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TMF, OMAHA DAILY T.KE: MONDAY, MAY 18. 1908,
COUNCIL
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BATTEY CASE COES TO JURY
Verdict Beached When Time for
Ooinjr to Bed Arrived.
MANY RECORDS TO EXAMINE
Jnd(i Mary, In Ilia Charge, Gom Ei
tenslTelr Into Dlacasalon of Lmf
Points Involved, Coaaimlnf
Forty-Five Mlnate.
v al.er H. V. Dattey shall be removed
frni.i tho office cf clerk of the district
ccuit or shall be permitted to resume the
position from which he was suspended by
Juilgo Wheeler pending the determination
of the custer suit was not determined Sat
urday by the Jury before which the case
was tried. The cat'e was given to the
Jury at 11:30 Saturday morning and at 10
o'clock last night It was announced that
no decision had been reached and that the
Jury had retired for the night and would
resume Us deliberations this morning. Noth
ing could be learned last night as to how
the Jury stood, but It was said the entire
afternoon was devoted to examining the
large number of books and records which
had been Introduced during the trial, before
a ballot was taken
On court convening Saturday morning
Kminet Tlnlcy, one of the counsel for the
defendant; completed the closing argument
for the deftnse and was followed by
County Attorney Hess with the closlr.g ar
gument for the state.
The reading of the Instructions of Judge
Maey occupied forty-five minutes. They
wcro read by John H. Clark, the court re
porter. The Instructions Included a full
statement of tho thirty-one counts of the
petition, besides a review of the legal ques
tions presented. The Jury wus instructed
that Its verdict must be in general form
and must find the defendant guilty or not
guilty of either or all of the charges pre
. ferred against him, namely, willful mis
conduct of office, corruption In office or
maladministration In office. These three
terms were defined by the Judge.
The Jury was Instructed thatia publio of
ficial had no personal Interest- in fees col
lected In his official capacity and that all
the fees Involved In the case belonged to
the county, but If the Jury (bund that the
f.rfendant received any such, fee believing
honestly and In good faith that they be
longed to him, he would not be guilty of
corruption In retaining them. In determ
ining the Intent of the defendant, the Jury
was Instructed to take Into account all the
i evidence and the clrcumstanceusurroundlng
tho several transactions. Tho Jury was also
Ir.struated that It should take Into account
the question of how such feesj had hitherto
been considered by the defendant and his
' predecessors In the office of (clerk of the
district court. .
Regarding the erasures and alterations In
the records the court Instructed that If tho
Jury should find that such alterations had
been made, that fact would create the as
. sumption that they were made by the de
fendant and would throw upon him the bur-.
den of proof to show that he did not make
t.em. and that they were not made with
. his knowledge or consent. The clerk, the
court said, had the right to erase erroneous
eWles and correct errors In the records,
, .ond might rightfully erase memoranda of
approximate estimates of fees and costs,
and that such erasures would not render
htm guilty of the ofrenses' charged In the
petition. ,
During Its deliberations the Jury Is occu
pying the district court room on account of
the large number of books and records to
be handled. All doors leading to the court
room were securely locked anfl J. B. Mat
lack, the court bailiff, placed In charge of
the Jury.
Howard. Anal In the Toil.
Frank A. Howard, ore of the Pour men
who escaped from the county. JaO during
the storm Tuesday evening, has been cap
' tared in Galesburg. 111. He was arrested
' In the Illinois city on a charge of burglary
and confessed to breaking Jail In Council
Iiluffs.
Sheriff Canning received a. telegram yes
terday morning from O. W. Palmer, chief
of police In Galesburg. saying that Howard
bad been arrested there for burglary and
that he had confessed that he had broken
Jail In Council Bluffs. Sheriff Canning at
once notified the Galesburg authorities to
hold Howard for him.
Howard was serving a nine montbs"
sentence In the county Jail for breaking and
enterlns the saloon of Ed Murphy. 30 Wst
irrondwuy. and had been In the Jail since
February 1. Nothing so far has been heard
of Walter Gumm. the negro, and the yowng
fellows, Richard Pempsey and George
Duvis, who escaped with Howard from, the
county ba: tile. '
' ' Howard will eventually be brought fcack
her, but when will depend on the length
f rentnce. If any. he receives In dales-
burs Pt'tieulais of the burglary for
- which Howard Is under arrest In Galeeburg
-have not been received here.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The,Bee
May 15 by the Pottawattamie County -Ab-uract
company of Council Bluffs:
Charles F. Copley, administrator, to
Anion Anderson, part sw'i sw or
9-77-ix, ad. d ......... ...$ !.
r r v frlce ana wire to jenie "
Cox. lot lt. in Uhx'k 3J, central
sul div. to Council Bluffs, la., w. rt.
