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Omaha Daily Bee Only 1 DAY Fcr Christmas Shopping Only 1 DAY For Christmas Shopping VOL. XXXVII NO. 161. OMAHA, MONDAY MOIININO, DECEMBER 23, 1907. SINGLE COPy TWO CENTS. The BUSY WEEK ABROAD Eolidaj Seaaon Findi Political In terest Centered in Other " 4s. ' A- ST0ES5LL TRIAL STIES Count Witle'i Letter to Be FoL by Other Sensalionti JAPANESE DIET WILL Emigration Question Expected to Canse Sitter Partisan Debate. GRAVE CRISIS IN PERSIA Revolt im Tw , rrarlnce Mar Be FoIUwtl T Depoattlaa of the kak Fleet U Neartng Trinidad. WASHINGTON. Dec. a.-The holiday season rcmovri from the week most of the Hied source of new, placing congress In iwm, lafgcly suspending conventions and (gatherings of various organizations and srene rally reducing the news events that can be anticipated. The larger Interest, therefore, will center on happenings abroad. At W. Petersburg the trial of General Stoessel will continue with promise of more sensational disclosures concerning the de fense of Port -Arthur and revelations of administrative secret of the war with Japan. Count Wltte action, In seeking the press as a medium of reply to General Bteessel's statements when he was refused permission to testify at the trial Is looked upon aa possibly the first of many develop ment of a sensational character that will result from the official stirring of he muddy waters of Russian officialdom. 1 Trial Herr Harden. ! In Berlin the trial of Herr Harden, editor ef Die Kukunft. on the charge of libelling Count Kuno Von Moltke In his exposures concerning the now famous "court scandal will continue unless the efforts making to bring about a private adjustment are suc cessful." Although the proceedings cov- r-J or th mfl.t .hrwklnr nnrtfon of the :ewtlmony are being held In private, Berlin dvlces Intimate that open court hearings ' will be resumed and that subsequent testi mony may reveal, at least in part, the basis of Herr Hardcn's charges Involving some f the greatest names In the empire. Japanese Diet Meets. The Japanese Diet will assemble on Wednesday for Its twentr-fourth session ind the number of extremely grave ques tions which will confront It promise to make the session; one of unusual Import ance. The opportlon Is said to be pre pared to vigorously oppose the budget formally decided upon by the Imperial council a few days ago and which contem plates large retrenchment In the public ex penditures. The emigration question also promises to be prolific of partisan debate. The progressive party already has an nounce! Wa determination to promote an active campaign In the Diet against the government's restrictive policy and to sup port the Immigration companlea whose business Is Imperilled by foreign Minister Hayashl's action In exercising vigorous control over their operations, particularly the sending of laborers to this country and Canada. Untfe Otala la Tenia, The altuation In Persia, arising from the conflict between the throne and the con stitutionalists, although now reported ss being more reassuring. Is still regarded as critical. For the present the danger ' of a clash acems to have been averted, hut the attitude of the factions Is de scribed as being one of alertness and preparedness to resume the state of armed menace . which for the last week threat eneed bloodshed In Teheran. I .ate dis patches picture a widespread unrest, from which developments might occur that would bring about the necessity of for eign Intervention with Its attendant Eu ropean complications. The national feel ing against the shah is reported to be spreading. Two provinces have declare In favor of hit being deposed, and there Is some likelihood that the disorder here tofore confined to Teheran may spreid. Should the shah refuse the demands which the Parliament Is expected to make upon him, his dethronement might follow and an acute crisis be immediately precipi tated, with' the nihilhood of grave In ternal disorders. fleet Kearlsg Trinidad. On Christmas eve the battleship Meet ill drop anchor In the Port of tpilu. Trinidad, and Complete the first lrg of the Impressive voyage to the Pacific. In that ancient little port the 1S.000 officers and men of the armada will Celcbrat Chrlstmss with festivities and feaeti'ig aboard ship for all and shore liberty for the lucky ones. Tons of seasonable good things were laid in before the fleet left home waters, and all hands will enjoy a break tn the customary rations of deep ea voyaging. Five days the ships will He at Kbit of Fpain, where the officials and cltliens have arranged an elaborate rrugarm.of entertainment. Three days will be glvcrrtip to racing, base ball, polo an.l other sports. A reception and ball will be given at Government house and numerous public and private functions will be held In honor of the' visitors. On Saturday the battleships wtll head south ward for the long run down to Rio. where they are scehduled to arrive on January 11 for a stay of ten days. After the first day or two out from Trinidad Diob ably no word will be had from the lleet until It Is reported at Rio, aa the ship will havs passed from the aone of the wireless telegraph. The torpedo boat flotilla, less fortunate than the big ships. ui spena Christmas at sea, being neuuiea 10 reach Para, Brail), on Thurs day next. FORMER OMAHA MAN ARRESTED Ikoma O. Hayes, Employe af w ask. Ksafcesalesaent. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. a -Thomas u. nayes. receiving teller of the American National bank of thl city, was today ar rested on a police warrant sworn to by Robert N. Harper, president of the Insti tution, charging the former with the em beaslement of UM of the funds of the bank. Hayes was released upon securing bond In the amount of $j.io for his ap pearance In the police court on Monday. It la reported that there may be a short age of between O.00U and H.uuo in the funds of the bank, but President Harper says that until the accounts are examined by experts. It will be Impossible to determine the Vxact amount of the shortage. When seen at his apartment tonight llayc protested hie Innocence. Hayea ha been connected with th- bank for about three and a I alf years, having com to this city from the west. Hi parents rwMt la Omaha. Neb. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER FOR.CAST FOR NKRRASKA Monday fair. Temperst uri lit Omaha yesterday: 6 a. i a. m a. tn 8 a. m STARVING Great BneTerlng Among; Papll of Pri mary ftckools Oitiss to Indus trial Inactivity. BERLIN. Dec. 12. The municipality Is face to face with a serious problem In connection with the supply of foods to thousands of virtually stsrving children attending the primary . schools In Berlin, whose numbers have been, greatly aug mented this year In consequence of the Industrial inactivity. Hithern the Chil dren's Canteen society has been able to cope with the task In a fairly satisfac tory way by means of subscriptions from private sources, but the calls on Its funds are this year so great that It will be un able to supply many of the children. In the first. week of December, according to official statistics, from 2b out of SS5 primary schools no fewer than 11.917 chil dren attended school in most cases with out breakfast and In all cases without the prospect of obtaining a midday nvjal at home. Of these 4.498 receive a simple daily meal from the fourteen canteens belonging to the aboTe mentioned society; the other 7,444 are totally unprovided for. ' The question of the city's responsibil ity for the children lia now been raised by the socialists In the municipal coun cil, who propose that the council should In the future undertake the task. The society will be able this winter to dis pose of the sum of $8,421.60. and this will all be taken up by the provision of a tneal a day to the 4.49S children al ready on Its hobks. Altogether for the feeding of the 12.000 starving little ones during the winter $37,500 will be neces sary, and the council Is to be asked to vote (30.000 to make up the. amount re quired and place it at the disposition of the society for administration. This course Is suggested In order to obviate the loss- of civic rights entailed by the children's parents should their offspring be directly fed by the authorities. Parent who do not send their children to school are fined unless they can glye medical authority for keeping them home. Therefore poor parent aend their children to school, even though food less and miserably clad. SIOUX FALLS MEN ARE BUSY Iaaaraeat RepubliVnna Prepare te fclve Battle ta Senatar Klttredge. SIOUX FALLS. 8. t.. Dec. K.-cSnecial.T-i At a meeting held In IhlB city by Insurg ent republicans from Sioux Falls and point throughout Minnehaha county preliminary arrangements were made for carrying on the political campaign in this county next year. As this Is the home county of I'nlted States Senator Klttredge, the leader of the stalwart faction, who Is a candidate for re-election, unusual Interest attaches to the campaign In this county between the two factions of republicans. ' At the meeting of Insurgent republicans the work of selecting a chairman of the republican county committee waa first taken up. Candidates for the place were H. M. Jones, J. W. Cone, T.'W. Dwlght. Gilbert Thorson and J. T. Medin. H. M. Jones, who Is a prominent Sioux Fulls buHiness man, waa elected to the offloe of chairman on the first ballot, and therefore will direct the campaign In this county next year In behalf of the insurgent re publican. t The following were elected members of the executive committee: C. F. Bowles, Dell Rapids; C. A. Berg, Colton; A. E. Stephenson. Edison; I. C. Kingsbury, Hart ford; T. W. Dwlght. C. E. Holmes. N. E. Phillips and J. W. Cone. Bloux Falls: J. A. Scott, Valley Springs; T. E. Bushnell, Corson. A resolution was adopted endorsing Coe I. Crawford, governor of South Dakota and leader of the Insurgent faction, for ejection to the I'nlted State senate a the successor of Senator Klttrsdge, and Hans A. I'strud for re-election to the office of state superintendent of public instruction. Campaign headquarters will be opened soon after the commenccme nt of tho new year. DURANG0 BANKS STAY CLOSED Ksaanlaer Hays Institutions la Hands af HerelTer Will Not Be . Reape-aed. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 2. Neither the Colorado Slate bank of Durango and its branch bank at Pagosa Springs, nor the Smelter City 'State bank, also at Durango, both of which closed their doors week before last, will be able to reorganise and reopen, according to H. M. Beatty, state bank commisslonery'who returned from Durango yesterday after placing the In stitutions in the hand of receivers to wind up their affairs. The liabilities of the Colorado State and Its Pagosa branch are S330.UOO, which do not Include a oapltal tock of 175,000. TS e assets have a face value of S4SO.O0O, but are of such character aa to fall very short of meeting the Indebtedness. The liabilities of the Smelter City State are 1142.000; asset. 