1
rnj . vivrinivIIB Ql cntPlfr 1111
of Session laws of lfr tha ttmamr mav
deduct frcrh tbe credit due him all Juet
debt by him owing at the time ot such
return. ' r , . .
Section M of chapter laxllt Is a to revision.
not for taxing the corporations therein
named on their capital stock, but for tax
Ing the shareholders on the -value of the
stock held by them, and requiring the cor
poration to pay tne tax assessed against
ins anarenoiaers.
Unearned premiums returned tV th In
sured on the cancellation of s policy of In
surance do not constitute any part of the
gross reeelDta of the comoanv bv which ths
policy was issueo, ana need not De included
in its return ot gross receipis. unqeg tne
Tu. impend on th.gV. Triceipt. of
the Insurance companies named In sections
M and 81 of th act la not in Unu of all
other taxes, but such companies should b
taxed on any real estate or otner t&xaDie
property owned by them th same aa other
nartlea. .' '
Tha law la not ebtectlonabio In that It
nakne) a bank responsible fof the payment
of the tax levied upon the fth&re of stork
held bv ls stockholder, er an agent for
tha tax levied on the property of his prin
cipal- ' ''.
Th gioa recenpta requirea oy in pro-
visions of section TO to be returned for tax-
axpress. 'P?'vonf
nthtTar!deP!ot inolude
r Interstat bualnen. -
eomnanlea r
nese done In
receipt for
It la im o
no objection to the sot that on an
anrai fmm tha hmm or r.'auauaauon
no Jury le provided or allowed on the trial
of euen appeal. . ,
Commissioner Lattton ana jH.irKps.inc:
oonourring. . ;
Coseaalsatoner. Fleiatlasr' l
1 take it, then, that tb decision ot
Judge Day and Baxter,, regarding cer
tain portion ot th law ar auulled by
thla decision, aaJd Tax. Commtimloner
Fleming, oa bearing of th decision. They
held that tb four Interrogator! on the
back of th blank need not be answered
and th answering of the: word "none'
and th t per cent penalty could aot be
enforced. They bald that th penalty waa
unconstitutional. The supreme court by
thla decision holds - It oonstttutiomaJ. This
will be a big help to th tax eommtsalonar
la securing th re tuna of thai schedule.
F1v thousand schedule are still out
and IX (X hay bees sent In.. W hav
- . a
-Ylf-0' -rtIid!.
aiwinfuua tuna m miMii 'w bw-
tnainder. W shall get at this now with
rhror. Th peaalty will be applied in every
oaa ot a fallur to make) th rvtunv Only
a -few day at best may be allowed for
these returns, aa It will requlr all th
time w pooaihly oaa bars to get our
work In shape to pas over to th Board
ot Equalisation, W oould not possibly
get It completed before th middle of Janu
ary and la order to do thls well, must
have thea return la promptly
1 am very glad Jto knew that th court
ha finally passed on thla matter, for that
clear th way and we know now what w
oaa and cannot do."
Don't neglect a cough,
for consumption hi time.
Take Plao'g Cure
All druggists, fto.
for Women .
" ...
a Christina gift or to stock a win cel
standard and la a much a plao for tb
brother. - ,
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N. loth at
Pood 1784
SEND WARSHIPS 10 TURKEY
DoJUd Biatea Will MaA Show of Foroi ia
Farttf AlindrUa,
CONSUL DAVIS IS TO BE TAKEN BACK
Representative at American Govrn
sent Will Ba IrrtafuM by Oaa .
ad Probably Tn Vessel
Which Were at Beyre-ot.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 1(5. -As a result of
Minister Lelrhman'a advices tupwllng the
Alsxandretta affair, the State department
lias requested the R.wy department to
place a warship -at the disposal of Consul
Davis, now at'.Beyroot, upon which . he
might roturn to Alexandretta at his pleas
ure. The Navy department accordingly
cabled Instructions to Admiral Cotton, on
board the flagship Brooklyn, at Alexandria, I
Kgypt, to place a vessel at the disposal of
Mr. Davis. It Is believed the Brooklyn
will be selected. It Is left to the consul to
arrange the terms of his reception.