W J. Wells and wife to Charles F
Johnson, lot 7, in block 12. Coch
ran's add. to Couucil Bluffs, la.,
w J
R V Innes and wife to John I.ln
tier lot 2. In block 6, Mynster's add.
tJ Cornell Bluffs, la., q. c. d......
1.8S5
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to
J N MaeAlister ami wue 10 vt n
l'eni Arnrt. lots is and 1. In bloek
t) tn Williams' 1st add. to Coun
cil Bluffs, w. d 1
Five transfers, total I I.&3S
So Addition to Pierce School.
That it would be Inadvisable to erect
an sildillon to the Pierce street school to
provide further accommodation for the
children living In the eastern part of ths
city was practically determined by the
members of the Board of Education, who
met yesterday afternoon as a committee
of the whole and visited this school.
Whlla nothing definite was decided upon
yesterday. It Is understood that the mem
bers 'of the board favor erecting a new
school building farther east than the Pierce
street school. The board. It Is said, hts
three or four sites In view, but tearing
that the price may take an upward Jump
If It Is known the school district Is after
them, will not make their' location public.
uiltkT Held for Theft.
Dan Bmlth, arrested Friday on the charge
cf stealing a pocketbook containing SJS
from the residence of John 8. Burkhard.
877 Lincoln avenue, while peddling- fish,
was yesterday bound over by Judge Sny
der In police court to await the action of
the district grand Jury, which will recon
vene next Wednesday.
When arrested the officers found 20 of
t,h money oa Biolta and the pocketbook
containing the remaining IS bill was dis
covered by Detective Weir In aa outbuild-
BLUFFS
M. 11. 43.
InK on the premises of A. Barlow. 6k5
Voorh: street. After leaving; the Rurk
hard flace Smith went to the Harlow
Iiojsc and m ippn hy Mm. Harlow to
enter the outbuilding. Mn. Barlow, when
he heard of the theft at the Burkharrt
pla:e. and that a man peddling fish had
ljn arrested, she tnld the police about
Smith belna- In the outrmildlns;. Sarch by
Detective Vlr brought to llaht the missing
pnekethook with the $.' bill In It which
Smith harl. It Is supposed, overlooked.
In default of bonds placed at tJH) Bmlth
was committed to the county Jail.
doling Maslrale of Woman's Club.
The mimical department of the Council
Bluffs Woman's club will give Its eighth
and closing muskale for the season Mon
day evening at the Honue recital hail. The
program, under the direction of Mrs. J.
Allen Barrls and Miss Maude Bell, will be
as follows:
Violin Quartet-iMarehe Nnptlale Fsplnl
Amlclta Violin quartet. Miss Lucy Mil
ler, directress; Agnes Whalen, Phtlo
mena Gentleman. Klvlra Green.
Talk Involution of the Piano
Miss Effa Ellis.
Boprsno ) Die Malnacht. (b) Melne
Hebe 1st Grim Brahms
Mrs. Lena Ellsworth Dale.
Piano a Etiiite in E Major Chopin
b) Cavaliere Fantastique Godard
Mrs. Edith I.. Wagoner.
Baritone (a) Recitative ad air from
"Susanna." "Tyrannic fove"
(b) Ye Verdant Hills Handel
Mr. Joseph F. Barton.
Violin Quartet Scene Champetre....Paplnl
Amlclta Violin vuartet.
Soprano I,o, Here the Gentle Lark. .Bishop
Mrs. Dale.
Piano Magle Fire Scene. . .Wagner-Braeajn
Mrs. Wagoner.
Tenor (nl Night, from song cycle "Sum
mer Time ,.lindon Konald
(b) When the Roes Bloom
Louise Rclghardt (1T7S-1S3)
Mr. Iiiclns Pryor.
Baritone The Two Grenadiers Schuman
Mr. Bnrton.
Accompanists: Miss Edith M. Miller, Mrs.
Wagoner. Miss Nan Cunningham, Miss
Helen Meston.
St. Francis' Alamnae Reception.
