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The Omaha . . Daily Bee HEWS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. A Papsr for the Hem THE OMAHA DEE Best i". -West VOL. 'XXXVI-NO. 209. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKN'iXG, FEBRUARY 1G, 107-SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. SENATE VOTES TODAY agreement Fearhtd for Final Action 01 Immigration Conference Beport. 1AC0N AND TILLMAN ARE AGAINST IT Tear Expressed that it Will Keep South frcra Seeking Labor Abroad. Barter tredicts defeat of bill Montana Man to Vote Aeaimt it Becas.se it Containi Hew Matter. WILL PERMIT EXCLUSION OF JAP COOLIES Soathcrw Senators Wish to Contlnne Practice af Evading Contract t.nbor Law by Broad ton atrartlon Maw la Vastaev. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. An agreement to vote tomorrow on the conference report on the Immigration bill, which includes the provision Intended to settle the California Japanese question, was reached In the sen ate today as the result of an entire day of discussion on that measure. The principal speeches were delivered by (Senators Hacon and Tillman in opposition to what they regarded aa an effort to pre vent the south from getting a desirable class of immigrants. Senator Tillman's re marks on the Japanese situation brought a warning from Senator Lodge that If continued he should move that the dis cussion proceed behind closed doors. In ternational references were not made after wards by Senator Tillman. Senator Gallinger expressed surprise that the conferees should contend that they haft not injected "new" matter Into the con ference report and Senator Carter sold he should vote against the report entirely on that ground, and predicted its defeat. ' Daeon Opens Debate. The. senate resumed consideration of the conference report on the immigration bill today. Mr. Bacon continued his speech In opposition to certain provisions which he regards aa inimical to southern industries. His .was not factitious objection, but, as he Insisted, one highly material. Explaining the precise point of his ob jection to the report, Mr. Bacon said that under the ruling of the Department of Com merce and Labor, the contract labor clause of the immigration laws has been so con strued as to permit the state Immigration bureau of South Carolina to receive con tributions of funds from private Indi viduals and use the money to encourage and assist Immigration. Extended prepara tions were being made by -other southern states to take advantage of this construc tion of the law. All that waa asked, ha sal J, was that the law be allowed to re main aa It now la. The conference report would prevent any action by a state. Inserting a reply In Mr. Brfcon's speech, Mr. Lodge said there had not been the Slightest Intention on the part of. tho con Screes to modify In any way the clause which gives power to a state to take steps to induce immigration. "There was." he said, "no intention on the part of tha conferees to limit the power of the state. If those clausea "which limit con tract labor have been strengthened. It has been without any reference to the states." Lodge Calls It Close Case. Referring to, the South Carolina sys tem Mr. Lodge' maintained that If that system was to be extended there was not 1 a stats which could not under the guise of a state agency with funds provided by railroads and manufacturers. Introduce any number of contract laborera. Mr, Lodge had no doubt that many states would be quick to take advantage of the South Carolina ruling. This ruling of the department he regarded aa a "close ' case" and believed It might ' have been presented differently and with a different result. , If the present bill strengthened the contract labor law he was glad or it. Mr. Bacon disclaimed any Intention other than to make a legitimate discus sion of the question, but indicated that he would take all the time Tie deemed necessary. He again expressed regret that the Pacific coast provision ' was coupled with the Immigration - amend ments. It was not necessary to have re sorted tOjthls expedient. Hs believed a separate measure could have received a 1 unanimous vols In the senate. Senator Oalltnger expressed sympathy for the situation in the South and sus tained Mr. Bacon's contention that the situation was one of embarrassment, as 1 he should feel compelled to vote for the report because of the - Pacific roast pro Vision. Many other senators, Mr. Bacon remarked, were In the same situation. . Mr. Bacon then entered upon a detailed discussion of the amendment to which ha objected, saying it utterly nullified the present construction of the law. ' Tlllmaa Objects to Pressara. Mr. Bacon concluded shortly before 8 o'clock and Mr. Tillman at once took the floor. Ha began a discussion of the South Carolina system, but Indicated that hi main purpose was to review another part of tha conference report. "Everyone supposed that this immigration bill was dead," continued ' Mr. , Tillman. "itut lo, and behold! an exigency has arisen on the Pacific coast. Srrenuoue In dlvldualr are at work to accomplish a cer- tain end. Th. able man presiding over the omi ornmfin aniiis an amemimem 10 tile law passed last May by tife senate "IT S,:r,r ir tT'"" ferees take that distinguished gentleman Into their conference, or rather he takej them Into Ms confidence and ths senate Is I otitled that this bill must go through, Why? Speaking In plain terms, to keep the 'Japanese out of California. But there Is a twofold object In the measure. The .... . nrst is in.enneu 10 Keep Japanese laborers off thj Pa-itlc coast and from rettlmr into . . ...... .I, .!" . .. ' r . - no. VUui.,. ...u iuc i...ereiice in rur- inerance 1 1 a iiiiiy wnicn looas to si c- tlonnl advantage hsve incorporated a pro- vision uhlch change, the law l regard to contract labor, which will keep out the little dribble f Immigrants who started southward. b. "And thei two provlsrorvt linked" to gether are to be driven through congress. "The soulh's Interests are, ss usual. Ignored; the Pacific coast, of coorsc, ,1a' taken rare of. Mr. Tillman contended., this procedurs rn ust be hi pursuance of a settled policy and made atrenuous ejection to It Threat to Close Daors. Mr. Flint of California declared there n no necessity of bringing the California lellef men sure into the iMscuus'.cn. Mr. Tillmun Insisted it wus Impossible under tjUootlDAiod ob Fuuxtli Page.; SUMMARY OF THE BEE Satnrday, February !, 1DVT. 1007 SUN MOM FEBRUARY rut WID TNU 1907 mi bat I 8 2 o 3 10 17 4 II 18 5 12 19 6 13 20 7 14 21 28 15 24 25 26 27 TMB WIATXta. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA AND IOWA Fair Saturday and Sunday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Dcg. Hour. Deg. 6 . m us 1 p. m 61 a. m 87 2 p. m M 7 a. m 3 3 p. in..... R2 8 a. m 35 4 p. m 53 a. m 39 5 p. m - 10 a. m 43 p. m So 11 a. m 4M ', 7 p. m 4s 13 m 60 8 p. m 4fi a 0 p. m .45 XiEQISXiATITE. Republican members of the house of the Nebraska legislature decide to hold a caucus to determine on action In re gard to measures now pending or soon to be reported In redemption of pledges made in party platform. Fags 1 House votes to pass bills providing that packages containing liquor .must be plainly labeled, and making place of de livery the place of sale of liquor. Fag's 1 Senate adopts a resolution memorlnlU Ing congress to call for the adoption of woman's suffrage amendments to stale Constitutions, Lieutenant Governor Hope well casting the deciding vote, the roll call showing 11 for and 11 against tho resolution. Paga 1 The employer's liability bill Is passed by the senate without opposition. It af fects only the more hazardous of rail rond occupations and provides that lnsur ancc shall not be affected. Fags 1 Clarke child labor bill, with slight amendment aa to houra. Is reported to the senate with the recommendation that It do pass. ' Fags 1 Senate at Washington agrees to vote on the conference report on Immigration bill before adjournment today. Faga 1 KIBBAIIA. Two colored men attend white masquer ade ball at Hyannls and lively time en suea when fact is discovered. Fags 3 Dun's ' Review retail stocks of winter1 goods well cleaned up and big demand for spring and summer trade. Collections are good and factories busy. Fag 4 DOMESTIC. Leader of the Russian peasant party reaches NewYork and says conditions in Russia are not Improved. , Faga 4 American cannera desire to extend for eign markets. Fags 1 XOCAIb On returning . from Lincoln Mayor Dahlman declares his belief that the Greater Omaha bill wll) be passed. Fags S Police believe public library was rob bed by Harry Noma, a Chicago "crook." Fags Suit la brought In United States court against Jacob Sechl of Otoe county for an accounting of the estate of Marcus Sechl, deceased. Fags 11 Toung Women's Christian Association committees add $1,580 to their funds since Thursday noon. Fags 11 Omaha hotel men do not favor "antl tipping" bill. Fags IB Omaha Commercial club expects U be gone seventeen days on Its trip to the Pacific coast. Fags IS EDITORS ARE AFTER MADDEN Minnesota Association Asks for Removal o( Third Assistant Postmaster General. ST. PAUL, Feb. lS.-jThs Minnesota Edi torial association adopted a resolution to day calling for "disbarment" of Third As sistant Postmaster General Madden and asking for hla removal. The association ordered that all evidence as to Madden'a Incapacity be collected and submitted to President Roosevelt so that If he sees fit that the third assistant may ba removed. The resolution aays the Editorial associa tion will do everything possible to fight tlte second-class postage bill now pending In congress and "to confer with our sena tors and representatlvea to have them tight the measure." WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden was shown the dispatch from St. Paul of the Min nesota Editorial association calling for hla "disbarment." ' "I suppose." aald he, "that ' the advo cates of ths resolution want my official head. Just why, I do not know, unless It be because I have advocated the placing of all printed matter In one class and the charging of a spectnc rate for Its trans mission through the malls. "It Is extremely difficult to administer the law respecting such matter as It now stands snd do absolute Justice to ths gov ernment and everybody else. I have had forty cases passed upon by the courts and In thirty-nine of them by decisions have been sustained. That would appear as though I was Intent on doing the right thing as I see It. My own belief is that It would be better simply to classify all such matter as 'printed' and let the fact that It la 'printed' determine Its classi fication and the rate at which It be trans- .. I,- "I ' W .. m.a inlttea inrougn m mans. u..i ahalt ba Is perfectly Immaterial to me. It ,' 4 c(.nts a pound, aa I have sug- j or 8 cent.Por any .mount that pongr,, might fix." 1 DRAWING jury IN ADAMS case Idaho Coart Crowded with People DarlnsT Preliminary Part of the Trial. WALLACE, Waho, Feb. 15 Ths task of 1 ..laotlnM si 4ur f tn t l-V fit MVaa Irliima - - -w ! charged Wltn tne murcer or r red lyier. .nttimnnl indav The Intense int.rast . " .1 . . - - b th "owda that dally fill ths court . room. Among ths meichaala a! business , ! rnen there la a well-dsvetooexl sentiment; against the Western rederafl of Miners. which Is defending Adams, whils among , ... , , ths working classes there Is strong preju- dice in the opposite way This complicate. it that they Whils all jurors who ad 111 are members of ths federation can be chal. lenged. for causa and excluded, it Is ba Ueved sympathy with th organisation Is widespread among miners, even where they are not on It. roll Among the men His jury 00a wnen fourt convened