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VOL. XXXVIII NO. 207.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1000 TWELVE PAGES.
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TOBACCO AND
LIQUOR FIGHT'
zitufed siuQHi.ii of s.prt of!
Committee on Temperance by
Presbyterian Assembly.
LAW TOR LAI. ) CLERGY
Final Decision ths er Class
Should Use ti '' ,
WOULD BAR LIQUOR . tATLS
Preiident Taft and Empe . " t iam
Commended a Teetotrs.
GRANTING OF SALOON LICENSES
It fa Derided that l In Not Contrary
to Principles of Ibarra for Pres
byterian Jnngea to Do
Their Daly.
' V.W. Colo.. May 27. Clergymen ml
z: ... ihouM not im tobacco, but ll Is
not contrary to the principles f the church
for Presbyterian Judges to grant saloon
license. This was decided by the funeral
assembly of the- Presbyterian church to
doy. The assembly thus expressed itself n
approving the report of the temperance
rommifee afier a long discission. The
report commended President Taft. Em
Dei. n William and Former President Kliot
of Harvard for being teetotalers, and uived
the ministers of the church to petition con
Ki.f to slop Interstate shipment or
liquor, to discontinue the Issuance of In
ternal revenue receipts In prohibition terri
tory and to prohibit the use of the malls
for the distribution of liquor or advertise
ments of liquor.
Rev. Ellsworth Rich of Watsonvlle. Cai.,
Introduced a resolution that ministers
should not use tobacco. A layman arose
and declared that Mr. rtich should In
clude laymen. This was done and the reso
lution mas adopted amid cheering. A com
msslnner then urged the adoption of a res
olution that Presbyterian JudKea should re
fuse to grant licenses for saloons, even
though It b their duty under the law.
Several speakers at once opposed this wiih
the argument that a Jpdg should not he
criticised for his actions under the law,
but the first speaker demanded that Judges
when confronted with such a situation
resign the bench rather than arrant the
license. Commissioners from Pennsylva
nia said tb . It was the lepra I duty of
their district Judge to issue such licenses
and opposed the resolution.
"God arrant that our Judges do not re
sign upon such occasion." said one com
missioner, "for It will only pave the way
fur worre ones."
The n solution was defeated.
Modern Theology.
The matter pf .'rjModcrn theplngv and
court s if study to meet eslth modern con
ditions" came up In the report of the com
mittee on theologtcal'eemlnarles. The rec
ommendation said that, while there was
a demand for advanced teaching, the doc
trines of the church are sufficient to meet
modern conditions. Instructors were crit
icised because of their alleged failure to
apply the Presbyterian doctrines to the
test advantage.
The report of the eoiamlttfe on church
erect ten was Adopted except for a resolu
tion rfcomniendimt a mutual Insurance or
ganisation for the protection of church
pi opei-iy.
The report of the committee on synodlcal
home missions hroiiKht on a discussion as
to the result of a resolution providing for
an advisory council to aid In the manage
ment or nome arm lynmic.i nurnimm
Vpon the suggestion of Dr. R. P. Fuller
ton of St Louie this was straightened out
by fie adoption of a resolution placing
the cost of such a council equally upon
the Hume Mission board, the Board of
Synodiral . Home Missions and the self
supporting synods.
Tuuleht there was a huge public gather
ing, at which Oovernor John F. Shafrolh
ge an address of welcome on behalf of
the state and Mayor 8 peer 0:1 b ehalf of
the cl ' Addresses were made by Or.
tieotge R. Kdmunson and Pr. R M. Pon
alJ.n on The Semi-Centennial of Prea
byterUnlsm In Colorado."
fteport os Trmserssf.
President Taft, Emperor William and
President Eliot of Harvard university were
placed on dry" pedestals by the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church today
when their examples of turning teetotaleis
after many years waa commended In the
approval of the report of the temperance
committee of the assembly.
The temperance report advocates far
reaching reform, which It Is proposed to
achieve by memorials to congress. Here
are some of them:
That the receipt of revenue In anv form
from the liiiuor tratflr be discontinued.
That the federal government shall no
longer issue liquor tax receipts In pro
hibition territory.
That interstate shipments of liquor ne
discontinued. , 1
That a prohibitory sons, twenty fixe
miles in width be established around every
Indian reservation.
