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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY f, 1010-SIX SECTIONS FORTY PAGES.
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STRIKE ON AT
' NEW THEATER
Three Hundred Union Workmen
Leave the Job When Non-1-.-
union Ken Start.
Sixteen from - -
MORE ECONOMY
CONGRESSMAN
HEARS FROM HOME
Crawford Are
IN GOVERNMENT
Fined by Court
Senator Aldrich Reports Bui for
Judge Norris Gets Letter Informing
Permanent Commission on
Business Methods.
Him of Way Teople Feel
in Fifth.
'Cleanup" Cases Occupy Attention of
the County Judge in Dawes
County.
CONSISTS OF NINE MEMBERS
WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DONE
i
CARTER'S FORCE STARTS TROUBLE
Efforts of a Subcontractor to Install
Nonunion Worker.
ANOTHER INJUNCTION ISSUES
Judge Sears Restrains All Unions
from Interfering with Men.
CONFERENCE DURING AFTERNOON
Striking Workmen Will Meet with
Superintendent for Construction
Company to Try to Effect
an Adjustment.
Work on the Brandeis theater and office
building, Seventeenth and Douglas streets,
came to a standstill Saturday morning
when SO0 union workmen went out on
strike, protesting against the employment
of nonunion labor by a contractor. The
nonunion men Involved are thoee In the
employ of Robert L. Carter, subcontractor
for sheet metal guttering and finishing
work.
A meeting of the striking men was called
for 1 o'clock in the afternoon at Labor
Temple..
Meanwhile the unions Involved and cer
tain specified members are restrained, by
a temporary order Issued In Judge Sears
division of the district court Saturday
morning, from Interfering In any way with
any workmen employed on the building,
The nonunion work-nen employed by Car
ter went to work for a short time Saturday
morning and later left the building.
Police Presence Unpleasant. V
The presence of two policemen, who
were about the building for a short time
In the morning, was considered unpleasant
by some cf the union men and the strike
followed Boon after. The union men re.
fuse to work under police surveillance and
took the presence of the officers aa In
response to a request from Mr. Carter,
Captain Mosiyn, acting chief of police,
declared that no detail of officers had been
cent to guard the building.
"Two officers, whose beats Join at this
point were sent there to look over the
situation casually, but, no detail waa sent
to guard any of ( the workmen," said Cap
tain Mostyn.
"We had agreed to go on with the work
until this job waa finished," said a fore
man, "but when the police showed up the
men went out."
.The" workmen were paid at noon Satur
day by the contractor In the regular
course of business. The payroll for the
building force amounted to 'about $4,000.
000..
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v Sears Isaacs Injunction.
jine restraining order Issued by fudge
JHoars Is Issued against Harry II. Farmer,
Jamea Kennedy, Rudolph larsen. Fay
Fink. "Red'! Meeks, Itiehard Hoye, Andrew
Schmlta, John 'M. Gibbs, plarence Munn
and J. R. Morgan, all of whom are con
nected with the unions represented by the
men working on the building. The order
also includes the local unions of the Amal
gamated 8heet Metal Workers, the Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, the Bricklayers' Protective association
and the Plumbers' union. The order is
made returnable in Judge Estelle's court
on February 11.
This order la Issued on the second of ln-
' Junction suits filed by Mr. Carter. The first
suit waa filed Friday, asking for an In
junction against the Thompson-Starrett
company to prevent the general contractor
from dispossessing Carter of his contract
In this suit Carter alleged that he feared
the Thompson-Starrett company would
eea to put mm off the works on the
ground that he waa not employing work
men of the proper qualification.
Injunction Covers Everything;.
una new carter suit is for a sweeping
injunction restraining the officers of the
urilons and members from interfering with
or intimidating Carter's nonunion work
men and all other workmen upon the build
ing, whether Thompson-Starrett company
or for any of the sub-contrators. The re
straining order granted by Judge Sears
coors all the provisions in the petition
and Is as comprehensive as language can
possibly make it. Workmen are not to bo
disturbed at the Job, going home from or
coming to work, or while at home, and
their wives and families are not to be
visited for Intimidating purposes.
