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PUHSMWtWS-MMlD R. 0. WATTERS, Business Manager ri.ATTSM()LTII. NEBRASKA AS I0LD J LI A BOILING DOWN OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY. MENTIONED IfT SMALL SPACE The Busy Reader Can Absorb in a Few Moments a Good Deal of Information. Congress. The salary of (he president of the Vnited States has been definitely fixed a! v.",i 'On per annum,, without, any additional allow iim-.' for travel ing expenses. A complete agreement wax- reached liy the conferees of the general dell rloncy bill. Tin- amendments mak ing an appronlation of $500,000 to pay the first two Installments to Co lombia under the provision of the treaty recently raiitled and appropri ation of $.'0,nti(i to pay the expense if a commission to Investigate the Interests of the i.'nited Sia'es in Li beria were adopted. Senator Ruikett's bill to htnend the federal court law governing the Ne braska district passed with some nmeiidments in the senate and wan Kent, at. once to the house. A bill was presented In the house by Representative Bird S. McGuIre f Oklahoma to confer upon the court of claims jurisdiction to hear and determine claims of the l'awuee tribe of Indians in Oklahoma against the United States government. Senator-elect Joseph L. Rrlwtow of Kansas has reached Washington, and was a visitor at the capilol, where he was introduced in the senate side by Senator Curtis. Now that billion dollar sessions of (ingress are the rule, little other than appropriation legislation can be nacted during the short session. The appropriations for the session prob ably will be Hie largest on record even exceeding the $1, 008,000 pro vided for at the first session. Represent ative Hinshaw introduced a lull appropriating ?2.),ooo to pur chase a quarter section of land Beatrice, Neb., for the purpose public park. The immigration commission, posed mainly of members of th near of a coin- sen- aie and of the hous'o of representa fives, was sharply criticised in the senate by Senator (.Jury of South Carolina. The senate ship subsidy lost in the lower house. Congress worked nearly bill was ill night on the I'd to linisli up business The president sent to the senate the following nominations: To hi consul at lioma, Congo Tree State, William W. llandley of New York To be associate justice of the s'u prcme court of New Mexico, Kdward A. Mann and Ira A. Abbott. Senator Hurkott of Nebraska inlro- duceil n bill providing for an Inspec tion of locomotive boilers similar to that now required in the case of Mcamhoat boilers. General. ..I and the man went down The ceremony of Inauguration of Taft and Sherman took place th usuai way ami ni uie usual time, ex cept that exercises were held in the senate chamber on account of severe storms. Immediately nftur Taft had taken the oath of olllce Roosevelt left for Oyster Hay. I be street parade and grand ball In the evening were features of the inauguration. II 11,... rr ",i i Tcsiucin iau win convene con gress in extra session March 1 r.t h. Secretary Wright approved the find lugs of the retiring board In the cast or v oioucl William v. Tucker of the pay department of the army, and son-in-law of Mrs. John A. l.ogan. This places Colonel Tucker on the retired 1 1 ... 1 1 ! t . . .. i 1 jisi mr ine on inree-quarters pa v. It is rumored tnat llarrlman has made a deal for an entrain to Seattle over St. Paul tracks. State Senator Skinner charges that the saloon clement is spending large sums of money In influencing legis lation in Colorado. The lower house of the Arkansas legislature has passed a state-wide prohibition bill. Deadlocks In Illinois and Wisconsin may cause two senate vacancies In the next congress. The pope of Rome Is indisposed from a severe cold. The ninth attempt of Mrs. F.llza beih l.owery of St. lxuiis to end her life was successful. She drank car bolic acid because of despondency. Many new faces for both house and temite will be seen In the coming 1 engross. The bouse passed the sundry civil appropriation bill after a debate marked by much bitterness. Appropriations of the present con gress will pass the billion dollar mark The Russian government has sent a tcb 'gram to the Servian govern ment counseling Servla to renounce sill territorial claims mid await the dei ision of the pijwers. lii'imilding at Missina, Italy, ing on with funds from America go- The pi Ice of May w heat surpassed nil records of recent years on the New York produce exchange, when it advanced 2 cents a v bushel to $1 22 -V The linal price was $l.2-'i, 1 ii"t advance fur the day of le. The Kansas house nnd senate voted to concur in the second ronfereriee report eu the bunk guarantee law and the bill will heroine a law as uoim a-, it is Hiv,inl by the governor and pub lished. ' One hundred thousand strangers