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WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska-Fair and warmer. For lows Fair. Kur weather report see page 3. TIIE OMAHA BEE A fl'in, reliable riowspsprr that li admitted to each and every homo. VOL. XXXVI I tXO. L'34. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOKNIXO, MARCH 16, . 190'.) TEN PAGES. S1XULK COPY TWO. CENTS. i HE UMAHA UAILY BEE i HOUSE "RULES ARE AMENDED "Insurgents" Gain Preliminary Vio tory by Defeating Moti?"",o Readopt Old CC t ?v CHAMP CLARK LEADi. V 'I Fitzgerald Substitute Finally . ' m fiace of Ueneral Kevisi -' & POWER TAKEN FROM SPEA.: Special Calendar Makes it Possibleto Get Bills Before House. MORE FREEDOM FOR MINORITY Opportnnllr to Get Record Maklag Votea on Proposition that Were Formerly fettled In Com mittee of the Whole. WASHINGTON. March 15. A.fler one of the stormiest sr salens In Its history, the huuae of representatives today, regardless of parly alignment, adopted, 211 to 172, a VHolultori by Mr. Fitzgerald (dem.) of New York, whereby tho rules were amended In several Important particular. Tho reso lution waa a, substitute for one offered by Mr. Clark of Missouri. Us adoption waa accomplished only after the "Insurgents," with the aid of the demo crats, with one or two exceptions, had won decided preliminary victory by voting; down a resolution by Mr. Diilzell of Pennsylvania, making the. unamended rules of the, Sixtieth congress applicable to those of the present congress. The call of the roll on the resolution was followed with Intense Interest. Such was the fever heat that Mr. Clark of Missouri got Into a spirited colloquy with Mr. Dalzell, who had mounted the rostrum to read the resolution of the minority leader. Mr. Clark wanted him ordered away from the desk, to which pro ceeding Mr. Daliell objected, saying he had a ylght to know what the measure contained. Thin Incident led to a contro versy with the speaker which lasted long enough for Mr. Dalxcll to got tho Informa tion he desired, and lie stepped from the platform and returned to lils teat. Shortly afterward, when Mr. Fltigerald's resolution was up. Mr. Fitzgerald was drawn Into a colloquy with Mr. Clark, who desired him to vleld for a question. Much Mtlrrncxs waa displayed by the two men. Mr. Fitzgerald at first refused to yield. r')!c later dh? so, liut Mr. Clark declined hi proffer of time, remarking that the New York member would five to regret Ids action, which called forth the retort from Mr. Fit zgerald . that he was not to "scared" by anv threats. Changes Mode In Roles. As analysed by parliamentarians, the amendment makes three Important changes. 1. It establishes a . "calendar for unani mous consents." the effect of which Is to enable" member to have a proposition brought before the house without having to go to the speaker for recognition. This change, they say. will be a relief to the speaker. i. When oiiHlderallon of a bill Is con cluded and the previous question is ordered, the rules heretofore have provided for a motion to commit with or without Instrui lliins. It him been the practice to recognls. a member of the majority party to make this motion and thus preve'nt the majority party from offering such Instructions as It may desire. The new rule gives the minority the preference In making auch a motion and thus enables It to ge a record vote on propositions which would otherwise be settled In committee of the whole, house, where no record vote Is pos sible. 3. It protects the calendar Wednesday by requiting a two-thirds Instead of a ma jority Vote to act It aside. 4) It Is also claimed that the amendment will have the effect of preventing favor itism by the action of the committee on rules In special cases. Feature of Clark fteaolatlon. A prominent feature of the Clark resolu tion was an amendment providing for a committee of fifteen membera to revise, amend and codify the rules, and much of the opposition to It was because of this fact. As adopted the Fitzgerald amend ment makes no change In the present method of the selection of the committee OH rules, which Is made by the speaker, nor Is there any change In tho method of selecting committees. Speaker Cannon Is Inclined to regard the amendment aa a slight Improvement on the, present rules, In that Instead of throw ing the responsibility for recognition on blin. It aels aside certain days for the con sideration of measures tinder unanimous consent, but, he says, under the new rules members will have to wait for those days. In as, conversation soon after the action of the fiouse, he commented freely upon the fact that Mr. Bryan had Interfered In the Interest of the cha-igea submitted by Mr. Clark and Sirke of the adoption of