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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 16. 1009.
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A FEDERAL CIT.
President Taft'i Defenit of National
Bole in Washington.
WISDOM OF FATHERS IS SHOWN
dapend, not upon the principle! ordinarily
governing In popular fnfmmnt, but that
they must trut In order to secure their
liberty to get their guarantee!, they must
trust to the representettTes of eighty mil
lion! of people,, elected under that Con
stitution. (Applause)
1 Notable Address la Sap port the
Preseat Ferae of Goveraaaeat
la the- District of
Colambla,
A - political movement designed to pro
mot "home rule" In the District of Co
lumbia, secure the right of suffrage for
the residents, and representation in the
house of representative! and In the senate.
culminated In a banquet in Washington on
the evening of the th. Oily two addresses
were delivered, one by Justice Wendell P.
Stafford of the Dlatrlct aupreme court, ad
vocating the political object! of the ban
quet; the aecond by President Taft When
the president finished his address, no other
speaker desired to be heard. So com'
pletely did the president demolish the argu
tnents In favor of local Instead of federal
government in the district.
President Taff! address follow! :
"Mr. Chairman and tho solid men of
Washington (applause): I wish to thank
you from the bottom of my heart for the
courtesy that you have extended to me
this evening In this magnificent banquet
and In your coming here to take part in
this occasion. I am proud of It, If it be
the cane, and t must believe it from the
assurances given tonight that this l! the
first time that a president of the United
States has ever had the pleasure of meet
ItVj on such an occasion and under such
hircumstances, the business men of Wash-
tMflon. (Applause.)
f'l hope for close Intimacy; I hope that
vi$' may come together and we may dis-
CVM these things, because certainly we
)d it. (Applause.) I take the utmost
personal pride in the city of Washing-
tt' (Aprlause.) It. thrills my heart
eV(ry day to look out of the back win-i-:?wi
of the White House for the short
t'-rte I have been there and whenever
$i-t the opportunity to see thli beautiful
Cfty In which we are permitted to live
tfltjjse avenues and street! constructed on a
ttiSjknlrlcent plan, looking forward for
centuries; these trees planted with great
foresight to make every part of Washing
ton a park; these ylstas Into which always
creeps unbidden that beautiful shaft that
marks the memory of the founder of this
City. (Great applause.)
"I have not been here very long In the
city of Washington as some men count It
long. I was here two years between 1890
and 1S92, four year! from 1904 to 1908 but
that Is a little bit longer than Justice Staf
ford. (Continued applause.) I have been
a taxpayer; I have Invested some money In
land In Washington and have not seen a
dollar come out of it; I have sent my child
ren to the public schools; I have hung to
straps In street cars, going both ways to
the' capital; I have bathed In the Potomac
mud in a bathtub; I have lunched at
Harvey's on those steamed oysters, and
have been a fan with my friend "Sunny
Jim" at the base ball park, and have had
a love and cultivated it with him for tall
endera. And therefore I claim that I have
been through experiences that ought to
give me some of the local atmosphere and
some of the local feeling of Washington.
Any yet, with all that, gentlemen, as I
look about here Into these smiling face,
these somewhat rotund forms that give
evidence of prosperity (laughter), it la a
little difficult for me to realise that It was
about these caltifs and these slaves that
Mr. Justice Stafford spoke. .
Declares Himself "Nationalist."
"In spite of that experience with re
spect to Washington, I am a nationalist
(Applause). This city Is the home of the
government of a nation, and when men
who are Just aa much Imbued with the
principles of civic liberty as any who have
come .after Washington, at the head, put
into the Constitution the provisions with
reference to the government of the District
of Columbia they knew what they were
doing, and spoke for a coming possible
eighty millions of people who should Insist
that the home of the government of that
eighty millions of people should be gov
erned by the representatives of that eighty
millions of people (Applause), and that, if
there were in that eighty millions of people
men who desired to come and share in the
grandeur of that capital, and live In
city of magnificent beauty as this was,
and' enjoy all the privileges, then they
come with their eyes open as to the char
acter of the government that they were to
iave, and they must know that they must can eee clear down to the Totomsc and see
six and seven base ball matches gfMng on
with all tho fervor of young America, and
nobrdy to say thm nay. (Applause and
laughter.) And to think to think that we
had a genius a hundred years aa-o al:not.
