The Omaha1 Daily Bee ' WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska FMr. For Iowa Kalr and warmer. See woather report on. page 3. THE OMAHA DEE goes to the homes la read by the women cells goods for advertiser. VOL. XXX IX NO. 185. OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNIXO, FEBRUARY 14, 1910. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. LAWMAKERS WILLGET BUSY Both Houses of Congress Expected to Push Work of Redeeming Platform Pledges. Bryan's Stand May Embarrass Some Speakers Nearly All the Orators at the Dollar Dinner Tonight Are Opposed to the Proposition. DECISIONS BY . SUPREME COURT Long List of Important Findings is Expected One Week from DAHLMAN SEES HOT FIGHT AHEAD Mayor of Omaha Says He Cannot . , Folow Bryan Into the County Local Option Plant. Today. SEVERAL BELLS ARE WELL ALOW TRIBUNAL CLEARING DOCKET - Number of Measures Are Ready to Report. '. 'i. e - c INQUIRY INTO PRICE OF Appointment of Senate Commi Will Probably Be Made Today1 . y APPROPRIATIONS IN IIOUS Greater Part of Week Will Be Devoted to Rivera, In dian and Postofflce Measures. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-Th fact that President Taft In his New York speech picked out fir hla subject postal saving banks. Interstate commerce legislation. antl-lnJunctlon, statehood and conservation of natural resources iemi to mark these as subjects for early consideration by con gress. Especially Is this true for the rea son that measures to carry out these party p radges hava reached advanced stages be fore the appropriate committees. It Is remarked also that the character of Mr. Tuft's allusions to the federal, Incorpor ation bill would hardly Justify the placing; of that measure In the first rank of ad ministration meaures, while the fact that shin subsidy waa I en n red altogether makes ' It questionable whether the executive will bring pressure to bear to promote Its chances. Ship subsidy legislation seems almost cer tain to pass the senate, but the democrats In the house are preparing to line up against the bill and believe that with some republican assistance they will be able to defeat It. It Is not Improbable that the senate would then resort to placing the measure upon the postofflce appropriation bill as a rider, In which event a second contest would be precipitated In the house. Food Price Inquiry. . It Is expected that the select committee w of the senate designed to conduct the pro ' posed Inquiry regarding the price of food products and other necessaries of life will be announced tomorrow, or If not then, at an early day of the present week. There Is little doubt that the republican member ship of the committee will consist of Sen ator Lodge, chairman, and Senators Elklns, MoCumber, Bmoot and Crawford. The dem ocratic membership has not been determ ined, but Indications are Senator Simmons of North Carolina and Senator Clarke of Arkansas will be asked to officiate on be half of the minority membership. If the committee thus should be com posed the transmlsslsslppl country would have four of the seven members. The re publican". Membera- generally express the opinion that the Inquiry can be conducted no speedily, aa to Insure a report before the conclusion of the present session of corrress and their efforts will be directed i to that end. They will undertake especla'ly to demonstrate that the tariff Is not re sponsible for the rise In prices. The question of whether the house com mittee on ways and means will undertake the Investigation of the high cost of living In view of the action the senate Is taking is undetermined. There Is no de mand for a rival Inquiry v and the Indica tions are that the house will be willing to leave the whole subject to the senate, as the latter's probe Is Intended to constitute a defenses of republican principles and Is ' designed for use In the coming congres sional election. Appropriation Bills. . Postal savings banks and appropriation bill will take up practically the entire week in the penate. In the house the rivers and harbors bill will probably oc cupy considerable time and there are other appropriation bills ready for consideration. Among these is the postofflce bill, carrying f.MO.OOO.OuO. and the Indian bill. It Is un likely that any of the administration bills will be considered In the house this week. The ' Ralllnger-Flnchot Investigation Is scheduled for resumption tomorrow. There will be Important hearings also at both ends of the capltol on the administration railroad bill. The hearings on the antl-nptlon bill, In volvlng tho prohibition of transactions in futures of products of the soil on stock exchanges, is