Judge Estelte's court room waa crowded
nearly all morning to the doors, with a con
siderable overflow Into the hallway and
down the stairs to the sixth floor of The
Bea building. They stayed until Judge
Eatelle notified them from the bench thai
there would be nothing doing until Tues
day. A large delegation had been in Judge
Sears' court room in the court house, and
finding nothing of Interest going on there,
came over to the Estelle court room and
swelled the throng. Meantime deputies In
the sheriff's office were preparing to serve
hotter linan Ih. f1.rnnH.nt. ...A tn ,h.
second petition, which is the one to en
join the strikers and every one else from
ititertering in any way with workers upon
iiie ouuaing. V
"C Twenty Men Are Put Work.
Twenty Men Are Pat ta Work.
Taking advantage of the situation pro
duced by the tie-up by restraining orders
and the strike, Robert Carter rushed . a
force of twenty men to work on the metal
work of the theater building Saturday aft
ertcon. "I try to do all the work possible
while the strike is on and befoio the re
straining orders are returned to court."
sold Mr. Carter.
The strikers held a meeting at Labor
Temple late in the afternoon to talk over
the strike situation, but they gave no In
timation of their probable action.
"I'm enjoined by the court and I can't
talk," humorously suggested W. B. Wes
ton, manager for the Thompson-Starrett
company. "I will have nothing to do with
the mtetlng at ' Labor Temple. We have
done nothing to cause trouble."
Mr. weeton, nowever. aid not seem to
be much disturbed about the situation,
Carter expressed it as his opinion that
the bricklayers would go to work Sunday
morning. lie also said that he understood
that others or tne worn men migni tax up
their work without further action.
Teatlaa; Kansas City Limits
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Feb. 5.-Atlor-my
Hernial Major fllfd In the supreme
i tourt today quo warranto proceedings
ialnst KansHB City to tent the legality
fit the extension of the city limits lost
year. Cltv Counsellor Harding filed a re
turn deovu J allee'atluus of Uia lufor.
CHADRON, Neb., Fob. S. (Special Tele-
grnm.) County court here has been taken
ud for several days with the hearing of
cases resulting from tne recent "clean up
arrests In Crawford. 8o far sixteen men
and women have been fined on charges of
running houses of 111 fame, gambling and
violations of the o'clock and Sunday
closing law. Several others have been
bound over to the district court.
Among the most prominent of the de
fendants was John Bruer. city councilman,
who waa tried before a Jury and convicted
of selling liquor after S ' o'clock and on
Sunday and gambling. He was fined $350
and costs.
On charges of immoral conduct the fol
lowing pleaded guilty: Nathalla Blauson,
Sarah Chambers, Pearl Darrah, Theresa
Krlckboom, Laura Stratton. Abson Hacks,
Joe Thompson, Joe Beckle, O. Chambers,
William H . Allen also pleaded guilty to
rambling and each waa fined 1100 and
costs. P. L. Krlpkboom was fined $25 and
costs. Charles Price picadcd not guilty and
was bound over to district court In the
sum of $1,000 on a charge of gambling and
Immorality. Jay Newcomb pleaded not
guilty, was tried by sthe court and found
guilty of gambling. He was fined $100 and
costs and appealed to the district court. J.
McFarland, on a charge of Billing liquor
on Sunday, pleaded not guilty,' but waa
found guilty by a Jury and fined $100 and
costs. H. Newcomb was tried before a
Jury and found guilty of selling liquor on
Sunday and after 8 o'clock and was fined
$100 and costs. P. O. Cooper, charged with
renting a house to be used for immoral
purposes, had hta case continued thirty
days.
Platte River
Towns Prepare
to Combat Ice
Dynamite Sent to North Bend, Where
Conditions Are Declared to
Be Alarming.
FREMONT, Neb.. Feb. 8. (Special Tele
gramsPreparations are being hastily
mad along the Piatt river to combat high
water when the river begins breaking up.
which will happen in a few days if the
weather continues warm. i
Report of a gorge at North Bend, ap
parently are overdrawn, though, the con
ditions are such that when the break up
comes there will undoubtedly be trouble
of a serious nature. The ice' there la re
ported thirty Inches thick and It la feared
that when the too begins to move -a gorge
til ba formed at the head of the Island
opposite the southern part of town.' At the
request of North Bend residents, 200 pounds
of dynamite waa sent there from here
and it will be used to keep a clear water
channel around this island. In case gorge
should form there the back water would
probably flood the lower part of town,
which Is protected only by the low Union
Pacific grade.
