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ailyBee TCI AIL TZZ ST7T3 THE OMAHA BEE EL3T EI TUX vrzsi WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Snow or rln; folder. For Iowa Rain or snow. For Heather report see page 2. VOL. 5L-NO. 209. OMAHA, FRIDAY MOKNIXtJ. FKliKFAltY 17, -TW1XYK PAliKS. SIXULK COPY TWO CENTS. "he Omaha D I0UR BEPOIITS BY INVESTIGATORS? 231ffrenet cf Opinion Conoernlni Xleotlon Frauds la Omt-ht Mij CompUcftU Their riadlaf. JK3TC BECISIOXS mntOSAELE ESAt tad HflQM Committees to Aet Ecjiu-ttely. XTXKTS EUXJECT TO A CALL FnrQiar Batmlssion of ridenc it liade Possible. AFFIDAVITS ASE ZXAjtETED won Itatmntt of Voter nbjeete4 to Idntlir Mair Wi- Tntr Wars' Kleetten OffU tads Hr o Flat. Tttsaaresvment th members nf ths legislative committees An the howTHg mad at th Investigation of Omaha elec tion are probably to result In th sub mission of a minority report In each com mittee. Tha investigation closed yester day afternoon at S:4S o'clock and tha moat of Investigator returned to Lincoln. Tha membership of each committee wn composed of three democrat! and two re publicans. Expression from committee members and tha attitude assumed In the interrogation of wltneaaea Indicate that the minority and majority reporta from both tha aenate and houaa eommltteea will be divided, perhapa rather cloaely on party line. One exception on each committee la possible. The "defense" In tha hearing rested early In tha hearing Thursday. That further evidence may be Introduced, tf It ahould develop that It (a neceaeary. ad journment waa taken aubject to call of P. 8. Harrington, chairman. Burn a railed meeting of the committee would probably be held In Lincoln. That further evidence will be put before the committee la Im probable. Tha laat hour of the hearing waa oc cupied with the examination of the affi davit from the office of the city clerk. Three hundred and sixty-eight affi davit In which votea were cant are now In the possession of the city clerk. About WO were Issued for the election, according to the testimony of Pan Butler, city clerk. The missing, affidavit have not been ac counted for. and none of those who voted on affidavit were specially registered as la required by law. - . Y riser Shows Rrrsr. Showing on the failure to make this pedal registration according to law waa put Into the record of the hearing by John O. Yeiacr, who represented Governor Aldrlch at the arrslon of the investigators. The affidavits examined by the legis lators proved, in many Instances, to be defective. On examination of the affi davit fifty-five . defective . onea were picked out and, noted In the record. Ir regularities in the affidavits varied. Jn Some seals were missing and in other signatures were lacking.. "Difference between members of the committees will make a unanimous report Improbable.'' said Senator Kemp shortly after the close of the hearing. "I do not tl Ink. either, that the senate and houso eommltteea will make a Joint report." Anton Sagl. democrat, member of the house committee, declared that an effort would be made to reach a unanimous re port. He admitted, however, the proba bility of four report, minority and ma jority reports, from both house and sen ate eommltteea. Sere nf lolalloaa. "I am satisfied." he said, "that there have bcn violations of the law in tha Omaha rlecil.-ns. but I am surprised that there acre not more.' Senator Alliens, chairman of the aenate committee of invest Igatora. departed last Plfcht for Cedar Rapid, la., where his mother Is dangerously 111. Chairman Har lington remained In Omaha last' night. At the close of the acssion resolutions or gratitude to the people of Omha for their co-operation In the work of the com mittee end to the Omaha papera for un biased ace. mnts of the aesitinna were paused at the Instance cf W, A. Prince of the house committee. Klrrtlon Official shacnt. Officials of the fifth precinrt of tha Thtid ward failed to appear before the committee fur examination on Irregularity and rt rating in that ward. Testimony on :reck ' colonies." Irregular and defective uftnlavlta, ai O m.sslng men whose names appear on thi polihooks as hating voted twire occupied ts :?." n of the Inv estlgatlnn Thursday morning. A long wrangle oer the IntroouctliHt of the affi davit in which vote were x.votn in and their attachment to the record of the hear ing occupied much of the morning session. With the tiue of the Investigation at hand members of ths two committees aro lining up on the reporta to be made to the legislature. Question of the attitude and toml'iaions of various members have hen under discussion between the membeis. "I will teitainly uot slvn any report w hltswsshli.g this election business In Omaha." ileciare l a democratic member of Win tenatc committee in the count of a conversation at the close of the hearing Thursday morning. 