At a meeting of the officers and execu
tive board of St. FrancW Academy
Alumnae association It was decided that
the annual reception and banquet would
be held on Tuesday, June 16, or Wednes
day, June 17, that being the week duilng
which the annual graduating exercises of
the Institution will occur.
Ths reception will be held In the after
noon of the day selected in the parlors
of the academy and the banquet, which
will be given In the evening, followed by
a program of toasts, songs and Instru
mental music. This function will be held
In the refectory of the institution.
This year's graduation class will V add
eighteen to the list of the alumnae, nine
being young women of this city and nine
are from elsewhere.
The officers of the association are:
President, Mrs. George F. Hughes; vice
president. Miss Celia Mulqueen; secretary.
Miss Mary O'Neill; treasurer, Miss Klla
Wlckham.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday
to the following:
Name an.i Residence. Age.
Frank Fleming. Avoca. la 25
Wllma Petersen, Avoca, la 23
K. I. Thompson. Blair, Neb 21
Edith Ireland. Omaha 16
Milton ME.1TIOH,
Frank Fleming and Wllma Petersen,
both of Avoca. Ia., were married yesterday
morning by Rev. Henry DeLong, the cere
mony being performed In the parlors of the
Kiel hotel.
The men's meeting at 4 o'clock this" after
noon at the Young Men's Christian associa
tion headquarters will be led by C. S. Law
son. The subject for discussion will be,
"True Christian Development."
K. I. Thompson of Blair, Neb., and Bdlth
Ireland of Omaha were marrlod In this
city yesterday afternoon, the ceremony bo
Ing performed by Dr. O. O. Smith, pastor
of the First Congregational church, at the
parsonage.
Council Bluffs aerie, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, has elected these delegates to the
state convention to be held at Marshall
town. June 22, 23 and 24: J. P. Tinlev, F. C.
Hendricks, J. J. Klein. I M. Shubert, T,. L.
Evans, J. F. Rink and Dr. A. V. Hen
nessey Central chapter of the Woman's guild of
St. Paul's Episcopal church will meet
Monday afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
W. H. Dudley. 504 South Sixth street. Oak
land avenue chapter will meet Monday aft
ernoon at the residence of Mrs. Gail Ham
ilton, S48 Law ton Terrace.
The funeral of Miss Florence Squire,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Squire,
will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock
from the family residence. 203 Story street.
Rev. O. O. Smith, D. D., pastor of the
First Congregational church, will conduct
the services. Burial, which will be In Wal
nut Hill cemetery, will be private. The
family requests the friends do not send
flowers.
Mrs. Elisabeth Jones, wife of Twls
Jones, 124 Knepper street, died yesterday
afternoon from pneumonia after two weeks'
illness, aged 43 years. Besides her husband
she leaves two daughters. The funeral will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 from the
residence and burial will be In Falrvlew
cemetery- Rev. Charles Mayne. pastor of
Trinity Methodist church, of which Mrs.
Jones was a member, will conduct the
services.
Walter, the l-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Gruber, Twenty-fifth street and
Avenue J. met with accidental death yester
day morning. The child was said to have
strangled while drinking water. Coroner
Treynor was called, but was unable to
determine the exact cause of the little fel
low's death. He decided, however, that an
Inquest was unnecessary. The funeral will
be held Monday afternoon from the resi
dence at 2 o'clock and will be private.
Burial will be In Falrvlew cemetery.
Justice Greene yesterday decided to
withhold his ruling in the case In which
John Devaney and William Raph are
charged with Illegal seining until he can
secure an opinion from Attorney General
Byers. The men are accused of seining In
a dralnutce ditch near Manawa, which is
said to lead Into the Missouri river. The
ditch lg sai.1 to be the property of the
street railway company and on the part of
the defendants it is contended- that the
ditch is private property and Is not "public
waters" of the state.
Fruit Not Hadlv Iajared.
MARSHALL-TOWN. Ia., May 17-(Fp?-clal.)
Reports from the bortlculturlsts
tn fifty-three townships cf the five coun
ties of central Iowa, received within the
last two days, is In effect that the com
ing crop of cherries, plums and apples
will be one of the largest ever produced
In this section of the state, despite tho
reports of the damage said to have been
dune two weeks ago by the successive
severe frosts. Although the frosts were
so severe that some nights the ground
and Ice was frosen, the fruit bloxsoms
were not materially damaged. This is
explained by experts, who give as the
reason that cold days succeeded the colder
nights, which was the saving power. Had
the frosts been followed by warm, bright
dayk the fruit blossoms would have beeu
killed.
l.af. Yoasf oa stamp.