The unusual thickness of the Ice Is
causing alarm all along the river. Here at
Fremont a quality of dynamite la kept In
readiness to be used In keeping clear the
channel under the railroad - and .wagon
bridges. The floods are expected to start
as soon as soon as the Loup breaks up and
bfklns to pour its ice into the Platte at
Columbus.
At Union Pactfio offices here it waa said
no news had been received as to the con
dition of the ioe at Columbus, where the
company Is putting In. a new bridge. This
la taken to Indicate conditions as normal,
aa. the railroad authorities have been keep
ing a close watch on the river there.
Granite Mountain
in Wyoming
Experts Are Examining Devil's Tower
with Expectations of Starting
Quarries.
SHERIDAN, Wyo., Feb. B. (Special.)
The Devil's Tower, a mountain of granite,
located about twenty-five milea west of
Sundance, In Crook county, Wyoming, Is
soon to be the subject of an Interesting
Investigation, the result of which inay
ultimately' have an Important bearing on
the great granite Industry of the United
States and especially in the west.
Alderman Charles E. Morey and Robert
Holland of this city exDect to leave In a
I few days for Devil's Tower. They will be
,.nn.n.nU V XTvl u .fipn.d,v Aan-
accompanied by Nerl Woods, formerly dep
uty sheriff of Sheridan county, and a re
tired stockman, and upon their arrival
there will be met by Mr. Morey's brother-in-law,
an expert granite man, who has
had thirty years' experience In the famous
granite quarries of Vermont.
The Vermonter, who Is now en route to
Wyoming, will spend several days making
a thorough inspection of the granite moun
tain in Crook county, assisted by Messrs.
Morey, Holland and Woods.
Flynn, Like Samson, Has
Assistant Gas Commissioner Joe Butler
and Sam Ilothwell are taking up a purse
to be presented to Tom Flynn, boss of the
Dahlman Democracy. ' They want him to
go to Excelsior Spring for two or three
weeks to take treatment for hla hatr. All
three of the committee gathering the purse
have lost about all their hair, and with it
considerable of their cunning.
'I find that since becoming bald my bump
of political wisdom la not of much use,"
said Rutler. "Those who are wUe In such
matters have told me that the hirsute cov
ering Is nrcesaary to protect the Important
bumps. Now, we can afford, perhaps, to
go Into the discard as political workers,
but we cannot afford to lote Flynn. He
Is the big wheel In the machine, and since
Colonel Fanning went away to blow him
Three from Each House and Three
Appointed by President.
OBJECTION
FROM
ELKLNS
West Virginian Prevents Immediate
Consideration of Matter.
WILL BE CALLED UP MONDAY
Opposition Baaed on Fear that
Might Interfere with Functions
of Committers of Con
cress. It
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. From the com
mittee on public expenditures Senator Aid
rich today reported a bill providing for the
creation of a permanent commission on
business methods in the government He
said the bill had the unanimous sanction
of the expenditures committee and sought
to obtain immediate consideration.
In this request he was antagonized by
Senator Elkins, who said he desired oppor
tunity to determine whether the commis
sion would interfere with the functlona of
congressional committees. Accordingly the
bill went over, but Mr. Aldrich gave notice
that he would call It up again Monday.
The bill provides that the proposed com
mission shall consist of tinn members,
three of which are to be members of the
senate, three members of the house, and
three to be appolntd by the president.
The measure grows out of the efforts of the
public expenditures committee to' reduce
government expenditures.
DEBATE
OS
POSTAL
BANKS
Senators Barton and Smith Raise
Number of Points.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The responsi
bility of the government for the payment
of postal savings deposits waa discussed
In the senate today during the consideration
of the postal savings bank bill.
Senator Burton of Ohio, asked Mr. Carter,
in charge of the measure, whether the gov
ernment would bear the relation of trustee
or that of debtor to the postal depositor.
Mr. Carter replied that the relationship
would be that of creditor and debtor, but
he had no doubt that the demand of de
positors on the banks would be ao promptly
met by the banks aa to avoid embar
rassment to the government.
"But suppose," persisted the Obioan,
"that in the end the money should not be
paid over?"
