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HOUSE "RULES
ARE AMENDED
"Insurgents" Gain Preliminary Vio
tory by Defeating Moti?"",o
Readopt Old CC t
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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-
