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VOL. XXXIX NO. 173.
OMAHA,, MONDAY MOliNINO, JANUARY 31, 1910.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
joint Cabinet
inengland
CofiierratiTe Papers Propose Minority
Made Up of Moderates of
Both Parties.
President Taft's
Position on House
Rules Squabble
'.
Executive Thinks Revision Should Be
Deferred Until Administration
Bills Are Disposed Of.
PARIS IN SILENCE
ANDDAKKNESS
River Seine Drops Fifteen In-hcs, but
There is Littla Improvement
in Eitmtion.
CONGRESS MAKES
LlTTliEJIEADWAY
Legislation Demanded by the Presi
dent Has Made Small Progress
Toward Enactment.
TRUCE FOB TWO
'US
TWO MONTHS 0? SESSION GONE
The
Omaha
Party Questions to Be It
,
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Government in Meantu
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LTBEEAXS ARE HOT AGK
Having: Won Contest, They Propose V
Exercise It.
LESSON OF THE ELECTIONS
Indications that Hadlral Changes
la House of Lords or Govern
ment Policies Are Not
Wanted.
LONDON. Jsn. SO. With Premier 'As
quith on the continent Rnd Chancellor
Lloyd-George closely following him, the
politicians are all resting on their arms,
dlacuss'ng what lints of batt'.e will be taken
up In the nsjr Parliament. The moral
generally drawn from the elections Is that
the country floe not want rad'errr-changes
In the House of liords or In the govern
ment policies. The spirit of conciliation,
therefore. Is abroad and schemes for a
compromise are telng debated
The conservative papers propose the most
Interesting plan: That a Joint cabinet be ,
chosen from the most moderate men of j
both partlea to carry on the government j
for about two years an ,' that a truce bo j
declared on party queaUms In the mean- j
time A royal commission to Investigate
the country's fiscal policy and to make.
recommendations regarding tariff reform
Is proposed.
The newspaper scheme of coalition gov
ernment la not taken seriously by the
liberals who, having won' a victory, even
If It Is a narrow one, oljject to having their
opponents dictate the program. Lord
Roeebery's name was put forward for the
premiership In the compromise cabinet, but
Rosebory has for a long tlmo refused
office, 'and his popularity now la at a low
mark, because of his course on the budget
issues. '
. Reform of the Lords.
The reform of the House of Lords seems
to be the one thing assured.' Both partlee
support it now. The conservatives and
the lords themselves are willing to adopt
moderate changes immediately, lest re-
' forms which would knock the foundations
from the upper house be carried. The re
sult Is likely' to be the abolition of the
hereditary principle, and no longer shall
the second and succeeding generations be
given a vote except those who shall prove
their fitness to legislate, by service In
the House of Commons, In oivlt office or
in the army , or navyv 1fhe conservatives
are willing that tire lords shall be deprived
of the power to hold up taxation bill. If
the plan be adopted, whereby nothings
which could be considered new legislation
shall be Included la those bills.
The liberals want to deprive the House of
Lords of the power to veto any bill what
soever. Their favorite plan would be to
compel the lords to adopt any bill sent to
them for the third time by the House of
Commons, which, while making the House
of Commons consider rejected bills care
fully, would give that body the power to
pass any legislation, on which It had de
termined, In one session.
It is taken for granted that the House of
Lords will pass the budget, since the coun
try has decided against the lords on the
face of the election returns, but the cab
inet may be obliged to erase the whisky
taxes In order to get the" votes of the
Irish members.
Cabinet Chances Probable.
Beyond the reform of the House of Lords
and the passing of the budget. Parliament
Is not likely to get far with anything. The
Irish members probably will obtain the In
troduction of a home rule measure, but ths
conservatives will oppose that, and a num
ber of liberals are pledged against home
rule also. Several cabinet changes are
probable when the ' new government la
formed. Reginald McKanna, who has been
unpopular as first lord of, the Admiralty,
wIM likely be dropped. He may be given
a peerage. Richard Burton Haldane, sec
retary of state for war, may become head
of the navy. John Burns, president of the
local government board, will probably suc
ceed Herbert J. Gladstone as home secre
tary. Winston Bpencer Churchill will take
the plaee vacated by John Burns, and they
will each recelve$25,000 Instead of $12,500 as
salaries, both places having been recom
mended by the last Parliament, with the
provision that the occupants should not
draw the Increase during their tenure of
office.
