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BALDWIN'S PLACE
AT TABLE VACANT
Absence of Governor-Elect Camei
Comment at Banquet Rooserelt
Warmly Greeted.
LAEGE CROWD GUEET3 GUEST
Driven to Home of President
Chamber of Commerce.
of
WEEKS ALSO IS NOT PRESENT
Chief Executive of the State Attends
G. A. B. Reception.
270 PAPERS ARE FILED IN SUIT
mii f Jed Bsldwta Ssjy K
Rmmi EiIiIi Believe Any
Sack step Wssld Be
Takes.
NT5W HAVEN. Pec 1 Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, ma the rimt of the Chamber
of Commerce at lt annual banquet tonight,
mud hla first public address alnca the
recent elections- Ila wu cordially erected
by a gsthertn of upwards of 600 men
representative of the business and com
mercial lntereau and the professions of the
tat a.
The banquet had more than ordinary sig
nificance through tha presenos of the chief
guest, who o recently waa In controversy
with tha former chief Justice of tha su-
prema court of errors. Judge Simeon E.
Baldwin, who. aa the detnoorallo nominee
for governor, ovartumed the political com
plexion of the atate and aa governor-elect,
had been Invited to attend. Judge Baldwin
waa not preaent and the place assigned to
him at the guests' table bora mute evidence
of hla absence.
Colonal Roosevelt waa escorted from New
York by s committee of the chamber and
upon hla arrival at the atatlon her a
large and enthusiastic crowd waa in wait
ing. With a wave of hla hat tha colonel
acknowledged their greeting and with a
hearty laugh and a happy remark to thoaa
who eagerly reached forth to shake hla
hand he edged hla way through tha crowd
to an automobile In waiting. Colonel Roose
velt waa driven to the home of Colonel L
M. I'llmtn, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, where friends were waiting to
greet him.
Baldwin Bait t Filed.
Colonel Roosevelt's coming bad given rise
to speculation aa to whether Judge Bald
win would attempt to serve papers In a
alt he had said he would, while the former
waa In this atate. At Judge Baldwln'a of
fice It waa said there waa no reason to be
lieve any euoh step would ba taken.
It waa a noticeable fact that Governor
Weeks waa not present at tha banquet to
represent the atate, nor waa any member of
tha congressional detention present. Out
their absence waa due to other engage
ments. ' '
Tee governor attended . .av Taceptloa at
Meriden to the national commander of the
Grand Army of tha Republic. John F. Oil
man. ' '
- Tha dinner waa served In the dicing hall
of Tale university, known aa 'The Com
none." ; No attempts were made at '-deco
rations, owing to tha alse of tha hall. The
stngtn gwaa led by a chorus of three Aosen
members of the chamber.
At the table with Colonel Roosevelt were
President UUman, Charlea T. JuHn. se cre
tary of the chamber; President Hadley and
President Anson Phelps Btokea of Tale uni
versity. Chief Justice Frank B. Hall of tha
stale supreme court of errors. Mayor Rica
of New Haven and former Governors Rollln
8. Woodruff and Phlneaa C. Lounsbury.
Among tha other guests were Rear Ad
miral W. 8. oCwles, U. 8. N.; Frank I
IUne, president of tha New Tork Chamber
of Commerce; W. A. Marble, Vic president
of tha Merchants association of New Tork;
Charlea P. Chase, president of tha Spring
field, Mass., Board of Trade, and E. Tudor
Gross, president of the Provldenoa, R I.,
Board at Trade.
AGAINST KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
At tors r rat st w Yerk Asked
to Appoint a Receiver
k Order.
ALBANT, N. T.. Deo. 11 Attorney Gen
eral O'Mally . today received a communi
cation from Milton Bucky of New YorkC
a lawyer, asking him to begin an action
against the Knights- of Phythlas, one of
tha largst fraterpal orders, to cancel
their ' certificate to' conduct a life lnsur
' ance business In the state and appoint a
receiver of all assets and property to the
state,
Mr. Bucky, for Thomas Barber of Brook,
lyn, alleges that Information furnished by
tha supreme lodge of tha oroer ahowa that
at the present time' It Is carrying insur
ance of tha fourth clasa amounting to
U0,bT,&00. with cash on hand to pay this
totaling S61S.WS.
The attorney general has taken the let
ter under advisement.