Although Rear Admiral Cotton was hot
Instructcd speclflcally to take th consul I
back to his post under escort ot a Squad-
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ron. It will not b In opposition to the Navy I
department's ' Wlshee If both the' flagship I
Brooklyn and the San Francisco proceed
to Alexandretta on the" expedition. It Is
felt. In view ot the Indignities heaped upon
.... . .... A -... i
tne consul, tne return wun two winmpi i
will be more salutatory than If one Ship ao-
eympanled htm,
Wait Ship at Core
At the request of the minister at Seoul,
who reports considerable rioting In -Corea,
the State department lias suggested to the
K.v 1i.niirtmnt that wamhln be sent tol
Corean' waters. It' Is probable the Wll
. I
mtngton will be detailed for thla purpose.
May Lend .Ms to Reyes;'
It waa said at the Navy ..department today
that the queatlon of placing a warship at
the dlsboaal. ot General Rafael Reyes, ths
Colombian special envoy, to convey him
home when he shall have oompleted his
mission had nor been taken up by the State
or Navy departments. The Navy depart-
ment la prepared to respond promptly In I
Medal for Brave Boatswain.
It waa ascertained at the Navy depart
ment today that Secretary Moody, In ad
dltlon to a letter of oomraendatlon to
of 001
?ery of I
Boatswajn Patrick Deery of the Peoria, who
at great peril swam to the submarine boat
Adder and attached a line to It, will order
that a medal of honor be presented to him
as an evidence of the. department's appre
ciation of his heroism.
Ask .Help for Bntler.
Clara Barton, preeldent of the' American
National Red ' Cross, who visited Butler,
fa., with member of her staff In compli
ance with ' the' recent appeal of the mayor
and relief committee of that stricken city
for' assistance, "returned -to Washington
today and In confirmation of the appeals
from Butler made a statement addressed
to th -people of the United States, asking
for money 4a fight the dt lease.
President Cnasr'ratalsrtea" Kax.
Various topics ot Interest and importance
were discussed at the meeting ot tho cabi
net today, but no decisions of consequence
were reached. Secretary Moody; mentioned
the ,Panama situation only .to refer to, a
letter which he had received frpm RW
Admiral Walker. He said that Its contents
did not differ. essentially, from the Informa
tion that had been received by cable. from
the htthrmis.
Attorney Oeneral'KfiOY received the con-
sratulatlons of tha president and his fellow
cabinet rrlembera on his argument In the
Northern Securities case before the United
Rtataa minr.mn murt
TREATY BECOMES LAW
(Continued from First Pag.)
not Intend to let this objection Interfere
with bis support of the bill.
Mr. Bailey took exception to the state
ment made by Mr. Spponer to the effect
that he (Bailey) had been Influenced toward
I protection becaus or nis interest in in
cattle business of his state.
"1 -ctalm any sympathy with any bill
I and disavow any. opposition to any bill
affecting any lntereet of my own atate be
cause of sentiment-In that state favorable
to protection,' he ea1d He explained- that
hla position on all matters relating to tariff
waa that of favoring a tariff for revenue
only.
Mr. Spooner disavowed any Intention ot
Impugning the motive of Mr. Bailey.
Mr. Ballet- then diseussai the eonstitit-
I tlonaj questions Involved In the bill, main
tainlng that the house-had-the 'exolurtve
right to original revenue ' legislation and
had .no power jpver the treaties.
. -. ' ' Attitad ef Deanocrats.
Mr.- Bailey discussed at some Jsngth the
attitude of the democratic senatora against
the reciprocity provision ot the McKlnley
law and the fact that the party -had' di
vided on 'this and other matters.!
"But," he said, turning toward the re
publican Sid ot th 'chamber," "yoa will
hereafter get no senators'' vote from th
house on this aid of th chamber. You'll
hav to tak oar ot yourselves) In th tu
tu r.
This statement was accepted a a direct
reference to th decision of th demooraUo
caucus to stand as a. unit oa all measure
agreed upon by: a two-third vote of a oau-
sua and aroused quick Interest.
"Why?" asked Mr. Aldrlch, and he asked
the question two or three times before Mr,
Bailey oould reach th end of his senteno.
Whll th query waa being put and re-
Iterated Mr, Ballsy wag proceeding to say
I Ilia WI1H IUV VMUU WW UtllUieUi SJa-UU I
while house meaaurea war good they would
that "when th reason wa sufficient and
get all the detnooratlo vote."