I
BISHOP; CYRUS D. FOSS DEAD
Retired Methodist Ch arch man Dies In
Hospital at Philadelphia
of Paralysis.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. SO.-Blshop Cy
rus D. Fobs, retired of the Methodist
Eplsoopal church, one of the best known
Clergymen In the country died at i:id
o'clock last night In the Hahnemann hohpl
tal from a stroke of paralysis, which
seised him while riding In a trolley car,
January IS.
Cyrus David Foss wan born in Kingston.
N. T In 1834, and was graduated from
Weeleyan, university twenty years later.
After serving In various pattoratea the
general conference of the Me-thodlat church
In ISM elected him a bishop. From 1S80
to 1SSS Bishop Foss made his home In
Minneapolis. In lt8 he came to Phila
delphia, CUPID CARES F0R STRIKERS
Tea Ulrl Clar Makers to Be Married
and Others Will Not Tarn
Down Good Offers.
CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. SO.-Not having
wealthy society women for patrons, th
fifty girl clgarmakers who have been on
strike here for some weeks have decided
that husbands will do Just as well, or bet
ter. The strike promises to find a unique
solution through ths strikers resolving to
make homes Instead of cigars. Four of the
girls announced today that they will be
married next week and the engagement of
six others has also been made public The
VUader of the strikers Issued a manifesto
I today to the effect that "none of us un
married glrla who are slrlkln would turn
down good offers."
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 3D. Members of the
, 'dclegatlon who have undertaken to
'on any legislation especially destred
' .nt Taft today threw cold water
'position to hold a republican
V'. -1 1, t. . . .
y f inuo iiexi weeK tor tne pur
i eliminating Speaker Cannon from
'vmmlttee on rules and Increasing the
mbcrshlp of that body.
Prei Ident Taft. It In said, lias made !t
clear that he does not wish to Intrude him
self In the discussion of the houne rules
and order of business. He was quoted,
nevertheless, as having expressed tho hope
that the settlement of the dispute over thle
subject, If It was to provoke continued
hostilities, might be dftrred until import
ant administration measures had been dis
posed of by congress.
The view of the president carries great
weight, and It Is not believed that many
of the regular republicans will advocate
the holding of a caucus at this time.
Tho many-analed fight In the house of
representatives over the question of revis
ion of the rules of that body took a new
turn when Representative Champ Clark of
Missouri, the leader of the minority. Intro
duced a resold on Just before the close of
today's session providing for the election
by the house of a new rulr-s committee of
fifteen members. Sneelnl ntttrwlnn i n.
,ached to ths Clark resolution hv the f.
that Mr clarlc , a membcr of the pieB9nt
r,iiog commlttie.
Provision is made In the resolution to
revl(ie amend, simplify and codify the
present o( the h0lge and ..repo.t t
tne housn at tho farl,eBt dav practicable ..
The resolution contain. nnthln .h,,,, .,.
removal of Speaker Cannon from the com
mittee, but the last section of It provides
that the "commltteo on rules appointed by
the speaker at the last session of the Sixty-first
congress shall no longer exercise
tha power and functions of the rules com
mittee." The members of the present committee
are Speaker Cannon, Representatives Dal
sell, Smith of Iowa, Clark of Missouri and
Fitzgerald.
The resolution will go to the rules com
mittee, where the Fowler rasolutlon, intro
duced a couple of days ago, Is mow repos
ing. Whether Mr. Clark will be able to
get his resolution reported out of the com
mitter Is a question In relation to which
he, himself, declined to speculate, but his
membership on the committee Is considered
a point In favor of some action.
Mr. Clark pointed out tonight that there
were other ways in which he could bring
his resolution before the house, and said
that these methods might be employed.
