The Omaha Daily Bee
VOU XXXVII NO. 185.
OMAIIA, MONDAY MOHXINtf. JANUARY 20, 1008.
SINGLE COPY TWO CUNTS.
I
REFORMS IN ENGLAND
Intense Interest in Coming; Session of
Parliament.
1TEW ELEMENT IS ACTIVE
Socialiits and Labor Pa
Important Mea
Push
IRISH AFFAIRS TO TH1
TTnirersities Bill and Grazing:
Bill to Come Up.
V
"DRASTIC LICENSE BILL PROPOSED
Means re Mill Probably Increase th
Friction Between Lord and .
rommana Interest In
Budget.
IWON. Jan. 19,-The third and what
promises to he the most critics! session of
the. Parllsment controlled by Sir Henry
Camphell-Bannerman will, he formally
opened on January 2? by the king with all
the traditional pomp and ceremony that
marks the brief annual visit of the mon
arch to St. Stephens. His majesty will be
accompanied on this occasion by Queen
Alexandra, tho prince and princrss of
Wales and many other members of the
V royal family who happen to he In Kngland
at the time, while to greet them In the
historic chamber ' will be assembled the
usual gathering 'of dignitaries.
This formal opening of the houses of
Parliament by the king in person always
' attracts momentary attention, but the real
Interest, keener than ever tliia year, cen
ters more In the legislation that the gov
ernment proposes to introduce and the cost
of th social reforms, estimated nt many
millions of pounds, that the new elements
ra the political arena, the labor and so
cialist parties, are attempting to bring
about. If all the legislation promised for
th coming setslon is forecasted In the
speech from the throne, the members of
the House of Commons will have a stu
pendous task before them, and the usual
session of six months will hardly Bfford
sufficient time to dispose of It all.
Irish Affairs to Front.
Irish affairs are sure to occupy much
time, for besides the Irish universities bill
promised the Catholics and a bill to deal
with tho grailng hinds, over which cattle
drlvlng originated, the opposition has
threatened to Introduce an amendment to
the reply to the speech, which will en
able them to discuss In detail the govern
ment's lrlxh pulley. This will place Mr.
Rlrrell, t lie secretary for Ireland, on the
.defensive In respect to what lias been done
or what he has failed to do, ss the union
ists put It, and also enable him to make
.a statement aa to future policy. It will be
the first big debate of the session, and
' unless tho younger nationalists are held
In check, as lively a one as Parliament
has witnessed In recent years.
Drastic License Bill, .
After Ireland. In point of public Intej--.W.rVHI"
joie'aTi'iir k- clcenstna?-' till, to
f'glil wfilch the brewers, distillers and
'' 1'ceuse holders throughout the kingdom
Vaw already organized. Tho measure la
'pot expected to meet a'.l tho demands of
the temperance party. It will provide,
however, that at the end of a specified
period, all licenses shall cease and the
granting of new licenses shall be placed
1n the hands of more or less popular au
thorities, thus establishing to some extent
local optlcn. ttlmtild the brewers consider
It prejudicial to tl e'r business they csn
Jepend upon the llonr-e Of I.orda either to
reject It cf to so a:ncnd it that It would
not be acceptable to the commons and thus
add .another to the many liberal grievances
igrilnst the upper chamber.
Old age pensions occupy a prominent
place In the government program. The
principle la supported by all parties, but
fin details there Is a hopeless difference.
Mr. Asiiultli, the chancellor of the exche
quer, It Is believed, will propose tlinj a
start bo made with a Vote of N 5,000, KO. to
which must be added 2.5o,0f put aside
hist year for this purpose. This sum, the
'bor members contend. Is Inadequate, even
for a start, while on the question of how
trie money Is to be applied there are liardly
two opinions alike. This one measure may
therefore be expected to take up a lot
6f time. Being a matter of finance, the
lords have nothing to say on it.
Other Important Measures.
The rest of the program Includes another
attempt to amend the education act, a bone
Of Contention between the two houses; the
relntroduttion if tho Scottish land valua
tion irt hind b'lla rejected by the lords
last year; a new Kugllsh land valuation
bill; a ineusurt' establishing eight hours
as the Ii'ShI working time In all mines- a
bill establishing a new port authority for
London to colVct all revenues and effect
new (locks, uhlyi the owners of docks are
opposing: a:id J lot of housing and other
reforms looking to the comfort, well being
and health of the poorer residents In large
cities, which, John Burns, secretary of the
local government board, has devised after
a careful study of the working of similar
measures in Germany and elsewhere.
The advocates of woman suffrage having
failed to convince the government that the
time has come when women should be
given the vote, will depend on private mem
bers to advance their cause. Such a bill,
however. Stands little chance of reachtng
'.he statute books without the government
rupport. '
Interest In Baaget.
The budget lll be not less interesting
than the legislation. The reforms men
tioned mean a great Increase In the ex
penditure and when there Is added to this
an Increase of 3,000,000 in the naval esti
mate to meet the Gorman proposals, an
extra million for the new army scheme,
and a almllar Increase for education, ex
perts say the chancellor of the exchequer
will have to find nearly 10,OOMOo more
.han was necessary last year.