'Ibis sialemtnt came In connection with a I murk from thia committee member on tlie evident attitude of "defense" assumed b other mem her s. Afflrfatlt far trai-rr. f.nill oldstiom. tOi South Twenty-sixt.i a.ie-t. a Irteiioltltr who at the utile of lie city tlrrk alamd many affidavits to. vot.in. lis I by Ks.lm.in) jul compute! made an admission liial he s.tneu fur i.in be haj 110 seen bef jie a..d oiu uoi kitow. wheu isenato.- Uiont .'. Iiutel. tnu cist, asktd: "Uut uu In. lulled of oitieis w bo did knuw I In in and l.o you knew tu t ic ui.it:" Tlie freeholder wlint n.d.lid In I. is af tu umlhc. iii.it one member tf the eleeUon board in in Fifth iiccuicl of the Third waid uu Leer, bi out." lit beloie the Investigating com nit tee. This nun was Herman rvonn, wno Ustiiied V ee'ntua . lis was unable tu till l,y wnJ bow tiie names of suiue vot vis apptarcd twice on the pull bwvka fur tiieeiiua tiay. Hailtfl Tells wf Ilia keerch. William V lUnnli.g. ba.l.If, was called to teilf In repaid to tha other members of this boaiu in the Fifth precinct of t.ie Thud ward. Lenta J. I nt:.i, bartender, a Judge in ll'uiiunucd on tc rid 'tt I Houso Refuses to Increase Salary of Taft's Secretary EeprewnUtite Rainey Hakes Caustic Spt ch Against liaising Stipend to Ten Thousand Dollari. WASHINGTON", Teh. 1.-The qualifica tions of one who la to fill the post of sec retary to the president were discussed in the house of representatives today In con nection with the Item In the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill, fixing the aalary of that official. The aen ate had thought tlO.Ono no more than ade quate compensation, but the house by a vote of 1) te M declined to concur, hold ing that U0. tha preaent salary, la am ple. Debate on the question was sharp and references were made from time to tlm to the duties of the secretary that brought forth spirited defense from advocates for an Increase In his aalary. Representative Rainey of Illinois, a dem ocrat, made a caustic apeech against the Increase, saying he knew of no duties the secretary had to perform that could not be performed with equal tact by Ppeaker Cannon's negro messenger. He also as serted that some pugilist like Jack John son or John L. Sullivan might perform some of the dutlea of the office. "It la not so long ago that at the order of on of these secretaries that an old lady was carried screaming through tha White House grounds," said Mr. Rainey. "If a t,000 aecretary would do a thing like that, in the name of God what would a lltf.Ott) aecretary do?" Refusal to concur In the aenate smend n ent had the effect of sending back to conference the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill. It 1 under stood the enate conferees now will seek to compromise on IT .500 for the secretary to the president. Foelker Says He Was Offered Bribe by Gardner Congressman Sayi He Wat Offered Twelve Thousand to Support Bace Track Bill in New York. NEW TORK. Feb. 1S.-A Jury to try Frank J. Gardner, former state senator, on a charge of attempted bribery was completed today. Gardner la accused of having attempted In 19PK to bribe Otto G. Foelker, then a state aenator, now a mem ber of congress, to help defeat Governor Hughe1 anti-race track betting legisla tion. Foelker' vote for the bill carried them. Congressman Foelker waa called aa the first witnesa. He said he had talked one only with Gardner about the Hart-Agnew bill and then was on a train, coming into Ner York from Albany. A man named Jacob Fllperln ,teld Foelker . that tlardnar wanted to see htm. the witnesa teatlfled. nd-h' went intcj a' com:-ar,trnent' on the train and saw Gardner there. Foelker con tinued: ' "W hen I entered Oardner said: "tVe want we need your vote to defeat the race tiack bill. I will give you IJ.Ortt down and the balance when the bill Is defeated.' He 'aid he would give me tl2.m0 In all. $2,000 more than the other senators were getting, because I was a friend of Ills. I waa to I get $t.000 w hen the vote was taken and 'the rest, when the bill was signed. I told ' him I could not do any such thing and I j left him." Danville Officials j Before Grand Jury ; Fail to Bemember Clerk of Elections and Police Sergeant May Be' Sent to Jail by Court to Befresh Memories. DANVILLE, III.. Feb. H.