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VOL. XXXVIII XO. L'.U.
OMAHA, Fit ID AY MOHNING MAKC1I 12, li09 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CXTS.
TAFT AT WORK
ON F1KSTMESSAGE
Document Will Deal rnly with Tariff
Revision an." '.l Subject
of Raisn, -f"- nue.
CON V TUESDAY
11 Be 1, Vecessity
IT GOES TO CON
Great Stress Will
. of Prompt A ,
V
DUTY ON COFFEE IS, ,SSED
Association Says it Will Not Produce
Revenue or Two Years.
PULP MAKERS ARE ALARMED
Brief Filed Alleges that K ec-nm men -datloa
of Mann Committee Woglil
lit Injurious to the Industry
anil to Mnmrra,
WASHINGTON. March 1 1 . 1 rci.liit
Tn ft today began the work on his mti
saar which In to go to the extra session
of rontirixi on Tuesday next, according
j to the ptrs.-nl plans. It In understood the
message will deal only 'with the tariff re
vision ami the general subject of revenue
raising. President Taft has Indicate. 1 that
he will nk congress to confine Its labors
at the extra cession exclusively to this
subject. The message will not go Into
rletMilB regarding specific . schedules. It
will .he brief and' lay great stress on the
necessity for prompt action.
Andrew Carnegie was a caller at the
White House today, coming, he said, to
pay his respects to President Taft.
'I wish President Taft a memorable ad
inliilptrntlnn and think he will have It,"
nlil Mr, Carnegie.
Mntnr General Hoad, Inspector general of
the irnmonwealth military forces of Aui
tra'lu, also paid his respects to the presi
dent. With lh. Pavne tariff hill practically
In recdineuM to he Introduced on the first
clay of the special session, newspaper cor
respondents, anxious to learn what has
been ilnnp with schedules affecting the
tiou In which their papers circulate,
and manufacturers and others who have
Interests that will be affected by the new
measure gather dally at the waya and
means committee room In an effort to
learn something regarding tho new bill.
No legislative measure has been so care
fully guarded as the document now being
framed.
Proposed1 Daly on Coffee.
The proposition that has given the com
rrlttco tho most concern and which lias
been tl:o most difficult to determine Is
tlf plmi to tax coffee. Some republican
lren.lwrs clerlare that the taxing of the
l"-al faHt table would make It Impossible
f:- I he n 'publicans to carry their districts
rt tho -lext election. The National Cof
tf.' and Tea association wrote to the coin
" t.,,?.l?ai a. las on eolfeo or lea would
be unjust to the- Htnsumcr, detrimental to
tiad, Irritating the masses and finally
lll fall to produce any material revenue
t the government for nearly two years
t t ) cm e.
"A cluty of s cents upon coffee -would
mean on Immediate profit of at least IH.iO
per hug upon every bag in the t'niled
Slates to the owners thereof." Is the
claim made In tho brief. "There being
nearly t.OcO.ooo baga at present held here
by Individuals, corporations and Wall
street speculative Interests, auch a duty
would mean a profit of JM.ooo.do to the
owners an. I holdeis thereof, but It would
not mi an fl paid hug the Culled States
treasury."
Palp tinker. Alarmed.
Paper and pulp nuinur irtiirer have r
nicssed great alarm over the report that
Hie committee Would Include hi the bill
the changes In the pulp paper sehedulo
recommended In the report of the Mann
commission, which Investigated the ptu
and paper questions. The American Paper
and Pulp association, through Its president.
Arthur C. Hastings, has submitted a
lengthy brief urging certain changes In the
recommendations made by the select com
mittee. "We cannot too emphatically state that
the recommendations of the sslect com
mittee, will fill u with alarm," says Mr.
Hastings, "and we believe If adopted would
be Injurious to our Industry, to the coun
try and ultimately to the consumer."
The Mid-Continent Oil and Gas to
ducera' association, claiming to embrace
In It membership the owners of Sl per
cent of the producing oil wells of Oklahoma
and Ktnsas. which produce ijo per rent of
the high grade rrfl:i-iK crude oil of the
tl'nlted 8tates, lias submitted a brief urg
ing that the present countervailing duty
oa petroleum be maintained. The counter
Tlllhg clause of the Dlngley tariff Im
poses on oil Imported from other countries
the same duty which they collect on oil
imported to thetn from this country.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Namlter of Appointments la Postal
rrvlce la ebraeka anal
Iowa.
i Prom a Staff Correspondent !