Whether a majority, of the house can be
mustered to amend the rules at this time Is
a question which cannot be answered, Ths
republican Insurgents are. .expected to sup
port the Chirk resolution,- with ene or two
exceptions. ' !
FAREWELL BANQUET '
TO "JACK" BALLINGER
Newspaper ClIpptnK Rnyln He Was
to Leave Service la Plaeed In
Evidence.
WASHINGTON, Jan. SO.-The investiga
tion of charges which wrro made against
B.-tt;rday before the house committee on ex
general land office by Representative
Hitchcock (dem. Nebraska) was resumed
today before the houss committee on ex
penditures in the Interior department.
Representative Page of North Carolina
Introduced a newspaper account of a fare
well banquet given to "Jack" Balllnger,
a relative of the secretary, before he left
for the west. It Included a statement that
Young Balllnger was leaving the service
of the government for the purpose of be
ginning law practlca in Seattle with the
present Secretary Balllnger,
Commissioner Dennet of the general land
office who was being Interrogated upon the
payment of young Balllnger's traveling ex
penses from Washington to Seattle was
asked If a publication of such an account
would warrant tho allowance to an em
ploye who was about to ssver his connec
tion with the government. Mr. Dennett
replied that he knew nothing of the ban-,
quet and reiterated that he did not know
young Balllnger was to resign. He said
ho was out of the city at the time.
PROF. VAUGHN'S BODY
WILL BE EXHUMED
This Step Was Decided Fpon at a
Family Conference Saturday
Nlsht.
MONROE C1TV. Mo., Jan. 30.-Followln
a conference of relatives and friends of the
! tate Prof. J. T. Vaughn tonight, including
hla widow, it was announced by J. H.
Whltecotton, attorney for Mrs. Vaughn,
that her husband's body will ba exhumed
next week. The viscera will be removed by
Ir. C. U. Plxon of Fulton, Mo., and a
Klrksvtlle physician, yet to be decided
upon. Vaughn died last October at Kirks
ville and the body will be exhumed to de
termine whether he died from poisoning or
from natural causes.
Mine at Cherry Will
Be Unsealed This Week
CHERRY. 111., Jan. 30 Nearly every
woman In Cherry U drawing her heart
strings tight to undergo the ordeal of ex
humation this week, following the prom
ised unsuuling tomorrow or Tuesday of the
St. Paul mine. In which more than 300 coal
minars have lain entombed alnca November
13, when fire caused the death of some SjO
men. With a snowstorm beating over the
prairie and ths helmet men not yet arrived
from the University of Illinois, the pros
pects sre that the mine, tightly closed for
two months, will not be unsealed before
Tuesday.
As It Is not certain that the fire in the
mine Is extinguished nothing definite
towards the revovery of the bodies will be
planned until experts, protected with oxy
gen helmets, have explored the shaft.
It Is thought that about forty bodies
floating on the water In the bottom of the
mine. More than 200 other coraeea are said
to he huddled la the second levaf
SEEMS WORSE IN ' PLACES
Stream Twelve ' Feet Deep Rushrs
Through Streets of Colombes.
HUKEREDS WITHOUT
FOOD i
Provisions Are Taken to Homes cf
Many in Boats.
STRICT WATCH FOR L00IER3
Danger la Grent, as It Is Knona
that French Habitually Keep
Their Valuable at
Home.
PARIS. Jan. 30 While the ,mosl Im
minent peril Is past., the fall ofthe Seine
since yesterday morning hns only infaa- j
ured 15i inches. At this rate it would
require a fortnight for the river to reach
Its normal level. Fortunately, tidings from
the flooded scctlcns above Paris give hope j
of a more rapid subsidence after tomorrow,
In the meantime the situation In Perls
and In many places throughout tho coun
try shows little Improvement. Indeed, the
r vaaea of the flood within the city seemed
actually to Increase today. Tho water
was higher In some of the streets, while
the situation at the Inundated towns be
tween Paris and St. Germain was dis
tinctly graver. A stream of water twelve
feet deep was rushing through Connevll
llers and Colombes, making the work of
rescue and succor more difficult even than
yesterday. Several of the houses collapsed
and many persons were taken off the roofs
of the4r homes, where they had been
clinging for days. ,
Hundreds are reported without food or
shelter, and all day an army of troops
and civilians worked relentlessly In the
flooded territory, bringing succor to the
distressed and distributing provisions by
boats to the thousands of victims sur
rounded by water, who refused to qulj;
their homes Within the city Itself are
great throngs of slght-seers.