In his way, a matchless as Washington,
to make the plan for a great capital, like
Now I want to ear. with reference to the Frenchman whose remains were buried
this discussion, that If this meeting or here the other day (applause! ana
eubseauent meetlni are to be devoted to plans were hardly changed In the new pian
Mourlnv an iiniiiulitwnt In the Pnn.l It nl inn made by Burnham ana nis associate
br which you are a-olns to disturb the "I know there has been discussion as to
nrtrwini nf ..n.tnra fr ..... I the plan. There has oeen a leenns; '
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and you are going to abolish the pro v Won pernaps it si.ppen om u. -
that waa out In there ex-lndustrla by I na snppea in ai anmner, oui
I m mM a a tjm 1 a 1 ra
George Washington, you will not get ahead v'n my aPr ,npna " " "V . .J
In the matter of better government In
Washington by such meetings. I do not
want to seem to be abrupt but t believe It
Is possible by such meetings as this to
arouse the Interest of Congress and the
executive to the necessity of consulting the
people of Washington, to let them act aa
Americans act when they don't have the
right of suffrage let them act by the right
of petition. And are they not exercising
that right all the time? (Applause).
Isn't It possible to determine on the part
of the committees of the House and the
Senate what the attitude of the Washing
ton cltlseris IsT Why the government that
we have today In Washington everybody
admits Is a good government. Has It not
been brought about through the aid of
those very committees In the House and
the Senate, who you say know nothing
about Washington, and . who make their
knowledge, or lack of knowledge, ridiculous
by showing it? We are all Imperfect. We
cannot expect perfect government, but
what we ought to do la to pursue practical
methods, and not, I submit with deferenc
to Justice Stafford, make It seem as if
the people of Washington were suffering
some great and tremendous load and
sorrow, when as a matter of fact they are
the envy of the citizens cf other cities?
What Washington Intended.
"Washington Intended tills to be a fed
eral city, and It Is a federal city, and It
tingles down to the feet of every man,
whether he cornea from Washington city
or Los Angeles or Texas, when he comes
and walks these city streets and starts
to feel that this is my city; I own a part
of this capital (applause), and I envy for
the time being those who are able to spend
their time here. I quite admit that there
are defects In the system of government
by which Congress la bound to look after
the government of ' the District of Co
lumbia. It could not be otherwise under
such a system, but I submit to the Judg
ment of history that the results vindicate
the foresight of the fathers. '
"Now, I am opposed to the franchise in
the District (Applause and cheers.) I am
opposed, and not because I yield to any
one In my support and belief in the prin
ciples of self-government, but principles
are applicable generally, and then, unless
you make exceptions to the application of
those principles, you will find that they
will carry you to very Illogical and absurd
results. This was taken out of the appli
cation of the principle of self-government
in the very Constitution that waa Intended
1
knows, that we sre going to build up to
thnt some day. (laughter and applause.)
It Is not coming at once, but we ought
to thank Ood that we have got a plan like
that to build to (applause), so that when
we go on with the Improvement every
dollar that we put In goes to make Wash
ington beautiful a hundred years hence.
Day of 'mall Thlnas."
"Then, Justice Stafford In his very elo
quent remarks called attention to the fact
that In 18461 am sorry to say it ought
to be characterised, at least as far as that
Is concerned, as a day of small things
when the Congress could have recited this:
Whereas no moro territory ought to be
held under the exclusive legislation given
to Congress over the District, which Is the
seat of the general government than may
be necessary and proper for the purposes
of such a seat. Therefore we give back all
that we got from Virginia. (Laughter.)