-Charles Quast, former clerk of ' elections in the Fourth ward, was afflicted with what ia known aa the "Danvllie memory" while before the grand 'try this morning, testifying to al leged vote buying. Foreman Woody ard questioned h'.tn. but his answers not being stt'artpry. ijusst waa taken before Judge Klntbrough. The court told Quest he would have to answer all questions or suffer the oneuuences. It developed today that Teter Comrle. desk sers-ant at police headquartera, "couldn't remember" when asked concern ing ;e.,tions late yesterday. He waa given un'.! tnda: to refresh hi memory with the t:n !.f r"ar.d,nK that If he failed to do so he t-fs'.'t expect a term In Jail for contempt. Coririe was an election lleutensnt for .'.e'!'f ,-taepard. The fact r.A he was b f r.- tiio t'an.i Jury Is taken to mean that ti'e ji.ry has gone into the election of the jheilff. " onww Mmm Phot hy Aeeldrpt. AIT.on.i, Neb., Feb K i Special Tele- Bvam. Farly this morning while In his loom prermlng to go hunting tfnmM Berg Sten accidentally shot himself with a shot gun srd was Instantly killed. The young man. I1 years old. was the son of Henry Eerrrren. who Is one of th county rom ! m!sioner of Hamilton county and was ; well and favorably known in tne northern rait o the county. An In'iuest was found ! unnecer . Omaha Country Club Has Noted Names on Its Pay Roll ' M crael Angela makes biscuit and "cl.ioken Man land" at tne Country club. ! Mohamet now stalled iial.aiumiti, make 'out the monthly bills. Th.s Is the first time that the sculptor ' an l I roi.het have appeared on a Job to gether, at lat In the employ of an Omaha roddl organization. Sewrsl hundred years ago Mike Anxrlo had a Job making atatuaiy out of Italian rocks doa on the shores of the Mediter ranean sea. where tlie olives turned purpl tin tiie sun and art pertrwated soil and air. ' Tnat. liotver, was before (he kitchen be came a rtudiu of culinary art. lKimestic .oti.ir and t'. r.oiio i, vvc ;vt to ue d'ecosered. Tl la made acjiptere a necea- . sil for the attl-'t. The broadening of the f Jd of art with the triumphant march .if ci liisatiun. to take In by its glowing scope ! ten iu gas rang la th clab kuchen, ha NORTH HYPOCRITE ON RACE ISSUE? Borah Makes Blunt Statement in Long; Speech on Direct Election of Senators. REPLIES TO BOOT'S ASSERTION Resolution Will Be Taken Up T' r A a?. Wa Alter itouiine jsusint vov WHITE MAN SAME EVERYWHERE Colored People Must Break Chains or Remain Bound. Own YOUNG TELLS OF IOWA SITUATION Spirited Verbal Fsrhaage Oe-rara Be tween nerah aa Hawkey a tr Fersser Weald Uirt Eleetlows te atatee. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15 That prejudice against the negro Is Just a Intense In the north as In the eouth and that the north plays the hypocrite In Its contentions to the contrary waa boldly and bluntly as serted In the aenate today by Senator Borah of Idaho. Mr. Borah's declaration regarding the negro were made at the close of a pro longed speech In opposition to the Suther land amendment to the senate resolution providing for the election of senators by popular vote. That amendment would have the effect of giving congress control of senatorial election. The Idaho senator' pronouncement on rare problems was made In response to the recent assertion of Senator Root that' with out the Sutherland provision the resolution would deprive the southern negroes of fed eral protection In tho exercise of the fran chise. Mr. Borah dissented frem the New York senator's view and In doing so used language which elicited congratulations from many aenatora. Resole flow tn Re Taken I p. Notwithstanding Mr. Borah's notice that he would ask the senate to sit today until a vote could be reached on the elections resolution, the proceedings on that meas ure were confined to hi own discussion of It. Uo succeeded, however. In getting a concession that the resolution should be taken up tomorrow after the disposition of the routine business. The postpone ment was granted to accommodate a num ber of senators who still desire to .ipeak on the subject. Mr. Borah already had spoken for almost three hours when he entered upon the con sideration of the effect of the Sutherland amendment on the race problem of the south. In hi general remarks he con tended that, as the resolution stand, not withstanding It gives the state legislatures control of senatorial election, congress still would have the right to Interfere In protection of any cltisen whose right of franchise had been Interfered with. The Idaho aenator expressed deep regret that' the race question had . been brought, Into the controversy and assorted