the Fitzgerald substitute as a triumph over the Bryan forces, saying that the conservative Umoi rats who really want legislation had pructlcjlly stood for the old rules, with the amendments offered by Mr. Fitzgerald. "It ws," he said, "a protest by tho Conservatives against populism and all kindred things." Test of Kltsarrald Amendment. Tli Fitzgerald amendment la as follows: Amend paragraph SI of rule zl by adding thereto the following: "The committee on rules shall not report any rule of order which shall provide that business under paragraph 4 of rule xxvl shall be set aside by a vole of leas than two-thirds of the members present; nor shall It n port any rule or order which shull operate to prevent the motion to reeommit being made as provided In paragraph 4 of rule xvl." 1. Amend rule xill by adding the follow ing paragraph to be numbered 3 as follows: "After a bill, which has been favorably reported ahull have btten upon the liooae uf I he union calendar for three days any member may file with the clerk a notice Unit he desires such bill placed upon a Kecitil calendar to te known as the cal endar fur unanimous consent. On days when It shall be in order to move to sus pend tho rules, the speaker shall. Immedi ately after the approval of the journal, direct the clerk to vail the bills upon the calandar for unanimous conkema. Should objwtioii be madtt to the consul' ration of any bill so cal.ed. It shall Immediately be stricken from the calendar for unanimous consent and it shall not thereafter be placed thetfoo." 3 I'nder rule xvl by adding at the end of paragraph 4. the following: "After the previous question shall have born ordeied on tha passage of a bill or joint reulutlun, one motion to recommit mall bo In order and the steaker shall give preference In recognition fur sucl. purpose to a member who Is opposed to the bill or Joint resolution." i. Amend paragraph 4 of rule xxvl so (Continued en ttcond Page.) Bryan Will Not . Refuse Toga if Offered to Him Nebraskan, in Interview in Chicago, Gives Idea He Would Sue ce?d Burkett. CHICAGO. March 13-Willlam J. Bryan, In an interview here today. Impressed his jjurtitors with the Idea that ha will be a K-eptlve, If not an active, candidate for I'nlted States senate from Nebraska Vifll to succeed Elmer J. Burkett, repub lican. "Nebraska has adopted the Oregon plan of ropular elections," s.ild -Mr. Bryan. "I do not know yet whether I will bo a can didate. A senatorshlp I aspired to even when a boy. If there seems to be a good chance to elect to the senate from Ne braska some other democrat It will please me better than to be a candidate myself. I have said repeatedly that I hoped I may never again be a candidate for office. I would not any that I would never, under any circumstances, accept the nomination, but no one Is wise enough to look Into the future and decide on conditions: In ad vance. I think the democratic party Is In better condition than at any time since 1832, and that It has an excellent chance to control congress in 1!10." Reply of Servia Threat of War War Party in Austria-Hungary En livened and Mobilization May Result. VIENNA, March 15. Tho reply of Servia to the Austro-Hungarlan note of March , referring the govertunent to Se-rvla's ire vloua communication to the powers, had a tendency to heighten the fever of the war party In the dual monarchy. Tho Bourse showed weakness on the publication of 8ervla's answer and there are rumors that tha Austro-Hungarlan reply possibly may be the Issuance of orders for a partial mobilization. It Is Vven said that the necessary proclamations already are In the hands of the printers. Diplomas In Vienna, however, still be lieve that the government will resist the agitation of the war party and It Is as serted that Emperor Francis Joseph per sonally has thrown himself Into the breach with the Intention of finding a peaceful way out. BELGRADE, March 15. Servia. In reply to the Austro-Hungarlan note of March 6, refers the government of the dual mon archy to the Servian communications to tho powers dated March 11. Servia adds thnt. In Its opinion. If would have been more In conformity with the Interests of the two powers If the monarchy had sub mitted the treaty of commerce, which al ready has received the force of law In Servia. to the parliament of Vienna ...and Buds Pest In spite of the fact that the time for ratification had expired. v In the event that Aitetria-Hungsry can not, on account of Insufficient time, or for reasons of a parliamentary chnracter. paia this treaty by March 31. Servia is prepared to accept a new provisional ap plication of the treaty until Tecemler 51. BERLIN. March 16. The situation be tween Austria-Hungary and Servia lin been urther sharpened by the last Servl.T note to the dual monarchy. It Is believed In official quarters that the prospects of a peaceful settlement of the conflict between these two countries have beer, reduced to a minimum and persons well Informed on the progress of events declare that the patience of Austria Hungary haa been put to a renewed and heavy test. Call Goes Out i to "Mike" Clan Forty Letters Issued Asking Maybray Victims to Appear Before Grand Jury. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March IS. Forty circular letters were sent here to men In various parts of the west today by Postofflce In spector J. S. Bwehson, asking the recipients to appear next week before the federal grand Jury In Council Bluffs, la., and tes tify to alleged swindles perpetrated by J. C. Maybray and his associates, who were arrested recently In Little Rock. Ark. Swen sin received a letter today from Frank H. Filling of Tacoma. saying that lie was swindled out of $18.W In a "fake" prize fight last August. When he complained to the authorities he was arrested and sen tenced to a year's Imprisonment for aiding and abetting the fraud. He haa appealed from that Judgment and meanwhile la anx ious to testify against Maybray. The lat ter was Indicted twice last week at Council Bluffs. State Will Not Ask Capital Penalty for Mrs. Banner A Jury was secured yesterday earlier than expected to try Mrs. Atta, Banner on the charge of murdering her brother-in-law. The special venire of thirty men summoned for the case was not exhausted when the twelfth man was acceded by both sides at 4 p. m. One reason for this waa that no veniremen were asked if they were opposed to capital punishment. The men who were accepted Include: K Shipley, Arthur Huntington, l.ars Jan li. Fred Hchlemme, J. K. AnKcll. W. Nable, Alliert Bradbury, J. F. Miller, Dennis Carrol. H. Pivkard. W. A. Wilson. John Brilt, The opei.lng addresses will be given this morning and If the defense does not delay Its opportunity, aa sometimes is done, a plea of temporary Insanity will be made. This was Indicated by the ques tions of Attorney Matthew Uerlng of i'latumouth to the veniremen examined for tha Jury Monday morning. Gerlng wanted to find out from each Juror If the fact that the defendant look the stand and seemed highly rational and Intelligent aould prejudice the Jury against a claim that she was Insane when she allot, Haulier. County Attorney English ob jected, awtcrtlng that this is a fact which, the Jurymen had a tight to take Into con sideration when reviewing her evidence. That lb atata wiU not seek to have airs. DEMOCRATS COME TO CANNON'S AID Without Them the Insurgents Would Have Won a Complete Victory on the Rules. NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS DODGE Others, Under Lead of Fitzgerald, Vote with the Cannon Men. . NORRIS LEADS THE INSURGENTS Allowed Only Three Minutes, but Makes a Strong Speech. NEBRASKA DELEGATION SOLID Iowa Vote Is Split, While oth Dakota and Wyoming; Are Lined I'p with the Friends of Speaker Cannon. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 15. (Special Tele gram.) Not since tho days of the famous struggle between Crisp and Mills in the Fifty-second congress has there been seen such tumultuous scenes , as were witnessed today on the convening of the first session of the Sixty-first congress. In the Crisp Mills fight the question of the speakership was uppermost and the democrats, who could not agree upon the speaker, they be ing very largely In majority, had to take an adjournment In order to get together In caucus for the purpose of solving their differences, , Crisp finally winning out In the fight. Today's great battle, and It will undoubt edly become historic, was not'so much over the question of the speakership as It waa over the question of shearing the speaker somewhat of his power and patronage. In some particulars the fight was badly con ducted on both sides, but It rested with the democrats, that Is to say, a portion of them, to pull Mr. Cannon's chestnut out of the fire by joining with the Cannon repub licans in some modification of the rules, which, while a long step forward, leaves with the speaker power to appoint all standing and select committees and trans fers from the speaker to his lieutenants on the floor of the house the objection to the consideration of bills on the calendar. Champ Clark Los Temper. It waa left for a democrat, Fitzgerald of New Vork, to present In concrete form such amendments to the rules as he has been striving to bring about for nearly ten years. This was In opposition to Champ Clark's resolution creating a committee of flfteon members, on which Norrls and Hitchcock of Nebraska were named, to revise the rules and report back