The Champa-Ely see se, ordinarily si path
way of brilliant light, tonight had hand
lanterns strung along the Curbs. The
usually gay boulevards were wrapped In
silence and darkness. The restaurants and
cafes were reduced to dim candles and
oil lamps.
Moat of the theaters were closed, but the
Comedlo Francaise, with both Us elec
tricity , a,nd heat , gone, was open, Jules
Claretle; "the manager, explaining to the
meager audience before the curtain rose
that he considered that the National
theater of - France should not close Its
doors.
"We will give a performance," he said,
"with candles, as In the days of Mollere,
and show the world that Paris can be as
heroic as In the time of the revolution."
. Although there Is no Intention on the
part of the government to declare martial
law, the completely submerged districts,
such as Javel, are In the hands of the
military, to prevent pillaging. The soldiers
have orders to give short shrift to crim
inals caught In the act of looting. Thus
far there have been no such cases within
the city, but the danger Is great, as the
French usually keep their money and valu
ables In their homes.
Two Plllacers Killed.
Outside of Paris, however; many deplor
able instances of looting have been re
ported. A hand of thieves have been at
work in the vicinity of Charenton, but the
soldiers have been shooting them at sight.
The souaves last night killed two of the
pillagers and at Ivry and two at Brie.
These ghouls have now transferred their
operations to the devastated region below
Paris, many attempts to pillage the de
serted villages and homes being reported.
The papers recount many deeds of
heroism of priests at Alfortvllle, who con
tinued tho work of rescue between mid
night and daylight, when the sollders,
Jackies and firemen, after several days
without rest had become axhausted. SlBters
of charity rowed to houses, giving as
sistance in several cases of starvation.
Besides the aid distributed directly by
the government and the municipality, more
than $250,000 from the fund raised by the
newspapers has been handed over to the
various relief societies and th local au
thorities of the various towns and villages
near Paris. The press refers gratefully to
the spontaneous help coming from abroad,
and makes particular mention of the evi
dences of sympathy In the United States
Vlllae Washed Away.
A pitiable feature of the flood In Gene
valllers Is the plight of the colony of 6,000
ragpickers, a fourth of whom are children.
They are the poorost of all the Paris poor
and early each morning they cross the
Seine to sort the refuse barrels of the great
city. Their village was, a cluster nf miser
able hovels of plaster and earth flanked
with heaps of hones, rags, Iron and odds
and ends.
The condition of the bodies is causing as
much concern as are the engineering prob
lems attendant on the uncapping of the
mine and the cleaning of the debris from
the subteraneun passages. It has been
suggested that much of the grewsomcpesa
of the situation could be avoided by de
strtylng the cadavers In the mine galleries
with chemicals. This proposal, unofficially
trade, has met with bitter opposition on the
part of the widows, mothers and children
of the dead miners. They contend that all
they now hope for is to look once more on
the form of a beloved relative, to give that
body a Christian burial and to recover
some personal token of the decedent, such
as a watch or a ring.
With grief so long drawn oit, the women
of Cherry are awaiting the last ordeal.
Tentative arrangements are already mak
ing for a funeral and burials. Men have
been engaged to dig a row of graves nearly
a quarter of a mile lung
-j' In the Land
From the Minneapolis Journal.
PRICES OF CATTLE HIGHER
Mr. Wadsworth Replies to Statement
. Made by Secretary Wilson.
VALUES OF CROPS INCREASE
Producer la Getting Jllach Better
Returns Than He' Did Twelve
Years Abo Some Figures
Qnntrd.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON.' Jan. 30. (Special.)