were in Washington U witness the inauguration. , Mobilisation of tropps by the Ser vian government continues. Venezuela is not regarded - a safe place for ex -President ( astro. Prominent cigarette dealers throughout the country have decided to abolish cut prices on standard brands of i igareties. Ilie (',. iiiiluis Memorial lomnils- sion i in awarded tne contract lor making a statue of Columbus, lo be erected in I he plaza of the union sta tion !n Washington, to l.orado Taft, of Chicago, a relative of the pres'i- e,l-'lcct. The inquiry into :'ie beef trust may esnlt In landing big game. The purchase of upwards of $21,- oaii.oiio of general development, bonds of the .Southern Hallway com- lany by , I'. Morgan & Co. was an Tlie price was stated to be nouneeu. about 7.'). Bishop Richard Scaiiiiel of Omaha was a passenger on ine steamer diiatie which arrived In New York from Southampton. Judge Taft says he has been inls- pioted on his' tariff views, The Kansas senate passed the bill already passed by the house prohib iting bucket shops in Kansas. Not only the establishments are illegal but telegraph operators taking quota tions for such purposes are subject to heavy penalties. The International Harvester com pany paid to It. Ij. 1 nomas, cicik in the Shawnee county district court $13,ri (iU, the tine and costs assessed against, the company by Judge A. W. Dana for violating the Kansas anil- trust laws. Kentucky's governor has pardoned an ciuuii who lias ncen round guilty of telling the truth about certain evildoers. $."1(1,0110 monument in memory of President Janus A. Garfield Is pro posed in a bill introduced by Repro- sentative Langley (Ky.) The measure provides that the monument shall bo erected on or near the Middle-Creek battlefield In Floyd comity, Kentucky, Cicneral Garfield having commanded the union forces in that engagement. Washington. Thos. K. Stone, now chief nslior at Die White House, succeeds Major Charles D. A. lieffler as doorkeeper to the president. An Immense big stick, handsomely carved and beautifully colored, was cleared through the customs house here. The stick is a gift to Presl- dent Hoosevelt from the American colony at. Chihuahua. Mexico, and carries with It their wish that Presi dent Roosevelt may be recalled to of fllce, so that he may use It. Mlirasiia millers, and tliere are nearly ;:,ri0 of them, according to n cent statistics, are face to face with a situation that spells reduced price for their flour unless Secretary Wil son modi lies his recent order com pelling Nebraska millers to mark their packages of Hour "artificially bleached." Representative Pollard has been getting many letters about the recent decision of ike agricultural depart ment in the, bleached flour cases, Hi called on Secretary Wilson and raised with him the question of whether (hi matter might be reopened. Mr. Wil son said he had held hearings for live iiays on 1110 suojeet and was satislied the decision was right. Senator Ibirkett had up with the postmaster general a petition of citl e.ns of Hethany for the establish ment there of a branch ollice of the Llncln posiolhYo, The postmaster general called Ids attention to Hi section of the law providing that no substation could be established in any town of less than l,r00 inhabitants and that in this petition the citizens had made a statement that their po pulation was 1,200. Senator Gamble went before the appropriation committee of the senate in behalf of 1111 appropriation of $u0,- 0(u for a new water system at Fort Meade, S. D. On the reciiininemhulon of Senator Dawson, Dr. II. It. Dean lias been ap pointed pension examining surgeon at Muscatine, la. vice Dr. C. C. Mov- ridge, deceased. Uolh the president dent-elect and their the White House Hie and the presl wives occupied night before In- augu ration. ...I ... . 1 oe sciiaie committee on judiciary voieu id report a disagreement on uie resoiuiiuu piovidiug lor an inves tigation of the absorption of the Tennessee o;il & Iron companv bv the United States Steel Corporation. Personal. .v committee to wait upon Mayor iiusse or t lucago and ask for work was appointed at a meeting of r.Oo un employed at Hull house. I ... r. . . . . 