HAfHIXUTOS. March II -(Sp. clal Tele
gram. l-lowa postmasters appointed: Spring
f'cld. Li in i county, Orrln K. Crane, vice O.
II. Dunn, resigned; rimer. Sac county, Ed
ward W. Hnokhart. vice Thomas W. Mar
tin, resigned.
llutal route ,o. ! lias been ordered estab
I'slir., May 1 at risgah. Harrison county,
lu.. tuvitig fifty-four families.
Kill-si (.uirl-Ms appointed: Nebraska
Tlionuis B. Uioige, carrier; Allen B. George,
sulstilutc. lewa-Muscatlne. route . Karl
. W. Dreamp carrier, Roy X Dreamp substi
tute; New Sharon, route 1, L. o. Dalbey
carrier, W. K. Delbey aubatltute; Qulmby,
route 1, I R. Llrklss carrier, no substitute.
South Dakota Parkston, route 1. Hurley L.
'. Mis carrier, Urban Slrrchen substitute;
rianklnton. route !, John E. Kalstou ear
lier. John Doyl substitute.
DECKER GOES TO PRISON
(. l.auU (rafter Gives Himself Vp
la Harden After ftentence Is
Affirmed.
JhlFlOtSON CITV. Mo.. March 11
Loult Decker, former member of the BL
Iuls house or delegates, whose sentence
of five years In the penitentiary for
bribery was affirmed by th supreme court
Tuesday, surrendered to the warden of the
slut prison today. lacker's associates who
were Indicted at the same lime as he have
served their tune and are at liberty. A
motion for a rehearing to Decker case
la feadlfle)
Wets Win Victory
in Prohibition
Contest in Iowa
Senate Refers House Resolution to
Adverse Committee After Fight
Woman Suffrage Killed.
PES MOINES. la., March 11. -When tile
house resolution for a prohibitory constitu
tional amendment came tip In tho senate of
the Iowa legislature today a motion was
made lo tefer It to' the committee on con
stitutional amendments. The senators fa
voring prohibition made a vigorous fight to
have It referred ,o the committee on the
suppression of Intempernnee, where the
friends of the measure had a strong mem
bership. When the final vote was taken the
antls gained a decided victory, there being
thirty-four votes in favor and only eight
against placing the measure In the hands
of the committee on constitutional amend
ments. Tills committee Is understood to be
opposed to the resolution and tho belief la
expressed today that the measure will re
main there until adjournment.
Kqual suffrage met a decided defeat In
the senate of the legislature of Iowa today
by a vote of 37 against and 11 for. The
limited suffrage bill for women was also
defeated by a vote of ayes and 12 nays.
This disposes of the movement for woman
suffrage at this session of the legislature.
Gibbons to Pay
Elbert's Debts
Priest at Baltimore Had Received
$130,000 to Put in Visionary
Financial Schemes.
BALTIMORE. Md.. March 11 The rev
elations published today concerning the
financial ventures of the Rev. CaHpar I.
Klbert. recently removed from the rector
ship of St. Catherines Roman Catholic
church, this city, have cauaed a pro
found sensation in Catholic circles. The
deepest sympathy Is expressed for Car
dinal Gibbons, who haa assumed the bur
den of paying Father Albert's debts.
These obligations, so far as disclosed,
amount to about SI 30.000, exclusive of
a church debt of $;.'. 000. They were Is
sued to batiks and individuals In amounts
ranging from SI. 000 to S10.000 and were
all signed by Father Elbert as pastor of
St. Catherine's church.
According to an official statement from
Cardinal Gibbons, very little of the money
raised by Father Elbert was used for
church purposes. "Some of It went," he
said, "to pay premiums on life and acci
dent Insurance. The balance went Into
visionary financial schemes by which he
expected to realize large profits. There J
Is no Indication that the money wan
spent for any Improper purposes."
Father Elbert la now In a sanitarium
and la believed mentally unbalanced.
CROWD READYFOR JUNKEM
Sheriff Oalrrlts Mob of Two Handrert
Walt lit at Burlington
Station.