"While it Is true the early statue said
that no buildings should be put on any
thing but the Maryland side of the river.
and perhaps they felt that as we were not
going to use that side for buildings, they
did not need It at all. (Laughter.) I have
never been able to satisfy myself that that
retrocession was within the power of
Congress to- make. (Applause.) They did
attempt to settle It once In the Supreme
Court, but the Supreme Court has a
facility in avoiding the main question
(laughter and applause) born of long
practice. (Laughter.) And when a gentle
man who is paying taxes on this side asks
that they be extended to the other side.
on the ground that that retrocession did
-not carry Virginia, so that he might have
his taxes reduced, the Supreme Court
said he could not do it in a collateral way;
said that, as both parties to the trans
action seemed to be satisfied up to this
time they did not intend to Investigate or
seek any burdena that their salaries did
not require them to meet.
(Laughter and applause.)
"We have never had that question tested.
I believe we ought to look forward to a
great city of Washington, and while the
Anglo-Saxon and especially the Anglo
Saxon In Virginia holds on to territory as
long as he can (laughter). It might be pos
sible by agitating the question in a legal
way to Induce another settlement by which
we should get the only part of that that
we really would like to have, the part
that we own now In feo, the 1,100 acres
of the Arlington estate, and a great deal
that is unoccupied, leaving Alexandria out
(laughter) and Falls church (laughter,) and
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me country, ana was oone Because n tnat we may have , tn dlgtrlcti under
waa Intended to have the representatives our foBterlnjt controli where we cftn DulId
of all the people In the country control roads and make tne d,str,ct gt,n more
this one city, and to prevent its being con- bcautlful-that bank of the Potomac on
trolled by the parochial aplrlt that would tn8 other lde M you g(J up toward Cabln
necessarily govern men who did not look John Bridge. We will need It; .the city
beyond the city to the grandeur of the wm continue to grow,
nation, and this as the representative of Uaihin.mn'. ini.,.n...
that nation. .(Applause.) .., - t - lt may be. as Justice Stafford said.
"I have got over being frightened by that there- will be Inaugurated ntet
being told that I am forgetting the prin- by the people living here that they have
clples of the fathers. The principles of no political power; but I think that the
the fathers are maintained by those who Justice ' will find, when he comes to look-
maintain them with reason and according ng into the hearts of the American peo
to the fitness of the thing, and not by pie, that they will not be convinced when
thoee who are constantly shaking them they come to Washington that the Waeh-
berore the mass of the voters for the pur-1 Ingtontana are aufferlng to that degree
pose of misleading them. (Applause.)
The Qaeatloa at Hand.
that requires a reversement of the policy
adopted, with entire clearness of mind
we do with the government of Washing
ton? Shall we have the present board of
three; shall we have one or shall we have
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"Now, the question arises. What shall by the framers of the constitution. Wash
ington, who doubtless Inserted that par
tlcular provision in the constitution,
through hla Influence, also had L'Enfant
some other form? I confess I do not know, draw the plans, of Washington, and the
My predecessor has recommended a change plana of Washington were not adapted to a
of the present form so as to give the re- village like Alexandria and the village that
sponslblllty to one, with the view of visit- was In the district at the time we came
Ing that one with the responsibility. here that was adapted to a city of mag-
On the other hand It Is said that three niflcent distances, and to a city of millions
have worked well; that it gives more op- of Inhabitants; and, therefore, the clause
portunlty, possibly, for counsel and that was adopted, knowing that Just such a city
it takes away the bureaucratic character we would have here, and Just such a city
of the government As I have said. I have would nave to get along, relying upon the
reached no conclusion as to what recom- training In self-government of the repre
mendatton I shall make to Congress on sentativea of 80,000,000 of people to Justice
the subject I fully concur with Justice DV It-
Stafford In thinking that It would be most Now, my dear friends, I want to say
unwise to 'Introduce Into the District what to V0" that I have got Into a conntltu
I understood to be a bureaucratic form of tlonal discussion here that I did not anticl
government (Applause.) That is right P&te, but I hope It has not clouded my
A bureaucratic form of government is meaning, which I Intended to make as
one which, as he very well described it c,ear as possible, that I am deeply Inter-
would make the War Department look estea In the welfare of the district, I am
after the streets; Dr. Wiley, possibly, look deePy Interested In securing good govern-
after the health (laughter) the Agrlcul- nlent ,0 very man. woman and child In
tural Department through him and the "irici, ana to secure as far as Is
Treasury Department look after the fl- Pslble, with the original plan under tho
nances. And so as to each branch of the constitution, such voice as the people of
government you should go to the head of the al8trlct tnay require in their local mat-
that particular department In the sreneral ter"- (Applause.)