Six months stem all too short for the
io,k In hand, but the government ts de
lenntned to establish a record. In rae the
rejection of their proposals by the lords
necessitate:! an appeal to the country for
an endorsement of their policy to reform
the upper house, c'requent night sessions
and the adoption of the closure may there
(ore be looked for.
Mrs. Martin Been res Divorce.
eiOl'X FALLS. 6. D.. Jan. IS -tSpeclal.)
-H has been learned that Mrs. Amelia
Bower Martin, who was formerly a resl
lont of Cedarhurst, Long Island, a
laughter of Mr. Henry Bowers, a promi
nent resident of Brooklyn, V. T . ' was
recently granted an absolute divorce tu
Hit city from her husband. Lucius Trow
bridge Martin of New York. Mrs. Martla
baa Uvea la Sioux Fall for the last eight
EBdOlh mt
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA AND
IOWA Fair nd winner Monday; Tuesday
fair.
CHARLES EMORY SMITH DEAD
Former Putiiutrr tienernl P.splre
Suddenly- nt Ilia Home la
Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. rt. Charles
Emory Smith, editor of the ITess, former
United State minister to Russia and post
master general, died suddenly at his home
here today, aired 86 years. '
'NNETT IS FOR STRONG MEN
Vka'i Deleaatlon to Republican
convention Should Command
Confidence and Respect.
tFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. . (Speclal.)-H. J.
Wlnnett, chairman of the State Railmay
commission, favors sending to the repub
lican nattnnal convention a delegation from
Nebraska composed of men of tlx" largest
state and national acquaintance; men who
are known to favor the nomination of Sec
retary Taft; men who will compel recogni
tion of this state In the convention. Re
garding the makeup of the delegation he
ssld:
'Nebraska should send Its etronaest men
to the Chicago convention. In the Inter
est of the republican party of the state
both Senator Norrls Brown and Governor
Sheldon should be selected as delegaies-at-large,
anil the fact that Senator Rur
kelt docs not desire to be a delegate
should not in the least operate to keep
the- two men off of the delegation. Gov
ernor Sheldon and Senator Brown were
leaders In the fight conducted by the re
publican pr.rtj last year, and they should
be selected to continue the fight in the
national convention. The republicans will
have a fight In that convention over the
same Issues that have been fought out In
Nebraska, and no better men than the two
mention. can be selected to keep up that
contest.
Other states will send senators and gov
ernors and every delegation which Is cmn
pored of such men will attract attention,
by reason of tho positions held by the
delegates. There is no reason why Ne
braska should not have great influence In
tho convention If the republicans Just select
well known men, In whom they have con
fidence, for delegates There Is no reason
why Governor Sheldon should not be a
delegate, and there Is no reason why Sena
tor Brown should not be selected. There
Is every resson why both should be se
lected. '
Rvery republican should know that the
opponents of President Roosevelt or his
policies will do everything In their power
to promulgate a platform and select a
candidate for president to conform to their
own Ideas. Sheldon and Brown are tho
men to fight such a proposition. Both
have expressed a willingness to go on the
delegation and that should be sufficient to
rally the republicans of the state under
their banners. Nebraska Is for Taft and
In convention It has endorsed his candi
dacy. Nebraska should make that en
dorsement count by sending a. strong dele
gation to the convention. Inasmuch aa no
nuu ta asking this honor, let us send the
men who made the fight In this state and
won." . K
MAY EXCLUDE THE PUBLIC
Little Probability that Court Will
Keep Reporters from Attend
ing Thaw Trial.
NEW YORK,. Jan.' 19. When the Thaw
trial is resumed tomorrow morning. Justice
Dowllng will be called upon to determine
whether the testimony of Kvclyn Nesbit
Thaw shall be taken behind closed doors
It Is freely predicted that he will refuse
to exclude both public and newspaper rep
resentatives, but that a compromise may be
reached by tho exclusion of those who come
only from idle or morma cunosny. y
leaving the newspaper men In the court
room the constitutional provision aa to
public trial would be maintained and the
young woman on the stand would have
only to face a handful of men, as compared
with the vast throng which crowded the
court room last Friday afternoon. As to
keeping the Story out of rlnt. Justice
Dowllng ' told ' District Attorney Jerome
when he sprang hi surprising suggestion
that if any newspaper cared to repeat the
details of the recital it could do so simply
by reforenc to Its files af a year ago.
Justice DowUng stated on Friday that
he ' would hear further suggestion from
counsel tomorrow morning, provided, of
course,' there should be a general con
sent to the closing of the doors a
thlng never before done In this .juris
diction in a murder trial. Martin W.
Littleton, Thaw's chief counsel, who
partly concurred In, the district attor
ney's motion when it first was made,
has decided to withdraw that concur
rence and leave the matter entirely in
the discretion of the court. Under these
clrcumstanoes it Is declared Justice
Dowllng will not attempt to keep the
proceedings secret, but he may co-operate
with the attorneys in an endeavor
to keep the general public out of the
court room during the young woman's
examination o nthe witness stand.