Immediately after the beginning of the regular session next December. Mr. Clnrk, who had been unan imously selected as minority leader, lost control of himself In sharp passages be tween Fitzgerald, also democrat, and him self, and he did not cover himself , with the glory that came to Fitzgerald, who played Into the hands of the Cannon forces, win ning a victory that seemed well nigh hope less when the fight began. It can be stated here and now that if the democrats had stood as solidly for a change of rules as 'he Insurgenta did. Speaker Cannon and his cohorts would not tonight be exulting, for they had It In their power to shear the 'peaker of his strength. Isaac Hill, a former great democrat from Iiio, not particularly noted for his schol astic training, but for his political acumen, used to say that "tho democrats were greatly afeared to get their names In a roll call." That seemed to be the feature of today's great combat. There were more democrats missing than republicans on the first vote and there were still more democrats who changed on the second roll call, but the Insurgents stood solidly for their convictions and Instead of twenty-four, the number necessary to unite with tho democrats to modify the rules of the house and place In the hands of a committee the appointment of com mittees, there were thirty-one republicans who stood solid for a modification, and Nebraska republl'!ans were a unit in this regard. Two for Norrls for Speaker. Two of tho thrre Nebraskans voted for Sieaker Cannon, Norrls and Klnkald, Hln slmw voting for his colleague. Judge Nor rls. for speaker, as did Cooper of Wis consin. While Nebraska republicans re mained out of their party's caucus on Sat urday night, both Klnkald and Norrls made It clear that unless some republican could lie found to defeat Mr. Cannon they would be bound by the action of the cau cus Insofar as a choice of speaker went. For three months tho so-called Insurgents have been endeavoring to secure a united Insurgent movement for another than Can non for speaker. But after the closest kind of a canvas it waa found that Mad ison of Kansas, Hays of California, Gard ner of New Jeraey, levering of Massachu setts, Norrls of Nebraska and Kusterman (Continued on Third Page.) Banner hanged Is apparent from the fact that veniremen were not qulxzed as to whether they had a prejudice against cap ital punishment. The state did ask each man whether the fact that defendant Is a woman would affect his decision. Mrs. Banner, who Is tha wlf of Frank Banner, shot and killed the latter' brother, Fred Banner, July 20. of last year. The shooting occurred In front of Charles Fernland's cigar store, 1214 North Twenty fourth street. Young Banner waa seated on a doorstep in front of the stairway, when Mrs. Banner approached, crossing tha street from the east side, and opened fire. The bullet went through Banner's skull Into the brain, from which wound he died at the Bouth Omaha hospital, where he was hastily taken. At that time Mra. Banner Insisted that her motive was one of retribution for a wrong done her daughter. The coroner's jury made no recommendation, but Uis county attorney held her for trial. She was bound over In Judge Callanan'a court. Mrs. Banner arprared In court, accom panied by her daughter. Attorney Henry Murphy of South Omaha sat in front of her and Gerlng juat ahead. On tha other side of the table Deputy County Attorney Eilick was with Eagllah. The case at tracted the usual large stutnuar of auditors at a murder trial. A Liberal Reward Is Offered Thousand From the Washington Evening Star. GENERAL STRIKE IN PARIS Telegraphers in Portal Department Decide to Quit .Work. DISORDER DURING THE DAY Railroad Mall Clerks Charge (hat Socialists and lericals In the Krrvlee Are Discriminated Against. PAKIS, March 15. .V -ffeneral strike was declared tonight liy'to telegravr'ers em ployed In the bureaus of tha postal depart ment. PARIS, March IB. Paris Is In suspense today concerning the likelihood of a gen eral strike on the part of tho telegraphers and telephone employes in the bureaus of the postofflce. A general meeting to con sider the situation has been called at the Tlvoll Vauxhall tonight, at which a num ber of branch and subsidiary organisations will be represented. The services already are considerably disorganized and there Is considerable ex citement around the general and branch postofflees. Detachments of police and municipal guards surround these buildings and a regiment of infantry Is camped in the court yard of the general postofflce. Mall wagons are being driven thrnug the streets under military escort. The em ployes lay most of their woes to the door of M. Slmyan, under secretary of posts and telegraphs, claiming