government I think that would be a very "But when " comes to defining how that
burdensome, a very awkward. a verv I to te given, I cannot be any more ex
clumsy system of government I am pIlc,t tnan to say lt mu8t rest ultimately
trongly in favor of retaining the m.inl. on the right of representation and petl
clpal form (applause), so that everything tlon" 'APP'aue ) I do not see how you
which shall affect the city of Waihliurton can 00 anything else. I am sure that if
ahall be done under the chief executive of you wl" eonBtantlJr aRltete. and If you will
that city, and bv that rhif ..,... i. nBV eloquent an orator as Justice Staf
- " w I ...
"In other words. I would iw .n ..if lura lo lne committees of the house
to the city of Washington, or the ni.trw I wm rouse tnera
of Columbia, and take all of that entity to "ucn a de8lre to "ave you from the
out or tne operation of the bureaus of the yurmrva mn you
general government. That Is what I un- " Ket th8 attention you deserve. (Ap
derstand tn ho th. i-.,nm..i P'ause.)
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and the only question that has been mooted
is really whether one man should be put
at the head of that government as a mayor.
or whether you should have three, I
agree that probably three men are better
(applause), where you have real legislative
runcuons to perform. I am Inclined to
think that where the legislative functions
SIZE OF COAL ROADS' GRAB
Manlpolatloa of Rates by Carriers
la the toul Mlalag Industry.
Numerous Inquiries Into the nature, ar
are reduced to a minimum and nd.t in ranement. profitableness of the bus!
little more than mere executive regula- neM rallway which both produce and
tlon, that l-oaeibly the one-headed form Is tran8Prt ttl hav occasioned by the
the better for executive purposes and to aec'"Jtn ot the United States Supreme
"i tne responsibility; but I am only think- i 1 " """uul clause. una
ing out loud. . and only because we are
hee talking right out in meeting I am
telling you the reasons as they have been
brought to met
"Now I want to talk about the future.
And the future of Washington. What an
enormous development is before us.' Why,
I am not an Imaginative man, but I would
Ilka to come back here a hundred years
hence and see the beauties of which this
city la capable. (Applause.) Right here,
under our noses for a time, under our very
eyea. are those beautiful Potomac flats
that are going to make as fine park! and
parkwaya as there are in the world.
"These parks ought to be connected with
the Rock Creek park by means of the
mouth of Rock creek, or otherwise; and
then through them aU there ought to be
carried a park clear around, including the
Soldiers' home, 'and completing the circuit
with Rock creek a the other end. (An
piauee.) Then, too. there Is the develop,
nient tn AuMuaila ami aiong the eaatern
branch. Then, tho opportunities for play
grounds that there are in Washington. It
Just makes my mouth water for my poor
city of ClneinaatL wtien I look out and
of the strongest complaints against the
exercise by roal railroada of the dual func
lion or producer and carrier has been
aummed up in the terse statement, heard
occasionally in the trade, that "they get
too little fur the coal and too much for
hauling It." The meaning of this !a that
the railroad! derive their profit not from
the mining of coal, but from the transpor
tation of it The coal-producing business
which they own or control may be con
ducted at a nominal profit, if any, and the
railroads receive a high rate for moving
the output to market The Independent
coal producer muat get hia profit, If any
on the coal Itself, and he is, therefore, at
a disadvantage in competition with the
coal companies, owned and controlled by
the railroads, who produce coal without
profit and pay the railroada high ratea
for Ita transportation.
