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VOL. XXXVIII NO. 230.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNINO, MARCH
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GREECE SENDS
AGENT TO QM 4 IA
Farmers Form
Union to Handle
Grain and Stock
DELEGATES FROM
WEST SUMMONED
Call Issue for Meeting in Denver of
the Transmissippi Commer
cial Congress.
MEETING TO BE HELD IN AUGUST
Now, Get Busy
RECORD MAKES
PARTY BLUSH
Things Nebraska's Legislature Has
Done Not to Its Credit or Liking
of Rank and File.
Kingdom Hal Prof. Theodx. -Boiton
Come to Get FiV'
of Eiot. .' '
REPORT WILL DETERMINE" C
of
Oklahoma Producers Think Packers
and Grain Dealers Absorb Too
Much of Proceeds.
!v,
Most Eminent Greek in Countn '
8ent Out by Cora Mela.
MAKES STATEMENT TO MINISTER
King George Probably Will Hare
Consul Reside in Omaha.
ATHENS NEWSPAPER MAN HERE
While Prof. Ian la Compiling: Report
for Damagee, Joarnallet Will
rover Leml "Mention
for Home Papers.
The government of Greece la atlU prob
ing into the situation growing out of the
recent riot upon Ita subjects at South
Omaha. Minister Cora Melna at Washing
ton haa sent a personal representative of
the kingdom to Omaha. This dignitary la
Prof. Theodora P. Ion, who holda the chair
of International law at the Unlveralty of
Boston. He la one of the moat eminent
Greeks In the Cnlted State. He cornea to
gain flrat-hand knowledge of the situation
Involving the affairs of his people end on
the baala of hi findings will auggeat some
thing aa to claim for damages.
"I now have much knowledge of the
situation," aald Prof. Ion, "but I must
obtain accurate and detailed Information."
He will apend several daya In Omaha
and Lincoln. Asked as to the procedure
for securing restitution for the losses sus
tained by his people at South Omalm, Prof.
Ion ald:
"After the exact fact" are ascertained.
Including the amount of damage to the
Greek who suffered at the hands of the
mob, the Greek minister will take up with
the secretary of state the law In the matter
as defined In International law and piece
dents. After iho general principles are
agreed upon the particular facta of thla
outbreak will bo gone Into nnd an agree
ment will be re.ich.ed as to the amount
of damages to be claimed. Then It la up
to the president to request congreas to
appropriate the money to liquidate the
same.
"A number of precedents exist In the
country which will cover the case." The
payment of the Indemnity by thla govern
ment following the Mafia rlota In New
Orleana probably Is the one. best known to
the public. This, however, la but one mit
of many, aa nlmoet every nation of Europe
has at one time or another had similar
claims, even Including England."
Prof. Ion will consult with a number
of persona In Omaha and South Omaha
and., will, then .'so to .IJncnln to call on
Governor Shall ?nberger to discuss varloua
phases of the matter.
One of his Inquiries was aa to whether
or not the men who spoke at the mass
meeting which directly preceded the riot
were arrested or given a trial of any sort.
He dlspliyed much Interest In the answer
that they have not been and aald he could
not understand why some of the men guilty
of the riot have not been punlahed.
"t was In Constantinople." be said,
'when the Turks massacred 8.0CO Armeni
ans and no one will punished, but there
It was known that the government was In
sympathy with the mob, while here it Is
different."
He gave It as his opinion that Greek
consul probably will be appointed for
Omaha and South Omaha.
"A consul does not have to be a Greek
cltlien." he said. "Anyone can act In that
capacity and I believe that wltb the num
ber of Greeks here auch nn appointment
should be made." "
Not only Is the kingdom of Greece still
concerned In the local situation, but popu
lar Intel-eat Is reflected In the fact .that
Athena newapapers, the Dally Allthla and
Weekly Scrip, have sent to Omaha a rep
resentative In the peraon of Harry Mavrl-
kldls. to gather a comprehensive view of
the case for publication "at home." Mr.
Mavrlkldia. whose arrival waa announced
some days ago, Is conferring with Prof. Ion.
Servia Takes
Powers' Advice
Report from Belgrade Says the Lit
. tie Nation Will Agree to
Disarm.