"Then responded the Montana senator,
"The government would be liable."
Mr. ' Burton wanted to know . if it waa
not possible that In times of stress the
funds of the banks would be unavailable
to depositors.-Mr. Carter thought, however,
that the postal funds would' be subject to
check at ail' times for any of the pur
poses outlined by the bill and he con
sidered any other contingency as very
remote.
"If the banks of one state fall to meet
the demand then they can get funds from
other states,'! he said, "If the banks in all
the states should fall then the depositor
would fall back on the government."
When Mr. Burton sought to ascertain
whether a proper measure had been pro
vided to meet this contingency, Mr. Carter
said that a provision looking to that end
was being gradually perfected, and he ex
pressed confidence that a proper method
would be found.
Senator Smith of Michigan expressed ap
prehension lest the effect of the measure
would be to attract to the banks the money,
which might otherwise might be employed
more advantageously In commerce and
dwelt at some length upon the evil effects
Qf enticing people from methods of busl
ness, which woid encourage them to de
pend upopnTelr own powers of initiative.
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL LAXDS
Senator Gamble Uxplalna Pine Rlda;o
Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 In connection
with the consideration by the senate of
a bill opening to settlement the lands of
the line River Indian reservation In
South Dakota, which was passed. Sena
tor Bacon declared that the state of
South Dakota waa about to receive from
the national treasury, for school purposes,
a sum approximating (700,000 for the pur
chase of Indian lands.
The Pine Ridge bill calls for only $125.
000; but measures previously passed pro
viding for the opening of the Rosebud and
Cheyenne and Standing Rock agencies
make up the total sum.
Senator Gamble explained that the pur
chases were in accordance with 'the act
admitting the state to the union, which
provides for the use of sections St of
each township for the benefit of the pub
lic schools. In the acculsltlon of the
school lands It becomes necessary to pay
the Indians for them and In pursuance of
its contract with the state the govern
ment pays for the school sections and then
gives them to the state.
SENATOR FLINT
TO
HETIRR
Callfornlaa Announces that He Will
Not Seek. Re-election.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. Lacking the
(Continued on Second Page.)
His Power in His Hair
self in Egypt and Italy his duties have
been made doubly onerous. Flynn has lost
now all the hair we think he can and re
tain hla grasp of the work to be done. Si
we are going to give him a substantial
chunk of dough and urge him to go to the
Springs. We have word from friends there
that Mayor Dahlman is beginning to grow
a new crop of hair, and If that Is pisible
Flynn can very likely stop the falling out
of what hair he has left.
"There is another consideration, too. We
feel It would not look well later on to pro
sent a row of leaders and boosters whose
heads are all bald. And we remember the
old Bible story of 8ajnon losing his power
when he lost hla hair. We need Flynn,
and we figure Flynn needs his hair to re
tain hla political cunning.'
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Mr. Roosevelt Will Be as Strenuous as Ever, When He Returns, According His Friends.
'"shtnKton Star.
EVIDENCE IN TP BUNDLES
Documents in Bellinger Case Sub
mitted to the Attorneys.'
SHORT SESSION OF COMMITTEE
Olfford Plnchot Aanonncea New
Attorney and Baya He Will Tell
Story of Hla Part .''la.
Conservation. , ' ,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. An unexpected
publlo'V&slon of the paint. ger-PIpchot con:
grenstonal investigating committee was held
today, following the receipt from the in
terior department of two bundles of docu
mentary evidence called -for by-Mr. Eran
dels, ' the attorney representing Louis R.
Olavls.
Mr. Brandela had complained yesterday
of the delay of the Interior department in
forwarding these papers, and the commit
tee decided this morning to dispose of them
at once by fixing rules under which they
oould be examined by counsel.
Following an executive session of an
hour. Chairman Nelnon announced that the
committee had adopted a resolution provid
ing that the papers should remain In the
custody of the clerk, who would make a
complete schedule of them and allow the
attorneys to Inspect them in his presence
so as to determine which should be offered
In evidence.
Mr. Brandela remarked that he had but
a few hours to remain In the city and
would like to begin Inspection of the papers
at once. Chairman Nelson said It would
be necessary for the clerk first to' make the
schedule. A compromise was arranged ana
as fast as the papers were schedulud they
were turned over, to the attorneys, but
the attorneys . alone ' htd access to the
papers. No one else was permitted In the
room while thsy.were examining them. .