MINERS HOLDING AN ELECTION
All Over tha Ceaatry Balletlas for
laterasUloatat Officers la
Cola On.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Dee. 11 I'nlon
miners all over the country are today bal
loting for their international officers. The
ballots will be sent to ths international
headquarters in 'this fir and after the
count the result will Lr kept secret until
the annual convention, which will be holJ
In Columbus. O., next month.
President Thomas L. Iwls, Is opposed
for reflection by Join P. White of Qska
loom, la., a former vice president of the
International organisation and now pres
ident of the Iowa dlntrlct. Besldea the in
ternational election, district officials will
bo elected In the following districts: Illin
ois, .Ohio, West Virginia and central and
western Pennsylvania.
JUDGMENT FOR MISS KNOUTS
Editor f Jabs Boll Makes Mistake
tt kea lie PablUhea
siest Stnrr.
LONDON. Dec. 11-A Jury In tha King's
tench division aaarded Mlrs Alexanders
Louvlma Knollva. daughter of Lord Knol
lys. King Gecrse's private secretary, dam
ages In the suit of U0 for Ubel which shs
brought against the periodical John Bull
for having published a report that the com
plainant had elupvd with an English army
officer.
Horatio W. Pottomley, a member of the
Hour of Commons, who con trolls the
paper, expressed to the court sincere re
gret lest the grouLdle&s atatement had
been printed.
Kansas Officers Hunt
for Murderers of
Bernhard Family
John Feagle, Held as a Suspect, Fails
to Make Statement Throwing;
Light on the Crime.
KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Dec. 13 John Fea
gle, held by the Kansas City (Kan police
aa a suspect for the murder of Mrs. time
line Bernhardt, her son George, Tnamas
Morgan and James Graves, wai subjected
to another examination by Chief of Po'.lce
Zlmmer and his assistants this morning.
The crleoner said nothing that added ma
terially to his statements of yesterday, the
officers said.
The sheriff of Johnson county. Kansas,
said this morning that he was trying to
, f.nd a farm hand who worked for the
Bernhardt about six weeks ago. Ths
sheriff said George Femhardt had x
preaeed himself aa being afraid of this
man.
Feagle'a wife and his father. J. B. Fea
gle, have come to his rescue, both declar
ing that he Is Innocent of any connection
with the quadruple murder. The elder
Feagle raid today that his son had at times
shows signs of Insanity. He said the slain
on the clothing found In his son's home
yesterday were made by rod paint.
"My aon painted his house a dark red
eome time ago," he aald. - "After he fin
ished the work he discarded the soiled
clothes and they wire hung In a closet up
stairs." "My husband Is Innocent." Feagle s wife
said, "and could easily clear himself. But
he easily gets rattled and I guess that Is
what happened when the police were ques
tioning blm. I shall help him to prove his
Innocence." Tha funerals of the victims
of the murder were held today.
Fifty Young Women
on the Roof of a
.. Burning Building
la Gymnasium Costumes, Carried
Down the Fire Escapes by
Chicago Firemen.
CHICAGO, rec. 13. Fifty young women,
attired In gymnasium costumes, were res
cued from the roof of a burning building at
J11-11J Wabash avenue today. They were
engaged In gymnasium drill In a school of
physical culture.
The girls engaged In their exercises
feared to descend to the street when smoke
began pouring Into their gymnasium, and
the Instructors, giving the young women
no time to don other clothing, marshalled
them to the roof.
From this place, which waa ahut off from
view by volumes of black smoke, the
frightened and screaming physical cultur
Iste were carried down the fire escapes by
firemen. . N6ns -were Injured and -they
tought seclusion from the staring thou
sands ta a neighboring office building,
where they were supplied wMh, .more cota
piflW costumes. Tha damage waa estimated
atiWO.OOfc '
Bealdes the physical culturlata rescued,
forty girt employes of ' desk and carpet
companies In the, building, were carried or
assisted, down the fire escapes. '
i Judge Neil Will
Not Permit Petition
. to Go to the Files
Attorney Asks that Proceedings in
case Against Cooper Be Declared
Illegal and Void.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Pee. 1S.-A petition
asking that the Davidson county criminal
court declare Illegal and void the proceed
ings by which tha case against Robin J.
Cooher, charged with the murder of Sen
ator Edward Carmack. Was dismissed, was
presented today by all the attorneys who
represented the atate In the trial la which
Robin J. Cooper and hla father. Duncan
B. Cooper, were convicted, and by Sam C.
Carmack, brother of Senator Carmack.