When young Mrs. Thaw haa concluded
her testimony and haa been put through
the fire of cross-examination, the elder
Mrs. Tbaw probably wilt conclude her ev
idence. This will leave but three or four
regular witnesses to be heard before the
six Inst nil y experts retained by the de
fense eie put upon the stand to answer
a hypothetical question covering all of
the testimony. Two of these physicians,
Drs. Evans and Wager, will tell again of
the t-xan-li atlon they made of Thaw tn the
Tombs prlt-on following the tragedy.
The trial win be pushed with all possible
haste to an early conclusion.
. Newspapers Consolidated.
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The Ccntervllle Chronicle, one of the
pioneer newspapers of Dakota territory and
South Dakota, this week will pass out
of existence by bfeing consolidated with
the Centerville Journal, It having been
sold to O. W. Dingman, a well known
South, Dakota newspaperman, who re
cently purchased the plant of the Center
villa Jourr.al.
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FROG OLDER THAN BUTTE'S
Congressman . Howell Tells of Toad
Found in Solid Sandstone in Utah.
TAKEN OUT BY SILVER MINERS
rinklsh Flesh Color When Discovered
and Died After Contact with Air,
Beta a Preserved for Yenra
Afterwards.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Special. )--A
week ago press dispatches from
Butte, Mont., reported a live frog had
been discovered In the hollow of ft lime
stone rock In a mine near there. The
Montana story Indicated the toad had
been found something like 300 feet un
der the surface. Congressman Joseph
Howell of Vtah has Just received a let
ter from one of his constituents, upon
whese veracity he Is willing to stake
his reputation, in which the writer
showa that the Montana toad was a
comparatively recent addition to the
aurface of the earth. Mr. Howell's cor
respondent writes In part ss follows;
Fonnd In Solid Sandstone.
"On receipt of the thousand-year-old
toad from Butte, Mont., found in lime
stone, I must say something" of our
toad, found In the solid sandstone at
Silver Reef. Utah. You will recall , that
that Is the largest and possibly the only
silver mining camp In sandstone in the
United States. It was about the year
lt83 that Robert Campbell, a miner I
had known from childhood, and who Is
a man of his word, told me that he and
hit partner, working in one of the
mines of the reef down on the SOO-foot
level, were doing some shooting and
blaHting In a drift. As you know, after
Bhooting, they return to the face and
pick out the broken rock still left In
the face of the drift. In doing this
they found a crack running In deeper
than some of the rest, and picking out
the rock they found a small cavity, con
taining a live toad. It was of pinkish
flesh color and somewhat transparent.
After carefully taking It out on their
shovels to the surfsce. the toad seemed
to collapse from contact with the air.
They gave It to Mr. Rice, superintend
ent of the mine, who placed It In al
ophol, and for a number of years af
terward It was seen by n great many
people. I wanted Campbell to go be
fore a notary and make affidavit to the
facts ,and send them to the Smith
sonian Institution, which he promised
to do. But the affidavit was never
made. It is, however, possible that I
can still find someone who was there."
Mr. Howell declares that thts 8tlver
Reef mine was located In the sandstone
of Utah after some of the most emi
nent geologists of the country had de
clared that no allver fcould by any pos
sible chance be found In sandstone.
Where Grant Monnment Goes.
At the foot -.; ;n Capitol plaxa fronting
on Pennsylvania a-enue is located what
has long been knowi. as the Botanical gar
dens. It covers three or four blocks of
ground, but Is surrounded on all sides by
the evidences of busy life. A high iron
fence surrounds the garden which gives
it the appearance of ' some landed estate
and within the enclosure Uvea WiUiam A.
Smith, tho superintendent of the garden,
friend of. Andrew Carnegie and collector
of writings of Burns. In fact. Mr. Smith
has the finest collection of Burnslana In
the country.
It is in this ssme botanic garden that the
magnificent monument to General Grant is
to he erected and about' which a big fuss
has been raised because some three or
four historic trees must be removed before
the foundation for the monument can be
commenced.
Resolutions have been Introduced in con
gress looking to the repeal of the law
fixing the site and a lot of eloquence ex
pended over the destruction of the trees.
Judge Walter I. Smith of Iowa, who rep
resents the Council Bluffs district in con
gress, however, has not taken the flights
of oratory much to heart. On the con
trary, haa Insisted that the site selected
by the Grant Monument commission, of
which General G. M. Dodge la a member.
as well as Secretary Root, should stand.
and that If necessary the botanic garden
should be abandoned.
As far back as IKi a bill was passed
directing that' the Iron fence which sur
rounds tho, botanic garden should be pulled
down, but Superintendent Smith has been
able through his friendship with senators
and representatives to keep the fence In
tact. Now, however, that Mr. Smith has
been protesting against the placing of the
Grant monument in the southeast section
of. tho garden because it will necessitate
the removal of several trees planted by
former statesmen, the controversy over the
botanic garden has been revived and it
may be that although quite an old man.
Superintendent W. A. Smith may have to
vacate his comfortable -cottage and the
high iron fence be pulled down to make
way for growth and progress. It can be
aaid that the Grant monument will be
put where originally planned even if the
Chittenden tree and the Beck ' tree have
to go.