Former Congressman James W. WadB
worth, who for ten years was chairman of
the committee on' agriculture of the house
of representatives, disagrees with Secre
tary Wilson upon the subject of "Who gets
the advance on account of tho present high
price of food." ''
Mr. Wilson, in his testimony before the
committee a day or two ago asserted that
the farmer is not receiving any of the "In
crease of price and he further added that
2-year-old steers are bringing no more to
day than they did twelve years ago.
'Commenting upon the sacretary's testi
mony, Mr. Wadsworth said today: "It la
absurd to say that the farmer. Is not re
ceiving any of the additional money which
is being paid for food products. I have
been in the cattle business ever since my
early manhood and I am receiving higher
prices for my range fed cattle than at any
time since the civil war, with the single
exception of one occasion, when there was
a sudden call for steers In Boston which
Increased the irk?e In 'wwslern. New York.
I am ' speaking now tit cattle that ' have
never had a pound? of garln fed to them.
My recent sales, netted me Its. 80 per 100
pounds for such stock, which Is consider
ably higher than' I have been able to ob
tain before In the last thirty years. Then,
too, feeder lambs are bringing 6H cents
per pound, which Is very much higher than
the average price for the last ten years. I
am not speaking now of fancy fatted lambs,
but what are commercially known as
"feeders." In the village of Oeneseo, In
which I live, baled hay Is selling at $17.60
per ton, which means net to the farmer
115. Baled straw brings $15, or net $12.
What wheat I had to sell last fall brought
$1.23 a bushel, while white beans, which
are the staple money crop of several of
the counties of western New York, will
bring $2.26 a bushel.
"Secretary Wilson asserts that 2-year-old
steers bring no more today than they did
twelve years ago. I am willing to enter
Into a bond to buy 10,000 head of those ani
mals at the same price as my books show
I paid twelve years ago, and In addition
will pay the secretary a commission of $6
per head, or $50,000 In all, If he can obtain
the animals for me at the price prevailing
In 1896.
There are enumerable causes for the In
crease In price of all food products, con
tinued Mr. Wadsworth, and It may be true
that the farmer Is not receiving propor
tionately as much more for his products as
he Bhould when comparisons are made with
the retail prices, but tho secretary is care
less when he makes the assertion credited
to him, for everyone who know the agri
cultural conditions of this country knows
that the farmer today Is receiving much
better prices than he haa ever done before.
Take one item, continued Mr. Wadsworth,
which shows how some of the farm prod
ucts have advanced in recent years, and
that Is the Hem of cheese. The ruling
price for New York factory cheese In the
cheese centers of the state (and New York
Is admitted to be the greatest cheese state
In the union) today Is in the neighborhood
of 17 cents per pound. In 1870 and '71 the
price ruled from S cents to 8 cents, and so
far as my recollection goes there never
was a time when cheese brought the price
It is bringing today. Cheese is made di
rectly for the farmer. They carry the milk
of their herds to the factory where It If
made Into cheese at a uniform price rang
ing from $1.50 to $1.70 per 100 pounds. It b
(Continued on Second Page.)
With the Automo
bile Show nearly
here, interest in
automobiles is at its
height.
Besides pushing their 1910 mod
els, dealers are making some at
tractive offerings in used machines
to move them quickly.
On the first want nd page
today, under the classification
"AUTOMOBILES" is a large
li6t of bargains offered by
Omaha and Council Bluffs
dealers.
Have you road the want ads to
day T
of the Sphinx The Power of Association.
Switchmen Will
Resume Work
Week Monday
Future Pay and Status of Men in
Korthwest to Be Determined by
Chicago Scale.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 30. N One week
from next Monday the switchmen of the
northwest, who have been on strike since
November 30, will return to work. Prac
tically all tho strikers will be in their old
places. They will resume work with the
wage question unsettled, but they will
be governed by the figures agreed upon
In the Chicago compromise conference. '
This Information comes this afternoon
from the source close to the head.i of the
Switchmen's union. Unless there should
be a hitch next week the program will
go through. But, In the language of one
who Is well acquainted with the situation
and the negotiations, now in process,
"everything Is cut and dried" and there
will be no hitch.
State Board
Lowers Rates
South Dakota Commissioners Adopt
- New Schedule of Freight
. Charges.' .