8T. PETERSBURG. March Sl.-The Bel
rrade correspondent of the Bourse Gaaette
lays In a dispatch that M. MJlovanovlch.
the foreign minister told him today that
ervla hud accepted the advice of the
powers to disarm.
Bervta considers the action of the powers
to be a guarantee and It no longer baa
reason to fear armed attack from any
side.
BELGRADE, Servia. March SO.-The
alarm over the possibility of war with Austria-Hungary
Is subsiding rapidly. The
Russian minister here haa had two long
conferences with Foreign Minister Mllovan
ovlcb, one last night and another this morn
ing. No official statement haa been given
out, but there la reason to believe that a
peaceful settlement of the controversy la
now only a question of hours.
FIRE RECORD.
Plana "tore at "loax rails.
SIOUX FALLS, a. D., March tl-iSpeclsl
Telegram. r Fire, starting In the besement
of the Peek building, formerly known as
the Masonic temple, for a time thla after
noon threatened to seriously damage the
building, but good work on the part of the
fire depsrtmert confined the flames to the
Immediate lcinity where the fire started.
The fire originated under a storeroom
occupied by the piano stock of W. J. Dyer
sV Bro. The greateet damage waa done by
moke, but the lose waa not great.
Moenltnt Dedicated.
FORT DOIXiE. la., March Jl. (Spe
cial Telegram.) St. Joseph's Mercy hos
pital waa dedicated here this afternoon
while 1.009 people crowded the I'ttle
chapel and thronged the hospital, which
la finely furnished by societies end indl-
vtduais. It cost tlOO.oao and the bulld-
inm la nronounced perfectly arransed and
.&..( K.u4 fnp Ita alsa. Rlahnn llirrlr.n
w4 ..,.- -
i I of Sioux City and assistants performed
IjLL aireDle, Impressive ceremonies.
'OKLAHOMA CITY, March n.-Assertlng
t the time has come for the people of
Oklahoma to fight to rid themselves of the
so-called trusts, which they assert control
the output of grain and cattle of Oklahoma,
and make practically their own prices, an
experimental co-operative company, known
as the Grain and Stock Growers' assort a
tlon. haa been organized by a branch of the
Farmers' union. The headquarters for
the new association will be at Enid and
J. C. Callahan, formerly Oklahoma'a terri
torial delegate to congress, haa been elected
to head the organisation. The new enter
prise will have the direct backing of the
Farmers' union.
In opposing the packers, the association
will. It Is stated, erect a packing plant. To
finance the plant the Association will
accumulate a fund of ffino.nno. Shares In it
will be sold at II each and no person may
own more than one share.
In the handling of Oklahoma grain the
association proposes to build a co-operative
elevator at every grain shipping station In
the state and to sell Its grain for export
Indian the Prey
to Tuberculosis
Sioux of . South Dakota Peculiarly
Susceptible to the Dread
Scourge.
WASHINGTON, March 21. The red man
la gradually disappearing; through the rav
ages of tuberculosis.
To save the Indian race from extinction
by this disease and yet lend It Into the
waya of the white,, man la the task which
officials of the bureau of Indian affairs
have undertaken. Offlclala of the bureau
are confident that the Indian race can be
aaved. The Indian becomes restive at the
alow progress of medical science In eradi
cating disease, but if convinced of ulti
mately being cured he usually yields to
treatment.
When the white man undertook to civilize
the Indian tuberculosis was almost un
known among the race. Today the Indiana
are dying off at the rate of approximately
tOOO per annum. Of all the tribe-, none
seem to be so susceptible as the Sioux
Indians In South Dakota. Last year nearly
1.000 members of this tribe were afflicted.
They live In unsanitary surroundings and
huddle themselves together In one room and
without ventilation.
Oflelals are determined to teach the In
dian the value of sanitation, personal clean
liness snd other preventive measures with
the view of gradually cutting down the
yetvrly enormous death toll.
Three Railroad
Bills in Missouri
Measure Intended to Meet Rate
Situation Introduced at Gov
ernor's Request.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. March 21. Bills
backed by Governor Hadley and Attorney
General Major and Intended to meet the
threatened move of the railroads to restore
the S-cent passenger fare rate, were the
moat Important of a large number of meas
ures presented to the legislature on this,
the last day font the Introduction of bills.