thl. morning were two or three said to be mln- era. and while none of these admit, mem- bershlp in the union it is expected the state may watch for Its opportunity to get rid of them. BANQUET OF IOWA SOCIETY Hawkeyci in Hew York Hear Epeechea bj Eh aw and ihonts, FOR MERCHANT MARINE ,N' A C'halraiaa Dlacnsses Railway finance aad Bay MaiaatM "hoald Tnkt Pablle Into Their - Confidence, NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The second annunl banquet of the Iowa society of New York was held at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight. The society had as Its guests Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw and Theodore P. Shonta, chairman of the Panama Canal commission. Secretary Shaw's speech dealt chiefly with American Industries. He said, in part: We grow three-fourths of the cotton of the world and our surplus of this staple will nlways sell Itself. The world never has six months' food In advance, and we need have no anxiety about a market for our surplus food products. It, therefore, requires no International merchant to dis pose of. our surplus agricultural products to a world that needs them and has no other place from which they can be ob tained. We seem to be slowly awakening to the Imperative necessity of Increasing our mar kets for the surplus product of the Amer ican artisan. Many of our people seem to think our sole anxiety should be to Increase our foreign purchases. They take the bold position that if we will buy of Eurotie things which we now manufacture we will have no difficulty in selling to Europe any possible surplus output of our factories. This -being a partisan question, 1 content myself with the plain statement of the proposition as It appears when stripped of verbiage, and exhibited I if Its baldness. The I'nited States government has done much to foster foreign commerce. It hss Improved our harbors and It is now build ing an Isthmian canal. I.et the good work go on. it has given the exporter of tlio product of American labor opporcunlty to use the cheapest material obtainable any where. Let this policy be amplified and the I restrictions liberalized. In addition to all this, we must have a merchant marine. How this shall be accomplished is rela. 1 tlvely immaterial. ' J have learned that good things are in variably high priced, but at whatever cost, a merchant marine with which to exploit the product of American machinery and American handicraft Is an absolute neces. eity. Countries which consume imports equal In value to our aggregate mAnufae tured products, which In tu,rn equal the manufactured products of any other three countries on the map, have scarcely heard of the I'nited States as a commercial coun try. Let our flag be exhibited in their waters and our wares in their pons, and the danger of Industrial stagnation will be materially minimised. Shonts an Railway Finance. Chairman Shonts spoke on the general subject of railroads. He said in part: Our president speaks of me as a son of Iowa, but the designation Is not strictly accurate. I' was born of Dutch parentage in Pennsylvania. I waa brought up in Iowa and educated in Illinois. My business headquarters are in Ohio and the only home I own Is In Alabama. I have drifted Into the Interborough company here by way of Washington and the isthmus of Panama. I shall briefly state the conclusions to which my studies of the transportation problem have led me. Railroads have made possible our continental expansion, and our InllMtrlnl rmwth IJn, It n,.t ha.n tnr railroads our population would now only fringe our navigable streams, and our com-! merce would be limited to such traffic as E n y 00 carried on Its water-i yaaer carrier; Clara B. Vadcr, substitute; Uu lua, proclamation designating all tha A- tRallroad ""U'd ot have been built . , T BtHl.r. cft!L.r. pra!,k ofl.cee to be filled by the vote ? uli the without money, nor could they be tnaJa-1 " ' Lym"n, ,,f , !rn8' Ca? . electors of tha state or by those of any talned without remunerative rates. Had . B. Btearas,.., substitute. Sou fx ,ak'ita c,iigre.-.sional. legislative . or Judicial di the present proposal -to limit profits to 6 Mount Vernon, route, 2, Peter W. wilfring, I trict and transmit a copy thereof by mU per cent on the capital Invested held sway I CBrrler; Charles K. Welfrtng. substitute; ! to the county clerk -of each county, during the early days of railroad construe-1 .,., ., , . ,.,' i 2. In case of city elections, the city tlon. but tew miles of railroad would have been built. The pioneer railroad builder who risked bankruptcy and usually found it, was to a larger extent entitled to the Increment resulting from the successful venture thnn ths nlonner farmer who n, j empted government land at fifty cents an auiu, emu saw u rise in value to (too an acre because of the construction of the railroads. Conditions have changed. Whereas the struggle a few years ago was to secure' a tramc to till the railroad facilities existing, the struggle today Is to provide facilities i eratlon of Cannera and Packers, formed properly to handle the- traffic proffered, here today, adopted tha following resolu But does this change In conditions Justify ' .,.,, a complete chanee In flnnnnul tnoih,.ri ' lKmB- t Is It JUHt to say that the stockholders who have stood firm through many years of storm and stress and fought the long battle mrougn to victory, stand on equal footing with the mera u.Mrt tw. ,hi ,n.; . . w ivio-j ?r.rn,,i?i."rrnt"tti.i"0,le, "holder; shall 1a n .L" -TTv... . J,r,v- "s uw ma puunu 10 uiu tor new h?mselvfe.TUrlUe" 0n " eVen W,th tnemseivts? u" .,y.'e" "f ih.fu enormoua l"k? which always come with the construction und operation 01 railroads and of the vast sums required to keep adequate facilities for promptly handling, the constantly grow ing traffic, I personally doubt the wisdom of placing limitations on the amount of