That the mails be closed to the advertis
ing or distribution of liquor.
The report was read and commented on
by It. l.uiher A. Ostrander. P. P.. of New
York
Newspapers which carry liquor advertis
ing fell under the ban of the assembly, it
lln recommended that such papers be
tmt patronised.
FlgtBit ftoelal Glaaa.
'Social drinking" also received a setback
when It was urged that the women's socie- 1
ties of the. church make war on thla evil
and fight tha use of liquor In women
cliU'S and In ths horns.
The last Sunday In October was set aside
as "temperance day."
A hot debate resumed In the first part of
the aesslen when tha matter of reducing
representation to tha assembly was taken
up from yesterday. A number of amend
ments to ths pln offered by Pr. 8. J.
Mrhols of St. Louis were offered, but all
brought a atorm of protest. A. X. Toung
f Abilene. Tex. demanded to know If
the old ftght of the north agalnat tha
aouth was to be renewed by plscing the
balance of powar In the north, and for a
Umt an oratorical Presbyterian war of the
rebellion seemed Imminent.
Trouble was averted when Pr. Fuilerton,
the former moderator, proposed that each
member with plan submit the same to
the polity committee, to be threshed out,
At thi plan Waa adopted and further de
feat vei4-
Loses Left Foot
Trying to Prevent
Suicide of Youth
Deputy Sheriff Condit of Fremont
Badly Injured and Insane Fa
tient May Die.
FREMONT, Neb.. May 27. 'Special.)
Frank Kent died from the effects of the
Injuries he received this morning at 1:15
this afternoon, Deputy Sheriff Condit Is
In a fortius condition from the effects of
the shotk. He bad been In poor health
for om time and owing to loss of blood
is In a ctitUal condition and It will be
some time before he recovers.
FREMONT, Neb. May r.-(Speela! Tel
egram. I 'spin y Sheriff W. C. Condit had
his left foot cut off at the ankle by a
train at the I'nlon depot this morning
t.i!e trying to save the life of Frank
Kent, a young man temporarily Insane,
who was being taken to Lincoln for tret-
1 merit. Kent also bad a leg taken off and
jsustairifd other Injuries which will prob
ably ptove fatal.
Condit and Kent were standing on the
platform waiting for the Lincoln train,
which wss Just pulling In. Just as the
engine was directly In front of them Kent
suddenly darted across the three tracks
and tried to throw himself headlong In
front of It. Condit rushed after him md.
catching him by the coat, pulled him back.
Kent, though weak from the effects of
typhoid fver. fought vigorously with his
rescuer. Both fell at the front end of the
baggage car, one wheel of which ran over
Condll's left leg. completely severing It
Just above the ankle. Kent's leg was
caught further up and he also sustained
rerlous Internal Injuries.
Poth were taken to the hospital. The
affair was seen by a numfter of persons
at the station, but It happened so suddenly
that before they could run across the
tracks the men were under the wheels.
Kent Is a son of John Kent of this city
and Is 19 years of age. He had Just had a
severe attack of typhoid fever, which waa
the probable case of his being mentally
unbalanced.
Lovely Widow
Guesses Wrong,
Gets Stung
Son of a Prominent Chicago Man
Wedi Fellow Traveler and ia
Arrested.
HONOLULU. May S7.-R. M. Paker, who
Was arrested here fast Monday on a charge
of bigamy on cabled Instructions from the
United States marshal at Chicago, con
fessed his gtillt today. His latest wife,
however, whom he married here on May
11, and whose name at the time wti Mrs.
Kva R. Wallace, remains steadfast, de
claring that her faith In Raker la unshaken
by his irrwiJ'- - -
A romance of the tropical seas underlies
this second marrlag of Baker, who U
believed to be the son of Charles W.
Baker, secretary of the Chicago Live Stock
exchange. Baker arrived In Honolulu from
San Francisco about May 1. on the steam
ship Alameda- One of his fellow travelers
on the Alameda wss Mrs. Wallace, a San
Francisco woman enroure to Honolulu to
marry Charles Howard, a former San
Franciscan, resident In the Hawaiian cap
ital. When the ship arrived at Honolulu
Mrs. Wallace had transferred her affec
tions to Raker, who. It Is charged, has
another wife and a child In Chicago.