1172.000; capital stock, $J0.0i41 The assets are also of such char acter aa not g meet the Indebtedness of the institution. TAFT CONFERS WITH VORYS Secretary af Mar aad His Political Maaager Dlsrsu Reeeat Developments. WASHINGTON. Deo. 2 J. A conference was held here today between Secretary of War Taft and his campaign manager, Arthur I. Vorys of Ohio. Beyond the statement that he reviewed with Mr. Taft generally what had transpired In the field of politic since the seiretary' absence on bis trip around the world. Mr. Vorys declined to talk. He will return to Ohio tomorrow, but in the meantime he ex pects to talk over the Taft movement with political leaders here. Secretary Taft left Washington at 4 o'clock this afternoon over the Baltimore A tJhlo ruad for Cincinnati, whersr lie gu to qualify a an executor of the estate of hi mother, who tiled recently. The secretary will re turn to Washington on luesday. mm ,IT,4Sili Jra. m a- Vi'M MsxA - 2 - i ir w l j m. m ...... - N AFJ 8 1 ::::::::::::: S II' 5-::::::::? BERLIN CHILDREN CATTLE MEN PUSll FIGHT Some Restraint Needed on Railroads that Raise Rates. LAWYER COWAN AT WASHINGTON Great Flood of Sew Bills Ha Bees Iatrodaeed la Hons of Repre sentative Pensions Far TVebraskans. (From a Staff Correspondent ! W ASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. I2.- Special.) The cattle raisers of the west are deter mined to use every effort within their power to secure regulation which will en sure better conditions than exist today. To this end they are urging legislation which will affect every shipper In the country. Their attorney. Judge J. II. Cowan of Fort Worth, speaking on this subject today, said: "There can be no doubt that fair play de mands that the act to regulate commerce should be so amended that a railroad rate, made by the railroads and which has been In effect for two years or more, shall not be advanced except with the consent of the Interstate Commerce commission, after affording opportunity to interested parties to be heard, and that the commission ba given the power to prescribe the amount of the advance If 1t finds that some ad vance less than that proposed would be reasonable. In no other wy can the public have the real benefit of that pre sumption which the courts and the com mission have repeatedly affirmed, that a rate fixed by the carriers and remaining long in effect Is presumably high enough. The shipper must complain and a hearing must be had before he can get a rate re duced. Why Bhould not the carriers be sub ject to the same rule before they advance a long standing rate? "The country, is divided Into traffic dis tricts In which the railroad traffic men fix and change the rates, with the object, of course, to make more money, and It Is certain that they will be able to make more advances than the shippers will ever get reductions, because In most Instances the shippers cannot afford to enter the unequal contest, so the not of It will be Just what has happened for the past "ten years, a constant average Increase In actual rates. The reduction, where It happens, of per ton mile earnings indicates nothing as that depends on the character of tonnage and length of the haul. People Paying More. "Since the .enactment of the Hepburn bill the receipts of the railroads In gross and In net earning and In the average re ceived for the units of traffic all show that the people pay more per unit of traffic than they did before, besides the vast In crease In earnings from abolishing free ser vice and rebates. The reduction made by the Interstate Commerce commission have been insignificant compared to the net ad vantage of the law and advance made by roads. "The claim that there should be po further regulation because the railroad have, apfferw from regulations -is without foundation In fact. Officials may have suf fered ihe loss of opportunity which before these laws were enacted were quite freely Indulged, but the railroad corporation as such have not suffered in the aggregate any loss. The railroads are not worth less money, but are worth more money, an! this all of the officials ar? constantly swearing to before the Interstate Com merce commission In hearings cn rate cases. If the price of stocks and bonds have fallen It Is not due to reduced earnings, but to some other, cause; neither Is It due to a reduced value of the property. Why should the law or the people be charged with reducing these stocks and bonds so that the amount they are sold for will now net b or S per cent return, or be credited with having advanced them to the price of a year ago when they sold at fig ures which would bring a return of about S per cent? Neither the law nor the people control It. and they have neither destroyed the value of the property nor have Ihey Injured It or the right to have a reason able return thereon." Flood af Bills la Hodse. Although the house of representative has been In actual session only about three days since congress assembled the members suc ceeded In Introducing not less than 10.0D0 bills, before the holiday recess. The pro cess of starting an Idea on the road toarda the statutes at large Is a simple one these days. All that Is necessary Is to take a copy of the bill, which failed of considera tion In a previous congress, scratch out the number of that congress Insert in lieu thereof "'Brxtletli congress, first session" and add the name .of the member. Then throw the document Into a receptacle and the bill Is "Introduced." So easy Is this method as compared with the old way that many members simply look up all the old bills introduced by themselves or their predecessors, secure copies and throw them in without looking