BI RI.INOTON. Ta., March II. -A demon
strative mob of 'ioO men and boys met
Sheriff Grimes of Slgourney on his arrival
here this afternoon with the negro Junken,
the murderer of Mlsa Clara Rosen. City
Editor Thomas Oreen of the Burlington
Gazette and Reporter J. K. Garrett of the
Hawkeye persuaded the conductor to stop
the train at a crossing near a police sta
tion and thus outwitted the mob. Junken
Is now In a well guarded cell and no vio
lence la anticipated. He will be taken to
the state penitentiary tonight.
SIGorKNKV. lu.. March ll.-After a ten
mi!o drive over the worst roads experienced
In low a on the darkest night Imaginable
and then a twenty-mlje ride upon a hand
car. Sheriff Grimes, with his prisoner, John
Junken, tho confessed murderer of Clara
Rosen, the Ottumwa rholr singer, man
aged to escape what he believed to bn the
approach of a mob. and landed his prisoner
In the slate penitentiary at Fort Madison.
He left the Jail In Slgourney at 11 last night
for hla drive across tho country upon the
receipt of a telegram from Ottumwa that
a mob waa coming. A 8 o'clock In the
evening Fred Rosen of ottumwa, a brother
of tho murdered girl, appeared at the
Jail In company wtlh four friends. All were
strangers to the sheriff and they asked to
see Junken. The sheriff consented, but
first had the men searched and four re
volvers wei - taken from them. Rosen de
clared that he would get the prisoner before
long. It was shortly after this that tiie
sheriff soon got Instructions to skip with
his prlBoner and he entered upon his ride
across country unbeknown to anyone until
this morning.
Mcholas tioea to t . A II.
NEW YORK. March 11 At a meeting of
the directors of the Colorado & Southern
railway today James Steuart Mackay re
signed as secretary and treasurer of the
company and T C. Nicholas, third vice
president and secretary of the Great North
ern, waa elected to succeed him.
Talk of Hepburn for Place
in Treasury Department
(From a Staff Corresixiiident.
WASHINGTON, March 111-tSpeclul Tele
gramsGossip about the capltol this aft
ernoon haa It that Colonel "Pete" Hepburn
of Iowa la likely to be appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury to succeed Beek
man Wlnthrope. who haa been transferred
to the Navy department. It haa been re
ported since the close of congress that the
new administration would take rare of
Colonel Hepburn. For a time he was slated
ta go on the Interstate Commerce commis
sion as one of the two members It was
proposed to add to that body. The bill
which was introduced Into congress to pro
vide for such addition failed of passage.
81nce then the friends of Colonel Hepburn
have been casting about for something elso
for htm.
In connection with the defeat of the
measure an interesting story Is told that
when Hepburn mad his attark on the
rulea of the house not long before the end
of the session Speaker Cannon set his
forces In motion to get the bill defeated.
Whatever hanened It Is certain the bill
dropped out of bight.
Colonel Hepburn was foinieil) solicitor
of the treasury and Is thoumghly ac
quainted with the business of that department
KNOWINGLY MAKE
A LOSING FIGHT
Attorney for Water Board Admits
This Before a Committee of
Nebraska Legislature.
EVERYBODY LOSES BUT LAWYERS
They Have Drawn Fifty-Four Thou
sand Dollars in Fees.
ONLY HOPE TO SCALE DOWN PRICE
Judge Shields Urges Legislation to
Settle Controversy.
ALL EXTENSIONS NOW BLOCKED
Assertion Made It Will Take
Eight Million Dollars to Bar
the Works tnder the
Appraisement.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. March 11. (Special Tele
gram.) At a hearing on H. R. 394, by
Boland of Douglas, whioh provides that
the Water board of Omaha may com
promise Its litigation with the water
company and grant a franchise for water
rights, C. C. Wright, attorney for the
Water board, made the statement that he
knew after an examination of the water
company contract, In company with T. J.
Mahoney and Isaac Congdon, that the
Water board could do nothing.
"You admit, Mr. Wright, that you knew
all along that you could do nothing; and
yet you continued this costly litigation
for all these years?" Inquired Judge
Shields of Omaha, who appeared for the
bill.
"Yes, air," answered the Water board
attorney. "We have dona the best we
could. Regularly we won our suits be
fore Judge Mutiger, and Just as regularly
have they beon reversed by the court of
appealH. Others may have done better,
but we knew we would have to buy the
water works, and the only question is
tn the price of the property."
Mr. Wright agreed to accept the bill,
provided It Is amended so that the peo
ple may have an opportunity to vote upon
the granting of a franchise.