Judge A. B. Neil refused to allow the
petition to be filed. The next move will be
to take the case before tha supreme court
on a writ of certiorari.
BAUER GOES THROUGH WINDOW
Mesas- af St. Joseph Ball Team Ii
J a red by Essloalos af
Gasellae.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Dec. It-Jake Bauer,
member of the St. Joseph base ball team
of the Western league, waa blown through
a window by a gasoline explosion. The ac
cident occurred In a clothes cleaning es
tablishment here today and badly Injured
him. He waa taken to a hospital, but
probably will recover.
SUBJECT TO UNIFORM RULES
lateratate Casnsaereej Cosasulsaloa
Bales sa Deasmge Ckarses os
Privately Owsed Cars.
Washington, Dec IS. Prflvately owned
frelcht cars were today declared to be
subject to the uniform demurrage regula
tlona In a decision by the Interstate Com
merce commission In tha case of Proc
tor A- Gamble company of Cincinnati,
against the Cincinnati-Hamilton A Dayton
railway company and other Interstate
carrier.
City National Strikes Water
at Thirteen Hundred Feet
The artesian well for the City KaUoa&l
Bank building la all but complete and the
boring ta at an end. What remains Is the
connecting of tha well pipe and the dis
mantling of the cumbrous roach nerr
which has stood since last summer.
A good supply of water waa struck Sat
urday at a depth of I t feet and the bor
ing has gone through water and asndstone
to the l.X-foot level. Insuring permanency
of supply.
It Is a first-class water, which has been
secured with leas mineral flavor than the
ordinary artesian water.
The well boring machinery haa been
standing beside the tall building longer
tban any one deared, but this was the
result of a great deal of bad luck. One of
the contractors dropped tha bucket which
KENNEDY TALKS
TOCOLNTiSOLONS
President of Commissioners' Associa
tion Urges New Drainage and
Road Laws.
CALLS
THEM
AMBIGt
"Fertile of Misunderstandings and
Parents of Legislation."
ALSO URGES HIGHER PAY
Makes Hit with Delegates by Talk of
Larger Salaries.
GRAND i ISLAND NEST TIME,
Mrfool Jmrllan Maw la Receptive
Candidate for Re-electlos -Frleadly
Greeting; by Mayor Diklmts
la Formal Address.
"The present laws of Nebraska with re
spect to drainage districts and county
roads are so amblruous that they are fer
tile of misunderstanding and even beget
litigation." said President P. A. Kennedy
of the Nebraska Commissioners. Supervis
ors and County Clerks' association which
bejran yesterday afternoon Its sixteenth
annual convention. President Kennedy
pleaded for more specific and definite leg
islation on these subjects in the course
of his annual address. He also urged bet
ter pay for commissioners and supervis
ors who are now getting S3 per day gen
erally. The convention held no session
last night and nearly all the delegatea. of
whom about 200 are here, went to the poul
try show. Some of them are exhibitors
and nearly all can tell a Cochin China
from a White Leghorn.
The county commissioners" of Nebraska,
taking them by and large and as repre
sented at the convention are big men
physically; tall, stout, and well set up.
They are clad generally In fur over
coats and they wear broadbrlmmed fe
dora hats.
The convention was called to order at
p. m. by President Kennedy, who
Immediately summoned Mayor Dahlman
to the rostrum. The mayor told the com
missioners that they are good fellows; that
Omaha is glad to see them nd hopes they
will like Omaha as welt as Omar a likes
them; that the chief of police has his in
structions (this always goes well); that
Nebraska has many fertile acres and the
fairest daughters and stoutest, bravest,
most manly men anywhere In thla world.
The adjective "grand" waa used -two or
three mora times -and there was loud
applause.
President Kennedy, In his Inimitably
facetloua way, acknowledged the greet
ings and then plunged into hla annual ad
dress. These two sets of remarks and the
appointment " of officer and Committees
concluded this afternoon. , .
The convention will resume sway' in the
ptorntng. when V. Q. VTre, Jha Grossman
and J. J, Donohua of Dodge county will
talk upon these subjects, respectively:
"County Taxes," "Friendly Relatione with
Douglas County a&4 the Rest of the State,"
TkX Lists.'.' -..,.
County Commissioner O. J. Pickard and
County Surveyor George McBrlde were tha
official "wtlcomera to our city" of the
visitors Tuesday morning. They were as
sisted by a few young Omahans who repre
sent printing companies, bridge construc
tion companies and surety companies.