that he haa sys tematically prevented them from obtaining the Increases of salaries to which they were entitled. If M. fllmyan were removed from office the situation would be much Improved. M. Pataud, secretary of the electrlclana union. Is openly threatening to call a complete strike of the electricians of Pnrl3. Clerks Charsre Favoritism. Eight railroad mall clerks were brought up In a police court today charged with Insulting M. Slmyah In the discharge of his duties. The hearing was a tumultuous one. M. Thlbault. one of tho leaders, made a stump speech In his own behalf. In spite of the protests of the judge. Ho declared that a system of tyranny existed In the postal service and that promotion depended upon favoritism. He doclared that men holding socialist or clerical views were kept down, and Insisted that tho real cause of the trouble was to be found In this Injus tice. All the accused were sentenced to Im prisonment for six days. When the operat ors at the Central station learned of these convictions they Indulged In a violent man ifestation. M. I-eplne and a detachment of police entered the building and arrested four of the leaders. M. Lepine had a conference with Premier Clemenceau this afternoon. A band of twenty striking postmen ap peared at various branch offices this after noon and urged their comrades to stop work and Join the strike. They were not conspicuously successful. , "I'm delighted with your new wo man's column on the want ad page," said one of our wo men readers: "My hairdresser wag Hick and looking over the 'Everything for Women' column I found there was one near my husband' office on the same floor, whom I knew noth ing about." For the convenience of our wo men readers, many small ads art run together under this head. It makes It easy to find what you want. Have you read tlie want ads, yet, today I 4 for the First Correct Solution of Applicants Into Four Hundred Vacancies. Taft's Special Tariff Measure May Be Delayed Document Will Probably Be Withheld Until House Committees Are Appointed. WASHINGTON, March IS.-Doubt was expressed at the White House today as to m'hethef President Taft's tariff message would be sent to congress tomorrow even If reafiy. ' ' ' ' ' ' The chaotic conditions In the homo due to the victory of the "Insurgents" and democrats may contlnua for several days. In that event the house will be In no shape to receive communications from tho White House. As a rule these communications are promptly referred to appropriate commit tees. Until the committees are provided for and ready for business It Is considered probable that President Taft will withhold his message. Kills Self and Three Children Wife of Illinois Mail Carrier Finds Four Lifeless Bodies on Return Home. DANVILLE. 111., March 16.-Word has been received here of a triple murder and suicide by Robert Strawser, a rural mall carrier and a former realdent of this city, at Flora. StrawBer gave his three children strychnine, and then committed suicide by swallowing the drug. The four lifeless bodies were found by Strawser's wife. NINE HURT AT ST.JOJSEPH IN WRECK OF ITALIAN TENEMENT Explosion of Natural Gaa Rolns Boild. Insx and Causes Panic Among; Inmntes. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., March 15. Nine per sons were Injured as a result of the wreck ing of a tenement house hare Sunday by an explosion of natural gas. All except one are Italians. Sal vat ore Palsamo and Thomas Allen will die. Tha house caught fire and Mrs Emsnuel Piro threw her two small children from a second story window and Jumped herself. Mrs. Plro's right leg was broken and both children were painfully hurt. The others are not nrriously Injured. Stephens Named as Mayor of Los Angeles for Ten Days LOS ANGELES. March 15.-W. D. Stephens waa today selected unanimously by the city council for mayor to serve until March 6, the date aet for the recall elec tion. Mr. Stephens was present In the council chamber and was called upon for a speech, lie accepted the office and asked that he be sworn in at once. The city clerk was sent for and the oath administered amid cheers. That tha recall this city may be tha determination Fredericks to ask election situation In entirely changed by of . District Attorney for a special grand jury to Investigate charges against former Mayor A. C. Harper and others connected with tha city government wss admitted today by both the adherents of thererall and those opposed to it. Judge James said tha request would be granted. Just after ha had resigned, formtr Mayor Harper stated that F. T. Karl, owner of the Los Angeles Express, had Information against him In connect! jn with official act which, if published, would ruin him and that ha made a com pact with Karl In which he would resign provided tha Information war not pub Jtahed. It la believed tha grand Jury will bs aaksd to Investigate tha nature ef this Information. loc tha raslgua- the Problem of Putting Four MINORITY LEADER IS IGNORED Clark Will Not Be Asked to Select Democratic Members of Committee. DEMOCRATS OBJECT TO FLAN Caarns Forbids Members from Accept ln Appointments Not Approved by leader Prominent Democrats Absent. WASHINGTON, March lB.