re turns to stockholders who put their money Into ' this class of Investments should re ceive. The attitude of the present national ad ministration on the question of rates has not been to secure their reduction, but to prevent unjust discrimination. Railroad rates in the United States are lower than anywhere else In the world, wnlle the service under normal conditions is better. J do not thihk that the public Is demand ing cheaper transportation so much as It is demanding safe,, reliable and adequate transportation. In the matter of Improve ments the railroads of the country almost without, exception have been pursuing a hand to mouth policy which has pioved costly to themselves and Irritating to the public. The result Is that the j-allroads are confronted also with a state of public mind extremely hostile. So that the rais ing of money to provide facilities that will vimuie mem to meet aemanda upon them. Conference U soagested. i If any government, whether national, stats or municipal, permits any lhjuuc to ba done to corporations simply be.-o.use thejr are corporations the real sufferer is the small Investor. Let us compromise on the beat available and trie most practicable. Let ths railway managers lay aside all subterfutsa and toiiio uui in me open. L.ei tnere be a maxi I . .. " ' Ul p.ie mum uk puuiicuy ana mi..l,n.,m I .... iauon. iei snureiit financiers and "cap- ! tains of industry'' co-operate with ths P'dent to bring about better corporate bTe andVyto theVTidenf r'wS will uphold your hands, nut only In en I forcing existing laws, but In asking such oiners us are necessary to prevent wrong doing, but you In return muse protect us from the irresponsible agitator, whoever he msv ha." , Let us convince .the public that we will ! give It the best "facilities American in- KrfundsuTr As to labor, trea It fairly ,S u will meet you half way. No sane citizen or employe desires hard times and It ttiey realise what our lutein statistics prove . -I" VV"".r" B,"-,.w."n uuHtiuirijr mai in margin oeiween pros- if"" uity .. no uroaa-r insn i 10. P?r cent. wcreass In the.co.rt of trans- I"n ana a w per cent decrease in ths ,,VQv,, ,ne wm join me con- servatlve f the country in seeing cZiV tavn tor orlnf awi. ami. , r(,l(tll,. a. ,,, ' ... .k . i.-oii ,7. . graphed to Senator illlojn B. Allison at . .,,. .... . .. . "l w ratejully cknowIt!d yo profound appreciation of your long and . distinguished service to both slate and na- tlon und express to you our wishes that there may still be for you many years of Joy nd happiness. Barglars in Illinois. - ...W.'.ea. cra .'"Vornin. n nsv- tf a T ll vr v. a a aw . . at 2 o'clock by burglar, snd the entlr - contents, consisting of ll.su In gold and 'wBu.K: bunk, lives across the strert. end gave I chane, but the 'ourglars had gained too mm h headway. '1 hers were Ove men, but thcgr lull no a EXPRESS COMPANIES NEXT Contrrnmaa Reanlatlt Kennedy Iatrodaces a to Investigate Them. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. (Special Tele gram.) Congressman Kennedy today intro duced a resolution calling upon the Inter state Commerce commission to Investigate the lending express companies of the United States, which arc charged by the Western Fruit Jobbers' association with mixing up with their business. The secretary of the Western Fruit Jobbers' association is E. B. Branch of Omuhn, who made a report to the' convention at Kansas City which re sulted In the adoption of a resolution by that body. The resolution Was Introduced in the house at his request and was re ferred to the Interstate and foreign com merce committee. Congressman Pollard has about deter mined to offer an amendment to the ship subsidy bill providing that no corporation. Joint stock company or association, nor any person who has been or may be when the benefits from ' the bill are received, a director in any corporation, Joint stock company. Joint holding or security company that has been adjudged guilty of a violation of any of the anti-trust acts shall be eli gible to receive any of the benefit pro vlded by the bill. The object of this amendment, of course, is to prevent any person or corporation Ignoring the law a of the t'nited States from receiving the bene fits of the law. lie also believes that It ! will have the effect of discouraging the formation of any trust in trade to be de veloped under the law. The president today nominated William W. Woods to be register of the land office at Alliance, Neb. Colonel W. H. Parker of Deadwood, suc cessor to Representative Martin, Is In the city. Victor H. Dura s of Wilber Neb., Is fh Washington on leave of absence from I the Isthmus of Panama where he holds a Judicial position. "The sanitary conditions on the Isthmus are continually Improving and there Is general activity In construc- tion, but not much work as yet upon actual ' excuvatlon. In fact, activity of excavation had reached its height when the extra steam shovels were steamed up during the presidental visit," said Mr. Duras. The application of L. S. Collins, W. B. and L. B. Meyers, Scott Collins, J. S. Moon, B. P. Castner and J. M. Castner to organ ize the People's National fcank of Albla, la., with $75,000 capital, , has been approved by the comptroller of the currency. ' I Rural carriers appointed: Iowa Colo, route 2, Fred O. Morell, carrier; Sopha Morel, substitute; Garner, route 2, Alvin J. Liscomb, carrier; James Crethers, sub stitute; Harlan, route 1, Allen C. Groes beck, carrier; Robert B. Brown, substitute; Hornick, ' route 2, Walter P. Metcalf, car rier;. E. B. Metcalf,- substitute; Iturena, route 3, Charles H. Ovenden, carrier; E. B.. Olsen, substitute; Manning, route L Charles Rockslen, carrier; Ida Rocksien, substitute; Manson, route 4, Wolcott M, Dana, carrier; Grace P. Dana, substitute; , .,,, , . a Montrose, route, 1, Frank Spencer, carrier; ! Elmer Spencer, substitute; Olds, route 