The calendar now contains 1.799 bills, of
which 839 have been Introduced In the sen
ate and 1,10 In the house.
There were three admlnlstrat'on railroad
billa Introduced. One of which gives the
railroad commissioners of the state the
power to fix passenger rates, which power
will be extended to the public utilities com
mission If such a body la created. Another
bill seeks to prevent railroads from owning
and operating coal mines In competition
with persona or firms not connected with
railroads and the third would, If passed,
prevent railroads from making discrim
inating rates at terminal points In order to
meet competition from roada with ahorter
lines.
VIOLATE CHILD LABOR LAW
Cases Filed Against Twaty-Ftve
Shoe aad Clothing; M aji a fac
ta rere In Ohio.
CINCINNATI, O.. March . As the re
sult of an Investigation by Miss C. ' M.
Grade of the state department of work
shops and factories Into child labor con
ditions In the factories of Cincinnati the
attorney general filed affidavits today
against twenty-five shoe and clothing man
ufacturers. The specific allegation Is requiring girls
under 18 or boys under M from working
more than eight hours per day.
Parents of Kidnaped Boy
Receive No Word from Him
SHARON, Pa., March 21. Weary and
worn from the strain of the last three days,
J. P. Whitla. father of Willie Whitla, the
kidnaped boy, returned today from a fruit
less trip to Cleveland.
"We know no more now," said Mr.
Whitla, "than we did before, and we seem
to be no further along with the search than
we were last night."
It Is the general belief here that the ab
ductors, realising to what an extent the
public Is aroused over the kidnaping, will
not dare open up correspondence with Mr.
Whitla at present. Hoping that something
may divert the public attention, they will
then communicate with the father privately
and await his assurances that the whole
matter will be kept quiet till after the boy
has been returned, the reward paid and
they have had time to' get away.
The terrible anxiety and uncertainty as
to their little son's fate has had Its effect
on both parents of the boy. The father re
fuses to sleep at all. and keeps up through
sheer will power. The mother, who will not
allow her daughter. Baling, out of her sight,
la showing the effects of the worry, and
today physicians gave orders that she be
Politics to Be Strictly Barred from
the Discussions.
PRESIDENT TAFT TO ATTEND
Many Important Topics Coming Up
for Its Consideration.
SOUTH AMERICANS ARE COMING
Panama (anal and the Changes
Which Will Re Wrasxht by It
One of the Moat Important
Pea tares.
DENVER. March 21. Secretary Arthur F.
Francis of the Transmlsslsslppl Commercial
congress today Issued the official call for
tho twentieth annual session of that asso
ciation to be held In Denver. August 14 to
21. Inclusive, of thla year. Added Interest
attaches to the meeting thla yeir from
Iho fact that President Taft will be pres
ent and take nart In the proceedings. A
! large attendance of repreaentatlvea of the
I jitln-American countries Is also expected
In the Interest of the movement for closer
commercial relations between thla country
and the republics of South and Central
America and Mexico. One thing will be
barred, according to the executive commit
tee, and thla is discussion of questions of
a political nature.
Besides the question of closer relations
with the southern republlca, with especial
reference to the early completion of the
Panama canal and the consequent atlmu
latlng commercial development In the trna
mlsslsslppl states, the following questions
will come under discussion:
National defense, with especial reference
to the needs of the Pacific coast and
Hawaii.
An adequate merchant marine and the
need of government aid In Its upbuilding
and maintenance.
Conservation of national resources. Thla
promises to be one of the leading questions
to come before the congress.
Irrigation and reclamation of semi-arid
lands.
Waterways Improvements.
Drainage of auhmerged lands.
Scientific dry farming.'
Alaska.
Separate statehood for New Mexico and
Arizona.
Parcels poet.
Postal savings banks,
inaurance.
Trade relatione with Mexico, Central and
South America
Gulf ports snd the rallronds.
Panama canal.
Hawaii.
The Philippines.
Department of mines.
Immigration.
God roada.
Hugar beet and cane Industry.
Raratarla and La. Fourche canals.
National finance.
Consular service.