-Only five committees of the house will be named by Speaker Cannon for the present. Theso will be ways and means, rules, printing, mlleeage and accounts. The other com mittees will be announced about the time the special session Is ready to adjourn. In making up the committees, It Is stated on good authority, the speaker will con sult wtih "every member of the house who desires to discuss assignments with him." This means that minority leader Clark will not enjoy tho privilege accorded his predecessor, John Sharp W illiams, of se sectlng the minority members. It was atated today that Mr. Cannon, after a trial of six years, had expressed the idea the plan waa not the best and that hence forth he wlU not shift any of the respon sibility for commute assignments to the minority leader. The atutude taken by the democrats at a caucus held this evening, after the house adjourned. Is In sharp conflict with the new policy of Speaker Cannon. A resolu tion waa adopted to prevent members of the minority accepting committee appoint ment without the approval of Minority Leader Clark. The, resolution read: Resolved. That It is the sense of the democratic csucus 'hat no democrat should accept appointment on any committee without the previous approval of the pres ent democratic leader. This was adopted by a vote of 13S to -, one member voting "present." Previous to the vote, however, a number of members had left the caucus, Including Representa tives Fltxgerald of New York, Moon of Tennessee, Edwards, Brantley and Living ston, Georgia. First session of Caucus. The caucus of democratic members tf the house on rules, tha speakership and tho tariff began ahortly after 10 o'clock this morning. There were a number of ab sentees, probably due to floods Interfering with travel In tha southwest. Representative Champ Clark of Missouri was chosen aa democratio candidate for speaker on nomination of Representative Lloyd of Missouri. Representative Burt Iett of Georgia, Dixon of Indiana, Ruck of Colorado and Wilson of Pennsylvania sea- (Contlnued on Second Page.) tlon was accepted by tha council this city haa been without a mayor. A quuatlon as to procedure has arisen for which, there Is no precedent, and the best legal minds of the city are at variance aa to what must be done. THUMB PRINT THE ONLY CLUE Murderer of New York Hotel Clerk May Be Traced hj Mark Iteglster. NEW YORK, March JS.-Lylng In a small room adjoining tha hotel office, the body of Isadora le Valanto, night clerk of the Eastern hotel, on Wlthnell street, whose home waa at Montvale, N. J., was found early today with his skull fractured by a blow with an iron pipe and his throat cut. Tha clerk was murdered by men who after ward rifled his pockets, took $78 from tha till and made an unsuccessful attempt to get Into the safe, In which there was 13.000. Tha police have practically no clue as to the Identity of tha murderers. A thumb print, which waa alongside tha nsmes of two men written on the hotel register, the poJIcs believe to be that of one of the men and hop U tracs. his identity from this. TROUBLE OVER- GUARANTY BILL Gorernor Shallenberger Has Several Amendments to Suggest to the Senate Committee, MANY CHANGES ARE SUGGESTED Argument of the Savings Bank People Has Had Some Effect. SUFFRAGE BILL GIVEN A LIFT Senate Votes to Indefinitely Postpone Prohibitory Amendment. WOULD BUY WAYNE NORMAL Omaha Delegation aa Yet Has Been I nable to ame lis Members on the House MftlnsT Committee. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March 15.-Kpeclal.) Gov ernor Shallenberger haa added to the toll of the committee on banking and currency by submitting a number of recommenda tions with respect to the bank guaranty measure the legislature Is seeking to enact. The principal change suggested is that, banks which come under tho provision of the guaranty law shall have full oppor tunity to advertise their relation to the state to the end that the public may be Informed their deposits are guaranteed. As the bill was drafted, 'the advertising fea ture was minimised, duo largely to a de sire to have the guaranty for safety only and net for the purpose of gain for the state hankers. The governor asks that a certificate showing the bank has compiled with tho provisions of the law