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"OOODTXAj BAxircoATS BEiov rmni it m oooDnu bttom." t . f 1
Women's Suits and Topcoats
ON SALE
AT . LESS TH AN' COST!
We have a limited number of beautifully tailored auits, odd elien, broken lota and some of which we.
discontinued because of the tnllla being unable to duplicate the cloth, which hare accumulated during
the season's business and which we Intend to dispose of. To Insure quick selling, we have marked- all of
these at less than cost price. And just before the holidays, when prices naturally are high, we place on sale
FOR TOMORROW ONLY
$25.00 and $30.00 Women's Fashionable
Suits and Topcoats, in a big variety of
shades and makes, at.
475
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Some Things You Want to Know
; The American Congress Noted Speakership Fights.
.When no one political party control a
majority of th votes In the house of rep
resentative th matter of electing a
ppcaktr bccomei a vital question' of na
tional moment Of course, no such condi
tion Is possible when there aro but two
parties,' as Is usually the case, both claim
ing and . receiving the loyal support of
every : subscriber to their respective polit
ical creeds. In such cases the question of
who ill ,be speaker Is . deoided In the
caucus of 'the .majority party, and the
minority caucus selects Its leader and of
fers blin for the empty hdnpr of the minor
ity candidate for the speakership, livery
speaker . since . the beginning of the civil
war has been named In caucus, and there
has been no spectacular fight for the chair
In the house Itself. The party caucuses ,
have been the scene of some pitched bat
- ties and they often: have been preceded by
a season of wire pulling, 'patronage prom
ising and political chicanery. Usually,
however,' the majority has chosen ' the
"logical" candidate for speaker, although
notable exceptions are . the ' preference
given In 1W1 to Charles P. Crisp over Roger
Q. Mills and In lfe to David B. Hender
son over Joseph. Q. Cannon. Mr. Cannon
has been four times elected speaker, equal
ing the highest record for successive elec
tions to that office, held by Andrew Stev
enson of Virginia. At eaoh of these four
election Mr. Ca.mon has been the "log-
leal" choice of the majority of the majority
party. ''' ' . . , ,
But when there are three parties in the
house, or when any party cannot control
Its own mtrourb and disintegrates,' and
when ' this derangement of bl-party lines
goes to the extent' that no one faction has
an akso)ute majority, than the house Itself '
must select Its speaker. For the first
time In many year there Is a prospect of
such a situation in the house. The "Insur
gent" or anti-Cannon republicans and the
tlixgerald fiction of the democrats, hold
the balance of power between the two
parties In this oongrena. The regular dem
ocrat must depend for every atom of hope
upon i the "insurgent" republicans, the
Cannon or regular republicans must.de
pend .for their control of the house upon
the continued support of the twenty- three
democrats who follow the leadership of
Hi preservative Fitzgerald. Representatives
for the Sixty-second . congress will be
uioben at the polls next fall and it Is
within' the realm 'of probability .that the
utxt house will have neither a 1 straight
republican nor a regular democratlo major
It. .In that event, the successor to,
Speaker Cannon will be chosen In au open
fight In the house.
Th Thlrty.flrst congress met-on De
cember 1, IMS, the slavery question had
begun ''to destroy party lines by forming
geographical groups. The whlgs. were In
the majority, but the party dlsulpllne was
lax, the southerners being defiant and the
northerners' nut inclined to yield their views
even for the sake of organising the house.
Robert C. : Wlnthrop of; Massachusetts,
speaker In the preceding congress, was the
regular whig nominee. Howell Cobb', of
Georgia was v the democratic, candidate.
Thirteen "free soil" Whigs held the balance
of power: Under the leadership of Joshua
Olddlnga eight of these refused to support
Wlnthrop because ha had Ignored the anti
slavery sentiment Jn appointing the Com
mittees tt the Thirtieth congress. They de
manded from him a pledge that he would
constitute the committees on Judiciary; ter
ritories and the District of Columbia to
suit them.' Wlnthrop declined. Another
faction of "Insurgents" Was led by Alex
ander II. Stephens and Robert Toombs
of Georgia, seeking to prevent the align
ment of the whlgs and anti-slavery parties.