11. ttm. if. I.IIIUI nas resigned aa collector of customs at Charleston, S. C. TI10 Honolulu legislature gives a premium to big families. Nebraska legislators through wiili their wor are No half more bills will be int induced. Speaker Cannon wroio a let fending the rules of the house Kev. Ulliy Sunday was at lacked and horsewhipped at a revival meet ing at Sprlnglicld, III. Uie question ol woman suffrage will be put to a vote 1 11 Washington state senator l.al-ollette Is marked for political extinction by some of lils senatorial enemies, 'I he IlerUn "ripper has at last been caught red -handed by a pollc man. ITS BEGINS PROMPTLY AT HIS DESK LABOR BEFORE HIM. FOR MAKES PUBLIC HIS CABINET Message for Special Session Will Ask That Nothing Be Considered But the Tariff. Washington, D. C The Taft ad ministration took its first stride Fri day. The new president named his cabinet, the senate confirmed Ills se lections, and its members will take the oath of office Saturday, with the exception of (ieorgt! W. Wickershani, who was sworn In as attorney general Friday, and of Messrs. Dickinson and MacVeagh, whose personal affairs will not permit of their reaching Washing ton for a week or more, An Important conference took place between President Taft nnd the re publican members of the ways and means committee. The committee framed a tariff bill which it is under stood contains a provision for the col lection of an Inheritance tax, one of the suggestions for raising revenue contained in the inaugural address of President Taft. President Taft told the committee tliere would he no de lay In the olliclal proclamation calling the extra session of congress for March l.i. His message to this stes- s on, ne said, would recommend tnat It confine Its work exclusively to tariff revision, that there nil?ht be no unnecessary delay In enacting this most. Important law. He would, he said, not discuss In his message any details of tariff re vision, leaving all such matters en tirely to the Judgment of congress. The members of the. committee left the White House expressing the ut most good feeling and the belief that the work of the extra session would be completed before June 1. Aside from these Important accom plishments, President Taft. gave him self up heartily to the demands of his friends and thousands of Inaugu ral visitors who wished to shake hands witli him, see his smile anil get a word to carry home with them. Philander C. Knox had the honor of being tin; first caller on President Taft in the White House building at precisely it: HO in l be morning. A 15-niinute Interview, Mr. Knox said, bad its importance, but. not for publi cation, lie was rejoicing that since when his resignation as a senator be came effective, he was simply a pri vate citizen. His rejoicing, however, was brief, for before the day was much older he had been nominated and confirmed as secretary of state. Coventor Hughes of New York, Gov. Proutv of Vermont and the sen- it ors and many of the representatives from those states next had the car of the president and gained his consent to attend the celebration July 7 and 8 net. of the discovery of Lake Champlain at Plattsburg and Burling- ton. The congratulations and good wishes of Cuba were extended to President Taft from President Go mez, Vice-President Zayns and n num ber of prominent l uban officials and politicians in the form of a memorial presented by General lie aieirio 1 as tillo Duany. who came to the United States for that purpose. "TaftClass" Luncheon. Washington. "Taft 's class" as it has been called for some time past the i la-ss of '78 i;t Yale, 11 large ma jority of the living representatives of which were here to attend the in angulation, gave a farewell luncheon. It included also the ladies of the party. President Taft was unable. owing to numerous other official and social duties, to be present. Want Tafttto Visit Texas. Austin. Tex. The lower house of the Texas legislature unanimously passed a resolution Inviting President Taft to visit Texas. Wine at the White House. Columbus, lad. A number of wo men ot 1 ominous nave ncen circular lug a petition addressed to Mrs. Wil liam Howard Taft that she should not permit the serving of wine at the din ners in the White house. Nebraskans Urged for Place. Washington Tlie Nebraska delega tion, it is understood, will ask from Tafi's administration the retention of W. K. Andrews of Hastings ai audit Hi- for tne treasury department ami the appointment of ex-Congressman ltovd as oinnilssioiier of Indian af tab's. Will Recommend Miller. Washington.-C. W. Miller, who twice been attorney general of In diana, will be recommended by Sen utor Peverldge for United States at tornev to succeed Mr. Keating. Retrial of Standard Case. Chicago. The government occupiei the entire session of the retrial n the Standard Oil company of Indiana In seeking to prove the publication o! the disputed tariff number 24. which carried the IN cent rate for oil be tweeii Indiana mid Illinois points Several railroad men. formerly In the olftces of the Chicago & Alton rail road at Chicago. Summit, 111., and other nearby points, test I tied that the tariff was kept on tile in their offices U Is ihouuht the government will con clinic by Monday. NEBRA8KA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Here nd There Over the 6tatt. Two golden weddings were cele brated In Hall county last week. Thirty high school girls in Hum boldt put