These last have many friends among the
county commissioners and county clerks of
Nebraska and they hope to have more and
better by the time the convention is over.
George H. Streiff of the Standard Bridge
Construction company waa one of the
mixers present and Joseph Redfleld could
be seen hovering in the mldforeground.
There were others, too.
Grmaa lalaad'a Ckssee,
Grand Island is likely to get the 1911
convention. It haa come with Ita cam
paign well organised and many delegates
are now wearing tha "Grand Island In
1911" badges.
President Kennedy I likely to be re
elected. He admitted, under a little pres
sure Tuesday, that ba is In tha hands of
his friends and that If tha convention In
sisted he would take up the cares of of
fice another year.
The Omaha Anti-Old Bachelors' society
will probably oppose him, for Mr.
Kennedy, while not so old, has never been
snared In connubial contract. "Otherwise
he is all light," say all the delegates.
Justice White
Not on Hand to Take
" Oath' of Office
May Hot Ba Formally Inducted On to
the Bench Until After the
Holidays.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 11 To tha disap
pointment of a gathering that crowded the
supreme court of the United States to Ita
capacity Justice White did not take the
oath of offloe today as chief justice of
the United States.
For one thing the new chief justice was
late. It ie expected that Justice White
did not Intend to take the oath today and
that It was his intention to pay Justice Har
lan, tha senior member of the court, a
delicate compliment by permitting him to
preside over the court, possibly until after
the holiday reoesa. which will end Janu
ary 1
hauls up borings and seepage. This had to
b bored through. Then when the end was
nearly In sight, the great drill allpped off
tha rope and had to be fished for during
several exasperating days. Klshlng at a
depth of l.fe or so feet, and in the dark,
as It were. Is as d.fflcult as may easily
be imagined.
The tu depth of the well Is l.Su fe
I Inches. . " Is is Just three Inches deeper
than the nolthboring artealan well at the
Rome hotel. The Young kfen'a Christian
association well is -1.134 feet deep.
Charles Black, general contractor for tha
City National building. Is in Omaha, but
bis visit has nothing to do with ths ell.
Hi mission is to clean up detsJls of build-
Ing accounts and small work with official
of tha company.
f : Mmnss- safe
1 1 . mmMMmk
i i -rM&MVfXWf- few
From the Washington lHJffrr wT
Evening Star. 5.'
ELLIOTT FOR DISTRICT BENCH
Attorney Endorsed for Place Vacated
by Promotion of, Jndge Carland. '
t
HOMESTEAD BILL BY MB, K0RRIS
Nebraska Hepreee wtatlve tatrodacea
Me-asarej. te Protect tal;-eta ie
Mera Whe Beeomt Isms
After Flllac Claims.
(Prom a Staff Correspondent.) ' .
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS (Special Tele
gram.) Nomination of John E. Carland of
Sioux Falls to the commerce court leaves
a vacancy on the United States district
bench, for which there will doubtless be
many applicants. It Is understood here
that strong and general endorsement has
been fled with Preuldent Tnft, not only
by Judges throughout South Dakota, but
by state officials as well, in behalf of
James D. Elliott, former United States dis
trict attorney.
In addition to Mr. Elliott. It Is said that
ex-Senator Klttridge J. L. Gaffney of
Pierce and E. E. Wagner, at present hold
ing the office of United Statea district at- I
torney, are also candidates for the vacancy.
Neither Senators Gamble nor Crawford, It
Is understood, have as yet suggested a
name or names to the president for con
sideration in connection with the selection
of some one to succeed Garland.
Mr. Harris Introduces Bill.
Representative Norris today Introduced a
bill which provides that In all cases In
which parties who have regularly initiated
claims to public lands as settlers according
to the provisions of the pre-emption or
homestead laws, have become lnane before
the expiration of the time during which
their residence, cultivation or Improve
ments of land claimed by them Is required
by law to be continued In order to entitle
them to take the proper proof or perfect
their claims, it shall be lawful for the re
quired proof and payment to be made
for their benefit by any person who may be
ley ally authorised to act for them during
their disability and thereupon their claim
shall be confirmed and patented, provided
it ahall be shown by proof satisfactory to
the commissioner of general land that the
parties compiled In good faith with the
legal requirements up to the time or weir
becoming Insane, and the requirements
In homestead entries under the act of
congress, approved April . 1904, as to Im
provements required and the requirements
in other homestead entries of an affidavit
of allegiance by the applicant in certain
eta, as a prerequisite to the Issuing of
patents shall be dispensed with so far
aa regards such Insane parties.