' When T'nelo Jo Was Free Trader.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon ' was once a free
trader. Of course It Is pr'tty hard to be
lieve, but he confeaaed It the other day in
a reminiscent talk on some of the high
lights in his busy life. "But that was in
the days when I was a doctrinaire," he
said. "I had never enjoyed the advant
ages of a colleglat education, but when I
was acquiring an education later In life by
absorbing and devouring everything I could
lay my hands on in the way of books I
conceived It would be a noble thing to
throw our marketa open to the world
When I began to get practical sense later
along I changed my mind about free trade
I am now a pretty good protectionist. 1
am a believer in the theory that it Is a
duty we owe ourselves to dominate and
control our markets, slid incidentally to
dominate the markets of the western hem
lsphere and as much of the rest of the
world as we can take possession of. The
first step to commercial supremacy is for
us to get as much as we can and to hang
on to all w get. Bom day when our pop
ulation has Increased from S6.O0O.0OO to MO,
000,000 and all our resources are fully de
veloped, free trade may be the thing for
us, but not now. In our own preservation
we must foster our own enterprises and
nurse our own resources until they are de
veloped and full grown. This la a practical
world In which we live, and w must take
car of our own before we try to look after
the rest of the world."
Now Italian; Explained.
Congressman Hlnshaw has received a
number of complaints from Nebraska pub'
Ushers about the rule of the Postofflc
department by which. It was supposed.
newspaper subscriptions must be paid In
advance or third class postage must be
paid. Mr. Hinshaw called at the depart
ment and had a talk with the third assist-
(CanUnuad on Boooad Paga)
SOUTH DAKOTA'S CROP WEALTH
KiKhty-Flve Mtlllon In Vnlne, ot
Coantlnsr Potatoes or Hay Large
Pererntasre Marketed.
HURON. 8. D., Jan. !.-( Special.) W.
II. Smith, auditor for the Van Dusen Kle
vator company, states In his report tht
South Dakota has harvested the most val
uable crop It ever raised. On account of
the favoreblo weather, the good roads and
the high prices, a greater percentage of
the 1!7 crop has been delivered than In
any previous year or some time, with the
exception of corn. According to the De
cember crop report of the government.
South Dakota's 1907 Trop was:
Snrlnsr Wheat I.2V.nn acres; yield. 10
bushels: total, 22.0". bushels; average
Frice, 9S cents; msklng a total value of
a).wo,omj.
Durum lOO.eoO acres; yield. 16 bushels:
total, 10.Mfi.nm bushels; average price. SO
cents; making a total tslue of 38.arm.nnn.
tJats l,3Ju.l scref; yieiu. Mi ousneis:
totsl, S2. 72.0 bushels; average price. 39
cents; making a toisl value of llZ.it4.(H.
Barlev S75.c3 ai-rsx; yield. Z3 bushels;
total. iO.l.nort bushels: aversge price, 7u
cents; making a total value of 1R.0!i7ni).
Rve 84.i acres; yield, 17 huslieis; luiai,
5!1.nm) bushels: average price, K cents;
making a total value of IVMnA.
Flax OO.AiW acres; yield. 10 bushels; total,
HOO.ron bushels; sverage. price. 95 cents;
msklng a total value or n.hwi."").
Corn 1,RWi.iiO acre! yield. 2.S.5 bushels:
total, 4".17S.OfO bushels: average price. 60
cents; making a total value of $23,587,600.
These various amounts bring the total
value of the South Dakota crop to $83,671,-
250. Beside the value of the grain, the
state has raised $!.K)0 worth of potatoes,
according to the government report, and
the hay crop is valued at $3,850,000.
Mr. Smith makes the following estimate
of the amount of grain still In the Termers'
hands, which will be marketed before the
season Is over: .
Soring wheat, B.tHO.OW) bushels; durum.
1.890,001) bushels: oats, 1,072,0m bushels; bar
lev. l.SRJ.ono bushels; rye, Vnno bushels;
flax. 400.000 bushels: corn, S.740,000 bushels.
Although the) number of bushels did not
resell the amounts of former years, the
farmers got price that more than made
up for this deficiency.
INDEPENDENTS TO BLOCK CASE
Iowa Parker Assert Lower Chicago
Freight Will Drive Them
from Bnalness.
MARSHA LLTOWN. la.. Jan. 19.-(Spe-
clal.) The Independent meat packers of
Iowa have appeared as Intervenor In the
case brought before the Interstate Com
merce commission by the Corn Belt Meat
Producers' association to secure a lower
live stock rate to Chicago, the opening
hearing of which was held In Des Moines
Friday, and, according to their argument,
may balk the efforts of the live atock
feeders and shippers.
This position taken by the Independent
packers was not developed at the first hear
ing, because of lack of time and for other
reasons. It will be brought up at' Chicago
on February 17 or perhaps later.
According to the Independent packers,
they have for the Inst, ten years been. In
competition with the Chicago packers for
the hogs and cattle of Iowa. As a general
thing they have been making money. They
say that if a lower live stock fate to Chi
cago Is granted It will be impossible for
them to compete with .the Chicago packers.