on black faces and gave it ininsuel fhow, Soven of the alleged rioters in South Omaha have been bound over to the district court. Allen B. Ciirran, an old soldier, and for many years a resident of Tecum stih, died at the Soldiers' home in Leavenworth, Kas. Tlie 2-year-old son of John Suva, of Cuming county, got hold of a bot tle of strychnine, partaking of enough to cause his death, The Beaver Crossing high school hit been recognized by the stato uni versity as a full twelve-grade school accredited to the university. Arrangements are being made for the Central Nebraska Teachers' asso ciation and declamatory contest to be held in the last week in March. Tlie bill granting an extension to the Central Railroad & Tlrldge com pany to build a bridge at or near Omaha has passed both houses of congressi. (Sam Story has been nrrested at Le Grand, Ore., for the murder of Fred Smith In Cherry county, this state, some months ago. The murderer will be brought to Nebraska. Clyde Bower of Kearney, 17 years old, son of A. G. Rower, had a portion of his left hand blown off by the acci dental discharge of a shotgun while hunting on the Platte river. A man was picked up by the sec tion men on the Union Pacific rail way track about six miles east of Schuyler. Sheriff Kaspar had him removed to Schuyler, where ho now lies In an unconscious state. Mllford people are violently op posed to the legislature converting the Soldiers' and Sailors' home there Into a dipsomaniac hospital for thr treatment of the drug and liquor habit. L, A. Jewell was killed In a and pit two miles southeast of Ansley, while hauling sand for the Ansley Ce ment company. The sand caved In on him, crushing his head against a wagon Wheel. Fourteen members of th senior :lass of the Heatrice high school were dismissed for entering the room wearing red and white stockings and their trousers rolled up almost to their knees. Sheriff Fischer of Otoe county took Mose Damme, a dipsomaniac, to Kan sas City for treatment. He has been in Nebraska City Jail for some time, having been brought there from Lor ton, whire he has resided for many years. Wlien Kiley O heeffe and wife of Humboldt awakened about 2 o'clock in the morning they found their 1-nuinlhs--old baby lifeless between them. The child had been sufferlm: from whooping cough and a compli cation of diseases. rhe delegates to the state Young .Men s i.nrisiian association conven tion, which was held at Hastings, re port that greater progress in the as soclatlon work has been made In the state the past year than ever before Information has been received In Hastings from Woodburn, la., by County Attorney Hartigan that Ben jamin Marquis, now In the county jail in Hastings, Is wanted In Wood- burn for the negotiation of a check fcr $(,00 at h Woodburn bank. Lost in the late storm, Miss Viola Fellows, a school teacher nine miles southwest of Lodge Pole, nerisheit not more than 200 yards from her board iug place. Her body was found where she had fallen after becoming exhausted. Luther Rush, who was sentenced recently to five years in the peniten tiary on a charge of robbing a sa loon at Arapahoe, escaped from the county jnll at Reaver City, He se cured an Iron leg from the radiator and with It pried open the cell door, State Treasurer Brian has made his monthly report to Slate Auditor Rarton, showing the transactions of his office for the month of February He has cash on hand and cash items $22.1,1 41. .'if. ; cash on deposit, $011, 530.111. In the permanent school fund he has on hand $33t',4SJ.4!i. Rev. Hiram R. Harrison, pastor of the First Congregational church of Hastings, created a sensation when he announced from the pulpit that It was his Intention to have a roller skating rink established In the bast incut of the proposed new church edl lice, which Is to cost $20,000. AI Grand island the case of Mrs A. .Maggie Marsh against tlie 1 nion Pacific, damages In the sum of $15. 000 being asked for on account of the death of her husband at the Union Pacific shops, was settled by agree ment between the parties at bar, the company paying $5,000 and costs. Johnson county was first in butler awards at the recent meeting of the Nebraska Dairymen's' association held in Lincoln. George S. Phillips, pro prietor of tlie Guernseydale dair; farm, near Tecumseh, received first premium on dairy print butter and first premium upon ornamental di sign in butter. U. U. Thurber of Tecumseh has bulldog which will climb trees. The dog is good-si.el. and he goes' up tree a areat. deal as a cat does, al though not as sprightly. Miss Nannie Opple, a young lady residing near Mlnersvllle, Otoe conn tv. has filed a suit in the district court against Noah Morrow, the pom master, and a merchant at Miners ville, wherein she demands $10,000 damages. She says In her petition that she