BUI Is Increase Pensions.
A bill of the utmost importance to the
pensioners of the United States who served
either sixty days In the Mexican war or
ninety days in tha civil war. who have
Representative Sulloway, is to be passed
at this session of congress.
Ths bill provides that all persons who
have served sixty days In .the Mexican or
ninety days in the civil war, who have
reached the age of O years, shall have
a pension of 15 a month; 65 years, t per
month; TO years. $30 per month; 75 years or
over, HO, such pension to commence from
tha date of filing the application.
The population of Kearney, Buffalo
county, announced today, is t.Vft as agalnttt
S.ex In LwO. an Increase of 563 during the
decade. The population of Kearney in IXjO
was S.0S4.
PEORIA PRESSES DOWN THE LID
sheriff Ulnar Bars Twer Will Nat Be
Asy More Prlss Flan tin- la
Hla Bailiwick.
PEORIA. Rl.. Dec. H.-The Hd on prise
nht hu been lowered and no more
futhts will bs allowed, according to
ot.ment of Fherlff Grant Minor. The
ten-round draw last night betwen "Kid"
Farmer and Harry Donahue, under the
ausplcles of tha Marquette club was too
much of the real thing and the Ud has
been tightened as a consequence.
Dr. Vincent of Chicago
Heads University
; Up in Minnesota
i. .v.sawa' ' -
Illinois Man Selected to Fill Place of
Pr. Northrop, Who Heiied
-' Presidency, ." . '
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec It Dr. George
Edgar Vincent, dean of the faculty of arte,
literature and science In the Unlverslay of
Chicago,' has been chosen by the re rents
to succeed Dr. Cyrus Northrop as presi
dent of the University of Minnesota and
has accented the office. Formal announce
ment of bis selection was made today.
Dr. Northrop resifrned two years ago, but
the regents prevailed on him to retain the
chair of president tilt they could ftnd a suc
cessor. ' Choice of Dr. Vincent la said to
mce with Dr. Northrop's hearty approval.
The new president la a aon of Bishop
John Heyl Vincent, tha founder of Chau
tauqua Institution. He is M years old and
haa been engaged in educational work for
twenty years.
The on'y other candidate for the posi
tion was Dr. A. It. Hill of the University
of Missouri, but it soon became known that
Dr. Hill would not accept the offer.
Dr. Vincent will assume charge of the
university April 1, when Dr. Northrop will
retire. Dr. Vincent. Is a Tale graduate of
the class of 188S. Ha haa been prominent
a writer on sociological subjects and in
collaboration with Prof. A. W. Small In
1895. published "An Introduction to the
Study of Society." In 1896, he issued "The
Social Mind In Education." .
Aldrich to Name
the SubconimitteQ
Senate Committee Considers Demands
. for Modification of Law for ;
Tariff Board,
WA6H7NTON, Dec. 11. The senate com
mittee on finance today considered the
various suggestions nreaented to congress
In connection with demands for a modifica
tion of the law creating the tariff board.
Several senators expressed their belief
that a permanent tariff commission should
be authorised and that the membership
should be larger than the existing tariff
board, which comprises three members. It
waa the sense of the meeting that some ac
tion should be taken during the present
session and Chairman Aldrich was author
Ixed to name a subcommittee to consider
tha whole subject.
VAUGHN TO COACH OHIO TEAM
lersstss ' Mas Baceeeds Howard
Janes f the Last Yesr
Yale Class.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Dec. 11 Announce
ment is made that Harry F. Vaughn of
Scranton, Pa., member of the Tale law
school class of lH. and end of the Tale
foot ball team of 110 and of the season
Just closed, will coach the Ohio State col
lege eleven next fall. He succeeds Howard
Jones. Yale), 190.
Spends Life in Seeking Easy
Fortune and Dies Penniless
DANVILLE. 111., Dec. U. Leonard C.
BlaUdell. who spent mors than thirty-five
years and much money in attempting to
force the federal government to pay the
famous Durkee claims, died today at tha
soldiers borne here. Blaisdell died penni
less. The Duikee case bad Its Inception in
1VH. when Charles Ourkee died In 8a;t
Lake, lie was governor of Utah and an
uncle of Ulaiodel'a wife. His ektate was
left in a tangle. Included In the aftavts
were bonds valued at many millions owned
WALTHERS KILLING JUSTIFIED
Slaying of Father by Son Held War
ranted bv Jury.