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Jan. JO. (Special.)
Governor Vessey and residents of the
western half of South Dakota have won
out before the State Board of Railroad
Commissioners In their demand for a re
duction of coal rates to points west of the
Missouri river. - The commissioners, after
holding a hearing at their headquarters in
this city, have adopted a new and reduced
schedule of rates, officially known aa a
coal commodity carload rate, applying on
traffic ' west of the Missouri river, and
have ordered that the new rate shall go
Into effect February 16.
Among . those who appeared before the
board and argued for a reduction In the old
rate were Governor Vessey and L. L.
Schaaf, representing the Pierre Commercial
club; Messrs. Robertson and Mellette, rep
resenting the Commercial club of Fort
Pierre; Grenville Jones of Chamberlain,
former secretary of ' the State Federation
of Commercial Clubs, and C. E. McKln
ney of Sioux Falls, representing the State
Federation of Commercial Clubs.
The new schedule is based on five, ten
and twenty-mile distances. The following
extracts from the schedule will give an
Idea of the extent of reduction made by the
new schedule:
Per Ton Per 100 Lbs
Miles. Old. New. Old. New.
6 $ .60 $ .oo $o.ato $o.m
60 1.60 1.20 0.OSO 0.0W
100 2.60, 1.90 0.130 0.095
169. 3.10 8.20 0.1W 0.110
200 4.00 2.80 0.2(10 0.140
250 4.40 3.10 0.220 0.156
300 6.00 8.60 0.250 0.175
400 8.10 4.30 0.3O5 0.215
6O0 i , 6.60 4.70 0.330 0.2.15
620 S.70 4.80 0.3 0.240
The greatest distance provided in the
new schedule Is 620 miles, which will cover
all points west of the Missouri river.
The railroad commission also took Im
portant action. In reference to the bridge
charge for crossing freight at Pierre. Here
tofore a charge of 36 cents per. ton has
been made for freight . going west of the
Missouri river and 60 cents per ton for
freight going east across the river. The
railroad commission has ordered that In
future a fixed rate of 26 cents per ton shall
be made, going both east and west.
l
Jeff Davie , Likes Taft.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Senator Jeffer
son Davis of Arkansas paid his first visit
to the White House totfay. The senator
xald he had never met President Taft be-
rcie. "i like him," he added; "he Is a
fine man."
Friction at Princeton
Over Quadrangle Plan
NEW YORK, Jan. S0.-There Is a widen
Ing breach between Dr. Woodrow Wilson,
president of Princeton university, and the
graduate body over Dr. Wilson's plan to
embody certain ,. portions of English life
Into Princeton social life. A body of the
older alumni Issued tonight a statement. In
part, aa follows:
"The statement that the president of
Princeton and the vast majority of the
alumni have been at variance for two years
In regard to the proposed plan for socially
revolutionizing the university, obliterating
the old Princeton life and destroying the
old Princeton traditions. Is not overstated.
"The plan In question, known later as the
"quad" system, was proposed by Dr. Wil
son two years ago last June and It Is not
too much to say that It haa been a bone
of contention and a center of disorganiza
tion aver since. It Is unfortunately true
that the alumni's loyalty has been seriously
shaken by the persistent shadow of what
moat of them regard as an undesirable and
perilous experiment."
m&mJ -:m
TARIFF AND FOOD PRICES
Congressman Fordney Discusses Topic
in Address at Pittsburg;.