Thua Ka mad. ranlv ta Mr. Aldrlch' ra
quest fo aa explanation of th reason tor
the statement Just mad. The firt thought
evidently waa that a sententious reply only
waa neosssary. "Th senator knows why,1
he said, and then after a moment's thought
he repeated:., "The senator knows," and
added: "Ia eoros way or -another the re
publican senators have beea able to unit
on measure without a party resolution.
and when a man bolted he waa shot on the
spot. They have carried' party discipline
to th point of abject aubmiaaioni w have
pursued our course to th .point of insub
: ordination. Now, I aay that in the future
when your .measure are right you will
have the solid democratic vote; it you are
not right we will oppoae you.
I lenatese ahonM Vet Cehaseleatlenaly,
He appealed 'to Mr.' Spooner to know tf
that waa not the correct position, but the
Wisconsin senator replied in tbe negative;
expressing the opinion that senators should
vote as they think and not a tothirds of
their party caucus, may dlrec-C Thla ea
preceion.pf opinion brought out the stats
meat trout Mr. Bailey that thla opinion had
not; been exemplified In Mr. Spoonar'g Cffl
claj life, because, be said, there had beea
i many Instance In which Mr. Sppvner htd
I pointed out the obnoxious feature of
measures and afterward had voted for
' them.
Mr. Spoo-ner replied by calling attentioa to
his vots on the Hawaiian bill and the ship
subsidy bill, but Mr. Bailey asserted that
I Mr. Buooner's party had always-been able
te acur hU vot whatever sawncd t says
a party measure. , Mr. Ball? then entered
on a defence of unity of action oa party
measure, calling attention, to the party'e
1on retention nf Dower rhen united before
the civil war. 71 have no patience with a I
".VST'a -tllVI? V - .a
n IIVII aV Uitui liilUHl ll iw w asavriv ,sn.
his party he should apt out of the party.
For Mm "to remain after reaching auch a
eonolualon Must be bad cither for him or
his party."
Again" addressing' the republican side of
the chamber, and leaning far1 6vef the aisle
toward h republican senatora who Were
In their seats and giving Mm their, closeat
attention, ha sold: "I 'doh't wonder that
yoti look worried. Tou will get no help
from us. You have been getting It, and al
ways have been able to find some one over
here who was Willing to make 'an honor
able Exception.' to use tje language of the
senator from Wisconsin,' and vote for any
thing you might ask them to vote for. But
you will get no morw of o'tfr votes. "
Rtteee Over Democratic t'alty.
He concluded this' feature ot his address
by asking to be pardoned for publicly re- I
Joielng ever a prospect of party unity, and makes the following "preliminary obser
sald that hie present attitude must be ex- rations" concerning them:
plained, . by big great disappointment over No Improper official act on' the part of
the lack of unity in the, recent past. - He
t.'.u.....i ... ..v 1 tvZ i I
believed that with a return to the oondl- I
tlCns before the war the party would again
return to Its successes pt that time.
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Mr. Bailey, .then resumed his dlstmasion
of the constitutionality of reciprocity, en-
gaging in ,. co loquy ...
Messrs. ,. Piatt (Conn,), .: Foralfer (Ohio).
nd Lodge JMsss.). explained brl..y that
tfenv H 1 1 visit r. i w r mK (ha nnalflnH ,
t. - . Kv...w.w.. .
either Mr. Bpooner, of MrM Bailey,
AH I
three maintained l.hat with-the aid of the 1
senate the president has the same power
to negotiate treaties; affecting commercial
and tariff questions , that he ha. to ne-
gotlate othef treaties,. ...
At 4; the vote oa the final passage of
h- Mil t.i. r...,. I
. T ...T..v... - - I
Frye announced the passage, of th bill
by . vote dt .S? to 18. The rote in detail
was aa follows:
Celllver, VcCom,'
I'rrdra, , ' ' MeOrry.
Clklns, . , Mi-Cumber, '
ylrhnks, MUch.ll,
Forftker, t ni
FoaMr (Wltk.), Ovannts,
Pftnroas,
fultm, V
O.lllngar,., T
' Gorman, '
. Hals, '
Hanoa,
"' Htnubroagh,
Horbsra,
Hoar, ,
Hopkins, '
Keam- '
parklna,
Piatt (Oontt ),
Piatt N. T.).
proctor,
Quarlaa,
Bcott, .