went Into the pnstofflcu af ter her mall a short time since and the defendant attacked her and tailed her vile names. CAPITAL ffl IB1 ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUNDTHE ' STATE HOUSE. THE WORK OF THE UW MAKERS Legislative Facts and Cossr New i of the State Capital. Fin?nce Bill. The house finance committee has completed its budget bills for ail ! the special appropriations for build ings and kindred subjects, and for those things which are specially ap propriated for in the bills which Cre ated the need. Ry this bill Ihe governor's oflice Is ; to have incidental exnenses together With the executive mansion of $7,000 for the biennluni, the commissioner of public lands and buildings $4,000, the attorney geueral $10,000 to enforce the rules of the railway commission and the Jnnkin act. the expenses of the Ktate hanking board are to be $11,000, the state historical society gets the customary $15,000, the pure food commission $15,800 exclusive of the commissioner's salary, the nation al guard $51,800, Peru normal exclud ing salaries and new buildings $311,- 000, the state university $145,000 di- Ided into permanent Improvements $100,000, expenses of fanners insti tutes $20,000 and tlie North Platte Hub-station $25,000. the Kearney nor mal gets $24,700, the institute for the blind at Omaha $10,000.00, the hoys' Industrial school at Kearney $85,500, the girls' industrial school at Geneva $32,750, the home for the feeble mind- d at Beatrice $00,500, the Lincoln hospiial for the insane $17l,:'00, the penitentiary draws $130,200, and the soldiers' home at Grand Island $123,- 10. All these are exclusive of sal- Aries and buildings that may be ord ered by special bills. FKWU.VUlll'll I. w l 'fid.' y t Ml j ry & ..... Senator Jas. A. Donohoe, of O'Neill. Quick Action on Insanity Bill. Upon motion of Ransom the senate rules were suspended and H. R. No. 118 was advanced to a third reading and passed. This measure was Intro duced in the house by Wilson, but Ransom explained that it had been prepared by Attorney Genera! Thomp son and his deputy. Grant Martin, who were anxious that it pass at once. It carries the emergency clause and will become a law as soon as It re ceives executive approval. This measure provides that when a . 1 .1. person lias neon coiiuemneu 10 in'inn nnd the question of sanity Is raised, the matter shall be referred to the dis trict Judge from the district 111 which Ihe condemned person was convicted. Should the judge, upon making Inves- tigation. find that the prisoner might be mentally deranged, ho shall sum nion the superintendents of the three state insane hospitals, who shall pass upon the case. Should they report that the convict Is Insane, centenco will be suspended, otherwise It will be carried out. Changes Banking Bill. The joint committee on banking In the legislature has been at work for the past two or three days, and has made several changes In the bill as originally drawn. One of the most important is that relating to assessments to build up a guaranty fund. Instead of making the llrst two assessments i-2 of 1 per cent. It is proposed to make one assess ment of 1-2 of 1 per cent in July or this year. 1-4 of 1 per cent In January of next year and 1-4 of I per cent In July, 1010. After that there shall be un nnnual assessment of 1-loth of 1 per cent. Instead of a maximum of 2 per cent that may be levied in any one year the maximum Is placed at I per cent a year. The provision prohibiting loans to stockholders In excess of 50 per cent, once taken out. was restored. To Elect the Local Assessors. After a discussion ranging from Fri day morning until Friday afternoon the two Skeeii bills providing for the election of precinct assessors were passed. The two bills, II. It. 214 anil 215, contain one of tlie chief "home rule" pledges of the democrats. Tbo chief point or discussion was the retention of county assessors. The 1 "It 1 J- counties 01 mh.ih i'"ri"iiu" 1 nunies, 0111 me meeting was a peace. do away with the eouuty assessor as a j ul one. The members of the com useless luxury. The richer counties mtttee heard the arguments of the. want blm retained, believing he is 1 attorneys and the agents of tlfe coin- .. 