Joseph Storrs
Back in Shackles
Unfaithful Administrator Admits
Stealing Money, of Horn Estate
and Expects to Suffer.
LINCOLN. Nob., May r. With hand
cuffs on his wrists and his ankles shack
led, oJsepaH. Storrs, known In Lincoln as
J. H. McCarthy, was brought to Lincoln
tonight by a Lincoln deputy from Seattle,
where he was captured a week ago. Tomor
row Storrs win be arraigned on the charge
of embcssllng sum approximated at flu.
WO of the Helen Horn estate, of which he
was administrator. ' Storrs on his arrival
admitted taking the money and said he
expected to be punished. He said he had
spent most of the cash he had collected.
His capture followed a chase of weeks
through mure than a dosen states. Accom
panying him from Beait:e was Miss Effle
Molinc, a former Lincoln waitress, through
whom Storrs was traced.
j Royal Arcaansa Knda Seaalost.
I 81. LOl'IS. Mo.. May 7.-The surreme
council of the Royal Arcanum ended It
3i.'nd annua! second here today. Montreal
j twin- selected for, the next meeting in
! May. lKlii.- Cloves H. Rowen. Paw tucket.
It. I., was elected supreme regent.
Msae. Fans 1st Tarla.
PARIS. -May 27. Madame Emma Fames,
the opra singer, arrived here today and
left Immediately for the sojih of France.
Help Child Saving Institute
The trustees of the Child Saving in
atitute. seeing that only four days re
main for completing the building fund,
re anxious about tha situation.
A little more than 000 must be se
cured within the next four days In order
to meet the conditional, subscription of
S2S.000 given by George A. Joslyn.
A few of the larger contributors to all
such enterprises have not been heard
from, but the trustees are convinced
that the only way to accomplish the
desired result Is to reach in some way
a very large number of $1 subscrip
tions. Hundreds of people la this city
are in a position to donate aa much as
IL Some of them could give more.
Many of these are employed In offices,
stores and factories and have not been
seen by the committee, personally, and
cannot be reached m this way.
The decision has therefor been made
to appeal through th press for II sub
scriptions and to request all those
who can go on that list and contribute
DOUBLE CRISIS
IN BIG STRIKE
Twelve Trains Carrying United States
Mail Over Georgia Railroad
Will Be Started Today.
FEARS OF NEW COMPLICATIONS
Hope that Trains Will Be Harbingers
of Peace.
ULTIMATUM TO THE RAILROAD
Must Decide by Noon Whether Arbi
tration Will Be Accepted.
ELEVENTH DAY OF STRIKE
Mmnr Towns Hare Organised M aaroa
Trains to Tarry Food "applies
from Folate nn Other
Railroads.
ATLANTA, Ga.. May 71. A double crisis
will be reached tomorrow (n the Georgia
railroad strike. First will be the starting
of twelve trains carrying mall only through
a community quivering with Intense Inter
est as to whether white or black firemen
will feed the engines, and as to what In
ferences are to he drawn from the make
up of the crews, regardless of whether
they are white or black. Hope that the
hall trains will be harbingers of peace pre
vails, but feara of complications are not
concealed.
The second crisis Is the fate of arbitra
tion. By noon tomorrow It may be known.
No official announcements have been made,
but the assertion that United States Com
missioner of Labor Nelll has notified Mr.
Scott of the railroad that he must make
final decision, whether he will accept
arbitration has been made.
Tomorrow for the first time a complete
conference on arbitration will be possible.
The Georgia Joint Terminal company con
trols the tracks on which the Georgia
railroad enters Atlanta and the switchmen
Insist that any agreement to arbitrate
must Include the Terminal company. Three
directors control this company and up to
today there has not been a majority of
them present In Atlanta to act In con
currence with the Georgia railroad. To
morrow, however. George E. Evans, fourth
vice president and general manager of the
Louisville A Nashville, will arrive here
from Nashville and plans have been mad
to call him Into conference with General
Manager Scott of the Georgia railroad,
who Is also a director of the terminal com
Pny. The determination to run the mall trains
has reduced the problem of settlement to
two Issues:
First, In what manner the negro shall
be allowed to work and second, the Inter
ference with Interstate commerce and Its
possible result In federal Intervention.