SHENANDOAH, la.. May 17.-(Special.)-
Lata Young, editor of tho Dos Moines
Dally Capital, and Auditor Carroll ad
dressed a large crowd at the armory last
evening from a standpat republican plat
form. Iowa m ulri.
WOODBINE C. J. Tuttle has sold his
Interest in the renturant and bakery to
Mi s Florence Johnson.
IOWA FALLS Mrs. N. E. Lowden.
mother of Congressman Frank O. Lowden
of Illinois, paused away at her home In
this rtty this afternoon following an Illness
of several weeks from heart trouble. Sne
Is
as a year, of age. Bite will be burled
bcre Tuesday,
BOOSTING FOR DES MOKES
Committee Busy with Plans for More
Beautiful and Larger City.
Yisrrnro local factories
Jndate MrTlierson at a Loss to Know
Where to Send Woman Prisoner
Who Pleads Galltr to
Blackmailing.
(Frof a Staff Corresponden
DES MOINES, May 17.-(Special.)-Plans
are being formulated by the business men
of Des Moines through the "Booster Com
mittee" to have East Locust street widened
so as to give a better approach to the state
house and an uribstructed view of the
building from West Des Moines. The first
six or seven blocks of East LocuBt street
nearest the river are occupied by business
houses and the expense of widening the
Btreet there would be prohibitive. The
other blocks are occupied by residences.
Under the Impetus of the movement that
gave Des Moines the commission form of
government and started the work of "clean
ing up," several new plans have begun to
take form. One resulted In the business In
terests of the city engaging a freight com
missioner, who has -already saved many
times his salary In securing lower rates.
Another Is tho proposition to clean up the
river, beautify the bunk, remove all the
billboards, widen East Locust street so as
to "set off" the state house better, and
probably before It Is over It will result In
removlrg the Iowa soldiers' monument from
the obscure position back of tho Catholic
Church of the Vlsitutlon to a position on
the east river bank, with an entire block
as a sotting.
Factory Day a Success.
Des Moines Friday held Its second annual
"Factory diy" observance. Citizens were
invited everywhere to turn out and visit
the Des Moines factories, and were asked to
sign pledges to us Des Msiries made goods
where the price snd quality was as good
as that made elsewhere. Tho affair was
considered in every way a very great suc
cess. It was conducted by the "Booster
committee."
Woman to Penitentiary.
Judge Smith McPherson. in federal court
today, failed to sentence Mrs. Nettle Mitch
ell to the penitentiary because he was at a
los9 to know where to send a woman, hav
ing not had to sentence any for years. Mrs.
Mitchell is the white wife of a colored man
and was convicted of attempting to black
mall J. L. Carey, a wealthy citizen of Des
Moines. Judge McPherson, in announcing
the matter, stated that since Mrs. Mitchell
pleaded guilty she had attempted to got
Carey to pay her fine under threat of mak
ing further trouble for him. Judge Mc
Pherson characterized it as an outrage.
Graves to Fort Leavenworth.
Judge McPherson today sentenced F. C.
Graves to a fine of $500 and fifteen months
in the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary for
fraudulent seed enterprise.
Proposed Electric Road.
MARSHA1X.TOWN. Ia.. May -(Special.)
The proposed Iowa Electric rail
road now seems to be a reality for tho
near future. Today G. W. Scott of Chi
cago, chief engineer of the road, arrived
with surveyors in Eldora to begin the
work of tho preliminary survey. In ten
days more men will be put on the work,
and It Is expected that the survey and the
preliminary estimates will be completed
within six weeks. The proposed route of
the road Is from Iowa Falls to Des
MolneB via Eldora. Gifford, McCallsburg
and thence south to Des Moines. For part
of the way the line will parallel tho
right-of-way of the Iowa Central. None
of the stock of the proposed line has been
offered to the public and It Is understood
that only a limited amount win De soiu,
the balance having been already sub
scribed for.
Edge Tool In Ancient Moond.
BOONE, Ia.. May 17. (Special.) Jo
seph Vontrees and B. F. Hull of Worth
township, this county, opened a mouna
situated about three miles west of Luther.
They found that It contained the bones
of but one person and many of them were
badly decayed, but from the outline of
the bones the person burled was about
six feot tall. Numerous pieces of pot
tery, flint, plpestone and other belong
ings were also found. But the most puz
zling thing found was a bit of a small
copper ax. which seems to be highly tem
pered and the edge Is quite sharp. The
finding of edged tools In the mound Is a
new thing and particularly any such tools
made of copper. A part of the rollcs
found In this mound are now In the col
lection of the Madrid Historical society.