That for very cent of reduction In freight
rate te Chicago th wlTI have to pay that
much more for the hoga they Buy. since
their market is based on the Chicago price,
less the difference in freight rates, so that
to get the Towa hogs they will have to
pay as much or a little more than the Chi
cago price, less this what might be termed
differential in freight rates.
The Independent packers go farther and
say that lower Chicago freight ratea will
not only drive them out of business, but
eventually place the shippers at the mercy
of the so-called Meat trust. This Is based
on the fact that because of tho dozen or
more Independent packers have been In the
market the Chicago packers have not had
a monoply, but once the Independents are
out of business the combine will have
free hand to cut prioea to the limit.
OHIO LINING UP FOR TAFT
Over Half of Conntr Committee
Formally Endorse HI
Candidacy.
"COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 19. A statement
given out at the Taft headquarters In this
city tonight says:
Includlnar the counties which acted today
calls have been Issued by the republican
committees in seventy-three countlea pro
viding for the election, under tne run pro
visions of the cell of the state central com
mittee, or 71 ii out of a total of 815 delegates.
In over half the countiea, including most
of the large ones, and representing over
800 delee-atea. Taft haa been formally en
dorsed bv county committees. Taft tlcketa
of delegates are In the field every wnere.
I-ake county, where an Independent ticket
is promised in opposition to the Taft ticket,
furnishes the only opposition known. Lake
county has our delegates.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19.-The repub
llcan state central committee met today
and adopted a call for a state convention
to meet at Sacramento on May 14 for the
purpose of selecting delegates to the re
publican national convention. A novel fea
ture In the call is the direction to county
committees to call an unofficial primary
In their respective counties on May 2 In
order to give the voters an opportunity to
express their choice for a candidate for
president. The delegates to the national
convention are to be instructed to support
the candidate receiving the highest number
of votes cast at this unofficial primary.
The adoption of this new procedure in
California politics headed off a resolution
endorsing Secretary Taft which had al
ready been prepared.
OLD LINE DEMOCRATS CONFER
Formulation; Plan In Case W. J.
Bryan is Nominated for
President.
NEW YORK, Jan. l.-lt was learned
tonight that a conference of old-line demo
crats will be held in this city next Thurs
day to discuss and formulate a program
to be followed in case William J. Bryan
ia again nominated for the, presidency
Among the conferees, it is said, will be
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia, Gov
ernor Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, John
D, McQraw, chairman of the democratic
state committee of West Virginia; Richard
B. Olney of Massachusetts, D. Cady Her-
rick and other prominent democrats.
The aim of those who are behind this
conference Is to obtain the adoption by
the democratic national convention, which
will meet in Denver, of a conservative plat
form, acceptable to the business Interests
of the country.
To a certain extent these men are reck
oning on the cheloe by the republican of
a caudidat dictated by President Roose
velt and ao committed to a continuation
of hi policies.
If tne moving spirits in this conference
can have their way, there will be adopted
on Thursday or at subsequent meetings
resolution pledging all the conferee to
work for a platform absolutely "saf1
and aan and a candidate who would stand
I on ausk a platform wlthaut rj L
POLITICAL POT IN NEBRASKA
Taft Sentiment Continues to Grow
Stronger Throughout the State.
LEADERS AND PAPERS LINING UP
Demoeral "elect State and District
Drlesrate In One Convention
Fonr Repnhllenn Districts
Yet to lasne Call.
After all the democratic clamor for a
presidential preference primary for Ne
braska republicans, the democratic state
committee m-hlch met at Lincoln last
Wednesday Issued call for a democratic
state convention without providing for any
presidential preference primary whatever
for Nehraska democrats. The democratic
convention and tho populist convention.
like the republican convention. Is to be held
In Omaha, the democratic date being March
S. which Is Just one week earlier than the
date for the republican meeting.
The democratic committee likewise took
upon Itself the authority, plainly vested In
It under the new Nebraska Isw, of calling
all the district conventions to xelect district
delegstes: In fact, of rutting the delegates
to the democratic. 'State convention up on
district lines Into six conventions which
will choose the district delegates snd re
port the same to the stste convention, thus
subjecting them all to the same instruc
tions and binding them by the unit ru.
The unit rule, however, docs not prevail
In republican conventions, so that nothing
a-ould be gained In this respect were all
the republican district conventions to be
brought together with the state convention.
One of the republican district conven
tions, that of the Second district, has al
ready been called to meet at Omaha at
the same time as the state convention, but
another, for the First district, has likewise
been called to meet at Lincoln about a
week earlier. According to the chairman
of the First district committee, the com
mittee was not disposed to go outside of
Its own district with Its district conven
tion. In the other four districts no action
has yet been taken, so far as known,
toward calling the republican congressional
committees together for the purpose of
fixing the time and place of the district
conventions.
From all over Nebraska come many evl-
dencea. of constant and steady growth of
Taft sentiment. This evidence Is In the
Porm of Interviews by political leader In
different localities and expressions by coun
try republican weeklies. It Is remarkable
that out of the 200 republican paper In
the state less than a score have put them
selves on record In favor of any other
candidate but Taft, and of these all but
three or four are of comparatively small
influence. Practically all the active leaders
of the party have enlisted In the Taft
movement and this was particularly em
phasised by two meeting to organise local
Taft leagues last week, one at Lincoln and
one at Fremont.