Simmon a,
S.moot, '
Snoonr,
Stewart,
. StSne,
Watmore It.
nUm,
ci.rk rwre.).
Clay,
Cnckrell, .
Cullnm,
Dpew,
bllllntnaa, 1 '
Nays
rulley, ..-.
Burt.
BateT
Berrr.
- Danl.lt, '
Dubola, .
"yoirtur It.),
McnetT,,,. .(
MtLaurtn,
Mallorr.
Martin,
Nflwlanda,
Ptlt,
Tallafarro,
Tllr,
Tillman 11.
rulberaon.
carmacx.
Pairs were announced, as follows: Haw-
ley with Clark of Montana. Millard with
Clarko of Arkansas. Kearna with Olbson.
warreiv with Monen uuay with Morgan
ana Kittredge with. Patterson.
Mr. Patterson' called, up and the senate
agreed to the house resolution providing I
for an adjournment from December IB to I
January 4 for the holiday.
The senate at 4:68.. went into, executive
session and. at 6:15 p. .h. adjourned.
JfeWa Pleases Havaaa.
HA VANA. v.De. lKewa of the pas-I
sage by the United :tales of the bill for
reciprocity between" M United States and
Cub v was conveyed here by a . bulletin
from- the Associated Pres ana waaspresd
through the trt in 'close of the bus!-
itess day. It- earnr1 somewhat ' as a' sur
prise, both to the Cuba h and Spanish mer-
ch8nt .th, prolongetr tgotltlons and the
wany Wnt UKir a fee1,nf of
skepticism a to the outcome. President
Palma and cabrnet-expressed no surprise.
as they have 5wsTrVber5 Confident that:
the. scheme of rec,'yoclty-. wouldeventu
ally . be carried ou,u . .Nevertheless they
were highly, gratified' and greatly relieved'
at the settlement, of. the ..question. Ex
pression of. satisfaction are universal In
Havana today. r-- . .
Americans., in Dimness in Havana ar
enthuelastlo and believe that business will
revive from - the .depression of the; past
four months. It la, believed that the pas-
sags or tne CHI will- result In heavy buy
ing both from ,th United . BtaUs and
Eurojie. ...
AGITATES r, ARMY OFFICERS
. (Continued from First Pag.)
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ment will go to the senate before the ad
journment ot congress for th holidays and
that, Mr. .Matthews will receive aa a Christ
mas present an . additional four years m
United Btates marshal. .
j. m. ureen or fnamDeriain, .. D- re
publican national committeeman from that
state, left for his horns tonight
Rnpresantatlvs Burkett leaves for South
s.k0ta on Saturday. .
. Money ior Indian, geboels.
Representatives Martin Snd TJurk. adv
called on the commissioner ot Indian at-
falw to obtain favorable recommendations
to several Items they desire Inserted In th
Indian appropriation bill for the further
Improvement of the Indian schools
Chamberlain and Rapid City. 8. D. The
desire 120,000 for the' purchase of some ad -
dltlonal ground at-' Chamberlain and tha
erection of several tiew building thereon
and general improvement to existing struo -
turea
Postat Matters.
'Frank B. Jone has been appointed poet-
. master at Coalfield, Monroe ' doun'y, la..
trie KHJah J. Deetar, resigned.
Rural carrier appointed: Iowa Central
ruUr' Mlnehart; substitute.
William Hale. Elkader, regular Jesse B.
Turner; substitute, Alva J. Nichols. Hills
dale, regular, Wll ford Straight; substituts,
Henry Straight. Oskalooaa,- regular. Her.
man W. - Pike; substitute, Leon W. Pike.
Thomasoa, regular, Clarence L. Sperrlng;
substitute, Ambrose Oehler. South Dakota
Erwln, regular, Edward Ooulson; substi
tute, Oeorg li. Coulson. Sfasrman, rgu
John Jrsnnaa; substitute, Daniel
I iinau.