On the .thirty-sixth ballot Wlnthrop de
clined to permit the further use of his
name. Th democrats, believing' Cobb
could not be elected, formed a coalition
with the free soilers to , elect. William
J. Brown of Indiana, and on the fortieth
ballot Brewn lacked but two votes of
election. But Is was exposed that Brown
had bartered the control of Important com
mittee for the free soil support, the demo
crats left him and pandemonium reigned.
The house was the scene of the wildest
disorder and there was fear of bloodshed.
After three weeks of wrangling the house
adopted a resolution providing for a plural
ity selection and on 'the sixty-third ballot
Howel Cobb was elected.
In 'the next, two congresses the demo
crats had everything their own way, but
when the thirty-fourth congress met !n
December, 1S6&. . the Irrepressible conflict
had begun. The whig party was In ex
tremis, th democrat were torn to piece,
and there wo an almost complete oblitera.
tlon of party lines. There were northern
whigs and northern democrat, southern
democrats and southern whlgs,' free so lera,
know-nothings and a few republican the
first of that mighty organisation which has
had practically entire control of the repub
lic for the last fifty years. The anti
Nebraska men.'.oomposed pf free solurs,
republicans, know-nothings Jnd antl-ad-
rolnlbtratlen democi-tt. had a safe plu
rality over the administration democrat,
but a. third section made up of whlgs and
southern know-nothings, held the balance
of power. , On the first ballot five candi
dates appeared: .William A.' Richardson
of Illinois, democrat, 74 votes; Lewis D.
Campbell of Ohio, anti-Nebraska, 53; Hum
phrey Marshall of Kentucky, democrat and
know-nothing,' 30; Nathaniel P. Banks of
Massachusetts, anti-Nebraska, 21; Henry
Fuller of Pennsylvania, national know
nothing, 17; and twenty-nine scattering
vote. The "immortal evnty-feur pf the
administration minority wa loyal to Rich
ardson, but th majority was unable to
agree .upon a candidate. , For two month
the house wa deadlocked. " Men slept In
the chamber, the- sectional strife began to
show it ugly featuie and the whole coun
try was In an uproar. Finally the demo
crat, In th belief that the southern whlgs
and American would' rally to their sup
port' or Aiken of South Carolina, parsed a
resolution providing, for a plurality " elec
tion. - The slip recurred betwixt cui and
.lip and on the 132d ballot Banks received
103 votes, Aiken 100, with 11 scattering.
Precedent required that a plurality elec
tion be ratified by 'resolution. The clerk
of the house, John W. Forney, feared that
another vote, such as would have to be
taken on the resolution, would defeat the
question, so he resolved upon th heroto ac
tion of declaring "Banks elected. . Governor
Aiken Immediately acquiesced and escorted
Mr.- Banks to the chair.' Thus ended the
two-month struggle. It chief result was
not the election of Bank, but the actual
organisation of the , republican party.
In the Tiext1congrea the democrat again
had a clear majority and elected James L.
Orr speaker without difficulty by a vote
of 12S to 84 cast for Calus'i A. Grow, re
publican. But It was but a temporary
truce and when the thirty-sixth, congrees
met on December 6, 1S59, the clouds of the
great storm of civil war were hanging low.
For the first time a new congress met In
the hall of the house of representatives
now In use. The membership was com
posed of 10$ republicans, 88 administration
democrats, 23 southern Americans and t
northern Americans. No party had a ma
jority. The republicans did not agree upon
.a candidate at first and on the Initial bal
lot the votes were divided among slxteeri
candidates.
Grow and John Sherman were the leading
republican candidates,, but Grow withdrew
after the first ballot and the republicans
rallied to the support of Sherman. Then
cume the reading In the house of the en
dorsement of the boot by Hlnton Rowan
Helper, 'The Impend ng Crisis In the
South How to Meet It." Both Sherman's
and Grow' name were signed to the doc- '
.jiment. Sherman explained that hi wa
placed there only by proxy, but hi ex
planation could not win him the necessary
number of votes from the American con
tingent to bring about hi election.. The
contest was the most bitter ever waged.
Members of congress were armed with
pistols and bowlc knives and everybody
feared that any moment might see the new
hall disgraced by a pitched battle. Only
With the greatest difficulty was even the
Semblance of peace maintained.
Violent threat were made In almost
every speech and all hope of a compromise
and a plurality election was destroyed by
a combination which agreed to prevent
; such a change In the ruls. Finally the
republican brought forwaid William Pennington-a
former governor of 'New Jersey,"
who had Just been elected to the house and
" who bad no record to make him enemies.