The governor of each state and territory
I ay appoint ten delegates and no more than
twenty. The mayor of each city may ap
point one delegate and one additional dele
gate for every 6,000 people, not, however, to
exceed ten delegates. Each business or
ganisation may appoint one delegate and
one additional for every fifty members, not
to exceed ten delegates. Each county may
appoint one delegate. Governors of states
and territories, members of congress and
former presidents of the Tranamlaslasppl
Commercial congress are ex-offlclo mem
bers. REPLICA OF FIRST STEAMER
One of the Feat area of Com In Naval
Pageant on the Hadson
River.
NEW TORK. March 21. The officers of
the Hudson-Fulton Celebration commission
have let the contract for building a replica
of Robert Fulton's Clermont, the first boat
to steam up the Hudson.
The Clermont will have the same un
covered side paddle wheels which splashed
water on Its first voyage, the same little
square cabin forward and the same awk
ward engine and machinery, "which, how
ever, made practical the navigation of .the
Hudson without the necesalty for watting
for a favorable wind.
The original Clermont waa fifty feet long
and eleven feet wide, with seven feet depth
of hold. It drew two feet of water.
The Clermont, with the replica of Hud
son's "half moon," which la being built
by the Dutch In Holland, will be the center
of the great naval parade which will start
from New Tork and steam to Newburgh on
October 1. The convoy of these two little
vessels will be fleets of American and for
eign warahlps.
Organist Dies In thnreh.
ST. LOUIS. March O. Mrs. Georgia
Wheeler, organist at tha Glbaon Heights
Presbyterian church, dropped dead today
as she entered the organ loft to play the
first hymn of the morning services. As
soon as It was discovered that life was ex
tinct the congregation was dismissed.
not allowed to see any visitors. Hundreds
of lettera from all over the country con
tinue to pour In from frieiids and strangers
alike, tendering sympathy. But from all
the correspondence there haa not ben one
word from the abductors or any one who
seemed to be in any way in touch with
them. The squad of twenty-three of the
state constabulary, which arrived here last
night, la undergoing an enforced Idleness.
Owing to the state laws prohibiting an
armed body of men from one atate enter
ing another, the lieutenant will not allow
his men to cross the Ohio line without per
mission. He does not recognise the au
thority given by Judge Wllklns, and Is
awaiting authority from Governor Harmon
of Ohio.
A clue was secured today, In which little
credence la placed. On March 1 the local
police department received a circular an
nouncing a reward for a man described aa
Samuel C. Levanaon of Canton, O.. said to
be wanted there for the theft of 1400. Jani
tor Sloes of the school from which Willie
wss taken, when shown the circular bear
ing a portrait of the man wanted, declared
It bore a strong resemblance to the abductor.
Copyright. 1909, by the Mall and Express
DEBATE OVER TARIFF BILL
Few Set Speeches on the Measure Are
Anticipated,
PAYNE AND CLARK TO LEAD OFF
Real Fight Over It Expected to Come
l'p When Tarn Comes to Offer
Amendments, and Limit
May He Pat on Thla.
WASHINGTON, Stftrc'h 21.-The house of
representatives will this week begin the
serious consideration of the business for
which the extra session of congress was
called, the revision of the tariff.
The Pnyne bill, which has only been read
In the house, will tomorrow be laid before
that body for discussion, and Chairman
Payne of the uommlttee on ways and means
will make the first argument in support of
it. This will be the beginning of the gen
eral debate on the bill, and It la expected
that thla order will proceed for several
daya.
Mr. Clark, the minority leader, will follow
Mr. Payne with the first speech In opposi
tion, and these two representative members
will In turn be followed by other members
of their respective parties until all who
so deslr shall have spoken.
So far Messrs. Underwood. Griggs and
Ranadell of the democratic side have given
notice that they desire to be heard, but no
such notice has been received from any re
publican member, except Mr. Payne.
Mr. Dalsel! has frequently stated that he
would not make a set speech on the bill.
Limit oa Debate,
It la not expected that the general dis
cussion of the measure will be prolonged,
and on this account Mr. Payne thinka It
will be unnecessary to bring In a rule for
Ita limitation. Apparently he rs not ao
hopeful regarding the consideration of the
bill for amendments. When thla order la
reached the provisions will be discussed in
speeches of not more than five minutes'
duration, but there will be ao many sug
gestions that unless a limit la fixed the de
bate could be extended Indefinitely. So far
nothing haa been aula as to the program
for this limitation, hut It 1a considered in
evitable. It Is the Intention of the demo
crats to offer Innumerable amendments,
and It la understood that many republicans
will also suggest changes. In all proba
bility, therefore, after the flve-mlnute
speeches shall have continued for a reas
onable length of time an order will be in
troduced fixing a time for the final vote.