11 i.imii 11 li... ii-on worthy of Ids 111 re. 1 ne mus unauy passed without a mend ment. Six Departments f:r University. The Kotouc house bill providing that the state university shall be di vided into six departments passed the senat- Friday. The bill will have to be nturned to the house for the ap proval of the amendment which the senate added, denying the right of the university regents to offer new courses at will and to divide the uni versity into new departments as the board might see fit. As the bill is approved it makes no changes except to senarato the agricultural and en- gineerlng schools and to place them under Dean Richards anu I'eaa dui- neti. There Is another measure In the senate that alms to legalize the pres ent college of education. The school ..lk! i,mveil bv the legislature m.,1 it has been runulng since the first of last September. It la expected tnai the bill will be passed, as it. like the other measure makes no changes In the present work except In name, u ,.i,iU r.f thp nfternoon ses- si(jn Fray the senate took a vacation :t. uie- i iuc " - until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, me slow progress that the upper house has made In disposing of and passing bills caused a number of the senators to oppose the adjournment. Those who voted against it are: Brown, Diers, Monohoe, Fuller, Klein. Majors, Ollls, Raymond and Warren. Killed Nettleton's Insurance Bill. After a long debate the house Fri day morning, indefinitely postponed the Nettleton bill making notes given for Insurance non-negotiable until the delivery and acceptance of Insurance policies. Shoemaker urged that new insur ance companies would be put out of business inasmuch as many of them depend on notes for Insurance for the money with which agents are enabled to continue eseklng business. Boyd of Hamilton said that he thought there were few Nebraska 1 companies tnai nau 10 urt-u . 1 -i rons before the goods were delivered. Begole said that, the notes now at I lowed to be given were an incentive l to men to take out Insurance, a pro- reeding which he viewed as highly , meritorious, t Clark thought iho bill would dl ! criminate against, the man seeking Insurance In the country as agam the man in the city as the expense of securing farm business is greater than Ihe expense of city soliciting. Kelley thought no man's note should be made non-negotiable. Tay lor and Nettleton, the introducer of the bill, concluded the argument. The bill was introduced to catch fraudulent insurance agents. The house generally thought the bill would farther than the introducer in tended, however, and killed the measure. on division Annual Tee From Corporations. The state committee on miscellane ous corporations Thursday decided to report senate file No. 98. by King of Polk, to be placed on the general file. The bill provides for an annual license fee to be collected by the state from corporations, the fee to range from $5 to $500 according to the capital stock of the companies. Senator King has agreed to have the bill amended so that It will not apply to banks which are taxed annually upon their capital stock or to other corporations that pay a license fee. The measure is considered one ot considerable importance. It has been discussed for several years by legis lators and has been urged as a meas ure that will raise considerable reve nue to defray the expenses of the slate. In other states where It has been tried and where there are many corporations the fee goes a long way ' toward paying the annual expenses ot ! the state. Agents of corporations al ! lege that the constitution does not ; permit the collection of such a tax , nnd it may be opposed on that ground. . Friends of the bill deny that the con- stitution prohibits such a tax or 11 , cense fee. Attacks Game Department. King of Polk made an extended j ppeprn in favor of ng bill to redura Hie list of fish and game wardens to one who shall have charge of th9 state hatcheries and the enforcement of the game laws. He said the stato spends $28,000 every two years for the fish and game department and only a few thousand dollars annually each for health, state library com mission and the board of charitios and correction. He considered that this expenditure for the fish and gamo department was out of proportion to the other departments and that, the game Is the only one department, of the state that Is made up entirely of men who enforce the law and do noth ing else, lie thought the local officers ought to see to the enforcement of laws and permit the department to cut down expenses. $5,000 for the Fish Hatchery. An appropriation of $5,000 for the maintenance and improvement, of the fish hatching sub-station in Cherry county was recommended for passage In the house Friday morning. The bill, 11. R. 3('i!t, was a committee hill and had been threshed out by tho members. The action of the commit tee was In line with the recommen dation of Game Warden Carter. Insurance Bills Were Considered. The senate committee of Insurance Thursday night held Its last "hearing" for the Insurance men of the state who cared to discuss the merits of the various bills that are now before the upper house. Room 40 at the Llndcll hotel that night was crowded with local insurance agents nnd with lobby ists from nearly all of the large com ... ' - ...1 L... . ... ... , nnics and noted what thev deemed v ort by of consideration