that Its introduction, was Intended onLA Ikn. Imperii the resolution. He began thia . portion of his address by paying his respect to the" northera states. Xertk riari HyworrHe. "I wonder how long the north la going to play the hypocrite and the moral coward on this question." he said, and added that that section had always assumed more wis dom and more tolerance In dealing with this problem than had been displayed else where. He Insisted that a call of the roll of the northern atatea In which there was any appreciable number of negroes would demonstrate that the north had not dcslt more leniently with the negro than had other sections. The norhem statea have exhibited the same race prejudice that haa been shown elsewhere," he asserted. "In the north we burn the negro at the stake, and there aa In other section we have our race wars. We, push our negroea to the outer edge of the industrial world. . We exhibit the same prejudice, the same weaknesses, the same intolerance that la apparent In the south land." Mr. Borah declared that if congress had power under the existing provision of the constitution giving congressional control over senatorial elections it ahould be exer cised. "If that right exlsta the north haa the greater obligation under It because It makes claim to It. We assert the power, but we admit that we have not had the men-al courage to exercise It." For himself he denied the existence of any such power and said that he resented such a position because of the position in which congress waa placed by It. Woeld Defeat Mraanre. Th rare question. Mr. Borah aald. had been brought Into -the discussion "in the fond hope thst it would do service In de feating the resolution aa a whole." He declared it had been used for a simi lar purpors for the last thirty years. Concluding he aald: "The negro haa been used aa a political football about as long a our own sense nf decency and hla developing Intelligence will permit. We ahould have the courage to Inform him as to the real situation. It doea not benefit him to make him the sub ject of our aophomorlc rhetoric. The col ored race haa advanced to the point where we well niay dispense with the perennial distribution of soothing ryrup and give It (Continued on Second Pag ) made possible the rendering of conceptions In a new medium by Mr. Angelo. The modem creations of tiie Hon. Angelo are said by members cf the Country club to be as highly ratlsf) lug aa his rendering cf the seer. Moses. The Moses statue was jrade by Mr. Angelo some time before the o: snliation of Ire Country club. Mahamet has turned his attention from piowcry to profit, tt? t now more larRety co.-crintd with makiuj club prices cover breakage and deprecation than formerly. -Mohamtl ucd to be commander-in-chief of a re'lKl.ic army ove: In Asia. That j also quit while, back. ' le Mohan. rt was not king In A:a he wrote a look ulaJ the Koian. II has cunil.l lah e circulation down east. l'iin Culpetztr of llie boa id of direetuiS of the Country club eirploM'd the celebri ties who now grace the payroll. i From ths Wavhlngton Erenlni Itir. ARCHBISHOP RYAN'S FUNERAL Body of Prelate Laid to Best Under Altar of Cathedral, HUNDREDS OF PRIESTS ATTEND Cardinal Gibbon Presides at the Resjalesa Mass and Serntowi is Frearbr r Arenblslioa. ' Glensea of t. Iala. - PHTIAtSfTlpTuA. Pa.. Feb. 1. -Thebody of the late Archbishop Patrick John Ran was today entombed In the crypt beneath the high altar of the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, following funeral services that were Imposing. Tt waa one of the greatese funerals ever held In Philadelphia. Practically all the prominent figures In the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church In the t'nlted States participated and hundreda of priests were present. Surrounding the cathedral was a great concourse of people who witnessed the procession from the church around the Ijngan snuare, and back to the edifice. With the exception of the heavy black draperies and a few large palms, there were no flowers. The body of the archbishop rested upon a catafslque !n front of the high altar surrounded by lights and the guard of honor. It was dressed In the full rich vestments of office. rhaallaar of Ilvlne Office. Tfcw services began with the chanting of the dUirte office made -up of excerpts from the acriplurea. The antlphonarians who performed thl office Included Cardinal Gibbon, clad in the crlet of the sacred college and surrounded by hla assistant in gorgeous vestment. With the end of the service the officiating clergymen retired to the sacristy where