This was the eleventh day of the strike,
on the Georgia railway a"4 the fifth day
f no train service." A town-to-town can
vass by automobiles In thla Isolated dis
trict today showed that the various com
munities affected were now better prepared
for a long continued tleup than at any
other time since the strike began. With
two exceptions every town on the Georgia
railroad between Augusta and Atlanta is
completely deprived of freight, passenger
and mail service by mail. As this situation
has become acute the people have organ
ized wagon trains to carry supplies from
the nearest point of railway connection,
which is never more than fifty miles dis
tant and usually considerably less. These
wagon trains are carrying such quantities
of food as to prevent the possibility of
suffering and their efficiency has Increased
with practice.
The most serious Inconvenience today is
from lack of mall service. Only in a few
of the towns are malls being delivered and !
this without any regularity.
The race question today stood squarely
blocking the progress of negotiations for
arbitration. General Manager Scott brought
thla proposition to the front, it la said, by
declaring that before he would consent to'
arbitration there should be some sentiment
that the negro firemen who have worked
for the road for years and who have held
the respect of their officers and fellow
firemen, both black and white, would not
be forced to leave the railroad. The fire
men were reported to be willing to make
concessions In favor of the negroes pro
vided they could obtain an arrangement
by which negro firemen would not stand
In the way of young white men wishing to
work up to the position of engineers, a
rank never attained on the Georgia rail
road by negroes.
trlbera Will Move Malls.
WASHINGTON. May 27.-8econd Assist
ant Postmaster General Stewart today re
ceived Important telegraphic advices re
garding the strike situation on the Georgia
railroad.
The most important dispatch war. that
from Vice President Ball of the Brother
hood of Locomotive, Firemen, who Is eon
ducting the strike.
"It Is currently reported." he telegraphed,
"that an effort is being made to charge the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Englnemen with responsibility for Interfer
ence with the United Statea malls on the
Georgia railroad. So far from this beln
(.Continued on Second i'-..;
that amount or more, to 'phone, or take
the same to th building committee
headquarters at the Board of Trad
building, room MK, with th Nebraska
Savings and Loan association. 'Phone
Pouglas 2051.
Interested people living In other Ne
braska citle forwarded all subscrip
tions but one received Thursday for
the building fund, only II being sub
scribed in Omaha, and that by children.
The fund Is In th following condition:
Previously acknowledged STLUM IJ
Josephine G. Kitchen M Ml
J. W. Ruhga, Weeping Water,
Neb 19 00
Mrs. Maria Williams. Bell wood,
Nb s.00
Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Sun
day school. Fort Calhoun, Neb. i 10
J. H. Rolfs. Elkhorn. Neb t 04
A Friend. Blair. Neb 1 m
Children money j ga
Total
Ralanoe to raise. t2.41S.6g.
Limit of time, June 1.
n.iM 3J
Mrs. Henpeck, to Mr. Henpeck
lucky to have such an economical
From the Spokesman-Review.
TRIAL OF GREER NEAR END
Jury Will Get Case Some Time
Today.
BOY ON STAND FOR THE DEFENSE
Lilly Breese's Half Brother. Aaed lx
Years. Telia eif Reins; In Rnra
Wtaesi Lowrry Came Greek
Takes Stand.
jTh Jo rr will get : the MnatrreH- eaae
some time this afternoon. tPhe defense
rested st 4 o'clock yesterday and the state
announced that after half an hour of re
buttal this morning. It would be ready for
argument.
The state took but little time yesterday
morning clrslng Its case and the defens?
began with the testimony of Masauredis
himself. In the afternoon all local records
were broken ffir age of witnesses, Willy
Bell, the six-year-old half-brother of Lilly
Rreese, being called to the stand where
he gave evidence for a few minutes.
First of all J. M. McFarland of the
Greek's cojnsel asked him this question:
"Willie, do you know where bad little
boys who tell lies go?"
"Yes, they go to Jail," piped the child In
reply.
Judge Sutton then administered the oath,
the boy holding up his hand In the usual
manner. The evidence he gave was In re
sponse to a few questions as to his pres
ence in his sister's room on the two eve
nings when the Greek is known to have
been there.
Besides this Lilly Freese fared well
otherwise during the day. Pr. Elizabeth
Lyman, a woman physician, testifying in
her behalf. County Attorney English
fought against the introduction of evidence
regarding the girl's Innocence In relation
with the Greek but was overruled.