attracting great Interest and as a result the room of the bouse commit tee has been crowded every day. The hearings will be resumed tomorrow. AUGUST BELMONT TO MARRY ; MISS ROBSON IN MARCH Knuaa-ement of New York Financier nd Successful Actress Is Annonneed. NEW YORK, Feb. IS. Formal announce ment of the engagement of Miss Eleanor Robson to August Belmont was made last night. The engagement has for a long time been suxpected and Its official con firmation did not create surprise. Miss Robson closed her season tonight tn Brook lyn, passing with the fall of the curtlan. from professional to private life. She will return to her home In this city, where aha will remain until the marriage. The wed ding will take place in March and only intimate friends will be present. Miss Eleanor Rubson, although of Eng lish parentage, was brought to this coun try as a child and has always lived In New York state. She waa educated In a convent school, where she remained until she waa 11 It was then necessary for her to choose a calling and she chose the stage, a profession In which her mother, Mrs. Madga Carr Cook, had already achieved success. Htr successful career as a star began at the Garden theater. New York as "Mary Ann" In "Merely Mary Ann," about five years ago. August Belmont Is a widower, 6? years old. Ills wife died In Paris In September, 1S94. He has three sona August, admitted this year Into the firm of August Belmont and company; Raymond, recently grad uated from Harvard, and now a clerk In a banking house, and Morgan, Mill a preparatory school. Record for Hoars at Soul Omaha. Shlnstork brothers of West Point, Neb., topped tn maraet naiuroay with a car load of hogs weighing 270 average. They recvlvcd SS.85, the hlghast price ever paid InVsouth Omaha for hogs. This firm is oi of the largest shippers in the state. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. 11. HpclaJ.)-The pm tuncement of Mr. Bryan for county op- fi and his avowed Intention to try to ce county option Into the coming demo- lo state platform, will probably cause t emharressment at the dollar banquet 'i Vrow night. With tho exception of Mr. "j. (lfe, the local speakers are all opposed J nty option, and at least Governor : berger and Mayor Dahlmani of have so Informed the perpetual residential candidate. Before leaving for the south Mr. Bryan held several conferences with leading dem ocrats of the state and urged them to stand for county option, but by every one of them, Including Edgar Howard of Columbus, he was turned down cold and given to un derstand that If he persisted In his Inten tions an open breech would result in the party. Following tbe conference Edgar Howard came out In an editorial, endorsed by Mr. Bryan, In which he said county option was not one of the planks In his proposed plat form, so It was generally understood by those with whom he conferred that Bryan had for once agreed to subordinate his own denlre to tho welfare of the party. His announcement of this morrvlng will. therefore, be a surprise to many democrats here, and it Is a bare possibility that some of the speakers at the valentine party will go on record opposed to his plan. If there be a speaker present who has the temerity to speak out tn meeting In op position to the Peerless Leader there will be a fight, for Richard L. Metcalfe Is on the program and he will defend with might and main the stand of his chief. In fact Met calfe Is Table to start the fight by endors ing the county option stand without wait ing for someone else to attack It. . The program for the banquet waa com pleted this afternoon and Is as follows: Toajrt master P. L. Hall. "Payne-Alrtrlch Bill. Who for It? Who Against?" Hon. W. H. Thompson, Grand Island. Prosperity by Act of Congreas.f Hon. Gllw M. Hitchcock. Omaha. "Self Reliance. Hon. James C. Dahlman, Omaha. "Original Insurgents," Hon- Richard L, Metralf. Lincoln. "Nebraska Democracy." Hon. A. C. Shal lenbergor. governor. ' "Centralisation," Hon. James A- Reed, Kansas City. During the afternoon the democratic state committee will meet at the Lincoln hotel and discuss matters pertaining to the welfare of the party, and It Is not Improbable that the question of a succes sor to Chairman Byrnes will occupy a good portion of the time. Senator Byrnes has publicly announced that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself, so there is likely to be a lot of trouble selecting a man. ' . Owing t!o the many times Chris Gruen ther .has been turned down by the gov ernor It is not probable that ha WW agfrtn. agree to land the executive over the bars, but ff Mayor Dahlman " gets the nomina tion It la reported that -Oruenther will again consent i to get back Into active politics. ' Love May Run for Governor Friends of 'Lincoln Mayor Grooming Him to Make Race for Repub lican Nomination. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 13. (Special.) At the an nual banquet of the Young Men's Republi can club held last nlarht It develnnnd that Uncoln may have a candidal, for the re- publican nomination for governor. For several days there have been rumors afloat that Mayor Don L. Love would be urged, to get Into the fight and last night, following the banquet, several republicans talked of perfecting an organization to se cure for him the nomination providing he would consent to make tho race. Following his speech last night the talk started that Mayor Love would be the log! cal candidate representing the Insurgent re publicans and the anti-saloon Voters of the state. Since Lincoln ' has been a dry town the mayor Is in favor of keeping It that way and In all of his speeches wel coming conventions to the olty the mayor never misses an opportunity to express his views on the liquor question. The antl-saloonists of the city have Issued a call for a meeting of the delegates from temperance towns of the state to be held here March 14 and 15, and It Ms not Im possible that at that meeting a movement may be started to start Mayor Love for the nomination. Steamship Limn Wrecked. SANTIAGO. Chile. Feb. 11 The Pacific Navigation company's steamer Lima ' ia ashore on one of the islands of the Huam blin passage of the Straits of Magellan and will probably be a total losa. Tho chief pilot and fifty passengers were drowned. The British steamer Hathhumel rescued 205 of the persons aboard the steamer. but was forced to leave eighty-eight persona aboard, whom It waa Impossible to rescue. Panama Canal Will Work Great Changes.in Trade TAMPA, Fla.. Feb. IS. Addressing sev- In hla addrets Ambassador Bryce paid era! thoussnd visitors to tbe Panama canal a glowing tribute to the splendid achleve- celebratlon her Saturday, the British am- I me,lt ot tn American government In ad- bassador, James Bryce. declared that when "n.cto f""4 " nef to Petlon. ' , I declaring that the eyes of th world stand the Panama canal is completed the phys- . ODen wonder Iral and commercial statu of half the na tions ot the earth will be changed and that America will be the greatest bene ficiary of the establishment of navigation through th canal across th luthmua. The canal exposition, which Ambassador Bryce's address formally opened, was held in accordance with a resolution issued by ronurehs two years ago, designating Tampa as the proper place for the noldlng of the celiuratlou, as this Is the nearest port to the eastern terminus of the canal. In attendance were several thousand troops of the United States army, two gunboats of the American navy and two visiting Kunboata, It is Makiig Ready for Number of Sherman. Law Cases. HOURS OF SERVICE STATUTE Validity of Limit Placed Upon Rail road Workers to Be Tested. v . STATE LAWS ARE UNDER FIRE Minnesota, Kansas snd Arkansas Acts Resrnlntln; and Taxlnsr Corporations Are to Be Construed. WASHINGTON, Feb. lS.-When the su preme court of the United States convenes Monday, February 21, a long list of deci sions Is expected by lawyers, who have .bctjn following the proceedings In the court.. The lawyers believe that the oourt during its three weeks'' vacation has en deavored to dispose of many cases, in order that It may be as free as possible to consider this spring the great .questions of the application of the" Sherman antl trvst law to corporations and' the validity of the corporation tax provisions of the Payne tariff law. Overshadowing all others, the suit of the government against the American Tobacco company and others Is the .most Important under advisement by the court. It was argued several weeks ago. On account of the Standard Oil case, to be argued March It. and Involving similar questions. It Is believed that the decision In the tobacco case will not be announced until after the Standard Oil suit has been heard. Honrs of Service Law. One of the most Important lawa, whose validity has been questioned in arguments before the court. Is the "hours of Bervice law or railroad employes" passed by con grits In 1907. The railroads have attacked the law as being applicable to employes engaged in commerce within the state as well as In interstate commerce. It Is claimed the law la open to the same objec tion which Wiped the employer's liability law of 1906 off the statutes. A decision In this case may be announced on February 21. Another suit which has attracted much attention ,1s that in which the