1. John C. Adams, carrier; William C. Adams, i substitute: Pocahontas, route I. John W. ' route i, u.e . ! John P. Froke, substitute CANNERS Q0AFTER MARKETS Mattonal Federation at BnlTalo Meet ing" Asks for Tariff Conces sions Abroad. BUFFALO, Feb. 15. The National Fed- Re80.1v.ed That the president of the United 'ates m tne negotiating or treaties 1 '? hel''by,.a"k,7,' 10 f've BO'1'iessttttetlon to ' Jkj- . j'Hf V. vi. , . . canned goods on tha, rw7.0crl list . intr fnrplkfii roiifitrfpa. I es. IP . T Re.lved. That t he NnHonnl Tjarrhers' i convention, in annual metljig assembled, . resnectfiillv reouests that rTll d' nto "?hS TfETut the VOi hn the Orient for the speerj of American commerce andH ts that 01 possible be n door policy aeveiopmeiii ade. miui luiiivinnc reim-ii ui. ncj, representing the United States government, . i,,... .v. nn,.,.i. r, , u wiimiuim' 1 1 will Lilt: i, lui.noiD uiu.riB . association and a iolnt committee re.nrn- ' sentliig the Atlantic States packing aaso- elation, the Western Packers' Canned Goods association and tho National Canned Goods and Dried Fruit BroYeri' assocla- tlon. a mutually protective gunitintee has been agreed upon. The nature of Uie guar- antee was explained by a member f .the committee as follows: When the guarantee come. Into general use the buyers should look on rui loon Oil III CHUB Guaranteed under the for these words: food and drugs act of June SO, lsci-i," and ! also for tha serial number that will Indi- ! cate to tnam .tnat the manufacturers will give a sworn guarantee as follows: ' I, the undersigned, do hereby guarantee (that tho article of foods or drugs manu- iiii , ui 1 ii, iiblhcu, uiBuiuuieu or soiu 1 1 y nie (specifying the same) are not adulterated or mlsbranded within the meaning of' the food and drutis act of June 30, 19w5." With the filing of the shove declaration with the-government the canner gets with out charge a serial number which he Is permitted to put on his cans. This Insures the buyer that he is getting an absolutely pure article of food. A resolution was adopted petitioning the United States senate to provide for the continuance of the authorisation empower- Ing the secretary of agriculture to fix the standards of purity for foods. r. REBATES NOT TO BE ORDERED itaratate Commerce Commissioner Replies to Request from Rail road and Shippers' Agent. 1 CIIICAGO, Feb. 15. No general order will ' 'ued by the Interstate Commerce Cora- requiring railroad, to pay rebates " overcharges previous to January 1. the date on which the new antl-rebate law went Into effect. This announcement was made today by Interstate Commerce Commission... ni,-. : 7 - - . In reply to a request for a general order I as to such claims made to C. A King. traffic manager cf the' Chicago 4- Alton road,, and I. B. Boyd, traffic manager for the Chicago Board of Trade.' WINT RETURNS: FROM CUBA General I'nabls to Stand Climate the Island and Is Allowed to ' Httsrs, of WASHINGTON. Feb. lfiWtecausa of a physical disability which return to ths climate yf Cuba increases, G entire! Theo dore J. Wlnt, In command of the army of Cuban pacification, has asked for and been granted a three months' leave of absence, and probably will not return to Cuba. Brigadier General Thomas If. Barry, as sistant .chief of staff, will at once leave for Cuba to relieve Lliu, 1 PRIMARY BILL IS READY ! Committee Completes Its Labor and Hn Manre Beady for Fr.ntefe, GOES TO LEGISLATURE FIRST OF WEEK Patrick, rsalos Member, Objects to FlllnsT Fee for Candidates aad May Flaht the Provlsloa the Floor. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 15. (Special Telegram.) The Joint committee appointed to draft a statewide primary law concluded Its work this afternoon and the bill will be Intro duced the first of the week. Patrick, the fusion member of the committee, objected to the filing fee and may make a fight to have .it stricken out by the legislature. The committee generally Is pleased with the measure. It Is a compilation of the Brown-Dodge-McMullen bINs. The com pleted bill Is as follows: Definition aad t'onatrnetlon. The words and phrases In this act shall unless tho same be Inconsistent with the context, be construed as follows: 1. The word "primary," the primary election provided for by this act; 2. The word "election." 'a general or city election, as distinguished from a pri mary election; 8. The words "November election," the general election held In November; 4. The word "precinct," a district es tablished by law within which all quali fied electors vote at one polling place. f. The word "district. a subdivision Of thn stato or n county or city or village In winch all the electors are entitled to participate in the election of any one or more candidates for office, to be elected by votes of electors In such subdivision exclusively. This statute shall be liberally construed so that the real will of the electors may not be defeated by any Informality or failure to comply with all provisions of LBW. In re"Pe.ct to xhT? th".g'T,n .f ii'iiiir or ine loiuiuiiioii in m ii luiai f fr certifying the results thereof. Candidates,' How Nominated. I Hereafter, all candidates for elective otllces exceOt those" exDressly exemtited trom the provisions of ihla act shall ue llUIIUIlHieUi 1. Hy a primary held In accordance with this act, or 2. By nomination papers' signed and Bled as provided by existing statutes. t. This act shall not apply to special elections to fill vacancies, nor to village, township and school district officers, nor to members of school hoards nor members of boards of education. Primaries, When and Where Held. 1. There shall be a primary election held at regular polling places In each precinct on first Tuesday in September, 1907, and annually thereafter on flrat Tuesday In September for the nomination of all candidates, except those exempted from the provisions of this act, to be voted for at the November election, and senator in congress, and said day shall be the first 'day for the registration of voters in all cities where registration is required. 