He gained a few rote and Brlggs of New
. York promised that when one vote Would
assure his. election he -would oast it On
tho forty-third ballot, on January ' 11,
Henry Winter Davis, a southern American
from Maryland, cast hi vote for Penning
ton. The clerk called Davis' name three
. time and he did not reply. He wa walk
' Ing to and fro at the back of the chamber
jwtih hi hands behind him. After the roll
was completed he asked fh clerk to call
'his nam and. he voted for Pennington.
That gave the New Jersey man 116 votes,
' only one less than a majority. On th
next ' day, February 1, 1860, , Brlggs' vote
elected Pennington by one majority. But
It was Henry -' Winter Davia, who made
history by deserting his political com
panion and making the election of a
speaker possible. Despite the handicap of
'. Ignorance of parliamentary forms, Speaker
Pennington was an impartial presiding of
ficer. He was In the speaker's chair at the
time of tho secession of the southern
states,' at the most critical period of the
'national, history, yet he was the last of
'the speakers of the house of representa
tives who refused to 'use the power of his
office for either personal or political pur
pose. Since the election of Pennington there
has been no contest for speaker In the
house, the, party candidate of the majority
having been elected on the first ballot at
' the. beginning of every congress from tke
Thirty-seventh to the Sixty-first If the
Sixty-second shah witness the continua
tion of the factions , now quarreling at
Washington there may be 'something, new
to tell about electing speakers.
. rxo j. xaixxw.'
Tomorrew The American OeagTee Tn
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only about one-half the quantity used by inferior styles.
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Saturday Only
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25a Inverted Mantles, at 15c ; two for 25c
10c Inverted Mantles, at: .... three for 25c
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Wfclsbach Upright Mantles, 4 for 25c . 25c Welsbach Upright Mantles. 20c
15c. Welsbach Upright Mantles. .10c 30s Welsbach Upright Mantles, ,25c
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We have too many odd Im, 1o rllconttnael Hops which Vro Intend to soil ont
at once. Thee odd li- accumulate to anch n extent during the course of a seaaon"
huilnPM that we ere glad to aell them at le than cost to make room for new lota,
nence this Mle. We have these grouped into two lot and the will not last long for
they are greatest bargains of the cflon. ,
Women's $25 to $30 Coats
$14.75
Choir of a lot of handsome Bilk Waterproof
Coat and
COAT! JIT ST 1,1KB CUT.
Made In tht particular style from handsome
diagonal Waterproof Cloth In blue, brown,
array, black, creen and fsrnet. Any coat In the
- lot during; this sale $14.78, and many other
made the same style a cut, from cravenetted
material. i
Men's $25 to $30 Coats
Choice of a lot of all-wool Waterproof Garment
heavy enough for cold weather wear, also
OOATH IV tt UU CUT. .
Made from Seotchea, Black Thibet, fancy Wor.
lsteds. p!li and fancy Casntmeres, and all
stylo's of cravenetted cloths. Any coat In this
special lot worth $25 to $30, at 914.75.
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Regents Want
More Serious
Athletic Work
Dismiss Informally Plan to Have
Department Set Apart as in
Michigan "University.
To bring the Nebraska university In ath
letic to a levels with Michigan and other
universities, Is the desire of the Board of
Regent of the institution. It is the desire
of the member of the ovwrd and Chancel
lor Samuel Avery to employ a permanent
coach to take charge ot all athletics at the
university and to have charge of Ahe team
In 'the different line of the work.
The board Informally discussed the propo- '
sitlon at a meeting held la ' the city' on
Thursday,' but took no action. At this time,
they do not believe it will .be possible to
employ a coach and pay him a salary from
funds that are derived' by. taxation, but In
timated that other plan , are being dis
cussed. . Chancellor Avery said, after the
meeting clo(ed yesterday: "W 'employ a
coach for the foot , ball . team tor three
months each' year and' hi salary is much
greater '.'In proportion, to what hi yearly
salary would amount to. We wish to em
ploy an athletic coach by the year, but are
unable, at this time to say how' we will
raise the fund : to pay him. No person
has yet been named for the position."