government is seeking to get possession of property amounting to nearly 1400,000, in the hands of Oberlln M. Carter, a former captain in the engineer corps of the, army, who was sentenced to prison for his alleged connec tion with schemes to defraud the govern ment out of t2,000,000 Intended for the Im provement of the harbor at Savannah, Oa. Tbe court, haa ih cans .under ndv&oment. A trio of casea. tinder advisement involve the authority of the ; federal officials to bring Theodore H. Price, Frederick A. Peckham .and Moses Haas from their homes In New York tor the DlBtrlct of Columbia for trial on charges growing out of the "cotton, leak scandal" In the De partment of Agriculture in 1905. State Lawa Under Fire. The validity of a number of state lawa Is questioned In cases which the court has heard argued, but in 'Which It has not an nounced Ita decision. Among these Is the act of the legislature of Minnesota, In creasing to 4 per cent tho rate of the gross earnings tax upon railroads In the state. The Chicago, Great Western company and the Great Northern Railway company have brought suits In the supreme court claim ing that as applied to them the law Is void, because they possess charters which ex empt th,m from paying a higher rate than Is specified in those charters. One Arkansas suit Involves the validity of thea ct of the state legislature requiring local corporations and foreign corporatlona seeking to do business there to pay a fee proportionate to the capital stock of the corporation. ' ' Another suit attacks the validity of the Arkansas law, which authorises the revo cation of the charter of any foreign cor poration which removes a suit of prosecu tion brought by any one against It In any oourt of the state to any federal court without the consent of the party or which institutes an original suit or proceeding against any citizen of Arkansas in any federal court. The validity of the regulations of the railroad commission' of Arkansas requiring railroads to furnish cara for local ship ments within five days after order has been received Is raised in another case under consideration. From Alabama comes a case which tests the constitutionality of the law forbidding the soliciting of orders for enlargement of photographs or selling picture frames with out a license, except In the case of mer chants or others having ia place of business in the state. Democrats Want New Paper. ABERDEEN, S. D., Feb. 13. (Special.) A movement Is oq foot among the demo crats of South Dakota, backed by Gren vllle Jones of Chamberlain and C. W. Col lins of Aberdeen, to establish a morning democratic dally In the state. It Is under stood that Aberdeen has been chosen as the field for the new venture. ; "It Is indeed a stupendous undertaking." he said, "an undertaking that will reflect unending glory upon those who complete It, upon the national government which was not afraid of It; upon the people of tho initad states who supported the na- nuiuti iui tn mucin, upon aii inose who are carrying it through to completion; among whom I will not forget those officers and those military governors who have suc ceeded In rendering a service to humanity over and above the commercial services of the canal In showing how possible It Is to take a land which was cursed by dis ease and make It a perfectly healthy country Wrwf SIM II fs ,!" - ' r-m i tfni.aa.a.J aa,i ..UMm iti p-r- & it I I wr f li-f From the Minneapolis Journal. PLAIN TALES IROM ALASKA Casey Moran Arrives from Land of Cold add Gold. DISCOVERER NOAH'S ARE Inventor of Fake story that Went Rounds of Pvesa In Tush-Inn-ton with more Stosi.es. ' (From a Staff Correspondent) ' ; WASHINGTON Feb. 13.-(Speoial.)-Just flow when the-- Ballinger-Plnchot contro versy is right- In the limelight, anything pertaining to Alaska and Alaskan affairs Is more than interesting. Then, too, at this time of year,' there cornea out of that far off territory a bunch of virile weather tanned men who have done things and who have made their impress upon the Seward purchase. Among the latest arrivals Is a short, stocky, browned American, whose name gives away his ancestors without the necessity of producing a genealogical tree. He is Casey Moran, who, like many other pioneers in the Arctlo regions; haa passed through all sorts of vicissitudes. . Casey Moran landed In Juneau many years ago with six bits In his pocket and a burning thirst that an absinthe frappe did not sat Isfy. He thereby called upon the barkeep at the nearest shack to the landing place to' make him a cocktail. He knew cock tails were high In Alaska and threw down 50 cents, thinking that even where the cost of