There are other mounds In the county
and now that tho spirit has taken hold of
the people others will probably be
opened.
AMES TO FRONT IN BASE BALL
Clyde W illiams II Hugs Team I p to
Championship standard.
AMES. Ia., May 17. (Special.) With tho
recent victories on the diamond over Cor
nell college and Minnesota university, peo
ple are beginning to awaken to the real
ization of the fact that Ames really has
an exceptional base ball team. This team,
under the skillful training of Clyde Wil
liams, has already defeated every college
team In Iowa which it has met. Moreover,
it put to rout the doughty Cornhuskers
from Nebraska and, though handicapped
by the new conference rules, held the Uni
versity of Missouri to a tie, and has de
feated the University of Minnesota, the
champions of the western conference.
The principal figure In this marvelous
aggregation of base ball artists Is Clyde
Williams, the coach. As In foot ball last
fall so In base ball, he has been the tower
of strength for the Ames team, and It
was only through his excellent coaching
that the team has conic to Its present de
gree of efficiency. It was he, who when
Belter was taken from the game, devel
oped the little backstop. Matter. It was
his persistency which, when seeing all of
his best men stricken from the elllglble
list, developed a team which held Missouri
to a tie and took Drake into camp by the
score of 3 to 1.
In Smith and Cunningham and last year's
star pitcher, Farks, is embodied one of
the fastest outfields of any college team
In the west. Their work In the field is
marvtlous, while their stick work and
base running Is the score-getting factor
111 the Ames team. Wieland, the big hero
of Wednesday's game against Minnesota,
is doing surprising work In the box. His
speed and terrific benders are simply un
solvable tor the average amateur, and If
he were not quite so erratic he would be
fully as good as Parks. Kt rot hers on first
is as sura as a clock. Miller on third Is
still playing his old fast game, while Kruel
and Wilson more than take oare of the
territory tn the vicinity of second base.
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women and children. Its mild action and
pl.asan: taut, makes It preferable to vio
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BENEFITS OF CONFERENCE
Nebraskans See Great Good Oat of
Gathering- of the Govemon.
REVISING RULES OF THE HOUSE
Congressman Norrls Has a Proposal
Which Will Rob the Speaker of
His Present Arbitrary
Power.
' (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May 17. (Special Tele
gram.) Governor Sheldon and Prof. E. O.
Burnett of the University of Nebraska left
for Lincoln today. Before leaving Governor
Sheldon said that his trip from San Fran
cisco to Washington to meet the conference
of governors at the call of the president
was more than Justified and that his travol
of more than 7,000 miles In the last three
weeks going to the Pacific coast to assist
In the presentation of the silver service to
ths magnificent warship Nebraska, and his
journeying from the Golden Gate to the
capital of th. nation to meet his col
leagues in the first conference ever called
together of the executives of the states
by a president compensated for much
weariness of flesh and some discomfort.
The governor in parting with The Bee
correspondent, speaking of the result of the
conference, said: "The meeting was edu
catlonal to a degree. It outlined a possible
uniformity of laws wherein the states are
at variance. It brought closer home to
those who participated In the several meet
ings the variance between the laws of the
states and the nation as to the permission
given men or associations of men to con
trol the natural resources of the country.
It Is a shame, not only to tho state as
well as to the nation, that there should be
permission given to sue- associations to
use the natural resources without let or
hindrance. It is not the light the governors
shed upon the questions discussed which
had an Intimate relation to the several
commonwealths; It Is not the light shed
by scientists and men of affairs who par
ticipated In the conference from which re
sults will follow, but It Is the concreteness
of the knowledge gained and the educa
tion of the whole people as to the problems
which confront us as one of the greatest.
If not the greatest nation In the world,
from which great good must result.
Reaulte In the Fat a re.
"When the governors met in the historic
east room of the White House snd were
presided over by Theodore Roosevelt great
curiosity was aroused. When the several
governors who addrissed the very distin
guished assembly presented their views
curiosity was succeeded by Interest, and
when the president summed up the result
of the meetings it was universally admitted
that much had been accomplished. But
when the people have closely studied the
questions which were presented by the
master minds at the conference they will
themselves solve them. It Is to my mind,
however, the beginning of the establish
ment of a policy of development whoso
benefits will be seen a quarter of a century
hence."