The committee adhered to Its purpose to
resume the hearings Friday.
The brief session today was marked by
two Interesting Incidents, Glfford Plnchot
making hla first announcement in the case,
and John J. Vertrees of Nashville making
his first appearance as chief counsel for
Secretary Ballinger.
Mr. Plnchot arose and asked that Nathan
A. Smythe of New York be Added to the
list of counsel as' his personal representa
tive and that he be permitted to examine
the papers. . '
Representative Denby questioned Mr. Fltv-
chot as to what ansle of the case his testi
mony would be directed.
"The atory I have to toll." replied Mr.
Plnchot, "Is my connection with conserva
tion." "And that Includes the Alaska coal land
caes and water power sites?" Interjected
Senator Sutherland.
"Yes.
The committee tgTeed that Mr. Plnchot
would not be called until after the cross
examination of Mr. Glavls was concluded,
and adjournment waa taken until Friday.
(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; gome at
- tractive offerings In used machines
to move them quickly.
A few firms also offer unlimited
facilities :or the overhauling and
repairing your auto.
On the first want ad page
today, under the classification
"AUTOMOBILES" is also a
large list of bargains offered
by Omaha and Council Bluffs
dealers.
Have you read the want ada today:
Another Mine
Explosion, with
12 Men Buried
Cavein Cansed by Dynamite and Res
cue Parties Are Now at
Work.
INDIANA, Pa., . Feb. 6. An explosion.
caused, it is reported, by dynamite, burled
twelve men In the lower levels of Mine
No. 2, at Ernest, five miles north of here,
today.' Several men were taken from the
mine burned and injured. Rescue parties
have as yet failed to reach the entombed
miners. .','
First reports said that 100 men were In
the mine at the time of the explosion.
Outside reports say thirty men are yet
entombed In the mine. A rescue party
headed by state mine ' inspectors entered
the mine at 10 o'clock this morning and
has not been, heard from. Their safety is
feared for. '
The mine ordinarily has a day shift
of 170.
PUNXSUTAWNEY. Pa., Feb. 6. Presi
dent Clark of the Rochester and Pltteburg
Coal company of which the Jefferson and
Clearfield Coal and Iron company is a sub
sidiary concern,, has announced that an
explosion occurred In a remote part of
mine No. 2 at Ernat today, where several
men were at work. Three or rour or tne
miners had been brought out burned and
otherwise Injured. President Clark said
but twelve men were in the mine. Rescue
parties are at work, but have been unable
to reach the entombed, miners.
Strike Spreads in
Bethlehem Plant
Sixteen Thousand Men in Big Steel
Corporation Are Now
Involved.
SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa., Feb.
More than 1.600 men at the plant'" of the
Bethlehem Steel corporation are now In
volved in the strike of the machinists who
are demanding time and a half for extra
wtrk. Several hundred men today Joined
the machinists who struck yesterday.
The strikers are not organized, but the
leaders favor the formation of a union and
have telegraphed Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor to come to
.their aid.
HANGS HERSELF BECAUSE
SON COMMITTED SUICIDE
Russian Woman Revolutionist Fol
lows Fourteen-Year-Old Boy
to Grave.
PARIS, Feb. 6. Mme. Elizabeth Effron,
for many years a prominent Russian revo
lutionist, hanged herself today upon the
discovery that her 14-year-old son had com
mitted suicide after being reprimanded In
school.
Mme. Effron was the daughter of the
former governor general of Moscow, M.
Dueinovo. x .
Maze of Injunctions in
Svvope Case at Independence
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 6. Further
complications developed today In the tan
gle growing out of the efforts of the at
torneys on both sides ot the Swope case to
secure an advantage in the taking of de
positions in the suit brought last week by
Dr. B. C. Hyde for $a00.000 damages for al
leged slander.
Circuit Judge Bramback, who on Thurs
day issued a temporary order restraining
the lawyers from taking depositions, dis
solved the injunction today on the ground
that he had lacked Jurisdiction.