Woand shows to Jary.
English slso Interposed an objection to
the Greek's wound In his chest being shown
the Jury, but the defense won Its way In
this also.
Masauredis was the principal witness for
himself. He testified through the medium
of an Interpreter, Stephen Aberoties of tim
Burwood candy store, who was ca'led after
the state had successfully protested the
calling of either Louis Agnes or George
Samoa, two Greeks who have sat with the
defense throughout the trial.
Masauredla declared that he had been
Introduced to Lilly B-eese by a Mrs.
Kamoa. the German born wife of a Greek.
He said he had asked Mrs. Kamos to
teach him English and she had suggested
he get the girl and had to id that she
could get a clais of twenty others. 1 uUioti
was to be 14 a month.
The defendant's story agreed with prac
tically all previoua testimony about his
(Continued on Second Page.)
Why do you pay
ren.; when you can
buy a home in Om
aha with only a
small payment
down and balance
same as rent?
R?ad the Real Estate col
umn from day to day and you
will find a home offered for
sale within your means. The
Bee has fonnd homes for hun
dieds of others and can find
a home for you.
Have you read the want adi. jet
today?
Charlie, I've cleaned your last year's
wife.
May Save Sight
By Serving a
Prison Term
Iowan Who Was Going Blind Con
victed and Now State May Give
Him Treatment.
PES MOINES. May 27. (Special.) In
carceration in the state penitentiary under
an ele-en-ycar sentence may yet prove a
blessing rather tfran . .curse ta C. W.
Owen, convicted In Polk county of obtain
ing money falsely and of perjury.
For years before his conviction Owen's
eyesight was falling. At the time of his
incarceration he could hardly see ten feet
ahead of him. Now hia eyesight is about
gone. Dr. Pean of Iowa City, specialist for
the state, who visits all the penal Institu
tions, believes the eyesight of Owen can
be saved by proper treatment. Accordingly
the State Board of Parole will ask Gov
ernor B. F. Carroll to suspend Judgment In
Owen's case so that he may be removed
to Iowa City to be there treated at the
hospital under Pr. pean. It Is suggested
as hardly probable that Owen would try to
escape, as to do so would be to lose his
eyesight, while If he remained he might
be cured and thus be able to see when he
completes his term. Under the lsw the time
spent in the treatment of his eyes cannot
be counted as time spent on his term, but
It is said Owen Is willing tp forego this u
his sight may be saved.
Eighty-Six Pelts '
in Roosevelt Bag
Ex-President Accepts Invitation to a
Public Banq.net to Be Given
Him in August.
NAIROBI. British East Africa, May ST.
' Theodore Roosevelt, who is at present the
guest of Governor Jackson of Nairobi, has
accepted an Invitation to a public banquet
to he given here In his honor August i.
The results of the expedition's hunting
trips have been assembled. Mr. Roosevelt
has obtained elghty-aig specimens of game
of twenty-two different varieties, with the
exception of six specimens they are all
for the nailonal museum at Washington.
The naturalists of the party have obtained
about l.Oofl specimens of birds, mammals
and snakes.
Bask Fires In Canada.
WINNIPEG, Man., May Z? -Bush fires
are raging near Artikokan and the mine
center near Rainy Lake, close to th
United Statea boundary. The smoke
reaches Fort Francis. A buah fire la also
reported a few miles from International
Falls.
Floods Threaten the South;
Rivers and Creeks Rising
MOBILE. Ala , May n -Practically
very river and creek In lower Alabama
and Mississippi la at flood stage, resulting
in practically drowning out all lowland
crops, the destruction of many cattle and
the loss of timber lands.
Reports Indicate that the rams were
heavy in Wayne, Greene and Jackson coun
ties, Mississippi, and Monroe, Choctaw and
Washington counties, Aiabama. In many
of these counties the heavy rains wer
followed by hall storms, rasing the grow
ing crops and even damaging buildinga.
Th Mobil aV Ohio railioad has suffered
a serious Interruption of traffic. It has
been necessary to operate trains of this
road out of Mobil over th Louisville &
Nashville, owing to washout on th Mobil
at Ohio in Clark and Wayne rc unties, Mis
sissippi. MEMFHIS, Ttnn . May r -Reports from
hat so it is as good as new.