It la not believed, however, that the voting
stage will be reached within less time than
two weeks hence. ,
The senate will probably consider and
pass the census bill during the week, but
It is not believed that the measure will be
discussed at tny length.
The disposition In the senate Is to accept
the bill as It passed the house. That meas
ure eliminated the noncompetitive feature
of the bill, which was objectionable to
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Company.
England Counts
Too Many Ships
German Naval Department Makes a
Statement of Building; Program
of that Country.
BERLIN, March 21. In view or the
assertion made In the British Houae of
Commons that Germany In the spring of
1912 would have seventeen ' warships, all
of them of the big gun type, the Navy
department authorizes the statement that
in the autumn of 1M2 Germany will have
thirteen auch vessels. - These will be the
battleships Nassau and Westfalen, which
will be ready for sea In the autumn of
1909; the battleships Rheinland and PoBct
and the cruiser Vorf der Tlnn, which will
be ready for sea In the spring of 1913;
three battleships to replace the Olden
burg, Siegfried and Beowulf and a cruiser
to replace the armored cruiser "O," which
will be ready in the summer or autumn
of 1911, and three battleships to replace
the Frlthof, Hlldebrand and HeimJalil
and a vessel to replace the cruiser "H,"
which will be ready for sea In the autumn
of 1912.
NAVAL DISPLAY ON THE LAKES
Torpedo Boats to Participate In the
Lake Cnamplaln Ter
centennial. NEW TORK. March a. Walter C.
Wltherbee, a member of the New York
tercentenary Champlaln commission, has
Just heard from Washington, where he had
a conference with Secretary of the Navy
Meyer, with regard to authorising a naval
display on Lake Champlaln during the five
days' celebration of the discovery of that
body of water, next July. Quite a flotilla
of torpedo boats will be sent to Lake Cham,
plain. President Taft, Vice President Sher
man and Speaker Cannon each has ac
cepted Invitations to be present. Vice Presi
dent Sherman will deliver an address on
one of the daya. Congress has authorized
the secretary of state to Invite the govern
ments of France and Great Britain to be
represented. Land and water pageants are
planned in which 200 Indians will partici
pate, representing Oiamplain's battle with
the Indiana.
HAZING FATAL TO STUDENT
Victim Htrangr t'p to a Tree by Ills
Heels and Dies Soon After
Taken Down.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 21.-Charles
Stlntson is dead as a result of basing by
fellow btudenta at the White school, who
It Is alleged, strung him up by the anklea
to a sapling near the school building and
left him hanging so long that he died a
few hours after he was taken down. Sev
eral teachers of the White school were
driven away by unruly students.
It Is expected that arrests will follow.
Democratic Recalcitrants
Issue Defensive Statement
WASHINGTON, March Jl. Another ex
planation was forthcoming today aa to the
course of certain democrats In opposing
Minority Leader Clark last Monday by vot
ing for the iTUxgcrald amendments ot the
house rul s.
Representatives Kellher and Peters of
Boston, Mass., and Representative Frincis
Burton Harrison of New York Issue a
statement in which they atate that ao gen
erally haa the action of the democrats who
voted for the amendments been misrepre
sented and misunderstood that they "wish
to present to those Interested tha facts."
The Fttxgerald amendments are defended
as being "very effective In the curtailment
of the power of the speaker." For alx
montha Representative Fltsgerald, "ac
knowledged as the beat parliamentarian on
the democratic side," had been preparing
the. amendments, It Is stated, but no op
portunity was offered to bring them before
the deinocratto caucus for consideration.
"He was unable to do so because of the
high-handed manner adopted by a few Ill
advised friends of Mr. Clark."
The statement declares that Representa
PULLS TRIGGER WiTil 11ERT0E
Mrs. Joseph Kramer of Nelson Com
mits Suicide with Shotgun.