Into the provisions which they father. For the last three weeks the compositors in the "bill room" of the government printing office have been working day a4 night, yet In spite of the vigorous and constant work of the entire force less than a trtlrd of the bills have been printed. It would perhaps be a well If some plan could be perfected for editing bills before printing them. Such a plan would certainly mtae for economy aa It frequently happen that half a dosen member Introduce Identically the same measures and what Is worse scores of such measure have been offered thl session which are already on the stat ute books as laws. ('pvrlght on TaBBed" Masie. Ol all legislation pending before congress, the bill attracting probably the most atten tion Is the copyright bill. Introduced in the house by Mr. Currier and in the senate by Mr. Smoot. These two bills are practically Identical except that the senate bill la a little more explicit with reference to the use of mechanical or automatic musical instruments. This element of the question ha been the subject of the strongest possi ble fight. Last winter the committees held Joint hearings in the congressional library. These hearings attracted great Interest and speedily developed into a struggle for su premacy between the music composer and publisher on the one aide and the manu facturers of musical instrument on the other.. Specialist from all over the coun try were brought here by both side and the array of legal talent was very able and brilliant. The manufacturers aeem to have won. Both of the pending b'lla expressly eliminate tha perforated paper roll and similar mechanical devices from the realm of copyright. '-" A lint meat af Raama. Fifty year ago, on December Is. the bouse of representative moved Into It present quarter in the nation's capitol. At that time there was great complaint over the dampness f the building and the representatives of the country a half cen tury ago complained bitterly over the un- (CofUlnued oa Second Page-) CUMMINS SPEAKS IN BROOKLYN Kast Is et Rlakt aa AttMade nf West Toward Rig Corpora tions; NEW TORK. Dee. 25. -Governor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, the principal speaker at the annual dinn4r of the New England society in Brooklyn lat night declared that the American fleet, now steaming to the Pacific coast would be Welcomed by all the great nations of the world before It again anchored In New Tork harbor. Governor Cummins, speaking of the atti tude of legislatures towards corporations, said: "There Is a belief prevalent In soifie places that the people of the country, and especially the people of the west, have gone mad In a crusade against railway Invest ment. It Is not so.' On the contrary, there I not a shadow of rancor or hostility in the" course they have taken. "The tendency toward monopoly, or sub stantial monopoly Is ns swift as It is natural. Within the limits consistent with effective competition great corporation should be encouraged, not denounced; but the moment that one of them grows strong enough to dominate the business In which It Is engaged and to exclude all rival It becomes as dangerous as the spirit of anarchy. "There are a few men who have fallen Into thl unfortanate habit of denouncing the msster spirits, who have accumulated fortunes, but they have no constituency. The man who wins tn the struggle for supremacy. If he wins fairly. Is entitled to the fruits of his victory, no matter what may be the field of his endeavors, and while he may excite envy he will always extort admiration.- These are a few men who see In every advocate of change and progress a demagogue, but they do not spesk for the people and their votces should be drowned in the current of sober thought and noble patriotism." BOOST F0RSHIP SUBSIDY Coaventioa Held la Cleveland to Vrare Grants to Mall I earner Cos arreasntan PoIlarA Speaks. CLEVELAND, Xec. 22. United State senators, congressmen, high government officials and representatives of many busi ness Interests gathered here today In the Interest of a ship subsidy. The attendance and enthusiasm shown by the delegates from various parts of the country Indicated that the general public was taking a greater Interest In the subject of the mer chant marine and a subsidy for sea going craft. The convention was In a degree the be ginning of a campaign of education, but the , effort of the league will be directed against congress thl winter In the Interest of the United Stales mall subsidy for ocean steamer. This, the supporters of the subsidy believe, will result In a subsidy for general shipping Interests 'and build up an American fleet of sailing vessels. It la estimated that the government will have to appropriate about 1700,000,000 to place the merchant marine in a position success fully to compete wit the merchant marine of other nations where subsidy exist. Tuft day-cai.jkrne -area concluded with a banquet thi' eVentng. -whlrh was a gen eral love feast over the' success of the league in it work so far. The star attrac tions at the banquet were Senator J. B. Foraker of Ohio'' and Senator J. H. Gal linger of New Hampshire. At the aft.-rnoon session J. G. Butler, Jr., a Toungstown. O., Iron manufacturer, in troduced Congressman Pollard of Nebraska, Mr. Pollard touched upon the Interest the farmers and people of the middle west might have In ship subsidy and the benefits they would derive.-. MISSIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA Annnal Report af Kplaeapal District lnsard by Blskop Hare aad Secretary Bell. MITCHELL, 8. D.. Dec. 2i-( Special. -The annual report of the Missionary dis trict of the Episcopal church of South Dakota has Just been Issued In pamphlet form, under' the direction of Bishop Hare and Rev. A. W. Bell, the secretary. The work among the Indian agencies Is one of the large factors of Bishop Hare and As sistant Bishop Johnson, and It Is surprising Indeed what has been accomplished in a religious Way among the Indians and the determination with which they pursue a religion when once converted. They are close observants on church services and In their financial obligations to the church they are fidelity Itself. There are seventy seven churches and ch a pels among the In dian agencies, each of which la presided over by an Indian rector or preacher, and they are wry devout and conscientious In all of their ministrations of the church's rite. At the present time there are 4,370 confirmed Indians, and during the last year 661 confirmations resulted from the work of those Indian ministers. Represented among the Indian churches there are 2,571 families, with a population of 11.M4. 1$.1&! of whom have been baptised. Of the 4.370 who have Iwn confirmed, but 916 were absent from communion during the year, and over SO per cent attend the services every Sunday of the year. APPEALS FR0M GOLDFIELD President line Taken o Action on Rraweata ta Allow Federal Troops to Remain. WASHINGTON. -Dec. 2,-It was ttated at the White house tonight that tele graphic appeals sent by civic bodies, mine owner and individual of GoMfleld. Nev., to President Roosevelt urging upon him the neceasity for retaining a portion of the federal troops at Goldfleld indefinitely had been received but that no action had been decided on. Adjutant General Alnsworth stated to night that the order signed by Secretary of War Taft yesterday directed to General Funston for the withdrawal of the fed eral troops at Cildfleld on December 30, was forwarded today. FIRE RECORD. Fire In Coal Mine. PITTSBURG. Dee. 2J. Flro started In the Schoenberger mine, near Monongahla, today and 1 still raging. The mine ho been Idle for a month on account of a strike. It waa at first reported that an other mine explosion had occurred, but Investigation shows that the fire start ?d fnm crossed wires. The loss will be heavy. Farmer Saffera from Blaad Palsoalag. BOONH. Ia., Deo. S Special Telegram.) Henry Jacobaon, a farmer lllng north west of the city, is suffering from blood polsinlng. He had a slight scratch on his forehead and was working In the stable when a horse slobbered on hi hand. Thoughllesaly Jacobaon ran the hand along hi forehead, allowing the substance to enter the scratch. A frightful case of bloud poisoning resulted. Tii man ia la a serious condition. NEBRASKA POLITICS ASTIR Talk Starting About State Represen tation in National Conventions. HOW DELEGATES ARE CHOSEN Demaeratle Mat Committee Is Dead Broke, Aeeardlast to F.dawr How ard, Wka Han Scheme ta Raise tbe Daaak. The quirk succession of developements in the field of national politics has started talk of president making In Nebraska, al though the actual work of arrang'ng the preliminaries for selecting delegates Is yet to be begun. The accepted custom of na tional convent!6ns requires the selection of delegates to be made not less than thirty days before the date of the meeting, which mans that for the populists convention at St. Louis.' April 8 the time limit expires March a for the' republicans, who will nominate at Chicago 'June W the time limit expires May 17, and for the democrat who are to assemble at Denver July t the latest day for the state convention Is June7. With reference to the selection of dole gates to the republican national convention, Victor Rosewater of the Bee, who has re turned from Washington where he at tended the national committee meeting as the proxy for Nstjonal Committeeman Mor rill has this to say: "The national committee, largely on my representation, changed the form or its call o as to permit state like Nebraska to comply with the requirement of their new primary legislation. Our state law provide explicitly for the selection of both state and district delegates in state and district convention to be called by the state com mittee. The candidates for congress are to be nominated later by direct vote In Sep tember. Previous call for republican na tional convention stipulated that the dis trict delegate should be selected In the same manner a candidates for congress, but this condition has now been stricken out. "My Idea is. and is has found favor with all with whom I have talked on the subject, that the state committee should provide for seven conventions, six of them being dis trict conventions whose members should be finally assembled into a single conven tion for the whole tate. The delegates to the district conventions meeting at the same time and place would thus choose separately .the district delegates and alter nates at large. Such procedure would save much time and expense and the expense is something to be taken Into consideration, particularly for the distant counties whose delegates have to travel far and foot their own bills for railroad fare and hotel ex pense. I look tot the selection of a higher grade of delegates than 1 usually the case to represent both the district and the state at large, because the coming conventions will bave no other duties to perform and will have no nominations for congress or for state offices to be used aa trading ma terial: With the handsome republican ma jority plied up at ous last election. Ne braska, .republican, are