TO RELEASE. PRISONER TODAY
Cessly Attsrser Will Froseeste
Boy Wit senses Assail Character
- of .Dead Mas i Pasgkter
Belatea Bsrrors.
Henry Walthers, Jr., who shot hla father
In defense of his mother and sister, will
not be prosecuted.
' The slaying of the elder Walthers by
his son was held to have been Justifiable
by the Jury which heard the evidence sub
mitted at an Inquest held by Coroner Wil
lis Crosby yesterday afternoon.
The Jury's conclusion, baaed upon a vol
ume of testimony blackening the char
acter of the dead man, was that the boy
killed hla father In order to save the
Uvea of his mother and sister under cir
cumstances of extreme provocation.
County Attorney English conducted the
examination of witnesses for the state and
Walthers waa represented by two attor
neys. Seven witnesses testified to habits
and actions of the victim of the shoot
ing, Henry Walthers, Sr., picturing the
man as an Inhuman and unnatural parent.
Hla normal atate was drunkenness, land
his habitual words were threats to kill
his family, It was said.
Father a, Crael Mas.
' - i
The elder Walthers once grasped a dog
by ita hind, feet and dashed Ita brains out
against the wall of the house, one wit
ness declared. On the slightest aggra
vation Walthers became a raging ogre,
working such fiendish punushmejot upon
his children aa tossing them against the
celling so that they fell like a rubber ball
upon the bed and hounded almost to the
celling again, said another witness.
Mrs. Vera Yates, a married daughter.
told the Jury that she lived in such ter
ror while at her parents' home, that she
fell into the habit of sleeping with her
hands clasped about her neck. She de
scribed the Incident of her father drag
ging Mrs. Walthers by the hair from her
bed after the birth of a child, command
ing the woma nto get up and cook dinner.
The unvaried ploture of brutality from
every principal witneas was a monotone
at. tha Inquest. Mabel, U years old, the
daughter upon whom Walthers made ths
attack that ended In his death, was pres
ent In deep mourning.
Witness Is Collected.
The young woman told her story In
dramatlo words, but without a sign of
nervousness. She remarked that her
father waa pleasant when strangers were
around, but after they left became violent.
Once, ahe said, he started a quarrel be
cause guests at a dinner had eaten too
much.
On the night of the tragedy, "He came
In with an evil smile on bis face," said
Miss Mabel.
Charles Yates and Miss Vera Frayer,
neighbors, and Edward Rlgga, a friend of
Miss Mabel, completed the testimony con
cerning the provocation of the killing.
Walthers will be liberated from the city
Jail today, according to County Attorney
English.
by Durkee. Leland Stanford and Collls P.
Huntington.
As the only heir to the estats, lilalsdell
took charge. He found the bonds had besn
Issued en account of the building of the
Union Pacific railroad. He asserted that
there was no record at Washington that
tho bonds had been paid for. Officials of
the Union Pacific company asserted other
wise, henco the legal tight bepan. Blais
dell not only ImpoverUhed hlnvelf, but
many of his relatives and friends .
SENATORS LINING
UP ON THE TARIFF
First Debate Brings Out Opposing
Views in Connection with Future
Revision.
LODGE AND ALDRICH GIVE VIEWS
Assert Willingness1 to Join in Work
by Piecemeal.
CUMMINS ON PRESENT MEASURE
Contends Excessive Duties Are Im
posed and Country Wants Change.
ATTACKS PAYNE-ALDRICH LAW
Iowa enatr l'alnis Oat What lie
Consider the Real Issues .
that Art to Be ton
sldcrrd. WASHINGTON, leo. 1 The senate to
day listened to the first tarirf debate of
the sesHlon and while, necessarily the dis
cussion was larncly academic. It served lo
develop the iniporinnt fact that rVnator
Lodce and Aldrich aro willing. to Join in
tho plccctmat revision of ne tariff.
The BUbJcct tntiic up on a motion to
ref-r to the committee on rules, tho Cum
mins Joint resolution providing for the
limitation of the power to amend bills
looking to the modification of paragraph
and schedules of the Payne-AMrlch bill.