Judge Shields In talking for the pill
described' the conditions existing In
Omaha at the present time, due to the
operation of the Howell water law. He
told how because of the pending litigation
the water works company would not ex
tend Ita mains and property owners could
not get relief from the Water board.
Property Ownera lilt Hard.
"I had a lot to which I wanted to get
the water mains extended," said Judge
Shields, "and I waa told It would cost
me $400. I went to the Water board,
but could get no relief there. I was told
that when the case waa finally settled I
would be repaid my money, but do one
would sign a statement to that effect..
It prevented me from- building on that
lot and also prevented ma from selling
half of It for 11.000. Other property own
ers are against the same proposition."
Judge Shields told that when the water
bill was Introduced it was the belief that
the water works could be secured, for 13,000,
000. The appraisers valued It at 6,500,000.
Judgments and claims held by the company
against the city now amount to $500,000,
drawing 7 per cent interest. W"ith additions
made for mains laid by the company the
price of the water works now will be. he
said. In the neighborhood of $8,000,000.
Since the litigation started he told the
committee Omaha had paid to John L. Web
ster $33.0o0 for attorney fees, to Carl C.
Wright $21,000 and to experts $15,000. Mr.
Wright Insisted that a part of his feea hod
been paid out by him for costs, but Mr.
Shields aasured him that he had counted
only that which went to him for salary.
"Should the suit be finally won," he said,
"the city will ba exactly in the position It
was before the litigation was started."
The people, he said, will never vote $8,000,
000 bonds to pay for the water works.
Mr.' Wright told the committee that the
Water board did not want the authority
granted In the bill, because should it effect
a settlement the members would be sub
ject to crltlcla. Mr. Shields insisted that
the Water board did not have to make
compromises unless tha members saw fit to
do so.
The committee took no action on the bill.
FOURTH ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
ENDS LIFE OF CHICAGO GIRL
Gas, Spool of Thread and Matches
Fall, hut Bed ftheet Saeeeeda
aa Weapon.
CHICAGO. Marrh 11. The previous at
tempt to commit suicide by asphyxiation
by swallowing a spool of thread and by
eating matches having been thwarted by
her sister, Miss Ursula Messner succeeded
tn ending her life today. She was a pa
tient at a local hospital and suffered from
melancholia. Last night she fastened a
bed sheet to a bar at the top of her win
dow and hanged herself. The body waa
found today.
F.lmer H. Wood. a!i"tant general freight
agent of the Union Pacific at Omaha, Is
In Washington with a number of other
leading railroad officials on business before
the Interstate Commerce commission rela
tive to uniform classification of freight
rates.
Senator Brown waa aong those who called
upon President Taft today. Senator Brown
as he left the White House said that his
chat with tha president was brief and noth
ing of consequence waa taken up. He had
merely had some minor buainess at a
nearby department and dropped In to say
good morning.
"While conversing with the president,
howrver," sakt Senator Brown, "the con
versation drifted to the much discussed
theme of the change of the inaugural date.
I told Mr. Taft that It would be much easier
to change the place of holding the Inaugural
ceremonies than it would to amend the con
stitution and change the date. I suggested
to htm that Omaha would be an Ideal place
! luilil Insuaurattona, being centrally .
rated, with abundant railroad facilities and
generally good1 weatber along In the early
days of March. Phealdent Taft merely
smiled at my suggestion, and I believe that
la all t can talk of that passed between ut
lu wur vo(iVrsalioa tha uiurulng."
'
Copyright. 1SUD. by the Mall and Express
FREE LUMBER NOT A BOON
Gifford Pinchot Says it Would Not Re
duce Price or Preserve Forests.
WOULD REMOVE DUTY ON PULP
4,nestlon Says Forest Kastert, la One
f Conservation, Which Can
' Only Be "eared, by Re- '
produelnsT Trees.
WASHINGTON, March 11. A removal of
the tariff on lumber would neither reduce
the price to the consumer, nor preserve our
forests, according to the opinion expressed
by Gifford Pinchot, chief of the United
states forest reserve service, in a letter to
Sereno E. Payne, chairman of the house
ways and means committee, made public
tonight.
Mr. Pinchot holds that the fundamental
question at Issue In the lumber tariff Is
forest conservation. He says that he would
favor a removal of the tariff If he were
of the opinion, which he thinks. Is the cause
of the demand for free lumber, that it
would offer a way to protect our forests.