ine allegation la worth ex--lining. Of
the aeveral coal railroada named as de-
fi&danta la the government's action to en
force the commodities clause of the Hep
burn act, not more than three furnish sta
tistics sufficiently full to show the rela
tion of the rate on coal to that pn other
Tomorrow will be Furniture nrKaln Day at Our Store. We have gathered tosetner hundreds of pieces of furniture of this i sprln s style
which we will discontinue do not wish to duplicate as the season for reordering Is now late. They have been our best sellers, the quantity ot
each pattern Is small some of thee are odd pieces others full sots, and many of which we have only two or three of a pattern.
This stock consist? of Odd Dressers, Mahogany, Curtey Birch. BirdVKye Maple and GoUlcn nk. Odd Ww. Arm Chairs. Iron Hods.
Martin Beds, Brass Beds. Parlor Tables, Sideboards, Buffets in their different finishes, such as Karly r.njrllsh, tJoblen Oak. framed Oak. Dlnlns;
tables and chairs In all woods and their various finishes. Indeed there Is a most attractive assortment, and the prices at which these fine pieces
of furniture are offered for tomorrow will be still more attractive. We herewith quote some of the furniture on sale and show the reduction In prlco
id.
$75.00 Brass Bed, full aze
Sale price $oU.UU
$67.50 Brass Bed, full slze
Sale price $49.00
$45.00 Brass Bed, full size
Sale price $32.00
$20.00 Brass Bed, full size
Sale price $15.00
$19.00 White Iron Bed, full size
Sale price $13.25
$20.00 White-Iron Bed. full size
Sale price $13.50
$16.50 White Iron Bed, full size
v Sale price $11.00
$15.00 White Iron Bed, full size
Sale price $10.50
$12.50 White Iron Bed, full size
Sale price $8.50
$13.60 Vernls Martin Bed, full size
Sale price $9.50
$27.00 Vernls Martin Bed, full size
Sale price $18.50
$22.50 Vernls Martin Bed, full size
Sale price $15.00
$25.00 White Iron Bed, three-quarter size
Sale price $17.00
$20.00 White Iron Bed, three-quarter size
Ssfte price $13.50
$12.50 White Iron Bed, single size
Sale price $8.50
$18.00 White Iron Bed, single size
Sale price $11.50
$21.00 Natural Mahogany Somnoe
Sale price $15.00
$16.50 Natural Mahogany Somnoe
Sale price $11.00
$28.00 Washstand, natural Mahogany
Sale price $19.50
$12.25 Mahogany Washstand
Sale price $9.00
$33.60 Maple Cheval Mirror,
Sale price $22.50
$62.00 Natural Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price $42.00
$44.00 Natural Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price $30.00
$44.00 Mahogany Rocker, sale price $29.00
$21.00 Mahogany Rocker, sale price $15.00
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$43.00 Curley Birch Chiffonier
Sale price $27.00
$30.00 Tuna Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price $20.00
$35.00 Golden Oak Chiffonier
Sale price $25.00
$37.75 Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price- $26.00
$45.00 Gent's Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price $32.00
$110.00 Gents' Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price $70 00
$72.00 Gent's Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price $49.00
$71.00 Gent's Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price $47.00
$76.00 Gent's Mahogany Chiffonier
Sale price '55.00
$29.00 Bird's-eye Maple Dresser v
Sale prlco $19.50,
$25.50 Bird's-eye Maple Dresser
Sale price $16.75
$46.00 Curley Birch Dresser
Sale price $30.00
$32.60 Natural Mahogany Dresser
Sale price $21.00
$70.00 Mahogany Dresser, sale price $45.00
$32.50 Mahogany Dresser, sale price 22.50
$26.00 Mahogany Dresser, sale price $18.00
$21.00 Quartered Golden Oak Dresser