HEAD IS TORN TO PIECES
Sits In Choir Beside Bed and.
Taking; nil Her Shoe, Dis
charges Gun la Her
Fare.
TTELSON. Neb.. March 2l.-Newa has
been received here of the death by suicide
oC Mrs. Joseph Kramer, who lived about
five mllee southwest of here. She shot
herself with a shotgun, the charge tearing
away the greater part of her face.
Mrs. Kramer sat In a chair near her bed
and. taking off he shoe, pulled the trigger
with her toe. The front part of her head
was literally turn to pieces. A piece of
her skull as large as a man's hand was
found lying on the flood back of the chair.
The walla of the room were bespattered
with Wood. The gun was ao heavily
charged the load made a hole two Inches
ki diameter in the ceiling.
No reason Is assigned for the 'act. Mrs.
Kramer waa in Nelaon the day before the
tragedy. Besides her 'husband she leaves
five children, four being at home. The
other one is married and does not live
htire.
MINNESOTA RAILROAD HELD
FOR NOT FURNISHING CARS
Jory Allows Damages Tnder Recip
rocal Demurrage Law Which
Roads Held I'neonstltotlonal.
LUVERNE, Minn., March 21. The Jury
In the case of the Hardwlck Farmers'
Klevator company against the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad company
returned a verdict yesterday In favor of the
plalntlf, fixing damages In the full amount
asked, I'ilS and attorneys' fees.
The suit waa to collect damages for fail
ure to furnish cars demanded In writing by
the elevator company and waa brought
under the reciprocal demurrage law of 190.
Tha railroad company contended that the
law was unconstitutional.
DEATH RECORD.
Harry K. Ferguson.
Harry E. Ferguson, 1825 Van Camp
avenue, employed by the Burlington at
Its Gibson station, died Saturday after
noon after an operation. He will be
burled: Tuesday at Lincoln. His funeral
services will be held at Masonlo temple,
under the auspices of St. John's lodge,
Tuesday at 1:70 p. m., and the body,
which Is now at the Jackson undertaking
parlors, will be taken to Lincoln at once.
Mr. Ferguson was 88 years of age. He
leaves a wife and a son 10 years of age.
tive I'nderwood of Alalmma took the floor
of the caucus to bind the members to sup
port the Clark plan for a committee of fif
teen to report next December on amend
ments to tho rulea. and refused all an op
portunity to amend the plan In caucus.
Referring to the fight in the house, the
three members say that when Mr. Clark of
fered his resolution he refused any demo
crat a chance to speak.
"And then he did the very thing we dem
ocrats have been deprecating and fighting
against for years, he moved the previous
question," they tate.
"It Is bad enough to be gagged by our
opponents, but when the mutile was
clapped upon us by our friends, we pro
tested, and successfully.
"Then the Fitzgerald amendments were
offertd and, in marked contrast to Mr.
Clark's action. Mr. Fltsgerald allowed free
and full opportunity for dbute and amend
ments. In the debate which followed, last
ing nearly two hours, It was not contended
that the amendments of Mr. Fltsgerald
would not remedy tha abuses com
plained of."
TAYLOR SFITS OUT THE TRUTH
Senate, Under Lead of Douglas Mem
bers, Cares for the Corporations.
NOT MOVED BY CRITICISMS
Inclined to Be Touohy Early in the
Session, but Now Complaisant.
FLAYED BY DEMOCRATIC EDITOR
Edgar Howard Not Inclined to Wield
the Whitewash Brash nt the
Brhrat of the Omaha
Party Organ.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. March a.-tSpeclal.)-Whlle
the democratic legislature, the first for
Nebraska, has yvt ten days or two weeks
to finally write Its history. It haa recorded
several chapters that It can never revise
however It may attempt to bring tho
story to a good end.
FYom the day of Its organisation the leg
islature has been dominated by special
lntcresta. The statement of W. J. Taylor
of Custer county In the house last Friday
beara out this aaaertlon. Mr. Taylor In a
speech which will become historic In Ne
hraaka politics accuaed leading aenators of
caring more for their corporation interest
than they do for their platform pledges.
He said In the course of hla remarks:
"The railroads of the state have suf
fered little at our hands and the peoplo
have profited but little."