the procession for the mas of requiem was formed. Carlnal Oibbons presided at the mass. In the procession were Monslgnnr Falconlo, the papal delegate to the t'nlted States, and Archbishop Olennnn of St. Louis, who preached the sermon. There were three thrones for the psnsl delegate, cardinal and archbishop. The throne of the dead archbishop remained vacant. Body Carried1 la Procession . The absolution of the body was quintuple and waa pronounced by five of the attend ing prelates, one of them being the car-, dlnal. With this final rite of the church concluded the body was conveyed to the front door and placed upon a funeral car riage. Then with th feature of the be loved metropolitan exposed to view a pro cession was formed which moved around I the four a'des of lostn square, which la opposite the cathedral and comprises four large city blocks. It Is estimated that pearly lOn.AOO persons raw the unusual procession. With ths re turn of the cortege to the rathedisl the body was convened to the crypt beneath the altar. Joaanln Miller grrloasly III. OAVI.ANK. Cal.. Feb. It Joaquin Miller, the rwvt. who suffered from a general breakdown, passed a comfortable niKlu. Mis rtcoveiy, however. Is a yuei-iion of grate doubt. an you use an Auto at all? I I mlchf Ha r 9 Intrpfat t . v t n 4v look over the list of gllgbtly uaej cara In the Bee today. Dealen ara offering tbe beet tUat they have at surprisingly low fig ures. There It always a demand for ue1 cars They are being told everyday through tbe Bee If you do not ce the one advertised you are looking for call Tyler KM) ami the ad taker will help you find it. Gathering Recruits. 9 ' " r si rr. v m - i Resolution to Annex Canada Presented to the Lower House President is Asked to Open Neg-otia-, tions Looking; to Making- Canada Part of United States. WASHINGTON. Feb, X.-Repreentatlve (.Bennett -pf New York, one-of thw republic cana who voted against Canadian reci procity, today Introduced In the house a resolution requesting the president to enter Into negotiations with the British govern-" ment looking to the annexation of Canada. In speaking of his resolution. Mr. Bennett Insisted that he was both serious and sin cere. He declared that to his mind an nexation was the logical result to be looked forward to following reciprocity. The Bennett resolution follows: Resolved. By the house of representatives I the senate concurring, that the president or m i nireei mates De required to enter on and prosecute from time to time such negotiations with the British government as he may deem expedient for the annexa tion of the Dominion of Canada to the I'nitrd Rates of America. Several members of congress who favored the reciprocity bill express the opinion that the Bennett resolution ia calculated to prejudice the two countries against final approval of the agreement. Opposition to New Mexico Constitution Delegation Calls at White House and Says It Was Drafted' by Saloon Keepers and Special Interests. WASHINGTON. Feb. K-Declarlng that fraud and corruption were used tn the pat-sage of the New Mexico constitution, appeal was made today to President Taft bv representatlvea of the Anti-Saloon league, the Women's Christian Temperance union and other Interests to use his In fluence against the adoption of the consti tution. They presented to the president a brief declaring a large number of the committee which had drafted the constitution were bartenders, saloonkeeper and representa tlvea of various corporate Influences which were trying to get entire control of the state. MOB LEADER PLEADS GUILTY Sentence Deferred la Case of Clarence Ttntaaona. M ho Aides! la l ynch-Inn- HeteetMe. NEWARK. O.. Feb. Hi Clarence Tlm mon. on trial for first degree murder in i connection with the Ivncliing of Carl Ether ! InBton. a temperance detective, today j changed its plea of not guilty to a plea of j guilty of manslaughter. Sentence waa u- terrea. Timmons is the third of the alleged lie', leader to be adjudged guiity. Nearly Fifteen Catholics in uil.U'.U'kEE. Wis.. Feb. I. There are ! at piesent 11 ilS.T'il Honr.an Catholics in ths I nlted mates, according lo the 1111 MU cius official Catholic directory, which 1 now in presa. Tli figure given doe not include the Catholic in the I'hillpplnes, i'orto Rico or Hawaiian ialands for it these were added, the numurr of Bo-nan CLlhul.cs under the Mars and stripe, would be nearly rMt. ( .ilihougl) th I'nliea States rilg ous cea ! us of l"! credits the I lon.au C'h..lici jfii.li with only l.'t79 1. the Wlltulu tin- ure is not exaggerated as the eens'i bur-' tai. didurled Ji per cent of its total fu. i j I'hildien. counting only communicants . I According lo the directors, trifre aie in 'ilie I niled routes ji.1 Catholic pnea s- and V..tl churches. Of tins number V.ulT - . RUSSIAHKD CHINA MAY FIGHT Czar's Government Serves Notice of Military Demonstration. CHARGES VIOLATION OF TREATY Kara pea a stations Are Notified that Troops Will Be Ben. y IMstrirt ' . t of 111 to Esfsre A r4l Rlba. ..' . IX3NPO.V. Feb. 1.