he furnished each bank by tho banking board, which may be hung up In the banking rooms as a token of authority and, further, his amend ment provide that the hanks may use the fact their depoaits are guaranteed on their letterheads and blanks. A penalty for mis representation In this respect Is suggested. The prospect of the enactment of the law haa already caused a boom In bank charters In the state and the knowledge that the privilege of advertising will not be curtailed may and may not have a cheering effect upon tho notional bankera of Nebraska. The Joint committee origi nally drafted contained a carefully drawn provision on the advertising feature with a view that only a. bare stntement of the guaranty feature should be permitted on a bank's letterheads, and that It should not bo widely advertised as Ido from this. Herniation of Directors. A number of other amendments were sug gested by the governor. He suggests that the board of directors of a bank bo of not less thsn three or more than fifteen mem- . bers selected from .-the) stockholders, and that the board select a president, secretary I and a cashier from the stockholders whose terms shall be one year, the latter to be fully bonded. Directors shall have two regular meetings a year and the Inspec tion of the books and holdings of the banks shall be thorough. After each meeting a certificate of the condition of the bank shall be forwarded to the Stale Banking board. Tho executive suggests that the provlMon of the bill providing that the bank when declaring semi-annual dividends may set off one-tenth of tho net proflta to BurpluB until this shall reach 20 per cent of the capital stock, be changed that the bank shall set apart one-fifth of tho net profit until the surplus shall reach In amount M per cent of tho capital stock. Directors, the governor thinks, should be given authority to assess stockholders to restore the credit of the bank if for any reason this may be desirable. ' He Is also In favor of striking out from the bill tho provision that a stockholder In a bank must qualify for twice, the amount of his stock In property outside of the bank, auhject to execution. The banking committee has ona of tha biggest loads of grief now of any body In tho legislature, for the bankers of the state, have Just become alive to the many pro visions of the measure affecting them. Tho showing of the savings banks at the public hearing Friday night was of so great Im portance that it may be necessary yet to provide a different system of assessment for them If they are to be under the guar antee fund also. Some of their representa tives objected to being obliged to pay the same high assessments for the guaranty as the state banks doing a commercial busi ness. Their claims are being urged with some show of success. Chairman Vqlpp of the sensta banking committee has a huge pocketfull of amend ments that have been suggested, and scarcely a day arrives without proposed modifications. The committee Is meeting nightly, with the hope of reporting the bill back at the earliest possible date. The measure Is becoming complicated In form. As originally printed, the house com mittee submitted one set of amendments, and the house committee of the whole sub mitted another set, quite voluminous. Tho senate standing committee Is preparing a new set of amendments, snd the senate committee of the whole may be expected to duplicate the work. And Judge I. L. Albert waa to be paid 1300 to draw up a bank guaranty measure. He gave up long ago. Htate Board Attacked. The senate, after long consideration and over the protest of tha republican members, decided to recommend for passage S. F. 28. by Fuller of Seward, providing the slat board may neither raise or lower total as sessments of the state as returned by the county board, but may equalize only. Sen ator King endeavored to show the senate that aa property must be asacssed at cash value, the stale board must be given au thority to raise assessments that are man ifestly unfair, but the senate held the courts would not go behind the findings of the county boards as to 'cash values, unless for fraud, and voted the Fuller bill should pass. Saffrage Hill an l.earral Kile. The senate toduy placed 11. It. 13), by Jerry Howard, a joint resolution for a con stitutional amendment for woman suffrage, on general file In spite of an adverse re port of the standing committee on consti tutional amendments. Following waa the vote on a motion not to concur in the committee report, which waa for postponement : Teas Banning. liortliiHon. Brown, Cain. Cox. Gammill, Hatfield, Ketrhum. King, loverly. Majors, Miller. OUla, Randull. Kavmond. Thomrian. Warren, Wlltse m, Najsllariua, iiuaaa, iluca, Ilers. Ful-