The meeting at Lincoln Included the
old war horse and the new wsr horse,
and while It 1 said competition is euro
to develop there between aspirants for
piece on tb national convention delegation,-all
the-men -mmtlonad are out
spoken for Mr Taft The ame situ
ation 1 presented at Fremont, where th
new Taft organisation include all the
leader who re In .touch with the peo
ple and dominant In the council of the
party. The only man of any political
prominence who haa come out In the
open for LaFollett as against Tat, is
former Congressman McCarthy of th
third district, whose Wisconsin origin
and desire to return to congress are
said to explain hi attitude.
As to possibilities for places on the
delegation to Chicago, a great many
names are being mentioned, with or
without the consent of the men directly
concerned. A strange situation has
arisen In connection with the announce
ment of Senator Burket that he does
not want to go to Chicago because "al
ready honored with official position."
The outcry against commissioning putiJ
He officer as national convention dele
gate was raised first by the enemies of
Mr. Burkett aa a rallying cry ror an
assault upon him. Finding their ob
ject suddenly accomplished by the vol
untary withdrawal of Mr. Burkett, the
rule against making delegations out of
men "already honored in official po-
aitlon" doe not fit In with their plans.
Of the name projected by the Lincoln
jglate-makers, nearly all of then) are
men who have been honored with of
ficial position. On of them la a sitting
Judge on the bench, other members of
the present legislature, and ttll other
former congressmen or former state of
ficer not one of them who ha any
standing in the party but who haa al
ready been "honored with official po-
altlon." On the other aid a notlceabl
sentiment Is spreading in favor of send
ing to Chicago the biggest and best
known republicans In Nebraska to raise
the standard of the atate as high a
those held by delegations from other
states and without respect to whether
the preferred leader have or have not
been in the paat honored with official
position. 1
Whether development at Washington
In the breach between the two United
States senator over the appointment of
collector of Internal revenue for the Ne
braska district will have any further ef
feet en the political situation here if i
question which 1 already puzzling the
wlae ones. There Is ,no doubt that the
original demonstration on Burkett at
Lincoln had some source In hi recal
cltrancy in thi matter. Should one or
the other of the applicants for this place
or both of them fall to land th plum.
It would not be surprising to see 'one,
or both, pushed out 'for a vindication .in
the shape of a place on the national
convention delegation, either for the
state at large or for the district.
DEATH RECORD.
P. V. Hart.
MARSHALLTOWN, la.. Jan. II. (Bpe
clal.) P. V. Hart, superintendent of the
C. A. Dunham company's manufacturing
plant, died yesterday of Bright' disease.
, St. Loal Hoy Commit Salclde.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 19. "I killed a man
with a beanshooier ana i win pay ui
wlt.M. m.-i I K m lunll nit hliwul.
(wLnattered oaDer. was the not left by
Charles Deskei. aged IS years, a shoe
cutter, who killed himself her toJay by
slashing his throat with a rssor. HI body
and the note were found by nt mother,
It I thought from th note that he became
suddenly insane.
Basket Ball at Taker,
TABOR. Ia.. Jan. 19. (Special.) The
banket ball aames played In the ooma
house last evening between Tabor college
and Malvern High school learns resulted
In a score for the girls' team of 11 to 8 tn
Malvern boy winning; over tn Tabor col-
! team by a soor of a to 24,
JUDGE I. S. HASCALL AT REST
Pioneer of Omahn and rnraaka la
Bnrled at Foreat Lawn
Cemetery.
The funeral of Isaac Skinner Hasc-all.
who died Salurday morning at St. Joseph's
hospital, was held In the chael of the
Masonic temple Sunday at 2 p. ni. ' The
chapel and gallery were filled with friends
who came to pay their last respects. The
Masons, with their fraternal rmblrma and
habits, carrying spears draped with crepe,
marched In solemn procession and occupied
one side of the chapel, while the friend.'
and mourners occupied the other side. The
casket was placed In the center of the
chapel. It was covered with flowers sent
by loving friends, and at the end of the
casket was a wreath representing the
square and compass, the emblem of the
Masonic order, which was ient by Maaotilc
Capital lodge No. 3.
The services were conducted by Rev. W.
H. Reynolds of the Castellar Presbyterian
church. After the scripture rrsding and
opening prayer, the Masons chanted the
Masonlo fraternal ode.
Rev. Mr. Reynolds, 1n his sermon, re
viewed the career of Judge Hsscall.
A large number of friends accompanied
the hearse to Forest Uwn cemetery, where
the services were conducted by Capital
lode No. 3.
The pallbearers were John H. Butler, A.
H. Donlcken. Louis Berks. William B.
Whltehorn. John N. Westberg and W. W.
Slaba ugh.
Among the old settlers present who were
friends of Judge Hascall and closely asso
ciated with him In the early days of Omaha
were Joneph "Redman, Judge Gustave Ander
son, J. J. McLean, Henry Brown, Jacob
King, John Pray, John Banford, Martin
Dunham, Judge Felker, John O. Willis.