F. U ';HalIer, who wa elected a member
of the Board of Regents, in the plaoe of
Harvey. New branch, at- the election last'
fall, attended the meeting yesterday which
wa th fit at' one that has been held sine'
hia election. Mr. Halter was appointed- a.
member of the property and Industrial edu
cation committee of which Mr. " New
branch was a member. The organisation of
th boaid goes over until January 16.
- The best, or an Improved form of audit
ing the accounts, was discussed at the
meeting and a special committee composed
of .Regent George Coupland, C. B. An
derson and F. h- Haller was appointed to
Investigate the different systems . and rec
commend, "one to the' board for adoption.
The admission tees, were reduoed about 25
per cent. This make th fee of the insti
tution about one-half rf the amount of the
fee. of the University of Wisconsin and
a number "of other universities. ; '.
It is believed that this-will tend to la-
crease the enrollment. .
Dean L...B. Bherman and Chancellor Av
ery will represent the. University of Ne
oraska at t the, 'Association of Universities,
which will .left in' ATftuison, Wis., on Jan
uary 4 and I. J - , .
Appointment made by Chancellor Avery"
since the last meeting of the board were
confirmed,' as follows: O.' H. Coons, to ex
perimental" staff a assistant In agricultural
botany; E. F, Schramm, to fellowship In
geology, 'and A. : R. Blgelow, as assistant
In th library. '-.'' k .' "
New appointments wer mad a follow
Mies Florence McQee, as assistant regis
trar, to -succeed Miss' Alice Ensign,' who
was appointed! adviser to women.
The following s the list ot those who at
tended the1 meeting: Chancellor Avery, Ke
gent C 8 Allen, W. ' O. Whltemore,
George Coupland, V, Ot. Lyford and Secre
tary J. 6. Dale. ' , ..
- -'-r Ifkf fill" f Tll"-! liimV.lVf'i - -t h.y CvmwAM -i ':
Watch; FRENZITR 15th and Dodg.
lIquor dealers indicted
Fifty Are Held 'la Kama City tot
Failare to- Fay ' Graduated 1
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KANSAS CITT, Deo.' 10. Fifty Indict
ments were returned by tho grand Jury
against wholesale liquor dealer for alleged
violation of a law' pad by- the last legis
lature, requiring wholesalers and manu
facturer of ' liquor' to: pay"" a' graduated
tax to the. state, the amount "of "the tax
depending uporr the'-amount ot liquor sold
or distilled. The liquor' men have refused
to pay this tax with th Intention of sub
mitting to Indictment end prosecution to
test the constitutionality of the law. '
Great 8al of Coat Saturday.
Th Parisian Cloak Co., -IIS So. 16th St.,
offer you th choice .of over 400 women'
new coat. Including black" and ' colored
broadcloth, tan' covert and tioVelty costs;
there 1 not one' worth lens th.an 119.50, most
ot them are regular $25.00 values, on sale
Saturday, at J10.7J. .
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At the Theaters
. Our Candy Special for
: Saturday
Oar 40c Black Walnut Taffr, 25
Per round Box.
Next' week we begin to pack our
Christmas candles. Leave your order
early so we can jive it proper atten
tion. . . '
You will find ourtcandy department
the beat place In Omaha to bur freah,
home-made candies. ' Our own manu
facture, packed In fancy boxes, aa. wejl
as Huylnr's famous New York candles
and AUegretU. chocolate cream..
i Bead wa yonr.waU orderf..
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10th and Farnaia Bi.
'The Flahtln Hepe" at the Bord.
Blanche Bate and company in "The Fight
ing Hope," a pisy of modern times, In
three acts, by V 1111am Hurlburt; under
direction of David Eeiasco. The cast:
Burton Temple, president of the Gotham
Trust roniDanv Milton SI1U
Marsnfleld Craven, Temple's confidential
adviser jonn w. -op
Robert Uranger ex-treasurer of the -
UoU.f.m irust company
Wedgwood No well
Anna, his wife Blanche Bates
Mrs, Mason, Temple's housekeeper......
Lioretta Wells
Blanche Bates faced a rather critical
audience at th Boyd last night; fo)k who
had com out In the coid to the theater
because they expected a great deal from
the star and her company. For thla rea
son, perhaps,, th curtain went down on
the first act to a rather Indifferent patter
of applause. But It went down on the second
with an audience sitting up and taking no
tice, and the curtain calls must have con
vinced the actress that she had at least
enlisted the sympathy of her listeners, If
she had not fully convlnoed them. And
that th audlenoa sat after the final curtain
while Miss Bate and Mr. Bill were being
called out to bow their thank I a good
evidence aa can be offered that she had
won.