-Tha relation of Rue sis and China are atrained to he breaking point. . Russia today notified the govern ments of Great Britain, France and Ger many of Its intention to make a military demonstration on the Russo-Chlnese fron tier, owing to China' persistent violation of the St. Petersburg treaty of im. Russian troop will be aent forthwith to the district of 111. The extent of th demonstration. It la added In the diplomatic note, will depend entirely on the attitude assumed by China. The vital questions Involved are free trade In Mongolia, the extra territorial right of Russians In China and the estab lishment of a Russian consulate at Keobdo. Mongolia. There have been rumor receltly of an intention by Russia to bring preaaure to bear on China because of alleged violations of the Russo-Chlnese treaty. That the alt uation waa acute, however, haa been de nied both by the Chinese foreign board and the Russian legation at Peking. It has been admitted that there were dif ferences in the lnterpretatlona of the In ternational agreement aa made at St. Pe tersburg and at Peking. The treaty adopted In ISM expiree thia month, and it haa been reported that China wa unwilling to renew- It, at least not until certain modera tions had been made. Half Million Fire in Retail Section of Los Angeles Blaze Starts in Basement of Meyer SeigeJ Dry Goods Store and Spreads to Brne Building;. IjOS ANGEI-F.S. Feb. K.-FIre that broke out this forenoon from a gaa explosion In the basement of the Meyer. Selgel Jt Co.'s dry goods building on the west lde of Broadway, between Second and Third street, spread rapidly and for a time threatened the part of downtown retail district. It finally was placed under con trol tn the Byrne building, a Urge office structure, and It iff believed the loss will be less than IMlOnO. Total loss estimated at SiiO.OO). The prin cipal losses: The Staub Shoe company. 11'OnnO; Meyer Slegel ; Co., Sloft.nnn: building occupied by these two firms. $l..(0O. The t'nloue Clonk and Suit house and tver Brother mi!!in-: and the Columbia i i;H building alfo s iffered loe. Million Roman the United States have resident pastors. Cathollca also con tiol i.ili parochial -cl.ools. with an at tendance of l.ZTO 131. In addition to thia. tiu re are iZ colleges for boy and ly. academies fur girl and ecclesiastical .aemliiaries. According to the Wlltxius publication, the atatcs of ' the union iiav.'n; th? largest number of Csihol t:s are: New York 7V 171 California .... rl.:o. PnnyK'U .. 1 -'-1 'i Texaa St., siT Illinois I..; f" Iowa :i2 n UaaMChii'ti .1 :".i'1 Ntw Mrxcu.. 1.' ii ii'i'.o '! ' biiika 11510 Wisconsin .... F4t.y'4 Kansas lltfl'S. M.aoiui '.'.' Colorado rf ii MltintSota ... 4 1 0M Ttitae figure aie rrgaided as official i,i Catholic clrclts. a th Information it fur nlshed direct from th various Cn.hoile chancery efK. PLAN TO AMEND DAYLIGHT LAW Senator Reagan Introduces Bill to Give Cities Option to Extend Saloon Hours. VIEWS OF DAHLMAN DEMOCRACY Measure Said to HaTC Emanated from Omaha Mayor. JOLT FOR OMAHA FIRE WARDEN Shoemaker's Bill Doing Away with Office is Recommended. SCHEELE CONTEST PUT OVER Matter Will Again Come 1'a for Final Determlnattoa Taeadar Howae Wonld Otve Coaatlea Chaare to Abolish ttiemeri. From a Staff Correspondent. MNCOI-N. Feb. 1. (Special Telegram.) An amendment to the S o'clock closing law was introduced In the senate thl morning by Per s tor Reagan of Pouglas to give cities the right to establish for themselves a later hour for closing saloons. The new ertion In the law read, after pecifying that It appllea to ny city of the metropol itan class or any city of th first class with more than .) Inhabitant, "the local leg Islative authorities thereof, u.ay, upon the presentation to them of petition asking such action be taken signed by more than SO per cent of the legally qualified voter of such municipality at th last preceding general election change the hour limitation named from S o'clock p. m. to any hour not later than 12 o'clock midnight." Thia law would give Omaha. South Omaha and a number of amaller cities th right to establish for themselves a later closing hour