1 urm route establtsnea January US
Inavale, Webster county, on rout; are
covered, .forty-four square miles; popula-
"oa- llfc rna. cueter county, one roatei
area 'covered, forty-nine square allies; pop
ulation, . S95. -- Iowa Coggen, Linn county,
on additional; are covered, fifteen square
miles; population. 478.
Doesn't lav Krats.
WABHIKOTON, Dec la-r-In ths opinion
of ths .Stat .department extradition offl
I olal. th,tallur of th information in th
Bi. v"uia bmuuuivts cases wui nut operate
to prevent the success of the pending ef
fort to extradite Charle Krats, who. ts
uow held under arrest .1 a Guadalajara, Max
too, aa a tugltlv from Justice.
Ta Car Cl tsi On Djr
Tsks Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. AH
druggists ssfund ths money If It fall ta
cur. E." w. urove s signature la a eact
box. ttc
Yellaiwaten ktelly Cone Bona.
RAN FRANCISCO. Dae. 14. Captain Ar
thur KUy, 4 he famous Indian eaout who I
- 1 served under (leneral Miles in th caoipaiga
of UtS-lsVI and lm in Wyoming and Mon
tana, when ha was given tbe eubrlquel Of
"Yellow at one" Kelly, wolf on aooount with
his tamlltajltr bordering on tue Tfalliw,
scon nri- retoi-med from ths Philippines
ca tb tranatxirt Btaenaaa. Jt-eUey i on
way buu to New York.
-A lor avar gfattere'
After Portrr Antinsptle Heating Oil I ap
plied. Believe pain lturtantly and heals at
tb sam tlxa. Fur man or teaaC Prtue, Sc.
BRINGS SMITH INTO CASE
Ittsmets Bonaparte and Oonrid Bold
Tonnar Oabin.t Member BletMWQrtlij,
DID. NOT EXERCISE PROPER CONTROL
Foarlh Aaalstaat Postmaster Gesierrt
Brlstow Bays that low Congress
men Received Favara from
Benvere t pou .Request.
WASII INQTON, Dec. M.-Tha report of
Messrs. Conrad and Bonaparte on the
charges made by 8. W. Tulloch, formerly
cashier of the Washington city postoffice.
against, the administration of this office,
was made public today. . Under Instruction
from the president the report views the
Tullochcharges "from a legal standpoint."
The report begins with a brief history of
the nature of the Tulloch charges and then
"y J pumio omcer or employs 11 ''"-K
which did not occur more than three years
Jui in, .,, ,,..iblA nrose-
cutinns are barred. We are led, therefore.
l"T" rP'1" "f" Vnd rU" in
these matters rrom a legni stsnapoint in
ft broader sense than we might otherwise
venture to ascribe to them and understand
pty ofThe omc.a.act.on disclosed 7nd
not 'ry whether it may or may net have
been criminal.
. . . . . . "i . . , .
continuing, tne report says tne revision
nf tn.rfnaatpr Wlllet's Sneounta is of Itself
tumcIt,nt td Bnow ,hat Mr. Heath-e official
rejord a not so lear al to defy suspicion,
ttndds'
Mer. the confidential report of In-
snector in Chars Bmlth. and the "special
report" of Inspector Little, tend so strongly
to sustain some of the most serious
esth that It Is milts' Imnosstble to dispose
phMrrM mad
of these charges, by calling them
Ilea out
of the whole cloth, especian;
member that ths ''confident
we re-
ort" Is
i lad hv Inspector Bmlth tf
regularities discovered by himself and that
the ''special report'1 was prepared a whole
year after Mr. Tulloch had left the office.
Hot Shot - for Heath.'
Tha rtnaonnbla inference' to be drawn
from Mr.. Heath's complete failure to meet
fully and explicitly accusations which, ss
Postmaster General Payne very Justly ad
monished l:lm "charged him wun many
acta nf rinuhiful nrnnrietv." added to the
facts appearing from his record eviaence
laid before us, oblige us to say that at
least a stronir prima fade case. Is pre
sented ot willful snd reckless disregard
hv tha lata firs, assistant nostmnsier gen
eral or obligations impnaca on mm ujr.wie
t-ea-nle-tlnns nf .bis own department, as
well as by the statutes ot the I'nlted Btates
and we reel it our amy to aao mm
niciivn nt his nerscnal Integrity must be
inevitably .aroused In our Judgment by an
impartial consideration or tne iecis uu-
mittea to us, ana or. nis piainiy uiavuv
nh.ti anlanat1nna.
t-- ,
The report then dealt witn tne reports
Of inspectors and refers to the work of
Auditor Castle In the matter of paying ex
tra money to Beavers and others for ser-
vices not performed or not legally -rend-
ered, and says:
We might give further Illustrations of
th auditor's apparent' readiness to dis
regard -the usual safeguards against un
authorised expenditures, but this is need
less because tne same, in our juagment.
regrettable disposition' Was shown in mat
ters ar more serious.