living waa higher than it Is in New York the price of a cocktail would not ex ceed four bits. But the barkeep requested him to "come again" with a like amount, and not having the necessary amount he could only swallow his drink by leaving a fourth of the original purchase price un paid. Casey Moran noted that In spite of the fact that he was in Alaska there was a certain lack of Ice in that bar. and that put an Idea Into his head. He secured a rowboat and a rope, and rowing out a mile or so he succeeded In lassoing a small Ice berg, which he towed Into port. Within a few moments he had established a profit able business. The sign which he displayed announced to everyone that he had Ice for sale, "by the pound, ton or berg." Rlennrdaon Protects Cache. Casey Moran was up at Fort Yukon some years ago when he was in charge of a sup ply depot of the .Alaska Commercial com pany. That company had sent 300 tons of provisions up the Yukon river, but the ves sel In which they were being transported waa frozen In before the end of the Jour ney was reached, and consequently a cache waa established and the food waa dlatrlbuted for a time under government supervision. It was actually seized by the government in order to prevent Ita falling Into the hands of desperate men who thnnirht under the so-called pauper act they could obtain what they wanted wnnoui (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. A low firms tleo offer unlimited facilities ror tbe overhauling and repairing your auto. Oa 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 to da.rt' 3i- The "Chanticler" In America. Long Chase for -Murderer Grant Ended by Benson Spectacular Pursuit Over Frozen Plains of South Dakota Almost Costs Life. ABERDEEN, S. D., Feb. 13.-KSpecIal.) Worn, thin with this ten weeks' exertion, without an ounce of 'supeffldu flesh "upon hla imilnl frim. PnraiV YtonHm arrfvaif In Aberdeen today from his long chase In pur suit of young Daniel Gant, the Texas cow boy who, on Thanksgiving day, 1909, mur dered Lewis Maxwell at Englevale, N. D., and then fled with Samuel Gant, a younger brother. Sa.nuel Gant was captured near Newark, S. D., a few days later, but Dan iel escaped. , Among the posse who took up the chase at Newark waa Benson, who had known the Gant boya of old, having ridden the range with them. In Walworth county all trace of the fugitive was lost and the vari ous posses gave up the pursuit, all but Ben son. The latter, knowing the Standing Rock reservation country so well, waa con fident, he could"- eventually capture Gant. In a short time he was rewarded by again finding his tnu'l. The man has succeeded in crossing tho Missouri river. Benson fol lowed. For mjlea and miles, over the snow- covered ground, the murderer fled for hla life, and his pursuer doggedly continued on the trail. Finally, late last week, Gant succeeded In eluding his pursuer, though at times Ben son had been so close behind his quarry that the water holea broken through the Ice by Gant In order to secure water for himself and his horse, had not yet frozen over when Benson came up. At times Gant threw farmers off the scent by represent ing himself to be Benson, and securing sup plies in that way. . Yesterday Benson heard Gant had taken the back trail and had managed to get to Watertown. S. D.. where he had purchased a ticket to Minneapolis. Benson stated he had wired the Minneapolis authorities and he expected to hear at any minute of Gant's capture. The killing of Maxwell was the result of a quarrel over' wages, and many claim Gant was not to blame and would have brm acquitted had he remained at Engle vale to stand trial. New Telephone' System. OGALALLA, Neb.. Feb. 13. Special TeN egram.) Manager Warner of the Ogalalla North Platte telephone system today trans ferred to the new office In the Glfford block and connected with the new switch board and cable system. Ogalalla now has the whole town covered by cable and every 'phone on a metaltd circuit, and expert ca ble splicer, J. L. Weltsel of Omaha, says he knows of no town this size In Nebraska with as complete a system. Manager Warner is In full charge of the North Platto system, which has recently been completely rebuilt and Is a model of equip' ment and service. Status of Roosevelt at Berlin Puzzles Diplomats BERLIN, Feb. IS. The Foreign office has endeavored for some weeks to learn Just when Former President Roosevelt expects to be in Germany, but is still in the dark as to his plans. It has been widely pub lished that Mr. Roosevelt will be In Berlin on April iS. but If this is so. It Is nos known officially and the situation Is em barrassing in a way, as Emperor