Mr. Cummins occupied tho floor In sup
port of the provision, but ho was Inter
rupted to such an extent that the dla
cunsion partook largely of the nature of a
running debate. It was In the course of
this diacUKslun that Ledge and Aldrlcb
found occasion to announce their respeo
tlve positions.
Mr. Aldrich favored amendment but said
he would prefer taking up tliu question
by subjects rather than by schedules. He
was emphatic In hla opposition to the
Iowa senator's method of proceeding,
which' contemplates tho alteration of tho
rules of both the house and senate by
Joint resolution. Senator Hale, who op
poses the amendment, did net participate
In the debate.
It is expected he will take ground an
tagonistic to the Cummins program.
House Kalrs Considered.
Much attention waa given today to the
rlRht of the senate to interfere In any
way In the formation of house rules and
of the senate to amend revenue bills,
which, under the constitution, must origi
nate in the house. Mr. Aldrich flatly an
nounced his opposition to any course that
would circumscribe the house and Mr.
Cummins Interpreted the remark aa r.
declaration In support of the right of the
democratic house of the next congress to
outline Ita own policy without Interference.
The Iowa senator asserted his desire to
keep politics out of the question.
Mr. Cummina, In the course of his re
marks, snored severely the senate pruritics
of building up bills to Its own 'liking m
measures supplied by the house. Mr. Aid
rich did not follow him In this contention.
"You ere calling Into a very broad sea,"
he remarked, . .
"Well, If I find myself fn a port where
my vessel Is Infected with some horrible
contagion, I prefer the open water, re
sponded Mr. Cummins. '
"In that event," replied the senator from
Rhode Island, "the senator Is liable to re
main In the open for a long time."
Doctrine Termed Hevolnt lonary.
As the Iowa senator proceeded to de
velop his opposition to senatorial amend
ments to the tariff bills he was opposed
by Mr. Aldrich, who went so far aa to de
clare the doctrine "revolutionary."
"It absolutely robs the states of the right
of equal representation, " he said.
Mr. Cummins contended that unless the
rules of the two houses were amended there
would be no possibility of amending the
tariff, with the consequence that It must
remain as It Is until the "people In their
Indignation and wrath rise up and compel
a general revision."
The Iowa senator disavowed any Inten
tion of opening up a general -tariff dis
cussion. Still he found It difficult to avoid
a- general expression on tariff questions
"It la well known," he said, "that I consider
excessive and Inexcusable many of the
duties levied by the law of 1909. I know
also that many people believe the law
should be amended. During the recent po
litical struggle, I did not hear a single ut
terance by a republican that did not admit
the law contains duties that ought to bs
changed and that It Is the duty of coo-
grass to act speedily."
Telia sf Ileal Issss.
Declaring further that under existing
parliamentary usags in ths house and
senate the amendment of a tariff law is
out of the question, ha contended that the
first step to be taken was the modification
of the rulea, so as to render it possible to
amend an Individual provision of the las)
without taking up the entire tariff ques
tion. "The real Issue." he said, "Is whether
we shall so amend our rules as to permit
the amendment of the law, schedule by
schedule."
Mr. Cummins had not proceeded far un
til he was compelled to submit to Inter
ruption. Senator Aldrich, Hale, Lodge and Carte
participate In the debate
Mr. Aldrich afforded the Iowa Sena to
much gratification by expressing concur
rence with tba latter.
"I think," said the Rhode Island mem
ber, "that we are all agreed that It Is de
sirable to take up the tariff by subjects,
nor by schedules." He expressed doubt,
however, as to ths adequacy of the Cum
mins amendment to accomplish this result,
contending that the adoption of the reso
lution would have the affect of curtailing
the constitutional power of the bouse to
originate tariff legislation.
Hsena Talks of Bales.
Mr. Bacon also contended for the right
of each house to formulate its rules.
Mr. Heyburn would not give assent tj
the proposition that all republicans are
agreed lo the policy of piecemeal tariff
revlMon.
"After an experience wltn five tariffs
I ixlleve that some way should be devisU
for ths amendment of the tariff laws with
out entering Into a general revision," aa.d
Mr. Lodge, planting himself squarely in
Mr. Cummins' sins.
Tie debate drifted Into a technical par
liamentary discussion of the propriety ut
dealing with the subject by means of u
Joint resolution as Is proposed by the Cum
mins resolution. Mr. Aldrich thought ther.i
might be concurrence on the part of thj
two bouses, but lie did not accept the the
ory that the question oould be dwelt wi.H
b Joint legislation. On the other kli-J,
t