Charles L. Thomas. H. G. Barnam, John
Mathleson. George Stratmnn and others.
PLAN FOR DEEP SHIP CANAL
Propositi to Ilisr Twenly-One-Foot
Channel from Hudson River to
LnW Ontario.
ALBANY. N. Y., Jan. 19. -Superintendent
of Public Works F. C. Stevens, In his an
nual report, recommends that congreas be
memorialized to Join with the state In
constructing a deep waterway from the
Hudson river to Iike Ontario. He points
out that the Dominion government is plan
ning to build what will constitute a deep
waterway, known a the Ottawa-Georgian
bay route, connecting Georgian bay with
the St. lawrence river. This will provide
the shortest outlet by water for the grain,
forest and mining product of the great
northwest, and he doubts whether, should
this be completed, the state with only a
one-thousand-ton canal could hope to com
pete with Canada for the great lakes
traffic.
Canada," lie says, "In the race for com
merce, muat be dealt with as a rival."
The only hope of restoring to New York
and to the nation transportation supremacy
Is to construct a twenty-one-foot canal
between the Hudson and Lake Ontario on
the line of the present barge canal. Th
federal government made a survey for a
deep waterway In 1900. twenty-one feet
deep, connecting Lake Erie with the tide
water of the Hudson river, th estimate
being SI 98,000,000.
Superintendent Stearena aay that if this
plan Were carried out It Is believed "that
not ohly would New York state be tn a
commanding position ao far as commercial
shipments go In the event of the com
pletion by the Dominion government of
the Ottawa-Georgian bay ranal, but it Is
not Impossible that if the construction of
the ship canal across New York state were
authorized In the near future the construc
tion of the Ottawa-Georgian bay canal will
be abandoned."
LUMBERMEN HERE TUESDAY
Joint Session of Mebraska Denier nnd
Lumbermen's Insnrnnee Company
In Two Days' Session.
Indications are that the lumbermen of
the state will be out In force for the Joint
aesslons of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers'
and Nebraska Lumbermens' Mutual Insur
ance associations, which meet in Omaha
Tuesday and Wednesday of tills week. The
sessions will be held in the banquet room
at Hotel Rome. Delegates will be selected
to attend the annual meeting cf the insur
ance association at Lincoln, January 25.
Program for th opening day: (
MORNING 10:30 A. M. SHARP.
Address of President M. L. Fries. Ar
cadia.
Report of Secretary B. Crltchfleld. Lln-
coln.
Report of Treasurer E. 8. Clarke, Gretna,
Appointment of committees.
Character Studies Nels Darling. Okla
homa City. Okl.
Announcements.
Adjournment.
AFTERNOON-2 P. M. SHARP.
Report of committees.
Address, "Why Should th Manufacturer
8ell His Products Through the Retailer?''
N. S. Darling. Oklahoma City. Okl.
General discussion, "Catalogue House
Methods."
"Redwood" in moving picture, C. J.
Flack, Kansas City.
Report of committees.
"Funny Thing," Nels Darling.
Adjournment.
VICTORY
FOR CIVIC
BEAUTY
New York Supreme Court Decide
that Ordinance Regulating
Sign I Valid.
NE7W YORK, Jan. 19. Municipal efforts
to develop a city beautiful and prevent
commercialism from offending the artistic
sense were given an upllfht Saturday, when
Justice Leventrltt, In the supreme court,
decided that th suit brought Against th
city by the Fifth Avenue Coach company
to enjoin municipal interference with the
advertising sign displayed on the exterior
of It busses must be dismissed on 11
merit.
The busses, plying up and down fashion
able Fifth avenue, succeeded a year ago
the old stage coaches which were regarded
a relic of old New York. The new
double-deck electric busses were plastertj
from top to bottom with garish advertising
signs. The Board of Aldermen passed aa
move th advertising sign.
Justice Leventrltt today held th ordi
nance to be constitutional and, after de
scribing the beauty of Fifth avenue, de
ordlnance giving th city th power to re
dared: "It I th scheme of beauty which
Is not to b sacrificed to th demand of
modern commercialism."
rift-Thuaad-Dollar Suit.
8IOUX PALLS. S. D.. Jan. 19-Speclal.)
A damag suit for IdO.OuO agalnat the
Chicago, 8t. Paul, Minneapolis V Omaha
Railroad company, which originally was
Instituted In the state circuit court In this
city by William C. McConnell, th plaintiff;
his been transferred to the United State
court in this city, and ia expected to come
up for trial at the regular April torm of
fed'inl ccurt In Sioux Falls. M Council
while on employe of the raliioad company.
lost a leg as the result of an aocldent In
th tiioux Kails yards of the company. Hw
U a resident of Sioux Faila
BRYAN IMS IT NOW
Nebrasktn. Says Taggart Party, Only
Democrat in Race.
CONVENTION JUST TO RATIFY
Committeemen Meet Dahlman and Go
West Via Lincoln.
SULLIVAN BRINGS KISS FOR W. J.
Illinoisan Burifs ; Hatchet on State
Line and Surrenders.
IMMEDIATE TARIFF REVISION
Thi and t anal Anathemas on Repub
llennlsm Mill Be Main Plank
In Platform by Around
Governor Johnson.