MUCH MISINFORMATION AFLOAT
Duties on Cured and Dressed Meats
Are Reduced by Payne Bill
Senator Dick Also
Speaks.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Jan. 30. Amid the
cheers and plaudits of over 400 members
of the Young Men's Republican Tariff
club, flanked by hundreds of clusters of
carnations, Senator Charles Dick of Ohio
and Congressman J. W. Fordney of Mich
igan eulogized William McKlnley at the
banquet held tonight, the anniversary of
the martyred president's birth, and then
addressed themselves to the tariff policy
of the present administration. Senator
Dick said, in part:
"This is not tho first time the republican
party has been under assault, nor is It the
first time that men prominent in Its coun
cils have been misrepresented and held up
In a false light to the public gaze, and
the distorted Imagination of those permit
ting their prejudices to be played upon
for the accomplishment of sinister pur
poses gravely Inimical to the general wel
fare. "Once again comes the question, Is the
republican party' big enough and strong
enough to' withstand the assault "of foes
within and foes wlthoutf ' : 1,' for 6net be-'
yeye.Jt la,' I believe that If loyal republi
cans will do their duty, present misun
derstandings resulting from misrepresenta
tion will go for naught, and as the 'broad
minded policies of the administration are
better understood the country will stand
by President Taft, upholding his hands
In his honest and patriotic endeavors for
the welfare of his people and the country
at large."
Much Misinformation Afloat.
Mr. Fordney said:
"Much, at present. Is being said about the
new tariff law having an effect on the
cost- of living and so forth, but such com
plaint comes wholly through misinforma
tion. There were practically no Increased
duties on agricultural products. On the
other hand, there were several reductions.
The duty on hams, bacons and meats In
general was slightly lowered.
"In fact the average man at his meals
can look over the table and find little or
nothing on which the new tariff bill has
Imposed additional duties; but. If at the
dinner we choose to serve high priced wines
and enjoy a cigarette, we can point to two
Items, at least, on which the duties were
Increased, but these are luxuries that the
poor man seldom partakes of.
i am quite wining to admt that It was
generally desired that the duty on some
articles of consumption should be lowered,
but such a desire came from those of our
citizens not well Informed as to the rav
ages free trade would have on American
Institutions.
Tariff and Trusts.
"I will not' admit that the tariff Is the
mother of trusts. I do not believe any
corporation In the country owes Its exlstr
ence to the protective principles, except
that protection fosters home Industries.
The only unlawful trusts. In the country
are those that control prices to such an
extent as to destroy competition, and exact
from the people higher prices than will
yield to the producer a reasonable and fair
profit for hla labor and for capital invested.
"I would no more attempt to arrange our
tariff laws with a view of destroying cor
porations than I would burn the wheat bin
In order to destroy the rats.
"We notice In England a great struggle
for supremacy by the liberala and the
unionists. The people of that country are
beginning to be convinced that a protective
tariff would bring to them greater pros
perity. Without doubt, sooner or lateri
England will adopt our protective policy."
In June, 1908, Dr. Wilson gained the quail
fled approval of the trustees for his plan
for the quadrangle system of social life
among the studentB. In the fall the plan
was adopted at a faculty meeting where
the votes of the perceptors, newly ap
pointed, carried the measure against the
protest of the older members. Perceptors
at Princeton occupy a place analogous to
that of the Oxford and OKmhriiva ..t
and have no counterpart In other American
universities.
GARRIT FORT PROMOTED
Former Omaha Railroad Man Made
General Passenger Agent of
New York Central.
NEW YORK. Jan. 30. Garrit Fort was
today appointed general passenger agent
of the New York Central lines to succeed
J. F. Falrlamb, transferred to the auditor's
department
Leaders Realize that Administration
Will Insist on Action.
CONFERENCE WILL BE wnn
Bills on Program Will Be Arranged
in Order of Importance.
INQUIRIES
CAUSING
DELAY
.Number of Investigation In rrourrrn
Take Attention of Members
Others nt Home l.ooklnsr
After Fencca.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Llttla headwnv
has been made In two months, eenjrress
has been In session toward th enactment
of Important legislation demanded by
President Taft; yet cn every side arc heird
predictions of an early adjournment.
Thoughtful members of congress are ask
ing each other -what kind of reception
they will niert If they go to the Whit
House on April 15 to May 1, with plans
to quit work for the summer. If 'the ad
ministration program Is unfulfilled.
Tho question Is one which rongresslonal
leaders admit is giving them dep con
cern.' The absence of unanimity of thought
on almost every one of the pnwlflcnt's
measures Is such as to make exceedingly
difficult the work mapped out for those
who have tho bills In charge. Bills t
create a court of commerce and amend
the. railroad rate laws, to establish postal
savings banks, to validate withdrawals of
public lands wanted for conservation pur
poses and to legalize national charters for
corporations doing interstate business
which have been placed at the head of the
"White House schedule" have all met with
determined opposition.