Mr. Taylor then called the attention of
tho members to the presence of the power
ful Insurance lobby here which had. with
the help of the members, prevented In
surance legislation; he denounced the sen
ate for ruining the house guaranty deposit
bill and for knifing the bill providing for
the physical valuation of public service
corporations. The records will bear out Mr.
Taylor In his statement.
Thla legislature haa witnessed the spec
tacle of a member of the senate, the boss
of the senate, appearing as sn attorney
for a corporation before legislative com
mittees to defeat pending hills affecting
the Interest of hla clients.
The anti-lobby law provides that no per
son Interested In pending legislation may
appear before any legislative committee
in the Interest of measures without first
having registered his name with the sec
retary of state, setting out In what matter
of legislation he la interested. It has not
been published that any senstor has ever
registered as a lobbyist.
Members have complained of the pres
ence of the lobby, but not one member
haa seen fit to call to his aid the laW
which was passed for the very purpose
of restricting the lobby business and reg
ulating It.
enate Is Complaisant.
One of the Lincoln newspapers published
affidavits containing serious statements re
garding members of the senate. It is true
no names were mentioned in the affidavits,
but the senate took no notice ot the affair,
not even appointing a whltewaah committee
to call upon the editor for further Infor
mation. When the senate waa young It got In
aulted because a newspaper published a
story 'about Its railroad committee holding
a secret session, charging at the same time
It waa under corporation domination, or
words to thateffect. It got very much in
sulted, but the committee appointed to
look Into the matter has yet to make Its
report. It may be possible the senate la
waiting for the report of this committee be
fore appointing another one. Anyhow, the
senate Is not ss touchy as It used to be.
It even remained Quiet when W. J. Taylor
made his serious charges against Its lead
ers, and no newspaper has published a
more severe arraignment of tha upper
house.
So notorious has the senate become that
for the flrat time In the memory of the
old-timers a resolution has been Introduced
In the house saklng for fair treatment of
an Important pint form pledge. A good slice
of meat waa cut out of the bill providing
for the physical valuation of corporation
property because that portion affected the
South Omaha stock yards. The section
eliminated was put back In the bill by the
house, and It was again sent to the senate
for concurrence. Instead of a roll call on
the house amendment, the senate sent tha
bill to the railroad committee for action.
The resolution In the house Is a protest
agalnat that action. It waa introduced by
a democrat.
At the Bryan birthday banquet Friday
night a number of speakers told tha legls- .
lators and others not to take seriously
statements about tha legislature published
In The Bee. None of the speakers had any
thing to say about tha statement by W. J.
Taylor.
Democrat le Criticism.
The appeal of the World-Herald to the
democratlo editors ot the state to reserve
judgment on the legislature and stop their
criticism, haa stirred up some of the editors
to apeak out In meeting. Copies of Edgar
Howard's Columbus Telegram have been
received at the atate house.
After stating the substance of the appeal
sent out by the World-Herald, Judge How
ard closes his editorial wltb this:
The editorial appeal of the World-Herald
Is a gratuitous Insult to nine out of
ten democratic editors of country papers
In Nebraska, because every democrttu
editor not on the legislative payroll has
boldly spoken out against the machina
tions of the Omaha senators and their
corporation allies. The editor of the
Telegram and all other editors of the
democratic country press stand ready to
join the World-Herald In applauding tne
democratic legislature for every good ait
performed, or yet to be performed, but
reserving always the right to fling the
harpoon of disapproval at democratic
legislators who make records to disgrace
the party which gave them honor.
May the good God grant that the clos
ing daya of the legislative seaalon may
witness the complete overthrow of the
evil Influence of the corporation sena
tora from IxiUulas and Saline, and rray
the record of the session be such as to
warrant common demon ats In holding up
their heada and looking everybody
Straight In the face.
Thanks to the corporation senators for
whom the World-Herald appeuls. a common
democrat may not point to the lecord
t;iin far without feeling the hot blood
f humiliation and shame mantling to Ills
cheek. Hut there Is hope. God grant us
toe stay of tiiat hope. It's the only staff
upon wlilih a common democrat In Ne
braska ran safely lean today.
Judging the future by the past. It Is
safe to say that Judge Howard's fervent
prayer will not reaoh high enough to be
of effect. The banklug bill was a pari
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