in a position to command attention af Ctucaga if they will only send representative who have more than mere local standing." Down In Lincoln, Charle O. Whedon has been publishing aome of his correspondence with members of the republican state com mittee, over his demand for a direct pri mary on presidential preferences for use a a guide Tor the national convention del egates. The committeemen who have an swered his circular letters of Inquiry for the most nart quote the Nebraska law, which provides for the selection of dele gate by convention, and In no way pro vides for expressions of preference for president or vice president or any officer whose election does not depend exclusively upon the favor of Nebraska voter, it Is to be read between the lines of these letters that if a straw vote, on presidential preferences in advance of nominating con vention had been part of the direct pri mary idea, the legislature could easily have incorporated into the law a provision to thla effect. Mr. Wheron' counter argu ment la that notwithstanding the failure of tha lawmakers to provide for the pro posed election and the lack of funds to defray the expenses. It I the duty of the state committee to improvise such a pri mary as a token of confidence ia the voters From Washington comes the authenti cated information that Senator Norrls Brown and Senator E. J. Burkett would both like to be Included In the big four who are to constitute the delegates at large to Chicago. The Dally Drift man In the Lincoln Jour nal undertakes to recall the politics of four years ago. when Nebraska republi cana were being naked to rally around a vice presidential candidate In the person of John L. .Webster of Omaha. He Insfsts that Webster must be still in the running and give assurance that "we will stick to him like a porous plaster, until fie wins or throws the race." A If this were not enough, he lapses into poetry which can only be appreciated In the original, which Is as follows: Speak of any man you may, I'm for Webster; It the people have their say, I'm for Webster; Though the mob In every town Howls for Burkett or for Brown, l'ou may safely put It down I'm for Webster. When our hosts get in the game, I'm for Webster; When Chicago Is aflame, I'm for Webster; W'hen to carry out their plan They have named some other man, Lt them do the worst they can. I'm for Webster. Though they swamp him in the flood I'm for Webster; Though hi name be written mud I m for Webeter; Though he reach the high degree. Or receive the snickersnee. It is all the same to me, , I'm tor Webster. The announcement that the democrats are arranging to entertain the Cook county excursionists to the democratic pow-wow at Denver, who will stop In Omaha for part of the Fourth of July, suggests that Omaha will be the gateway for a great many prominent men headed for the different national conventions next summer. For the democratic convention, Omaha will catah moat of the eastern delegations, many of whom might bo In duced to break the trip with a stop-over here. For the republican convention at Chicago. Omaha will be on tha direct, path way for the delegate from most of th mountain and Pacific coast states and these, too, might be glad to take a rest her either going or coming, or both ways. Tbe only really gloomy note In the po litical atmosphere of Nebraska come from Edgar Howard, who vouches for the abso lute truth of the startling statement that "the Nebraska state democratic committee Is dead broke." Judge Howard admit that (Coctlnue,1 on Second Pag.) SUNDAY LAW IN KANSAS CITY Jadae wallare Keys Only Tkree Pool llnlle and Theater lefy Officers. KANSAS CITT. Mo. Dec. 22. Judre William H. Wallace of the Jarkson cnui.tv criminal court, who has been credited with having sti'ited the Sumlsy observ ance movement' that now ha become widespread, has iucd a significant state ment to the Associated Pres on his In terpretation of the Missouri law that be Is seeking to enforce. He also arraigns those w hom he says lolate the law for pecuniary gain and dwells upon what he says Is a crying need of one day of rest cut of every seven. As a result of Judge Wallace's cam paign, the county grand Jury has. since September 20 lant. returned 1.101 Indi. t ments against violators of the Sunday Isw; forced hundreds of shopkeepers to close their places of buslne on that day. and, within the lust three Weeka, has placed over BOO Sunday-working actors, a treses, theatrical managers and their employes and others under bond for hearing ister:. That Jury Is still In session and the Jude says he will not cease his efforts until the law is ie spected to the letter. Judge Wallace liu for many years been one of the foremost lawyers In the state and has always fought for law enforce ment. He was appointed to his present position by Governor Joseph W. Folk, who has accomplished what no other Mtxsourl executive has ever done, namely, the clos ing of the saloons on Sunday. Judge Wallace's statement concludes: "Answering your inquiry as to the prog ress of Sunday closing. I can only state the facts as to Kansas City. When the grand Jury was convened here In Sep tember last over 600 retail groceries were open on Sundsy. No wthey are clos.nl. Every barber shop In the city Is closed. Retail merchants have closed, except a very few, who observe some other day aa Sunday as permitted by our statutes. The 200 place where cigars and tobacco were formerly sold are obeying the law, excepting now and then a clandestine sale. Only three pool halls and theaters defy the law and two of