Sale price $15.00
$27.60 Quartered Golden Oak Dresser
Sale price $18.75
$40.00 Quartered Golden Oak Dresser
Sale price $27.00
$16.00 Golden Oak Dresser
Sale price $12.00
$tl.25 Golden Oak Dresser
Sale price $8.75
$56.00 Fumed Oak China Cabinet
Sale price $38.00
$78.00 Early English Buffet
Sale price $55.00
$S0.00 Fumed Oak Buffet,
Sale prlfce $55.00
$56.00 Fumed Oak Buffet
Sale price $35.00
$46.00 China Cabinet, sale price. . .828.00
$32.00 Early English, sale price. . .$22.00
$31.50 Extension Table, 50 in., 8-ft. Fumed
Oak, sale price .1 $23.50
$58.00 Extension Table, 64 in., 8-ft.. Early
- Kngllsh, sale price $39.50
$4 0.00 Combination Buffet, Golden Oak
Sale price $28.00
$31.00 Golden Oak Sideboard
sale price $21.00
$64.50 Sideboard, Golden Oak
Sale price $39.75
$43.75 Golden Oak Sideboard
Sale price ..-$28.00
$41.00 Golden Oak Buffets
Sale price $28.75
$42.00 Golden Oak Buffet
Sale price $28.75
$39.00 Golden Oak China Cabinet
Sale price $26.00
$90.00 Mahogany Buffet, sale price $55.00
$50.00 Mahogany China Cabinet
Sale price $32.50
$105.00 Leather Bed Davenport
Sale price $70.00
$50.00 Golden Oak Bed Davenport
Sale price $32.75
$63.00 Mahogany Bed Davenport
Sale price $42.00
$50.00 Golden Oak Davenport
Sale price $33.00
$90.00 Mahogany Davenport
Sale price $55.00-
$23.60 Mahogany Divan, sale price $14.50
$45.00 Mahogany Arm Chair
Sale price $31.00
$25.00 Arm Chair sale priced. . .$18.00
$18.00 Mahogany Reception Chair
Sale price $13.50
$26.00 Mahogany Rocker, sale price $15.00
$17.00 Mahogany Rocker, sale price $11.75
$20.00 Solid Mahogany Stand
Sale price $10.75
$42.00 Mahogany Library Table
Sale price $29.00
$37.50 Mahogany Library Tabba
Sale price $28.00
$38.00 Mahogany Library Table
Sale price $27.00
$15.00 Mahogany Parlor Table
Sale price $10.50
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freight The Central of New Jeraey Rail
road does not separata earnings; neither
does the Pennsylvania. The Erie separates
coal traffic earnings from other freight
earnings, and also shows the tonnage of
coal and freight, respectively, but not ths
ton mi lea. The same is true of the Dela-
id u.u Hudson. It Is poaslbla on!;' is
the case ot the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, the Lehigh Valley, and the
Reading to obtain a fair comparison of ths
with that received in the average for other
freight. The comparisons are:
Coal Other
freight. freight.
Del., Lark. A Weat 673 cent. .6 cent.
Lehigh Valley 747 c-nt. .54 cent.
Reading : 6t cent. .1639 cent.
Thus, the average rate obtained for haul
in; riu ton of coal one mile Is nearly Zl
per cent, higher la the case of Lackawanna
and nearly 17 per cent, higher in the case
of Lehigh Valley than the average rate
average rate per ton mils reoeived on coal J obtained per ton per mile on all other
freight. Including merchandise, etc., bear
ing In theory a much higher transportation
rate than coal. In the case of the Reading
the average rate per ton mile on coal is
lower than upon other freight, but it will
be noticed, too, that its average ton mile
rate on coal alone la lower than In the
case of either the Lackawanna or the Le
high Valley. This is due iu pait lo the
fact that about 42 per cent, of ths Read
ing's coal tonnage consists of bituminous
coal, which bears a lower rate than an
thracite, whereas the Iackawanna and the
Lehigh Valley are essentially anthracite
roads. Also tike Reading'! average ton
mile rate pn general freight, compared
with the othera, ii remarkably nigh. New
York PoaL
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