Then Frank P. Walsh, representing
Hyde, secured an injunction from Judge
Powell at Independence restraining the op
posing attorneya from taking depositions.
la the meantime a number of subpoena
SCOTT CLEARED CY JURORS
Second Alleged Mabray Man
Acquitted of Larceny.
is
OTHER CASES LIKELY TO FALL
Coanty Attorney Hess Applies, for
Increase of Bond, bat Judge
Thornell Declines to Take
This Action.
That Frank Scott of Pender, Neb., al
leged "steerer" for the J. C. Mabray gang
of "big store" swindlers was hot guilty
aa charged of the larceny of the 15,000
which John Hermelbrecht, a farmer of
Bancroft, Neb.,, claimed to have been bun
coed out of by a fake horse race In Coun
cil Bluffs on April 24, 1908, was the verdict
of the Jury In the district court yesterday
afternoon. "
. The trial was begun last Monday and
the case went to the Jury at 6:30 o'clock
Friday evening. The verdict was returned
at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ,
Scott Immediately after the announcj
ment of the verdict ln the state court was
taken into custody by Deputy United
States Marshal W. A. Gronwog of this
city on a warrant under the Indictment re
turned in the Mabray cases by the fed
eral grand Jury in Council Bluffs last Sep
tember. His bond under this indictment
had been placed at 23,000 and later in the
afternoon Scott furnished a bond In the
needed amount with Elmer L. Fehr and
Wallace Benjamin of thlB city as sureties.
These same parties were sureties on the
bond furnished by Scott in the state court.
,' . . May Escape Entirely.
Attorney General H. W. Bvers was not
present in court when the verdict waa an.
flounced, as he had returned to Dea Moines
early Saturday morning. County Attorney
Hess offered a motion Immediately after
the verdict was entered that Scott's bond
In the other case against him for con
spiracy in connection with the alleged
fleecing of Farmer Hermelbrecht be raised
from $1,000 to 16,000. The bond at the time
the Indictment was returned was placed
at 16.000, but was reduced to $1,000 when
Scott furnished a bond in the sum of 15,000
under the larceny charge.
Judge Thornell, however, declined to
raise the bond in the conspiracy case, and
intimated that aoqulttal In the larceny case
carried the conspiracy case with it He
will decide this question later, after argu
nxnt. The general opinion around the
court house yesterday afterr.oon was that
Scott would not be brought to trial on tfte
conspiracy charge.
Mrs. Scott, who had set by the side of
her husband throughout the trial, was In
court when the verdict of the Jury wns
announced. For a brief space of a few
seconds she lost her composure and cried,
but wiping away the tears she arose from
her chair as the Jurymen left their seats
on being excused by the Judge, advanced
towards them as they filed out, thanked
them and shook hands with aoveral of
them.. -
Scott, although showing pleasure. If not
surprise, at the verdict, took the matter
apparently quite calmly and merely bowed
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servers swarmed about the house of Mrs.
Logan O. Swope at Independence In an ef
fort to. get service on the. members of the
family who were wanted as witnesses,
They had been trying to serve the papers
for three days, and up to this afternoon
were still unsuccessful.
It was stated today that the coroner's In
quest will summon a new Jury for the In
quest next week over the body of Colonel
Thomas H. Swope. It had been supposed
that the Jury originally summoned would
continue to lent.
PARIS, Mo.. Feb. 5 The Jars containing
the brain, stomach and liver of the late
Prof. J. T. Vaughn were given to State
Chemist Schweltxer at Columbia today by
Sheriff Nolan. ,
Would Prefer Their Representative to
Push Taft Policies.
ANSWERS HE IS IN GREAT FIGU.T
Must Keep on as He Has Begun, and
Will Do So. '
SENATORS CALL ON PRESIDENT
Interview Chief Hxeentlve A boat
Order for Troops at Omaha Tour
nanient Pardon Asked for
A. II. Todd.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-(Spcclal Te'.
gram.) lti'prenrnlattve G. W. Norris to
day made pnbllo some correspcndMca
which Is quite apropos In view of the pub
lic Interest concerning the Insurgents and
regulars among the republican.
Judge Norris Is In receipt of a le'ter
from an old friend In the Fifty-eighth dis
trict who takes Norrla to task frr hla
position on some of th vital questions
now confronting his houre membership.