Ton are
WILL ALLOW RESORVEYS
Senator Burkett and Congressman
Kinkaid Gain a Point.
RULING MADE MORE LIBERAL
Word "Disposal" Will Be Constraed
to Apply Only to Final Patent,
Abanlately Transferrins;
the Land.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WA"SHINGTCfN, May rr.-(Special Tele
gram.) Following an effort made by Sen
ator Burkett, the general land office has
decided to have a survey made of several
townships near Lewellen. Neb., if It Is
found to be necessary. Some time ago
citizens In that locality asked Senator Bur
kett to have this survey made, because
there were disputes constantly arising over
boundarlea, as the monuments of govern
ment surveys had been obliterated. The
senator took It up with the department, and
the commissioner has Informed Senator
Burkett that as soon as funds are avail
able this survey will be made. It will
cover townships 17. is and 19 north, ranges
41 and 42 west. Deuel county, Nebraska.
Congressman Kinkaid has been sustained
by Secretary Ballinger In his contention
for a more liberal construction of an act
passed at the last session of congress pro
viding for a resurvey of public lands than
that accorded him by the department ten
days ago when passing upon his applica
tion made for a resurvey of sixty-eight
townships scattered over thirtv-four coun
ties of his district, whtrehy It was held
that of sixty-eight but eight of the town
ships would be entitled to consideration
for resurvey. Th new ruling will make
the act much more effective to promote
relief to many demands coming from home
steaders for resurveys, where original sur
veys have become obliterated.
Meaalaac of the Haling.
The former holding accorded a resurvey
to but eight of the townships named in
the application, rejecting It as to the other
sixty. A rule adopted and observed by
both congress and the Department of the
Interior Is thst before relief will be af
forded it must appear that not more than
onr-half of the area of any particular
township for which a resurvey is sought
has been disposed of by the government,
and even then the conditions of the orig
inal survey must, upon Investigation to
be made by direction of the secretary of
the Interior, be found to warrant a re
survey. In this case, the two holdings
turned upon the construction given to
the word "disposal," the subordinate offi
cer having held that where the homestead
filing has been made for a time?, however
short, the government had disposed of the
land, and hence relief by resurvey would
not be given under the new act. Th sec
retary now construes "disposal" to mean
(Continued on Second Page.)
th surrounding country brings advices of
devastation done by recent rain and wind
storms. Mississippi and Arkansas seem to
have suffered most. The Arkansas river
is out of Its bank, and flood warnings have
been sent out that other rivers will rise
above the dai.ger point. In both states
th crop arc Said to have been almost to
tally destroyed while many towns are
under water and families have been driven
to the roofs of their homes and th only
means of transit is by boat.
Great damage has been done to th rail
roads, and in several places trains are
unable to move, while th telephone and
telegraph wires ar down in many locali
ties. Yesterday a tornado passed over th
northern portion of Mississippi, wrecking
many houses. Aa yet no deaths bav bn
reported.
INCOME TAX
GOES OVER
Senate, by Decisive Vote, Postpones
Further Consideration of it
Until June 10.
VOTE ON SUGAR AMENDMENTS
Propositions to Strike Out Dutch
Standard to Lower Duty Lost.
BROWN AND BURKETT DIVIDE
Former Votes with Democrats on the
Standard Amendment
BEET VERSUS CANE SUGAR
Attltade of Northern and Snnthern
Senators Indicate Flrat Di
vision Amnan Thee
Interest.
WASHINGTON. May 27 -By th decisive
vote of SO to 33 the senate decided today to
poatpone until June 10 the further consid
eration of the Income tax question In con
nection with the tariff.
Consideration of the sugar schedule was
continued, but after two amendments to It
were voted on the senate switched off to
a discussion of the possibility of getting a
vote on the Bailey Income tax amendment.
Mr. Bailey presented his argument for a
vote In his usual forcible manner, but did
not succeed In prevailing on Senator AN
drlch to concede a vote In advance of the
tariff schedule. Mr. Aldrich declared that
he would not agree to a vote on the In
come tax In advance of the schedules a
long as he was In charge of th hill.