the latter have recently closed. The credit for this je eult Is due largely to a grand Jury com posed of fearless, magnificent 1 men." MANY NOMINATIONS WAITING Senate Acts I m Bat Few Appoint ments Before Taking Holiday R eeeii, WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. The senate ad journed for the holidays with a number of executive appointments unconfirmed. The president ha sent to the senate prac tically al! of his appointments made during the summer recess of congress, and the larger part of these have been acted upon by the proper committees and confirmed In .executive seaaion by the senate. These Included postmasters, consular appoint ments, land office appointments, certain Judicial nominations and a list of over LOOO promotions in the army and navy. Of the nominations reported favorably by committees to tha senate for confirma tion hut ona -acjuaias .la be acted upon, that 'of John a. Caper to be commis sioner of Internal revenue. An attempt waa made to secure the confirmation of Capers a few days ago, but objection waa made, and It went over until after the holidays. No definite charges against him have been madu, but the nomination was simply passed over at the suggestion of one senator who had conferred with others before he took the action. The nomination of Silaa 1L Reed of Okla homa to be Judge of the district court of Alaska, in the place of Judge AVlckersham, recently resigned. Is also held up in Wie Judiciary committee. It Is understood fnat there wtll be some protest from Alaslra against his appointment. There are also some nominations still pending In the finance committee. Senator Clay has held up the confirmation of one or two Georgia post masterships where men are to succeed women. The committee on territories has refused a favorable report for the present nomina tion of Governor Curry to be governor of New Mexico, but has seen no reason tor holding up the appointment of David J. Leahy ti be United States attorney for that territory. FIRE TRUCK HITS STREET CAR Horse Killed aad Driver Carr Receives severe Bat Not Dan gerous Injarles. While responding to a false alarm about :10 Saturday evening Driver Ed Carr of hook and ladder company No. 1 wai thrown from his seat and severely Injured and one of the three-horse team killed a a result of a collision with a street car at Sixteenth and Dodge streets. in swinging out to avoid a small wagon, '.he front trucks of the big hook and ladder went one way while the rear truck went another, causing a collision with a south bound Park avenue car, killing "Old Nick." one of the trio of horses, and throwing Driver Carr from the seat onto the pave ment, fsom which fall he suffered two lacerations of the scalp, a lacerated shoul der and a long cut In the right leg. The police ambulance waa called and Carr removed to the police station, where his wounds were dressed by Police Surgeon Fltzglbbbons and he waa later taken to his home. Eighteenth and California street. In the emergency rig. The front of the street car was badly Indented, but fortunately none of the occupants was Injured, which was die to the fact that Carr released the brake o' the trucks and allowed the Im pact to swing the truck around. SICKNESS PREVENTS REUNION Cearsre Helmrod aad Family Will Mat Meet Here oa Aeeoant af Farmer' Illaeaa. George Helmrod. consul to Samoa, and his family were to have held a family reunion In Omaha Christmas, but Mr. Hetmrod's sickness In New York prevents earning out the plans. He and hi daugh ter went to New York on a visit with his son, George Helmrod, Jr., and he be came sick. Miss Helmrod returnod to Omaha and her mother went to New York to be with her husband, who Is at a hos pital. . Hangnrtan Dael I Bloodies. BUDAPEST, Dec. 23. Dr. Wekerle, th Hungarian premier, and Former Minister of Justice Polony! fought a duel today with swords, a a result of an allegation of political dishonesty made against the premier by th ex-minister at a sitting of Parliament a few days ago. The meet ing took place at noon and waa a blood ies one. Neither man wa In any way Injured and the two became reconciled. feel Mill Han for Holidays. JOMET. III. Dec. 22 Practically the entire force of the steel mills here will have a vacation during holiday week nearly all department closing until Jan uary 1. Reouniptton at that date Is Froirised- Nearly 1.000 men wUi b af-tcted. SUNDAY LAW IS OLD Sabbath Closing- Statute Dates Back to Territorial Days. BILL INTRODUCED FIRST IN 1854 Only Criminal Code on the Books fci Some Time. C0JTES FROM OTHER STATES' ACTS Pm'rit Tint Trat kA in T1Aa1nr-n m ' as m w m. aa m v V VV AA ayVVAIV Uf Laid Down by Moses. NEBRASKA CLINGS TO MOUNT SINAJ lr. (iekrae I,. Miller and A. J. Pop. plrtoa Were Members af Karly Lealsfatare tbal f.rnpplrd wltk Problem. The Sunday closing law, which is new receiving such serious attention In Omaha, is by no means a new statute. In facV with the exception of a very few ctttTen, It antedates the oldest Inhabitant. But ex cept for spasmodic pretenses of reform tion. It has never been enforced with thl severity now proposed, because, presun aVly, It was Intended to he a dead letter. One of the very first laws passed by Hit very first legislature, of the territory ol Nebraska provldod fur the proper observ ance of the Sabbath along lines similar to the present law, though not quite so stringent. This first law was brought to Nebraska territory from Iowa, it being at that time a part of the criminal code of that state. Two years later, however, James R. Allen, who represented the counties