2. Any primary other than that pro vided for above shall be held on Tues day, four (4) weeks before the elections, except In .cities of the metropolitan class ana cities or the nrst class having ovr twenty-flya thousand . ) ,--ita"ts 'wherein it shall.be held on Tuesday, five , weeks before the day of election. Xotlcv of Primaries, How .Given. At least sixty days before the holding of the September primary the governor shall clerk shall post such notice at the reg. ular polling place In each 'election pro ctni t, such publication and posting ttr be not more than twenty and not less thin ten days before such primary election. The name of no candidate shull be Drinted nnon inv nfflnlRl nrlmnrv ballot uiucmh hi icasi imriy aays urior to tne aav of holding such primary, he shall have filed a written application with the proper authority in substantially the following form: "I. the undersigned, a nuallfled elector of irenln.t In ,., precinct in county, and state of Nebraska, affiliating with party and residing at , hereby request that my name be placed upon the official of the said party for the nrimarv ' election to be held on the day of ! Hs a candidate for the office of and ; i hereby pledge myslf to abide by the I reguU of the 8aia prilnary election." Nomination Papers. , l non reoelnt of such DrocUmatlon. said eountv clerk shall, within ten ,li,v ih.. ' after, make and publish, a notica of such primary In manner and form, substantially as now provided by law for notices of No. . vember election, and all persons to whom ; gaid notices iiihv lie bv maM eonntv lrW iiverea snail post ana puiillan tile same In , the same manner aa notices for general 1 elections. 1 , . , , . , . A political party within tho meaning e ,1,1. . iT . , 1 iiii". . "nun w duvii nil .o c Ilium K . or organisation of electors aa la ivw by law designated as such. 7. At the September primary In 1908, and every four years thereafter, there shall be nominated by each political parly ' on. eanfltoate ror presidential elector In ; TKItrand ldential elector at large. I Candidates for presidential elector at ! ?'a3H"XXX?tl .,. offices I ,ta:e omce8- Nomination Papers, Where Filed. All nomination papers shall be tiled as follows: 1. For officers elective In more than tone county, presidential electors, and members or congress, m the office of the Secretary of state. 2. For officers to be voted for wholly within one county, except city officers, In the office of the county clerk of such county. 3. For city officers, in the office of the city clerk. Publication of Names of Candidates. At least twenty-five days before any pri mary precedlnga general election, the sec retary of state shall transmit to each county clerk a certified list containing the "! 1 riled in his office, and entitled to be voted I for at such primary, together with a des- I lgnauon 01 tne omce ror wnicn he Is a candidate, and the party or principle he represents. Such dark shall forthwith unon recelni I l,A..f niilill.h . , . v. . . ,,,.,. ...o iiuii psriy designation, the title of each office, the 1 names of all persons for wcm nomination papers have been filed. w!ti? secretary of' ; state and with county c!crk giving the II 1 11 1 1 1 a nu auuit'U UI etl4.il, ine Utile' Of the m-lmarv. the hours during whi.-l, 1,1 . po"s will be opened, and that the prl- I ml4ry wl" be held at the regular polling j ,lSuen' M"' shalTCal Immediately post copies of the same in af least one public i place In each precinct In his county, des- (gnatlng therein the location of ths poll ing uouin .111 eacn eieciion precinct. Primary Election Ballots. Ths method of voting at such primary election shall be by ballot, and all ballots voted uliall be printed as lieieln provided. On the fourteenth day before the primary election the county clerk or city clerk In the cose of city election, shall group the candidates for each party by themselves km hilling those candidates certified to him by the secretary of stats and shall prepare at once iq wrltlnf. a separate ballot for Such party for public Inspection, which he snail post in a conspicuous place In his uiiu-e. 'lie siiu.il men procena 10 nave pi rimed a separate primary election ballot for each political party which has qualified aa nereinoeiore proviuea. Rotation of Names on Ballots. The namas of candidatea under headings designating each official position shall be alternated on the bu riots In ths printing in the following msnner: First The form shall ba set up with ths names In ths order In which they are placed upon tha sample ballot prepared by the canity clerk. In printing each set of tickets for the various election districts the positions of the names shall be changed In each ollice division as many times a. (Continued ou FlXlU PagsJ FRENDS kill two-cent fare Bill Is Tabled t'nlnfentlonally Resalt of a Parliamentary Taaale . aad Is Declared Dead. PIERRE, 8. D.. Feb. 15.-(Rpeclal Tele gram.) In the house today the 2-cent rate bill was killed by Its friends In Rn effort to save It from Indefinite postponement. Tho killing was the result of a failure to understand the situation In a parliamentary way, Carroll, the Introducer of the bill, moving to table a motion to Indefinitely postpone, which was carried on roll call, taking the bill to the table, and as soon as that had been accomplished, Browne rained the point of order that the bill was tabled and dead, and waa sustained by the speaker. The conference report of the two houses on the primary election bill was a adopted and that bill will soon go to the governor for his signature. The signature to make the capltol building bill a law was at tached at 1:20 this afternoon. An effort was made In the house to kill the bill placing the attorney general at the head of the legal department for the rail way commission, and giving the governor power to appoint the Inspector of scales. It was opposed by Bratrad. Eastman and Foster, and was lost for lack of a consti tutional majority. 