Inquiries Causing Delay.
From a political point of view,' republi
can waters seemingly are becoming
muddled by the several investigations,
which are In progress, and the minority
members apear not unwilling to let this
proceed ure continue indefinitely. Inquiries
such as that being made into the affairs
of the Interior department and the forest
service naturally are having some effect
upon plans to amend land laws and enact
legislation for Alaska and even bear to
some extent upon the Arizona and New
Mexico statehood bill. Other Investigations,
such as those relating to second class
mall matter and the postofflce deficit, and
the causes of the increased cost of living,
all tend to minimize tho chances for a
complete redemption of republican camn-(
algn pledges.- .-.-..'-r. j-u
' A conference- of republican Tcad'ers Is
now being considered and probably will be
held Boon after Senator Aldrlch returns
from Florida, as he Is expected to do this
week, whether he went a week ago to
recuperate from a severe cold. Whether
this will be held at the White House, so
as to enable Mr. Taft to participate or at
the capltol, haB not been decided. It lias
been settled that it will Include the more
prominent members of both branches of
congress and that vigorous means will be
advocated to restore to some semblance of
order the chaotic conditions now existing.
Rearrangement of Prices.
The plan most In favor with such repub
lican leaders aa are now in Washington Is
for a rearrangement of the Taft policies,
placing them In order of executive prefer
ence or In such sequence as It Is thought
would most benefit the majority party. It
has been declared that no progress will
be made so long as some of the leaders are
pushing Interstate commerce legislation,
others conservation v policies, still others
postal savings banks.v federal Incorporation
laws or other of the numerous measures
on the calendar.
At the present time the house Is occupied
with appropriation bills and In the senate
there are two administration measures
the postal savings bank bill and the Alas
kan legislative council bill being played
against each other. Opposition has de
veloped agalnHt both bills and republican
loaders say that the present tactics affect
the chances of both. The statehood bill
also Is ready for consideration, and In addi
tion the army appropriation bill will be
reported tomorrow .
Hulea Measure la House.
The several propositions before the house
more or less avowedly designed for the
elimination of Speaker Cannon from the
committee on rules for ths enlargement of
the committee so as to make It more repre
sentative of the whole membership of the
house, or both, form the basis of Informal
discussion. No one is willing to predict
when the questions involved In these resolu
tions will come to a "show down." There
are various ways In which ths ' matter
could be brought up on the floor and It
may be precipitated suddenly of deferred
for weeks. At present there are many
members of the house absent on account of
approaching primaries In their districts.
Committees of both branches of congress
expect a busy week. Several Important
hearings will ba continued In the house.
They Include that In relation to the post
office deficit, Interstate commerce bills, In
cluding the adminlritratlon bill, which, by
the way, will receive attention by the
senate committee as well; charges of ex
travagance made by Representative Hitch
cock (Neb.) against Secretary Balllnger, as
well as tne Joint hearing In relation to the
Balllnger-Plnchot controversy. 't
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Meeteetse Papers Joined.
MEETEETHE, Wyo., Jan. 30.-(8poclal.-It
was announced today that Frank H.
Barrow, one of the oldest newspaper men
In Wyoming In point of continuous service,
has bought the newspaper plants of the
Meeteetse News and the Meeteetse Index,
both published here, and will consolidate
them Into one weekly newspaper, to be
known as the Meeteetse News-Index. Its
politics will be straight republican. The
News is one of the oldest newspapers In
the Big Horn basin, and has been a prom
inent fuctor In politics In northern Wyom
ing. Mr. Barrow was formerly editor of
the Nows during Its fight against Superin
tendent A. A. Anderson of the Yellowstone
national forest reserve, as well at Its ed
itor during a later campaign against cer
tain acts of ex-Chief Forester Glfford Piu
chot. It is asserted negotiations are now
on for several other newspapers In north
ern Wyoming and one or two la southern
Wyoming.