The following Is an extract from the let
ter: "Few of your constituents have rfjolced
more over your - rise in politics than I
have. This, perhaps, because I have
watched you from the beginning, and I
would be shirking my duty If I did not
tell you that I fear for your political
future In this district.
"There Is quite a change In the attitude
of the fsrmers of my acquaintance who
have heretofcre always been enthusiastic
for you as champion of their Inleri sis.
Boiled down, thlH is about what they say;
'Why don't he do something for the
Roosevelt pollces and along the line of
the promisee In the republican platform?1
"We don't care for Cannon. What we want
Is a worker for our district, etc'
VI have had these questions put to ma
often in the lat few mom lis by those who
were always anthuV1J"lc in your support,
I give It to you for what It is worth. I
truft you will be. able, notwithstanding
your embarrassing position with the
speaker, to let your light shine so that
the voters, who are the elncws of our sup
port, may see that you have their Inter
ests at heart and propose to fljht for
them to the last ditch."
Jadce Norris Reply.
To this letter Judge Norris has seplled aa
follows:
. "I have noticed your mild crltclsm of pty "
I court. I take It not si much oa crltclsm
I on your part aa an expression of your feel
ing that my course may bring about my
defeat at the next election. I regret very
much that the farmers of your vicinity
seem, to be opposed to the course w hlch I
am pursuing.. If you were at the head of
an army, marching to meet an enemy, and
your course waa blocked by a stream which
you could not ford, the probabilities are
that you would construct a brldgo over
which you could transport your army,
Thee men who crltclse me for fighting
Cannon would, If they were In your army,
rebel If you attempted to build the bridge.
They would ssay that they did not cnllut aa
bridge carpenters, but aa soldiers, and
that whllo they were willing to fight and
shoot, thry were not willing to act a
bridge builders.
"Our fight Is reallly to make the house
of representatives of the people as our
forefathers Intended It should be. We
fight on a road blocked with Canonlsm.
Such rules have been adopted as make it
impossible for members of the house to
represent ' their constituents, or country,
In the palm of his hand the speaker con
trols the situation by the very power given
him by these rules. We must fight him
before we can reach the goal. It will do
us no good to sit down saying that we are
In favor of a measure described by the
people when he holds the 'key to the sit
uation that win prevent any action being
taken.
' Bays Klulit Great One.
'We might talk until we are hoarse
about measures we desire, bubt unless
eome act could be taken we would ac
complish practically nothing. The fight
that we, are making here Is the greatest
before the American people. It is a fight
for principle and Involves the very free
dom of the representatives. It must ba
fought and won before reforms you- speak
of can be even reached for progressiva
consideration and action. I regret ex
ceedingly that my course does not meet
with the approval of my former friends.
I should, of course,. dislike very much to
be defeated, but I would a great deal
rather bo- right and have the satisfaction
of Knowing that I am right than to retain
my present position. I dislike to receive
the censure of my old friends, but I will
not try to avoid that censure if to do it
I must surrender my conscientious con
victions of right.
'I can afford to be defeated and forgot
ten, but I cannot face the .American peo
ple with a guilty conscience, and if defeat
comes, as 1 realise u may, i sunn nave
the satisfaction of knowing that I did
what I conscientiously believed to be
right, and what will be to me far greater
satisfaction, and a greater reward than
any honor bestowed upon me."
Bruatora Sea President.
Senators Burkett and Brown took up ft
number of matters with the president this
morning, their call prlelpally being to se
cure an executive order for the detail of
troops after the Pes Moines tournament to
Omaha In conjunction with the Ak-Sar-Ben,
festival. The senators told President Taft
of the splendid work accomplished for tho
slate by tho Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben and
Insisted that Omaha ought to have a mili
tary tournament like ltn Moines; that It
had been tacitly agreed upon by the mili
tary authorities, . but the Captain Hull,
chairman of military affairs of the house,
had stolen a march on the Omaha "boost
era" and had secured the promise of a mili
tary tournament at Dea Moines similar to
the one held In that city lust year.
The senators said they had no desire
whutever to Interfere with the Des Moines
tournament, but thought Omaha should
have like consideration. While the president
did not definitely give his sanction to tha
matter the senators came away from the
White House feeling reaxonaltly sure that
the troops to be assembled at Des Moines
will be ordered ta Omaha at tha dose of