Then follows, number of findings, ( tbe
fifth and sixth being aa follows:
The persons primarily responsible for the
above mentioned abuses and the reslgna
natlon scandals appear to nave been Perry
B. jrteatn, then nrst assistant postmaster
general and George W. Beavers, then
chief of the salaries and allowance divi
sion, neither of whom is -now In the ser
vice of the United. States. ; '
'' gmlth Somewhat Respoaslble.
Charles Emory Smith, late Doatma'ster
erenaraii .Jamea EL WiUett, late postmaster
or. vasningiop, -now - aeceaseai. jonn a. c
mnnuu. ma- aiiv;uwnfiur ill 1110 pniu oim-fl
and its present -incumbent; Robert J.
Tracewell, comptroller, and Henry A.
Castle, auditor for the Postornce depart
ment, all appeared to have shared In some
measure, - thair responsibilities; the late
postmaster general for his seeming fail
ure, nqlwlthstnndlng repeated warnings,
to appreciate tho gravity of their miscon
duct .and the consequent necessity for its
prompt and adequnte punishment; the two
postmaster tor toleration nf these abuses
and obedience to plainly Improper orders
without exposure, or, apparently, protest,
and the auditor and comptroller for act
ing upon lax ana arbitrary principle in
the administration or tneir respective or
flees, whereby the payment of illegal and !
seemingly fraudulent claims by the treas- '
Ury was rendered possible.
The report then reoommends a thorough ,
Investigation ot the department of the first
assistant - postmaster general and tha de
vising of some p'an to take the auditor's
office out ot politics and away from poll- 1
tlcal Influence.
Following this report the report of Fourth :
Assistant - Postmaster General . Brlstow . H ;
made public. This report deals with the ;
postal fraud cases, giving much additional,
detail but no new Incidents of fraud. .
Iowa , Congressmen Helped
The report cites a clerk hire allowance
of 1300 per annum ordered by Beavers at
Lestershire, N. T., and. Dysart. Ia.. el
though not so entitled, the recon
tlona being made by the members
rres of those districts. Reference
tnougn not so enuuea, tne recommenaa
ot con
Is madi
to a letter of the poatmaster at Duquoln,
atin - wh ,n December, 1J01, wrote Senator
I Mason a request to secure 1600 per annum
1 tor clerk hire, promising that If he would
I do ao he would devote his time to the
I senator's time for re-election. Th son-
1 a tor referred the letter without comment
to Bee vera and the allowance was not
mads, but later a member of congress
made the time recommendation and It waa
compiled with without further Inquiry..
The report refer to amount in excess
for leases of postofflces against th recom
mendation of Inspectors and quotes Seotlon
I7J8 o fthe revised statutes Inhibiting con
tract with congressmen and a) that
Beavers nevertheless made- contract wtth
members ot congress tor the rental of
premises, either In their own names, 'the
names of their agenta or aome members of
their family. Mr. Brlstow saya:
A careful InveatlKstlon. however, does not
show that ths government has been de
frauded by tne payment ol exoessive
rentals to memoers of congress, either di
rectly or indirectly. I recommend, how
ever, that all leasee where a member of
eongresa la a party be cancelled and leases
executed In conformity with the etatutes.