"Bryan Is the only candidate t know of
at this time. Another may appear who
will get tho nomination at Denver. No one
man Is necessary to unite the two so
called wings of tho democratic party. We
arc going to carry New York, Indiana, Ne
braska, and Roger Sullivan Is reconciled.
We will carry Illinois with Bryan."
Chairman Tom Taggart of the demorratlo
national committee, and members of th
committee traveling with him to Denver,
made' this statement of the status of de
mocracy, In Omaha, Sunday, where the
party stopped for a few minutes, met a
number of Dahlman democrats and mem
bers of the Jacksonlan club and took the
mayor of Omaha with them to assist In
making the preliminary arrangements for
the national convention called for July 9.
Floturca were drawn by Mr. Taggart of
a' democratic party united on any candi
date who may he named by the Denver
convention; united on "Immediate tariff
reform" as tho chosen ground for- the
struggle "between the people and preda
tory wealth," and hacked by a united
democratic press, which will not only pre
serve that unity, "but divide the repub
lican party." '
What Convention Will. Do.
"Will the democratic convention at Den
ver actually select your ' candidate for
president, or will It slmpjy meet to 'rat
ify' the nomination of Mr. Bryan, now be
ing made In a way by himself and fixed
by his supporters?" Chairman Taggart
was asked.
"The coming convention will be demo
cratic In every sense of the word It will
be for the purpose of selecting the man
whom the party want, regardless of th
mbitlon of any candidate," replied. Mr.
Taggart. "If Mr. Bryan la nominated It
will be because the party and the people
want him, not because he ha made the
announcement of hi candidacy. I believe
Mr. Bryan will be nominated."
"In plain word, will there be a fight In
the convention?".
"Emphatically, no. Th delegate. ' who
will be pamed to attend the , convention,
will know what , the," party, gpd. what tho
people want. There will be no friction.
There will be no fight."
"When" a candidate and the leaders of
the party in the nation force a choice on
the democratic party, do you call that man
the 'nominee of the people?" "
"Ii will be Impossible at Denver to force
a candidate who Is not popular enough
and who does not have the principles of
democracy which will enable him fb de
liver the goods. When a candidate comes
to that convention with strength enough,
as Mr. Bryan probably will, to secure (he
nomination, ho will be the party' choice.
Just to Ratify Bryan.
"Tha pre-conventlon campaign is a ort
of a primary election of a candidate. Mr.
Bryan Is securing strength now and has
been for some time, Just a ex-Governor
Beckhom secured It In Kentucky for the
senate, and all that Is let for the legis
lature to do Is to ratify the election, I
consider It a people' choice and a part
choice when a man secures such strength."
"How about Governor Johnson of Minne
sota, the famous dark horse for the presi
dential race, about whom Colonel Watter-
on aroused public curiosity?"
"Governor Johnson ha struck a keynote
In the next national campaign in hi recent
declaration for Immediate tariff revision.
But I know that Mr. Bryan la In accord
with Governor Johnson on the tariff Issue,
What Mr. Johnson ha done, and what h
haa said, will help the Bryan cause.''
"is Governor Johnson a candidate?"
"I do not think so. I believe the got
ernor ssld he was not some lime ago."
None Other But W. J.
"Is there any other known candidate?"
"I know of none at thia time."
"Then It Is Bryan?"
"Bryan, I believe unless something hap
pens. I don't think It will happen. V
Here Mr. Taggart turned to Roger. Sulli
van of Illinois, the man who waa at one
time excommunicated from th democratic
party by William J. BrYan because Mr.
Sullivan differed a to what th Illinois
platform should ' be, with the peerless
leader.
"Sullivan," said the chairman, "the
western newspaper men have aome new
opener canned Interview don't go with
them."
Roger Sullivan, five feet ten Inches, ja
pounds of democratic bulk, stepped up.
Mr. Sullivan ssld he was with the party,
with Mr. Bryan in fact, and Illinois would
go democratic.
Roger 'Feaae Up.
"I don't know that Mr. Bryan ever had
any feeling in the matter. I didn't know
that he wa unfriendly to mi We have
tolen the Iowa stand pat slogan of 'harm,
ony' I beg you to believe."
Ury Woodson, member of the national
committee from Kentucky, stepped up.
"How about Kentucky? Well, Kentucky
will go democratic democratic with th
choice of the Denver convention a a candi
date, whoever that might be," said th
man who own three small newspapers lc
the Blue Grasa state.
"Ixical condition made It posslbl for
the republican to carry the stat at th
last election, but there is now no doubt
bout it, going back where It btlongs, with
the solid south."
"You say Indiana will go democratic.
Why?"
' "From across the river I can see that
when Mr. Bryan lost it by only 98.107 Id
1900 and Parker lost it by W.9II, the vol
of Indiana is subject to sudden changea. I
believe we will ace Indiana republican!
glv enough votes fur the democratic candi
date, because, of the demand for tariff
revixlun, to cany I lie state for the doruo
crat)" "
TVoruan K. Hack Spokesman.
The party referred to Nornuiu E. Mack
H th Buffalo Times mm th uoknian