for the selling of Intoxicants. Tha bill introduced by Senator Reagan ia supposed to have emanated originally from Mayor Dahlman of Omaha, anfl I said to embody the changea In the law which the lahlmsn Democracy desires. Doing. Aeear rrlth Fire tVardra. Shoemaker's bill to destroy the office of fire warden In Omaha was ordered en grossed for third reading after the commit tee of the whole had decided to postpone it Indefinitely. The bill waa opposed In ths committee of the whole and was voted down, but when the committee rose to re port Shoemaker moved not to concur. H had ucceeded In getting some of th Doug las county delegation to stand with him, and a revulsion of opinion resulted In a vote favoring the bill of 43 to 17. and It wa ordered for passage. Of the Douglas county delegation Holmes. Bulla and Shoe maker were for repealing the law creating the office and tJver. McArdle. Morlarty, Grossman and Rlha were against It. Bo !nd was absent. Leldlgh'a bill making !t compulsory for counties to spproprlate cent per inhabi tant for a cCunty fair fund annually was killed. ..'Tie bif would give the County TafJ an'-O- ntki ..eny couofy. which cbul l raise tstt the right to demand of the county author! tic this appropriation. Jn Douglas county the annual appropriation would have been for. county, fair S10.3nf) approxi mately if thia law had passed. Contest I sue Delayed. It waa announced that the Scheele-Wert man contest care which had been aet for a special order for tomorrow, waa to be postponed yet again to Tuesday morning. The members of the eommlttee. particu larly the minority members who Intend re porting for the republlcsn contestant, say posithely that this will be the Isst post ponement. There will probably be three reporta. Tha wet majority will report for Beheele. the dry republican for Wertman and Norton, the dry democrats will prob ably offer a compromise between the wto with a leaning to Weinman's aide of the case. Norton haa not yet decided exactly upon his action and may sign the minority report. A meeting will he held by the nine dry democratic memhera before the time comes and he will abide by their de cision in the matter. Jolt for t saatr Assessor. The county assessors of the state were rather rudely trented by the committee on revenue and taxation today when the bill which the assessors had introduced waa completely emaaculated and Its lntentton I changed befora the committee would recommend It for passage. The aascssor tin a convention agreed upon a bill which would give them the right of running for a second term, a privilege now denied, and a raise in pay.. The committee took this bill aa It was Introduced by McKissick of "iHe. chairman of the committee, and amended it to strike nut both the pro visions which the assersora were having It offered for and adding a provision tn give tha counties a right to decide at the next election whether or not the office of county assessor should tie altogether abolished. tails Salons I nruly. Considerable comment has resulted to night among the members of the legisla ture . over a sentence In a speech which Governor Aldrlch made today at the con vocation of the students of the University of Nebraska at Memorial hall. The executive was seaklng on "What la Kducatlon" and though hi address wa entirely apart from politics. In an "aaide." he uttered the following words: "I have been bus keeping my hands n the demo cratic lentnlaturc and I would rather try to control a carload of donkrs, of which the party U symbolical, than ilo the work that It requires " K UK IIKI IIMMKMH Hit. I. a lloaaland Meaaar i'lmrrd Ursrlns I poo Parole ftyairun. I from a Staff Correspondent. I LINCOLN. Feb. K. tSneclal i - Af'er placing Senator Ollls' Mock ard lull on cell!) file t rec.mnten.l A t. - t h m. j inlitee. the senate went Into committee of tne wliole this art-moon HI, la ie--.ui rncii.lt d for third reading and pss-a-e -eluded the bill of Mermtur Tibhels fii a llie salarte according to the school p pu lation of the rountiett. which wtild result In most tatea In an " inert sse. and lluag land's bill removing the rotrictton upon petitions to hc governor In legard lo pa roles. The prtaent Ian prevents ecrding to the governor memorial and iietliions s-falust the parole of crlni n.iK and the recent toe of tlie criminal who was parub-d bv lioveinor rhalleiiberner against the uli and deflres of the pe ils of lutnlphan. where tlie crime for which he was sen tenced was ronirntited, vt a.t ranied as an example of the thine wlilcU It I d'r d Pi p:t v ent. The argument was made againm the bill