"But I am unable to see," he says, "how
free lumber will promote forestry.
'There is only one way to save our for
ests," he adds. "That Is to see that they
are kept at work growing new crops of
timber aa the old Is cut away."
Mr. Pinchot says that "most of the
lumber we now Import comes from Canada,
as most of It would If the duty were taken
off. We are now importing from Canada
only about 2 per cent as much lumber aa
we are cutting from our own forests. It is
not likely, under free lumber, more than 6
per cent aa much would oome from Canada,
as we would cut at home."
"Canada, aa compared with the United
States, haa no great timber supply," con
tinued Mr. Pinchot. "Her total amount
of standing timber Is probably not more
that one-third of what Is left of ours. In
the end the Canadians will undoubtedly
require for home use all the timber they
can produce. Imports from Canada, there
fore, would not be enough to limit the cut
ting of our forests or to reduce the price
o flumber an important degree."
I.lttle Benefit to Consumer.
Mr. Pinchot Is of the opinion that if the
tariff were removed there would be little,
if any, benefit to the ultimate consumer
In the United States.
The waste in logging, according to Mr.
(Continued on Second Page.)
If you are thinking
of buying a piano
and want to make
your money go a
long way, just turn
to the want ads and
see what you find
there.
Sometimes you find a real bar
gala in a used piano. People, who
want to sell their planoa for any
reason, use the want ada. They
don't expect to get the price of a
new piano for one they hate uaed.
and a piano that haa been used
only a few yeara la practically aa
good as a new one.
The big dealers, too, usual
ly put their best bargains in
their want ads. They know
want ad readers are bargain
hunters. Have you read the
wunt ads, yet, today 1
HEWING TO THE LINE.
Publishing Company.
Train Wreckers
Throw Switch and
Kill Engineer
MONROE, La.. March 11. -As a result of
the work of train wreckers the southbound
express on the Arkansas, Louisiana & Gulf
railroad waa dorallcd twenty mites north of
this city shortly before midnight last night.
Kngineer C. W. McDaniel waa Instantly
killed and Fireman J. B. Gowan waa seri
ously hurt. No passengers were among the
injured.
An investigation showed that a switch
had been thrown and spiked, while the sig
nal light had been turned so as to show
white. The train was bound from Little
Rock, Ark., to Monroe and waa traveling at
a rapid rate.
Roads May Not
Play Favorites
Held Illegal to Adust Schedules to
Force Traffic Into Particular
City or Fort.
WASHINGTON, March 11. It is unlaw
ful for railroads lo so adjust their rate
schedules aa to force commodities Into a
particular city or port, according to a de
cision of .the Interstate Commerce com
mission announced today.
The case was that of the Chamber of
Commerce of Milwaukee against the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Chl
chago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads.
The commission held that the Joint through
rata on corn, rye and oats from the west
and northwest ought not to exceed such
rata to Chloa .
BIG TRUST SUIT IS WITHDRAWN
Action t'lalmlna; Three Million Dol
lars from I'nrklnar Firm Dis
missed in Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. March 11 At
torney General Harwood today withdrew
the 3.000,OUO suit filed against the Jacob
Dold Packing company last week for the
alleged violation of the state anti-trust
law. It was shown that the company was
willing to comply with the laws.
Elkins Law Rendered Nil
by Ruling in Standard Case
WASHINGTON. March ll.-Ttie officials
of the Department of Justice again declined
to discuss what further action will be taken
by the government with respect to the sev
eral other criminal cases against the Stand
ard OH company for accepting rebates,
now pending in the courts for the northern
district of Illinois. It is understood, how
ever, that Messrs. Wllkerson and Sims,
government attorneys, will come to Wash
ington within the next few days fur a
conference with Attorney General Wick
rrsham, when It ia presumed a course of
action will be decided on.
The decision of the court in the $29,000,000
fine rase leaves still pending In the Chicago
district court three double esses, In which
two separate grand Juries have found in
dictments. These three double cases are
understood to be similar If not Identical
with the case decided yesterday.
Judge Landls had nothing to say con
cerning the decision.
"Consideration already has been given by
government counsel to the case of the
United States against the Standard Oil
company which shortly is to come to trial
at Jackson, Tenn.
"The Indictment In that case contains
1.SC0 cuuius, specific cnarges being that
tha Standard shipped from Whiting, Ind.,
to various points In the south 1,600 or more
carloads of oil on which concessions in
rates were made by the railroads.