'Csble saved It by a motion to reconsider and make It a special order for next, Wednesday, which carried after a contest. No new house bills were presented, and one senato bill was passed, being tha gen eral drainage law under the provisions of the constitutional amendment adopted last fall. The senate waa the busy house today and started with a contest over the com mittee report on the house antl-treatlng bill, first defeating a favorabls minority report by a close vote, then defeating the unfavorable majority report and placing the bill on the calendar for a special order Monday. The Dodwell uniform text book bill was next to get to the front, and Called out a contest. In which Dowdell and Dudley were the principals, with Goodlier, Byrne, Robertson, Dillon and Kruger taking a part before the vote was secured, in which the bill was defeated by a vote of 22 for and 20 against, falling to secure a consti tutional majority. Dillon attempted to lie the bill down, but failed to accomplish It on roll can. Dillon secured the passage of his bill to repeal the law requiring the governor to accept gifts and devices, under which the North Carolina bonds were accepted, cut ting out any further such donations to the state. Among new senate bills presented was the start of a herd law bill to apply to the counties of Lyman and Gregory, which waa Introduced by Senator 8weeney. , 1 PLOT TO KILL COLORED MEN Jfew Version of Brownsville Incident Given Senate Committee by Discharged Soldiers. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Startling test! many concerning alleged plans to mas sacra colored soldiers at Brownsville, Tex., bv men from the town firing over the bar- fdeks to atompede the . soldiers, and chal. Innge to them to come out of the bar racks, was given by negro ex-soldlers to day at the Investigation before the senate committee on military affairs. William Mapp, a member of company C, was asked if he had ever heard any discussion of the shooting which caused him to suspect any persons of complicity. He replied that at breakfast on the morning following the shooting he had heard Wilbur T. Voschelle. 1 1 e.al Vu-taici anA a WhltfX .. ,no rwrni. , - - man who had been in charge or tne corral prior to the arrival of a battalion of the . .. i.niiulnr tho ease. I 1 weniy-111 ill J. - " - . - . .. vheii mAiA- Accoruuis w .i i'i' " . . "Well. It Is a good thing It happened ! a t aid. I was out In town last night and ' '. . io the crowd came .n m.ui o, - "" i was to eaten a mi "i j .r. ....... ... - lison's saloon and massacre you. Mapp said that on the night of the shooting She had been awakened hy the firing and had gone to the window of his quarters and from there he saw several gun flashes and shots seemed to be directed over the barracks. A man with a deep . voice, he ssld, shouted: "Come out you black ," (using an opprobrious epithet and making It np niicahle to th troops). Mapp said that he i got his gun from the rack that was broken , M , n In J open and was. one of the nrst to iau in. Thomas Jefferson, room orderly In com pany C barracks, said he saw the flashes from the guns and .thought the garrison was under attack. t Solomon P. O'Nell, a former member of company C. testified that the shooting was from near the wall at the end of com pany B quarters and that the shots were apparently over the barracks. He said he heard a man shoot and then yellc "Come out you black ." There was great ex citement In the barracks and when the ... mrtma of ths rifles I gun racsa w - - - - 'roll to the floor. There was no light and the men could not get their own rifles. DIPLOMATIC . BILL PASSES Iloase Agrees to Conference Report After Senate Recedes from Its Position. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The house to day without debate agreed to the confer- ence report on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. Mr. Clark of Montana ,' v.i v, hnrt receded from 1 a8kd whether the een ate haa receo ear rom j Its provision regarding the appointment of .ii,ai amtuiKsadora. to which Mr. v, v . . . . , rOUHin, f Iowa, chairman or me loreiisn ' .. . ... ,. . . affairs committee, replied that they naa. "The way things have been going," said Mr. Clark, "there seems to be a tendency . i .. . ,. on the part of some people to make am- bassadors out of the whole gang.' Mr. Coutlins replied that It was dee ' hy the conferee, on the blU to matter In abeyance until next.i semed bet leave the session. SUIT FCR RETURN OF CARS Railroad Takes Hew Tack to Sernrc Its Hollloa- Stork from Other Roads. CINCINNATI, Feb. 15. Action will soon be taken In the federal court by Judge Harmon, receiver for the Pare Marquette and the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton railroads, to compel' other ra'lroads to - ., 1 .h,..,.j ! lve " a""""" ' "" - Of the rreignx can 01 ineae I wo iimui lieiu by many of the railroads of the country. The action contemplated la the most sweep dig of Its kind ever taken and may es tubllsh a precedent for a basis whereby railroads will be compelled to return freight cara to their own road. Two Keatarklaas llaaared. RUB8ELLVILLE. Ky.. Feb. 15 Guy Lyon and Polk Fletcher, while men, were hanged hers today for an assault upon Mary Glader, a young German girl, two ireaiS tiA CALL FOR A CAUCUS Eepnblictot of Home at Lincoln Deoide U Get Tceether for .ction. LEE OF DOUGLAS HED5 THE M0VEMEN1 Independent Action Oaunes Differences thai Defeat f arty Hedges, TWC-CENT FARE MUDDLE A SAMPH sasBsssnMBSBssi Effort at Amendment Looked Upon ai Danceroai to Ctber Bills, LIEUTENANT GOVtRNOR HAS TO VOTE Tie on Woman