"Th Fighting Hope" 1 so well known
In It story ' form that It seems a waste
of effort to outline the story. For fear
some may not have chaneed to read tt, a
ward or two may be permitted. Robert
Granger Is convloted of a crime in con
nection with the funds of a trust company
of which ha Is treasurer. His wife be
lieve him innocent, and so do a large
number of other, who think the real cul
prit Is Burton Temple, president Of the
I company. Mrs. Granger, undtr guisu of a
stenographer and secretary, seeks employ
ment with Temple, that she may securt
proof of her husband's Innocence. This 1
not so much because of her devotion to
him as because she worship her boys and
wants to clear their father's name for their
sake. But she finds Temple to be the
Ideal man of her girlhood dreams, and he
naturally falls In love with her. Temple
Is Indicted, and the only thing' that will
ave him I th convincing proof of Gran
ger's guJU This is round in the form of a
latter In the Teaaurer' own handwriting.
Th wife destroys this letter, and then
realise that she Is aending an Innocent
man to prison to av a guilty one. - To
make the situation stronger, Temple, sure
of clearing his name, confesses hi love
for his secretary and asks ner to become
hi wife. She then tell him all th truth.
Th case seems hopeless, but Granger turn
up a aa escaped V"uty, and seek to fore
his wlf. to accompany hlra. Sh learn
that he stol for another woman, and turn
against htm. Then he threatens to xpoM
hr and Tempi, when th prison guard
trriv In saaren ot aim, ilia wUs anablas
t
htm to escape from the house, and the
guards kill him as he run through th
grounds. This . naturally , leave th way
open for the "happy ending."
Miss Bate 1 not always convlnolng,
many times she is too plainly acting, but
this Is mainly during the lighter moments
of the play. At the end, when sh 1 called
upon for tense, earnest effort, sh meets
the situation most effectively, and with
force enough to. carry the point and yet
leave th impression , that she has not
exhausted her powers of expression.
Mr. Sills shows very well the stress under
which Burton Temple moved till his name
was cleared, and also the nobUlty of th
man who would willingly go to prison for
th wdman he love. In the closing scenes
of the play he measure up wall to Ml
Bate' lead. Mr. .Hop I finely situated a
Craven, confidential adviser to Temple,
and confirmed . and crusty old bachelor.
Mi Well doesn't quit realize the role
of Mrs. Mason, whosa stern old New Eng
land conscience wouldn't let her do some
things, and yet was Quite willing to let
her do a lot of others. It Is a much better
part, than sh makes It. , Mr. Nowell 1 so
good as Granger that on want to get up
over the footlights and kick him.
To say that the piece Is perfectly staged
and as perfectly presented merely endorses
the general verdict of tho Belasco work.
The audience was large, and evinced much
enthusiasm after once the ice had been
broken. "Ice" is her used figuratively, for
the theater was dollghtfully coxy,
"Montana" at tke Ifaar. '
"Montana," a play of th west was pre
sented at the Krug last night, for th first
of four performances. ' It Is a little better
than the typical melodrama having . the
mountain and plain for a setting and sup
posedly western character for It people.
The story la a good ons, and mingle
comedy and serious work with such liberal
skill that the audience la always kept on
the tiptoe of expectancy. Th company I
a good one, and the whole affair la enter
taining to a high degree.-' '
ERNEST L POWERS GUILTY
Member of Mabrar Ganar 1 Con" '
Tlctcd of Swindling- at .
Dtsrer. .
DENVER. Deo. 10 The Jury In th caa
of Ernest L. Powers, accused of swindling
J. C. Bowman by mean clan alleged fake
race at Council Bluff, la., tola afternoon
returned a verdict of guilty. Power, who
I a Denver University gradual, i alleged
to be a member of the Mabray group otv
alleged wlndler. ' '
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Children's Umbrellas .50c to $2.25
Women's Umbrellas .$1.00 to $22.00
Men's Umbrellas 81.00 to $18.00
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ED. F. PICKERirJG
105 G.IGth Gt.
Eighteen Year, in Thla Location.
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