"The d'-clsion of the circuit court at
Chicago, ia uul biudiog aa a waller of law,
HARD COAL SCALE MEETING
Miners Demand Increase in Fay and
Certain Other Concessions.
COUNTER PROPOSITION MADE
Operators Offer to Renew Preaeat
Contract for Three Tears Reeon--altlon
of Miners' I'nlen Is
Denied.
PHILADELPHIA, March ll.-The an
thracite coal operators met the committee
of hard coal miners here today and flatly
refused to grant the men any of the de
mands they laid before them and at the
same time proposed to the mine workers
that the preaent agreement, which will ex
pire March 81, be renewed for a term of
three years. This decision was not unex
pected by the mine workers. Thomas Lewis,
national president of the United Mine
Workers of America declined to comment
on the developments beyond stating that
he and his committeemen will meet to
discuss the situation. The miners will
meet the operators again at Z o'clock tomor
row afternoon.
A statement ofr the public agreed upon
by both aides follows:
"The operators declined to accede to the
demands. The chief reason offered for the
rejection waa that any increase In the cost
of production would necessitate an advance
In the prloe of coal and that such an ad
vance was Impracticable. The operators
said that wages In the anthracite mining
industry were already at a high level and
could not be Increased.
Free Discussion of Proposition.
"The operators' announcement was fol
lowed by a free discussion of the various
demands, each aide stating Its views fully
In regard thereto. The operators declared
their unwillingness to reopen the eight
hour day question and other questions
passed upon by the anthracite strike com
mission of 1902. They also declared them
selves opposed to the mine workers' propo
sition for a one-year agreement.
"They declined to recognise tha t'nlted
Mine Workers of America, chiefly on the
grounds that It was controlled by bitumi
nous workers. They said they met Mr.
Lewis and his comtnittoea as representatives
(Continued on Second Page.)
on the Tennessee Judge, who may try the
case, as he is not In the same circuit, but
it Is considered likely that he may follow
the Chicago court so far as tha two cases
have similarity. The Tennessee case prob
ably will be heard by Judge John E. Mc
Call of the western district of Tennessee.
"A four-horse rebate team can be driven
through the filklna law aa It stands now
after the decision of the United States
court of appeals and that of Judge Ander
son In tha Standard Oil case at Chicago.
An attorney who could not protect a client
from a charge of rebating If those decialona
are sustained would not be worthy of his
hire."
This waa the opinion expressed by an
important law officer of the' government In
the course of a discussion of tha Standard
Oil company's cases now pending in various
parts of the country.
The law offlcera pointed out that Judge
Landla, who Imposed the $JS,000.000 fine upon
the Standard, held that It waa the duty of
a shipper to make reasonable Inquiry as
to whether tha rate he waa using was
lawful or not. Judges Grosae.up, Seaman
and Baker of the United States circuit
court of appeals reversed that statement
of the law and held substantially that the
government had to prove that the shipper
knew he waa getting an Illegal rate. In
the opinion of government officers that
rarely. If ever, could be done. In this view
of the situation, the blklna law la prac
tically nU.
MEAKLN'G AWAY
l'liOJI HRYAN1SM
Defeat of Initiative and Referendum
in Senate a Slap at One of Pet
Measures.
DEMOCRACY'S FORCES DIVIDJ-J
Each Day Added to Session Adds to
the Disorganization.
CANNOT AGREE ON PARTY BHXS
Little of Importance to State Accom
plished to Date.
MAKING HOLES IN BANK BILL
Bankers Are Catting Ont In tha
Senate All Provisions Which
Are Distasteful to
Them.
(From a Staff Correspondent. )
LINCOLN. March 11 (Special The
defeat of the initiative and referendum
bill by the senate Is but one of numerous
Indications the democrats of tha legis
lature are growing to think less and less
of Mr. Bryan and the theories ha la ad
vocating. When In the middle of February the
Peerless leader came before the Joint
assembly to glva his views on public ques
tions, he advocated the adoption of tha
Initiative and referendum as a panacea
that would solve the problem of tha peo
ple's rule about aa quickly na anything
he had' In mind, but when tha aenatora
had an opportunity to take a poke at the
proposition they made short work of It
and the debate that ensued waa the live
liest that haa occurred on the floor of the
upper house this session.