Saftraae itaestlosi Broken In Favor of AAlrmatlva After m Roll Call In Senate, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 16. (Special.) The re publican members cf the houire will hold . a caucus Monday night at the LlmUIl ho tel to discuss platfrrm pledges and agre upon a mode of procedure. Having no floor leader and being' managed by no man or , set of men and having no program mapped out, the republicans became badly mixed up yesterday af terms n over an amendment to the 2-cent rate Bill, and It Is to avoid a break In the ranks of the majority that the caucus was decided upon. Mike ! of Douglas county originated tho Idea und early In the afternoon secured more than fifty signers to the call. The majority will get together on every pledge In the plat form, and from Monday night on It Is ex pected the party promises will be carried out rapidly, and In the future the fusionlste will not be permitted to break Into tha game with their own pledges to the delay and detriment cf the promises of the re publicans. 1 Two-Cent Fste Mnrtdle-. The house has made the 2-eent rate bill and the anti-pass bill a special orde for Tuesday afternoon, and the action of the republicans on this measure will be fully determined Monday night. That ths re publicans have got themselves into an em barrassing position over this 2-cent rate bill no one denies. Each member of the Joint committee which drafted the . bill agreed to support It and to flght any and all amendments to It. When the amend ment to pertnlt the railroads to go before the railroad commission on the matter was offered, few of thei majority knew It was coming and hence It was lost. Now some of the republicans believe to carry tho amendment will be to place In Jeopardy all the other Joint committee bills, for the reason If one committee bill Is amended opponents of the platform measures will have an excuse to attempt to amend tho other committee bills. A big fight will bo Ihe result and It might result In tho state- wldo primary bill being seriously dsmagod and It might hurt the terminal taxation bill.. But some of the republicans argue If the 2-cent fare Mil Is passed through the house wkhonV amendment the advo cates of the measure could not consistently try to amend any of the other committee j bills. A number of the republicans are In favor cf holding back the 2-cent rata bill until all the republican party pledges rave gone through the house. , All of these things. howe'er. will be .discussed and set tled at the Monday night' caucus. Incidentally while the republicans hara been acting Independently of each other and have had no orgnnlstntlon to direct them, the fuslonlsts have held a caucus nlmcst everv night - snd the n-ocee,illnirii 1 for the following day carefully mapped ! out. "Ills limed at I.lqnor Trssle. Tn the committee of the whole the house recommended for ressnge the two measures by. Senator Root of Cess county affecting the liquor business, S. F. 6 providing pnek ares contslnlng liquor shall be so stamped when shipped In tho stnte and H. F. 7. providing tho Place of delivery of 'lonor shall be the place of sale. Hamer of Buffalo psked that action on these messures bo deferred nnd Harvey of Dourlns made several speeches In opposition to fl. J. 8. Harvey said hs would favor the bill did he believe It would accomplish what Its author thought It would. The bill, he s1d. would not bar the shipment of unlabeled liquor i packages Into towns frim outside states. but would operate only ngnlnst the Ne braska wholesale llnuor dealers. . It would not even prevent the Omaha dealers from establishing a branch house In Council Bluffs and sending In liquor. Speaker Ncttletnn. Hart of Tork and others were for the bill and It carried. Employers' Liability Rill. Senator Gibson's employers' liability Wll and. Senator Thomas' bill allowing strt railway companies to own securities In and" own, operate and lease lnterurban' com panies and Intcturhan - lines passed the senate this morning wlthoift debate. The Gibson bill did not receive a negative vote, notwithstanding the railroads have' been lobbying against it for a month. It relates only to the more hazardous occupations on railroad, and provides negligence by a fel low servant shall not be a bar to recovery by an Injured employe or by relatives of an employe killed by accident. Contribu tory negligence on the part of the injured Is left to the Jury, which Is allowed to scale the damages In the verdict according to the proportion of negligence. It also pro vides the acceptance of insurance money or relief department policy hereafter taker) out shall not be a bar to recovery from the company. .- Senator Thoma." bill met w'th more op position when the roll was called. All of the fusion members : of the senate voted against It and with them Dodson, 'Glover and Thome, making eight ballots against It. The bill Is backed by the Omaha & Council liluffa Street Railway company and Is ostenslvely to permit that company to develop lnterurban lines out of Omahi, Those who opposed It did so on the ground It would enable competing lnterurban line to be held by the same company. The vols on the bill. waa as follows: Aye Buraa (l.natr), Lure. Mr Kwn, O'f'onn-ll, Phillip. Randall, SackMt, Bauudanj. Podan'n. Olovar, Slblaj. Tbuniaa, Thomaoa, Wilms. w lita- (rvsar), Wllaar Ifnu.l, llaoo M. Patrick. gr-TH'raoii, . (llbaun, Goodrich, Hanna, Holhrook, Kin. Nays At biun, Hurk. Byrnraf Ptatta). Absent Aldrlra. Sool-I. Gould. Clark. I Child Labor Bill Reported. The senate Judiciary committee tht, morning reported back to ths senate with a recommendation that It be passed H. R. I, by Clarke, prohibiting child labor under certain condfllors. The bill was slightly amended by the committee. The orlg.nul bill prohibited the employment of children at all between the hours of 7 p. in. and " . m, HUa waa ctuuif.94 by the axueadu-uu