William' spring plans cannot be definitely arranged In the meantime, because his majusty pur poses to be In the capital when his guest arrives. ' Official tnesssges hava now boen ad dressed to Mr. Roosevelt with Instructions that they be forwarded with th greatest despatch and if necessary by native run ners If b can thus be reached sooner be tween telegraphic points. A reply from htm making known hla Intention 1 x nactad any dan PRESIDENT HAS QUIET DAY Executive Sits for Sketch by Toung Artist and Reads Mail. DINES WITH HIS BROTHER In the Afternoon., He Leflt , New York with Mr-. Taft tn Private . far Olivette for Wash. Ington. - . BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. -President Taft returned to the capital tonight at 9:35, after his visit to New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-!-Presldent Taft had a quiet Sunday In New York. He posed leisurely for a sketch or two before a young artist while going through his mall thg morning, saw only two callern during tne aay ana leit ror wasmngton, in tne private car Olivette, leaving Jersey City at !:65 p. m. Otto T. Bannard, president of the New York Trust company and defeated candi date for mayor at the late municipal con test, and, Lloyd C. Grlscom, president of the New York; republican county commit tee, were the only persons besides relatives and the artist whom the president raw dur ing the day. ' Mr. Bannard declined to give the name of the artist who was fortunate enough to have the opportunity of sketching the pres ident. "He la a young friend of mine," he aald, "and I think he Is doing remarkably well, . He has been ambitious to sketch the president and I was glad that I could help him. The president agreed with the plan and, as he had considerable personal mall to go through, he thought it would be a good Idea, to favor my friend anr at the sametlme go throug his mall." President Sits for Sketch. After the banquet of the Republican club lasf night, at which the president made a speech on republican policies, he returned to the home of his rother, Henry W. Taft, and did not get up until nearly 10 o'clock today. A number of chaurt hea had extended special Invitations to Mr. Taft to attend services today, but he declined, ex plaining In each Instance that the activi ties of yesterday necessitated secluilon and rest. Mr. Bannard arrived at the TafV resi dence a few minutes before 11 o'clock, and a moment after he had. entered the house he came out with Mrs. Taft on his arm. The president followed. The three, ,ac companled by secret service agents, were driven In automobiles to Mr. Bannard' home. W(hlle Mrs. Taft remained In the car Mr. Bannard took the president into the house. Introduced him to the young artist and the president consented to sit for a sketch. Mr. Bannard left them and acoom- (Contlnued on Second Page.) ' It Is understood that the emperor has Invited Mr, Roosevelt to be his personal guest and whether he will be accorded the honors usually bestowed upon the head of a government It a question which is fre quently suggested by the paragraphers of the press. That the former president will be thus honored Is denied with much noslUve ness by one of the news ag'ncUs today. This agency declares that however much the emperor may desire to honor hla guest he cannot receive him personally at the railway station or send a royal prince as his representative to meet him, because this would be a too obvious departure from state etiquette, One editorial com mentator suggests that the emporer must ha,ve consideration for President Taft and not exhibit too demonstratively his regard for th president's predecessoc EXPECTED SUCH A DECLARATION Looks for Governor Shallenberger to Line Up Against Bryan. ' LOCAL LEGISLATORS ARE DEFIANT Senators Ransom and Tanner Toss a Few Weedy Bouquets. PEERLESS LOSER IS A DEAD ONE Snch Is Vnanlmoua Declaration of Uounlaa County Men Who Were In Lnat I. escalator, Formerly Devout Bryanltra. Mayor Dahlman and Governor Shallen berger In the same bed! And Bryan on the floor! The Omaha mayor roturned Sunday from Excelsior Springs, Mo., looking fit as a fid dle. The first thing that gave him the shiv ers, menUJly. he admitted, was the decler atlon of William J. Bryan for county op tion. "Mr. Bryan's declaration will not affect my plans in any manner," trald Mayor Dahlman. "I have expected such action by him for some ttmo. As I view It, he held himself back on this subject Just as long Tas he could. It's pretty warm down where Bryan Is now, you know, and apparently some of tho climatic heat has got into his editorial. "I have followed Bryan, and fought with and for him a good many