There are Increasing evidences of dis
organisation among the democrats. They
have at last reached the stage when
they are willing publicly to accuse each
other of breaking faith, which ta only
one Indication of the Intensity of feeling.
Rome of the members realise they have
been In session nearly the whole time
allotted and have been unable to agree
upon th measures, even though they were
fw In number, which were believed neces
sary from the democratlo atandpolnt to
the salvation of the state. The democrats
are Just beginning to take up the guar
anty law In tha senate and are having a
contest over the physical valuation bill
In the house, which will be more acute
when the bill returns to tha senate for
concurrence. The bills to enact road
laws are In a state of Imperfection that
promises little of actual accomplishment
before the end. The two houses are at
swords points over primary law amend
ments, and yet with so much hanging
over them they have been obliged to atop
and haggle over Bryanlatlc vagsrlss.
Amending Banking Bill.
It 1s extremely probable that extensive
amendments will be made to tho banking
bill before It Is reported to the senate for
action of that body. The bankers are tak
ing active steps to reduce the amount of the
askessment for the guaranty fund. The
initial assessment under the bill aa It stands
now ia one-half of 1 per cent. They will
make strenuous efforts to cut this down to
one-quarter of 1 per cent.
The question of double liability of stock
holders Is also slated for retirement. Nearly
all the talking points of the guaranty law
as enlarged upon during the campaign are
being slowly but surely trimmed down to
meet the requirements of the bankers.
With these matters pending the members
are submerged by a flood of appropriation
bills which If careful work la done will take
almost all the time remaining for consld
eiatlon of measures.
The temper of the senate on appropria
tions waa made known this morning during
consideration of the appropriation for the
Boys' Industrial school at Kearney. The
aenatora refused to lesten to the plea for
economy made by Senator Tlbbets of Ad
ams county and psascd the measure In the
form It came from the house. Several hours
were taken to decide upon a matter of 110,
000 Included In the bill.
This morning when Senator Howell of
Douglaa sought to advance one of his bills
he met the opposition of Senator Miller of
Lancaster, whose pet taxation measure waa
yesterday put to sleep through tha activi
ties of the Omaha delegation.
Taft sends Thanks.
The following letter haa been received by
the legislature:
THE WHITK HOUSE. WASHINGTON.
March 6. Gentlemen: I greatly appreciate
the messsse of congratulation and good
wishes from the house and senate of the
state of Nebraska conveyed by your tele
gram of March 4. Will you please express
to the entire membership of both bodes mv
cordial thanks and assure tbem that I vain
their friendly sentiments? Very sincerely
yours, WILLIAM H. TA FT.
Hon Charles W. Pool, Speaker af the
House.
Hon. George W, Tlbbets, President Of the
Senate.
No Money to Teach Agrlcnltnro.
The house refused to appropriate IIW.OOO
for the teaching of agriculture In tha high
schools, though Nettleton of Clay, Taylor
of Cuter and Raper of Pawnea and others
fought hard to get the bill, which haa been
Introduced by Togurty and Snyder, recom
mended for third reading. The bill had Its
enacting clau-e struck off, tha first rattle
out of the box and Raper secured a re-
(consideration of thla ao the measure could
be discussed, but the house waa In no mood
to appropriate money for tha teaching of
agriculture In public schools, so th bill
was ngnln killed. .
Bop for Western Tfebrasksw
On a rol call, Chase of Dawta, mustered
fifty votes In favor of hla hi I to establish
a normal school In western Nebraska, after
thu amount was cut down from $50,000 to
$25,000, and the town of Crawford had been
cut out of It. The bill was killed In the
committee of the whole, but on a roll cell
not to concur In this report of the com
mittee it was recommended for third read
li g.
In his talk for his bill, Chase told the
members the school would serve a district
which had paid in taxea to tha state, to the
amount of fl.Ouo.OuO In the last ten yeara, but
not one cent had been given to that st c
tion In t lie way of public educational in
stitutes Valuation BUI Amended.
8. F. 133, the Ellis physical valuation bill,
waa finally n mended so that tha senata
will fall to reclgnls It, and then the house
ordered tha cl.-rX lo prepare the bill with
the amendments so that the house could
find out what it lad done. Th new
amendments ut in th stock yards and
street car coiniunlt-s, under tha aparaUlons
of the measure and also provided that tha
Rail a age coir.inuiiUo should, fin Ut aJus