The two amendments to the sugar sched
ule on which votes were taken were those
eliminating the Dutch standard test from
the tariff schedule and lowering the duty
on refined sugar from I S centa per pound
to 1.R2H cents per pound. Both were de
feated, the former by a vote of K to 47 and
the latter by a .vote of 32 to S3. On the first
vole eleven republicans voted with the
democrats for the amendment, but on the
second only five republicans broke ranks.
Knarar Interests Divide.
It was considered somewhat significant
that the two Louisiana senators, Foster
and McEnery, the only senators represent
ing a cane sugar producing vste. should
have been the only democrats to vote with
the republicans on the standard providing
and this was made the more significant be
cause of the fact that toda for the first
time the possibility of sharp conflict be
tween the cane sugar and beet sugar In
terests was Indicated.
Mr. Cummins made this the text of a
somewhat lengthy and Interesting speech.
The cane sugar men did not. however,
make response to this. In the main the
arugment advocated the striking out of
the duties standard test and the pro
vision In the sugar schedulueu for a dif
ferential on refined sugar. This action
be thought would rest t sin th profits of
the ( sugar trust and thua cause that n
stltutlon to lose Its domination lit the sugar
trade, while on the other hand the beet
sugar makers would be benefited.
Declaring he did not take Issue with th
Louisiana senators who had voiced the
sentiments of their constituents In favor
of protection for their sugar interest.
Senator Owen made a plea for liberality
among partisans toward those who did
not agree with them. From legal opinion
he undertook to show that revenue duties
contained an Incidental element of pro
tection and he Justified aenators In wish
ing to see such Incidental protection made
a benefit to all sections of the country.
At the conclusion of Mr. Owens' remarks
a vote was called for on the amendment
of Mr. Prlstow to eliminate the Dutch
standard lr the testing of sugar, but the
author of the amenndmrnt again took the
floor and replied to a number of senatora
who had defended the Dutch standard.
After a few remarks by him ,he roll was
ordered on the amendment and It was
defeated. Senators Beverldge, Brown,
Brtstow, Crawford, Cummins, Polllver,
Clapp. Jones, La Follette and Nelson, re
publican, voted with the democrats in the
affirmative. Senator Burkett noted no.
There was great confusion during the
call of the roll. A second amendment by
Mr. Prlstow, changing the differential rate
of duty on sugar, was then reported.
The amendment was defeated by a vote
of to S3, the present rate of l.W on re
fintd sugur being retained.
Income Tax Causes ftllr.
Mr. Bailey Immediately seized upon this
opportunity to offer his income tax amend
ment and it was read, much to the amuse
ment of the senate, for It was realised
that the republican leaders had no In
tention of permitting a vote at thla time.
While the reading of the amendment was
proceed!. -g there were many hurried Con
ferences on the flor. Mr. Cummlna, au
thor of an Income tax amendment, talked
with Senators Borah, Dixon, Bevaridge
and other supporters of his plan. Mr. Hale
conversed with Mr. Bailey and learoad that
tiie latter Intended to demand that a vote
be taken now or that a Urn be fixed for
the taking of a vote.
Mr. Aldrlch moved that consideration of
the Bailey amendment be postponed until
June 10. This motion provoked Mr. Bailey
to take the floor.
The senator from Rhode Island. Mr.
Bailey said, had at times shown some Im
patience for a vote on his tariff bill and
yet, he added, he was not willing to vote
on the most Important amendment that
would be offered to the bill. Th orderly
manner of considering this measure, said
Mr. Bailey, would be to first dispose of
this amendment because the adoption of
an Income tax would permit cutting down
the amount to b raised from custom
duties by M).0O0.ou0, whl'-h might be raised
upon Inromes.
Stating that he hoped everyone favoring
an income tax would go on record on thit
policy. Mr. Cummin declsred his Intention
to vote for the Bailey amendment. H?
had no fear that even with the Income tax
there would be too much revenue.
Mr. Aldrlch declined to entertain any
proposition for an arrangement to vote in
any particular way upon the Income tax
amendment. He agreed to a suggestion by
Mr. Cummins that the Income tag amend
ments should be disposed of Immediately
upon the disposition of the tariff schedules.
He further explained that he had no dis
position to prevent consideration of such
amendments.
Mr. Bailey, fearing that under this argu
ment he could not get a direct vote on
hia amendment declined b aocat it An
extended diacusAioA foUuw4 Koncarnln