Governor Sheldon had the distinction of
being appointed with Governors Folk of
Missouri and Wlllson of Kentucky on a
committee to- report upon the advisability
of getting the governors together every
year In some one of the cities of the coun
try for tho purpose of a mutual Inter
change of Ideas and the cultivation of
friendly relations. Governor Sheldon, as
cne of the committee, having met many of
his colleagues on that famous trip down
th. Mississippi river with President Roose
velt, enthusiastically favored th tchimt
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The BccrThat Made Milwaukeefamous
of a yearly meeting, which, tna committee
reported upon, and out of that report has
come the .adoption of the House of Gov
ernors, which will meet next fall either In
Chicago or St. Louts.
Governor Sheldon said that If no other
bercflt accrued from the recent conference
at the White House there was the pleasure
of meeting with men who are figuring In
the public eye as chief executives of the
status and that the Interchange of Ideas
regarding state legislation and recommenda
tions to the legislatures could not help but
be fruitful of splendid results. He said
there was no politics so fir as he could
discern In the meeting and that It was an
epoch making assemblage.
Soli Needs Attention.
Prof. Burnett, who addressed the confer
ence during Its sessions, thought that If no
other good was accomplished by the meet
ing the governors would go away with a
better appreciation of what the general gov
ernment was trying to do as between the
state and federal authority. He said that
out of the conference would come a better
defined position of that "twilight zone,"
that line between the state and nation,
which the president In his masterly pre
sentation of the situation made clear In bis
closing speech to the conference.
Prof. Burnett, while disclaiming any criti
cism of the subjects discussed and those
present, thought that there was not enough
said about soil fertility, "The forests are
organised," Prof. Burnett said, "and so are
the waterways. But the coll is not so well
organized. Two things w must do, In
crease the productivity of the soli and at
the same time conserve It and put Intelli
gent men behind Its workings. The agricul
tural schools, agricultural organizations
and the agricultural press ere agents which
tenl to put Intelligent men on the sol). The
conference marks a new era In the nation.
for It has brought together representatives
of 80,000,JOO of people to meet face to face -
and exchange views, and that cannot help
but be beneficial.
Proposed Change tn Rnlee.
Judge Norris of the Fifth Nebraska dis
trict, aa outlined several weeks ago In
The Bee, today submitted a resolution In
the house changing In a material way the
rules of the house of representatives, with
particular reference to the appointment of
the committee on rules. He takes away
from the speaker the power to appoint
the standing committees of congress, vest
ing in that offlclul only the appointment
of select and conference committees and
giving the power of appointment of the
standing committees to th rules committee,
which, by the Norris resolution amending
the rules of the house, is to consist of
fifteen members, nine of whom shall be
members of the majority and six of the
minority, and who shall be selected by the
state delegations, the majority party being
divided into nine groups, the minority Into
six. The rules committee Is to select Its
own chalrmau, th. speaker not being
eligible to membership.
This resolution, which Is championed by
Judge Norris, is tho outgrowth of protests
against the power of the speaker as an
abstract prpoiltlon snd ! not aimed at
"Uncle Joe" any more than It would be
aimed at Champ Clark of Missouri If he
happened to occupy that exalted position
next to the president.
Judge Norris' objections to the rules of
the house as they at present exist Is that
tha speaker ha th. veto power which the
house canuol override, although congress
may override the veto of the president.
In this particular the speaker Is bigger
than th. president. If the rules are
changed according to the Norris plan
the power will be scattered all over the
country and responsibility for legislation
will one more rest upon the house, where
it blongs. Of course, the resolution will
not pas this session. It will not avea
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have the consideration of the committee'?
on rules, to which the resolution was re
ferred, but, as Judge Norris says, "Revo
lution Is growing and some of these days
the house will decide to curtail the power
of the speaker by some such provision as
I suggest. I recognize that the resolution
may put me In dlxfavor with the powers,
but as somebody had to take the Initiative
I believed the time propitious."
Defines Roosevelt's Position.
Senator Brown today submitted a brief to
the Judiciary committee of the senate. In
which he declared that the position of Pres
ident Roosevelt In refusing to sign meas
ures giving away valuable franchises on
navigable streams to power companies Is
well taken. The senator prepsred this brief
at the request of Senator Knute Nelson,
member of the Judiciary committee. A copy
of the brief was also submitted to President
Roosevelt by Senator Brown.
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