There ie no. evidence to- Indicate that
Beavers' rsckless snd high-headed proceed
ing -in the matter or leases was tne re
sult of any general scheme of corruption
or blackmail on hla part. Hie purpose
seems to have been to place members of
congress and Influential politicians under
personal obligation to
mm, ,
At Manhattan, Kan., ths report say on
the recommendation of W. A. Caldarhead,
a rental allowance for th poatofflc was
Increased by IttO per annum, although ad-
I Lionel rvtos was performed and despite
an existing lea for ten year at the
original Crura. Mr. Brlstow aay he doe
not offer any crltlcUnj against the con
gressman. HOUSE HEARS MUCH TALK
a 1
renslen Bill Give Eaa for Cn
x greaaaaen t Dtsrns Many
, . . BablMtav,
WABHINOTON, t ec When th house
convened today eonstdaration of th pen
Hons appropriation bill vrs reaniinad In
onamittoe '' of the ' whole. Mr. Otheon,
rep..'' (Ttran.) ba ng th first speaker! IU
aid tb president had pursued a wis and
prudent count la connectlrn wtth th
Panatpn canal. H said th country had
prtkspetred under the repubilcsa tariff laws
and woull prosper ander republican Isth
mian ennal kgUlatiuo. Ha naid th tariff
was tik a petr of su:p-ndsv-ie tight bv
some places and too loose In others, but
very needful Jtist the same.
Mr. pinsmore (Ark.), replying to remarks
made by .Mr. Hltt, rep. (Ill ), !aat week,
said be had not charged th administration
with lawlessness, but had conscientiously
described the act aa ha understood It to
have been done. He renewed his contention
that It wa the duty of th president to
hav turned to Nicaragua, and repeated
that the Panama canal law had been vio
lated. He Insisted that the president had
done wrong. Mr. Dlnsmore quoted from the
speech made In New Tork last nlkht by
Assistant Secretary Loomla.' saying that
whan Mr. Loorals said: "It became evi
dent shortly after tbe opening ot the Co
lombian congress In June that there was
not, the least Intention of ratifying the
Hay-Herran treaty," his contention was
sustained. He took Issue with other state
ments made by Mr. Loom Is.
Mr. Bassott, dem. (N. T.), spoke briefly on
the Panama queatlon, saying that what the
country wants to know ia It the course pur
sued naa been properly taken ana wun a
view to doing Justice. ' He said the Nlo
araguan route should be taken ' Instead,
asking what is a few millions more to this
government. He repeated that but for the
action of the government there never would
have been a Republlo of Panama.
Mr. Hltt, rep. (III.)., replying to Mr. Dlns
more, said:
After a treaty, by which we generously
gave llO.OOO.ixiO at their demand, had been
rejected with a bald and culpable spirit of
blackmailing us out of tl,duu,oJ0 more, the
gentloman from Arkansas says hs would
yle'd It. I will cerUfy that all ths demo
crats and all th republicans would glv
President Roosevelt withering execration
and hlsslrfg and acorn If he submitted to
tntt blackmail.
Mr. Hltt said the president had been ac
cused of being too slow, then with being
too fast. The president had only done his
duty In preserving peace on the Isthnrua,
aa he was charged to do under' the treaty.
There was no other authority on the isth
mus with which to negotiate a treaty than
that recognised. Aa to the Panama act the
administration's conduct waa but the ful
fillment of the law.
Mr. Parker (N. J.) reviewed the history
of the Isthmus of Panama and rts relation
to Colombia, declaring that there had been
no violation of the treaty of 184 In any of
the recent acts affecting Panama.
' Mr. Blrdsell, rep. (Ia.), who succeeded
former Speaker Henderson, compared In
dustrial and agricultural conditions under
democratic and republican administrations
He concluded with an eulogy of President
Roosevelt. 'He was followed by Mr. Liver
nash (Cel.), who spoke on the labor. ques
tion, '
-Mr. Llvernash said labor believed that
some great wrong' principle existed which
needs remedying. It had been proposed
that a 'congressional : committee be ap
pointed to make a careful' Inquiry, 'but he
did not want such an Inquiry as would be
made by the Department of Justice, which,
he asserted; persecuted some' little con
cern. Instead of the Standard OH or Sugar
trust, the very air of which waa polluting.
Nor, he added, such Inquiry as would be
made by the Department of Commerce and
Labor. He spoke of them at kid glove rep
resentatives, hut hs ssld.h saw evidences
Ot kid gloves and not the axe.
"One of the greatest enemies Of organised
labor," he declared, "Is Carroll -D. Wright,
with his distorted figures." - He declared
that there should be no Rockefeller's or
faraaa-teS. '.-"...'
At 4:15 th house adjourned until tomop
row. 1
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