of Washington, Burt, Cuming and the southern district of Douglas, Intro duced a bill for a separate act more stringent than the Iowa act. Dr. George L. Miller of Omaha was a member of the legislature which enacted this law and A. J. Poppleton was a member of the legisla ture which adopted the Iowa Sunday law. Mose Aatkar of tka Law. The Sunday closing law has stuck closer to the Nebraska statute than a brother. There has been a time In the history of Nebraska when it wa no crime against the laws of the state to commit murder or steal a horse, but since that flrrt session there never has been a time when a man could legally transact business on Sunday except In certain cases. Nebraska has tenaciously held to that old Mosaic doc trine, "Six day shalt thai labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day 1 the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; tn It thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that Is within thy gate." Front this commandment came originally tha Sunday closing law. Friday... February Si. ISoS, H P- Bennett, representing the ewumy ot,. Pierce, Intro duced a Joint resolution In th council ' which provided for the observance of the Sabbath by the adoption of the code of Iowa for the government of Nebraska Insofar a It was applicable. Four day later Governor Ixard In a special message to the legislature recommended the adop tion of the code of one of the neighboring states, preferably Iowa. March . Chair man Brown of the committee on printing, reported that his committee recommended the adoption of portions of the Iowa code and he Introduced C. B. No. 6. the criminal code of Iowa. The bill was resd a first and second lme on that day and on March 9 a substitute bill was reported back from the Judiciary committee to which It had been referred. It was read a first, second and third time, passed, and th title agreed to that day. It was signed by Governor Ixard Friday, March 14, tha numerous Fridays probably causing it to be such a "Jonah" law now to ome. , Reference to gaaday Obnervaace.' The coda made this reference to Sunday observance: v Section 1H. Uwi of Nebraska IKS If any person wilfully disturbes or dis quiets any assembly of persons met for religious worship by profane dis courstt or rude snd Indecent behavior, or by making a noiae either within the place of worship or near as to disturb the order and solemnity of the as sembly, he shall be punished by Imprison ment lti the county Jail not more than thirty days or by fine nut exceeding thn. Section 1R5 If any person within one mil from the place where any religious society Is collected together for religious worship in any field or woodland, expose to sal or gilt any spirituous or other liquor or any article of merchandise or any provis ions or other article of traffic, h shall b punished by fine of not exceeding .'. Section 1;6 If any person wiUiin one inU not apply to tavern or grocery keepers ex ercising their calling or business la tha place mentioned In their licenses (if they ha vu auchK nor to any distillers or man ufacturers or others In the prosecution of their ordinary calling or business so aa to prevent them from vending or exposing to sale the articles above prohibited at tlieir place of residence; nor to any person who has a written permit from the peraoa, having the charge of such religious society to sell any of such prohibited articles oa complying with the regulations of suck reliKlous assembly and with the law ol Uta territory. Allea Mast Have Seen It All. From the records of the legislature ol those early days. It is evident the Sunday closing law waa not sufficiently "closing'4 or that Mr. Allen, the representative men tioned, had an idea of what was coming, for he introduced the following bill In th house January 19, 1K7, two year after Ui adoption of the Iowa code, which was ap proved February 11. 1817: Section 1 Be It enacted by the council and house of representatives of th territory of Nebraska, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep opcti hi, her or their shop, store, grocery, trading house or saloon, to be present at. any dancing, .public diversion, show or oilier public entertainment, to take part in any sport, game or play on the first day of the week, commonly called th Christian Sabbath. It shall be unlawful for any person or perkons to perform any manner of work, labor or bunlnea, except only work of necessity or charity, on said day, and every penton so offending shall be pun ished by a tine not exceeding 110 for cava and every offense. Section I No person who does not con scientiously believe me obrvance of th first day of tha week to be a Christian day tdutyl shall be liable to any fine or pun Uhuient for performing any secular work or productive labor thn aaid first day of th week, provided he or she disturb mo othnr person. section 3 If any person shall 'on th Sabbath or first day of the week, or at any other time, by rude or Inr'etent be- . bavlor or In any other way inttntionally disturb or Interrupt an assembly of th people met for the worship of God, wlthiir tne plaea of such meeting or, out of It, ' shall on conviction thereof Before any Jwttlca of the peace be punished by ltn prlsonmer.t In the county Jail not more than thirty days or by line nut exceeding r. Section 4 For th purpose of the pro vikkons of this act. the id first day of the week shall be underatoud to iiiiud all tiie time betw.-en the midnight pm cedlug and the midnight following the said day; and no pipecutlon for any fine or penalty luvunsd umlr uf of