years. Now we have come to the parttng of the ways, on this subject. He may win som prohibition republicans, but h certainly will lose the support of a great many democrats. Our party Is composed very largely of the so called liberal element, and men with that belief will not follow Mr. Bryan or any body else Into the camp of the county op tlonlsts. I slialV positively maintain my po sition and do all I can to defeat any such proposition." ' Asked if he expected Governor Shallen berger to be with him In the coming fight to keep a county local option plank out of the democratic platform. Mayor Dahlman said: ' "Yes, I do. Judging from an Interview he gave out some time back, and I believe we will be able to keep out of the platform any plank looking to that end. Of course, this latest utterance of Mr. Bryan mean a fight In the primaries on delegates, a well as a fight tn the convention. We are ready right npw to take up and meet the Issue. That we will win I have no doubt" j The mayor spoke with considerable regret of the break with Bryan that I now un avoidable; but, - while cautious In hi re marks, he left no room fovsmibt that tne fight thus projected tirtha democratic party of Nebraska will be to a finish on th county local option Issue. Local Legislators Srornfnl. Mr. Bryan'k charge In the course of his declaration for county option that the liquor interests exercised too much in fluence in the last democratic legisla ture and controlled the democratic ma jority in the senate did not pass un heeded by Douglas county members of the legislature. Th Bee Interviewed most of them yesterday and in several cases got the prompt reply, "I am Just reading that In The Bee now," or, "I flave Just read that." One thing on which all those inter viewed were practically agreed was, 'Mr. Bryan Is a dead one politically." Also every member was outspoken against Bryan's avowal for county option, but not every one of the house members wai ready to deny hla charge as to how the Initiative and referendum was defeated in the senate. . ' Senator P. T. Ransom, admittedly the bell wether of the ' esnatft, aald: "Mr, Bryan Insisted on runhlhg the' legis lature and we " objected. He urged us to pass the Initiative and referendum and we refused. Ha Is peeved and that is all there Is to this whole thing. He had the support in the last presidential cam paign of the very element he I how fight ing. He refused to Sign, a petition or res olution asking the legislature to pass a county option bill, but now he Come out for It. Hard Words for Pet Measure. "As to his Initiative and referendum, which Is un-American, If he thinks It such a good thing why didn't ho have It placed In the Denver platform on which he ran for president? Why didn't he have it placed Ih the state platform? He could have had It placed In either, but he dld'nt simply because he was running for office and waa afraid it would lose him some votes. Now, havlhg been defeated three times and probably convinced h I dead politically, he is willing to endorse Shallen berger, county option and everything else." Senator J. M. Tanner, South Omaha: "What Bryan Says wouldn't have any In fluence on me, whether It be praise or criticism. And I don't believe It will hava any more effect on th democratic party. I was and am opposed to the bill against which I.voted." Rwpresentatlve James P. Connolly: "W' all know Bryan. We have followed, him for a good many years always to defeat. We are through with him. I think, as Jim Dahlman says, 'He' a four-flusher.' I think his county option policy Is bad for the party, or would bo If the party were to take It up. Bo far as th initiative and referendum Is concerned, I think, my self. It was a very bad thing to defeat the bill. I thought so then. But I don't cars to hear from Bryan on th subject. If h was not a straddler he'd com out for prohibition instead of county option." Peerless l.wr In Wrong Pew. Rtpresontatlve W. V. Stoerkers "Bryan will find no support among Intelligent democrats either in his attuck oh th demo cratic legislature or his county option pol icy. He gets Into the wrong pew this time. I would rather wiilt until I have fully di gested his criticisms to say more." Representative W. P. Thomas: "I ap prove neither of hi strictures on the legis lators, nor of his declaration for cjunty option and other such luws. Of course, sine the house, of which I was a member, passed tho Initiative and referendum I fool that it Is not tip to me to reply much to his attack on the senate for killing It. We all know that tne senate was its Warrlo" Representative J, P. Kraus of South Omaha said: "Personally, I never mad any